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Further Validation of a Parental Tolerance Measure
(2008-09-09)
Tolerance for child misbehavior is defined as the amount of annoyance experienced when a child misbehaves. This construct has received relatively little attention in the field of child psychology and most of this research ...
Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy: An analysis of the literature
(2008-09-09)
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy are disorders related by their
associations with criminal behavior. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a pervasive
pattern of disregard for the rights of others beginning ...
Measuring change blindness in specific phobia: A replication
(2009-02-23)
People often fail to notice changes in visual scenes, a phenomenon know as --Y΄change blindness.‘ At least some change blindness results because relevant changes in scenes occur during eye movements. The flicker paradigm ...
Alcohol Use and Social Anxiety in a College Student Population
(2009-02-23)
The results of epidemiological studies using clinical and community samples have shown a strong link between social anxiety and alcohol use. However, the results of studies that use a college student population to investigate ...
Adult males with childhood sexual experiences: The role of attachment and coping in psychological adjustment
(2008-09-09)
In the past three decades, the existing literature pertaining to the sexual abuse of boys has expanded. Much of the current male sexual abuse research is directed toward understanding how abused boys later become offenders. ...
An Investigation of Coping Skills, Locus of Control, and Quality of Life in Young Adults with Learning Disabilities
(2008-09-09)
Research in the field of learning disabilities (LD) has traditionally emphasized the deficits associated with the diagnosis. Recent research efforts demonstrate a shift towards a more positive approach in an effort to ...
Information-processing biases toward interoceptive stimuli in claustrophobia
(2008-09-09)
The present study endeavored to ascertain whether claustrophobic individuals manifest information-processing biases toward interoceptive stimuli, consistent with recent conceptualizations of this disorder. Nine hundred one ...
Meta worry and generalized anxiety disorder
(2008-09-09)
Worry is predominantly a language-based activity that involves thoughts about anticipating and preventing negative outcomes. In generalized anxiety disorder, worry is conceptualized as pathological due to its chronic use ...
The Psychometric Assessment of Meaning-making: Reactions to Everyday Dilemmas (Red)
(2008-09-09)
According to Robert Kegan (1994), many people are essentially “in over their heads” in trying to meet the conceptual and emotional demands of everyday life. In the workplace, this phenomenon may be exacerbated if jobs are ...
Evaluation of Rape Prevention Programming for Female College Students
(2008-09-09)
Acquaintance rape is a common phenomenon on American college campuses, and considerable research effort has been directed at developing effective prevention programs for both potential victims and potential perpetrators. ...