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The ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition to detect malingering

Schoenberg, Mike R.; Dorr, Darwin; Morgan, C. Don (American Psychological Association, 2003 Jun)

This study investigated the ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition (MCMI-III) to discriminate students malingering psychopathology (n = 106) from bona fide psychiatric inpatients (n = 202). ...
Affective dynamics in triadic peer interactions in early childhood

Lavictoire, Lindsay A.; Snyder, James J.; Stoolmiller, Mike; Hollenstein, Tom (Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, 2012-07)

In interpersonal interaction research, moving beyond dyadic to triadic dynamics can be analytically daunting. We explored the affective states expressed during triadic peer interactions to understand how patterns were ...
After the decade of the brain: now what?. Review of: the new phrenology: the limits of localizing cognitive processes in the brain

Greenberg, Gary (Elsevier BV, 2002 May)
Age differences in visual search for feature, conjunction, and triple-conjunction targets

Humphrey, Darryl G.; Kramer, Arthur F. (American Psychological Association, 1997 Dec)

The authors examined the ability of younger and older adults to search for targets defined by single features (feature search), conjunctions of 2 features (conjunction search), and conjunctions of 3 features (triple-conjunction ...
Applying interdependence theory to geriatric nursing assistant/resident relationships

Medvene, Louis J.; Coleman, Carissa K. (Oxford University Press, 2011-11-02)

The study was concerned with the applicability of interdependence theory for understanding the quality of certified nursing assistant (CNA)/resident relationships in long term care facilities. Interdependence theory, a ...
Approaching psychotherapy of the personality disorders from the Millon perspective

Dorr, Darwin (Routledge, 1999 Jun)

Millon's integrative model for a clinical science begins with a theory that is consistent with current knowledge, establishes a taxonomy for classification, develops a coordinated assessment system, and develops and ...
Arrests of women for driving under the influence

Shore, Elsie R.; McCoy, Marcia L.; Toonen, Lynn A.; Kuntz, E. J. (Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1988 Jan)

Police records of arrests of women in Wichita, Kansas for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol for a 5-year period (1980-1984) were studied. The proportion of arrests of women increased from 10.6 to 14.5% of total ...
Assessing the health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of African Americans attending church: a comparison from two communities

Lewis-Moss, Rhonda K.; Green, B. Lee (Springer, 2000 Jun)

Public health officials and researchers continue to be increasingly concerned about the health of populations of color, especially African Americans. A survey was administered in African American churches in two communities ...
An assessment of the needs of mutual-help groups

Meissen, Gregory J.; Gleason, David F.; Embree, M. G. (Springer New York LLC, 1991 Jun)

Assessed the needs of mutual-help groups in relation to how self-help clearinghouses can best assist. Most important problems centered on member involvement, attendance and recruitment, lack of public awareness, and finances. ...
Attitudes of AA contact persons toward group participation by persons with a mental illness

Meissen, Gregory J.; Powell, Thomas J.; Wituk, Scott A.; Girrens, Kathy; Arteaga, Shirley (American Psychiatric Publishing, 1999 Aug)

Alcoholics Anonymous groups are underused by persons with the dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance use disorder, and mental health professionals are cautious about referring them to AA because of fears that the ...
Beta regression finite mixture models of polarization and priming

Smithson, Michael; Merkle, Edgar C.; Verkuilen, Jay (American Educational Research Association, 2011)

This paper describes the application of finite-mixture general linear models based on the beta distribution to modeling response styles, polarization, anchoring, and priming effects in probability judgments. These models, ...
Binary recursive partitioning: background, methods, and application to psychology

Merkle, Edgar C.; Shaffer, Victoria A. (John Wiley & Sons, 2011 Feb)

Binary recursive partitioning (BRP) is a computationally intensive statistical method that can be used in situations where linear models are often used. Instead of imposing many assumptions to arrive at a tractable statistical ...
Chapter Four – Emergence, self-organization and developmental science

Greenberg, Gary; Callina, Kristina Schmid; Mueller, Megan Kiely (Elsevier, 2013)

Our understanding is that psychology is a biopsychosocial science as well as a developmental science. Behavioral origins stem from ontogenetic processes, behavioral as well as biological. Biological factors are simply ...
Childhood anxiety and depressive symptoms: trajectories, relationship, and association with subsequent depression

Snyder, James J.; Bullard, Lisha Marie; Wagener, Alexandra; Leong, Pek Kuan; Snyder, John; Jenkins, Melissa (Routledge, 2009 Nov)

The development of child anxiety and depressive symptoms from mean ages 5.3 to 9.3 years was examined in a community sample of 133 girls and 134 boys, using parent and teacher ratings. Reliable individual differences in ...
Child impulsiveness-inattention, early peer experiences, and the development of early onset conduct problems

Snyder, James J.; Prichard, Joy; Schrepferman, Lynn M.; Patrick, M. Renee; Stoolmiller, Mike (Springer New York LLC, 2004 Dec)

The conjoint influence of child impulsiveness-inattention (I/I) and peer relationships on growth trajectories of conduct problems was assessed in a community sample of 267 boys and girls. I/I reliably predicted teacher- ...
Comparative psychology, a new perspective for the 21st century: up the spiral staircase

Greenberg, Gary; Partridge, Ty; Weiss, Emily; Pisula, Wojciech (John Wiley & Sons, 2004 Jan)

This article responds to the continuing obituaries for Comparative Psychology. We understand the field to be a general psychology, a way of understanding the origins of all behavior of all species. We outline a methodological ...
Comparison of first time and repeat community oral health intervention participants

Johnston, Judy A.; Paschal, Angelia; Fisher, Monica A.; Cox, Pat; Hart, Traci A.; Taylor, George W. (Springer, 2012-04)
The consequences of antisocial behavior in older male siblings for younger brothers and sisters

Snyder, James J.; Bank, Lew; Burraston, Bert (American Psychological Association, 2005-12)

The contribution of younger male and female siblings’ conflict and involvement in deviant activities with their older brothers to younger siblings’ adolescent adjustment problems was examined in the context of parenting. ...
Contextual factors related to the drinking behaviors of American business and professional women

Shore, Elsie R.; Batt, S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 1991 Feb)

American women in business and professional occupations (n = 453) completed a survey that included questions on alcohol use, drinking context, and work and other activities. Spouses' and best friends' consumption and ...
The contribution of parental discipline, parental monitoring, and school risk to early-onset conduct problems in African American boys and girls

Kilgore, Kim; Snyder, James J.; Lentz, Chris (American Psychological Association, 2000 Nov)

The association of parental discipline and monitoring with the early conduct problems of 123 boys and girls was assessed in a highly disadvantaged, African American sample. Prospective analyses indicated that, after earlier ...