Browsing Psychology by Type "Article"
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Assessing health-related stereotype threats and mental healthcare experiences among a LGBT sample
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-09-24)Stereotype threats have been documented in an academic and work setting and have been found to have a significant impact on an individual’s behavior as it could be a barrier in receiving healthcare services. This paper ... -
Assessing the Generalization of relapse-prevention behaviors of sexual offenders diagnosed with an intellectual disability
(SAGE Publications, 2014-01)The generalization of relapse-prevention skills of 10 males residing at a state facility for sexual offenders diagnosed with an intellectual disability was assessed in the community using three different experimental probes: ... -
Assessing the health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of African Americans attending church: a comparison from two communities
(Springer, 2000-06)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 ... -
Assessing whether religious behaviors and positive and negative affect are associated with alcohol use and abuse among a sample of college students living in the midwest
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2016-06)Alcohol use and abuse are a problem on college campuses. Religious behaviors (religious attendance, prayer, and importance) have been shown to be a protective factor against alcohol use among college students. This study ... -
An assessment of the needs of mutual-help groups
(Springer New York LLC, 1991-06)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
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 1999-08)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 ... -
A balanced usability checklist approach to evaluate Palestinian hotel websites
(The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2007-01)This paper introduces a Balanced Usability Checklist (BUC) approach to assess the usability of ten Palestinian hotel websites. The BUC is a modified version of the known checklist analysis technique of user interfaces and ... -
A behavioral economic assessment of individualizing versus binding moral foundations
(Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., 2017-07-01)The goal of the study was to determine if people's endorsement of different moral foundations influences their degree of prosocial behavior in a set of economic exchange games. Moral Foundations Theory has proven to be a ... -
Behind closed doors: sadomasochistic enactments and psychoanalytic research
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-01-06)Psychoanalytic research has flourished in recent years, yet so has animosity toward it. This curious state of affairs has led to a divergence of opinions in a professional community that is demanding more (and more rigorous) ... -
Beta regression finite mixture models of polarization and priming
(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
(John Wiley & Sons, 2011-02)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 ... -
Can cognitive training improve shoot/don't-shoot performance? Evidence from live fire exercises
(University of Illinois Press, 2019)Police, security, and military personnel have-at most-seconds to make a shoot/don't-shoot decision despite the life-or-death consequences of their actions. Recent research suggests that shoot/don't-shoot errors (e.g., ... -
Characteristics associated with a history of physical and sexual abuse in a community corrections sample
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-11-14)Background: Most predictors of future criminal justice involvement are gender neutral. However, recent research has stressed the importance of physical and sexual abuse as a precursor of incarceration for women. Purpose: ... -
Child impulsiveness-inattention, early peer experiences, and the development of early onset conduct problems
(Springer New York LLC, 2004-12)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- ... -
Childhood anxiety and depressive symptoms: trajectories, relationship, and association with subsequent depression
(Routledge, 2009-11)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 ... -
Classification and analysis of errors reported in aircraft maintenance manuals
(FAA, 2008-11)Previous research has identified maintenance information as one of the primary causal factors of maintenance error. Incorrect maintenance information has also been cited as a contributing factor in a number of recent ... -
Closed road driving performance: Evidence for a front speech advantage for older drivers
(ARVO, 2008-05)Purpose: Previous research using a driving simulator has demonstrated that drivers find it easier to shadow an auditory channel when the information is presented through a speaker positioned directly in front of them, ... -
College students opinions on gun violence
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2016-06)Gun violence and control issues have become serious public health problems. This study gathered the opinions from 419 college students from a Midwestern University. Participants were asked about beliefs about purchasing ... -
Colour adaptation modifies the temporal properties of the long- and middle-wave cone signals in the human luminance mechanism
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2000-06)1. The human luminance mechanism (LUM) detects rapid flicker and motion, summating the neurally integrated L' and M' 'contrast' signals from the long- and middle-wave cones, respectively.2. We previously observed large ... -
Colour is what the eye sees best
(Nature Publishing Group, 1993-01)It has been argued by Watson, Barlow and Robson that the visual stimulus that humans detect best specifies the spatial-temporal structure of the receptive field of the most sensitive visual neurons. To investigate 'what ...