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Neediness And Connectedness: Mediators Of Outcome In Cognitive Therapy Or Pharmacotherapy For Depression?, Nicola Elizabeth. Fitzgerald
Neediness And Connectedness: Mediators Of Outcome In Cognitive Therapy Or Pharmacotherapy For Depression?, Nicola Elizabeth. Fitzgerald
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The purpose of this study was threefold: examine the main effects of baseline DEQ Neediness and Connectedness (Rude & Burnham, 1995; Blatt et al., 1995) on outcome of treatment for unipolar depression; examine the mediating effects on outcome of change during treatment in Neediness and Connectedness; investigate whether these personality constructs (Neediness and Connectedness) correlate with specific clusters of depression symptoms. Archival data were used consisting of a sample of outpatients diagnosed with unipolar depression who received either Cognitive Therapy (CT) (n = 51) or Pharmacotherapy (PT) (n = 58). In the CT group, high baseline Neediness was associated with …
It Depends On The Situation: Monitoring, Blunting And Perceived Control., Ritu. Kaushal
It Depends On The Situation: Monitoring, Blunting And Perceived Control., Ritu. Kaushal
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When placed in a threatening situation, individuals may seek information about the source of their distress (monitor) and/or avoid such information (blunt) in order to cope with it. The choice of coping strategies adopted can be influenced by various situational characteristics. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship among the constructs of monitoring, blunting, and one situational characteristic, namely perceived control. Two hundred and seventeen undergraduate students completed the Monitoring-Blunting Questionnaire (MBQ). They were presented with ten stressful scenarios and asked to indicate the extent to which they would seek information (monitor) and avoid information (blunt) …
Together Just Enough To Care: Examining Moral Orientation Use In Individuals And Couples., Cheryl Dawn. Aubie
Together Just Enough To Care: Examining Moral Orientation Use In Individuals And Couples., Cheryl Dawn. Aubie
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The present study investigated how individuals and romantic couples resolve moral dilemmas and served as an empirical test of Gilligan's (1982) view that men and women use different orientations when resolving moral dilemmas, based on considerations of justice and care, respectively. The role that gender orientation plays in moral orientation was also examined, as was the potential effect of varying the gender of the protagonist of the dilemmas. Participants responded to 4 fictitious dilemmas individually and 1 additional dilemma together with their partners, as a couple. Data was analysed using a 2 (gender of the participant) x 2 (gender of …
Eating Disturbances In Preadolescent Girls: Protective And Risk Factors., Susan Jane. Walsh
Eating Disturbances In Preadolescent Girls: Protective And Risk Factors., Susan Jane. Walsh
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Although numerous eating disorder risk factors have been identified, protective factors have been underresearched (Shisslak & Crago, 2001). Moreover, despite calls by prevention researchers, our understanding of disordered eating during preadolescence is limited (Smolak & Levine, 2001). The objective of the present study was to identify potential protective and risk factors for eating disturbances in preadolescent girls. The sample consisted of 381 preadolescent girls in grades 4--6. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires assessing such constructs as disordered eating attitudes and behaviours, self-esteem, emotional autonomy, attributional style, coping strategies, perceived social pressures for thinness, parental care/overcontrol, and peer support. Potential …
Barriers To Adolescent Help-Seeking: Who's Not Seeking Help And Why?, Lindsay Jane. Stanhope
Barriers To Adolescent Help-Seeking: Who's Not Seeking Help And Why?, Lindsay Jane. Stanhope
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This study examined the barriers to formal and informal help-seeking behaviour of adolescents. The sample was 451 students (176 male, 275 female) between the ages of 14- to 19-years from high schools in southwestern Ontario. Participants completed self-report questionnaires measuring: background information, stressful problems, perceived and utilized help-seeking resources, barriers to formal and informal help seeking, and internalizing problems. The types of stressful problems most often indicated were with respect to school, family, relationships, friends/peers, and illness/death. Females and older adolescents both reported greater seriousness, severity, and perceived need for help with stressful problems. Two-thirds of the sample sought help …
Semantic Category Effect And Emotional Valence In Female University Students., Ruby Geraldine Brousseau
Semantic Category Effect And Emotional Valence In Female University Students., Ruby Geraldine Brousseau
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The semantic category effect is a phenomenon of semantic memory revealing a category dissociation of biological and nonbiological objects on picture naming and other tasks of semantic memory. In patients with Alzheimer's Disease, category dissociation typically reflects a nonbiological advantage in that these patients are more proficient at naming artifacts over biological stimuli. In contrast, younger, healthy individuals appear to show the opposite pattern of performance in that they are generally more adept at naming biological items. Several diverse theories have been posited to explicate the possible basis of this phenomenon. A new hypothesis presented in this study proposed that …
Memory Functioning In Children Born With Low Birth Weight: A Comparison With Normal Birth Weight Children Diagnosed With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder., Tammy L. Whitlock
Memory Functioning In Children Born With Low Birth Weight: A Comparison With Normal Birth Weight Children Diagnosed With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder., Tammy L. Whitlock
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Medical advances over the last two decades have lead to increased survival rates of children born with increasingly lower birth weights. Studies have revealed that the lower the birth weight of the child, the higher the possibility that he/she will develop some associated neurological and neuropsychological problems. Archival data for children used in this study were collected through a retrospective chart review at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. The purpose of this study was to examine possible deficits in different aspects of memory, (visual, verbal, and delayed recall) in children born with LBW and to compare these deficits with …
Chinese Immigrant Youth In Vancouver, Canada: An Examination Of Acculturation, Adjustment, And Intergenerational Conflict (British Columbia)., Iris. Sharir
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Research with adolescent migrants suggests that they may be at greater risk of experiencing mental health difficulties and intergenerational conflict than their non-immigrant peers. However, few studies have focused on factors that are associated with the mental health status and family relationships of migrant youth. Using the acculturation framework proposed by Berry (1999), the present study examined the impact of acculturation strategy, demographic factors, and migration-related variables on the psychological adjustment and family relationships of 152 first generation Chinese immigrant youth. Twenty-eight second generation Chinese immigrant youth and 36 third and later generation Canadian youth served as comparisons. Participants completed …
Overcoming Adversity: The Protective Role Of Locus Of Control, Attributional Style, And Self-Efficacy, In The Promotion Of Resilience., Mandy Mary Anne. Gunby
Overcoming Adversity: The Protective Role Of Locus Of Control, Attributional Style, And Self-Efficacy, In The Promotion Of Resilience., Mandy Mary Anne. Gunby
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One main purpose of the present study was to investigate the ability of internal locus of control, optimistic attributional style, and high self-efficacy to serve as protective factors, buffering the negative impact of life stressors (both number of negative life events and daily hassles) on current competence (overall, as well as in the academic, social, and emotional domains). Given that an examination of protective factors presupposes that life stressors actually constitute risk factors for maladjustment, another related purpose was to examine this relationship directly, to determine whether such an assumption is justified. The present results suggest that the influence of …
Clinicians' Incorporation Of A Sociopolitical Analysis In The Conceptualization And Treatment Of Women's Psychological Distress., Heather Ann. Getty
Clinicians' Incorporation Of A Sociopolitical Analysis In The Conceptualization And Treatment Of Women's Psychological Distress., Heather Ann. Getty
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Women's experience of psychological distress is influenced in part by unique economic, social, cultural, and political pressures associated with being female in a patriarchal society. Feminist researchers and clinicians have argued that clinical psychology has paid insufficient attention to the role of sociopolitical factors in women's distress, and claim that this oversight reinforces a patriarchal status quo that ultimately disempowers women. The present study investigated the range of ways in which a sample of 25 clinicians transformed psychotherapeutic practice in line with their perceptions of sociopolitical influences on women's distress. It also examined broad contextual factors influencing clinicians' incorporation of …
Rorschach Concomitants Of Intelligence., Sarah E. A. Bertrim
Rorschach Concomitants Of Intelligence., Sarah E. A. Bertrim
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This study is an attempt to elaborate on the conceptualization of intelligence as a facet of overall personality organization. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Rorschach variables that have been conceptually or empirically associated with cognitive complexity, and to improve upon previous research in this area. Archival data from a heterogeneous sample of 80 clinical and community adult participants were used. Participants' scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (WAIS-R) or - Third Edition (WAIS-III) and on selected variables of the Rorschach according to the Comprehensive System (Exner, 1993) were analyzed. The Rorschach variables included were …