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The Two Faces Of Chinese Communication, Guo-Ming Chen

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Searching for paradigms to help examine and understand human communication behavior requires constant effort for communication theorists. Probing and identifying the part of the communication process is helpful in understanding the ways groups of people interact. But in doing so, theorists may overlook components of the process within a group that are pertinent to its diversity. This oversight occurs when explaining Chinese communication practices.

Asante (1980) contends human communication can be divided into three cultural divisions-Afrocentric, Asiacentric, and Eurocentric--each with its own set of paradigms to guide students, scholars, and practitioners in the study of communication. However, most theories of …

Communication Among Cultural Diversities: A Dialogue, Guo-Ming Chen, William J. Starosta

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This dialogue attempts to tackle the issue of communication among cultural diversities. It is argued that a productive and successful communication among diversities demands an individual to cultivate himself or herself to develop a multicultural mindset which provides a ground for the individual to further pursue, through intercultural education and training, the abilities of intercultural communication competence.

Exposure To Televised Alcohol Ads And Subsequent Adolescent Alcohol Use, Alan W. Stacy, Jennifer Zogg, Jennifer Unger, Clyde W. Dent

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Objective: To assess the impact of televised alcohol commercials on adolescents, alcohol use. Methods: Adolescents completed questionnaires about alcohol commercials and alcohol use in a prospective study. Results: A one standard deviation increase in viewing television programs containing alcohol commercials in seventh grade was associated with an excess risk of beer use (44%}, wine/liquor use (34%}, and 3-drlnk episodes (26%} in eighth grade. The strength of associations varied across exposure measures and was most consistent for beer. Conclusions: Although replication is warranted, results showed that exposure was associated with an increased risk of subsequent beer consumption and possibly other consumption …

Dear Lord, We Pray, Tony Ash

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Volume 1 No. 3 September 2004, Nova Southeastern University

The Beacon: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Center for Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Personality Measurement In The Prediction Of Positive And Negative Police Officer Performance, Brian P. Enright

Dissertations

Police officer selection research has revealed a number of relationships between scores on psychological tests and performance on the job. Although a few of these predictor scales have been consistently linked with job performance, many still require further investigation. It was proposed that the personality scales most consistently linked to job performance concern two broad constructs including: (1) prosocial personality characteristics, and (2) level of psychological distress. Guided by findings from the police outcomes literature and research regarding the factor structure and intercorrelation of MMPI and CPI scales, it was proposed that Scales 4 and 9 from the MMPI and …

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 2000-2005

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Advancements. Editorial and advertising offices are located at Rockingham Hall, Office 271, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Staff can be reached at (540) 568-3191 or [email protected].

How Composers Compose: In Search Of The Questions, Bernard W. Andrews

Research & Issues in Music Education

The Genesis Project is a multi-phase research project designed for the purpose of developing an in-depth understanding of the nature of musical creativity by investigating how composers compose. In this first phase of the project, an understanding of the four dimensions of musical creativity: 1) the person, 2) the compositional process, 3) the pre-requisite training, emotions and context, and 4) the musical piece itself, provided a theoretical framework for investigating how composers compose new music through expert review. Questions in each of these dimensions were generated from the literature, examined by a panel of composers and educators, and then refined …

Neuropsychological Consequences Of Regular Marijuana Use: A Twin Study, M. J. Lyons, J. L. Bar, M. S. Panizzon, R. Toomey, S. Eisen, H. Xian, M. T. Tsuang

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Political Psychology In Canada, Paul Nesbitt-Larking

Data and Test Instruments

Although a number of political psychologists are active in Canada, there has been relatively little self-conscious development of the field. This article brings together contributions from political science and social psychology in Canada in an attempt to identify aspects of Canadian distinctiveness in the field of political psychology, notably the balance between mainstream and eclectic tendencies.

Attentional Biases In Eating Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review Of Stroop Performance., Keith S Dobson, David J A Dozois

Psychology Publications

The Stroop task has been adapted from cognitive psychology to be able to examine attentional biases in various forms of psychopathology, including the eating disorders. This paper reviews the research on the Stroop task in the eating disorders research area in both descriptive and meta-analytic fashions. Twenty-eight empirical studies are identified, which predominantly examine food and body/weight stimuli in bulimic, anorexic, or dieting/food-restricted samples. It is concluded that there is evidence of an attentional bias in bulimia for a range of stimuli but that the effect seems to be limited to body/weight stimuli in anorexia. The evidence to date is …

Latent Class Typology Of Nicotine Withdrawal: Genetic Contributions And Association With Failed Smoking Cessation And Psychiatric Disorders, Hong Xian, Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Pamela A F Madden, Michael J. Lyons, Ming Tsuang, William R. True, Seth A. Eisen

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

Academic Catalog 2004-2005, Calvin University

University Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Follower-Oriented Leadership, James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Management & Entrepreneurship

Leadership is a symbiotic relationship between those who choose to lead and those who choose to follow. Any di scussion of leadership must attend to the dynamics of this relationship. Strategies, tactics, skills, and practices are worthless unless the fundamental human aspirations that connect leaders and their constituents are understood (the word constituents is preferred to followers because the former connotes a greater sense of engagement and commitment than the latter term). What leaders say they do is one thing; what constituents say they want and how well leaders meet these expectations is another. For a balanced view of leadership, …

Measuring Emotional Intelligence, John D. Mayer

UNH Personality Lab

The original UNH webpage about emotional intelligence was among the first online and publicly available sources of responsible information about emotional intelligence. Here, in revised form, is a central document regarding topics about emotional intelligence and focused in particular on the issues surrounding the measurement of emotional intelligence.

The following document represents a reconstruction and update of the earlier UNH Emotional Intelligence site and information that was available on it. The reconstruction includes all the major essays and e-mail exchanges with colleagues about the theory that were relevant to emotional intelligence. As we transferred the material to the present website, …

About The (Original) Emotional Intelligence Website, John D. Mayer

UNH Personality Lab

The original UNH webpage about emotional intelligence was among the first online and publicly available sources of responsible information about emotional intelligence. Here, in revised form, are the remaining unique posts describing the website, its homepage, contact information and the editorial policy of the original site.

The following document represents a reconstruction and update of the earlier UNH Emotional Intelligence site and information that was available on it. The reconstruction includes all the major essays and e-mail exchanges with colleagues about the theory that were relevant to emotional intelligence. As we transferred the material to the present website, it was …

What Are The Field-Wide Frameworks For Personality Psychology? An Overview, John D. Mayer

UNH Personality Lab

We need a language to talk about the way we describe our fields. An inventory of the different ways that fields are organized is also important, Fieldwide frameworks are a means to organize information across an entire field or discipline of study (Mayer, 1993-1994). Studying such frameworks helps address the problem of disciplinary organizationFieldwide frameworks are a means to organize information across an entire field or discipline of study.

The Relationship Between Juvenile Delinquency And Family Unit Structure, Angela D. Mullens

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental absence and juvenile delinquency and to determine if a link exists between the two variables. Data was collected from male juveniles who were alleged to have committed status or delinquent offenses between 1996 and 2004. Each offense was categorized according to the family unit (e.g., intact, father only, mother only, etc.), offense type (e.g., underage consumption, petit larceny, breaking and entering, etc.), offense level (e.g., status misdemeanor, and felony), the victim (e.g., crimes against the person, crimes against property, etc.) and the juvenile’s age at the time the …

Coastal Justice: The Case For Public Access, Jessica A. Duncan

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood University Student Handbook, 2004-2005, Lindenwood University

Student Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University students

The Rock, Winter 2004 (Vol. 75, No. 2), Whittier College

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Pc 515 Pastoral Crisis Intervention, Stuart L. Palmer

Syllabi

Required Course Texts: James, R. & Gilliland, B. (2001). Crisis Intervention Strategies (4th Ed.). New York: Brooks/Cole. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1992). Shattered Assumptions: Towards a New Psychology of Trauma. New York: The Free Press. Switzer, D. (1986). The Minister as Crisis Counselor. Nashville, Tn.: Abingdon Press. Required Course Readings: Dunn, R. (1993). Why Bad Things Happen to Good Christians. Christian Counseling Today. October, 16-19. Hall, M. E. & Johnson, E. L. (2001). Theodicy and Therapy: Philosophical/Theological Contributions to the Problem of Suffering. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 20 (1), 5-17. Seamands, S. A. (1995). The Cross and Human Suffering. The Asbury …

President's Report Card To Board Of Trustees, 2004-10, Clemson University

President's Reports to the Board of Trustees

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Day Length On Sleep Habits And Subjective On-Duty Alertness In Irregular Work Schedules, June J. Pilcher, Heather M. Teichman, Stephen Popkin, Krista Hildebrand, Michael Coplen

Publications

The human circadian system is sensitive to environmental conditions, such as those created by shift work, that affect the timing and duration of sleep. Previous research on the effects of shift work, however, has focused primarily on regularly scheduled shifts. Few studies have focused on irregular and unpredictable on-call shift systems, such as those found in much of railroad operations. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of irregular shift systems experienced by locomotive engineers on the length of sleep-wake periods and the effect of different length sleep-wake periods on self-reported sleep quantity, sleep quality, and …

Minimizing The Pervasiveness Of Women’S Personal Experiences Of Gender Discrimination, Mindi D. Foster, Lydia C. Jackson, Ryan Hartmann, Shannon Woulfe

Psychology Faculty Publications

Given the Rejection-Identification Model (Branscombe, et al., 1999) which shows that perceiving discrimination to be pervasive is a negative experience, it was suggested that there would be conditions under which women would instead minimize the pervasiveness of discrimination. Study 1 (N = 91) showed that when women envisioned themselves in a situation of academic discrimination, they defined it as pervasive but when they experienced a similar laboratory simulation of academic discrimination, its pervasiveness was minimized. Study 2 (N = 159) showed that women who envisioned themselves experiencing discrimination minimized its pervasiveness more so than women reading about discrimination …

When The Advantaged Become Disadvantaged: Men’S And Women’S Actions Against Gender Discrimination, Mindi D. Foster, Stacey Arnt, Jill Honloka

Psychology Faculty Publications

Intergroup theories suggest that different social identities will either discourage or encourage the taking of action against discrimination (Bartky, 1977; Jost & Banaji, 1994). However, research (e.g., Branscombe, 1998) has shown that discrimination is a less negative experience for men than for women. As such, it is possible that men may take greater action than women, regardless of identity. However, men’s responses to their perceived disadvantage has not yet been tested. Among those induced to ascribe to a gendered stereotype identity, men endorsed more action than women did.Among those induced to ascribe to an identity based on a gendered social …

The Role Of Hardiness In Moderating The Relationship Between Global/Specific Attributions And Actions Against Discrimination, Mindi D. Foster, Kenneth L. Dion

Psychology Faculty Publications

In this study, we proposed that individual differences in hardiness may moderate the relationship between global attributions and actions against discrimination. Specifically, global attributions were expected to predict decreased endorsement of actions to combat discrimination among low hardy women. In contrast, global attributions were expected to predict increased endorsement of actions among high hardy women. High and low hardy women were exposed to a laboratory situation of discrimination, and their attributions for, and responses to, discrimination were then assessed. Results showed the expected interaction, but in the opposite direction: among low hardy women, global attributions predicted stronger endorsement of action.Among …

The Effects Of Rapport-Building Style On Children’S Reports Of A Staged Event, Kim P. Roberts, Michael E. Lamb, Kathleen J. Sternberg

Psychology Faculty Publications

Three- to 9-year-old children (N = 144) interacted with a photographer and were interviewed about the event either a week or a month later. The informativeness and accuracy of information provided following either open-ended or direct rapport building were compared. Children in the open-ended rapport-building condition provided more accurate reports than children in the direct rapport-building condition after both short and long delays. Open-ended rapport-building led the 3- to 4-year-olds to report more errors in response to the first recall question about the event, but they went on to provide more accurate reports in the rest of the interview than …

A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework For Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations: Values, Conceptualization, Design, And Action, Geoffrey Nelson, Joanna Ochocka, Rich Janzen, John Trainor, Shawn Lauzon

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article provides a framework for the evaluation of mental health consumer/ survivor organizations that consists of four main components: (a) participatory processes, (b) conceptualization of the activities and outcomes at the individual and systems levels of these organizations, (c) the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods for examining activities and outcomes, and (d) dissemination and action. We assert that these components form a comprehensive and holistic framework for evaluating mental health consumer/survivor organizations; we illustrate how these components can be put into action through a case study of four mental health consumer/survivor organizations in Ontario; and we reflect on …