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Is your relationship like a Hollywood Romance? Beware!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hollywood gets it wrong. The sentence, "This isn't how it happens in the movies" has been uttered by many a person after the first nine months or so in a new relationship. Like some stereotypes, Hollywood's portrayal of the blossom of first love, passion, and overcoming odds and adversity has some basis in real life-that's one of the reasons we may relate to certain characters and situations. We imagine, based on our experience perhaps, things really could be this way, so we suspend disbelief and are drawn into the action. And, if we're lucky, maybe for an hour, or a day, or a month or t...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 21, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Batshaw, LCSW Tags: Relationships adversity blossom caricatures dating dilemma disbelief elders fantasies first love first nine months garbage hard stuff Hollywood intimate partnership marriage advice marriage problems minivan myths about Source Type: consumer

The personality of the workaholic and the issue of "self"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study published this month explored the personality of workaholics. Of interest was the relation of narcissism and workaholism. That grandiose sense of self-importance that seems to be present in epidemic proportions in our society is related to the worst aspects of workaholism, so was perfectionism. I think these results reveal something interesting about the "self."In the latest issue of Personality and Individual Differences, Malissa Clark, Ariel Lelchook and Marcie Taylor (Wayne State University) published a study on the relation of various personality traits with workaholism. Although my "pet subject" is procrastina...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Tags: Work emotion epidemic proportions grandiose sense marcie taylor narcissism perfectionism personality personality and individual differences personality traits pet subject popular tv report measures self self importance self r Source Type: consumer

The Neck-ed TruthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What your neck reveals about your feelings (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joe Navarro, M.A. Tags: Social Life Let Me Hear Your Body Talk Source Type: consumer

Love SignalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How to seduce a lover (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Drapkin Tags: Relationships Let Me Hear Your Body Talk Source Type: consumer

To Tell the TruthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Six ways to spot a liar (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janine Driver Tags: Relationships Let Me Hear Your Body Talk Source Type: consumer

He's Not That Into You--AnymoreEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clues that shout it's over (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joe Navarro, M.A. Tags: Relationships Let Me Hear Your Body Talk Source Type: consumer

The C Word: Commitment-- and What It MeansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Commitment" is one of those gender-specific terms that gets itself all tangled up by individual definition even when those using the term believe the meaning is clear. When a woman says she is in a "committed" relationship, for example, my guess would be that she believes the partnership is both honest and intimate, a monogamous coupling that will last a long time--maybe forever.Either that or she is dating an inmate.Or both.When couples use the word "commitment," however, I pay close attention.When married folks announce, "we're committed to working it out" the phrase usually means that one or both of them have already c...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Regina Barreca, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Sex Social Life affiliation c word co workers commitment couples coupling courtship dating declaration of affection delightful man desire dinner dinner party divorce lawyers guess just friends long time Source Type: consumer

Credit and Blame at WorkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For better or for worse, the dynamics of credit and blame are at the heart of every organization and make or break every career. Unfortunately, credit and blame are rarely assigned in an objective or fair manner, and individual psychology, team dynamics, and corporate culture all influence the process by which credit and blame are allocated.In my forthcoming book, Credit and Blame at Work, I will take a behavioral economics-like approach to the "marketplace" of credit and blame in the workplace and consider how both rational and irrational forces influence the way in which the contributions and capabilities of individuals ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ben Dattner Tags: Work behavioral economics blog capabilities corporate culture forthcoming book heart individual psychology marketplace organizational behavior organizational evolution team dynamics Source Type: consumer

New Research Shows That Some Bullies Are Just The Shy TypeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When you think of people suffering from social anxiety, you probably characterize them as shy, inhibitive and submissive. However, new research from psychologists Todd Kashdan and Patrick McKnight at George Mason University suggests that there is a subset of socially anxious people who act out in aggressive, risky ways - and that their behavior patterns are often misunderstood... (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Is Love Blind?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Love is not blind-It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less." Will Moss "Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind." James Graham. "Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it." Maurice Chevalier Lovers are often blind to the beloved's negative traits and tend to create an idealized image of the beloved. We often love the idealized object rather than the real one. Are we then blind when we fall in love and when we maintain it? In a surprising number of cases, people fall in love with their idealized vision of their ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships actual reality advertisements angels arbitrary choice ava beloved one Blind defense mechanism dreams females idealization illusion illusions inclination initial stages love at first sight love s Source Type: consumer

Marriageable Women: A Focus on Participants in a Community Healthy Marriage ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although disadvantaged women are the targets of marriage programs, little attention has been paid to women's marriage constraints and their views of marriage. Drawing on an exchange framework and using qualitative data collected from single women participating in a marriage initiative, we introduce the concept of marriageable women[mdash]the notion that certain limitations may make women poor marriage partners. Like their male counterparts, we find women also possess qualities that are not considered assets in the marriage market, such as economic constraints, mental and physical health issues, substance use, multiple part...
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wendy D. Manning, Deanna Trella, Heidi Lyons, Nola Cora Du Toit Tags: GENERAL INTEREST Source Type: journals

The Influence of Facilitator and Facilitation Characteristics on Participants' Ratings of Stepfamily EducationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examine the relative importance of facilitator and facilitation characteristics on participant ratings of a stepfamily education program. Data from 48 facilitators and 598 participants suggest that quality facilitation is more meaningful to participants than whether facilitators have comparable demographic characteristics or life experiences. Hierarchical regressions identified time management effective use of personal experiences, and clear explanation of material as key facilitation skills. Popular assumptions about participant-facilitator similarity and implications for programming are discussed. (Source: Family Relations)
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brian J. Higginbotham, Cory Myler Tags: GENERAL INTEREST Source Type: journals

Spousal Capital as a Resource for Couples Starting a BusinessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This longitudinal study finds that spousal capital is an important resource for entrepreneurs starting a business because it has implications for business sustainability and couple relationship quality. Structural equation modeling supported a process whereby gender had an impact on spousal involvement in the business, which was positively associated with dedication to the business, leading to shorter break-even times, and higher couple relationship quality. Male entrepreneurs were more likely to have a spouse involved in the business compared to female entrepreneurs, which in part, may contribute to the gender gap in the ...
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amanda E. Matzek, Clinton G. Gudmunson, Sharon M. Danes Tags: GENERAL INTEREST Source Type: journals

Custodial Grandmother-Grandfather Dyads: Pathways Among Marital Distress, Grandparent Dysphoria, Parenting Practice, and Grandchild AdjustmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An adaptation of the Family Stress Model was examined using structural equation modeling with data from 193 custodial grandmother-grandfather dyads. The model's measurement and structural components were largely invariant by grandparent gender. For grandmothers and grandfathers alike, the effects of their psychological and marital distress on grandchildren's adjustment difficulties were mediated by dysfunctional parenting. The effects of family-related contextual forces on grandchildren's adjustment were also indirect through direct effects on grandparents' psychological and marital distress. (Source: Family Relations)
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gregory C. Smith, Gregory R. Hancock Tags: GRANDPARENTING Source Type: journals

Intergenerational Relationship Quality, Gender, and Grandparent InvolvementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This prospective, intergenerational study (N = 181) considered how parent (G1, Generation 1) and child (G2, Generation 2) relationship quality during adolescence and adulthood is associated with G1's level of involvement with their 3- to 4-year-old grandchildren (G3, Generation 3). Path model analyses indicated different patterns of results for the involvement of grandmothers and grandfathers with the children of their G2 sons and daughters . Current parent-reported G1-G2 relationship quality was positively associated with G2 report of G1 involvement with G3, especially for G2 daughters . The relations among confounding va...
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa A. Barnett, Laura V. Scaramella, Tricia K. Neppl, Lenna Ontai, Rand D. Conger Tags: GRANDPARENTING Source Type: journals

"Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience": A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web SiteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated how participants in online parenting groups experience support via the Internet and what types of support they receive. All posts made over a 2-week period on the parenting-related discussion boards of an Irish parenting Web site were analyzed using content and thematic analyses. Exploratory, semistructured interviews were also conducted with 2 forum participants to discuss their experience of using the Web site. Themes uncovered from the data gathered included the attempts by posters to dispel the myths surrounding motherhood and the recognition of the superiority of the mother as caregiver. The re...
Source: Family Relations - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen Brady, Suzanne Guerin Tags: PARENTING Source Type: journals

Rural telepsychology services for children and adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Because of the overwhelming maldistribution of mental health specialists in metropolitan areas and the many underserved families living in rural settings, rural areas are natural homes for the use of telemedicine or videoconferencing technology for clinical services. The authors describe telepsychology services for rural clients, placing best psychology practices within the context of broader telemental health services. The goal is to approximate evidence-based child psychotherapy from face-to-face practice using the videoconferencing technology. Telepsychology is illustrated with a case report of a rural Hispanic teen and...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eve-Lynn Nelson, Thao Bui Source Type: journals

The Attention and Executive Function Rating Inventory (ATTEX): Psychometric properties and clinical utility in diagnosing ADHD subtypesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study presents a new inventory, the Attention and Executive Function Rating Inventory (ATTEX), and examines the psychometric properties and the clinical utility of ATTEX in indentifying the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder combined type (ADHD-C) and the ADHD predominantly inattentive type (ADHD-I) in school environments. A normative sample of Finnish 7- to 15-year-old children and adolescents (N = 701) and a clinical sample consisting of children with ADHD-C (N = 190) and ADHD-I (N = 25) were examined with the ATTEX and the ADHD Rating Scale-IV. The ATTEX and its scales had good internal consistency reliabilit...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology - March 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: LIISA KLENBERG, SARI JÄMSÄ, TARU HÄYRINEN, PEKKA LAHTI-NUUTTILA, MARIT KORKMAN Source Type: journals

Replacing Either/Or With Both/And: Illustrations of Perspective AlternationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses the concept of perspective alternation as an approach that might be helpful in moving through recurrent limitations or impasses within the literature about lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color and sexual minority populations more broadly. Specifically, perspective alternation is conceptualized as taking on and moving between different perspectives. The authors use perspective alternation as a way to integrate different emphases offered by the reactants to the Major Contribution. They illustrate alternation between shared and unique experiences, group comparison and individual differences, inclu...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moradi, B., DeBlaere, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Identity, Stress, and Resilience in Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals of ColorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The author addresses two issues raised in Moradi, DeBlaere, and Huang’s Major Contribution to this issue: the intersection of racial/ethnic and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) identities and the question of stress and resilience. The author expands on Moradi et al.’s work, hoping to encourage further research. On the intersection of identities, the author notes that LGB identities among people of color have been construed as different from the identities of White LGB persons, purportedly because of an inherent conflict between racial/ethnic and gay identities.The author suggests that contrary to this, LGB peop...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meyer, I. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Eight Articles, Eight Journals, 8 Years: Selected Disappointments and Celebrations From an Outstanding Major ContributionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This reaction paper highlights what the author views as remarkable and particularly laudable about this major contribution on lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color; some disappointments that emerged, especially from the results of the content analysis; and a few thoughts extending those already offered in this outstanding set of major contribution articles. Particularly impressive is the quantity and quality of scholarship presented in this set of articles, how they build on one another, and the utility for future researchers, teachers, and scholars in the field of multicultural psychology. Selected disappointments in...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Phillips, J. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Reaction to the Special Issue on Centralizing the Experiences of LGB People of Color in Counseling PsychologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This reaction article comments on the Major Contribution "Centralizing the Experiences of LGB People of Color in Counseling Psychology." The content analysis of the published literature on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people of color from 1998 to 2007 provides much-needed information that will help psychologists set future research agendas and move the field forward. The methodological issues associated with doing research on LGB and transgender people of color raise important issues to be considered from the inception of research questions to dissemination of findings. Respondent-driven sampling is proposed as an addi...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zea, M. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

LGB of Color and White Individuals' Perceptions of Heterosexist Stigma, Internalized Homophobia, and Outness: Comparisons of Levels and LinksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tested tenets of these two perspectives with a sample of 178 LGB persons, about 50% of whom identified as White and 50% as people of color. Findings suggested similarities between LGB people of color and White LGB individuals in levels of perceived heterosexist stigma, internalized homophobia, and comfort with disclosure of sexual orientation and in relations of heterosexist stigma with sexual orientation disclosure variables. But, compared with data for White LGB participants, data for LGB people of color suggested lower levels of outness and a weaker relation between perceived heterosexist stigma and internali...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moradi, B., Wiseman, M. C., DeBlaere, C., Goodman, M. B., Sarkees, A., Brewster, M. E., Huang, Y.-P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Content Analysis of Literature About LGB People of Color: 1998-2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study provides a content analysis of the past decade (1998-2007) of psychological scholarship about lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people of color. Findings revealed that literature about LGB people of color is growing. But, findings also highlighted underused methods, underrepresented subpopulations, and understudied topics in the scholarship about LGB people of color. In addition, divergence found between the topics of focus represented in empirical and nonempirical literature suggested the need for empirical evaluation of themes and topics discussed in the conceptual literature. Finally, understudied topics seeme...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Huang, Y.-P., Brewster, M. E., Moradi, B., Goodman, M. B., Wiseman, M. C., Martin, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Conducting Research With LGB People of Color: Methodological Challenges and StrategiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Methodological barriers have been highlighted as a primary reason for the limited research with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people of color. Thus, strategies for anticipating and addressing potential methodological barriers are needed. To address this need, this article discusses potential challenges associated with conducting research with LGB people of color and describes specific strategies for addressing these challenges. Each step of the research process—from development of research questions to interpretation and dissemination of results—is discussed. This discussion concludes with a summary of recom...
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: DeBlaere, C., Brewster, M. E., Sarkees, A., Moradi, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Centralizing the Experiences of LGB People of Color in Counseling Psychology 1{Psi}7Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article introduces the Major Contribution on centralizing the experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people of color in counseling psychology. The roles of LGB people of color in LGB sociopolitical movements and their invisibility in the psychological literature are discussed as a context for this series of articles. This article also discusses the overall aims of the Major Contribution and presents an overview of each of its three component articles. (Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moradi, B., DeBlaere, C., Huang, Y.-P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Earn Continuing Education Credit for Reading Articles in The Counseling Psychologist!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: The Counseling Psychologist)
Source: The Counseling Psychologist - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Do You Have a Dependent Personality?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People with dependent personality styles or disorders often seek treatment for what they describe as depression or uncontrolled anxiety. But the underlying behaviors include difficulty making decisions and feelings of helplessness, loneliness, and abandonment. The anxiety appears to be part of this system, as the overall helplessness and dependence lead right into this. Dependent personality disorder was poorly understood until Freud was conceptually able to place the genesis of this disorder, in part, into a specific developmental stage in terms of overindulgence during early life. In treating patients who present with de...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert London, MD Tags: Personality abandonment anxiety disorders culprit dependent personality disorder depression depression symptoms developmental stage family doctor helplessness high anxiety lack of self esteem loneliness low confidence low self- Source Type: consumer

School Consultation(Erchul et al.)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conceptual and Empirical Bases of Practiceseries:Issues in Clinical Child PsychologySince its emergence during the 1960s, school consultation has become an important vehicle for delivering psychological and educational services. Cooperative efforts between skilled consultants and teachers, rooted in the principles of problem solving, social influence, and professional development, enhance student learning and adjustment while encouraging consultees to be more effective and ... (Source: Springer Psychology titles)
Source: Springer Psychology titles - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Y12040 Source Type: organizations

Secondary Infertility: When having more children is an unexpected challenge for parentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In earlier blogs, I've mentioned the fertility challenges faced by such public figures as Celine Dion and Sarah Jessica Parker, both of whom grappled with secondary infertility (and, earlier, with primary infertility). So, what exactly is secondary infertility? Statistically the most common form of infertility, it is the inability to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term following the birth of one or more biological children to the same couple.The unique dilemma of a couple with secondary infertility is that everyone presumes them to be fertile, unless they had an earlier child with the help of reproductive technolo...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Connie Shapiro, PhD Tags: Parenting Relationships baby showers backdrop biological children birth parents brises celine dion child ren dilemma emotional time fertility futile efforts infertility invisible disability left behind reproductive technolo Source Type: consumer

A friend you can count on...well, sometimesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
QUESTIONDear Irene:My friend sent me a message on Facebook (a personal message, not where it could be read by everyone). She said: Hey, your birthday is coming up Friday, what do you want to do? She said she wanted us to do something, just her and me. She said her boyfriend didn't want her to go out but she said we were going anyway.This was on Wednesday. I changed my plans with my parents (who were going to take me out) on Friday night. On Thursday night, my friend and I texted (on the phone) about where we might go and said goodnight at about 10PM.Friday comes and I don't hear anything from her until 4:30PM when I notice...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships apology cell phone cheerleader friday night goodnight happy birthday heart irene parents personal message phoebe reply text message thursday night Source Type: consumer

Get Your Puppy on LettermanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Train your puppy for the limelight. (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Josh Gowin Tags: Animal Behavior Crossing Kingdoms Source Type: consumer

The Pet WhispererEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The ups and downs of caring for our four-legged friends. (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carlin Flora Tags: Animal Behavior Crossing Kingdoms Source Type: consumer

Pampered Pooch SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Why do we baby our dogs? (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul J. Zak Tags: Animal Behavior Crossing Kingdoms Source Type: consumer

Fido Loves YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Personality in the animal kingdom (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas Starr Tags: Animal Behavior Crossing Kingdoms Source Type: consumer

20 Ways to Get the Job You WantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You can help make the job you want happen. The key is believing in you. Plant your feet firmly on the path to the job you desire. Take the time to free yourself of the shackles of doubt so you can see yourself in the most positive accurate way. Confidence is what allows you to see the asset you are. Dream, plan, try and stretch yourself to get that job you desire.Read more ways to gain confidence on your job pursuit: 1. Stay Positive - Remind yourself of all the positive qualities and skills you bring to any job by making a list.2. Put Your Best Qualities Forward - Keep in mind that you are a composite ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marci Fox, Ph.D. and Leslie Sokol, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Self-Help Work best qualities cheer cheerleader confidence doubt exercise fun time hobbies inner confidence job hunting job opportunity job search new opportunities open your mind personal time shackles shor Source Type: consumer

Devastated over being dumped? Control what you canEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
QUESTIONDear Irene,A college friend named Leah recently dumped me. I graduated but she's still in her final year. We live three-hours apart but we've met up about a dozen times since graduation in May. The last few times, she was very distant and seemed to actively avoid talking or being with me (we were always in the company of other people).In October, after one such occasion, I texted saying I felt hurt and couldn't understand why she was cold and distant. She replied saying I was selfish, and didn't understand how tired she was after work and so forth. I felt guilty for saying anything at all and didn't initiate any co...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships advice breakup Christmas closure college friend control dozen times dumped eve friendship friendship expert getting over a breakup Graduation irene mutual friend New Year pain reader Q & six months s Source Type: consumer

The usefulness of assessing suggestibility and compliance in prisoners with unidentified intellectual disabilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Søndenaa, E., Rasmussen, K., Palmstierna, T. & Nøttestad, J. A. (2010). The usefulness of assessing suggestibility and compliance in prisoners with unidentified intellectual disabilities. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. This present study explored the relationship of interrogative suggestibility (n = 133) and compliance (n = 118) to intellectual functioning among prison inmates. The Norwegian versions of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS) and the Gudjonsson Compliance Scale (GCS) were used. The results supported previous findings of a negative correlation between the Gudjonsson scales and IQ, and the scales we...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: ERIK SØNDENAA, KIRSTEN RASMUSSEN, TOM PALMSTIERNA, JIM AAGE NØTTESTAD Source Type: journals

Erratum to: Sun Protection Intervention for Highway Workers: Long-Term Efficacy of UV Photography and Skin Cancer Information on Men's Protective Cognitions and Behavior.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 20300904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stock ML, Gerrard M, Gibbons FX, Dykstra JL, Weng CY, Mahler HI, Walsh LA, Kulik JA Tags: Ann Behav Med Source Type: journals

Exploring the Role of the Built and Social Neighborhood Environment in Moderating Stress and Health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that neighborhood environment has both direct and moderating associations with health, after adjusting for individual characteristics. The use of geospatial data could broaden the scope of stress-health research and advance knowledge by untangling the intertwined relationship between built and social environments, stress, and health. In particular, future studies should integrate built environment characteristics in health-related research; these characteristics are modifiable and can facilitate health promotion policies. PMID: 20300905 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Anna...
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthews SA, Yang TC Tags: Ann Behav Med Source Type: journals

Examining the Potential of Community-Based After-School Programs for Latino Youth.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, higher ratings of the ASP's emphasis on ethnic socialization were associated with a more developed ethnic identity, while greater intensity of ASP participation and perceptions of ASP quality were associated with higher levels of self-worth. Study 2 examined relations between ASP participation and development of concentration and emotion regulation skills in rural Latino grade-school youth. In this study, youth who regularly attended the ASP demonstrated significantly better concentration and regulation skills than those who did not regularly attend, if they exhibited preexisting concentration and regulation...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Riggs NR, Bohnert AM, Guzman MD, Davidson D Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

Inside the Black Box: Assessing and Improving Quality in Youth Programs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Over the past decade, structured programming for children and youth during the non-school hours has expanded exponentially. A confluence of recent research studies and program evaluations backs the publicly perceived notion that after-school programs can positively influence important developmental and learning outcomes. The rapid expansion of the field and the potential of programs to contribute to child and youth development have made defining what high quality programs look like and learning how to improve program quality key challenges facing the field. This paper describes what is known about the relation between ...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yohalem N, Wilson-Ahlstrom A Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

More Than Attendance: The Importance of After-School Program Quality.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A central theme of the articles featured in this issue is the need to improve the quality of after-school programs. In this commentary, we discuss why student engagement, program characteristics and implementation, staff training, and citywide policy are key considerations in the effort to define and achieve high quality programs for youth. PMID: 20300823 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: American Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hirsch BJ, Mekinda MA, Stawicki J Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

Dilemmas of Practice: Challenges to Program Quality Encountered by Youth Program Leaders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To create and sustain high quality youth development programs it is important to understand the challenging situations and dilemmas that emerge in program leaders' daily work with youth. In this research the experiences of leaders in 12 programs were followed over a 2-9 month period, which led to the identification of 250 dilemma situations. Qualitative analyses identified 5 categories and 12 subcategories of dilemmas that reflected distinct types of considerations (e.g., youth's personalities, relationships with the community). The analyses also found that the experienced leaders in the study typically responded to th...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larson RW, Walker KC Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

A Meta-Analysis of After-School Programs That Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A meta-analysis of after-school programs that seek to enhance the personal and social skills of children and adolescents indicated that, compared to controls, participants demonstrated significant increases in their self-perceptions and bonding to school, positive social behaviors, school grades and levels of academic achievement, and significant reductions in problem behaviors. The presence of four recommended practices associated with previously effective skill training (SAFE: sequenced, active, focused, and explicit) moderated several program outcomes. One important implication of current findings is that ASPs shoul...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Durlak JA, Weissberg RP, Pachan M Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

A Validation of Blanchard's Typology: Comment on Nuttbrock et al. (2010).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 20300958 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior)
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lawrence AA Tags: Arch Sex Behav Source Type: journals

Time course of vocal modulation during isolation in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Common marmosets vocalize phee calls as isolation calls, which seem to facilitate their reunion with family groups. To identify multiple acoustic properties with different time courses, we examined acoustic modulations of phees during different social contexts of isolation. Subject marmosets were totally isolated in one condition, were visually isolated and could exchange vocalizations in another condition, and were visually isolated and subsequently totally isolated in a third condition. We recorded 6,035 phees of 10 male-female marmoset pairs and conducted acoustic analysis. The marmosets frequently vocalized phees that ...
Source: American Journal of Primatology - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chieko Yamaguchi, Akihiro Izumi, Katsuki Nakamura Source Type: journals

A longitudinal analysis of early risk factors for adult-onset offending: What predicts a delayed criminal career?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Our hypotheses that late-onset offenders would be particularly characterised by neuroticism or nervousness, but that this would buffer rather than fully protect over the life course, were sustained. Intervention to increase the resilience of children and adolescents who are rated as high on neurotic characteristics may lessen the burden that these factors impose in adult life and reduce the risk of a deteriorating quality of life and late onset criminal careers. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health)
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Georgia Zara, David P. Farrington Source Type: journals

Social group norms, school norms, and children's aggressive intentionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined whether the effect of social group norms on 7- and 10-year-old children's aggression can be moderated or extinguished by contrary school norms. Children (n=384) participated in a simulation in which they were assigned membership in a social group for a drawing competition against an outgroup. Participants learnt that their group had a norm of inclusion, exclusion, or exclusion-plus-relational aggression, toward non-group members, and that the school either had a norm of inclusion, or no such norm. Findings indicated that group norms influenced the participants' direct and indirect aggressive intentions,...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - March 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christian Nipedal, Drew Nesdale, Melanie Killen Source Type: journals

Social Mobility: The Case for Identity ExplorationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As noted in the Huffington Post this week, a new report indicates that progressing to higher levels of the socioeconomic ladder than one's parents is becoming more difficult in the United States as compared to Canada and to European countries.Therefore, staying within the same socioeconomic group as one's parents, or social immobility, is becoming the new norm in the U.S. More worrisome is a form of social mobility, but one that is downward. In downward social mobility, individuals do not even reach the socioeconomic levels obtained by their parents. Such downward mobility along the socioeconomic ladder is likely to increa...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - March 18, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kristine Anthis, Ph.D. Tags: Personality adolescent career identity career options downward mobility employment experts european countries family tradition health insurance higher education historical context Huffington Post Identity Exploration immobility Source Type: consumer