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Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Christian N. L. Olivers.
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Christian N. L. Olivers, winner of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, is cited for outstanding research on visual attention and working memory. Olivers uses classic experimental designs in an innovative and sophisticated way to determine underlying mechanisms. He has formulated important theoretical insights on how people segregate new from old elements. In addition to the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Olivers' works are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Robert E. Ployhart.Email this article to a colleague.
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Robert E. Ployhart, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, is cited for innovative work in examining reactions to staffing practices and efforts to enhance the acceptability of recruitment and staffing practices; for exemplary use of applied statistical models in examining multilevel effects and longitudinal hypotheses; and for leadership in promoting the use of multilevel models in selection research and in providing informative examples of such efforts. Ployhart’s conceptual models of the manner in which individual differences might be aggregated and affect outcome...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Jennifer A. Richeson.Email this article to a colleague.
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Jennifer A. Richeson, winner of the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, is cited for creative and sophisticated investigations of the psychological and neural underpinnings of prejudice, discrimination, and intergroup relations. Considering the perspectives of both minority and majority group members, Richeson has produced new insights into the psychological dynamics that unfold within the crucible of interracial interactions. Her analysis identifies and synthesizes basic attentional, self-regulatory, and motivational processes critical in shaping the quality and quantity of intergr...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
2009 award winners: Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest.Email this article to a colleague.
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Announces the 2009 recipients of the Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest awards. This winners of the Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest are Keith N. Humphreys, who received the Early Career Award, and Beverly Greene. The winners of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy are Charlotte J. Patterson and Laurence Steinberg, who shared the award. For each winner, a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are presented. In addition, a version of the award address that the recipient presented at the American Psychological Association's ...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.Email this article to a colleague.
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The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. The 2009 recipients are Keith N. Humphreys (Early Career Award) and Beverly Greene. For each recipient, a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are presented. In additi...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Beverly Greene.Email this article to a colleague.
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Beverly Greene, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, has a long history of distinguished contributions in the public interest through her research, scholarship, teaching, practice, and consultation. Her work raises the visibility of many populations that have been overlooked and marginalized in the broader society as well as within psychology and offers new models for theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches. Her mentorship has reached innumerable people around the world, and her creative and influential contributions have moved the field in new ...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
The use and abuse of religious beliefs in dividing and conquering between socially marginalized groups: The same-sex marriage debate.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article discusses the use and abuse of religious beliefs and their role in divide-and-conquer strategies. Divide-and-conquer strategies are engaged to disrupt potential coalitions between and among marginalized group members, specifically sexual minority groups and people of color. Tensions between these groups have been exacerbated by the debate on same-sex marriage and comparisons between the discriminatory treatment of each group. A component of this discussion includes a brief exploration of one of the historical abuses of religious doctrine used to legitimize the marginalization of people of color and sexual mino...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Greene, Beverly Source Type: journals
Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Keith Humphreys.Email this article to a colleague.
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Keith Humphreys, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, is cited for creatively combining a scientist’s commitment to rigor, a clinician’s emphasis on high-quality mental health care, and a policy analyst’s understanding of how to address and resolve social problems. His work as a program evaluator and policy analyst has informed important legislation that has enhanced access to and quality of mental health services for U.S. veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Moreover, he has been a prime mover in shaping the Iraqi Ministry of Healthâ...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Responding to the psychological impact of war on the Iraqi people and U.S. veterans: Mixing icing, praying for cake.Email this article to a colleague.
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The psychological impact of the war in Iraq stimulated major initiatives to build a modern mental health care system for the Iraqi people and to improve mental health services for U.S. veterans of the Iraq war. Although these two initiatives differ in important respects, they are both informed by general principles of psychology concerning the nature of social problem definition, the process of human adaptation to extreme stress and its aftermath, and the role and limits of mental health services. Building on these common themes and my own experiences, I describe how two nations are trying to address the colossal psycholog...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Humphreys, Keith Source Type: journals
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy.Email this article to a colleague.
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The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy is given to a psychologist who has made a distinguished empirical and/or theoretical contribution to research in public policy, either through a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of work. This contribution may consist of such factors as research leading others to view specific national policies differently; research demonstrating the importance of the application of psychological methods and theory to public policy; or research clarifying the ways in which scientific knowledge of human behavior informs public policy. The 2009 award is share...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
Revealing the form and function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A real-time ecological assessment study among adolescents and young adults.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study provides a first glimpse of how SITBs are experienced in everyday life and has significant implications for scientific and clinical work on self-injurious behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J.; Sterba, Sonya K. Source Type: journals
Identification of emotional facial expressions following recovery from depression.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study investigated the identification of facial expressions of emotion in currently nondepressed participants who had a history of recurrent depressive episodes (recurrent major depression; RMD) and never-depressed control participants (CTL). Following a negative mood induction, participants were presented with faces whose expressions slowly changed from neutral to full intensity. Identification of facial expressions was measured by the intensity of the expression at which participants could accurately identify whether faces expressed happiness, sadness, or anger. There were no group differences in the identification ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: LeMoult, Joelle; Joormann, Jutta; Sherdell, Lindsey; Wright, Yamanda; Gotlib, Ian H. Source Type: journals
2009 award winners.Email this article to a colleague.
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In accordance with established custom, the American Psychological Association (APA) bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. The awards laud distinguished contributions to the advancement of science, to applications of psychological knowledge to clinical and social issues, to education and training, and to work devoted to international cooperation and humanitarian ideals. This issue of American Psychologist presents the 2009 award winners. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided for each awardee. In addition, for those winners who d...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals
The stability of personality traits in individuals with borderline personality disorder.Email this article to a colleague.
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Although stability and pervasive inflexibility are general criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) personality disorders (PDs), borderline PD (BPD) is characterized by instability in several domains, including interpersonal behavior, affect, and identity. The authors hypothesized that such inconsistencies notable in BPD may relate to instability at the level of the basic personality traits that are associated with this disorder. Five types of personality trait stability across 4 assessments over 6 years were compared for BPD patients (N = 130 ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hopwood, Christopher J.; Newman, Daniel A.; Donnellan, M. Brent; Markowitz, John C.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Sanislow, Charles A.; Ansell, Emily B.; McGlashan, Thomas H.; Skodol, Andrew E.; Shea, M. Tracie; Gunderson, John G.; Zanarini, Mary C.; Morey, Leslie C Source Type: journals
Developmental structure of genetic influences on antisocial behavior across childhood and adolescence.Email this article to a colleague.
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It is necessary to determine if causal influences on developing antisocial behavior change with age to guide both research and theory on its origins. The extent to which the same genetic factors influence antisocial behavior across 4–17 years of age was estimated using 2,482 sibling pairs of varying genetic relatedness. Assessments of antisocial behavior by mothers (4–9 years), mothers and youth (10–13 years), and youth (14–17 years) reflected the changing validity of informants across development. Genetic influences on antisocial behavior at 14–17 years were entirely shared with those on antisocial behavior at 1...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Van Hulle, Carol A.; Waldman, Irwin D.; D’Onofrio, Brian M.; Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Rathouz, Paul J.; Lahey, Benjamin B. Source Type: journals
Etiology and measurement of relational aggression: A multi-informant behavior genetic investigation.Email this article to a colleague.
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Although the study of relational aggression is gaining attention in the literature, little is known about the underlying causes of this behavior and the relative validity of various informants. These issues were addressed in a sample of 1,981 6- to 18-year-old twin pairs (36% female, 34% male, 30% opposite-sex). Relational aggression was assessed via maternal and self-report using a structured interview. Univariate models estimated genetic and environmental influences by informant and examined evidence for gender differences. A psychometric model combined data from both informants to estimate etiologic influences that were...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tackett, Jennifer L.; Waldman, Irwin D.; Lahey, Benjamin B. Source Type: journals
Children’s inferential styles, 5-HTTLPR genotype, and maternal expressed emotion-criticism: An integrated model for the intergenerational transmission of depression.Email this article to a colleague.
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The authors tested a model for the intergenerational transmission of depression integrating specific genetic (5-HTTLPR), cognitive (inferential style), and environmental (mother depressive symptoms and expressed-emotion criticism [EE-Crit]) risk factors. Supporting the hypothesis that maternal depression is associated with elevated levels of stress in children’s lives, mothers with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibited higher depressive symptoms across a 6-month multiwave follow-up than mothers with no depression history. In addition, partially supporting our hypothesis, levels of maternal criticism duri...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gibb, Brandon E.; Uhrlass, Dorothy J.; Grassia, Marie; Benas, Jessica S.; McGeary, John Source Type: journals
A longitudinal study of rumination and distraction in formerly depressed inpatients and community controls.Email this article to a colleague.
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The response styles theory (S. Nolen-Hoeksema, B. E. Wisco, & S. Lyubomirsky, 2008) supposes that ruminative coping is a cognitive risk factor for the course of depression, whereas distractive coping has protective effects. The authors present a longitudinal study on reciprocal relations between coping styles and depressive symptoms. They investigated 82 formerly depressed inpatients 4 weeks, 6 months, and 3.5 years after hospital discharge together with 76 age- and gender-matched community controls. Depressive symptoms predicted future symptom-focused rumination over the initial short-term interval in both samples. In for...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Huffziger, Silke; Reinhard, Iris; Kuehner, Christine Source Type: journals
Rumination and impaired resource allocation in depression.Email this article to a colleague.
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Depression is characterized by a range of cognitive deficits that theorists posit are due to the resource capturing properties of rumination. The present study was designed to examine the relation between rumination and resource allocation in depression. Twenty-five depressed and 25 nondepressed participants completed a modified dual-task version of the recency-probes task, which assesses the controlled allocation of cognitive resources by comparing performance across low- and high-interference conditions. In low-interference conditions, participants performed either the recency-probes task or a tracking task, which requir...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Levens, Sara M.; Muhtadie, Luma; Gotlib, Ian H. Source Type: journals
Comparison of immediate-onset and delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder in military veterans.Email this article to a colleague.
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In conclusion, the results suggest that delayed onsets involve a more general stress sensitivity and a progressive failure to adapt to continued stress exposure. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrews, Bernice; Brewin, Chris R.; Stewart, Lorna; Philpott, Rosanna; Hejdenberg, Jennie Source Type: journals
Maladaptive cognitive appraisals mediate the evolution of posttraumatic stress reactions: A 6-month follow-up of child and adolescent assault and motor vehicle accident survivors.Email this article to a colleague.
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A prospective longitudinal follow-up study (n = 59) of child and adolescent survivors of physical assaults and motor vehicle accidents assessed whether cognitive processes predicted posttraumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) at 6 months posttrauma in this age group. In particular, the study assessed whether maladaptive posttraumatic appraisals mediated the relationship between initial and later posttraumatic stress. Self-report measures of PTSS, maladaptive appraisals, and other cognitive processes, as well as structured interviews assessing for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), were completed...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meiser-Stedman, Richard; Dalgleish, Tim; Glucksman, Ed; Yule, William; Smith, Patrick Source Type: journals
Puberty and the genetic diathesis of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.Email this article to a colleague.
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Twin studies from the Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS) suggest negligible genetic effects on eating pathology before puberty but increased genetic effects during puberty. However, an independent study found no pubertal differences in genetic and environmental effects (R. Rowe, A. Pickles, E. Simonoff, C. M. Bulik, & J. L. Silberg, 2002). Discrepant results may be due to methodological differences. The MTFS studies divided twins at mid-puberty, whereas R. Rowe et al. (2002) divided twins based on menarche alone. In the present study, the authors aimed to reconcile discrepant findings by examining differences in etiologic ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Culbert, Kristen M.; Burt, S. Alexandra; McGue, Matthew; Iacono, William G.; Klump, Kelly L. Source Type: journals
Genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating: An adoption study.Email this article to a colleague.
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Twin studies indicate significant genetic, but little shared environmental, influences on eating disorders. However, critics argue that study limitations constrain the conclusions that can be drawn. Adoption studies avoid many of these limitations, but to date, no adoption studies of eating pathology have been conducted. The current study was the first adoption study to examine genetic/environmental effects for disordered eating. Participants included 123 adopted and 56 biological female sibling pairs. Disordered eating (i.e., overall eating pathology, body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, binge eating) was assessed ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Klump, Kelly L.; Suisman, Jessica L.; Burt, S. Alexandra; McGue, Matt; Iacono, William G. Source Type: journals
Social comparison as a predictor of body dissatisfaction: A meta-analytic review.Email this article to a colleague.
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The relationship between social comparison and body dissatisfaction was examined using meta-analysis. Several demographic and methodological variables were examined as potential moderators. Data from 156 studies (189 effect sizes) showed that social comparison was related to higher levels of body dissatisfaction. The effect for social comparison and body dissatisfaction was stronger for women than men and inversely related to age. This effect was stronger when social comparison was directly measured rather than inferred. No differences emerged for the presence of eating psychopathology, study design, or object of compariso...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Myers, Taryn A.; Crowther, Janis H. Source Type: journals
Refinements in the hierarchical structure of externalizing psychiatric disorders: Patterns of lifetime liability from mid-adolescence through early adulthood.Email this article to a colleague.
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Research on hierarchical modeling of psychopathology has frequently identified 2 higher order latent factors, internalizing and externalizing. When based on the comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses, the externalizing domain has usually been modeled as a single latent factor. Multivariate studies of externalizing symptom features, however, suggest multidimensionality. To address this apparent contradiction, confirmatory factor analytic methods and information-theoretic criteria were used to evaluate 4 theoretically plausible measurement models based on lifetime comorbidity patterns of 7 putative externalizing disorders. Dia...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Farmer, Richard F.; Seeley, John R.; Kosty, Derek B.; Lewinsohn, Peter M. Source Type: journals
PornStar Mom, SuperStar Stepmom...What About Dad?Email this article to a colleague.
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Last week the custody battle between Sandra Bullock's husband, Jesse James, and James's ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, exploded into public view as Lindemulder took to Good Morning America to make her case. It seems that while Lindemulder, a former adult film actress, was serving a six-month sentence for tax evasion, James won a temporary order granting full custody of their 5-year-old daughter Sunny. He now seeks to make it permanent, alleging that Lindemulder is an unfit mother and a drug addict, and that Lindemulder's husband is a convicted felon. So far, Lindemulder has passed a drug test, and the court has ordered that ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Media Parenting blended family catfight custody battle divorce double standard drug addiction family court Janine Lindemulder jesse james mother remarriage Sandra Bullock sexism step mother stepmother unfit mothe Source Type: consumer
What's An Overshopper To Do?Email this article to a colleague.
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Consciousness is the watchword for problem shoppers, particularly as the holiday season approaches, and most particularly amidst all the over-optimistic talk of economic recovery. Consciousness means not allowing yourself to shop as a way of trying to satisfy emotional needs. It means becoming aware of what triggers your shopping urges and genuinely acknowledging their consequences: financial, familial, at work, and with friends. And it means distinguishing your wants from your needs, as well as recognizing that many of those wants have been foisted on you by a massive and highly sophisticated marketing machine, rarely wit...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: April Lane Benson, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Happiness Psychiatry Relationships Self-Help Spirituality Stress Therapy clothes compulsive buying compulsive buying disorder compulsive spending consciousness consequences economic recovery f Source Type: consumer
Holidays Beckon: What's An Overshopper To Do?Email this article to a colleague.
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Consciousness is the watchword for problem shoppers, particularly as the holiday season approaches, and most particularly amidst all the over-optimistic talk of economic recovery. Consciousness means not allowing yourself to shop as a way of trying to satisfy emotional needs. It means becoming aware of what triggers your shopping urges and genuinely acknowledging their consequences: financial, familial, at work, and with friends. And it means distinguishing your wants from your needs, as well as recognizing that many of those wants have been foisted on you by a massive and highly sophisticated marketing machine, rarely wit...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: April Lane Benson, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Depression Happiness Psychiatry Relationships Self-Help Spirituality Stress Therapy clothes compulsive buying compulsive buying disorder compulsive spending consciousness consequences economic recovery f Source Type: consumer
Survey Says: Fewer Americans Using Mental Health Professionals To Manage StressEmail this article to a colleague.
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Results of a recent survey reveal that, despite an increase in stress, fewer Americans use therapy as a way to manage it. The results of the annual "Stress in America" survey by the American Psychological Association, released last week, found that while 85 percent of Americans say their stress level has remained the same or increased in the past year, just 4 percent of people use therapy as a way to combat that stress. This reflects a decrease in therapy usage related to stress.
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Seattle Residents Continue To Report High Levels Of StressEmail this article to a colleague.
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Work is causing stress for more Seattleites this year according to the American Psychological Association's (APA) Stress in America survey, while the number reporting money or the economy as significant stressors has dropped since last year. More than 50 percent of city residents remain stressed by one or more of these three sources, a cause of concern for psychologists who worry about the effects of long-term stress and how it can contribute to chronic health disorders.
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Self Esteem Across CulturesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Self-esteem is generally considered to be something vital, a value in itself, in Western societies. In this first of a series on our sense of self, or lack of it, I am going to look at the apparent lack of self-esteem in Chinese compared to North American students.Tags: news and research, self-esteem, series on sense of self, society
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah Luczaj Tags: General news and research self-esteem series on sense of self society Source Type: news
The Reality of Implementing Evidence-Based PracticesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11414-009-9195-xAuthors
Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare 1701 K Street NW, Suite 400 Washington D.C. 20006-1526 USA
Journal The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and ResearchOnline ISSN 1556-3308Print ISSN 1094-3412
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research Source Type: journals
The Rescued: Rapacious PartnersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Initially, the covertly predatory style of rapacious partners may lead you to believe that you have found paradise in their arms, but sooner or later you feel like a victim. Desperate for nurturing and security, the rapacious partner manipulates to get what she needs, at times, through being irresistibly seductive. Her needs eventually leave her partner feeling exhausted, depressed, or confused. The rapacious rescued includes the depleting needy, the exotically unstable, the self-centered, and the rigid perfectionist subtypes. Please note that although we use feminine pronouns in our descriptions, rapacious partners are eq...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary C. Lamia, Ph.D. and Marilyn Krieger, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Personality Relationships Self-Help childhood history fear of abandonment feminine pronouns frequent questions insecurity love manipulation moods perfectionist physical abuse rapacious retaliation self destructive Source Type: consumer
A Second Opinion About Second OpinionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Uncertainty promotes mindfulness, which is good for health.
Source: Psychology Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen Langer Tags: Health Calling In Sick Source Type: consumer
What the Doctor RecommendsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Getting bossy about flu shots?
Source: Psychology Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Koven, M.D. Tags: Health Calling In Sick Source Type: consumer
Ward Off the FluEmail this article to a colleague.
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The untapped arsenal.
Source: Psychology Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marc Schoen, Ph.D. Tags: Health Calling In Sick Source Type: consumer
How to Survive in a HospitalEmail this article to a colleague.
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And fire a doctor.
Source: Psychology Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alix Kates Shulman Tags: Health Calling In Sick Source Type: consumer
The Case For Rebound RelationshipsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Entering a new relationship when you are still feeling emotionally connected to your previous partner is a complicated affair, and most self-help books, newspaper articles and blog posts strictly advise against entering such rebound relationships. Indeed, the average advice column will ordinarily contend that rebound relationships distract us from dealing with lingering emotional ties and are unhealthy in that they keep us from achieving resolution.However, in the July edition of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin we find a study that begs to differ from this popular notion by demonstrating possible merits of r...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel R. Hawes Tags: Relationships advice column american psychological association anxious attachment attachment system breakup breakups emotional ties fear of rejection human psychology longing merits negative feelings obsession personality per Source Type: consumer
National Adoption Month: BittersweetEmail this article to a colleague.
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This year's theme for National Adoption Month--which occurs in November--is "You don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent" (what a relief--right?).Jokes aside, I should be happy about this special month to celebrate adoption. But I'm not, not totally anyway. I've written about this over at The Faster Times in To My Daughters, Now Grown: One Adoptive Mom's Love Song.Funny thing is, I never really gave much thought to National Adoption Month, until now.
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meredith Resnick, M.A., M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Tags: Parenting adoptive mom experiences fathering grief jokes love song mothering national adoption month older child adoption parental bonding Source Type: consumer
A frenemy next door is too close for comfortEmail this article to a colleague.
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QUESTION:Dear Irene:I have been friends with the most needy, self absorbed, delusional person for nearly eight years. This woman can be absolutely toxic to the point that I have panic attacks when I feel trapped into interacting with her lately. Ours has never been a 50/50 sort of relationship.I tend to be a loner by choice and I'm quite content to be with my husband and three kids with minimal, if any, social interaction. My friend knows this but doesn't understand that it also applies to her. Of course, as these things go, I am her ONLY friend.This is the "balls to the walls" bizarre part that has thrown this relationshi...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Social Life Stress across street advice balls to the walls BFF blunt boundaries boundary crazy town errands fashion female frenemy friend friendship friendship expert helpless house irene loner nau Source Type: consumer
Losing Access to the Native Language While Immersed in a Second Language: Evidence for the Role of Inhibition in Second-Language LearningEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this study, we investigated the effects of immersion learning for a group of university students studying abroad in Spain. Our interest was in the effect of immersion on the native language (L1), English. We tested the hypothesis that immersion benefits L2 learning as a result of attenuated influence of the L1. Participants were English-speaking learners of Spanish who were either immersed in Spanish while living in Spain or exposed to Spanish in the classroom only. Performance on both comprehension and production tasks showed that immersed learners outperformed their classroom counterparts with respect to L2 proficienc...
Source: Psychological Science - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jared A. Linck, Judith F. Kroll, Gretchen Sunderman Source Type: journals
Cognitive and psychodynamic mechanisms of change in treated and untreated depressionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two patient-level mechanisms of change, defenses, and cognition were tested over 3 time points in 65 depressed adults, approximately half receiving treatment. Early changes in automatic thoughts and immature defenses were associated with symptom change from time-one to time-three. The directionality of early automatic thought change predicting symptom change was partially supported, but immature defense change occurs simultaneously with, or after, symptom change. Given the convergent evidence of cognitive change as a mediator of depression reduction, all depression therapies should consider how they address depressive cogn...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel Coleman, Diane Cole, Leslie Wuest Source Type: journals
The influence of a major disaster on suicide risk in the populationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The authors investigated the relationship between the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and suicide risk in New York City from 1990 to 2006. The average monthly suicide rate over the study period was 0.56 per 100,000 people. The monthly rate after September 2001 was 0.11 per 100,000 people lower as compared to the rate in the period before. However, the rate of change in suicide was not significantly different before and after the disaster, and regression discontinuity analysis indicated no change at this date. There was no net change in the suicide rate in New York City attributable to this disaster, suggesting that fa...
Source: Journal of Traumatic Stress - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Briana Mezuk, Gregory Luke Larkin, Marta R. Prescott, Melissa Tracy, David Vlahov, Kenneth Tardiff, Sandro Galea Source Type: journals
Latitudinal variation in cranial dimorphism in Macaca fascicularisEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study examines latitudinal and insular variation in the expression of sexual dimorphism in cranial length in three geographical groupings of Macaca fascicularis. In addition, the relationship between cranial length dimorphism (CLD) and sex-specific size is examined. The results of the study identified a significant relationship between CLD and latitude for only one of the three geographic groupings. Sex-specific relationships between cranial length and CLD were detected. The pattern of these relationships varied by geographic grouping. This study is important because it demonstrates that despite very similar levels of...
Source: American Journal of Primatology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael A. Schillaci Source Type: journals
Profiling Capacity for Coordination and Systems Change: The Relative Contribution of Stakeholder Relationships in Interorganizational Collaboratives.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study adopts a network approach to explore the relative importance of dense networks of cooperative relationships among members of interorganizational collaboratives for two outcomes of effectiveness: improving interorganizational coordination and fostering systems change. Based on survey and social network data collected from 48 different collaboratives, findings indicate that, relative to other key characteristics of collaboratives identified in previous literature, cooperative stakeholder relationships were the strongest predictor of systems change outcomes. However, for coordination outcomes, stakeholder relations...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nowell B Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals
Rumination fosters indecision in dysphoriaEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study investigated the effects of rumination on indecision, assessed as high levels of perceived decision difficulty, low confidence in a decision, and decision latency. Dysphoric and nondysphoric participants were assigned to either a rumination or a distraction induction. Subsequently, they made four decisions with alleged real-life consequences. As predicted, rumination exhibited a negative effect on dysphoric participants' decision-making process. They experienced the decisions as more difficult and had less confidence in their choices. No effects emerged on the measure of decision time. Mediation analyses reveale...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Annette van Randenborgh, Renate de Jong-Meyer, Joachim Hüffmeier Source Type: journals
Concerns about substandard training for prescription privileges for psychologistsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This Commentary on the Muse and McGrath study (this issue, pp. XXX-XXX) refutes its conclusion that the amount of training for prescription privileges for psychologists (R×P) is equal to or greater than that for psychiatric nurse practitioners and physicians. First, the sample failed to include only training programs for nurses and psychologists that lead to independent prescribing. Second, training was defined by an arbitrary, nonvalidated list of "key content areas" that excluded much of the standard medical curricula for nurses and physicians to prescribe. Third, the levels of training for which the "key content areas"...
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elaine M. Heiby Source Type: journals
Parental and school effects on children's political attitudes in Northern Ireland.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions The results suggest that parental attitudes, group membership, and cross-group contacts explain the majority of variance (58%) in children's political attitudes. The findings provide a comprehensive account of the factors that influence children's political attitudes within a deeply divided society and offer teachers and educationalists a way to improve community relations in a segregated society.
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Source: The British Journal of Educational Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stringer M, Irwing P, Giles M, McClenahan C, Wilson R, Hunter J Tags: Br J Educ Psychol Source Type: journals
Students' approaches to learning and their experiences of the teaching-learning environment in different disciplines.Email this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions It appears that there is disciplinary variation in approaches to learning. Furthermore, the results indicate that both approaches to learning and the discipline have an effect on students' experiences of the teaching-learning environment.
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Source: The British Journal of Educational Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Parpala A, Lindblom-Ylänne S, Komulainen E, Litmanen T, Hirsto L Tags: Br J Educ Psychol Source Type: journals
Social connectedness, conformity, and internalization of societal standards of attractiveness.Email this article to a colleague.
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Internalization of societal standards of attractiveness is known to play a role in the development of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, and researchers are now working toward identifying factors that influence the internalization of those societal standards. The present study examined to what extent social connectedness and conformity were related to internalization. Female college students (n=300) completed measures of social connectedness, conformity, and internalization, as well as measures of body image concerns, dietary restraint, and bulimic symptoms. Path analysis showed that social connectedness was n...
Source: Body Image - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vartanian LR, Hopkinson MM Tags: Body Image Source Type: journals
