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Primary and Secondary Socialization Impacts on Support for Same-Sex Marriage After Legalization in the NetherlandsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article shows, by way of multinomial logistic regression analysis of survey data, which socializing agents influence one’s attitude toward same-sex marriage after its legalization (FNB2003; N = 2,124). Parents’ attitudes toward homosexuality during one’s youth strongly affect one’s attitude toward same-sex marriage. The strongest determinant is socialization within religious institutions. Religious practice provides an explanation of the differences between members of denominations opposing same-sex marriage. A lower educational level enhances one’s probability of being neutral on abolish...
Source: Journal of Family Issues - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lubbers, M., Jaspers, E., Ultee, W. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Dark Side of SiblingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most parents who introduce their first born to a new brother or sister are well aware of, if not totally versed in, the difficulties that may arise. Parents read one or more of the books categorized as "how to introduce your child to a new sibling." They talk to their child and to other parents to avoid initial and future sibling backlash. Apparently much of this good intention and preparation goes unheeded. Siblings abuse each other: As many as 74 percent push or shove their brothers and sisters according to Murray Straus, Ph.D., author of Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family. Dr. Straus also found that 42...
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Newman, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Behavioral Economics Child Development Evolutionary Psychology Gender Happiness Media Parenting Personality Relationships Resilience Self-Help Stress aggression aggressor allison conn caffaro backlash brothers and Source Type: consumer

Blogging the Wild ThingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I've been thinking a lot lately about why we read blogs. And why we write them. I have to admit it, several years ago when I first heard about the concept of blogs and blogging I thought it was terribly narcissistic. Why would someone write something by, to, for, and about themselves? For awhile I persisted in that opinion, but have now been munching on those tart words for quite some time.While I've been wondering about it, the film version of Where the Wild Things Are has been released, and it brings to mind an incident highlighting one of my favorite themes, that of Life as Story and the need we all have for stories to ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jenny Lind Schmitt Tags: Parenting big sister blog blogging bookshelf coffee table exasperation favorite themes film version frustration Hermes inhalation late in the day lower case Maurice Sendak nuts quite some time realization story Where Source Type: consumer

What do we mean by commitment?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What does the word commitment suggest? It usually evokes a strong sense of intention and focus. It typically is accompanied by a statement of purpose or a plan of action. Very often, we utilize this word in regard to proclamations we may make about the seriousness of our relationships. For example, “I’m in a committed relationship,” or “ I’m completely committed to this relationship.” In such circumstances, what exactly are we saying? We take it for granted that the word or the expression means the same thing to all of us. I can assure you that it doesn’t. These offerings of relationship commitments are typic...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mel Schwartz, L.C.S.W. Tags: Happiness Philosophy Relationships Self-Help Therapy commitment commitments devotion divorce divorce rate fidelity infidelity institution of marriage intention likelihood lip service lofty goal notions offerings pledg Source Type: consumer

Behavioral health versus mental healthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The terms "behavioral health" and "mental health" are often used interchangeably. But, do they really mean the same thing? I've made two short lists below as I've tried to work out what's good, and not so good, about the term "behavioral health," and am very curious to hear what you think.Three things I like about the term behavioral health:-It's a way of being inclusive. Behavioral health includes not only ways of promoting well-being by preventing or intervening in mental illness such as depression or anxiety, but also has as an aim preventing or intervening in substance abuse or other addictions.-Perhaps the term "behav...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H. Tags: Anxiety Depression Health addiction addictions Aim behavioral health colleague depression anxiety discrimination diseases doors external environmental factors health mental insurance insurance company mental health mental Source Type: consumer

More than a friend?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's not unusual for platonic relationships to turn into something different or something more. Whenever this happens, regardless of gender, it can lead to misunderstandings if both people aren't on the same page. When two female friends are involved, the potential awkwardness is compounded exponentially because the experience is less common and less talked about.I was pleased when my colleague Tina B. Tessina, PhD, a regular contributor to Redbook Magazine who has developed a loyal following as Dr. Romance, agreed to share some practical advice for women who find themselves involved in such a situation. Tina is a psychoth...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships advice awkwardness books on relationships boundaries circumstances colleague coming out group contributor counselor Dr. Romance female female friend female friends friendship friendship expert gay gay person Source Type: consumer

Improving Risk Adjustment of Self-Reported Mental Health OutcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Risk adjustment for mental health care is important for making meaningful comparisons of provider, program, and system performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the predictive value of three diagnosis-based risk-adjustment models for predicting self-reported mental health outcomes. Baseline and 3-month follow-up mental health assessments were obtained on 1,023 veterans in Veterans Health Administration mental health programs between 2004 and 2006. Least-squares regression models predicting mental health outcomes used the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale-24, Veterans RAND-36, and...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research Source Type: journals

When Your Stepchild Is a Wild ThingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The dance of temperament in stepfamily life.
Source: Psychology Today - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Wild Child Source Type: consumer

The Best and Worst in Child CustodyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The benefits and drawbacks of joint physical custody.
Source: Psychology Today - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Emery, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Wild Child Source Type: consumer

My Lover Loves His Ex's KidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Enjoying your role in a complex family.
Source: Psychology Today - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hara Estroff Marano Tags: Relationships Wild Child Source Type: consumer

How a Wild Thing Manages AngerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mindfulness is the key.
Source: Psychology Today - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Media Wild Child Source Type: consumer

Online gaming creates another selfEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is easy to assume that fantasy gaming is "bad" or "harmful." Rumors of Dungeons & Dragons luring susceptible kids to the dark side added to its geek creep factor back in the 1980s, forever linking the game to deviant and antisocial behavior. Indeed, it's human nature to demonize what we don't understand. Such has been the case with MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) like World of Warcraft. Society still considers gamers to be as introverted, inarticulate, and emotionless as their armored avatars. News stories tell of how virtual relationships wreck real-life ones. ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ethan Gilsdorf Tags: Personality antisocial behavior avatars computer games emotionless ethan gilsdorf expletive fantasy freaks and gaming geeks fantasy gaming fantasy role playing games harry potter books human nature leaks life and death massivel Source Type: consumer

Exploring the Moderating Roles of Perceived Person–Job Fit and Person–Organisation Fit on the Relationship between Training Investment and Knowledge Workers' Turnover IntentionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous studies have documented inconsistent results in terms of the relationship between knowledge workers' perceived training investment and their turnover intentions. In order to clarify the inconsistencies, the present study extends previous research by exploring the moderating roles of perceived demand[ndash]ability (D[ndash]A) job fit and person[ndash]organisation (P[ndash]O) fit. Data were collected from 303 research and development (R&D) engineers from 30 high-technology firms in Taiwan. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. The results show that perceived D[ndash]A fit, P[ndash]O...
Source: Applied Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Huo-Tsan Chang, Nai-Wen Chi, Aichia Chuang Source Type: journals

Energetic costs of territorial boundary patrols by wild chimpanzeesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chimpanzees are well known for their territorial behavior. Males who belong to the same community routinely patrol their territories, occasionally making deep incursions into those of their neighbors. Male chimpanzees may obtain several fitness benefits by participating in territorial boundary patrols, but patrolling is also likely to involve fitness costs. Patrollers risk injury or even death, and patrols may be energetically costly and may involve opportunity costs. Although territorial patrols have been reported at all long-term chimpanzee study sites, quantitative data on their energetic costs have not previously been ...
Source: American Journal of Primatology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sylvia J. Amsler Source Type: journals

A Social Ecological Approach to Investigating Relationships Between Housing and Adaptive Functioning for Persons with Serious Mental Illness.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper seeks to advance mental health-housing research regarding which factors of housing and neighborhood environments are critical for adaptive functioning, health, and recovery for persons with serious mental illness (SMI). Housing and neighborhood environments are particularly important for persons with SMI because of the prevalence of poor housing conditions among this population. Most mental health-housing research has been limited by a focus on problems in environments and functioning. The paper seeks to expand the mental health-housing research agenda to consider protective factors that promote community in...
Source: American Journal of Community Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kloos B, Shah S Tags: Am J Community Psychol Source Type: journals

Mental fatigue and temporal preparation in simple reaction-time performance.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Performance decrements attributed to mental fatigue have been found to be especially pronounced in tasks that involve the voluntary control of attention. Here we explored whether mental fatigue from prolonged time on task (TOT) also impairs temporal preparation for speeded action in a simple reaction-time task. Temporal preparation is enabled by a warning signal presented before the imperative stimulus and usually results in shorter reaction time (RT). When the delay between warning and imperative stimuli - the foreperiod (FP) - varies between trials, responses are faster with longer FPs. This pattern has been proposed...
Source: Acta Psychologica - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Langner R, Steinborn MB, Chatterjee A, Sturm W, Willmes K Tags: Acta Psychol (Amst) Source Type: journals

Airway cytokine responses to acute and repeated stress in a murine model of allergic asthma.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although stress is known to exacerbate asthma, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Using a murine model of allergic asthma, Th1 (interleukin [IL]-2 and gamma-interferon [IFN-gamma]) and Th2 (IL-4 and IL-5) airway cytokine responses and Th1:Th2 cytokine ratios to acute and repeated stress were examined in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Asthmatic mice showed significantly higher IL-4 level and Th2 predominance, compared with healthy mice. To acute stress, asthmatic mice significantly increased IL-4 but decreased IFN-gamma levels favoring Th2 predominance, whereas healthy mice significantly decreased IL-4 level f...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kang DH, Weaver MT Tags: Biol Psychol Source Type: journals

The effects of metabolic syndrome and apolipoprotein E4 on cognitive event-related potentials.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To reduce the care burden of dementia, identifying whether the combined effect of metabolic syndrome and varepsilon4 increases the risk of cognitive decline needs to be determined. Using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), 145 mentally healthy middle-aged and older adults were recruited to investigate the influence of metabolic syndrome and varepsilon4 on cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs). The results showed no difference in CASI scores, N100 and P300 measurements and varepsilon4 carrier percentage between participants with and without metabolic syndrome. The varepsilon4 carriers displayed a si...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lai CL, Lin RT, Liou LM, Hsu CY, Hsieh HY, Liu CK Tags: Biol Psychol Source Type: journals

Feelings and the Body: The Jamesian Perspective on Autonomic Specificity of Emotion.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What is an emotion?" William James's seminal paper in Mind (1884) proposed the idea that physiological and behavioral responses precede subjective experience in emotions that are marked by "distinct bodily expression." This notion has broadly inspired the investigation of emotion-specific autonomic nervous system activity, a research topic with great longevity. The trajectory of this literature is traced through its major theoretical challenges from the Cannon-Bard, activation, and Schachter-Singer theories, through its rich empirical history in the field of psychophysiology. Although these studies are marked by variou...
Source: Biological Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Friedman BH Tags: Biol Psychol Source Type: journals

Are You a Gargoyle on Roller Skates?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A colleague of mine always seems in a rush. Walking across campus he looks a lot alike a gargoyle on roller skates. The upper part of his body seems anxious that he's going to be late. The lower part seems like a pouting, lagging child being dragged along. Speed is funny. Sometimes a desire for quick results only delays progress further. You can be moving quickly, it's true, but you may be going in the wrong direction! In the end, frustration may be paradoxically increased by going faster because we may be moving away from, rather than toward, our desired goal. In psychotherapy, if the patient is bored, the pace of the ses...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Wicks Tags: Anxiety Happiness Personality Procrastination Resilience Self-Help Spirituality Stress Therapy balance boredom clam colleague disciple discouragement effor frustration gargoyle haste incremental change lente openn Source Type: consumer

Passion Is EnergizingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PASSION. Can a couple have love without it? NO. PASSION. Is it the essence of love? NO. When couples experience passion, many are inclined to interpret (misinterpret?) what is going on as love. And when couples fail to experience passion, many are inclined to interpret (misinterpret?) what is going on as no-longer-in-love. Passion is one component of love. But it is not the essence of love. I suspect that each of us can quickly call to mind couples we know for whom the passion in their relationship has cooled drastically from what it once was. And even though such relationsh...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John R. Buri, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships basketball body parts boys high school consequences couples essence of love less talent Love; Relationships; Marriage; Passion nbsp parents playing the game school varsity self interests talented players whole l Source Type: consumer

Why Do Celebrities Fascinate?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ever since I went to see the Beatles sing in Forest Hills, New York, with three college girlfriends (back in the Pleistocene), I have wondered why people get so worked up over celebrities. Not because the Beatles arrived in a helicopter and sang to some 20,000 people. But because one girlfriend fainted from exhilaration; the second peed in her pants; the third sobbed throughout the concert. I was, as they say, the only ‘man' left standing.Why are we so interested in Michelle's Inauguration dress, Roman Polanski's dabblings with a teenage girl, or Eliot Spitzer's sexual escapades? I have a theory.Those (millions) of ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Helen E. Fisher, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships campfire celebrities celebrity worship college girlfriends Eliot Spitzer evolution exhilaration forebears forest hills new york gazelle girl next door gossip grass skirt human purpose hunting/gathering inaugur Source Type: consumer

Wild Things and the Dance of Temperament in Step/family LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My eight-year-old son recently told me that he did not want to go to Where the Wild Things Are. A friend of his went, he told me, "and had to leave. It was just too scary." Indeed, my son grabbed my hand--a rare event these days--during the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are.When you're a Wild Thing, wild things can scare the bejujubees out of you.Parents and stepparents likely feel the same way. Sendak's story and Jonze's version convey not just playfulness but also the fearsome beauty of a child's most important impulses: to separate, to sass, to go away, to come back again. Particularly for stepfamilies, where wild t...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Media Parenting Relationships Resilience Self-Help adaptability Alexander Thomas attention span child psychiatrists developmental psychologist Difficult Child dr rebecca Easy Child family dynamics frustratio Source Type: consumer

Disarming Your Buttons: How Not to Get Provoked (Part 4 of 4)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
• Stopping Trigger Thoughts. "Trigger thoughts" include all your false assumptions and beliefs that lead to getting your buttons pushed. Almost inevitably, these thoughts involve logical fallacies. So internally refuting them isn't really a matter of deluding yourself through glib affirmations, but questioning the unwarranted notions that may in the past have led you to lose your cool. Below I list seven types of distorted trigger thoughts that can prompt you to overreact. If you're able to change these irrational thoughts, the distressing emotions deriving from them should change as well. Better, the things that f...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help Therapy Work affirmations anger assumed intent belief that button-pushers button-pushing thoughts cognitive distortions cognitive restructuring conditional assumptions distressing emotions Source Type: consumer

How Many Casualties Are Too Many? Proportional Reasoning in the Valuation of Military and Civilian Lives1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People frequently judge saved lives as less valuable and deaths more acceptable when they are characterized as small fractions of larger "at-risk" groups. Two studies with U.S. college students demonstrated this effect in judgments concerning acceptable numbers of U.S. military and Middle Eastern civilian casualties. At the beginning of the current U.S.[ndash]Iraq conflict (Study 1), priming cost[ndash]benefit reasoning produced greater proportional devaluation for Iraqi civilian than for U.S. military lives. In a hypothetical armed intervention in Iran to halt weapons development (Study 2), women but not men showed greate...
Source: Journal of Applied Social Psychology - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James Friedrich, Tiffany L. Dood Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Behavioral Activation Treatments for Depression in Adults: A Meta-analysis and ReviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Behavioral activation (BA) treatments for depression require patients to increase overt behavior to bring them in contact with reinforcing environmental contingencies. This meta-analysis sought to identify all randomized controlled studies of BA, determine the effect of this approach, and examine the differential effectiveness of variants. Thirty-four studies with 2,055 participants reporting symptoms of depression were included. The pooled effect size indicating the difference between BA and control conditions at posttest was 0.78. For participants who satisfied the criteria for major depressive disorder, the overall effe...
Source: Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Trevor Mazzucchelli, Robert Kane, Clare Rees Tags: REVIEW Source Type: journals

Positive Illusions, Perceived Control and the Free Will DebateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is a common assumption among both philosophers and psychologists that having accurate beliefs about ourselves and the world around us is always the epistemic gold standard. However, there is gathering data from social psychology that suggest that illusions are quite prevalent in our everyday thinking and that some of these illusions may even be conducive to our overall well being. In this paper, we explore the relevance of these so-called 'positive illusions' to the free will debate. More specifically, we use the literature on positive illusions as a springboard for examining Saul Smilansky's so-called 'free will illusi...
Source: Mind and Language - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: THOMAS NADELHOFFER, TATYANA MATVEEVA Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Pushing Competition and Damaging Health: Making Play OffensiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If American football were a food additive or a drug, it would be banned by the FDA. Or, if financial interests prevented its banning, its package would at least carry a surgeon general's warning: Football causes brain damage. For a layman's summary of the evidence, take a look at Malcolm Gladwell's article, Offensive Play, which appeared in last week's New Yorker (Oct. 19 issue).Gladwell's article is based largely on his interviews with two neuropathology researchers--Anne McKee and Bennet Omalu--who are specialists in a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurological disorder caused by ...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Gray Tags: Child Development Creativity Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Health Neuroscience Parenting Sport and Competition assays behavioral changes bennet omalu brain damage chronic traumatic encephalopathy clear evidence competitive Source Type: consumer

The ‘Ten Commandments’ of Character Development, Number TwoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr Simon's series continues with the second of 'ten commandments' of character development: strive to be grateful.Tags: character disturbance, in practice, parenting and children, relationships, society
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance in practice parenting and children relationships society Source Type: news

Encyclopedia of Psychology and ReligionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Until now no single encyclopedia has integrated psychology and religion in the context of modern social and behavioral sciences. Integrating psychology and religion, this new encyclopedia offers a rich contribution to the development of human self-understanding.The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion provides a definitive and intellectually rigorous collection of psychological ...
Source: Springer Psychology titles - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: History of Psychology Source Type: organizations

Mindfully Eating ChocolateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trick or Eat: Mindfully Eating Chocolate During Halloween
Source: Psychology Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Mindful Eating Source Type: consumer

Mindful EatingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How to really enjoy your meal
Source: Psychology Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan Chozen Bays, M.D. Tags: Diet Mindful Eating Source Type: consumer

Mindless Eating At WorkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Five Easy Ways to Eat Mindfully At Work
Source: Psychology Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Albers, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Mindful Eating Source Type: consumer

The Impact of Men on Women's EatingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Do women eat less in front of desirable men?
Source: Psychology Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D. Tags: Eating Disorders Mindful Eating Source Type: consumer

The influence of violent and nonviolent computer games on implicit measures of aggressivenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined the causal relationship between playing violent video games and increases in aggressiveness by using implicit measures of aggressiveness, which have become important for accurately predicting impulsive behavioral tendencies. Ninety-six adults were randomly assigned to play one of three versions of a computer game that differed only with regard to game content (violent, peaceful, or abstract game), or to work on a reading task. In the games the environmental context, mouse gestures, and physiological arousal - as indicated by heart rate and skin conductance - were kept constant. In the violent game soldiers had ...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthias Bluemke, Monika Friedrich, Joerg Zumbach Source Type: journals

Sexual sadism, psychopathy, and recidivism in juvenile sexual murderersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Juvenile sexual homicide is rare, occurring just 10-15 times a year in the United States. No study addressing how convicted juvenile sexual murderers adjust upon reentering the community exists. A safety concern, given this research gap, is the social movement afoot to abolish life sentences for juvenile offenders. If successful, then more of these offenders will be released back into society. This descriptive study examined: (1) the clinical findings and legal outcomes of 22 sexually homicidal juveniles following arrest; and (2) the relationship between post-incarceration community adjustment and the variables of sexual s...
Source: Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wade C. Myers, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Eleanor Justen Vo, Emily Lazarou Source Type: journals

Pornography and attitudes supporting violence against women: revisiting the relationship in nonexperimental studiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A meta-analysis was conducted to determine whether nonexperimental studies revealed an association between men's pornography consumption and their attitudes supporting violence against women. The meta-analysis corrected problems with a previously published meta-analysis and added more recent findings. In contrast to the earlier meta-analysis, the current results showed an overall significant positive association between pornography use and attitudes supporting violence against women in nonexperimental studies. In addition, such attitudes were found to correlate significantly higher with the use of sexually violent pornogra...
Source: Aggressive Behavior - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gert Martin Hald, Neil M. Malamuth, Carlin Yuen Source Type: journals

Validation of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women and Men.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the current investigation was to develop a scale that would assess propensity for sexual arousal in response to a broad range of stimuli and sexual situations in both men and women. In Study 1, data from a nonclinical sample of 481 male and female students (graduate and undergraduate) were submitted to exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in order to develop the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women and Men (SESII-W/M), and gender differences on the subscales were tested. In Study 2, construct validity and test-retest reliability of the SESII-W/M were assessed with a second samp...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Milhausen RR, Graham CA, Sanders SA, Yarber WL, Maitland SB Tags: Arch Sex Behav Source Type: journals

Doing Gender in Sex and Sex Research.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gender is central to sexuality, and vice versa, but there are a number of difficulties with the treatment of gender in sex research. Apparently, it is hard to find a balance between two conflicting needs. First, obviously, it is necessary to make distinctions between women and men, for political as well as research-technical and theoretical reasons. A second requirement, at odds with the first one, is the necessity to understand gender and its relation to sexuality and the body as much more complex than simplistically referring to two sets of individuals. This is all the more necessary when one realizes the possible dr...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vanwesenbeeck I Tags: Arch Sex Behav Source Type: journals

Clinical Evaluation of the Mini-Mental State Exam with Culturally Deaf Senior Citizens.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) is commonly used to screen cognitive function in a clinical setting. The measure has been published in over 50 languages; however, the validity and reliability of the MMSE has yet to be assessed with the culturally Deaf elderly population. Participants consisted of 117 Deaf senior citizens, aged 55-89 (M = 69.44, SD = 8.55). Demographic information, including state of residence, age, and history of depression, head injury, and dementia diagnoses, were collected. A standard form of the MMSE was used with modification of test administration and stimuli including translation of English te...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dean PM, Feldman DM, Morere D, Morton D Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Determining Whether Or When To Adopt New Versions Of Psychological And Neuropsychological Tests: Ethical And Professional Considerations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Test selection has significant implications for inferences that can be drawn from test data. Some tests undergo revisions, typically to improve their psychometric properties, normative data, relevance of stimuli, and ease of administration. Although revisions of psychological and neuropsychological tests are published periodically, little information is available regarding whether or when clinicians should transition to the most recent versions of the tests. The 2002 APA Ethics Code (Standard 9.08b) requires that psychologists not base their assessment or intervention decisions or recommendations "on tests and measures...
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bush SS Tags: Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Halloween Manners: Dress Like a Witch, but Behave Like a LadyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As you work this week, take heart: Halloween is this Saturday. Whether you're staying at home handing lollipops to goblins or dressing in the costume of your dreams for the holiday party, manners should be part of the evening. Dress like a witch and "arrr!" like a pirate, but behave like ladies and gentlemen.  HALLOWEEN ETIQUETTE Q&A: 1. HOW DO YOU SIGNAL TO OTHERS YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING CANDY? While a gleaming porch light has been the favored nonverbal cue of candy-offering in the past, other signals include a carved and lit pumpkin, a holiday-decorated home, ghoulish music piping from a sound system, o...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: LisaMarie Luccioni, M.A., A.I.C.I., C.I.P. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Social Life Work arrr behavior blasphemy candy chocolate costumes energy level etiquette evening dress gifts goblins halloween health issues holiday holiday party host hos Source Type: consumer

Parents And The Convenience of MythsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When working with adolescents and their parents, I usually encounter two types of families. On one hand there are families who recognize that things are amiss and are willing to throw in the towel, and keep an open mind to a new way of doing things. On the other hand, there a families who recognize that things are amiss, have a strong desire for change, but are insistent that their way of thinking and doing, not change an iota. Needless to say the latter presents as more challenging as the first. However such is the convenience of myths; the belief that a specific way of thinking and doing will guarantee some form of...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ugo Uche Tags: Parenting adolecents adolescent adolescents anger belief that convenience defiant children discipline email false positives feedbacks household identical twins iota myths parenting works parents personalities predicta Source Type: consumer

Prevention Works, If Only We’d Let itEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report spotlights the role of prevention in saving lives and improving the quality of peoples’ lives. Prevention strategies could improve the well-being of millions of children and adolescents and, in simple economic terms, save the U.S. an estimated $247 billion a year. The report draws heavily on psychological research and was sponsored by several major government research and treatment groups, including the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The report is called, Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among young People: Progress and Possibilities, publis...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. Tags: Depression bridge engineers condoms conflicts curious thing foresight forethought human misery human nature life skill line of thought many things mental health professionals piles realization seat belts sunscreen therape Source Type: consumer

Confessing for TwoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How does one write personally about being an identical twin without exposing one’s twin in the process? I discovered it’s impossible. I set out to write a book—ultimately titled One and the Same—which told the unvarnished truth about growing up as a double, a project which meant burying myself in mountains of articles, studies and tomes by virtually every twins expert in the world, and interviewing twin after tw...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abigail Pogrebin Tags: Relationships biology carbon copy child rearing fraternal twins friendship genetics hurdles identical twins landmines lifetime mountains nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp parents of twins perspective revelation rosy view spine t Source Type: consumer

An Experimental Evaluation of the All Stars Prevention Curriculum in a Community After School SettingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tested the effectiveness of a prevention curriculum, All Stars, as implemented in a year-long school-based after school program and provides an independent replication of the effects of All Stars on targeted mediators and problem behaviors using an experimental methodology. Middle school students (N = 447) who registered for the after school program were randomly assigned to the experimental or control condition. The sample included approximately equal proportions of males and females, was 70% African American, and 59% of the students received subsidized meals at school. All Stars was delivered with reas...
Source: Prevention Science - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Prevention Science Source Type: journals

Affirmative Practice and Alternative Sexual Orientations: Helping Clients Navigate the Coming Out ProcessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article focuses on how clinicians can aid clients throughout the coming out process in a way that affirms the full range of sexual orientations. Following an overview of alternative sexual orientations and models of the coming out process, a case example is used to illustrate how clinicians can help clients address three challenges of coming out: overcoming internalized biases; clarifying their sexual orientation and identity; and making decisions about disclosure. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s10615-009-0240-2Authors Natalie L. Hill, BayRidge Hospital Lynn, MA, 60 Granite St...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Clinical Social Work Journal Source Type: journals

An open trial with cognitive behavioral therapy for blood- and injection phobia in pregnant women—a group intervention programEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Around 7% of pregnant women suffer from blood- and injection phobia. The aim was to investigate if cognitive behavior group therapy (CBT) is effective in treating pregnant women’s blood- and injection phobia. Thirty pregnant women with blood- and injection phobia according to DSM-IV took part in an open treatment intervention. A two-session cognitive behavior group therapy was conducted. As controls, 46 pregnant women with untreated blood- and injection phobia and 70 healthy pregnant women were used. Repeated measures ANOVA were performed. The scores for the CBT treatment group on the “Injection...
Source: Archives of Women's Mental Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Archives of Women's Mental Health Source Type: journals

Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the maternal antenatal attachment scaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we investigated the psychometric qualities of the Dutch version of the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS). In a monocentric prospective observational cohort study, 403 expectant mothers completed a booklet with questionnaires in the first (T1), second (T2), and third (T3) pregnancy trimesters. In addition to the MAAS (T1-T3), the following measures were used: the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (T1), the Parental Bonding Inventory (T1), the Relationship Questionnaire (T1) the Facilitator scale and the Regulator scale (T3), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (T1-T3) and the Pregnanc...
Source: Archives of Women's Mental Health - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Archives of Women's Mental Health Source Type: journals

Is Depression a Disease? -- Part IIIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mainstream approaches to depression view it as resulting from a disease or defect (the defect can be biological or psychological). In my last post, I debunked several of the main arguments that are advanced in favor of the disease model. In this post, (the last on this particular topic for a while) I consider some of the challenges of creating a better explanation of why people become depressed. Specifically, here are five key facts that an explanation of depression, must, somehow, explain. Again, these are facts that the disease model does not handle especially well, but I will not belabor that now. (1) Syndroma...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Psychiatry Source Type: consumer

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