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Is A Hook-Up Culture Going To Help Us Get There?
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What happens (in the brain) when we experience the PASSION associated with a hook-up? Obviously, LOTS --- since such an experience will involve the stimulation of no fewer than several hundred thousand brain cells.
But more specifically, what bio-chemical concoction (love potion?) is brewing?
Some people may have heard of PEA (Phenylethylamine) --- this is an amphetamine-like chemical released by the brain during periods of passionate in-love-ness.
[You would probably not be surprised to find that there are currently several pharmaceutical companies attempting to mimic PEA. It would be th...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John R. Buri, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships amphetamine brain cells Chemicals concoction couples therapy dual income hook up hundred thousand international journal of impotence research love potion Love; Sex: Passion; Relationships marriage married couples Source Type: consumer
Red Suits HerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Men prefer women with symmetrical facial features. Men also tend to be attracted to women with coke-bottle-like waist-hip ratios and particular body-mass index. As one scientific study informs us, men also tend to find women especially attractive when the bar is just about to close. In fact, psychologists have identified many (often very subtle) cues that seem to generally trigger male heterosexual attraction. Usually these cues come in the form of physical characteristics with more-or-less direct relation to reproductive fitness, but sometimes, as a recent study in the journal of personality and social psychology reports,...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daniel R. Hawes Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Gender Personality Relationships Sex attractive women attractiveness body mass index coke bottle facial features heterosexual attraction journal of personality journal of personality and social psychology Source Type: consumer
From Hate to LoveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Let's stop hurting each other. You go first. -- AltaIt should be obvious by now that the call for people to love one another--whether in church or in song--carries little weight. Evidently, something keeps us from entering the house of love through the front door. Perhaps we should try the back.When someone insults our dignity, or does something we find unacceptable, it is anger that we experience, not hatred. The key to whether anger transmutes into hate lies in agency--our capacity for acting. If fear of retaliation persuades us to hold our tongue, then anger congeals into hate as we stifle our protest to spare ourselves...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Fuller, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Aging Anxiety Autism Child Development Cognition Creativity Depression Evolutionary Psychology Gender Happiness Health Law and Crime Media Memory Morality Neuroscience Parenting Personality Philosophy Poli Source Type: consumer
Promoting a Positive Transition to Parenthood: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Couple Relationship EducationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract The transition to parenthood is often associated with a decline in couple relationship adjustment. Couples (n = 71) expecting their first child were randomly assigned to either: (a) Becoming a Parent (BAP), a maternal parenting education
program; or (b) Couple CARE for Parents (CCP), a couple relationship and parenting education program. Couples were assessed
pre-intervention (last trimester of pregnancy), post-intervention (5 months postpartum), and follow-up (12 months postpartum).
Relative to BAP, CCP reduced negative couple communication from pre- to post-intervention, and prevented...
Source: Prevention Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Prevention Science Source Type: journals
Frozen in Time: Idealization and Parent-Blaming in the Therapeutic ProcessEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article suggests that both idealization
of and critical feelings about parents can serve as defenses against other painful emotions and both are developmentally necessary. Contemporary neurobiological and attachment research indicate that “talk therapy” helps
individuals manage emotions. This work can be derailed if anger is privileged over idealization. Clinical examples illustrate
these ideas and show how unpacking both critical and overly positive attitudes can encourage development. Clients increase
their capacity to tolerate a wider range of feelings, maintain a consistent and cohesive sense of self, and ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Clinical Social Work Journal Source Type: journals
10 Ways to Save Some Money and Get Closer with Your HoneyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Everyone is trying to save a little money these days, and I think doing so can make you feel better about yourself and your partner. Here are some tips to help you save a little green, get a little closer, and grow a little self-esteem in the process.1. Eat in. Cooking as a couple is a bonding experience and fun. I believe that when two hearts and four hands are preparing a meal together, it becomes food for the soul as well as the body.2. Shower together. It saves water, energy, money, and the environment while making you closer as well as cleaner. Whether you're just getting ready for the day or ready to end it, having s...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships appetizer back seat four hands gas tank helping the environment Herbs orville redenbachers pact picnic recycling secluded spot self esteem spot jump television show two hearts vegetables wallet water energ Source Type: consumer
Assessment in Social Work, 3rd edn, Judith Milner and Patrick O'Byrne, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. ix+278, ISBN 9780230218628 (pbk), {pound}19.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Holland, S. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men, Nicola Hill, London, BAAF, 2009, pp. viii + 221, ISBN 978 1 905664 68 9 (pbk), {pound}12.95Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McDermott, J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Social Work and Migration: Immigrant and Refugee Settlement and Integration, Kathleen Valtonen, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp. 218, ISBN 978-0-7546-7194-7 (hb), {pound}55.00Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Soroya, B. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Mental Health Still Matters, 2nd edn, Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, Tom Heller, Jonathan Leach, Mick McCormick, Jan Wallcraft and Mark Walsh (eds), Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, pp. xiv + 386, ISBN 978 0 230 57729 9 (pbk), {pound}23.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sapey, B. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Permanence in Foster Care: A Study of Care Planning and Practice in England and Wales, Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward with Andrea Warman, John Simmonds and Jane Butler, London, British Association for Fostering and Adoption, 2008, pp. 189, ISBN 978 1 905664 57 3 (pbk), {pound}12.95 * Achieving Permanence in Foster Care (Good Practice Guide), Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek, London, British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2008, pp. 105, ISBN 978 1 905664 58 0 (pbk), {pound}9.95Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hothersall, S. J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Books ReceivedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Books Received Source Type: journals
Communication, Recognition and Social Work: Aligning the Ethical Theories of Habermas and HonnethEmail this article to a colleague.
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The modern world is replete with ethical challenges of Orwellian proportions. The violation of human rights and misrecognition of identities are two of the most pressing examples. In this paper, the ethical theories of Habermas and Honneth are aligned as a way of addressing these specific challenges within social work. It is suggested that these theories are complementary, mutually rectifying and concordant at the meta-ethical level of analysis. The alignment is also justified, pragmatically, through the construction of three hypothetical vignettes demonstrating different kinds of practice dilemmas. The need for egalitaria...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Houston, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Training for Change: Early Days of Individual Budgets and the Implications for Social Work and Care Management Practice: A Qualitative Study of the Views of TrainersEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article draws on the Department of Health-commissioned evaluation of the thirteen pilot Individual Budget schemes, which aims to evaluate outcomes and identify the contexts and mechanisms of those outcomes. The article focuses on a sub-set of the study that comprised an exploration of early training activities for social workers/care managers and wider stakeholders around the introduction of Individual Budgets. It is based on interviews with representatives from all thirteen pilot local authorities. What happens to social work in adult social services departments in England may be determined in part by these pilots; h...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Manthorpe, J., Jacobs, S., Rapaport, J., Challis, D., Netten, A., Glendinning, C., Stevens, M., Wilberforce, M., Knapp, M., Harris, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Social Workers in Community Care Practice: Ideologies and Interactions with Older PeopleEmail this article to a colleague.
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Since the inception of the NHS and Community Care in 1990, there has been a proliferation of studies examining its implementation at the front line. Considerable attention has been aimed at understanding how it is that social work practitioners, charged with the responsibility to implement community care recommendations for older people, are doing so in a challenging care environment. How a practitioner's ideological frame of reference may impact on his/her practice interactions remains relatively unanswered. However, the course by which professional ideology matures and then directs practice would appear to both complex a...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sullivan, M. P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Accountable and Countable: Information Management Systems and the Bureaucratization of Social WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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A key feature of new public management is the tendency to equate quality and accountability with documentation (Tsui and Cheung, 2004). Human service organizations increasingly rely on computer databases to compile and record client information and to demonstrate outcomes for quality assurance and accountability purposes. This has resulted in substantial changes in work practices, processes and relationships for social workers. This paper draws on interview data from social workers in several Australian agencies to examine professional interactions with, and response to, changes in their work after the introduction of new ...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Burton, J., van den Broek, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Speaking from the Margins: A Critical Reflection on the 'Spiritual-but-not-Religious' Discourse in Social WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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This paper attempts to make visible the invisible Euro-Christian ethnocentrism and individualism in the ‘spiritual-but-not-religious’ discourse in social work. A critical analysis of the current literature on spirituality and social work, intertwined with the authors' personal narratives of spirituality and religion, calls into question the subject positions of social work authors who argue for differentiating spirituality from religion. We ask: From whose vantage point is the ‘spiritual-but-not-religious’ discourse produced? What gets legitimized and who gets excluded from this particular construct...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wong, Y.-L. R., Vinsky, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Effectiveness of Welfare Organizations: The Contribution of Leadership Styles, Staff Cohesion, and Worker EmpowermentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Numerous recent studies reveal the contribution of leadership and leadership style, in particular, to effectiveness in different organizations (Sosik et al., 1998; Ogbnna and Harris, 2000; Hoyt and Blascovich, 2003; Hullinger, 2003; Berson and Avolio, 2004), including the field of welfare organizations (Gummer, 1995; Arches, 1997; Fisher, 2005; Mary, 2005). These publications suggest a preference for the transformational, compared with the transactional, leadership style. However, the studies reviewed do not examine the contribution of organizational leadership compared with other aspects of organizational life. Using the ...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Boehm, A., Yoels, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Use of Residential Care in Europe for Children Aged Under Three: Some Lessons from NeurobiologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This critical commentary reviews the research into the use of residential care for children aged under three years and looks at some of the explanations that can be found for this in neurobiology. There continue to be high numbers and rates of these vulnerable children in institutions not only in the former Soviet states, but also in Western Europe. The new research provides strong evidence on the negative consequences for these children, particularly for those who remain in institutional care beyond the age of six months. Explanations from neurobiology sit well beside understandings drawn from attachment theory and start ...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bilson, A. Tags: Critical Commentaries Source Type: journals
Social Work with Adults with Disabilities: An International PerspectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zavirsek, D. Tags: Critical Commentaries Source Type: journals
A Textbook of Social Work, Brian Sheldon and Geraldine Macdonald, London, Routledge, 2009, pp. xvii + 429, ISBN 978-0-415-34721-1 (pbk), {pound}20.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Doel, M. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Children, Families and Social Exclusion: New Approaches to Prevention, Kate Morris, Marian Barnes and Paul Mason, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2009, pp. iv + 161, ISBN 978 1 86134 965 1 (pbk), {pound}21.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jack, G. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Effective Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice: A Partnership Approach, 2nd edn, Ros Carnwell and Julian Buchanan (eds), Maidenhead, Open University Press, 2009, pp. xvi + 342, ISBN 978 0 335 22911 6 9 (pbk), {pound}24.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Popple, K. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Black Issues in Social Work and Social Care, Mekada Graham, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2007, pp. xi + 195, ISBN 978 1 86134 845 6, {pound}18.99Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christie, A. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
EditorialEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lymbery, M. Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals
The Descriptive Tyranny of the Common Assessment Framework: Technologies of Categorization and Professional Practice in Child WelfareEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Common Assessment Framework is a standard assessment tool to be used by all professionals working with children for assessment and referral. The CAF is hailed as a needs-led, evidence-based tool which will promote uniformity, ensure appropriate ‘early intervention’, reduce referral rates to local authority children's services and lead to the evolution of ‘a common language’ amongst child welfare professionals. This paper presents findings from a study, funded under the Economic and Social Research Council's e-Society Programme. Our purpose in is not primarily evaluative, rather we illustrate the...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: White, S., Hall, C., Peckover, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Abuse of Children in West Africa: Implications for Social Work Education and PracticeEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article discusses the pernicious problem of several abuses of children and the lack of professional social work programmes to address the problem in three West African countries of Ghana, Nigeria and Togo. Despite inaccurate statistical data, available public information reveals an alarming ascendancy of the problem in the region. Abuse and neglect of children in the sub-region has become a very serious issue of violation of human rights, social justice and violence against children, which demands a call for action on behalf of the children. The article outlined the various incidents of child sexual abuse, child traff...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sossou, M.-A., Yogtiba, J. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Recent Policy Initiatives in Early Childhood and the Challenges for the Social Work ProfessionEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article sets out to address these gaps by providing a critical analysis of: what types of knowledge regarding the early years have gained political currency; why and how this is the case; and what the implications are for the role and practices of social workers. The article proposes that discourses of ‘need’ and ‘provision’ mask more powerful discourses of economics, social control and risk avoidance, and it concludes by advocating more critically reflexive social work practice with young children and their families.
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Winter, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Family Intervention Projects: A Site of Social Work PracticeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Family Intervention Projects (FIPs) provide intensive support to ‘problem families’ and are a core element of the Government's Respect Action Plan (2006). Drawing on recent research findings from an independent evaluation of the FIP ‘Signpost’, this paper aims to offer a new insight into our understanding of FIPs. The paper draws attention to two key points. First, the organizational context within which Signpost has emerged is one dominated by a social work ethos. It is suggest that the FIP has been implemented in a way which has provided social work professionals with an opportunity to engage in t...
Source: British Journal of Social Work - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Parr, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
My Own Private OlympusEmail this article to a colleague.
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The children have decided that for the purposes of this blog as well as life in general, they should take the names of Greek gods for nicknames. This is fine with me, as it adds a luster of glamour to our otherwise ordinary day to day existence. And we are quite fond of the Greek gods. Definitely not something on which to base a systematic theology, (talk about creating gods in your own image!) but oh my, can they ever be entertaining!So here it is, my own private Mount Olympus: Artemis, our oldest, is goddess of the hunt and also devoted to the moon. While she doesn't yet show a penchant for bow and arrows, she definitely...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jenny Lind Schmitt Tags: Parenting ancient greeks aphrodite goddess of love aphrodite goddess of love and beauty Apollo apollo god Artemis Athena ballet class bow and arrows creating gods democracy encouragement family life feast god of light godde Source Type: consumer
Methodological innovation to increase the utility and efficiency of psychotherapy research for patients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.Email this article to a colleague.
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We present the case for using this methodological approach as a means of advancing psychotherapy research and practice, while translating and disseminating empirically supported treatments with more efficiency. A hybrid model study conducted within the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Clinical Trials Network illustrates the application. These findings inform new directions for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hien, Denise A.; Cohen, Lisa R.; Campbell, Aimee N. C. Source Type: journals
The impact of extratherapeutic encounters: Individual reactions to both hypothetical and actual incidental contact with the therapist.Email this article to a colleague.
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Participants (N = 763) responded to a hypothetical scenario in which they imagined encountering their therapist outside of the therapy setting. The intimacy of the setting (i.e., anonymous vs. intimate encounter) and the perceived success of the therapy (i.e., helpful vs. unhelpful) were manipulated between subjects. Based on a principal components analysis of participant reactions to these hypothetical scenarios, 4 subscales were derived: “Acknowledgement,” “Violation of Expectations,” “Awkwardness and Discomfort,” and “Professional Responsibility.” Results indicate that reactions to the hypothetical encou...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cochran, Bryan N.; Stewart, Angela J.; Kiklevich, Abby M.; Flentje, Annesa; Wong, Carol C. Source Type: journals
Comparative case study of diffusion of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in two clinical settings: Empirically supported treatment status is not enough.Email this article to a colleague.
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An in-depth comparative case study was conducted of two attempts at diffusion of an empirically supported, but controversial, psychotherapy: eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). One Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) treatment setting in which there was substantial uptake was compared with a second VA setting in which it was not adopted. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 mental health clinicians at the first site, and 19 at the second. Critical selling points for EMDR were a highly regarded champion, the observability of effects with patients, and personally experiencing its effects during a r...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cook, Joan M.; Biyanova, Tatyana; Coyne, James C. Source Type: journals
Survey on the use of clinical and mechanical prediction methods in clinical psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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We surveyed 491 American Psychological Association division 12 (clinical psychology) members regarding their professional use of clinical and mechanical data combination (CC and MC) in making clinical predictions; 183 (37%) responded. This is the first report of CC and MC utilization frequency known to us. Nearly all respondents used CC in practice (98%), while fewer used MC (31%). Respondents gave reasons why they did not use MC, the most common being that it is conceptually misguided. In addition to computing odds ratios for variable comparisons, we constructed a multivariate regression model to predict use of MC, using ...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vrieze, Scott I.; Grove, William M. Source Type: journals
An effect size primer: A guide for clinicians and researchers.Email this article to a colleague.
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Increasing emphasis has been placed on the use of effect size reporting in the analysis of social science data. Nonetheless, the use of effect size reporting remains inconsistent, and interpretation of effect size estimates continues to be confused. Researchers are presented with numerous effect sizes estimate options, not all of which are appropriate for every research question. Clinicians also may have little guidance in the interpretation of effect sizes relevant for clinical practice. The current article provides a primer of effect size estimates for the social sciences. Common effect sizes estimates, their use, and in...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ferguson, Christopher J. Source Type: journals
Ethics and multiculturalism: Advancing cultural and clinical responsiveness.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article provides additional considerations for practicing psychologists as they attempt to navigate dimensions of culture and culturally responsive practice in psychology, while negotiating the ethical challenges presented in practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gallardo, Miguel E.; Johnson, Josephine; Parham, Thomas A.; Carter, Jean A. Source Type: journals
Therapists’ views on working with bilingual Spanish–English speaking clients: A qualitative investigation.Email this article to a colleague.
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Through semistructured interviews, language switching in therapy was examined with 9 bilingual Spanish and English therapists. Therapists were asked about how and when they switched from one language to another during treatment, as well as the ways in which their clients’ switched languages. After the use of consensual qualitative research methods (C. E. Hill et al., 2005; C. E. Hill, B. J. Thompson, & E. N. Williams, 1997), the results revealed that therapists used language switching as a mechanism to establish trust, bond with clients, and promote disclosure through the use of specific phrases or specific words; partic...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Santiago-Rivera, Azara L.; Altarriba, Jeanette; Poll, Norma; Gonzalez-Miller, Normaris; Cragun, Carrie Source Type: journals
Working with foreign language interpreters: Recommendations for psychological practice.Email this article to a colleague.
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Given the growing linguistic diversity in the United States, many practicing psychologists will work with foreign language interpreters. However, few clinicians receive formal training in providing interpreter-aided psychological services. By federal law (88th Congress, 1964; PL-88-352), psychologists or their agencies are responsible for providing interpreter services. To maintain a patient-centered, rather than interpreter-centered dialogue, psychologists should initiate pre- and postsessions to orient the interpreter to the pending encounter, clarify expectations, and discuss cultural issues. Psychological testing, diag...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Searight, H. Russell; Searight, Barbara K. Source Type: journals
First do no harm: Ethical principles for youth mentoring relationships.Email this article to a colleague.
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Mentoring programs pair youth who are perceived to be at risk for poor outcomes with volunteers who are trained to provide support. Although mentoring has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, the ethical challenges inherent in relationship-based interventions have been given insufficient attention among researchers and practitioners. Rarely acknowledged is the potential for harm that poorly implemented mentoring relationships can render. To redress this problem, a set of ethical principles for volunteer mentors is presented. They are derived, in part, from the American Psychological Association’s (2002) Ethical...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rhodes, Jean; Liang, Belle; Spencer, Renée Source Type: journals
Ethics-based training for nonclinical staff in mental health settings.Email this article to a colleague.
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Under the Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association (2002), psychologists are responsible for ensuring that delegated tasks are performed competently. For staff members who interact with clients or who have access to confidential client information, technical competence may not suffice. Psychologists who want to provide the best protection for clients can offer staff training that fosters “ethical competence” as well. Setting-specific ethics training is important even for personnel who have previously worked in other mental health sites, because it demonstrates how the profession’s ethical standards will ...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fisher, Mary Alice Source Type: journals
Practitioner and site characteristics that relate to fidelity of implementation: The Early Risers prevention program in a going-to-scale intervention trial.Email this article to a colleague.
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Despite the increased availability of evidence-based prevention programs targeting serious mental health problems, an ongoing challenge within the field of prevention science is transporting prevention programs into real-world settings where their health impact can be fully realized. As part of a going-to-scale study, we examined how context, namely the characteristics of the practitioners and organizations, promotes or impedes fidelity of implementation of prevention efforts. Practitioners delivered Early Risers, an intensive, multicomponent, indicated prevention program across 27 geographically dispersed elementary schoo...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Klimes-Dougan, Bonnie; August, Gerald J.; Lee, Chih-Yuan Steven; Realmuto, George M.; Bloomquist, Michael L.; Horowitz, Jason L.; Eisenberg, Todd L. Source Type: journals
Implementation of a school-based prevention program: Effects of counselor and school characteristics.Email this article to a colleague.
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The authors explore 2 broad categories of factors that could influence the intervention dissemination process: individual interventionist characteristics and school-level characteristics. Counselors from 32 schools received training in the Coping Power youth violence prevention intervention. Interventionist characteristics found to affect the implementation process included counselors’ agreeableness and conscientiousness. Counselor agreeableness was positively associated with completion of session objectives, the number of sessions scheduled, and engagement with parents. Counselor conscientiousness was associated with en...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lochman, John E.; Powell, Nicole P.; Boxmeyer, Caroline Lewczyk; Qu, Lixin; Wells, Karen C.; Windle, Michael Source Type: journals
What primary care psychology has to offer the patient-centered medical home.Email this article to a colleague.
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) proposes a new model to transform the practice of primary health care to one that is patient centered, high quality, continuous, comprehensive, and compassionate. In this paper, the authors provide an updated definition of, and skills needed for, primary care psychology, focused on integrating various psychological approaches with an overarching systemic theory. With this in mind, the authors suggest that primary care psychology can be important to achieving the goals of what some professionals now call the Patient-Centered Health Care Home. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McDaniel, Susan H.; Fogarty, Colleen T. Source Type: journals
Primary care psychologists in the Netherlands: 30 years of experience.Email this article to a colleague.
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The primary care psychologist (PCP) in the Netherlands has 30 years of experience. The PCP is a generalist who, in close cooperation with the family physician and other providers of primary health care, has a mindset and manner of working that is largely determined by the context in which the PCP works. The specific attitudes and role of the PCP are described. The PCP provides services for a clearly delimited geographic region and is responsible for the provision of brief psychological help from a biopsychosocial perspective. In addition to psychological assessment and the provision of stepped care, the PCP also devotes co...
Source: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Derksen, Jan Source Type: journals
"Adaptation et validation en langue française d’une échelle de bien-être spirituel": Correction.Email this article to a colleague.
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Reports an error in "Adaptation et validation en langue française d’une échelle de bien-être spirituel" by Lucy Velasco and Liliane Rioux (Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 2009[Apr], Vol 41[2], 102-108). The DOI printed in the article was incorrect. The correct DOI should be as follows: DOI: 10.1037/a0012555. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2009-05252-001.) Spiritual well-being is a dimension of subjective well-being which has enjoyed renewed interest for about 10 years. As far as the authors know, there is no scale in French to a...
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Velasco, Lucy; Rioux, Liliane Source Type: journals
Personality, child maltreatment, and substance use: Examining correlates of deliberate self-harm among university students.Email this article to a colleague.
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Despite recent interest in deliberate self-harm (DSH), the majority of DSH studies have been limited to clinical samples and have identified psychological or clinical correlates and neglected general personality factors. The present study examined personality traits, child maltreatment, and substance use as correlates of DSH in a sample of 319 (65.2% women) university students. A related goal was to describe the nature of DSH in university students. Overall, 29.4% of students reported that they had engaged in at least 1 act of DSH, and rates of DSH were similar across men and women. Cutting was the most frequently endorsed...
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldstein, Abby L.; Flett, Gordon L.; Wekerle, Christine; Wall, Anne-Marie Source Type: journals
Validation d’une version française de l’échelle d’évaluation cognitive primaire de Brewer et Skinner. / Validation of a French version of the Cognitive Appraisal Scale (Trait) by Brewer and Skinner.Email this article to a colleague.
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In conclusion, this scale appears to be an adequate and useful instrument for the study of cognitive appraisal processes. In this early stage of development, it exhibits satisfying psychometric properties, which could be easily enhanced by the withdrawal of 2 items. Moreover, a confirmatory analysis shows that the French version of the scale has a better compatibility with an integrative version of the transactionnalist stress model initially developed by Lazarus and Folkman (1984) than with a more classical one. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Berjot, Sophie; Girault-Lidvan, Noëlle Source Type: journals
Étude de quelques déterminants de l’anxiété face au passage à la retraite. / Study of some determinants of the anxiety with regard to the passage to retirement.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article presents 2 studies aimed at exploring some retirement anxiety predictors including the Big-five personality traits, anxiety, depression, sense of coherence, social support, subjective health, dyadic adjustment, specification and construction of personal goals, subjective age, masculinity, femininity, time of retirement. Participants (N = 175 and N = 134) were older workers and nearing retirement. Regression and discriminant analyses revealed that the main predictors were: age, sense of coherence, anxiety, neuroticism, conscientiousness, specification and construction of personal goals, masculinity, time of ret...
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gana, Kamel; Blaison, Christophe; Boudjemadi, Valérian; Mezred, Djamila; K’Delant, Pascaline; Trouillet, Raphaël; Lourel, Marcel; Fort, Isabelle Source Type: journals
Validation of French-Canadian versions of the Empathy Quotient and Autism Spectrum Quotient.Email this article to a colleague.
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The primary objective of this study was to validate French-Canadian versions of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ-F) and the Empathy Quotient (EQ-F) in normal and pathological samples. These versions of the scales were administered to 100 undergraduate university students in the hard science or humanities fields and to 23 individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For both scales, obtained data were partially consistent with English versions. The EQ-F and AQ-F scores were negatively correlated, and the ASD group differed significantly from both control groups, scoring lower on the EQ-F and higher on the AQ-F...
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lepage, Jean-François; Lortie, Mélissa; Taschereau-Dumouchel, Vincent; Théoret, Hugo Source Type: journals
The role of mindfulness in predicting individual performance.Email this article to a colleague.
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Mindfulness refers to an individual difference variable regarding the degree to which a person is in the present moment (K. W. Brown & R. M. Ryan, 2003). Despite a growing interest in the benefits of mindfulness in health and clinical outcomes, little research has explored whether mindfulness relates to individual performance. The authors examined whether mindfulness was related to performance among a group of MBA students (N = 149). The results show that mindfulness interacted with gender to predict performance. Specifically, the positive association between mindfulness and performance was stronger for women than for men....
Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shao, Ruodan; Skarlicki, Daniel P. Source Type: journals
