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HUI M[amacr]lama O Ke Kai: a positive prevention-based youth development program based on native hawaiian values and activities
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Evaluation of after-school programs that are culturally and place-based and promote positive youth development among minority and indigenous youths has not been widely published. The present evaluation is the first of its kind of an after-school, youth-risk prevention program called Hui Mal[amacr]ma O Ke Kai (HMK), that emphasizes Native Hawaiian values and activities to promote positive youth development for fifth and sixth graders (N=110) in a rural Native Hawaiian community. Results indicated positive gains on youth self-reports in Native Hawaiian values, self-esteem, antidrug use, violence prevention strategies, and he...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Earl S. Hishinuma, Janice Y. Chang,, Angela Sy, Malia F. Greaney, Katherine A. Morris, Ami C. Scronce, Davis Rehuher,, Stephanie T. Nishimura Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Tuning in to kids: an emotion-focused parenting program - initial findings from a community trialEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study evaluated a new group parenting program, Tuning in to Kids, which taught emotion coaching skills to parents of preschool children. In a randomized control trial, 218 primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0-5.11 years completed questionnaires assessing parent emotion socialization (emotion coaching vs. emotion dismissing), parent emotional competence, parent wellbeing and child behavior. Assessment occurred at preintervention and 10 weeks later. Parents randomized to the intervention condition (n=107) attended a 6-session parenting program. Results showed parents in the intervention condition reported sign...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sophie S. Havighurst, Katherine R. Wilson, Ann E. Harley, Margot R. Prior Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Interpersonal mediators linking acculturation stressors to subsequent internalizing symptoms and self-esteem in latino adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The specific aim of this study was to examine pathways leading to internalizing symptoms and self-esteem in Latino adolescents. Adolescent feelings of interpersonal humiliation, family conflict and commitment, and friendships with peers were investigated as potential mediators linking acculturation stress to subsequent adolescent self-esteem and internalizing symptoms. Path analyses on data from a sample of 288 Latino adolescents (average age 15 years; 66% foreign-born) showed that acculturation conflicts and perceived discrimination were risk factors for both internalizing problems at baseline and parent-adolescent confli...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul Richard Smokowski, Martica Bacallao, Rachel Lee Buchanan Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Relations Among Perceived Control Over Anxiety-Related Events, Worry, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in a Sample of Adolescents.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined the associations among perceived control over anxiety-related events, worry, and both symptoms and diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The sample was comprised of 140 adolescents (60 girls) between the ages of 10 and 17 years (M ( age ) = 14.6 years; SD = 2.25) recruited from the general community. Findings were consistent with hypotheses. Self-reported perceived control over anxiety-related events related negatively to worry as well as symptoms and diagnoses of GAD even after accounting for variance associated with age, gender, and negative affectivity. Results are discussed in terms of th...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frala JL, Leen-Feldner EW, Blumenthal H, Barreto CC Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: journals
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PMID: 19842030 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Walker JE Tags: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Source Type: journals
More Psychology of Good and Bad LeadershipEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the last post, we were exploring tactics used by bad leaders, what I called "cheap psychological tricks," to control and subjugate followers. A variation on the abuse of requiring follower obedience to authority is when leaders call on the ultimate authority - God. Many despotic leaders throughout history have declared themselves gods, from the Egyptian pharaohs, to modern times, such as North Korea's Kim Il Sung.Leaders of cults, such as Peoples Temple founder, Jim Jones, (leader of the Jonestown, Guyana mass suicide in 1978) declared themselves "god" so that followers who disobey the leader's orders are seen as blasph...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Work Abraham Lincoln almighty creator and workplace personality bandwagon effect blasphemers cheap psychological tricks dangerous path egyptian pharaohs founder jim god is on our side Jim Jones jonestown guyana kim il sung lead Source Type: consumer
Ask a Better Question to Get a Better AnswerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Outside of Jeopardy and the game "20 Questions", we typically worry about answers more than questions. Yet, questions direct our information search and all but determine the answer. "Do you want chocolate or vanilla?" The question suggests you can't find a way to have them both. "What time should we leave for the party?" suggests that we're necessarily going and all that needs to be determined is the time.The questions that may be most important to our well being, however, have to do with what we think of ourselves and our intimate others. "How good (smart, successful, generous) am I?" is not the same question as "How bad ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen Langer Tags: Personality Self-Help ample proof chocolate game hypotheses hypothesis jeopardy research evidence vanilla Source Type: consumer
Coulda woulda shoulda: Four directions in conflict resolutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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People are mind readers. We have to be. We're intensely social creatures. Natural selection favors those of us who figure out how to anticipate each other's moves. But for even the most highly adapted mindreaders, it remains a guessing game.We guess by reading people's actions, reputations, and declared intentions. Reputation and declared intentions are not as reliable as actions. But on what's to expect from another person's mind even actions aren't completely reliable. People change. Their actions today may be different from their actions tomorrow. So one of the main things we're mindreading for is their likelihood...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Sherman, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships awake night could debate distinction doctors guessing game handicap handicaps Job letting go likelihood mind readers mind reading moral reason natural selection nbsp negotiation parents reputation repu Source Type: consumer
Let's Go Formative: Continuous Student Ratings with Web 2.0 Application TwitterEmail this article to a colleague.
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CyberPsychology & Behavior , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: CyberPsychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: article Source Type: journals
Role-Playing Simulation as an Educational Tool for Health Care Personnel: Developing an Embedded Assessment FrameworkEmail this article to a colleague.
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CyberPsychology & Behavior , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: CyberPsychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: article Source Type: journals
Evaluation of Spatial Processing in Virtual Reality Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)Email this article to a colleague.
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CyberPsychology & Behavior , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: CyberPsychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: article Source Type: journals
The Real Reason Kids (and Adults) Hate Stepmom, Part 2Email this article to a colleague.
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In part one of this two-part post, I discussed how, in spite of the alacrity with which we blame stepmothers and stepmothers blame themselves for less than perfect stepfamily outcomes, it is often more an issue of circumstances beyond her control hobbling her intentions. Knowing the difference between what you can and can't change can be a lifesaver for a woman with stepkids. Redirecting energy from attempting to "fix" what is unfixable or not hers to repair can decrease a woman's feelings of resentment dramatically; and allow her to refocus her efforts on her partnership, her friendships, her work, and her mental and phys...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Parenting Relationships Self-Help adult stepchildren alacrity blame of stepmother blended family burnout dislike of stepmother divorce downward spiral Elizabeth Church exes expectations flipside friendships good in Source Type: consumer
Afraid of Being Rejected?Email this article to a colleague.
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One of the central problems for you if you are anxious is your fear of making a mistake and your fear of being rejected. I don't know about you, but I sure have a long history of rejection---only because, I think, I have constantly been trying to be productive. When I was single I was rejected by girlfriends-but accepted by some. I have had book proposals and articles rejected. I view rejection as part of the cost of playing the game. You won't be able to win unless you can tolerate losing some.If you wonder if other people have made mistakes, here is a list of authors and books that have been rejected by publishers when f...
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety animal farm by george orwell book animal farm book proposals charles duell diary of anne frank failure fear fear of rejection hobbitt isaac bashevis singer jack kerouac jorge luis borges king oscar marcel proust Nobel Source Type: consumer
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Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: journals
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Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: journals
The relationship between history of overdose and medically self-sabotaging behaviorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Few studies have examined relationships between potentially lethal behaviors, such as suicide attempts, and accompanying nonsuicidal self-destructive behaviors. As examples, Shah and Ganesvaran examined 60 completed suicides and found a significant association with a past history of “deliberate self-harm.” Safer reviewed the literature relating to adolescent populations and concluded that there was no convincing overlap between suicide attempts and “deliberate self-harm.” In a study of 107 psychiatric inpatients, we confirmed a relationship between a history of suicide attempts and a number of low-lethal self-harm ...
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Randy A. Sansone, Michael W. Wiederman, Jamie S. McLean Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: journals
Can transcultural psychiatry help us to understand the predicament of C-L psychiatry?Email this article to a colleague.
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Transcultural psychiatry is mainly devoted to two complementary objectives. The first, theoretical and epistemological, is to differentiate in psychopathology what is universal and what is influenced by, or even peculiar to each culture. The second, pragmatic and operational, is to pay more attention to factors of vulnerability and pathological manifestations of minority ethnic groups or patients of foreign origin.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Silla M. Consoli, Cédric Lemogne Tags: EACLPP Pages Source Type: journals
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An error occurred in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research in the article entitled “Stress management effects on perceived stress and cervical neoplasia in low-income HIV-infected women” by Antoni, M.H., Pereira, D.B., Marion, I., Ennis, N., Andrasik, M.P., Rose, R., McCalla, J., Simon, T., Fletcher, M.A., Lucci, J., Efantis-Potter, J., and O'Sullivan, M.J. (J Psychosom Res 2008;65:389-401).
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Erratum Source Type: journals
Aims and ScopeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: journals
Reaching rheumatologistsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the current issue of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, three articles originating from the United Kingdom, Japan, and Spain all speak the same language—and I am not referring to English. Their words call attention to mind–body unity using different methodologies and various clinical and psychosocial measures with two distinct conditions: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM). Implicitly, they remind us to consider the whole person rather than particular body parts (e.g., joints) or systems (e.g., immune). They ask us to incorporate patients' perspectives, including what is “on their minds” such as...
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patricia L. Dobkin Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals
Countermarketing Shriver's A Woman's Nation - Ballooning depression among womenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Maria Shriver has issued a report on the status of women, A Woman's Nation, which emphasizes women's growing economic role. Just as A Woman's World is appearing, however, there is a deluge of "we need to diagnose more mental illness - particularly in women."Here are three women who have led prominent lives in past years which they subsequently announced were ruined by mental illness. All have written (or plan) books that suggest contemporary life for women is overhwelmed by unrecognized emotional disorders.Jane Pauley. As co-host from 1976 to 1989 of the leading morning news program, The Today Show, Pauley was one of...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanton Peele Tags: Depression affective disorders bipolar bipolar disorder deborah norville economic role emotional disorders emotional issues garry trudeau Jack Nicholson Jane Pauley Kitty Dukakis Margaret Trudeau Maria Shriver minister of canad Source Type: consumer
How Can We Talk About Our Spiritual Experience?Email this article to a colleague.
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It seems to me that we need to speak about (or otherwise represent) our spiritual experiences. In most places it is hard to do this without embarrassment.Tags: communication, relationships, religion
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Evan Hadkins Tags: General communication relationships religion Source Type: news
The Grass is NOT Always Greener So Look Before You LeapEmail this article to a colleague.
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Anyone considering leaving a marriage because of "irreconcilable differences" may want to do some research to find out what normal is when it comes to marital discord. Simply having problems or issues with your spouse can certainly give many reason to question whether the marriage is workable or not, but is it reason enough to leave?For many, the answer is a surprising "no."Why is this so? Well, this is obviously a generalization and if the problem is something like violence or physical abuse, you may have to leave your marriage. But for the sake of keeping it simple in this article, I'm talking about more common issues su...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Pease Gadoua Tags: Relationships anger resentment business woman counseling divorce eleven years feelings generalization irreconcilable differences low self esteem marital discord marital problems marriage old man outgoing woman physical abuse Source Type: consumer
The Myth of Management EfficiencyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The current recession has produced a flood of management "experts" and many leaders of organizations whose only strategy for dealing with the downturn in the economy is cutting costs, layoffs and more efficiency based strategies. The mantra for business for much of the last century has been operational efficiency. So leaders look for ways to cut costs and make the operations lean and mean. Yet much of the rationale for and evidence supporting efficiency as a key management strategy is questionable. In a great article by Adam Hartung in Forbes, titled The Myth of Efficiency, he outlines how leaders have mistakenly used effi...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray B. Williams Tags: Work autho company profits consultancy company doblin group efficiency frederick winslow taylor incremental improvements industrial engineer innovation innovation research innovation resources international business school jill l Source Type: consumer
Field Guide to the Materialist: She's Gotta Have ItEmail this article to a colleague.
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For some people, to shop is to be.
Source: Psychology Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amy Rosenberg Tags: Personality Shopping Source Type: consumer
Retail Therapy ExplainedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Buying stuff will not make you happy.
Source: Psychology Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Hutson Tags: Behavioral Economics Shopping Source Type: consumer
Half Off! Act NowEmail this article to a colleague.
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How to resist the spell of a sale.
Source: Psychology Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kit Yarrow, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Shopping Source Type: consumer
Stop Overshopping!Email this article to a colleague.
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Three proven ways to say no.
Source: Psychology Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: April Lane Benson, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Shopping Source Type: consumer
Libel in Fact: Agreement in the Fact Poll?Email this article to a colleague.
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In past posts, I have been recounting the Goldwater v. Ginzburg libel trial. Fact magazine's September, 1964 issue was devoted to whether Senator Goldwater, who was then running for US President, was sufficiently mentally healthy to lead the nation. After losing the election, Senator Goldwater accused Fact's publisher and editor of defaming his character.The libel trial that followed provided real-life examples of the challenges surrounding accurate personality judgments and the ethics and laws that apply to such judgments. One issue at the trial was Fact magazine's poll of psychiatrists as to Senator Goldwater's men...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John D. Mayer, Ph.D. Tags: Personality bias colleagues descriptive aspects dimensions of personality distinction fact magazine ginzburg libel trial moral philosopher nbsp observation peabody personalities personality judgments professor dean psychiat Source Type: consumer
5 Tips for Unloading a Needy FriendEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are some friends who are so needy that the friendship begins to weigh you down like an emotional ball and chain. They're always in need of one thing or another: money, favors, help, coddling, praise---or simply more time and attention than you are able or willing to give.Like a wailing toddler, they can be so demanding that their friendship becomes fatiguing. You begin to dread their calls, texts or emails---but you feel guilty about it. What kind of person would put up with a friend like that? Many people do:People who like feeling needed---or once liked the feeling (even if they don't anymore)People who feel like t...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships dependency dread failed friendship female friday night Friendship Doctor friendship expert good friends grandmother hiatus Irene S. Levine learning to say no money needy needy friend occasional lapses real p Source Type: consumer
Can an Introvert Sell Well? Real-Life StoriesEmail this article to a colleague.
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I go into a cell phone store and approach a salesman. Actually, I jump up and down until one we’ll call Cell Phone Sam pays attention to me. Once he starts talking, I hear a combination of a late-night TV hair-replacement commercial, an auction at Sotheby’s, and Charlie Brown’s teacher, all in a blaring chorus of rebates and Anytime Minutes.I butt in to ask Cell Phone Sam to explain my options for a service upgrade for my cell phone. I try taking notes, but I can’t keep up. I try asking questions, but his responses come in unlimited data speak—all as he helps three other customers.So I inch my way backward, blast...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Ancowitz Tags: Work cabbie cell phone store charlie brown cues empathy free cell hair replacement introversion introvert late night tv lexington avenue listening mimicking nonverbal signals pay attention purse rebates recesses rhine Source Type: consumer
Did you see the unicycling clown? Inattentional blindness while walking and talking on a cell phoneEmail this article to a colleague.
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We investigated the effects of divided attention during walking. Individuals were classified based on whether they were walking while talking on a cell phone, listening to an MP3 player, walking without any electronics or walking in a pair. In the first study, we found that cell phone users walked more slowly, changed directions more frequently, and were less likely to acknowledge other people than individuals in the other conditions. In the second study, we found that cell phone users were less likely to notice an unusual activity along their walking route (a unicycling clown). Cell phone usage may cause inattentional bli...
Source: Applied Cognitive Psychology - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ira E. Hyman Jr, S. Matthew Boss, Breanne M. Wise, Kira E. McKenzie, Jenna M. Caggiano Source Type: journals
Measurement of ability emotional intelligence: Results for two new tests.Email this article to a colleague.
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Emotional intelligence (EI) has attracted considerable interest amongst both individual differences researchers and those in other areas of psychology who are interested in how EI relates to criteria such as well-being and career success. Both trait (self-report) and ability EI measures have been developed; the focus of this paper is on ability EI. The associations of two new ability EI tests with psychometric intelligence, emotion perception, and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso EI test (MSCEIT) were examined. The new EI tests were the Situational Test of Emotion Management (STEM) and the Situational Test of Emotional Underst...
Source: British Journal of Psychology - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Austin EJ Tags: Br J Psychol Source Type: journals
The positive feedback bias as a response to self-image threat.Email this article to a colleague.
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This research examined whether Whites favourably bias their feedback to minorities in order to see themselves as egalitarian. White teacher trainees first had their egalitarian self-images affirmed, left unchanged, or threatened. They then provided feedback on a poorly written essay supposedly authored by either a Black or a White student. As predicted, trainees in the Black writer/self-image threat condition selectively rated essay content more favourably, recommended less time for skill development, provided more favourable copy-editing comments, and generated more equivocating 'buffers'. In contrast, trainees in the...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Harber KD, Stafford R, Kennedy KA Tags: Br J Soc Psychol Source Type: journals
Development and psychometric evaluation of a quantitative measure of "fat talk"Email this article to a colleague.
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Based on her anthropological research, Nichter (2000) concluded that it is normative for many American girls to engage in body self-disparagement in the form of "fat talk." The purpose of the present two studies was to develop a quantitative measure of fat talk. A series of 17 scenarios were created in which "Naomi" is talking with a female friend(s) and there is an expression of fat talk. College women respondents rated the frequency with which they would behave in a similar way as the women in each scenario. A nine-item one-factor scale was determined through principal components analysis and its scores yielded evide...
Source: Body Image - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Macdonald P, Murnen SK, Smolak L Tags: Body Image Source Type: journals
Lesbian Fantasy, ReconsideredEmail this article to a colleague.
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In reviewing the feedback to my "Lesbian Fantasy, Disguised" post (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reel-therapy/200910/lesbian-f...), I concluded that the constructive criticism offered by some of the readers warranted a response.So, here it is. I apologize for my misleading argument about "Whip It" and I greatly appreciate the feedback. It is my hope that this experience will make me a better writer whom exerts more effort in understanding his audience and crafting a well-founded argument. Having incorporated the majority of the feedback and reflected on what I've written, I believe my post was so unclear and so misdi...
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Clyman Tags: Anxiety Creativity Happiness Media admiration alienation anger bliss clarification confusion constructive criticism deeper meaning film film history honest intention lesbian fantasy lgb community movie review movies p Source Type: consumer
BFF or Toxic Mess? Big life events reveal strengths and faultlines in female friendshipsEmail this article to a colleague.
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It's always tough being the first friend in your best-gal-group to make one of life's big leaps. First one to get engaged, move away, get married, get pregnant. Among women friends, even though this is all good news, you're breaking a certain code. Frankly, you're wrecking things irrevocably because now they will never be the same. I've always been that one in my crowd, so I know it's true what you hear, that friends - no matter how dear and close - have complicated, often deeply ambivalent or even hostile reactions when faced with best pals moving on. &nbs...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela Cytrynbaum Tags: Relationships betrayal center stage close friends crowd envy five deadly sins friendship grief intimacy Jobs judgment last month of pregnancy narcississtic rage nbsp pals poem process of grief single day stress test Source Type: consumer
Thin Slices of DesperationEmail this article to a colleague.
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For at least a few decades, social and personality psychologists have been testing how much people can infer from others' "thin slices of behavior". This tasty concept involves either giving participants a limited number of cues about a person (such as still photos of faces or outlines of bodies in motion) or limiting the time they have to process those cues. It turns out that people can extract a surprising amount of information from such sparse stimuli, including the target's physical attractiveness, personality, intelligence, masculinity and femininity, and even sexual orientation, to mention just a few. There was likel...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrew Galperin Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Relationships Sex Social Life ancestral environment attractiveness bodies in motion cues desperation eastwick interpersonal chemistry masculinity and femininity matchmaker personality psychologists Physi Source Type: consumer
Who’s the Smuggest of Them All?Email this article to a colleague.
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PART 2Well, I intended my last post to be provocative, and indeed, "World's Most Revolting Facebook Status Updates" elicited a whole range of reactions. I greatly enjoyed them, even the critical ones. I'll mention some of the comments but they are all worth reading. Keep them coming.You can find examples of revolting updates in my last post and in the list that is continuously updated at the STFU, Marrieds site. A great addition was offered by Sheila, who mentioned her cousin's fiancé who "counted down her wedding in months, days, hours, AND minutes for over a year.""Psychprof" also added a fun one: "Lisa is all cuddled u...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships affection baby talk colleagues competition countdown couples cousin dirty talk everyday life Facebook gratitude honey insecurity love love songs marital status matrimania media postings profile publi Source Type: consumer
Is Depression a Disease? -- Part IIEmail this article to a colleague.
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The disease (or defect) model of depression represents a mainstream view of this condition. In my last post, I started the series by asking whether this approach should go unchallenged. In this post, I briefly debunk four commonly held arguments that are used to support the disease model.
(1) Depression must be a disease because it is disabling and aversive. Yes, depression is horrible and undesirable and associated with impairments. Many real diseases are undesirable and associated with impairments. However, just become something is bad does not make it a disease. As Randolph Nesse has so nicely a...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Source Type: consumer
Nostalgia is Good MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sad or lonely? Try a dose of nostalgia.
Source: Psychology Today - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clay Routledge, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Nostalgia Source Type: consumer
Nostalgia for the PastEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why we long for the products and images of yore
Source: Psychology Today - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elise Kramer Tags: Memory Nostalgia Source Type: consumer
Nostalgia: Sweet RemembranceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Why nostalgic people are happier
Source: Psychology Today - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marina Krakovsky Tags: Happiness Nostalgia Source Type: consumer
Making Scents of the HolidaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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How familiar smells make our holidays whole
Source: Psychology Today - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Herz, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Nostalgia Source Type: consumer
We Don't Know What We're MissingEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are experiences with nature - so beautiful, so deep - that we're losing. We don't have to lose them. We can chose otherwise.But it's difficult to chose otherwise because we're hardly aware of what we're missing. Why are we hardly aware? One explanation that I wrote of last month [click here] focuses on the problem of environmental generational amnesia.In a nutshell here's the problem: Across generations people construct a conception of what is environmentally normal based on the natural world encountered in childhood. The upside is that children start afresh, unencumbered psychologically by the environmental misdeeds...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter H. Kahn, Jr., Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Pets Relationships Stress amnesia Cataracts continuous stream downside eclipse environmental degradation environmental generational amnesia evolutions extreme beauty flock Source Type: consumer
Access to Adequate Outpatient Depression Care for Mothers in the USA: A Nationally Representative Population-Based StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract Maternal depression is often untreated, resulting in serious consequences for mothers and their children. Factors associated
with receipt of adequate treatment for depression were examined in a population-based sample of 2,130 mothers in the USA with
depression using data from the 1996–2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Chi-squared analyses were used to evaluate differences
in sociodemographic and health characteristics by maternal depression treatment status (none, some, and adequate). Multivariate
regression was used to model the odds of receiving some or adequate treatment, compared to none...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research Source Type: journals
Superficial Joys and Profound HappinessEmail this article to a colleague.
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What do you take me for, an idiot? Charles de Gaulle, when a journalist asked him if he was happy.
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met! Rodney Dangerfield
We can distinguish between two types of experiences that are referred to as "happiness": one is the transitory emotion of joy and the other is the profound sentiment of happiness. In a somewhat similar manner, we can speak about the transitory emotion of erotic joy and the sentiment of profound love. Although it is the profound experiences for which we typically look, in most cases these profound experiences require the presence of superficial joys. Ho...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships ambitions attitudes contentment distinction emotion happiness human beings human capacities joy lived experience love moods pig pleasure profound happiness relaxation sake satisfaction senil Source Type: consumer
The Cultural Airspace of Bunker Morality (Part 3b of 9)Email this article to a colleague.
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Bunker morality relies on hard-hearted emotions of toughness and anger. These are opposite to emotions like gratitude or compassion (which lead to a different kind of morality, we'll see later). The point I want to emphasize now is that the daily culture in which one is immersed plays a large role in which emotions stay active (and which type of morality follows).So, the second thing at the base of Stephen Colbert's bunker morality is a cultural airspace that keeps his reactive, self-protective emotions on high alert. The cultural airspace includes the stories and beliefs he uses to understand the world and himself.Stories...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. Tags: Morality Personality Relationships Social Life Stress admirable person airspace american way of life anger CNN cognitive bias cognitive biases compassion delusion dog eat dog dominance emotions evolution gratitude imm Source Type: consumer
