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Patient preference for and reports of provider behavior: Impact of symmetry on patient outcomes.
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Conclusion: These findings provide further support for the importance of congruence between patient characteristics and contextual characteristics in predicting patient outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Health Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cvengros, Jamie A.; Christensen, Alan J.; Cunningham, Cassie; Hillis, Steven L.; Kaboli, Peter J. Source Type: journals
Synopsis of key persons, events, and associations in the history of Latino psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this article, we present a brief synopsis of six early Latino psychologists, several key conferences, the establishment of research centers, and early efforts to create an association for Latino psychologists. Our chronology runs from approximately 1930 to 2000. This history is a firsthand account of how these early leaders, conferences, and efforts to bring Latinos and Latinas together served as a backdrop to current research and practice in Latino psychology. This history of individuals and events is also intertwined with the American Psychological Association and the National Institute of Mental Health and efforts by...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Padilla, Amado M.; Olmedo, Esteban Source Type: journals
Native Hawaiians and psychology: The cultural and historical context of indigenous ways of knowing.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article reviews psychological research on Native Hawaiians conducted in the 19th through the 21st centuries. The rationale is to provide a historical orientation to this indigenous group, to increase awareness of the complexities of research about Native Hawaiians, and to draw attention to emerging issues, practices, and challenges of psychological research emphasizing indigenous health and well-being. This article lays a historical foundation for future research with a renewed emphasis on indigenous knowledge and its holistic view of psychology in relationship to the land, spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, langu...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McCubbin, Laurie D.; Marsella, Anthony Source Type: journals
The Minority Fellowship Program: A 30-year legacy of training psychologists of color.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article traces the development and growth of the American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) from is inception in 1974 to 2007. The original influences of Black psychiatrists in creating the Center for Minority Group Mental Health at the National Institute of Mental Health are described, and the initial structure and strategy of MFP is outlined. The dramatic growth in the number of MFP Fellows (82%), the average size of Fellowship stipends (810%), and the total stipend dollars (1,560%) reflects expansion of the programs in substance abuse research, treatment and prevention, neuroscience ...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jones, James M.; Austin-Dailey, Andrew T. Source Type: journals
Changing psychology: History and legacy of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues.Email this article to a colleague.
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The history and legacy of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (American Psychological Association Division 45) for its first 20 years are reviewed. The legitimization of the ethnic minority scholarship within organized psychology is chronicled, highlighting the central role of advocacy and activism. Multiculturalism is presented as a paradigm for the globalization of the United States. It is concluded that ethnic minority psychology has changed the field and equips us for the challenges of the internationalization of the world. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Comas-Díaz, Lillian Source Type: journals
Ethnic minority psychology: Struggles and triumphs.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article focuses on my interpretation of the history of ethnic minority psychology, using as a base the presentations of the contributing authors to this special issue of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (see records 2009-21279-002, 2009-21279-003, 2009-21279-004, 2009-21279-005, 2009-21279-006, 2009-21279-007, and 2009-21279-008). Because each contributing author has focused on a particular ethnic group or a particular aspect of history, my goal is to focus on 3 common issues and problems. First, what are the themes and issues that confronted African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asi...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sue, Stanley Source Type: journals
Reflections on ethnic minority psychology: Learning from our past so the present informs our future.Email this article to a colleague.
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Commentary on progress and reflections of conversations that undergirded the advancement of ethnic minority psychology are presented by the author as a perspective of an Elder. Articles in this special issue (see records 2009-21279-002, 2009-21279-003, 2009-21279-004, 2009-21279-005, 2009-21279-006, 2009-21279-007, and 2009-21279-008) are considered in terms of the themes that emerged from their narratives on the history of ethnic psychological associations, Division 45, the Minority Fellowship Program, and governance’s response to multicultural issues within the American Psychological Association. Themes in the history ...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Franklin, Anderson J. Source Type: journals
Liberating history: The context of the challenge of psychologists of color to American psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article examines the history of race and ethnicity in the United States, and how it played out in the field of psychology. Although other articles in this issue examine the specific impact of racism and internal colonialism on racial and ethnic minorities, this article places these events within an international context, specifically the post-World War II era when oppressed peoples around the world sought liberation from colonial oppressors. The article suggests that the struggles and successes of racial and ethnic minority psychologists may provide the best opportunity for American psychology to connect with emerging...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pickren, Wade E. Source Type: journals
"Characterization and sociocultural predictors of neuropsychological test performance in HIV+ Hispanic individuals": Correction.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study characterized neuropsychological (NP) test performance of HIV+ English-speaking Hispanic participants (n = 51) and investigated the combined roles of sociocultural factors (e.g., ethnicity, socioeconomic status [SES] proxy, and reading level) on NP test performance among our HIV+ Hispanic and non-Hispanic White participants (n = 49). Results revealed that the pattern of NP impairment in HIV+ Hispanic participants is consistent with the frontal-striatal pattern observed in HIV-associated CNS sequelae, and the overall prevalence of global NP impairment was high compared to previous reports with more ethnically hom...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mindt, Monica Rivera; Byrd, Desiree; Ryan, Elizabeth L.; Robbins, Reuben; Monzones, Jennifer; Arentoft, Alyssa; Germano, Kaori Kubo; Henniger, Debra E.; Morgello, Susan Source Type: journals
Guest editor’s introduction: History of racial and ethnic minority psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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Beginning with an observation about the neglect of the history of racial and ethnic minority psychology in our mainstream publications, this Guest Editor’s Introduction to the special issue moves on to provide an overview of the contributors and their foci. The special issue consists of seven lead articles covering African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Hispanic Americans, the American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program, and the APA Division 45. Commentary articles are provided by two pioneers in the field and an historian. A rationale for the special issue, as we...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leong, Frederick T. L. Source Type: journals
The history and visions of African American psychology: Multiple pathways to place, space, and authority.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article also presents a chronological timeline of major events in the history of African American psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Holliday, Bertha Garrett Source Type: journals
An historical profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives in psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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The history of American Indian and Alaska Native psychology is a brief one in comparison with the rich histories of other U.S. ethnic groups. In the mid-1960s, there were probably 10 or so Indians and Natives with doctoral degrees in psychology; since then, that number has increased to about 350. The number of publications dealing with Indian and Native psychological topics also has increased significantly over the past 40 years. Appreciable gains have been made in the number of academic institutions that actively recruit and educate Indian and Native students in psychology and in the conduct of research and scholarly proj...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Trimble, Joseph E.; Clearing-Sky, Mary Source Type: journals
History of Asian American psychology.Email this article to a colleague.
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An overview of the history of Asian American psychology is provided by reviewing the context for the development of the field as well as the early founding of the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA). The presidents of AAPA as well as key events and conferences are noted. The involvement of AAPA leaders in national mental health policies and activities are reviewed. The substantive areas of Asian American psychology and the education and training of Asian American psychologists are also discussed. The article ends with some comments about the future of Asian American psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 200...
Source: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leong, Frederick T. L.; Okazaki, Sumie Source Type: journals
The benefits of flexible team interaction during crises.Email this article to a colleague.
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Organizations increasingly rely on teams to respond to crises. While research on team effectiveness during nonroutine events is growing, naturalistic studies examining team behaviors during crises are relatively scarce. Furthermore, the relevant literature offers competing theoretical rationales concerning effective team response to crises. In this article, the authors investigate whether high- versus average-performing teams can be distinguished on the basis of the number and complexity of their interaction patterns. Using behavioral observation methodology, the authors coded the discrete verbal and nonverbal behaviors of...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stachowski, Alicia A.; Kaplan, Seth A.; Waller, Mary J. Source Type: journals
Social networks, personal values, and creativity: Evidence for curvilinear and interaction effects.Email this article to a colleague.
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Taking an interactional perspective on creativity, the authors examined the influence of social networks and conformity value on employees’ creativity. They theorized and found a curvilinear relationship between number of weak ties and creativity such that employees exhibited greater creativity when their number of weak ties was at intermediate levels rather than at lower or higher levels. In addition, employees’ conformity value moderated the curvilinear relationship between number of weak ties and creativity such that employees exhibited greater creativity at intermediate levels of number of weak ties when conformity...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zhou, Jing; Shin, Shung Jae; Brass, Daniel J.; Choi, Jaepil; Zhang, Zhi-Xue Source Type: journals
How leaders cultivate social capital and nurture employee vigor: Implications for job performance.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study examined how leader relational behaviors (i.e., relational leadership) cultivate bonding social capital among organizational members and the way bonding social capital augments feelings of vigor at work. In addition, the authors examined how vigor enhances employee job performance. Using a sample of 209 participants in Israeli community centers, the results of structural equation modeling indicate a 2-stage mediation model in which leader relational behaviors are positively related to bonding social capital; this, in turn, results in feelings of vigor, which are positively associated with manager ratings of empl...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carmeli, Abraham; Ben-Hador, Batia; Waldman, David A.; Rupp, Deborah E. Source Type: journals
The crossover of daily work engagement: Test of an actor–partner interdependence model.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study of 62 dyads of employees (N = 124) examined the crossover of work engagement—a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption. We hypothesized that work engagement crosses over from an employee (the actor) to his or her colleague (the partner) on a daily basis. The frequency of daily communication was expected to moderate the crossover of daily work engagement, which in turn would relate to colleagues’ daily performance. Participants first filled in a general questionnaire and then completed a diary study over 5 consecutive workdays. The hypotheses...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bakker, Arnold B.; Xanthopoulou, Despoina Source Type: journals
Core self-evaluations and job performance: The role of the perceived work environment.Email this article to a colleague.
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Using trait activation theory as a framework, the authors examined the moderating role of two situational variables—perceptions of organizational politics and perceptions of leader effectiveness—on the relationship between core self-evaluations and job performance. Results from two samples (N = 137 and N = 226) indicate that employee perceptions of their work environment moderated the relationship between their core self-evaluations and supervisor ratings of their performance. In particular, those with higher core self-evaluations received higher performance ratings in environments perceived as favorable than in enviro...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kacmar, K. Michele; Collins, Brian J.; Harris, Kenneth J.; Judge, Timothy A. Source Type: journals
The effects of goal orientation on job search and reemployment: A field experiment among unemployed job seekers.Email this article to a colleague.
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Because unemployment has detrimental effects on the well-being of unemployed people, it is important that unemployed individuals move back to work. The present study aimed at improving the understanding of the job search and reemployment process by applying goal orientation theory to job seeking. Using a 3-group field experimental design among 109 unemployed job seekers, the authors examined the effects of situational learning and performance goal orientation on participants’ job search intentions, job search behavior, and reemployment status. A situational focus on learning goals was found to be beneficial for the job s...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: van Hooft, Edwin A. J.; Noordzij, Gera Source Type: journals
Gender and letters of recommendation for academia: Agentic and communal differences.Email this article to a colleague.
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In 2 studies that draw from the social role theory of sex differences (A. H. Eagly, W. Wood, & A. B. Diekman, 2000), the authors investigated differences in agentic and communal characteristics in letters of recommendation for men and women for academic positions and whether such differences influenced selection decisions in academia. The results supported the hypotheses, indicating (a) that women were described as more communal and less agentic than men (Study 1) and (b) that communal characteristics have a negative relationship with hiring decisions in academia that are based on letters of recommendation (Study 2). Such ...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Madera, Juan M.; Hebl, Michelle R.; Martin, Randi C. Source Type: journals
What you see may not be what you get: Relationships among self-presentation tactics and ratings of interview and job performance.Email this article to a colleague.
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The image candidates portray in the interview, via appearance, impression management, and verbal and nonverbal behavior, has been hypothesized to influence interviewer ratings. Through the lenses of social influence and interdependence theories, this meta-analysis investigated (a) the magnitude of the relationship between these 3 self-presentation tactics and interviewer ratings, (b) whether these tactics also are correlated with later job performance, and (c) whether important theoretical moderators (e.g., the level of interview structure, the rating source, the use of field or experimental designs) affect these relations...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barrick, Murray R.; Shaffer, Jonathan A.; DeGrassi, Sandra W. Source Type: journals
Do inclusive leaders help to reduce turnover in diverse groups? The moderating role of leader–member exchange in the diversity to turnover relationship.Email this article to a colleague.
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This research examines leader–member exchange (LMX) at the group level as a moderator of the relationships between demographic (i.e., race, age, gender) and tenure diversity and group turnover. Drawing primarily from LMX, social categorization, and expectation states theories, we hypothesized that through the pattern of LMX relationships that they develop with followers, group managers influence inclusion and status differentials within groups such that the positive relationship between diversity and group turnover will be weaker when the group mean on LMX is high or when group differentiation on LMX is low. Results from...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nishii, Lisa H.; Mayer, David M. Source Type: journals
Got political skill? The impact of justice on the importance of political skill for job performance.Email this article to a colleague.
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The present study examined the moderating effects of procedural and distributive justice on the relationships between political skill and task performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among 175 supervisor–subordinate dyads of a government organization. Using Mischel’s (1968) situationist perspective, high justice conditions were considered “strong situations,” whereas low justice conditions were construed as “weak situations.” We found that when both procedural and distributive justice were low, political skill was positively related to performance. Under conditions of both high procedural and ...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrews, Martha C.; Kacmar, K. Michele; Harris, Kenneth J. Source Type: journals
Can “good” stressors spark “bad” behaviors? The mediating role of emotions in links of challenge and hindrance stressors with citizenship and counterproductive behaviors.Email this article to a colleague.
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The authors combined affective events theory (H. M. Weiss & Cropanzano, 1996) and the transactional stress model (R. S. Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) to build and test a model specifying the dynamic, emotion-based relationships among challenge and hindrance stressors and citizenship and counterproductive behaviors. The study employed an experience sampling methodology. Results showed that challenge stressors had offsetting indirect links with citizenship behaviors through attentiveness and anxiety and a positive indirect effect on counterproductive behaviors through anxiety. Hindrance stressors had a negative indirect effect on...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rodell, Jessica B.; Judge, Timothy A. Source Type: journals
Too engaged? A conservation of resources view of the relationship between work engagement and work interference with family.Email this article to a colleague.
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In this study, however, we investigate a potentially negative outcome of engagement. Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we hypothesize that engagement will be associated with higher work interference with family due to the resources engaged employees may expend when they engage in extrarole work behavior such as organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). We further propose that conscientiousness, as a personal resource, serves to buffer the relationship between OCB and work interference with family. Examining multisource data, collected at multiple points in time, from 3 diverse samples (total N = 844), we fi...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Halbesleben, Jonathon R. B.; Harvey, Jaron; Bolino, Mark C. Source Type: journals
Disentangling the indirect links between socioeconomic status and health: The dynamic roles of work stressors and personal control.Email this article to a colleague.
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Prior research has documented an indirect link between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, and the goal in this study was to help unravel this phenomenon from a dynamic perspective. The authors hypothesized that SES would be positively related to feelings of personal control and negatively related to perceived work stressors. Drawing on dynamic conceptualizations of these psychosocial factors, they suggest that these psychosocial factors relate to one another over time. Individuals who have higher levels of personal control experience increasingly fewer work stressors over time than do those with lower levels of persona...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christie, Amy M.; Barling, Julian Source Type: journals
Prediction of 4-year college student performance using cognitive and noncognitive predictors and the impact on demographic status of admitted students.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study was conducted to determine the validity of noncognitive and cognitive predictors of the performance of college students at the end of their 4th year in college. Results indicate that the primary predictors of cumulative college grade point average (GPA) were Scholastic Assessment Test/American College Testing Assessment (SAT/ACT) scores and high school GPA (HSGPA) though biographical data and situational judgment measures added incrementally to this prediction. SAT/ACT scores and HSGPA were collected and used in various ways by participating institutions in the admissions process while situational judgment measu...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Schmitt, Neal; Keeney, Jessica; Oswald, Frederick L.; Pleskac, Timothy J.; Billington, Abigail Q.; Sinha, Ruchi; Zorzie, Mark Source Type: journals
The five-factor model of personality and managerial performance: Validity gains through the use of 360 degree performance ratings.Email this article to a colleague.
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This study investigated the usefulness of the five-factor model (FFM) of personality in predicting two aspects of managerial performance (task vs. contextual) assessed by utilizing the 360 degree performance rating system. The authors speculated that one reason for the low validity of the FFM might be the failure of single-source (e.g., supervisor) ratings to comprehensively capture the construct of managerial performance. The operational validity of personality was found to increase substantially (50%–74%) across all of the FFM personality traits when both peer and subordinate ratings were added to supervisor ratings ac...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Oh, In-Sue; Berry, Christopher M. Source Type: journals
Personality scale validities increase throughout medical school.Email this article to a colleague.
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Admissions and personnel decisions rely on stable predictor–criterion relationships. The authors studied the validity of Big Five personality factors and their facets for predicting academic performance in medical school across multiple years, investigating whether criterion-related validities change over time. In this longitudinal investigation, an entire European country’s 1997 cohort of medical students was studied throughout their medical school career (Year 1, N = 627; Year 7, N = 306). Over time, extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness factor and facet scale scores showed increases in operational validity f...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lievens, Filip; Ones, Deniz S.; Dilchert, Stephan Source Type: journals
It does not have to be uncomfortable: The role of behavioral scripts in Black–White interracial interactions.Email this article to a colleague.
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Despite growing racioethnic diversity in U.S. organizations, few organizational studies have focused on Black–White interracial interactions. Two experiments examined the influence of interaction roles, and the social scripts they trigger, on White participants’ anxiety during dyadic interactions with Black partners. Results from both studies reveal that White participants exhibited greater discomfort in Black–White interactions than in same-race interactions unless their interaction role offered an accessible script to guide behavior. Thus, the present findings suggest organizations may be able to attenuate anxiety ...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Avery, Derek R.; Richeson, Jennifer A.; Hebl, Michelle R.; Ambady, Nalini Source Type: journals
The bright-side and the dark-side of CEO personality: Examining core self-evaluations, narcissism, transformational leadership, and strategic influence.Email this article to a colleague.
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This article reports on an examination of the relationships between chief executive officer (CEO) personality, transformational and transactional leadership, and multiple strategic outcomes in a sample of 75 CEOs of Major League Baseball organizations over a 100-year period. CEO bright-side personality characteristics (core self-evaluations) were positively related to transformational leadership, whereas dark-side personality characteristics (narcissism) of CEOs were negatively related to contingent reward leadership. In turn, CEO transformational and contingent reward leadership were related to 4 different strategic outco...
Source: Journal of Applied Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Resick, Christian J.; Whitman, Daniel S.; Weingarden, Steven M.; Hiller, Nathan J. Source Type: journals
Stuckness and How It Is That We Stay ThereEmail this article to a colleague.
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Very often we do not see what is right in front of us. In the case of the fish, he doesn't know that he's wet. In the case of ourselves, it is more often that we do not have a clear grasp of the interior mechanisms that inform our choices, and how those choices then shape our lives, and our relationships. And just like the fish, when we find ourselves out of our comfort zone, we struggle and fight to get back to what we know, no matter how toxic the water. Our filters are the lens through which we view our world. Those filters are built upon the ideas, assumptions, and expectations that we have about the way the world work...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael J. Formica Tags: Relationships assumptions Choices Comfort zone experiences fish grasp interior landscape internalization mechanisms object vision psyche self perception self-esteem self-perception self-worth social environment socializat Source Type: consumer
The ‘Ten Commandments’ of Character Development, Number FiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr Simon's series continues with the fifth of 'ten commandments' of character development: living for more than the pursuit of pleasure.Tags: character disturbance, in practice, relationships, responsibility, society
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General character disturbance in practice relationships responsibility society Source Type: news
Study Links Genetic Variation To Individual Empathy, Stress LevelsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's receptor was linked to a person's ability to infer the mental state of others. Interestingly, this same genetic variation also related to stress reactivity.
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news
Eye CandyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Visual contact is a vital social nutrient.
Source: Psychology Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shelagh Robinson, Ph.D. Tags: Social Life The Eyes Have It Source Type: consumer
Watch Where You're Going!Email this article to a colleague.
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Unicycling clowns and inattentional blindness
Source: Psychology Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ira Hyman Tags: Cognition The Eyes Have It Source Type: consumer
Can Eye Movements Change the Brain?Email this article to a colleague.
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Facts and speculation about EMDR
Source: Psychology Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sybil Lockhart, Ph.D. Tags: Neuroscience The Eyes Have It Source Type: consumer
Seeing Without SightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Our brains have visual superpowers.
Source: Psychology Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Faith Brynie Tags: Cognition The Eyes Have It Source Type: consumer
The prevention science of reading research within a Response-to-Intervention modelEmail this article to a colleague.
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The purpose of this article is to describe research-based reading intervention within a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) model, using prevention science as a context. First, RTI is defined and a rationale is provided for its use in improving the reading performance of all students, particularly those students identified as at risk for reading-related learning disabilities. Next, reading risk is defined and discussed, including prevalence, antecedents, and how risk is assessed through universal screening and progress monitoring. Existing literature on the use of RTI models in reading is summarized, including small- and large-...
Source: Psychology in the Schools - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erica S. Lembke, Kristen L. McMaster, Pamela M. Stecker Source Type: journals
Principles of sustainable prevention: Designing scale-up of School-wide Positive Behavior Support to promote durable systemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this article, we provide an overview of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS), an approach to building protective school cultures and preventing the development of problem behavior through instruction, environmental redesign, and attention to systems-level variables. We define the critical features of SWPBS within a prevention science lens, including identification of its conceptual foundations, proximal mediators of student outcomes, and current research base and goals. Given its evidence of effectiveness, we describe efforts and a research agenda in the area of sustainability of SWPBS, including a description ...
Source: Psychology in the Schools - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kent McIntosh, Kevin J. Filter, Joanna L. Bennett, Charlotte Ryan, George Sugai Source Type: journals
Surviving After A Loved One's Suicide: Part IEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are two months out of the year I'm not too keen on living through. One is March, obviously, since that is the month in which my father committed suicide, a month that still, almost seven years later, smells the same, looks the same and all-around feels the same as that cold day in 2003. The other month is November; well, actually, it's more like a single day. November 21 is National Survivors of Suicide Day.<!--break--> Over the years, that's what I've learned to embrace - the fact that I am, indeed, a survivor. But, make no mistake. It took me six long years to get to this point, and this isn't really the endi...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Blake Tags: Health Parenting Psychiatry Relationships Self-Help afte bed sheets cold day committed suicide disability eerie silence family father few moments futility great man national survivors of suicide day rest of my life rest Source Type: consumer
So Much To Know!Email this article to a colleague.
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I wonder how many folks in the general population know that according to "the experts" there are currently ten different personality disorders. I have always been fascinated with the diagnostic value of "personality disorders." I wrote about them in my latest book "The PDR Guide to Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health" (Thomson Reuters, 2009). What is fascinating about these characterological gems is that you can literally see how they lead to drug abuse and addiction. For example, Borderline Personality Disorder includes abuse/addiction as one of the defining points. Regardless of how "we professionals" may choose to ba...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Harris B. Stratyner, Ph.D., CASAC Tags: Addiction Anxiety Creativity Psychiatry Relationships Stress Therapy adolescent mental health Borderline Personality Disorder caron treatment centers diagnostic value drug abuse drug addiction food for thought full disclosure Source Type: consumer
Different People, Different Places - Part 1Email this article to a colleague.
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Does your personality influence the sorts of places in which you thrive and the objects that you cherish? You bet it does!
The personality factor that pops into casual discussion most regularly is extraversion-introversion. Extraverts are energized by the social and physical environments that surround them. Introverts gather more energy from their own thoughts than they do from things external to themselves. Extraverts focus on the world outside themselves, while introverts are more centered on their own inner world.
Whether you are an extravert or an introvert has a big effect ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sally Augustin, PhD Tags: Personality conversation partners couches decorating for the holidays design direct access extravert extraverts fireplace fish tank focal point intr introvert nbsp physical environments relish scents sensory input senso Source Type: consumer
Influence of sympathetic autonomic arousal on tics: Implications for a therapeutic behavioral intervention for Tourette syndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: These findings indicate that the conjunction of focused attention to task and reduced peripheral sympathetic tone inhibits tic expression and suggests a potential therapeutic role of biofeedback relaxation training for tic management in patients with TS.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yoko Nagai, Andrea Cavanna, Hugo D. Critchley Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Engel's biopsychosocial model is still relevant todayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Abstract: In 1977, Engel published the seminal paper, “The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine” [Science 196 (1977) 129–136]. He featured a biopsychosocial (BPS) model based on systems theory and on the hierarchical organization of organisms. In this essay, the model is extended by the introduction of semiotics and constructivism. Semiotics provides the language which allows to describe the relationships between the individual and his environment. Constructivism explains how an organism perceives his environment. The impact of the BPS model on research, medical education, and application in the ...
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rolf H. Adler Tags: EACLPP Pages Source Type: journals
Editorial AnnouncementEmail this article to a colleague.
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