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Behold the Power of Qi : The Importance of Qi in the Discourse of AcupunctureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Research on Language and Social Interaction)
Source: Research on Language and Social Interaction - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ho, Evelyn Y. Source Type: journals

Independence Giving or Autonomy Taking? Childhood Predictors of Decision-Sharing Patterns Between Young Adolescents and ParentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reports on a study of whether young adolescents make decisions autonomously, share decisions with their parents, or have decisions made for them by parents. Using a sample of 2,632 12- and 13-year-olds from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child Survey we examine how childhood behavior and competence influence decision patterns in young adolescence. Individual models are used to test whether traits predict decision patterns, and sibling fixed-effects models allow us to estim\ate effects of child characteristics net of stable family contributions. In both individual and sibling fixed-effects model...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer L. Romich, Shelly Lundberg, Kwok Ping Tsang Tags: Brief Report Source Type: journals

Encore Interview: Erasing the Stigma of SuicideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This week, as National Survivors of Suicide Day approaches tomorrow, we've been exploring the impact of suicide, both on a personal and societal level. Michael Behmer, a marriage and family therapist and co-founder of the family-support organization Chaos to Connection, had this to say.What can people do to help eliminate the stigma that surrounds suicide? I think you would have to convince people to not run from painful experiences. Stigmas exist because there is fear to engage them and explore a remedy. There is mostly a stigma with the affected parties because they take on responsibility and believe, whether true or not...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Blake Tags: Depression Health Psychiatry Relationships mental health stigma suicide Source Type: consumer

Five Tricks to Help Stressed Stepparents Enjoy the HolidaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A special guest post by stepmother, researcher, and author Jacquelyn Fletcher (A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom). While it's written specifically with stepmothers in mind, men with stepkids can benefit from Jacque's insights here as well...As Thanksgiving approaches, instead of feeling the warm anticipation of a day to spend with family, stepmothers across America are downing antacids. And really it's no surprise. "All of our experimental and clinical research confirms that the sense of having little or no control is always distressful," says Paul J. Rosch, MD, a clinical professor of medicine and psychiatry at ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wednesday Martin, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Relationships Self-Help Source Type: consumer

An interview with Erin Munroe: Almost everything you should know about 'stepparenting' and 'friendship'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The role of being a stepparent has some inherent challenges. So I was pleased to interview Erin Munroe, author of The Everything Guide to Stepparenting: Practical, reassuring advice for creating healthy, long-lasting relationships, about some of the boundary issues between the roles of stepparent and friend.Can a stepparent be a "friend" with a birth parent? It depends on the situation and the situations are so mixed that this is a tough question to answer. If there was never a marriage between the birth parents or they had a very happy divorce and are still friendly with one another, it makes a stepparent being friendly w...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Irene S. Levine, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships adolescence adolescent adult child animosity author being friends birth parent birth parents book boundaries boundary issues challenges child adult divorce Erin Munroe family Source Type: consumer

The Dream NotebookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You will consider yourself mad (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Philosophy Dream a Little Dream Source Type: consumer

Daydream BelieverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What dreams reveal about your psyche (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Sleep Dream a Little Dream Source Type: consumer

That Damn Dream Again!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Unraveling the mystery of recurrent dreams (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jesse Bering, Ph.D. Tags: Memory Dream a Little Dream Source Type: consumer

The Nightmare FilesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A sleep psychologist logs his strangest cases (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Cline Tags: Sleep Dream a Little Dream Source Type: consumer

Altered rectal sensory response induced by balloon distention in patients with functional abdominal pain syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: An inconsistency of visceral sensitivity between lower and higher pressure distention might be a key feature for understanding the pathogenesis of FAPS. (Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine)
Source: BioPsychoSocial Medicine - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tsukasa NozuMiwako Kudaira Source Type: journals

Training the next generation of school professionals to be prevention scientists: The Missouri Prevention Center modelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Empirically supported school-based programs have been shown to reduce the present and future risk for various emotional disturbances. Unfortunately, few of these programs have been successfully transported or maintained outside the context of controlled research studies. Central to attaining this goal is the pressing need to train the next generation of school psychology faculty leaders, versed in evidence-based practices (EBPs), who can train school personnel to deliver existing EBPs, design and develop innovative new practices, and conduct rigorous research to evaluate the effectiveness of these practices. In part to add...
Source: Psychology in the Schools - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wendy M. Reinke, Keith C. Herman, Melissa Stormont, Constance Brooks, Dana Darney Source Type: journals

Too late to coordinate: Contextual influences on behavioral synchronyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The temporal coupling of behavior serves as a foundation for effective social exchange with synchronized actions moderating core components of social-cognitive functioning. Questions remain, however, regarding the precise conditions under which this form of behavioral coordination emerges. In particular, do social factors moderate the extent to which people synchronize their movements with others? Given that synchrony serves as an important non-verbal route through which interpersonal connections can be forged, the current investigation considered whether contextual influences moderate the emergence of behavioral coupling....
Source: European Journal of Social Psychology - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynden K. Miles, Jordan L. Griffiths, Michael J. Richardson, C. Neil Macrae Source Type: journals

Do Psychologists Reject Science?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Do psychologists reject science (as Sharon Begley writes in her October 12, 2009 column in Newsweek Magazine)? In this column, Begley states that clinical psychologists (of the Freudian or psychodynamic type) ignore scientific data in favor of their own devices and experiences. In contrast, she lauds cognitive/behavioral approaches that ostensibly and strictly speaking presumably utilize such scientific bases to their treatment. The unalloyed truth here is that a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, or an M.S.W. in clinical social work, or an M.D. in psychiatry or an R.N. in psychiatric nursing solely, in the absence of further p...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality behavioral approaches clinical psychologists clinical psychology clinician graduate degree henry kellerman jitters master of science newsweek newsweek magazine postdoctoral training postgraduate work psychiatric nurse Source Type: consumer

Dreams From My DaughterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One way of looking at Barack Obama's youth is as the story of a boy raised by a single mother and her parents who by dint of hard work and natural gifts overcame great odds to become President of the United States. This is a true story.Another way of looking at it is as the story of a person who, because his father was from Africa, looks black. Since he grew up in a white family, however, he had to overcome impediments to developing a racial identity for which American culture provides no easy answers. This is also a true story.Yet another way of looking at it is as the story of a boy losing his Luo ties before he knew he ...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Relationships American culture anxieties Barack Obama commonalities dint easy answers impediments intermarriage married men multiracial children natural gifts odds overcoming adversity personality president of the united stat Source Type: consumer

My New New BossEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Shuffle Ball change. That's the current dance step in so many offices.It's ironic in a way. With the job market frozen so that even the unhappiest amongst us are advised to take a deep breath and endure for the nonce, some companies are undergoing internal change at an unexpected pace."It's my third boss in two years." said one Assistant Superintendent in a school district where School Superintendents have the life span of fruit flies.‘We merged again." explained a banking investments advisor. "And while I'm singing the grateful-to-have-a-job anthem, which is the god's honest truth, I inherited a boss from the gang that ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Judith Sills Tags: Work anthem assistant superintendent banking investments ceos dance step deep breath family business fruit flies honest truth life span new boss nonce outsider power structure printing sales repositioning sales director Source Type: consumer

You're Just Not That Into Him (Part 2) - You Married Him AnywayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Awhile back I wrote about 3 typical paths that dating relationships take (two healthy and one unhealthy) when one partner is more "in love" or devoted than the other. Read You're Just Not That Into Him (Part 1) to get the full story. A reader's comments about a 4th path moved me to write about what happens when one partner is less in love - and gets married anyway.Path 4-What all too frequently happens.Submitted by Anonymous on October 25, 2009"Sandy decides to stay with Philip because she hasn't found anything better and thinks maybe she is being too hard on him as there are way worse men out there. Sandy tries to convinc...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda Young, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Sex Acevedo aron arthur aron believer breaking up breakup brother sister couples couples counseling dating relationships divorce excitement hasn innocent children long term relationships love marriage ma Source Type: consumer

How to fight Recession Fatigue at WorkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This recession has gone on long enough. Jobs are still scarce. Layoffs are still happening. While the end looks in sight one day, the next day it seems to disappear.Last fall, when the bottom fell out of our economy, anyone who still had a job was willing to do the work of three people. That person understood that their supervisor's bad mood was caused by stress.O.K., that was over a year ago and many people are still dealing with stressed out bosses and doing the work of three people. Others struggle with fear and anxiety over their job search process.Emotions are high: fear, panic and stress are in the air like the H1V1 ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kathi Elster Tags: Work anxiety attitude attitudes bad mood disposable society emotions fear flu great shape job search matter of time mortgages Possessions promotions recession Recession Fatigue search process stress supervisor thoug Source Type: consumer

Fifteen Tips to Avoid Nagging.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today: Back by popular demand...fifteen tips to avoid nagging. I've posted this list before, but I'm posting it again, because the issue of nagging is something that people raise with me frequently in discussions of happiness. It turns out that being a nag is just as unpleasant as being nagged -- so figuring out how to end nagging brings a real happiness boost to a relationship. But even though no one enjoys an atmosphere of nagging, in marriage, or any partnership, chores are a huge source of conflict. How do you get your sweetheart to hold up his or her end, without nagging? One of my best friends from college has a very...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help atmosphere chores conflict grocery store hedges husband don marriage medicine medicine bottle one of my best friends partnership radical solution reminder sweetheart tactic trash Source Type: consumer

Renting to Owning: An Exploration of the Theory of Planned Behavior in the Homeownership DomainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Quercia, Roberto G.Paik, Jong-GyuLindblad, Mark R.Cohen, Taya R. Source Type: journals

Multilingual Groups: Effects of Linguistic Ostracism on Felt Rejection and Anger, Coworker Attraction, Perceived Team Potency, and Creative PerformanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rubin, Yonata S.Sommer, Kristin L.Dotan-Eliaz, Orly Source Type: journals

The Motivational Roots of Norms for Environmentally Responsible BehaviorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thøgersen, John Source Type: journals

When Self-Censorship Norms Backfire: The Manufacturing of Positive Communication and Its Ironic Consequences for the Perceptions of GroupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Burfiend, ChelseaMoran, Meghan A.Bongard, Kate AshleyGornick, Laura JanelleSalcido, AmandaConway, Lucian Gideon Source Type: journals

Shame in Physician-Patient Interactions: Patient PerspectivesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darby, Ryan S.Harris, Christine R. Source Type: journals

Image Induction and Social Influence: Explication and Initial TestsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bolkan, SanAndersen, Peter A. Source Type: journals

Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Proactive Coping with Racial DiscriminationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Swim, Janet K.Mallett, Robyn K. Source Type: journals

Spousal Age Differences and Sex Differences in Life Expectancy are Confounders of Matrilateral Biases in Kin InvestmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tran, Ulrich S.Fisher, Maryanne L.Voracek, Martin Source Type: journals

Boundaries of Regulatory Fit: Is It the Thought That Counts?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology)
Source: Basic and Applied Social Psychology - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leikas, SointuLindeman, MarjaanaRoininen, KatariinaLähteenmäki, Liisa Source Type: journals

Will I Be Part of “Gen U,” the Generation Unretired?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many of us grew up with a stereotypical life plan: I'll go to school, college, get a job, get married, have a family, get a home, and maybe even have a white picket fence and a dog. “Then magically, at 65, I will retire and can finally relax.” Some of these notions have faded into oblivion - in fact, “retirement” has been virtually redefined.We have reached a critical mass in which Baby Boomers now say they do not plan to retire. Retirees are applying for jobs, either out of economic necessity or the realization that it’s not “greener” on the golf course or tennis court. These individuals comprise what ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynn Taylor Tags: Work aarp baby boomers bad dream boss behaviors career critical mass dotcom boom economic necessity education financial freedom freedom style gen x gen y generation golf course Grandparents junior staff mentor microco Source Type: consumer

Depression As Deadly As Smoking, But Anxiety May Be Good For YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Depression Source Type: news

Book Review: Sattler, J. M. (2008). Assessment of children: Cognitive foundations (5th ed.). San Diego: Author. Sattler, J. M. (2008). Resource guide to accompany Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations (5th ed.). San Diego: AuthorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment)
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Floyd, R. G. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

An Exploratory Investigation of the Factor Structure of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the factor structure of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) using rigorous exploratory factor analytic and factor extraction procedures. The results of this study indicate that the RIAS is a single factor test. Despite these results, higher order factor analysis using the Schmid—Leiman procedure indicates that all subtests are aligned with their theoretically consistent factors. All analyses in this study, including the minimum average partial test, parallel analysis, the Schmid—Leiman procedure, as well as principal factors with orthogonal and oblique rotation, support in...
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dombrowski, S. C., Watkins, M. W., Brogan, M. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Self-Perceptions, Discrepancies Between Self- and Other-Perceptions, and Children's Self-Reported EmotionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self and others’ perceptions of victimization, bullying, and academic competence were examined in relation to self-reported anxiety, depression, anger, and global self-worth in a non-clinical sample of second- and third-grade children. Previous studies document links between negative emotions and self-perceptions that are less favorable than others’ perceptions. However, the current study suggests that the impact of discrepant self—other-perceptions (in bullying, victimization, and academic competence) on emotions is complex, sometimes involving interactions between perceptions of self and other informant...
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nuijens, K. L., Teglasi, H., Hancock, G. R. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Psychometric Assessment and Reporting Practices: Incongruence Between Theory and PracticeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the current study is twofold: (a) to investigate the rates at which researchers assess and report on the psychometric properties of the measures they use in their research and (b) to examine whether or not researchers appear to be generally employing sound/unsound rationales when it comes to how they conduct test evaluations. Based on a sample of 368 articles published in four journals in the year 2004, the findings suggest that, although evidence bearing on score precision/reliability and the internal structure of item responses remains under-reported, researchers appear to be assessing the relationships betwee...
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Slaney, K. L., Tkatchouk, M., Gabriel, S. M., Maraun, M. D. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Relationship Between Parenting Stress and Ratings of Executive Functioning in Children With ADHDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study’s hypothesis was that higher ratings of children’s executive dysfunction are associated with parenting stress. Parents of 32 children (ages 8-12 years) with ADHD completed the Parenting Stress Index and two executive function rating scales, the BRIEF and CEFS. Stress produced by child and family system characteristics was significantly correlated with composite scores and subscales from the executive function rating scales. Findings suggest that parent ratings of their children’s executive functioning appear related to the stress they experience being parents, particularly with regard to their ...
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joyner, K. B., Silver, C. H., Stavinoha, P. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Concordance of the Children's Executive Functions Scale With Established Tests and Parent Rating ScalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the utility of the Children’s Executive Functions Scale (CEFS), a 99-item parent-report measure. The CEFS was designed to measure a variety of behaviors related to executive functioning, including social appropriateness, inhibition, problem solving, initiative, and motor planning. A sample of 59 children was evaluated with the CEFS, established tests of executive functioning, Child Behavior Checklist, and Conners’ Rating Scale. Correlations between the CEFS and the test variables were modest and produced a pattern slightly different from correlations obtained for the other parent report meas...
Source: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goulden, L. G., Silver, C. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Aggressive athletes: Out of control and unapologeticEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses." -William Arthur WardRecently, University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert was called out by ESPN for punching, kicking, shoving, and throwing elbows against opponents after her team fell behind in a conference tournament game. In her most blatant attack, she yanked back an opponent's ponytail, ripping her to the ground.News coverage of these incidents follows a time-worn pattern: the highlight reels run, the sports talk jockeys express outrage, the player makes a media apology, the commissioner s...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jared DeFife, Ph.D. Tags: Media Morality Personality Psychiatry Relationships Sport and Competition Therapy aggression anger apologies apology athletes blatant attack Elizabeth Lambert ESPN externalization game sports individualism infamy jock Source Type: consumer

When Harry Met SallyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
How couples meet can determine how they will end (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Leonard Tags: Relationships So Happy Together Source Type: consumer

Creating Meaningful RelationshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stand the test of time together (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Biali, M.D. Tags: Relationships So Happy Together Source Type: consumer

Husbands and WivesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Who's happier? (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ariel Gore Tags: Relationships So Happy Together Source Type: consumer

10 Habits of Happy CouplesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What it takes to be happy in a relationship (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Mark Goulston Tags: Relationships So Happy Together Source Type: consumer

Procrastination, guilt, excuses and the road less traveledEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. (Bob Dylan). I certainly agree with the first part of this Dylan quote, but I'm quite sure that there's more to it than repentance, including: distraction, forgetting, trivialization, self-affirmation and denial of responsibility to name a few.Since the 1950's with Leon Festinger's (and his students') initial work on cognitive dissonance, psychologists have spent countless hours studying how acting counter-attitudinally leads to a negative emotional state. Why? Well, most people try to maintain a consistent and positive sense of self. Most peop...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Tags: Procrastination Work attitude change behavior change bob dylan cognitive dissonance conflict conflicts coping countless hours denial different places distraction doctoral student emotional state excuses initial work inten Source Type: consumer

Integrated models of school-based prevention: Logic and theoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
School-based prevention programs can positively impact a range of social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Yet the current climate of accountability pressures schools to restrict activities that are not perceived as part of the core curriculum. Building on models from public health and prevention science, we describe an integrated approach to school-based prevention. These models leverage the most effective structural and content components of social-emotional and behavioral health prevention interventions. Integrated interventions are expected to have additive and synergistic effects that result in greater impacts on m...
Source: Psychology in the Schools - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Celene E. Domitrovich, Catherine P. Bradshaw, Mark T. Greenberg, Dennis Embry, Jeanne M. Poduska, Nicholas S. Ialongo Source Type: journals

Manuscripts Accepted for PublicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Manuscripts Accepted for Publication Source Type: journals

Value Similarities Among Fathers, Mothers, and Adolescents and the Role of a Cultural Stereotype: Different Measurement Strategies ReconsideredEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined similarities in 8 social[ndash]cultural value orientations among fathers, mothers, and adolescents from 433 Dutch families. Results revealed different outcomes when using ordinary correlations (r), absolute difference scores (d), or profile correlations (q). Similarly, different influences of a cultural stereotype were found when applying different measurement strategies. We discuss which measurement strategies are best used under which circumstances and which role the cultural stereotype plays. (Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Annette M. C. Roest, Judith Semon Dubas, Jan R. M. Gerris, Rutger C. M. E. Engels Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

A Cross-Cultural Study of Adolescent ProcrastinationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we explore academic procrastination and associated motivation variables in 612 adolescents from Canada and Singapore. Few studies have explored adolescent procrastination and no previous studies have investigated adolescent procrastination using a cross-cultural framework. Singaporean adolescents reported higher levels of procrastination and lower levels of self-efficacy for self-regulation than Canadian adolescents. Males across settings reported higher levels of procrastination and lower levels of self-efficacy for self-regulation than females. Bivariate relationships between procrastination and the motiva...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert M. Klassen, Rebecca P. Ang, Wan Har Chong, Lindsey L. Krawchuk, Vivien S. Huan, Isabella Y. F. Wong, Lay See Yeo Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

The Role of Task Values in Adolescents' Educational Tracks: A Person-Oriented ApproachEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study examined what kinds of patterns of task-values adolescents show, and whether these patterns predict their educational and occupational expectations and school track. Six hundred and fourteen adolescents were examined twice before their transition to secondary education and once thereafter. The clustering-by-cases analyses identified 6 groups: (1) those who placed a high value on all school subjects, (2) those who did not value any of the subjects, (3) those who valued Finnish and social sciences, (4) those who valued in particular practical and art subjects, (5) those who valued only practical and art sub...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jaana Viljaranta, Jari-Erik Nurmi, Kaisa Aunola, Katariina Salmela-Aro Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Adolescents Exiting Homelessness Over Two Years: The Risk Amplification and Abatement ModelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM) demonstrates that negative contact with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless adolescents. To test this model, the likelihood of exiting homelessness and returning to familial housing at 2 years and stably exiting over time are examined with longitudinal data collected from 183 newly homeless adolescents followed over 2 years in Los Angeles, CA. In support of RAAM, unadjusted odds of exiting at 2 years and stably exiting over 2 years revealed that engagement with prosocial peers, maternal social support, and continued school attend...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Norweeta G. Milburn, Eric Rice, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Shelley Mallett, Doreen Rosenthal, Phillip Batterham, Susanne J. May, Andrea Witkin, Naihua Duan Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Losing Sleep Over It: Daily Variation in Sleep Quantity and Quality in Canadian Students' First Semester of UniversityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Daily covariation of sleep quantity and quality with affective, stressful, academic, and social experiences were observed in a sample of Canadian 17[ndash]19-year-olds in their first year of university. Participants (N=191) completed web-based checklists for 14 consecutive days during their first semester. Multilevel models predicting sleep quantity and quality from daily experiences indicated that more time on schoolwork, expecting a test, and alcohol use predicted less sleep whereas socializing predicted more sleep. More positive affect and no alcohol use predicted better sleep quality. Models predicting daily experience...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy L. Galambos, Andrea L. Dalton, Jennifer L. Maggs Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Individual and Issue-Specific Differences in Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Disclosure in Chile, the Philippines, and the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Perceived parental knowledge and adolescents' disclosure to parents were predicted from parental warmth and monitoring and adolescents' disclosure, agreement, and beliefs about obligation to obey and parental legitimacy (N=698 Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. 13[ndash]20-year-olds). The correlates of knowledge are similar in all three countries, but the relative strength of the correlations differs. Global agreement was associated with greater knowledge. Parents knew most about issues governed by rules and those where adolescents agreed, felt obliged to obey, and disclosed. Monitoring predicted knowledge only in Chile and the P...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Darling, Patricio Cumsille, Liane Peña-Alampay, Douglas Coatsworth Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Attachment Style With Mother, Father, Best Friend, and Romantic Partner During AdolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self-reported attachment styles with mother, father, best friend, and romantic partner were assessed longitudinally across adolescence. Three cohorts (ages 13, 16, and 19 years; N=373) from a community sample were followed across 2 years. There was only one change in attachment styles with age: the oldest adolescents were more dismissive than the younger. Adolescents were more secure with mother than with father, and most dismissive and fearful with father. Boys were more dismissing than girls, who were more fearful with a romantic partner (n=158). Across time, attachment insecurity with father was associated with insecuri...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anna Beth Doyle, Heather Lawford, Dorothy Markiewicz Tags: Articles Source Type: journals