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        Adult age differences in a visual search, luminance contrast discrimination task 

        Gouge, Albert Patrick (2003)
        This thesis examined the ability of younger and older adults to use peripherally presented word cues in a luminance contrast discrimination task. Observers were ten older adults (aged 55 to 69) and ten younger adults ...
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        Assessment of financial aptitude and knowledge in the elderly : The Montreal Assessment of Financial Activities Scale (EMAF-EN) / by Neil F. Pascoe. 

        Pascoe, Neil F. (2007, c200)
        With the increasing age of the population, there is a corresponding increase in dementias and other similarly limiting disorders. An objective assessment tool of when a person is no longer capable to handle his or her own ...
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        Assessment of the differences in staff beliefs about sustance abuse in mental health and addiction treatment centres 

        Hallis, Leandra (2005)
        This study sought to ascertain whether staff in mental health and addiction treatment centres in Thunder Bay, Ontario, endorsed a disease, eclectic or psychosocial approach with respect to their beliefs about the etiology ...
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        Assessment of the random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II 

        Merkley, Beth Ann (1997)
        The present study compared a random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-IIR, based on the work of Dahl Strom, Brooks, & Peterson, 1990) with the standard version in a sample of 139 university students. The ...
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        Attractiveness and body image : the mediating role of body mass index 

        Vogen, Christy Michelle (2002)
        The purpose of this study was to examine the association between certain psychological and physical attributes and attractiveness in males and females. The psychological attributes studied included body-esteem, intelligence, ...
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        Battered and nonbattered women's preferences for and expectations about liberal feminist, radical feminist, and cognitive therapy 

        Jalbert, Lize Rachelle (1997)
        Prior research has suggested that feminist therapy is an effective form of counseling for battered women (BW). To date however, virtually no studies have considered the importance of the client's expectations of, or ...
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        Body dissatisfaction and affect : the effects of mode of mind induction and three dimensional body shape exposure 

        Roldan, Eduardo (2008)
        The purpose of the present study was to investigate how specific mode of mind inductions, in conjunction with 3D and 2D body image exposure, impact body dissatisfaction (BD) and affect in 81 female undergraduates. The ...
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        Cognitive processes in acquaintance rape judgments : an information processing perspective 

        McFarlane, Jennifer Margaret (1996)
        Acquaintance rape has been considered society's "hidden crime", often being seen as wrong, but not criminal (Bechhofer & Parrot, 1991). In comparison to other violent crimes, rape has the highest rate of acquittal and ...
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        Death and bereavement in Northern Ontario's long-term care facilities 

        Maranzan, K. Amanda (2004)
        The formal and informal supports available to families, staff, and residents of long-term care facilities, along with how death was handled, were examined. With the assistance of long-term care staff, a survey was developed ...
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        Defective cognitive inhibition in depression 

        Mansour, Rosleen (2002)
        This study examined attentional inhibition in depressed and nondepressed individuals using a computerized negative priming task. Previous research has suggested that defective inhibition may explain the selective attention ...
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        Development and validation of the successful aging quiz / by Christine A. Knight. -- 

        Knight, Christine Ann (2004)
        The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Successful Aging Quiz (SAQ), a 70-item, self-administered, multidimensional assessment instrument designed to measure ...
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        Does self-referent cognition act as a mediator between mood and body image 

        Taylor, Daniel Paul (1999)
        Depression and dysphoria have often been cited as emotional states that exacerbate both body size distortion and body dissatisfaction. The specific cause of this association has recently been the subject of empirical ...
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        Effects of bright light intervention on typical and atypical depressive symptoms and predictors of response 

        Ketonen, Miriam Gail (2004)
        The objective of the present study was to investigate within a prospective design the seasonality and depression predictors of light therapy response after controlling for treatment expectancy and pre-therapy functioning. ...
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        Effects of sex, mood and sex-role beliefs on interpersonal responses to depressed persons 

        MacLean, Lorraine (1997)
        This study examined interpersonal reactions to depressed individuals as a function of the sex of a depressed person, and the sex and sex-role beliefs of the respondent. Egalitarian and traditional participants of both ...
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        Emotional intelligence : an investigation of discriminant and concurrent validity / Andrea Kohan. 

        Kohan, Andrea (2002)
        Emotional intelligence (El) is a popularized concept, but one also being empirically examined for its validity as a construct of intelligence. Research has focused on determining its status as a unique ability that is ...
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        Explanatory style, coping style, and stress in seasonal affective disorder, subsyndromal seasonal affective disorder, and nonseasonal depression 

        Dew, Robert Peter (2002)
        Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by the regular onset and remission of depressive episodes that follow a seasonal pattern. The present study investigated differences among SAD, S-SAD (subsyndromal SAD), ...
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        Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing : an evaluation of single session treatment of test anxiety 

        Maxfield, J. Louise (1999)
        Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured comprehensive therapeutic procedure that appears to desensitize the distressing emotions related to past disturbing and traumatic events, while ...
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        Functional significance of waist-to-hip ratio / by Tanya D. Spencer 

        Spencer, Tanya Dee (2002)
        Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) may be important and highly visible “honest advertisement” of general and reproductive health and, hence, physical attractiveness. Research shows that men and women aged 18-86 agree on what constitutes ...
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        Healthy eating, exercise, weight and body image : the closer I get the better I feel 

        Knauff, Kristine (2005)
        Many studies have found evidence showing that women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Self-discrepancy theory (Higgins, 1987) may be particularly applicable to this area of study due to the difference between the North ...
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        Impression management and self-deception in problem gambling 

        King, Emily V. (2005)
        Studies have shown that self-reports of attitudes and behaviour can be biased because of socially desirable responding (Lajunen, Corry, Summala, & Hartley, 1997; Paulhus & Reid, 1991). Recent investigations have supported ...

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