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Body image : a multidimensional approach to measurement in individuals with eating disorders
(1995)Body image disturbance is an important aspect of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. To date, there has been little agreement on how to define and measure this. The current study views body image as a complex concept ... -
Body image perception and self-esteem in eating disordered females : further validation of the silhouette body image test / by K. Jennifer Helm. --
(1987)Previous research has shown that the available techniques for assessing body image perception do not provide valid and reliable measures. The present study was designed to further validate the Silhouette Body Image Test ... -
Campus drinking : psychological and personality factors as correlates of university students' drinking / by Maria Jones.
(1993)The present study addressed the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption among 100 freshmen and 100 senior students representing various faculties at Lakehead University. Results suggested female students' ... -
Client perception of therapy and the variables implicated in length of stay
(1992)Consistently high rates of premature termination from counselling concern the providers and researchers of psychotherapy. In this thesis three variables were explored for a better understanding of premature termination. ... -
Culture specific MMPI norms for a sample of Northern Ontario Indians
(1989)The most recent controversy to arise in the area of ethnic exceptions to normative data in the use of the MMPI centers on the establishment of minority norms. Significant general profile and specific scale elevations ... -
Depression and cognitions of significant life events
(1987)The present study examined a number of relevant underlying cognitions of depression, within the context of learned helplessness theory, and more specifically, reformulated learned helplessness theory. Previous research ... -
Dieting practices, influences, beliefs and self-concept of female high school students
(1991)There has been a recent explosion of interest in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There are many social influences which are thought to encourage women to strive for unrealistic thinness. The suggestion that with early ... -
Effects of stimulus control and exercise on internal and external overweight females
(1984)Forty-eight overweight females were randomly assigned into four groups: 1) stimulus control, 2) exercise, 3) stimulus control plus exercise, and 4) counting calories (control), to determine which treatment was most effective ... -
Efficacy of group therapy of learned helplessness, locus of control and current functioning with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse / by Nancy K. Montgomery.
(1994)Increasing numbers of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse are coming forth to seek aid for problems stemming from their abuse experiences. Long-term consequences for survivors are believed to affect every facet ... -
EMG biofeedback application with behaviourally disturbed mentally retarded individuals
(1986)Biofeedback is the use of instrumentation to provide feedback to a client about his/her psychophysiological processes. One type of biofeedback is Electromyographic (EMG) which measures muscular contraction and relaxation. ... -
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing : an evaluation of single session treatment of test anxiety
(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 ... -
Further investigation of cognitive impairment in migraine subjects
(1992)The objective of the present study was to further investigate the hypothesis that repeated migraine attacks may cause permanent and possible cumulative neurological damage involving higher cortical functions (Zeitlin ... -
Locus of control and expectation of control in EMG biofeedback
This study examined the importance of cognitions in the feelings of self-control on task performance and on certain subjective states, via electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback training. Subjects in a "misled” EMG feedback ... -
Locus of control and self-disclosure under conditions of stress and non-stress
(1986)This study examined the possibility that the apparent adjustment of internal locus of control individuals is due to denial and defensiveness rather than actual adjustment. One hundred and seventeen subjects(thirty-one ... -
MMPI-2 profiles of Lakehead University students / Elizabeth M.R.M. Lettner.
(1993)Until most recently university students were considered to score significantly higher on the MMPI clinical and validity scales, in terms of their mean profiles, than the original normative non-psychiatric sample. According ... -
Model of posttraumatic stress reactions to sexual abuse in females / by Suzanne L. Barker-Collo.
(1997)Sexual abuse is identified by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) (DSM-IV, APA, 1994) as a possible precipitator of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). ... -
Predicting alcoholism treatment outcome
(1987)The detrimental effects of alcoholism on society have stimulated the growth of addiction treatment centers. These programs are characterized by low completion rates. This fact has promoted a great deal of research aimed ... -
Stress and Lifestyle Management Group Therapy Program
(1986)Excessive stress can be debilitating when it is not under careful control. The development of a Stress and Lifestyle Management Group Therapy Program was designed to instruct people who have a low stress tolerance, to ...