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Academic achievement, personality and boarding home habits of Ojibwa high school students
(1974)The present study was undertaken for the purpose of gathering objective information pertaining to the nature of the Ojibwa personality as well as investigating the role of the native personality structure in school ... -
Administering the Auditory Comprehension Test to a group of learning disabled subjects
(1990)This study attempted to replicate the finding by Green and Josey (1988) in some groups of learning disabled children of better comprehension of spoken language in one single ear (monaural condition) than in both ... -
Administration error in presenting the WAIS-R blocks : evaluation of an extreme departure
(1992)This study examined block presentation on the Block Design subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. The standardized procedure dictates that a variety of sides be shown and that the red/white side be ... -
Advocacy, stress, and quality of life in parents of children with developmental disabilities
(1999)Research has consistently demonstrated that parents of children with developmental disabilities experience more stress than parents of non-disabled children (Beckman, 1991; Dyson, 1991). In order to face the challenges ... -
Aesthetic ratings of northern forest scenes : the effects of spatiochromatic stimulus attributes in silvicultural landscape images
(1996)The Environmental Impact Assessment Act, through the use of The Social Impact Assessment (SIA) established public participation in environmental decision-making. The concern for landscape aesthetics has been one among ... -
Age differences in children's judgements of reciprocal and non reciprocal patterns of self-disclosure / by Luanne Mann. --
(1986)Research conducted supports the conclusion that adults have a well defined norm of reciprocity in self-disclosure. The purpose of the present research was to determine whether and if so at what age the norm of reciprocity ... -
Anger, hostility and aggression : the psychometric capabilities of a revised Buss-Durkee inventory
(1984)It would appear that the emotion 'anger* together with hostile attitudes and aggressive behaviors is receiving more attention in the clinical literature. Within clinics, themselves, more programs are being developed ... -
Application and review of a strength-based program in classrooms with behavior disordered children
(2003)The strength perspective of psychology involves focusing on an individual’s resources rather than weaknesses. Recent studies have found that enhancing existing strengths achieves the same outcome as the deficit approach, ... -
Application of the transtheoretical model of change to binge eating and smoking
(1999)Applicability of the stage of change and decisional balance constructs for bingers and smokers was examined in a study of 191 participants; bingers (n = 47), smokers (n = 80), and controls (n = 64). The Stage of Change ... -
Are individuals able to accurately report their own behaviour? An investigation of observer-respondent disparity of reported behaviours associated with social anxiety?
(2019)Social anxiety is characterized by the powerful fear of negative evaluation from others and a high level of self-focused attention (SFA). In addition, socially anxious individuals often engage in a variety of anxiety-related ... -
Assessing knowledge of AIDS : concern and behavioural change among university students / Lisa A. Bell. --
(1990)The escalating prevalence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has precipitated many efforts aimed at informing the public about the deadly AIDS virus and how to avoid infection. Since the university population ... -
Assessing patterns of family functioning and family strengths in the families of preschoolers with developmental delays, behaviour problems, and both / by Jessica Franks.
(2007)Theories of family functioning, which identify important processes or components of family structure and interactions, have a common flaw of bipolarity, with 'functioning well' at one end of the spectrum and 'dysfunctional' ... -
Assessment of magno-, parvo-, and koniocellular visual streams in migraine / by James Brazeau.
(2008)Although visual abnormalities have been noted in migraine, no studies have specifically sought to assess all three visual processing streams. We are the first to psychophysically assess visual functionality of the magnocellular ... -
Assessment of psychiatric attitudes
(1989)The assessment of psychiatric attitudes has been inconsistent over the years despite considerable evidence of the important role which they play in the efficacy of intervention with psychiatric illness. The development of ... -
Assessment of strength-based functioning, behavioural problems, and adaptive functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities
(2005)Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are characterized by marked deficits in socialization. Along this spectrum, however, intellectual functioning varies. Individuals with low-functioning autism typically function in the ... -
Backward and forward associative strength in children's false recall for DRM and categorial word list / by Nadine M. Gagnon.
(2007, c200)Recent findings with children and adults propose that the developmental increase in the DRM false memory illusion is not related to children's increased ability to process relational meaning across list items as proposed ...
