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Overweight women who join weight reducing clubs and the internal-external personality trait
(1975)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between attempts made by overweight women to lose weight and the internal-external (I-E) personality dimension. It was hypothesized that: 1) Overweight ...
The effect of anxiety, stress and type of task on problem solving performance
(1972)
The present study examined the relationship between anxiety, stress, and the nature of the task. A total of 40 male and 60 female subjects were selected on the basis of their scores on two anxiety scales. Half of each group ...
Adaptive and Maladaptive Outcomes of Perfectionism and Changes After Mindfulness Training
(2016-01-11)
Considerable debate exists in the personality literature regarding the adaptiveness versus maladaptiveness of perfectionism. Study 1 (N = 240) involved a two-phase design to examine main and interactive effects of perfectionism ...
Mating strategies across the menstrual cycle : preferences, jealousy, and masculinity
(2011-04-18)
Recent research suggests that there is more within- than between-sex variation in sociosexuality and that there may be organizational and activational effects of gonadal steroids on the mating tactics of women. For instance, ...
Personal space: the relationship to mode of field approach
(1972)
The literature pertaining to personal space and field-dependency is ambiguous with reference to the nature of the relationship between these two variables. The present study proposed to explore the possible relationship ...
Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the isolation of low and high end component operations in temporal processing and time perception
(2011-07-19)
Evidence has shown that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is associated with deficits in temporal processing and time perception (Toplak & Tannock, 2004). Current literature, however, focuses on time perception ...
Demographic, reproductive, and psychosocial predictors of mood change in the postpartum period
(2012-05-04)
The purpose of this study was to examine demographic, reproductive, and psychosocial predictors of mood change in the postpartum period. In a prospective design, 33 women completed either an online or paper and pencil ...
An investigation of the role of the amygdala in taste aversion learning
(1974)
Contemporary theories of amygdaloid function postulate that the amygdala is involved in the association of events with aversive consequences or in the inhibition of responses. Experiment 1 investigated the possibility that ...
Differences between the Francophone and Anglophone ethno-linguistic groups in the home care setting of Ontario
(2012-11-10)
Although Francophones in Ontario represent the largest population of French-Canadians outside Quebec, little is known about this population, and especially about the older members of this ethno-linguistic group. The scarce ...
Self-silencing and depression in women : examining the role of social support as a moderator
(2011-04-18)
In almost all populations there is a significant sex difference in the rate of depression, with women being twice as likely to be depressed as compared to men (Bebbington, 1996; Kuehner, 2003) Numerous theories have been ...