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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, ...
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 ...
Bimodal discrimination tasks involving different hierarchical processing levels reveal a late stage interaction between multisensory integration and attention
(2014-12-19)
Multisensory integration and attention have been studied independently and a vast
amount of literature exists for both phenomena. Researchers have recently raised
questions, however, as to how these two processes interact. ...
The relationship of leadership dimensions under conditions of stress
(1973)
The present research examined the relationship between two leadership test, the Least-Preferred Co-Worker (LPC) scale and the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire (LOQ). The two instruments are claimed to measure two conceptually ...
The effect of cycling female estradiol levels on retinal-based smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM) and post-target offset persistence
(2015-06-15)
Estradiol has primarily been associated with the female reproductive system; however,
estradiol receptors have been located in the retinas of male and female humans, as well as
throughout the central nervous system (CNS) ...
Second generation South Asian Canadians: family or individual mate choice model adoption
(2015-01-13)
Family processes have been shown to impact well -being in various immigrant
populations in Canada. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of individual choice and/or family choice model adoption of mate ...
Sensation seeking: cognitive and psychophysical correlates
(1973)
The large body of research on exploratory behaviour, early isolation, sensory deprivation, and sensory overload has suggested the hypothesis that organisms seek an optimal level of stimulation from their environment. ...