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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 ...
Immunological consequences of chemically induced generalized motor epilepsy
(1990)
The purpose of this study was to determine if the stress created by a generalized motor seizure was significant enough to alter the immune response. Criterion measures of anitgen binding capacity (ABC) to human serum albumin ...
Sexually stressful experiences in university students
(1990)
Fifty one male and female University students were given a
questionnaire inquiring about the occurrence and nature of both
invasive (physical contact) and non invasive sexually stressfully
experiences in their lives. ...
Gender differences in mathematics anxiety : a function of response bias, math background or socialization?
(1990)
Previous research has found that females are more
vulnerable to experiencing mathematics anxiety. The
present study examined two explanations for the gender
difference, the ”sex-role" hypothesis, which suggests
that ...
Coping strategies used by cancer patients in anticipation of Cancer Centre follow-up appointments
(1990)
Sixty cancer patients who had completed their course of
treatment were contacted prior to a scheduled follow-up
appointment at the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre.
Subjects completed four questionnaires (Daily ...
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 ...
Comparison of heart rate recovery from physical and mental stress
(1990)
The present study evaluated a new paradigm for identifying
individuals who show exaggerated, delayed physiological
recovery following mental stress. Siibjects first performed
a mental task, a face-to-face quiz, wliile ...
Ego identity status in stably and unstably married couples
(1990)
The present study examined the association between ego
identity status and the maintenance and success of long-term,
intimate, heterosexual relationships. This was guided in part by
Erik Erikson*s (1959, 1968) notion ...
Effects of perceived competence and goal orientations on task persistence and affect in physical activity : a test of Dweck and Leggett's motivation theory
(1990)
This study tested Dweck and Leggett’s (1988) social cognitive model of motivation in the
physical domain. It investigated the effects of perceived competence (PC) and goal orientation
(GO) on affective and behavioral ...