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Impact of the recession
(1994)
Over the last few years, Canada and many other
industrialized nations have been facing serious
economic and fiscal crises. There is some evidence
indicating that this kind of economic contraction is a
significant source ...
Colour appearance of perceived illuminants and surfaces
(1994)
The colour appearance of a patch of light is only partly determined by the
light itself. A patch's perceived colour can also be influenced by cognitive
processes. Cognitive effects on colour appearance were examined ...
Comparability of the WAIS-R and WISC-III with 16 year old normals
(1994)
The comparability, equivalence, and parallelism of the
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (WAIS-R) and the
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition (WISCIII)
was compared using 16 year old youth. ...
Loneliness : an examination of the nonverbal behaviors that accompany self-disclosures in unstructured conversations
(1993)
Loneliness is an interpersonal problem that involves a
lack of intimacy and inappropriate self-disclosure
patterns. Double bind theory predicts that high selfdisclosures
should normally be accompanied by highintimate
nonverbal ...
Comparison of risk factors and criminogenic need among incarcerated young offender, probationary young offender and non offender samples
(1995)
This research examined some of the risk/need factors that discriminate offending
from non-offending youth employing three groups of adolescents at different
points on the crime continuum. Non-offenders (n=30), probationary ...
Relationships between self-discrepancies, emotions and depression in males and females
(1993)
Self-discrepancy theory postulates that individuals who experience selfdiscrepancies
feel uncomfortable, or disturbed, and may manifest emotional
problems such as depression, dejection or agitation. This study examined ...
Study on the effects of therapist contact on progressive muscular relaxation training for mixed migraine and tension headaches
(1993)
The effectiveness of home-based relaxation and therapist-contact
relaxation treatment for headaches were evaluated in comparison to a
waiting list control group. A group of 30 subjects diagnosed as suffering
mixed ...
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 ...
Word attributes predict the speed of translation from English to French : (Do they do so by facilitating first language processing?)
(1993)
It has been found that some attributes of a word predict how easy
it will be to translate that word into a second language (Murray,
1986) . It is not clear whether these attributes are specific to
translation itself or ...
Effects of oral contraceptives on daily self-ratings of positive and negative affect
(1997)
The present study examined whether duration of oral contraceptive (OC)
use could account for the inconsistent findings of previous studies on the
relationship between affect and OC use. This study was the first to ...