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Visuo-perceptual task performance across the menstrual cycle in women with and without premenstrual symptoms: potential influences of estradiol and estradiol sensitivity on retinogeniculostriate, extrastriate, and elementary retinal-based smooth pursuit pathways
(2012-11-10)
The present study examined whether women with premenstrual symptoms (PMS) exhibit a different pattern of performance on psychophysical tasks across the menstrual cycle in comparison to control women. Research has shown ...
Assessment of strength profiles in adolescents and the relationship to mental health concerns
(2015-01-13)
The purpose of the proposed investigation was to advance our understanding of the strengths concept in the adolescent population. The relationship between adolescent strengths and mental health, and individual differences ...
Individual differences in flirting and attractivity mating strategies: sex, gender, and the menstrual cycle
(2014-01-22)
Previous research suggests sex differences in mate preferences and mating strategies based on reproductive constraints (Buss, 2005). Furthermore, research has suggested that women's mating behaviours change across the ...
Emotion regulation strategies, cognitive personality styles, and context as predictors of psychological outcomes
(2014-01-22)
Emotion regulation (ER) plays a central role in the development and maintenance of a number of clinical disorders including depression. Research shows maladaptive ER strategies to be more strongly associated with symptoms ...
The role of students' strengths in the experience and effects of bullying on peer relationships, academic achievement, and behavioural and emotional functioning
(2012-11-10)
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of strengths in youth as they are related to psychosocial outcomes, particularly in the context of bullying experiences. An understanding of the roles of both overall ...
Personality, drinking motives and protective behavioural strategies among undergraduates
(2014-12-11)
There is a high level of both heavy episodic drinking and related problems among Canadian
undergraduates. Four personality traits and five motives for alcohol consumption place students
at risk for experiencing increased ...
An examination of cognitive behavioural group therapy for problem gamblers who gamble over the internet: a controlled study
(2015-08-05)
The purpose of the present study was twofold: first, to examine the efficacy of group CBT for
self-identified problem Internet gamblers and second, to qualitatively examine participants’
perspectives on their treatment ...
Anxiety symptoms and precautionary behaviour across the menstrual cycle: the role of hormones
(2015)
The present study examined the influence of hormones on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and related phenomena across the menstrual cycle. After exclusions, 223 participants (51 free-cycling women, 100 hormonal ...
A comparison of two ultra-brief treatments for generalized anxiety disorder symptoms
(2014-12-11)
Worrying is a common experience that many people engage in occasionally without issue.
However, some individuals are chronic worriers, and some develop generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD) due to excessive worry (American ...
Attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal in seasonal and nonseasonal depression symptoms
(2014-01-22)
The present study investigated cognitive specificity in individuals with seasonal
depression symptoms (SDS) by comparing their attentional bias and psychophysiological arousal to cognitive schema-‐relevant stimuli with ...