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Adult age differences in a visual search, luminance contrast discrimination task
(2003)
This thesis examined the ability of younger and older adults to use peripherally presented word
cues in a luminance contrast discrimination task. Observers were ten older adults (aged 55 to
69) and ten younger adults ...
Effects of bright light intervention on typical and atypical depressive symptoms and predictors of response
(2004)
The objective of the present study was to investigate within a prospective design the seasonality
and depression predictors of light therapy response after controlling for treatment expectancy and
pre-therapy functioning. ...
Rethinking elder abuse : words and actions
(2003)
The main purpose of this study was to determine the quality and impact of various
presentations of elder abuse information to establish the most effective ways to educate
the public about elder abuse. Secondary to this ...
Memory specificity in depression : the effects of self versus other referent focus
(2004)
A number of studies have found that individuals with past or current depression are poor at recalling specific autobiographical memories (e.g., Brittlebank, Scott, Williams, & Ferrier, 1993; Williams & Dritschel, 1988; ...
Assessment of the differences in staff beliefs about sustance abuse in mental health and addiction treatment centres
(2005)
This study sought to ascertain whether staff in mental health and addiction treatment centres in
Thunder Bay, Ontario, endorsed a disease, eclectic or psychosocial approach with respect to their
beliefs about the etiology ...
Psychological characteristics in seasonal and nonseasonal depression
(2004)
The present study compared three groups of individuals (Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD,
nonseasonally depressed or NSD, and healthy controls) to establish similarities and differences
among them in various psychological ...
Impression management and self-deception in problem gambling
(2005)
Studies have shown that self-reports of attitudes and behaviour can be biased because of
socially desirable responding (Lajunen, Corry, Summala, & Hartley, 1997; Paulhus &
Reid, 1991). Recent investigations have supported ...
Healthy eating, exercise, weight and body image : the closer I get the better I feel
(2005)
Many studies have found evidence showing that women are dissatisfied with their bodies.
Self-discrepancy theory (Higgins, 1987) may be particularly applicable to this area of
study due to the difference between the North ...
Self-silencing, depressed mood, and anger expression and the meanings behind self-silencing within intimate relationships
(2005)
The present study investigates the silencing the self theory (STS, Jack, 1991) which proposes that
more women than men are depressed (Benazzi, 2000) because of their greater tendency to self-silence
in relationships to ...
The Psychobiology of an eating episode : are restrained eaters different
(2009)
The anatomy of an eating episode is influenced by various psychological, biological, and behavioural factors. The research has supported the existence of a biological correlate of satiety called salivary a-amylase (Harthoorn, ...