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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for stroke survivors : an application of a novel intervention / by Amy K. Moustgaard. --
(2004)
Stroke can affect neurological, cognitive, and emotional functioning and have a negative impact on overall quality of life (QoL). Published research in the area of psychological intervention for stroke patients suggests ...
Ontogeny of the fetal immune response to maternal smoking in relation to allergic asthma
(2001)
The relationship between maternal smoking and the prenatal origins of allergic disease was studied in 78 mothers (in Thunder Bay, Ontario) and their newborns with a sensitive test for interleukin-4, interferon-y, and ...
The relationship of patterns of creativity and Machiavellianism to leadership, self-actualization, authoritarianism, and alienation
(1979)
The purpose of this study was to investigate patterns of creativity
and Machiavellianism and how they relate to leadership, self-actualization,
authoritarianism, and alienation. Creativity and Machiavellianism served
as ...
Assessment of magno-, parvo-, and koniocellular visual streams in migraine / by James Brazeau.
(2008)
Although visual abnormalities have been noted in migraine, no studies have specifically sought to assess all three visual processing streams. We are the first to psychophysically assess visual functionality of the magnocellular ...
Buffering against the negative effects of body image media exposure : a comparison of social psychological interventions
(1999)
Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image
comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating
disorders. Further, previous research has ...
Advocacy, stress, and quality of life in parents of children with developmental disabilities
(1999)
Research has consistently demonstrated that parents of children with developmental disabilities
experience more stress than parents of non-disabled children (Beckman, 1991; Dyson, 1991). In
order to face the challenges ...
Perfectionism, motivational orientation and academic performance
(2001)
The present study examined the association between perfectionism and academic
performance, as well as how motivational orientations (fear of failure and achievement
motivation) and achievement goals (performance-approach, ...
Aesthetic ratings of northern forest scenes : the effects of spatiochromatic stimulus attributes in silvicultural landscape images
(1996)
The Environmental Impact Assessment Act, through the use of The Social Impact
Assessment (SIA) established public participation in environmental decision-making. The
concern for landscape aesthetics has been one among ...
Evaluation of the general aptitude test battery-computerized administration (GATB-CA)
(1996)
The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a vocational test developed in 1947 by
the United States Employment Service (USES), is one of the most widely used and
researched instruments worldwide. A recent development ...
Heart rate variability as a biomarker for self-regulation : does resisting temptation for chocolate deplete the limited resource? / by Loretta Blanchette.
(2010)
"Experimental evidence supports the notion that lapses in behavioural self-regulation are a function of prior depletion of the self-regulatory resource (Baumeister, 2002). Resisting desirable foods such as chocolate can ...