Examines the fundamental processes of photopic visual functioning associated with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant medication. Measures ...

The health disparities experienced by Aboriginal populations in Canada have been an important topic for provincial and national health care. In general, the health status and resource utilization of Aboriginal groups ...

The Threat Index (Tl) is purported to tap the cognitive dimensions of an individuals personal meaning of death. Viewed by many researchers as the best validated measurement of death orientation in the literature today, ...

Peer victimization, otherwise known as bullying, is a phenomenon which affects adolescents throughout North America. In victims, bullying is associated with low self-esteem, absenteeism, and many other emotional and ...

Study sample includes male and female court-referred youths in Thunder Bay, Northwestern Ontario.

This study examined the relationship of gender stereotypes and cultural beliefs with responses to victimization. When women are victimized in a marital violence context, intervention likelihood and attributions about ...

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 ...

The information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model of AIDS-preventive behaviour (Fisher & Fisher, 1992) was used to examine the relationships among AIDS-preventive knowledge, motivation, self-efficacy, and behaviour. ...

Sexual abuse is identified by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) (DSM-IV, APA, 1994) as a possible precipitator of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). ...

Three studies were done to demonstrate that formalized sports can be used to test or observe the operation of psychological phenomena. Major league baseball was chosen as the representative sport, in part because of ...