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Smoking, aerobic exercise, and health locus of control
(1984)
This study examined the effect of aerobic exercise, health locus
of control, and health value on smoking behavior. Thirty-eight subjects
were randomly assigned to either an exercise treatment group or a selfmonitoring
control ...
Locus of control and self-disclosure under conditions of stress and non-stress
(1986)
This study examined the possibility that the apparent
adjustment of internal locus of control individuals is due to
denial and defensiveness rather than actual adjustment. One
hundred and seventeen subjects(thirty-one ...
Serious heart disease and cancer and the multidimensional health locus of control
(1983)
The present research attempted to determine whether or
not individuals' perceptions of serious heart disease and
cancer would differentially affect health locus of control
beliefs, as measured by the Multidimensional ...
Consistency of spelling error patterns : an investigation into the consistency of children's spelling errors using error analysis
(1989)
This research investigated the consistency of children's
spelling errors across three grade levels, two to four,
five and six, and seven and eight. Diagnoses of children's
weaknesses in academic subjects are starting ...
Multidimensional measurement of self concept : a preliminary study
(1987)
The purpose of this research was to develop a preliminary multidimensional
measurement of self concept, within the framework of
phenomenological theory and acknowledging previous work in the field.
Twelve preliminary ...
Measurement of defense against death anxiety : construction and partial validation of an objective instrument
(1987)
This study involved the construction and partial validation
of two scales (Ultimate Rescuer, UR and Specialness, SP) that
Yalom (1960) suggests measure the beliefs one utilizes as a
defense against death anxiety. Evidence ...
Effects of positive and negative emotional states on conjugate lateral eye movements and bilateral finger pulse volume
(1983)
Lateral eye movement (LEM) and finger pulse volume
(FPV) measures were taken while subjects responded to
questions incorporating both a cognitive component,
Visuo-spatia 1 or verbal processing, and an emotional
component, ...
Method for demonstrating aesthetic preferences within artistic pictures
(1985)
Berlyne (I97I, pp. 28-29) acknowledged that "Reactions to artificially simple sights and sounds are admittedly a long way
from appreciation of art." However, a concern regarding the
use of art is an absence of control ...
Investigation of the relationship between self awareness, private self consciousness and self evaluation
(1984)
This study examined the effects of self awareness and
private self consciousness on self evaluation. Sixty female
undergraduate students completed the private self consciousness
subscale developed by Fenigstein et al.i ...
Childrens' application of a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to infer truth and lying
(1987)
Research supports the conclusion that adults/adolescents
employ a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to determine
whether others are telling the truth as opposed to lying
(Friedman, 1978; DePaulo & Rosenthal, 1979). ...