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Effects of radiation therapy knowledge and misconceptions on patient anxiety
(1996)
Radiation therapy often produces considerable anxiety in patients. One reason for this anxiety is the uncertainty that often surrounds this treatment. Since studies have shown that many patients experience the most distress ...
Critical evaluation of the long-term validity of the risk/need assessment and its young offender typology
(1999)
Risk and need assessments have become an essential part of managing juvenile
offenders by determining each individual’s likelihood to recidivate. At the present time,
juvenile delinquents in Ontario are assessed by the ...
Positive and negative caregiver appraisal and caregiver health outcomes / by Sarah A. Vernon-Scott.
(2007)
"The current study examined the role that positive appraisal (i.e., gain) and negative appraisal (i.e., burden) of caregiving can play in understanding caregivers' physical and mental health outcomes. Gender and kinship ...
Behavioral confirmation of loneliness in dyadic conversations
(1995)
This study was designed to examine the self-fulfilling
nature of the social stigma of loneliness.
It was hypothesized that individuals (perceivers) would
be less warm and friendly in dyadic conversations with
persons ...
Intergenerational transmission of child sexual abuse : partner preference, boundaries, safety evaluation, and attachment among female survivors / Holly M. Cooper --
(2005)
Researchers have documented that child sexual abuse (CSA) tends to follow a multigenerational pattern in families. Female CSA survivors are likely to report significant parenting difficulties, particularly with boundary ...
Integrating the cognitive-specificity and dual vulnerability hypotheses : implications for vegetative and cognitive/affective differences in seasonal, nonseasonal, and sub-syndromal seasonal depression / Jennine S. Rawana.
(2006)
This study compared seasonal affective disorder (SAD), nonseasonal depression, sub-syndromal SAD, and control groups on dysfunctional eating cognitions and behaviours, physical activity levels, cognitive content specificity ...