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Variability in women's perception of potential female rivals: effects of fertility, mating orientation, and revealing dress biases
(2017)
Two studies were conducted to better understand individual difference factors that influence women’s mating-relevant perceptions of other women. In Study 1, biases about revealing dress were examined and the extent to which ...
Does self-referent cognition act as a mediator between mood and body image
(1999)
Depression and dysphoria have often been cited as emotional states that
exacerbate both body size distortion and body dissatisfaction. The specific cause of this
association has recently been the subject of empirical ...
Assessment of the random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II
(1997)
The present study compared a random version of the Beck
Depression Inventory II (BDI-IIR, based on the work of
Dahl Strom, Brooks, & Peterson, 1990) with the standard
version in a sample of 139 university students. The ...
Factors associated with internet gambling in university students / by Nicholas M. Harris.
(2010)
Problem gambling can have devastating financial, psychological, and social effects on the individual and the individual’s family. Over the past 15 years, Internet gambling has grown at an incredible pace and is believed ...
Mechanisms of change within group cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety
(2015-10-21)
Although the efficacy of group Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (GCBT) is well documented, the mechanisms by which this therapy works are not well understood. Evaluating mediators and moderators of symptom change during therapy ...
Is orthorexia a security motivated eating behaviour? An examination through cognitive bias and cardiac reactivity to food
(2017)
Orthorexia is a rigid style of eating that aims to prevent illness that is characterized by a preference for natural foods was investigated as a biologically driven trait with evolutionary roots in a precautionary system ...
Battered and nonbattered women's preferences for and expectations about liberal feminist, radical feminist, and cognitive therapy
(1997)
Prior research has suggested that feminist therapy is an effective form of counseling for
battered women (BW). To date however, virtually no studies have considered the importance of
the client's expectations of, or ...
Walking through anxiety : examining the role of expectancy in exercise / by Thomas Newman.
(2009)
Exercise has consistently been found to reduce anxiety (Petruzello, Landers, Hatfield, Kubitz, & Salazar, 1991). However, the mechanisms underlying the effect of exercise on anxiety are unknown. The present study evaluated ...
Cognitive processes in acquaintance rape judgments : an information processing perspective
(1996)
Acquaintance rape has been considered society's "hidden crime", often being seen as
wrong, but not criminal (Bechhofer & Parrot, 1991). In comparison to other violent
crimes, rape has the highest rate of acquittal and ...
Community supervision of adolescents who commit a sexual offence : Risk appraisal by probation officers
(2011)
Research supports the Risk-Need-Responsivity model of offender rehabilitation for use with adolescent sexual offenders. Probation officers are responsible for the supervision of adolescent sexual offenders in the community, ...