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Loneliness and disclosure to peers by early adolescents
(1992)
The present research was designed to investigate the
differences between lonely and non-lonely early adolescents
in: (a) their disclosures to familiar peers and, (b) their
perceptions of their relations with familiar ...
Validation of the Diabetes Attitude Scale on a sample of Quebec health-care professionals
(1994)
The following study aimed to: (1) compose a French version ofAnderson
et al.'s (1989) original Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) by sampling 5 groups of
Quebec health care professionals; (2) increase the reliability and ...
Finger temperature recovery from stress
(1991)
The purpose of the study was to determine whether finger
temperature is a useful and reliable measure of physiological
recovery from stress. The design was an ABA format in which days
one and three involved a stressor, ...
Density dependent extinction : phase II
(1993)
In two separate experiments, an 8 rat 8 station operant arena
was used to study resistance to extinction to test learning and
optimal foraging theories of behaviour. The learning theory, called
the generalized decrement ...
Test of personality and complementarity in dyadic interactions using sequential analyses
(1994)
Can patterns or redundancies be identified in the
sequences of behaviors that are exchanged between
individuals in social interactions? The present study
directly examined the most controversial form of
complementarity: ...
Client perception of therapy and the variables implicated in length of stay
(1992)
Consistently high rates of premature termination from counselling concern
the providers and researchers of psychotherapy. In this thesis three variables were
explored for a better understanding of premature termination. ...
Coping strategies used by cancer patients in anticipation of Cancer Centre follow-up appointments
(1990)
Sixty cancer patients who had completed their course of
treatment were contacted prior to a scheduled follow-up
appointment at the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre.
Subjects completed four questionnaires (Daily ...
Administering the Auditory Comprehension Test to a group of learning disabled subjects
(1990)
This study attempted to replicate the finding by Green
and Josey (1988) in some groups of learning disabled
children of better comprehension of spoken language in
one single ear (monaural condition) than in both ...
Exercise and body image disturbance
(1994)
The relationship between body image disturbance and exercise
behaviour was examined. One hundred and fifty five women from
Introductory Psychology completed an exercise inventory, four measures
of body image disturbance, ...
Dieting practices, influences, beliefs and self-concept of female high school students
(1991)
There has been a recent explosion of interest in anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa. There are many social influences which are thought to
encourage women to strive for unrealistic thinness. The suggestion that with
early ...