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Type A behavior pattern, frustration and aggression
(1984)
Experimental studies have shown Type A Behavior
Pattern individuals to be more aggressive than Type B's.
The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether
increased frustration in response to task failure offers ...
Anger, hostility and aggression : the psychometric capabilities of a revised Buss-Durkee inventory
(1984)
It would appear that the emotion 'anger* together with
hostile attitudes and aggressive behaviors is receiving
more attention in the clinical literature. Within
clinics, themselves, more programs are being developed ...
Examination of actualization and its degree of relationship to death concern
(1984)
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, ...
Comparison of two treatments for math anxiety : rational emotive therapy and relaxation therapy
(1984)
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness
of two treatments for alleviating math anxiety, rational emotive
therapy and relaxation therapy. Thirty-eight subjects were
randomly assigned to three groups; ...
Observation of behavioral principles in baseball performance
(1984)
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 ...
Variable interval schedule control of dispersion and density
(1984)
The effects of Variable Interval (VI)
schedules of reinforcement on the dispersion
patterns and aggregate densities of a small
population of rats was studied. Eight male rats
were permanently housed in an arena in which ...
Re-examination of the relationship between the Type A behavior pattern and heart rate recovery from a psychosocial stressor
(1984)
A recent study by Hart and Jamieson (1983) reported
that Type A males recover from a psychosocial stressor
significantly slower than their Type B counterparts. It is
unclear, however, whether this result is a robust ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sex-role orientation and response to cognitive stressors
(1984)
The present study was aimed at investigating the
relationship between sex-role orientation, as defined by the
BSRI, and heart-rate response to stress. After being
administered both the BSRI and JAS, 35 female ...