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Male sex role and responses to disclosures by adult male survivors of sexual abuse
(1996)Research evidence indicates that male survivors o f sexual abuse fear being labelled unmasculine or homosexual upon disclosure. They express the social maxim that masculine men don’t get sexually abused and gay men ... -
Memory specificity in depression : the effects of self versus other referent focus
(2004)A number of studies have found that individuals with past or current depression are poor at recalling specific autobiographical memories (e.g., Brittlebank, Scott, Williams, & Ferrier, 1993; Williams & Dritschel, 1988; ... -
Panic attacks, hypochondriacal concerns, and selective processing of threat cues
(1997)Cognitive theories of panic disorder and hypochondriasis were investigated using a modification of the Stroop Colour-naming Task. Sixty-two participants were divided into four groups (hypochondriacal panickers, ... -
Personality characteristics of adults with nonverbal learning disability subtypes
(1998)The present study examined whether individuals with poor math ability possess more atypical personality characteristics than individuals with average or good math abilities. Individuals with nonverbal learning disability ... -
Planting the seeds of change : evaluation of the impacts of community gardens on well-being and connections to community and nature in First Nations' youth / by Graham Trull.
(2008)Aboriginal populations in Canada currently struggle with a variety of social, economic, and health issues. Many of these problems have been shown to relate to levels of connectedness to community and to nature, as well ... -
Psychological characteristics in seasonal and nonseasonal depression
(2004)The present study compared three groups of individuals (Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, nonseasonally depressed or NSD, and healthy controls) to establish similarities and differences among them in various psychological ... -
Psychological responses to three dimensional body shape exposure in female university students
(2007)The purpose of the present study was to experimentally investigate the psychological responses of women to two dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) body image exposure. Seventy female undergraduate students were ... -
Relation between loneliness and behavioural disclosure : potential mediators and moderators
(1999)The purpose of the research was to examine the relation between loneliness and behavioural disclosure, gender differences in the relation, as well as the potential mediators of that relation (i.e., norm violation, trust, ... -
Relationship between burnout, psychological empowerment, and gender role orientation in long term-care nurses
(2001)The influence o f psychological empowerment and gender roles on burnout was investigated. Ninety-six nurses employed at long-term care facilities completed the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence, Helmreich, & ... -
Rethinking elder abuse : words and actions
(2003)The main purpose of this study was to determine the quality and impact of various presentations of elder abuse information to establish the most effective ways to educate the public about elder abuse. Secondary to this ... -
Rewording elder abuse : a test of six frameworks
(2001)The term “elder abuse” carries powerful connotations and preconceptions, making the topic a difficult one to broach. In order to effectively reach older adults, their family members and caregivers, educators would do ... -
Role of inhibition of return in the safe driving of elderly persons
(2004)Elderly individuals represent a growing portion of our population and a growing number of elderly individuals are driving. A concern arises over the fact that elderly drivers are involved in more crashes than any other ... -
Self-silencing, depressed mood, and anger expression and the meanings behind self-silencing within intimate relationships
(2005)The present study investigates the silencing the self theory (STS, Jack, 1991) which proposes that more women than men are depressed (Benazzi, 2000) because of their greater tendency to self-silence in relationships to ... -
Study of driving cessation and subjective well-being : predictors, moderators, and comprehensive measures of well-being
(2008)This project examined four issues with respect to driving cessation. The issues were: 1) group differences as a function of driving status, 2) prediction of driving cessation, 3) the utility of using comprehensive ... -
Theory of mind and behaviour disorder in children with specific language impairment / by Alana M. Holmes.
(2001)The assertion that children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) do not experience delays in the development of a theory of mind (ToM) has been made by numerous researchers (Eisenmajer & Prior, 1991; Leslie & Frith, ... -
Winter-summer comparison of psychological factors in seasonal mood changes / by Robert P. Dew.
(2008)"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by the regular onset and remission of depressive episodes during the fall/winter months and remission during the summer. The present study compared psychological differences ...