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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms"”.
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A Comparison of the Frontal Variant of Alzheimer's Disease with Typical Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
… lobe dysfunction accompanies typical temporal and parietal lobe dysfunction in the early stages of the illness. However, no study has investigated how executive deficits and neuropsychiatric symptoms of the FvAD subgroup differ from those seen in frontotemporal dementias. The current proposal …
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Codependency traits and the mere presence of a cell phone
… unhealthy or dysfunctional relational patterns, and is often explained as an addiction to relationships. Eastern Washington University students (N=56) participated in cognitively demanding tasks, either with a cell phone present or without, and completed a codependency questionnaire to assess how …
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Suicide Research: Addressing the Motivational Differences in Self-Injury
… patients who wanted to die from their injury and those who wanted to live, when defining a “suicidal act” (Silverman, Berman, Sanddal, O'Carroll P, & Joiner, 2007a). This lack of standard categorization creates significant barriers to the generalizability of findings (Silverman, et al., …
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Comparing acute bouts of exercise on total mood disturbance and affect in females with substance use disorder
… Mood Disturbance (TMD), Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA) in females with SUD, and (2) if there is a difference in pre- and post-exercise TMD, PA and NA between interventions. This study investigated the effects of three conditions; a single bout of cardiorespiratory exercise, a …
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Regulation of Excitatory Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, and Learning by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5
… 5 has been implicated in many physiological and pathological processes in the central nervous system. To better understand Cyclin-dependent kinase 5's roles in the adult brain, we developed and studied several conditional Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 knockout model systems. Soon after …
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The Kinetic Family Drawing as a Measure of Minuchin's Structural Family Concepts Among Hispanic American Families With Substance-Abusing and Nonsubstance-Abusing Adolescents
… American families with substance-abusing and nonsubstance-abusing adolescents.</p> <p><em>Method. </em>The Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD), the Structural Family Interaction Scale-Revised (SFIS-R), and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales (FACES II) were administered to 141 families, …
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Predicting Aggression and Stress in Law Enforcement using the MMPI : a Vulnerability Hypothesis
<p>This study addresses the use of scales and subscales from prehire MMPI’s to predict levels of aggression and stress among law enforcement professionals in the field (n=75). Multiple regression analysis revealed promising results in support of the MMPI’s predictive utility.</p> <p>Two scales, …
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An Evaluation of the Convergent Construct Validity of the Boldness Inventory of Psychopathy using a Five-Minute, 10% Carbon-Dioxide-Enriched Air Challenge
… of maladaptive interpersonal, affective, and behavioral features, including grandiosity, manipulativeness, emotional detachment, and impulsivity (Hare, 2003). Fearlessness, immunity to stress, self-assurance, and social dominance are considered to be adaptive features of psychopathy. …
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Social Anxiety Reduction in the Context of Social Modeling Utilizing a Placebo Alcohol Beverage
<p>Alcohol misuse and elevated social anxiety are found to be highly comorbid, and being exposed to social models consuming alcohol can increase one’s consumption. Yet no research has thus far examined whether the internal experience of alcohol consumption (e.g., social anxiety reduction) can also …
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A formative study to develop and test a health promotion strategy for adolescents who experience grief
The purpose of this research was to develop and test a health promotion intervention designed to minimise unhealthy adolescent grief reactions. A sample of Western Australian adolescents were consulted to identify their perceptions regarding the causes of grief for adolescents, the means by which …
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Posture Affects Affordance Perception of Reachability in Virtual Reality
<p>Tasks such as standing and reaching require differing levels of postural stability. Postural equilibrium is necessary to perceive the location of objects (Lee, Pacheco, & Newell, 2018). Visual perception of whether an object is within reach was investigated while standing upright. Participants …
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Teacher Voices: Stress and Coping Mechanisms among the Teaching Profession
… occurs in our body when we feel overwhelmed, and it can manifest in both positive and negative instances. The teaching profession is not exempt from this phenomenon, as it is unique in that educators have multiple roles to play and have to manage and interact with many students simultaneously. …
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A Comparison of ECS and Drug Induced State-Dependent Learning
… experiment is twofold: (a) to determine if FS and ECS or just ECS can be used as an agent to produce "dissociated" learning in a multi-trial procedure, and (b) if shown, to determine the effectiveness of these agents relative to three different dosages of sodium pentobarbital preselected to …
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A Multimodal Assessment of Disgust in Response to Traumatic Event Reminders Among Adolescents
… non-interpersonal) in terms of self-reported, behavioral, and physiological indicators of disgust elicited by trauma reminders presented during a script-driven imagery procedure. In contrast to hypotheses, adolescents exposed to reminders of their interpersonal traumatic event did not report …
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The Relationship Between Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Anxiety Levels among College Students in Saudi Arabia
… psychological issues affecting youth globally and is particularly prevalent among Saudi adolescents and college students. Studies in Saudi Arabia have reported anxiety rates ranging from 48.9% to 66.2% among adolescents and high levels of generalized anxiety among university students, …
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Choice of God/Higher Power, Perceptions of God/Higher Power, Religious Beliefs and Behaviors, and Social Support as Predictors of Length of Sobriety, Satisfaction with Life, and Quality of Life Among People Recovering from Alcohol Addictions in Three Midwestern States
… 12.7% of the US population meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). The annual cost to the society, including emergency room visits, lost days at work, and accidents on the road is …
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