Articles tagged with: Department of Psychology
Thought-Action Fusion in Childhood: Measurement, Development, and Association with Anxiety, Rituals and Other Compulsive-like Behaviors
Abstract A new inventory assessing thought-action fusion (TAF) in children is presented. We explore the psychometric properties of
this instrument and examine the associations between TAF, ritualistic and compulsive-like behavior (CLB) and anxiety. Three
hundred thirteen children ages 7–14 (M = 10.16, SD = 1.92) representing six grades (grouped into three grade levels (grades 2–3, 4–5, and 6–7) completed the Thought-action
Fusion Inventory for Children (TAFIC) and the Child Revised Manifest Anxiety Scal [...]
Abstract A new inventory assessing thought-action fusion (TAF) in children is presented. We explore the psychometric properties of
this instrument and examine the associations between TAF, ritualistic and compulsive-like behavior (CLB) and anxiety. Three
hundred thirteen children ages 7–14 (M = 10.16, SD = 1.92) representing six grades (grouped into three grade levels (grades 2–3, 4–5, and 6–7) completed the Thought-action
Fusion Inventory for Children (TAFIC) and the Child Revised Manifest Anxiety Scal [...]
Disaggregating the Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters and Chronic Orofacial Pain: Implications for the Prediction of Health Outcomes with PTSD Symptom Clusters
Abstract
Background Research has established a significant relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and pain; however,
very little research has examined the differential role of PTSD symptom clusters on pain outcomes.
Purpose (a) To confirm the most appropriate PTSD symptom factor structure for an orofacial pain population and (b) to test a model
of prediction of pain outcomes with PTSD symptom clusters.
Methods The study was a cross-sectional, retrospective case se [...]
Abstract
Background Research has established a significant relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and pain; however,
very little research has examined the differential role of PTSD symptom clusters on pain outcomes.
Purpose (a) To confirm the most appropriate PTSD symptom factor structure for an orofacial pain population and (b) to test a model
of prediction of pain outcomes with PTSD symptom clusters.
Methods The study was a cross-sectional, retrospective case se [...]
Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff, and False Confessions
Abstract Using a less deceptive variant of the false evidence ploy, interrogators often use the bluff tactic, whereby they pretend
to have evidence to be tested without further claiming that it necessarily implicates the suspect. Three experiments were
conducted to assess the impact of the bluff on confession rates. Using the Kassin and Kiechel (Psychol Sci 7:125–128, 1996) computer crash paradigm, Experiment 1 indicated that bluffing increases false confessions comparable to the effect produced
by the presentation of false evid [...]
Abstract Using a less deceptive variant of the false evidence ploy, interrogators often use the bluff tactic, whereby they pretend
to have evidence to be tested without further claiming that it necessarily implicates the suspect. Three experiments were
conducted to assess the impact of the bluff on confession rates. Using the Kassin and Kiechel (Psychol Sci 7:125–128, 1996) computer crash paradigm, Experiment 1 indicated that bluffing increases false confessions comparable to the effect produced
by the presentation of false evid [...]
Minding Money: How Understanding of Value is Culturally Promoted
Abstract Adding to the issues of cognitive economics (Cortes and Londoño IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 43(2):178–184,
2009) and the social psychology of “shadow economics” (Salvatore et al. IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 43(2),
2009), the carrier of economic exchanges, money, plays a key role in children’s socialization in different societies. Money given
to children, ‘pocket money,’ is a negotiated settlement between children’s social demands and those of their p [...]
Abstract Adding to the issues of cognitive economics (Cortes and Londoño IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 43(2):178–184,
2009) and the social psychology of “shadow economics” (Salvatore et al. IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 43(2),
2009), the carrier of economic exchanges, money, plays a key role in children’s socialization in different societies. Money given
to children, ‘pocket money,’ is a negotiated settlement between children’s social demands and those of their p [...]
Proposed Revisions to Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
Proposed Revisions to Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorDOI 10.1007/s10508-010-9660-xAuthors
Anne A. Lawrence, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB Canada
Journal Archives of Sexual BehaviorOnline ISSN 1573-2800Print ISSN 0004-0002
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Proposed Revisions to Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorDOI 10.1007/s10508-010-9660-xAuthors
Anne A. Lawrence, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB Canada
Journal Archives of Sexual BehaviorOnline ISSN 1573-2800Print ISSN 0004-0002
[...]
Face Inversion Effect Emerges Under Critical Configural Discrepancy
Configural processing has been considered the major contributor to the face inversion effect (FIE) in face recognition. However, most researchers have only obtained the FIE with one specific ratio of configural alteration. It remains unclear whether the ratio of configural alteration itself can mediate the occurrence of the FIE. We aimed to clarify this issue by manipulating the configural information parametrically using six different ratios, ranging from 4% to 24%. Participants were asked to judge whether a pair of faces were entirely identic [...]
Configural processing has been considered the major contributor to the face inversion effect (FIE) in face recognition. However, most researchers have only obtained the FIE with one specific ratio of configural alteration. It remains unclear whether the ratio of configural alteration itself can mediate the occurrence of the FIE. We aimed to clarify this issue by manipulating the configural information parametrically using six different ratios, ranging from 4% to 24%. Participants were asked to judge whether a pair of faces were entirely identic [...]
Are Secondary Variants of Juvenile Psychopathy More Reactively Violent and Less Psychosocially Mature Than Primary Variants?
Abstract There is growing support for the disaggregation of psychopathy into primary and secondary variants. This study examines whether
variants of psychopathy can be identified in a subsample (n = 116) of juvenile offenders with high scores on the Youth Version of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL:YV). Model-based cluster
analysis of offenders’ scores on the PCL:YV and a measure of anxiety suggested a two-group solution. The derived clusters
manifested expected differences across theoretically relevant constructs of abu [...]
Abstract There is growing support for the disaggregation of psychopathy into primary and secondary variants. This study examines whether
variants of psychopathy can be identified in a subsample (n = 116) of juvenile offenders with high scores on the Youth Version of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL:YV). Model-based cluster
analysis of offenders’ scores on the PCL:YV and a measure of anxiety suggested a two-group solution. The derived clusters
manifested expected differences across theoretically relevant constructs of abu [...]
Review and Meta-analysis of Couple-Oriented Interventions for Chronic Illness
Abstract
Background Evidence continues to build for the impact of the marital relationship on health as well as the negative impact of illness
on the partner. Targeting both patient and partner may enhance the efficacy of psychosocial or behavioral interventions for
chronic illness.
Purpose The purpose of this report is to present a cross-disease review of the characteristics and findings of studies evaluating
couple-oriented interventions for chronic physical illness.
Methods We conducted [...]
Abstract
Background Evidence continues to build for the impact of the marital relationship on health as well as the negative impact of illness
on the partner. Targeting both patient and partner may enhance the efficacy of psychosocial or behavioral interventions for
chronic illness.
Purpose The purpose of this report is to present a cross-disease review of the characteristics and findings of studies evaluating
couple-oriented interventions for chronic physical illness.
Methods We conducted [...]
Are There Different Types of Female Orgasm?
Abstract In attempt to identify and validate different types of orgasms which females have during sex with a partner, data collected
by Mah and Binik (2002) on the dimensional phenomenology of female orgasm were subjected to a typological analysis. A total of 503 women provided
adjectival descriptions of orgasms experienced either with a partner (n = 276) or while alone (n = 227). Latent-class analysis revealed four orgasm types which varied systematically in terms of pleasure and sensations
engendered. Two typ [...]
Abstract In attempt to identify and validate different types of orgasms which females have during sex with a partner, data collected
by Mah and Binik (2002) on the dimensional phenomenology of female orgasm were subjected to a typological analysis. A total of 503 women provided
adjectival descriptions of orgasms experienced either with a partner (n = 276) or while alone (n = 227). Latent-class analysis revealed four orgasm types which varied systematically in terms of pleasure and sensations
engendered. Two typ [...]
A National Survey of Mental Health Services Available to Offenders with Mental Illness: Who Is Doing What?
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the national practices of psychotherapy services for male offenders with mental illness
(OMI) in state correctional facilities. Participants consisted of 230 correctional mental health service providers from 165
state correctional facilities. Results indicated that mental health professionals provided a variety of services to OMI that
can be conceptualized by six goals considered important in their work: mental illness recovery, emotions management, institutional
functioning, re-e [...]
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the national practices of psychotherapy services for male offenders with mental illness
(OMI) in state correctional facilities. Participants consisted of 230 correctional mental health service providers from 165
state correctional facilities. Results indicated that mental health professionals provided a variety of services to OMI that
can be conceptualized by six goals considered important in their work: mental illness recovery, emotions management, institutional
functioning, re-e [...] 
