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The relationship between agoraphobia symptoms and panic disorder in a non-clinical sample of adolescents.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical correlates of agoraphobic fear and avoidance and panic disorder in a non-clinical sample of adolescents. METHOD: In a sample of 2365 high school students, combined data from a ...
C Hayward, J D Killen, C B Taylor (Psychol Med, 200305)
relationship-agoraphobia-symptoms-panic-disorder-non-clinical-sample.asp

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Pluralistic ignorance and hooking up.

Hooking up--when two people agree to engage in sexual behavior for which there is no future commitment--has become popular on college campuses. In this study we examined the extent to which pluralistic ignorance affects hooking up. One hundred thirty-six ...
Tracy A Lambert, Arnold S Kahn, Kevin J Apple (J Sex Res, 200305)
pluralistic-ignorance-hooking-up.asp

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Reliability of rating scales of perceived exertion and heart rate during progressive and maximal constant load exercises till exhaustion in physical education students.

The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and estimation of time limit (ETL) scales, and heart rate in physical education students during standardised and replicated progressive and constant load ...
M Garcin, M Wolff, T Bejma (Int J Sports Med, 200305)
reliability-rating-scales-perceived-exertion-heart-rate-progressive.asp

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Partition priming in judgment under uncertainty.

We show that likelihood judgments are biased toward an ignorance-prior probability that assigns equal credence to each mutually exclusive event considered by the judge. The value of the ignorance prior depends crucially on how the set of possibilities ...
Craig R Fox, Yuval Rottenstreich (Psychol Sci, 200305)
partition-priming-judgment-under-uncertainty.asp

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Multiphasic epidemiological analyses on smoking habits among undergraduate students in Japan.

Little is known about the prevalence and dynamics of smoking habits among university students in Japan, and their association with other lifestyle parameters and biological markers. Data on undergraduate students were here extracted from the ...
Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takashi Kawamura, Mitsuru Aono, Kazumi Takemoto, Masahiko Ando, Takashi Okada, Yuko Takahashi (Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 200304-06)
multiphasic-epidemiological-analyses-smoking-habits-undergraduate.asp

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The development of geographic categories and biases.

Children and university students (N=58) estimated the locations of major cities in North America. At age 9, a distinct home region was apparent, but no differentiation between northern US and Canadian cities. At 11, four developments were observed: ...
Dennis D Kerkman, Alinda Friedman, Norman R Brown, David Stea, Alanna Carmichael (J Exp Child Psychol, 200304)
development-geographic-categories-biases.asp

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Four studies extending the utility of the Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10).

The Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10; Blais et al., 1999) is a brief, cost free, and easy to administer assessment device designed to measure a broad domain of psychological health. The 4 studies using the SOS-10 reported here extend the initial ...
Jennifer L Young, Charles A Waehler, John M Laux, P Scott McDaniel, Mark J Hilsenroth (J Pers Assess, 200304)
four-studies-extending-utility-schwartz-outcome-scale-sos.asp

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Elements in the hair of non-mining workers of a lignite open mine in Neyveli.

Trace elements are analyzed in the human scalp hair to assess the extent of body burden of pollution. The levels of seven elements (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) were determined in the hair of fishermen from Pondicherry, students and businessmen from ...
Athimoolam Sukumar, Ramachandran Subramanian (Ind Health, 200304)
elements-hair-non-mining-workers-lignite-open-mine-neyveli.asp

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The sounds of social life: a psychometric analysis of students daily social environments and natural conversations.

The natural conversations and social environments of 52 undergraduates were tracked across two 2-day periods separated by 4 weeks using a computerized tape recorder (the Electronically Activated Recorder [EAR]). The EAR was programmed to record 30-s ...
Matthias R Mehl, James W Pennebaker (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200304)
sounds-social-life-psychometric-analysis-students-daily-social.asp

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Sociotropy and autonomy: an examination of interpersonal and work adjustment.

One-hundred and sixty-five undergraduate students completed measures of sociotropy, autonomy, and adjustment. Autonomy was associated with poor social adjustment but was not associated with work role adjustment. Sociotropy failed to evidence a ...
Duncan G Campbell, Paul Kwon, Robert C Reff, Mark G Williams (J Pers Assess, 200304)
sociotropy-autonomy-examination-interpersonal-work-adjustment.asp