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Extinction after partial reinforcement: predicted vs. judged persistence.

The partial reinforcement extinction effect (PREE) (i.e., increased persistence following partial reward) is one of the most important generalizations from experimental studies of learning. Many theories of PREE assume that it involves cognitive and ...
Frode Svartdal (Scand J Psychol, 200302)
extinction-after-partial-reinforcement-predicted-vs-judged-persistence.asp

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A cross-cultural investigation of the communication of suicidal intent in Swedish and Turkish adolescents.

A recent study found that Swedish adolescents were more disapproving of a suicidal disclosure by a fictional friend than their Turkish counterparts. Given this finding, the present study investigated whether or not more adolescents in Turkey than in ...
Mehmet Eskin (Scand J Psychol, 200302)
cross-cultural-investigation-communication-suicidal-intent-swedish.asp

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The effects of road traffic noise and meaningful irrelevant speech on different memory systems.

To explore why noise has reliable effects on delayed recall in a certain text-reading task, this episodic memory task was employed with other memory tests in a study of road traffic noise and meaningful but irrelevant speech. Context-dependent memory was ...
Staffan Hygge, Eva Boman, Ingela Enmarker (Scand J Psychol, 200302)
effects-road-traffic-noise-meaningful-irrelevant-speech-different.asp

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Do dispositional attributions regarding peer endorsers influence product evaluations?

The effect of a peer endorsement advertisement on research participants attitudes toward the advertised product was examined. An advertisement for a Seiko watch and a questionnaire were administered to participants. The degree of dispositional ...
Kim André Sørum, Kjetil Marius Grape, David Silvera (Scand J Psychol, 200302)
dispositional-attributions-peer-endorsers-influence-product.asp

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The structure of the self-concept and its relation to psychological adjustment.

Research on the relation between the structure of the self-concept and psychological adjustment has produced seemingly inconsistent findings. Some research suggests that greater pluralism in self-concept structure enhances adjustment, whereas other ...
Jennifer D Campbell, Sunaina Assanand, Adam Di Paula (J Pers, 200302)
structure-self-concept-relation-psychological-adjustment.asp

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Weight goals in a college-age population.

OBJECTIVE: Although a growing body of literature has found unrealistic weight loss goals to be common among older, primarily female, subjects, little is known about weight loss goals of younger adults. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Three hundred ...
Drew A Anderson, Jennifer D Lundgren, Jennifer R Shapiro, Caroline A Paulosky (Obes Res, 200302)
weight-goals-college-age-population.asp

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Suicide attempt and self-mutilation among Turkish high school students in relation with abuse, neglect and dissociation.

A questionnaire consisting of items about abuse, neglect, self-mutilation and suicide attempt and the Turkish Version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale were given to 862 high school students. The rates of suicide attempt and self-mutilative behaviors ...
Suleyman Salih Zoroglu, Umran Tuzun, Vedat Sar, Hamdi Tutkun, Haluk Asuman Savaçs, Mucahit Ozturk, Behiye Alyanak, Meltem Erocal Kora (Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 200302)
suicide-attempt-self-mutilation-turkish-high-school-students-relation.asp

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Crazy? So what! Effects of a school project on students attitudes towards people with schizophrenia.

OBJECTIVE: Aiming at promoting young peoples mental health and reducing stigma towards people with schizophrenia, project weeks were carried out with secondary school students aged 14-18 years (n=90). Key to the project week is meeting a (young) person ...
B Schulze, M Richter-Werling, H Matschinger, M C Angermeyer (Acta Psychiatr Scand, 200302)
crazy-effects-school-project-students-attitudes-towards-people.asp

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Hoarding behaviors in a large college sample.

Hoarding behaviors occur in many clinical syndromes but are most commonly linked to obsessive compulsive disorder. Surprisingly little empirical work has examined the nature of hoarding behaviors despite their association with significant distress and ...
Meredith E Coles, Randy O Frost, Richard G Heimberg, Gail Steketee (Behav Res Ther, 200302)
hoarding-behaviors-large-college-sample.asp

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Perceptions of nursing: a study involving nurses, nursing students, patients and non-nursing students.

This paper describes a study of perceptions of nursing by nursing students, qualified nurses (United Kingdom and Spain), patients and non-nursing students. A survey method was used with a longitudinal panel element incorporating a 35-item version of the ...
Roger Watson, Ian J Deary, Amandah Lea Hoogbruin, Wytze Vermeijden, Carmen Rumeu, Maribel Beunza, Beatriz Barbarin, Julie MacDonald, Tracey McCready (Int J Nurs Stud, 200302)
perceptions-nursing-study-involving-nurses-nursing-students-patients.asp