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Influence of test anxiety on measurement of intelligence.

In this study a measurement model for a test anxiety questionnaire was investigated in a sample of 207 Dutch students in the first grade of junior secondary vocational education. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis showed that a model for test ...
Ron Oostdam, Joost Meijer (Psychol Rep, 200302)
influence-test-anxiety-measurement-intelligence.asp

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The effects of relationship aversive female partner behavior on attributions and physiological reactivity of verbally aggressive and non-aggressive males.

The present study assessed the effects of aversive female partner behavior on cognitive attributions and physiological reactivity in verbally aggressive and non-aggressive college males (N = 39). Participants were presented four audiotaped vignettes ...
Todd M Moore, Gregory L Stuart, Richard M Eisler, Joseph J Franchina (Violence Vict, 200302)
effects-relationship-aversive-female-partner-behavior-attributions.asp

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Effort after meaning and the hedonic value of paintings.

Two experiments tested the prediction that providing the viewer with information about abstract and semi-abstract paintings, in the form of titles and descriptions, would increase the paintings perceived meaningfulness and hedonic value. The ...
Phil A Russell (Br J Psychol, 200302)
effort-after-meaning-hedonic-value-paintings.asp

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Theres no smoke without fire: are male ex-partners perceived as more entitled to stalk than acquaintance or stranger stalkers?

In a stalking scenario, the prior relationship between and the gender of stalker and victim were systematically manipulated in order to judge culpability and consequences for the persons involved. Written vignettes were presented to 168 participants who ...
Lorraine Sheridan, Raphael Gillett, Graham M Davies, Eric Blaauw, Darshana Patel (Br J Psychol, 200302)
s-smoke-fire-male-ex-partners-perceived-more-entitled-stalk.asp

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The effect of item feedback on multiple-choice test responses.

This study examines the effects of item feedback on multiple-choice test responses. In the first experiment, a positive effect was predicted under instructions advising a penalty for errors; a larger beneficial effect on female scores was expected, given ...
Ana R Delgado, Gerardo Prieto (Br J Psychol, 200302)
effect-item-feedback-multiple-choice-test-responses.asp

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The effects of orientation on detection and identification of facial expressions of emotion.

Signal detection procedures were used to examine the ability of participants to detect and label facial expressions of emotion in an upright or inverted orientation when the faces were rapid videotaped presentations. The detection and identification of ...
Glenda C Prkachin (Br J Psychol, 200302)
effects-orientation-detection-identification-facial-expressions.asp

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Examining culturally based variables associated with ethnicity: influences on credibility perceptions of empirically supported interventions.

Treatment rationales for 2 widely used and empirically supported interventions, cognitive therapy (CT) and time-limited dynamic psychotherapy (TLDP), were examined for their perceived credibility among 136 Asian American college students. This study ...
Eunice C Wong, Bryan S K Kim, Nolan W S Zane, Irene J Kim, John S Huang (Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol, 200302)
examining-culturally-based-variables-associated-ethnicity-influences.asp

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Perfectionism and ethnicity: implications for depressive symptoms and self-reported academic achievement.

Ethnic differences in perfectionism were examined among Asian American, African American, and Caucasian American college students. Analyses revealed that Asian American students scored significantly higher than the other groups on 3 of 6 perfectionism ...
Jennifer R Castro, Kenneth G Rice (Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol, 200302)
perfectionism-ethnicity-implications-depressive-symptoms-self.asp

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Temporal stability and consistency of aesthetic judgments of beauty of formal graphic patterns.

Temporal stability and consistency of nonartists aesthetic judgments of beauty of formal graphic patterns was assessed. Temporal stability decreased markedly over several months. When items were repeated in an aesthetic judgment task participants ...
Lea Höfel, Thomas Jacobsen (Percept Mot Skills, 200302)
temporal-stability-consistency-aesthetic-judgments-beauty-formal.asp

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Recruitment barriers and successes of the American Lung Associations Not-On-Tobacco Program.

This paper explores recruitment barriers and successes with research involving Not-On-Tobacco, the American Lung Associations (ALA) teen smoking cessation program. Forty-six program facilitators across four N-O-T studies completed a questionnaire to ...
Catherine J Massey, Geri A Dino, Kimberly A Horn, Angela Lacey-McCracken, Jennifer Goldcamp, Iftekhar Kalsekar (J Sch Health, 200302)
recruitment-barriers-successes-american-lung-association-s-not.asp