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Body-focused repetitive behavior problems. Prevalence in a nonreferred population and differences in perceived somatic activity.

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as skin picking or scratching and nail biting can be physically and socially detrimental. Given the potential consequences associated with these behaviors, it is unfortunate this area has received relatively ...
Ellen J Teng, Douglas W Woods, Michael P Twohig, Brook A Marcks (Behav Modif, 200207)
body-focused-repetitive-behavior-problems-prevalence-nonreferred.asp

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Is an ant larger than a lion?

In order to examine the influence exerted by an irrelevant semantic variable in a comparative judgment task, we employed a Stroop-like paradigm. The stimuli were pairs of animal names that were different in their physical and semantic sizes (e.g., ant ...
Orly Rubinsten, Avishai Henik (Acta Psychol (Amst), 200207)
ant-larger-lion.asp

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The relationship of perceived benefits and barriers to reported exercise behaviors in college undergraduates.

This study examines current exercise habits and perceived benefits and barriers to exercise in a sample of 147 undergraduate university students. It found a significant relationship between perceived benefits and barriers to exercise and current exercise ...
Laurie Grubbs, Jason Carter (Fam Community Health, 200207)
relationship-perceived-benefits-barriers-reported-exercise-behaviors.asp

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Predictors of graduate student attitudes toward prescription privileges for psychologists.

The issue of gaining prescription privileges and its potential impact on the field of clinical psychology has special relevance for graduate students. This study was designed to investigate clinical graduate students attitudes toward prescription ...
Kristen A Luscher, William R Corbin, Jeffrey A Bernat, Karen S Calhoun, Lily D McNair (J Clin Psychol, 200207)
predictors-graduate-student-attitudes-toward-prescription-privileges.asp

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Inhibition and blindness to response-compatible stimuli: a reappraisal.

Recent studies show that the preparation of an action can interfere with the concurrent detection and identification of objects that share features with this action, a phenomenon termed blindness to response-compatible stimuli. In order to account for ...
Bernie Caessens, André Vandierendonck (Acta Psychol (Amst), 200207)
inhibition-blindness-response-compatible-stimuli-reappraisal.asp

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House dust mite allergen levels in university student accommodation in Dunedin.

AIM: To quantify the levels of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p1) in different university student accommodation in Dunedin, and to assess relationships with housing characteristics and housekeeping practices. METHODS: Dwellings (n=178) were randomly ...
W M McRae, E M Flannery, J O Cowan, C R McLachlan, G P Herbison, R W Siebers, J Crane, C S Wong (N Z Med J, 200207)
house-dust-mite-allergen-levels-university-student-accommodation.asp

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An alternative for teaching pharmacology. The conference-centered model (CCM).

In the 70s and 80s the Pharmacology department at the University of Massachusetts Medical School developed an innovative approach to the teaching of Pharmacology to medical students. The approach, a "conference-centred model" (CCM), was based on the use ...
Douglas R Waud (Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 200207)
alternative-teaching-pharmacology-conference-centered-model-ccm.asp

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Positive and negative schizotypy in a student sample: neurocognitive and clinical correlates.

Positive and negative schizotypy may represent discrete factors or dimensions. To determine if distinct neurocognitive profiles are associated with these dimensions or factors, we classified university students on the basis of positive and negative ...
Wayne M Dinn, Catherine L Harris, Ayse Aycicegi, Paul Greene, Margaret S Andover (Schizophr Res, 200207)
positive-negative-schizotypy-student-sample-neurocognitive-clinical.asp

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Skin picking in German students. Prevalence, phenomenology, and associated characteristics.

Severe skin picking (SP) is a repetitive, intentionally performed behavior that causes noticeable tissue damage and results in clinically significant distress or impairment. To date, SP has received little attention in the psychiatric literature. This ...
Antje Bohne, Sabine Wilhelm, Nancy J Keuthen, Lee Baer, Michael A Jenike (Behav Modif, 200207)
skin-picking-german-students-prevalence-phenomenology-associated.asp

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The Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children: factor structure and relation to panic symptoms in an adolescent sample.

This study examines the factor structure underlying the Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children (ASIC. J Anxiety Disord, 12 (1998) 307) in an adolescent sample. Three-hundred-and-eight adolescents, aged 12 to 18, completed the ASIC and measures of anxiety ...
B J Deacon, D P Valentiner, P M Gutierrez, D Blacker (Behav Res Ther, 200207)
anxiety-sensitivity-index-children-factor-structure-relation-panic.asp