The present study used the golden section hypothesis to examine age-related identities.
The golden section hypothesis predicts that people will organize incoming information in
a ratio-type pattern. When rating phenomena ...
This paper reviews past and current literature pertaining to Ambiguous Loss (AL),
provides critique of current research, outlines possible directions for future research, and evaluates the most effective practices for ...
The present study examines the benefits associated with pet companionship in emerging adults. Past research suggests that pet companionship can have many positive impacts on individuals’ lives; however, little research ...
Two studies investigated how individuals conceptualize romantic love using the Love Word Conceptualization Survey to examine how strongly 119 emotions, behaviors, and attitudes were associated with romantic love. Study 1 ...
Self-compassion is a trait newly developed by Neff (2003a, 2003b, 2004) that is comprised of self-kindness, perceptions of common humanity, and mindfulness, which
uniquely captures affective tranquility and the ability ...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the use of music versus non-music treatment conditions in a coping skills therapy group with individuals who are dually-diagnosed with a mental illness and substance-related ...
This research examined the relationships between family patterns, differentiation, and social anxiety. Cohesive, conflictive, and expressive patterns of family interaction were examined within a sample of 98 undergraduate ...
The repercussions of racism can range from ignorance and neglect to injury and even
death. Ways to decrease attitudes of racism have been debated for centuries, resulting in
various theories. The contact hypothesis, a ...
The goal of the present study was to investigate how affiliative and agentic styles of communication affect the perception of leadership behavior (initiating structure and consideration) for male and female leaders. One ...
Evolutionary psychology brings new interest and excitement to old topics. The study of
human mating systems has always been on the academic landscape, but evolutionary
theory has recently revived the study of mating ...
This study examines the relationship between speech production skills and orthographic
skills in deaf readers using behavioral indices of word form processing. The Reicher-
Wheeler forced-choiced paradigm was used to ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder characterized by its clinical
heterogeneity, but also a commonality of symptom clusters that are known as “symptom
dimensions.” Previous research among clinical samples ...
An evolutionary perspective on parental investment suggests that natural selection
might have favored mechanisms by which parents can evaluate the likelihood of a given
offspring’s chances of successful reproduction. ...
This study explores potential reasons for why more females become math avoidant than males during middle and high school and tend to skip all but the most necessary math classes in college, leading to a dearth of women who ...
A study was conducted with 543 SUNY New Paltz alumni representing three generations to determine if there were generational differences in attitudes about work life balance. A paper and pencil survey was mailed to 3000 ...
Studies have shown that when people are asked to make judgments about others using a
list of bipolar adjective pairs, they consistently produce ratings that are approximately 62% positive and 38% negative. The precise ...
The present study sought to understand the degree to which conformity to masculine
norms influenced heterosexual males (a) attitudes towards psychological help seeking in general, (b) attitudes towards physical common ...
This study will attempt to create a valid measure of mating success (a proxy for reproductive success), which focuses on the quality of a person’s most recent long-term and short-term sexual relationship from an evolutionary ...
Previous research has suggested that females at high fertility may be more sensitive to
cues of sexual-relevance as opposed to reproductive-relevance. The current study
examined this issue by having females of varying ...
Previous research on physical appearance and personnel selection suggests physical
appearance significantly affects hiring decisions. With individuals dramatically changing their physical appearance with body art, such ...