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Validation and exploratory factor analysis of the Abuse within Intimate Relationships Scale (AIRS).
(2005)
The purpose of the present study was to provide validation for and examine the factor structure of the Abuse with Intimate Relations Scale (AIRS; Borjesson, Aarons & Dunn, 2003). The AIRS was designed for use in identifying ...
Reactions to infidelity: Gender differences and relative mate value.
(2005)
Two studies examined the influence of gender and mate value on responses to infidelity from an evolutionary perspective. Couples were recruited for Study 1, allowing an examination of participants' self-perceived mate value ...
Careers of their own: Role-identity negotiation among Air Force officers' wives.
(2006)
The purpose of this study is to explore how a military officer's wife, one foot on each meandering path, might navigate simultaneously her careerist and traditional wife roles. Specifically, this study asks the following: ...
The effects of issue importance and group size differences on contribution rates and social identity in a public goods social dilemma.
(2001)
This study examined the effects of issue importance on social identity, personal identification with an issue and contribution decisions in a public goods social dilemma. A total of 331 undergraduate students from the ...
Stress, coping behavior, and social support in Japan and the United States.
(2007)
The purpose of this research is to examine cultural similarities and differences in perceptions of stress, coping behavior, and social support within the theoretical framework of two cultural factors (individualism/collectivism ...
Understanding the role of relational factors in Christian spirituality.
(2005)
Researchers developing multidimensional models of relational quality have largely neglected to consider the potential role of relational spirituality in their models. Recent relational spirituality models have emerged ...
Evaluative organization of self-knowledge: The hidden vulnerability of compartmentalization.
(2004)
Three studies explored the possibility that the structure of the self-concept is associated with fragile self-esteem. The model of self-concept structure examined in the present studies is evaluative organization, especially ...
Evaluating theories of sexual violence using rape offenses in the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Incident Based Reporting System.
(2007)
Indiscriminate selection suggests, as some feminist theorists have posited, that the young age distribution is due to routine activities and offenders will select victims only in accordance with convenience and opportunity, ...
College-age students' attitudes towards the older adult: Grandparent fit with older adult stereotypes and the closeness of the grandparent/grandchild relationship.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to examine college students' closest living grandparent "fit" with favorable older adult stereotypes, these students' thoughts about their grandparent, and the closeness of the grandparent/grandchild ...
Understanding and managing others: The impact of discriminative facility upon social influence.
(2001)
The results of two studies provided support for the importance of being sensitive to situational nuances (i.e., discriminative facility), especially when interpreting others' negative behaviors. Study 1 empirically clarified ...