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From Bedlam to therapeutic jurisprudence: Are judges adequately prepared to make civil commitment decisions?
(2002)
Historically, mentally ill individuals have been subject to inhumane treatment. However, the late 1700's and early 1800's saw major changes in the manner in which the mentally infirm were both housed and treated. Beginning ...
Concussion risk in high school athletes.
(2001)
A 2 x 2 factorial design was used to explore group differences on the three dependent measures. A MANOVA found a significant interaction between the two independent variables on the reaction time test. It also identified ...
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 ...
The effects of parental attachment on the college adjustment of urban and rural students.
(2000)
The direct effects of locality on college adjustment were examined using the full-scale score of the SACQ. Rural and urban students did not differ significantly from one another in terms of their adjustment to college. ...
Migrancy and changing structures: The experiences of South African women in the Eastern Cape.
(2001)
This study examines the breakdown in Xhosa-speaking cultural, economic, and political structures that have been transformed in response to colonialism and apartheid. Its primary purpose was to identify indicators that ...
An analysis of client life experiences and relationships with counseling outcome.
(2004)
In research conducted with ninety clinical outpatient clients, significant variance in counseling outcome as assessed by clients and counselors was attributed to life experience (20% to 30%), religious constructs (9.8% to ...
Using the ATMHS scale to determine differences in attitudes toward various mental health professionals.
(2004)
This present study represents a systematic attempt to examine participants' attitudes toward seeking help from psychologists and psychiatrists using a psychometrically sound attitude scale, specifically the Attitude toward ...
Contextual influences in the relationship of perfectionism and anxiety: A multidimensional perspective.
(2004)
The purpose of this study was to investigate contextual differences in anxiety and perfectionism in the context of academic performance. Two hundred and fifty-eight participants were recruited from an undergraduate psychology ...