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Social acceptance of age discrimination
(2010-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Ageism is the systematic stereotyping and discrimination against individuals based on their age. This form of discrimination is widespread and is infused in all aspects of older adults' lives; ...
Effects of transportation into a video game world on aggressive cognitions and behaviors
(2013-05)
Transportation is the state of being highly immersed within a media world. Two studies examined how transportation into a video game world (via character choice) increases aggressive cognitions and behaviors. Study 1 ...
Role of gender non-conformity in cooperation: Evidence from the Prisoner's Dilemma
(2019-12)
This study examined the relationship between gender conforming individuals and cooperative behavior when participants are partnered with a gender conforming or non-conforming "partner." Cooperation has been a key development ...
Perceptions of bullying: A comparison of pre-service and in-service teachers
(2014-07)
Bullying continues to exist in schools and students want teachers to take an active role in prevention and intervention. Prior research has explored why teachers do not intervene in bullying, but a gap exists in the research ...
Developmental span of social strategies, temperament, and stress-related health
(2015-05)
Social hierarchies involve social dynamics that may create physical and emotional challenges (Hawley, 2003). One component related to social hierarchies is social positioning and the control of important resources. The ...
Mate poaching: Who is most likely to poach and why?
(2010-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of these two studies was to determine who is more likely to mate poach and why. Study 1 was designed to identify what types of women are more likely to engage in mate poaching. It was ...
Implicit goal fusion: The predictive power of implicit motivational measures
(2018-05)
Goal fusion refers to the perceived overlap between an individual's goal and their self-concept. This is traditionally measured with a single item explicit measure. The recent development of an implicit measure of goal ...
Interactive effects of maternal affect and nutrition on parenting
(2012-07)
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Relation between body weight and social position in children's classroom friendship network
(2010-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The present study focused on the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and centrality (degree and global) and the differences in centrality by weight status in first grade children. Participants ...
Influence of anticipatory processing on visual and verbal working memory task performance
(2016-07)
Cognitive models of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD; e.g., Clark & Wells, 1995) have implicated anticipatory processing, an anxiety-related form of repetitive negative thinking, in the maintenance of SAD symptoms. However, ...