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Lorber, Michael F.; Erlanger, Ann C. Eckardt; Slep, Amy M. Smith – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: Cardiovascular reactivity to laboratory stressors was investigated as (a) a moderator of associations of partner aggression with affective functioning, alcohol problems, and parenting; and (b) a consequence of partner aggression. Method: Cohabiting adult couples (N = 453) with 3- to 7-year-old children were recruited by random digit…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Alcoholism, Aggression, Drinking
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Franko, Debra L.; Thompson-Brenner, Heather; Thompson, Douglas R.; Boisseau, Christina L.; Davis, Angela; Forbush, Kelsie T.; Roehrig, James P.; Bryson, Susan W.; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Crow, Scott J.; Devlin, Michael J.; Gorin, Amy A.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Kristeller, Jean L.; Masheb, Robin M.; Mitchell, James E.; Peterson, Carol B.; Safer, Debra L.; Striegel, Ruth H.; Wilfley, Denise E.; Wilson, G. Terence – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: Recent studies suggest that binge eating disorder (BED) is as prevalent among African American and Hispanic Americans as among Caucasian Americans; however, data regarding the characteristics of treatment-seeking individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups are scarce. The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Minority Groups, Racial Differences, Body Composition
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Feinstein, Brian A.; Goldfried, Marvin R.; Davila, Joanne – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: The current study used path analysis to examine potential mechanisms through which experiences of discrimination influence depressive and social anxiety symptoms. Method: The sample included 218 lesbians and 249 gay men (total N = 467) who participated in an online survey about minority stress and mental health. The proposed model…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Children, Gender Differences, Rejection (Psychology)
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Mueser, Kim T.; Pratt, Sarah I.; Bartels, Stephen J.; Swain, Karin; Forester, Brent; Cather, Corinne; Feldman, James – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The Helping Older People Experience Success (HOPES) program was developed to improve psychosocial functioning and reduce long-term medical burden in older people with severe mental illness (SMI) living in the community. HOPES includes 1 year of intensive skills training and health management, followed by a 1-year maintenance phase.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders, Older Adults
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Coid, Jeremy; Yang, Min; Ullrich, Simone; Zhang, Tianqiang; Sizmur, Steve; Roberts, Colin; Farrington, David P.; Rogers, Robert D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Structured risk assessment should guide clinical risk management, but it is uncertain which instrument has the highest predictive accuracy among men and women. In the present study, the authors compared the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003); the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 (HCR-20; C. D. Webster, K. S.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Personality Assessment, Risk Management, Gender Differences
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Rutledge, Patricia C.; Park, Aesoon; Sher, Kenneth J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Despite public recognition of the hazards of 21st birthday drinking, there is little empirical information concerning its prevalence, severity, and risk factors. Data from a sample of 2,518 college students suggest that 21st birthday drinking poses an extreme danger: (a) 4 of every 5 participants (83%) reported drinking to celebrate, (b) birthday…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Young Adults, Correlation
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Neumann, Craig S.; Hare, Robert D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Numerous studies conducted with offender or forensic psychiatric samples have revealed that individuals with psychopathic traits are at risk for violence and other externalizing psychopathology. These traits appear to be continuously distributed in these samples, leading investigators to speculate on the presence of such traits in the general…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Violence, Persuasive Discourse, Drinking
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Killen, Joel D.; Fortmann, Stephen P.; Murphy, Greer M.; Hayward, Chris; Arredondo, Christina; Cromp, DeAnn; Celio, Maria; Abe, Laurie; Wang, Yun; Schatzberg, Alan F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors present results of a randomized clinical trial of the efficacy of extended treatment with bupropion SR in producing longer term cigarette smoking cessation. Adult smokers (N = 362) received open-label treatment (11 weeks) that combined relapse prevention training, bupropion SR, and nicotine patch followed by extended treatment (14…
Descriptors: Smoking, Adults, Prevention, Responses
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Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas; Masyn, Katherine E.; Hubbard, Scott; Poduska, Jeanne; Kellam, Sheppard – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Multiple group analysis and general growth mixture modeling was used to determine whether aggressive-disruptive behavior trajectories during elementary school, and their association with young adulthood antisocial outcomes, vary by gender. Participants were assessed longitudinally beginning at age 6 as part of an evaluation of 2 school-based…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
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Keenan-Miller, Danielle; Hammen, Constance; Brennan, Patricia – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The authors examined prospective measures of psychosocial risk factors as predictors of severe intimate partner violence among a community sample of 610 young adults at risk for intergenerational transmission of depression. The hypothesized risk factors were youth history of depression by age 15 and maternal history of depression. Youth social…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Predictor Variables, Mothers, Parent Influence
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McNally, Richard J.; Perlman, Carol A.; Ristuccia, Carel S.; Clancy, Susan A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The authors assessed women and men who either reported continuous memories of their childhood sexual abuse (CSA, n = 92), reported recovering memories of CSA (n = 38), reported believing they harbored repressed memories of CSA (n = 42), or reported never having been sexually abused (n = 36). Men and women were indistinguishable on all clinical and…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Gender Differences, Adults, Depression (Psychology)
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Costello, Darce M.; Swendsen, Joel; Rose, Jennifer S.; Dierker, Lisa C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
This study used semi-parametric group-based modeling to explore unconditional and conditional trajectories of self-reported depressed mood from ages 12 to 25 years. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 11,559), 4 distinct trajectories were identified: no depressed mood, stable low depressed mood, early…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Pacific Islanders, At Risk Persons, Family Structure
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Verona, Edelyn; Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Childhood abuse was investigated as a potential mediator of the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behaviors (EXT) in adulthood among a large general population sample drawn from the National Comorbidity Survey. Community participants (N = 5,424) underwent diagnostic and psychosocial interviews and reported on their own adult symptoms…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Child Abuse, Adults, Interviews