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Pathways from Childhood Abuse and Neglect to HIV-Risk Sexual Behavior in Middle Adulthood
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Wilson, Helen W.; Widom, Cathy Spatz – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: This study examines the relationship between childhood abuse and neglect and sexual risk behavior in middle adulthood and whether psychosocial factors (risky romantic relationships, affective symptoms, drug and alcohol use, and delinquent and criminal behavior) mediate this relationship. Method: Children with documented cases of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Structural Equation Models
Overvaluation of Shape and Weight in Binge Eating Disorder
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Hrabosky, Joshua I.; Masheb, Robin M.; White, Marney A.; Grilo, Carlos M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The excessive influence of shape or weight on self-evaluation--referred to as overvaluation--is considered by some a central feature across eating disorders but is not a diagnostic requirement for binge eating disorder (BED). This study examined shape/weight overvaluation in 399 consecutive patients with BED. Participants completed semistructured…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Interviews
Impression Management in the Psychiatric Interview: Quality, Style, and Individual Differences
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Sherman, Mark; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
The ability of 24 Veterans Administration Day Treatment Center psychiatric outpatients to vary intentionally their degree of apparent psychopathology during structured interviews was studied. Patients defined as sick presenters behaved in a significantly more pathological manner during an interview preceded by "fake sick" instructions than they…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Interviews, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychological Patterns
Ability of Schizophrenic Women to Create a Favorable or Unfavorable Impression on an Interviewer
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Kelly, Fredda S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
The most striking finding is that schizophrenic women appear capable of creating, at will, favorable or unfavorable impressions. These results support the idea that schizophrenics can be effective in some social situations. The existance of individual differences in schizophrenic women's interpersonal skills was only partially supported.…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Psychological Patterns
Prospective and Retrospective Reports of Mood States before Relapse to Substance Abuse.
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Hodgins, David C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Examines the role of mood in precipitating relapses among alcohol-dependent participants from both a retrospective and predictive point of view. Support was found for a relationship between negative bias and the amount of negative mood assessed at the time the report was given. As previously found, the most frequent precipitant of relapses and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Higher Education, Interviews
Binge Eating Disorder and Night Eating Syndrome: A Comparative Study of Disordered Eating
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Allison, Kelly C.; Grilo, Carlos M.; Masheb, Robin M.; Stunkard, Albert J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The authors compared eating patterns, disordered eating, features of eating disorders, and depressive symptoms in persons with binge eating disorder (BED; n = 177), with night eating syndrome (NES; n = 68), and in an overweight comparison group without BED or NES (comparison; n = 45). Participants completed semistructured interviews and several…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Pathology, Depression (Psychology), Eating Disorders