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Sigmon, Sandra T.; Pells, Jennifer J.; Edenfield, Teresa M.; Hermann, Barbara A.; Schartel, Janell G.; LaMattina, Stephanie M.; Boulard, Nina E. – Behavior Therapy, 2007
Despite overwhelming evidence that gender plays a significant role in the course of numerous psychological disorders, researchers have historically neglected to address gender similarities and differences in their research. Previous reviews of the psychological literature have indicated that personality, psychotherapy, and behavioral psychology…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Gender Issues, Behavioral Science Research, Researchers
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Kashdan, Todd B.; Breen, William E. – Behavior Therapy, 2008
The purpose of the present study was to examine social anxiety as a predictor of positive emotions using a short-term prospective design. We examined whether the effects of social anxiety on positive emotions are moderated by tendencies to openly express or suppress emotions. Over the course of a 3-month interval, people with excessive social…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Social Psychology, Emotional Problems
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Wysocki, Tim; Harris, Michael A.; Buckloh, Lisa M.; Mertlich, Deborah; Lochrie, Amanda Sobel; Taylor, Alexandra; Sadler, Michelle; White, Neil H. – Behavior Therapy, 2008
We report a randomized trial of a revised Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Diabetes (BFST-D) intervention. Families of 104 adolescents with diabetes were randomized to standard care (SC) or to 6 months of an educational support group (ES) or BFST-D. Family communication and problem-solving skills were assessed at 0, 6, 12, and 18 months by…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Diabetes, Family Relationship, Family Counseling
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Parker, Richard I.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna – Behavior Therapy, 2007
An obstacle to broader acceptability of effect sizes in single case research is their lack of intuitive and useful interpretations. Interpreting Cohen's d as "standard deviation units difference" and R[superscript 2] as "percent of variance accounted for" do not resound with most visual analysts. In fact, the only comparative analysis widely…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Comparative Analysis, Behavioral Sciences
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Shadel, William G. – Behavior Therapy, 2004
Personality, as a construct, has been largely ignored or misapplied in the clinical and/or cognitive-behavioral literature. This article discusses the history of the concept of personality in clinical psychology and in cognitive-behavioral approaches and provides the main rationale for this special series. The articles that comprise the series…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Restructuring
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Duncan, Terry E.; Duncan, Susan C. – Behavior Therapy, 2004
Over the past 3 decades we have witnessed an increase in the complexity of theoretical models that attempt to explain development in a number of behavioral domains. The conceptual movement to examine behavior from both developmental and contextual perspectives parallels recent methodological advances in the analysis of change. These new analysis…
Descriptors: Models, Research Methodology, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Stages