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Goldstein, Brandon L.; Mumper, Emma E.; Behari, Kriti; Gooding, Diane C.; Klein, Daniel N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Social anhedonia, a tendency toward experiencing social stimuli as less positive or pleasurable, is associated with maladaptive personality traits, poor interpersonal functioning, and psychopathology, and is typically elevated in males compared with females. However, the correlates of social anhedonia in youth have not been well defined. In this…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Personality Problems, Correlation, Interpersonal Competence
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Gnilka, Philip B.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Noble, Christina M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2013
This study examined the relationships between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism, anxious and avoidant adult attachment styles, depression, hopelessness, and life satisfaction among a sample of 180 undergraduate students. Maladaptive perfectionism mediated the relationship between both forms of adult attachment and depression, hopelessness,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Personality Problems, Depression (Psychology), Life Satisfaction
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Dahlen, Eric R.; Czar, Katherine A.; Prather, Emily; Dyess, Christy – Journal of College Student Development, 2013
For this study we explored relational aggression and victimization in a college sample (N = 307), examining potential gender and race differences, correlates, and the link between relational aggression and common emotional and behavioral problems, independent of relational victimization. Gender and race differences were observed on relational…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Somech, Lior Y.; Elizur, Yoel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Research of psychological distress (PD) needs to differentiate between anxiety/depression and hostility/suspiciousness, which are associated with different motivational systems. In this study, structural equation modeling was used to test two hypothesized models for the prediction of each facet of PD. Hypotheses were proposed about the effects of…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Structural Equation Models, Prediction, Attachment Behavior
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Onishi, Ayako; Kawabata, Yoshito; Kurokawa, Masayuki; Yoshida, Toshikazu – School Psychology International, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation between narcissistic orientations (grandiose sense of self-importance, interpersonal exploitation, and narcissistic rage) and relational aggression (self-satisfactory and punishment type) and the mediating effects of guilt feelings toward and perceived classroom norms against relational…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Aggression, Structural Equation Models
Heller, Nina Rovinelli, Ed.; Gitterman, Alex, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Mental Health and Social Problems" is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness. The introductory chapter presents…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Problems, Social Work, Mental Disorders
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Decety, Jean; Michalska, Kalina J.; Akitsuki, Yuko – Neuropsychologia, 2008
When we attend to other people in pain, the neural circuits underpinning the processing of first-hand experience of pain are activated in the observer. This basic somatic sensorimotor resonance plays a critical role in the primitive building block of empathy and moral reasoning that relies on the sharing of others' distress. However, the…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Visual Stimuli, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Jacobson, Colleen M.; Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J.; Miller, Alec L.; Turner, J. Blake – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This retrospective chart review study of 227 participants examined the psychiatric profiles of outpatient adolescents ages 12 to 19 years (M = 15.08 years, SD = 1.72 years) engaging in different types of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behaviors. Participants were divided into four groups: no deliberate self-harm (NoDSH; n = 119), nonsuicidal…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Adolescents
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Carter, Gregory L.; Page, Andrew; Clover, Kerrie; Taylor, Richard – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Modifiable risk factors for suicide attempt require identification in clinical and community samples. The aim of this study was to determine if similar social and psychiatric factors are associated with suicide attempts in community and clinical settings and whether the magnitude of effect is greater in clinical populations. Two case-control…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Personality Problems, Suicide, At Risk Persons
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Zolondek, Stacey; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Patrick, Christopher J.; Fowler, Katherine A. – Assessment, 2006
The authors examined the construct and incremental validity of the Interpersonal Measure of Psychopathy (IM-P), a relatively new instrument designed to detect interpersonal behaviors associated with psychopathy. Observers of videotaped Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) interviews rated male prisoners (N = 93) on the IM-P. The IM-P correlated…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Construct Validity, Interviews, Males
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Simpson, Paul L.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Summarizes the responses of 311 Australian and 250 Nepalese university students to the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Discovers a moderate inverse relationship between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among the Australian students. Discusses possible reasons for this. (MJP)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits
Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, 1992
This volume of 12 separate lessons--each written by either a medical or mental health professional--provides expert information on a wide variety of medical and psychological issues in rehabilitative counseling. The lessons, each of which concludes with a few multiple-choice questions, are as follows: (1) "Adaptive Styles in the Etiology of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Counseling
BLATT, SIDNEY J. – 1967
THIS SERIES OF STUDIES INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING. PART I PRESENTS RESEARCH REPORTS EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFICIENCY ON TWO COMPLEX COGNITIVE PERCEPTUAL TASKS AND SEVERAL PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT COGNITIVE-PERCEPTUAL EFFICIENCY CAN BE RELATED TO…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Creativity Research