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Smith, Joann C. Seeman; Vogel, David L.; Madon, Stephanie; Edwards, Sarah R. – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
Researchers have suggested that one function of touch in mixed-sex interactions is to exert influence over another person. Yet theories offer different explanations as to when women and men will use touch as an influence strategy. The gender politics hypothesis proposes that men touch more as a way to maintain inequalities present in society. In…
Descriptors: Spouses, Nonverbal Communication, Intimacy, Marriage Counseling
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Thienhaus, Ole J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1989
At quarterly intervals in 1986-87, attribution of control and subjective symptom ratings were assessed among general psychiatry residents in the University of Cincinnati's training program. Differences were significant for ratings of internal locus of control, but the external locus of control ratings showed no corresponding fluctuation.…
Descriptors: Family Practice (Medicine), Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Individual Power
Dodd, Carley; Garmon, Cecile – 1987
To measure perceived control in one's communication environment, a study examined the world views of the respondents as reported in a 28-item questionnaire. Subjects, 1,927 men and women composed of students and university personnel, military personnel, executives and managers, high school students and teachers, and members of women's groups, were…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attribution Theory, Communication Research, Cultural Images