Three measures--physiological, behavioral, and phenomenological in nature--were used to register inexperienced springboard divers' perceptions of stress when faced with the execution of a forward dive from three standard heights; pool deck, one-meter and three-meter springboards. Forty-eight subjects were divided into four groups representing…

A 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design was utilized to investigate the effects of race of expressor (black and white), sex of expressor, race of perceiver and sex of perceiver on perception of emotion (POE). Perception of seven emotions (anger, happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, pain, and sadness) was analyzed in terms of three dependent variables: (1)…

Regression, another mechanism studied by Sigmund Freud, has had much research, e.g., hypnotic regression, frustration regression, schizophrenic regression, and infra-human-animal regression (often directly related to fixation). Many investigators worked with hypnotic age regression, which has a long history, going back to Russian reflexologists.…

Repression was considered by Freud as a key mechanism for everyone, especially for normals and neurotics. His Repression paper, written in 1915, was psychoanalytically definitive. Of course, much had been written before and even more was written after. Anna Freud's book The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence included repression and was published by…

It has been discovered that dreams and daydreams can be productive states in the process of scientific innovation. An attempt is made to provide some typical examples of insights which have come to scientists during dream-like states and in sleep. (Author/MA)

The author investigates the interrelatedness of cognition and emotion, stressing that, while emotion without cognition is blind, cognition without emotion is vacuous. (MJB)

Three theoretical viewpoints have dominated the recent empirically oriented literature on depression: Beck's cognitive view, Seligman's helplessness model, and Lewinsohn's theory implicating a low rate of response-contingent reinforcement. Here each theory is evaluated individually interms of its empirical support and adequacy as a theory and all…

Presents a nine-celled matrix to explain psychological stability and change. Considers the relationship between various levels of analysis and internal forces, external forces, and interactive theories. (PCB)

Highlights the complexities of treating eating disorders and provides a theoretical framework for identification, diagnosis, and treatment of anorexia and bulimia. (Author)

After imagining themselves aging and dying, 10 individuals evaluated their fantasy experience objectively and 10 individuals attended to their feelings about their fantasy. Compared to the objective group subjects, subjects in the affective group had lower scores on Purpose in Life Scale and on rated meaningfulness of activities. No differences…

Describes the design and utility of a "crisis assessment technique" for measuring the impact of selected life events as perceived by individuals who have actually experienced them. Using the transition to retirement as an example, the utility of such a measure for assessing the relative impact of given events is demonstrated. (Author/CT)

Various studies indicate that Vitamin C does not prevent or cure a cold, but it may ameliorate symptoms in some individuals. The development of a balanced life-style is more effective towards cold prevention. (DF)

The article reviews characteristics of early, middle, and late adolescence in terms of self-concept, peer relations, and emotional development and notes special problems (such as defense mechanisms, depression, and drug abuse) that professionals face in working with adolescents. (CL)

Reviewed the literature on female drug use/abuse and derived descriptions of the female heroin abuser and the female prescription drug abuser. Researchers suggest that problems of female drug abusers should be viewed in terms of the feminine role as well as the role of drug abuser. (BH)