Interning at a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility offers a tremendous opportunity to learn about psychological treatment methods, theories, and interventions. The experience also allows the intern to learn about healthcare management Continue Reading...
Introduction The Wigton (2014) dissertation is about the efficacy of 19-channel z-score neurofeedback (19ZNF), one of the newer types of neurofeedback methods. Wigton (2014) uses quantitative methods in a clinical setting to evaluate the effectivenes Continue Reading...
Program for the Mentally Ill Homeless Population This research project is an attempt to determine if a community-based program serving the mentally ill homeless population has met its goal of reducing hospitalizations for acute psychiatric episodes Continue Reading...
Mindful vs. traditional martial arts toward improved academic grades in children diagnosed with ADHD While medication and psychotherapy are the current best practice in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), their benefits and aim Continue Reading...
Participants were included if they had experienced sexual or physical assault in childhood or adulthood and met criteria for PTSD at the time of the initial assessment, were at least 3 months posttrauma (no upper limit), and if on medication, were s Continue Reading...
Manuscript Critique Mogg, K., Pierre P., & Bradley, B.P. (2004). Selective attention to angry faces in clinical social phobia. J Abnormal Psych, 113 (1), 160-165. The present study investigated the time course of attentional biases to emotional Continue Reading...
The participants should be able to rate their performance both in the experimental situation involving a small audience and in that involving a large audience. This is also a measure of their self-efficacy prior to exposure to the audiences. The pu Continue Reading...
Forgiveness: A perception and motivation study among married adults, Orathinkal, Vanseenwegen and Burggraeve (2008) explore the manifestation and effects of forgiveness in intimate relationships. The paper begins by stressing recent interest among m Continue Reading...
Managing Different Perspectives in the Literature One of the strengths of qualitative literature -- as well as one of its frustrations -- is its innate subjectivity. Different authors may present the reader with different approaches, both of which c Continue Reading...
Self and Others The manner in which people view themselves has been shown to be an important predictor of their behavior, achievement, and physical and psychological health. There has been a growing trend in recent years to promote a positive self- Continue Reading...
Secure Attachment There are many attachment styles and they can often influence a person's life by affecting anything from the simplest decision to more complicated and even life changing choices. Thus, it is important to reflect upon one's own att Continue Reading...
This scale would indicate participants' positive feelings between themselves and the examiner. The wording of several items on the questionnaire was changed slightly, for example, "therapist" was changed to "examiner." A different subscale was used Continue Reading...
client that Martiza is concerned about. The woman in question needs building of parenting skills as well as self-efficacy skills. There will be two one-on-one sessions per week over a period of six months. Maritza desires to employ a single system r Continue Reading...
Group Design Although Jeff does not see his drug use as his primary problem, it is in fact at the root of his other issues. The social worker will create a treatment plan that will help Jeff meet three goals: break dependency on oxycontin, get a jo Continue Reading...
ethics aligned in a constructive way to gather, investigate and consecutively analyze the data of a precise subject. Methodology illustrates the method of the researcher, which the researcher intends to utilize in completion of the study. The method Continue Reading...
Motivation to Change and Reduction of Symptoms in Adolescents Suffering from Bulimia Nervosa In research published by Castro-Fornieles (et al., 2011) the relationship between recovery from bulimia nervosa and motivation to change in adolescence suf Continue Reading...
First, because Vaillant was ultimately unable to answer his research question, Shenk's article reveals the complexity of psychological research and cautions future psychologists against looking for simplistic answers. Second, it highlights some part Continue Reading...
A qualitative approach to the research was definitely indicated above a quantitative approach for several reasons, not the least of which is the type of therapy being employed and the types of outcomes expected. Because narrative therapy techniques Continue Reading...
Personality: Personality is a subtle and difficult to define aggregate of traits and qualities that define an individual. To talk about personality is to refer to the way someone communicates, thinks, and acts in the world. Differences in psycholog Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia When people think of what it means to 'go crazy,' quite often the common image that comes to mind is that of someone with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that can be physically, socially, and personally Continue Reading...
Longitudinal trajectories for individual participants were used at one level, while a second level included the effects of between-subjects predictors at the higher order. To construct the models, 4,193 observations were used over time, with 3,055 o Continue Reading...
training program for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) used by the Department of Veterans Affairs because it had been found that there were few personnel who could deal with the high number of cases of post-traumatic stress disord Continue Reading...
Aldao, a., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., and Schweizer, S. "Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review." Clinical Psychology Review, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2010): 217 -- 237. Summary This article considered of a meta-analytic r Continue Reading...
Abstract Theories of learning are critical for informing pedagogical practice and promoting a deeper understanding of human behavior and mental processes. Behaviorism offers corresponding theories of learning that focus mainly on observable and measu Continue Reading...
Music in High Schools Psychology Research Project Examining the Effects of Music Education in Various Students Children are often encouraged to undertake creative activities in order to improve their imagination and achieve a balance between study Continue Reading...
Stanley Milgram’s groundbreaking psychological experiments on obedience remain famous not just because of what they revealed about human behavior, but also because of how they drew attention to the need for more robust ethical codes in psycholo Continue Reading...
Black Colleges Homosexuality In order to create more egalitarian, prosocial, and productive campus environments, it is necessary to understand attitudes toward homosexuality and homosexual students. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) stu Continue Reading...
The Attitude of Peers and the Development of Prejudice in AdolescenceIntroductionStudies have shown that many young people form their attitudes, political values, and prejudices in the adolescence stage. For example, according to a study by Raabe and Continue Reading...
Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative reviewIntroductionOlder adults tend to suffer loneliness and social isolation in the later years of life, affecting mental and physical health if unaddressed. Continue Reading...
It is true that a LP is required to have a doctoral degree in order to meet one of the requirements for getting a license to practice psychology, while a LCSW only needs to have a MSC, but this is not a criterion to distinguish a LP from LCSW as the Continue Reading...
Dependent variables include symptom reduction. The research design is not experimental; rather, the researchers analyze past literature related to pharmacological interventions for various personality disorders. The sample size and selection methods Continue Reading...
Primary sources are original research, not commentary on that research. In the social sciences, primary sources can also refer to seminal documents or treatises like the original writings of Freud or Adler. Thus, a primary source does not necessarily Continue Reading...
As expected, NIHSS scores indicated mild stroke severity, while the FIM scores suggested moderate motor deficits. A comparison of the demographic variables for the patients that met the inclusion criteria with those that did not, revealed no signifi Continue Reading...
Given the large amount of data analyzed by these researchers, though not collected by them or specifically for their research purpose, these findings provide a compelling area for investigation of the transport company's policies and their potential Continue Reading...
One of the most easily noticeable applications of social psychology theories to the real world is the diffusion of responsibility. Related to the bystander effect, diffusion of responsibility describes what takes place when individuals do not take ac Continue Reading...
Human Trafficking Opening Statement Over the last several years, the issue of human trafficking has been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because the industry is considered to be a major source of income for organized criminal gangs Continue Reading...
IRB for My Pilot Study Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on Classroom Communication in Immigrant Children IRB PROPOSAL This study will compare the communication of immigrant children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in cla Continue Reading...
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Test Title: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) Publisher and Date: 1965 by W.W. Norton, New York and Princeton University Press. Description and Purpose: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) was developed by socio Continue Reading...
