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Appearance Satisfaction Among Adolescent Girls in Australia, China, India, and Iran: The Role of Perceived Actual-Ideal Discrepancies in Facial and Bodily Attributes
The current study examined the associations between perceived actual-ideal discrepancies in facial and bodily attributes and adolescent girls’...
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Is task specific control among balanced bilinguals a result of nature of acquisition and language use?
Research on bilingual language processing, for many years now, have focused on the bilingual advantage. The result of these investigations has shown...
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More Just for Me than Which Others? Personal Justice Ascendancy, Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare, and Personal Well-Being in African Americans
Believing the world is more just for oneself than for others—referred to as personal justice ascendancy—can protect and enhance well-being. For...
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The Modern Linguocognitive Aspect of the Concept of “conscience” in the Human Worldview
The relevance of this work stems from the under-researched nature of the concept of “conscience”, including its key attributes and functionality...
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Moral foundations of pro-choice and pro-life women
Opinions on abortion are more polarized than opinions on most other moral issues. Why are some people pro-choice and some pro-life? Religious and...
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Preparing for Independent Living Following Psychiatric Hospitalization
Individuals with severe mental illness are at particularly high risk of adverse outcomes such as rehospitalization, homelessness, or harm to self or...
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Moral Identity as a System of Self-representations Centrally Integrating Moral Values
Since the emergence of the field of moral identity, different theoretical and methodological perspectives have been developed, showing that it is a...
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Connections Between Parental Marital Status, Parental Involvement and Literacy Achievement of Kindergarten Children
BackgroundIn today’s fast-paced world, the complexity of family relations is growing. This demands a closer look into the effects of parental marital...
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Teaching and Supervising in the Context of Behavioral Medicine
This chapter provides an overview of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in behavioral medicine that can help to inform training and supervising...
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The Core Curricular Content of School-Based Mindfulness Programs
Meta-analyses and reviews have explored school-based mindfulness program (SBMP) outcomes, but the contents of the written curricula remain...
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An Intersectional Modeling of Risk for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among LGBTQ Adolescents
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is described as the intentional destruction of one’s own bodily tissue without lethal intent and is a common behavior...
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Numbers for Boys and Words for Girls? Academic Gender Stereotypes among Chinese Parents
Academic gender stereotypes contribute to observed gender differences in educational enrollment and attainment. Investigating parents’ stereotypes...
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Insecure Attachment, Maladaptive Perfectionism, Self-Esteem, Depression, and Bulimic Behaviors for College Women: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
This cross-cultural comparison study examined the direct and indirect effects (via several cognitive-affective pathways) of insecure attachment on...
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Updating false beliefs: The role of misplaced vs. well-placed certainty
People can update their misconceptions or false beliefs by learning from corrective sources. However, research has shown that people vary drastically...
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The mother–daughter Shared Agency in Weight Management Scale (SAWMS): development, validation, and implications for body dissatisfaction
BackgroundMuch research suggests that mothers play an important role in sha** daughters’ body image, yet less is known about how mother–daughter...
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Horizontal and Vertical Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Attributions and Impact
This book explores the nuances of how discriminatory events are viewed by people of color. Based on the authors' research, it seeks to illuminate the...
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Dynamic structural equation models with binary and ordinal outcomes in Mplus
Intensive longitudinal designs are increasingly popular, as are dynamic structural equation models (DSEM) to accommodate unique features of these...
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Trust, Movement and Collaboration: An Exploration of Trust, Its Significance and Its Forms of Expression in Therapy Sessions
The aim of this chapter is to emphasize the significance of trust and how we manage it when working with our collaboration partners in the therapy...
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“Teu Le Va: We over Me” A Brief Overview of Mental Health Amongst Samoans in American Samoa
Beyond the high military and football recruitments out of the American Samoa islands, there is a rich culture that governs how individuals...
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English-Chinese and Chinese-English Translations of Literary Texts: The Influence of Stylistic Features on the Translation Process and Eyetracking Technology
This study is based on an experimental method of eye-tracking to investigate how translators perceive and understand translated literary texts and...
