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Introduction: Looking at Conservativism from Multiple Perspectives
The present chapter deals with the theoretical underpinnings of defining conservativism. In the past, conservativism was defined in a rather...
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Spirituality, Mental Health and Quality of Life: An Introduction
This introductory chapter offers a brief overview of spirituality, religiosity, spiritual intelligence, mental health, and quality of life among...
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“It Is A Purposefully Ambiguous Term”: Examining Emerging Adults’ Definitions of Hooking Up and How They Vary by Sex/Gender and Educational Background
The majority of past work on hooking up among emerging adults uses a researcher-led definition and often uses college student samples. The purpose of...
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Medical Family Therapy in Rural Community Health: A Longitudinal “Peek” into Integrated Care Successes
Integrated behavioral health care (IBHC) continues to grow as an evidence-based service delivery model adopted by healthcare systems all over the...
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A Critical Review of Measures of Gender Equitable Attitudes: Recommendations for Conceptualization and Future Assessment
Gender equality is a global priority that has yet to be realized. The factors that shape individuals’ ideas about, or attitudinal commitment to,...
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Conscientiousness protects visual search performance from the impact of fatigue
Visual search—looking for targets among distractors—underlies many critical professions (e.g., radiology, aviation security) that demand optimal...
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The Rush to Publish Research on the Pandemic
Given the vital importance of providing health authorities, governments and organisations with information about the impacts of the disease on...
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Comprehensive well-being scale: development and validation among Chinese in recovery of mental illness in Hong Kong
BackgroundGiven the absence of a brief scale that reconciles and encompasses different conceptual definitions of well-being (physical, psychological,...
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Introduction to the Socratic Method
I dedicate this chapter to reviewing research literature about Socratic dialogue. In this chapter, I review topics such as definition, aim, and how...
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Definitions of Adherence, Types of Adherence Problems, and Adherence Rates
Problems with adherence to medical treatments and medical recommendations are a well-recognized and costly concern in pediatric healthcare. Although...
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Construct validity of international literacy measures: implications for dyslexia across cultures
Construct validity is essential to evaluate the generalizability of findings on literacy and dyslexia. Operational definitions of reading literacy...
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Development and Psychometric Testing of a Scale to Measure Sexual Minority-Inclusivity in Sex Education (SMISES)
IntroductionA reliable and valid measure of sexual minority (SM)-inclusivity is needed to support the development and evaluation of SM-inclusive sex...
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Dissemination Science in School Mental Health: A Framework for Future Research
There has been an increase in school mental health research aimed at producing generalizable knowledge to address longstanding science-to-practice...
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The Peri-operational-Based Sub-stages: Peri-participatory Social Cognition
This third chapter presents the actual stages of the present Neo-Eriksonian model, and their five sub-stagesPeri-participatory social cognition...
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The Rise of Reciprocal Altruism–a Theory Based on the Centipede Game with Trivers-Payoffs
Reciprocal altruism is a fact. There are many within-species and between-species examples of such strategic interaction. At the same time, reciprocal...
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Psychological Flow Scale (PFS): Development and Preliminary Validation of a New Flow Instrument that Measures the Core Experience of Flow to Reflect Recent Conceptual Advancements
In this study, we sought to develop—and provide preliminary validity evidence for scores derived from—a new Psychological Flow Scale (PFS). We...
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Implementing the Brazilian Strategy for Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Promotion: Barriers and Facilitators
The Brazilian Strategy for Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Promotion (Estratégia Amamenta e Alimenta Brasil—EAAB) is the main strategy from...
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Using Self-Monitoring to Increase Behavior Specific Praise in Elementary Classrooms
Teachers need simple, easy to implement, evidence-based interventions to use in their classrooms. A single-case multiple baseline across participants...
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Some Dimensions of Mand Variability and Implications for Research and Practice
Since Skinner’s conceptualization of the mand, applied behavior analysis researchers have used the concept to develop stimulus control transfer...
