Ready when you are: Answering your questions about psychotherapy.

abstract：:In a group of 85 female chronic alcoholics and other addicts, scores on the Raven's Matrices and on a multiple-choice version of WAIS Vocabulary were found unrelated to the 13 standard and 4 MMPI research scales and 3 MMPI indices (average profile elevation, average elevations of the neurotic and the psychotic triad) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Cernovsky Z

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Residential treatment for severe eating disorders (EDs) is associated with primarily positive outcomes. However, less is known about the moderators of treatment response. Comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis is associated with increased ED symptom severity. This study investigated whether ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Scharff A,Ortiz SN,Forrest LN,Smith AR,Boswell JF

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor insight in psychosis has been described as a seeming lack of awareness of the deficits, consequences of the disorder, and of the need for treatment. The aim of this study is to investigate whether patients with auditory hallucinations have less insight than those without hallucinations, and to determine which hal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Lera G,Herrero N,González J,Aguilar E,Sanjuán J,Leal C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of 512 undergraduate women to 198 items of the Thorne Femininity Study were factor analyzed in order to isolate the dimensions of femininity represented among the items of this instrument. The procedure used isolated 11 orthogonal factors that accounted for 21.1% of the total variance. Three additional s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Posavac EJ,Walker RE,Foley JM,Sannito T

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviewed evidence for the validity of the Background Interference Procedure (BIP) version of the Bender-Gestalt test as a screening test for organic brain dysfunction. Low reliability and shortcomings in BIP validation studies suggest that the diagnostic validity of the BIP is lower than previously reported. A study w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Boake C,Adams RL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain management is a challenge when working with persons who have cognitive impairment that affects their ability to understand and communicate. This article focuses on pain assessment and treatment in persons who have dementia, but the challenges and principles are relevant to the spectrum of cognitive impairment. Fu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Snow AL,Shuster JL Jr

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors suggest that Transcendental Meditation offers a great deal of promise for use in helping relationships. They also suggest that the technique might receive wider acceptance if it could be explained in other than a purely philosophical or mystical way. For that reason, in their article they offer a psycholog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Avila D,Nummela R

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used the 80-item Disclosure to Therapist Inventory-R to investigate the nature of patient disclosure within therapy. Participants (45 men, 102 women) were all currently in therapy. A Principal Components Analyses with varimax rotation yielded nine meaningful factors; mean disclosure scores were lowest for t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Farber BA,Hall D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only in working conjointly with couples and families do therapists literally witness clients struggling to improve their most intimate relationships. In writing this article, we realized that, in true systemic fashion, not only have many of our clients benefited from working with us, but also we have learned some inva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Heatherington L,Friedlander ML,Diamond GM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used the Attributional Style Questionnaire to study the attributional styles of depressed and nondepressed chronic low back pain patients (N = 91) in order to test the Revised Learned Helplessness model's prediction of differences between the two. The results partly supported the hypothesis; an internal, st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Love AW

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared a sample of Ss from the general population (N = 116) with a sample of head-injured patients (N = 70) whose injuries varied from the mild to the very severe. In a criterion factor analysis it was found that the WMS subtests of Logical Memory and Associate Learning were related closely to the criterion of head ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Kear-Colwell JJ,Heller M

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the gender differences in the relationship between victimization and depression, as well as in the buffering effect of social support, in Hong Kong adolescents. Based on social role theory, we predicted (a) that victimization would be associated with higher depression in boys than in girls, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Cheng ST,Cheung KC,Cheung CK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation reexamined and extended previous research on the psychometric characteristics of the Halstead Category Test (HCT), one part of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery (HNTB). Protocols for 102 subjects with a diagnosis of either closed head injury or cerebrovascular accident were examine...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Corrigan JD,Agresti AA,Hinkeldey NS

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the roles of identity formation and moral identity in predicting college student mental health (anxiety and depressive symptoms), health-risk behaviors (hazardous alcohol use and sexual risk taking), and psychological well-being (self-esteem and meaning). METHOD:The sample comprised 9,50...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Hardy SA,Francis SW,Zamboanga BL,Kim SY,Anderson SG,Forthun LF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: The present study was designed to ascertain the associations between acculturation and well-being in first-generation and second-generation immigrant college students. Acculturation was operationalized as a multidimensional construct comprised of heritage and American cultural practices, values (individuali...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Schwartz SJ,Waterman AS,Umaña-Taylor AJ,Lee RM,Kim SY,Vazsonyi AT,Huynh QL,Whitbourne SK,Park IJ,Hudson M,Zamboanga BL,Bersamin MM,Williams MK

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Explored the hierarchical structure of mental abilities by comparing principal component analysis with a hierarchical cluster analysis algorithm on a short test battery for children. This short test battery included the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), the Peabody Individual Achievement Test ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Zagar R,Mead JD

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloninger's Type 1/Type 2 classification scheme was examined in 82 male alcoholics. Only 16% were classified by presence/absence of Type 1/Type 2 symptoms. When age of symptom onset was considered, 75.6% were classified into early (ESO) and late symptom onset (LSO) groups. Relatively few group differences were found: ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Glenn SW,Nixon SJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors C.R. Snyder and T.R. Elliott of this special issue's target article, "Twenty-First Century Graduate Education in Clinical Psychology: A Four Level Matrix Model" (this issue, pp. 1033-1054), are right that scientific distinctions should sometimes be de-emphasized in service of understanding the larger scien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Heesacker M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the use of the MMPI to discriminate between two groups of hotline volunteers: those who after training would become effective interviewers and those who would not. Effective interviewers were defined as those who emitted 40% or more good responses when they were responding to a crisis ca...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Evans DR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study compared the efficacy of two treatments for postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Prolonged Exposure (PE). Data were analyzed for 22 patients from a university-based clinic serving the outside community (predominantly rape and crime victims) who ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Ironson G,Freund B,Strauss JL,Williams J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current work replicated a landmark study conducted by Seligman and colleagues (2005) that demonstrated the long-term benefits of positive psychology exercises (PPEs). In the original study, two exercises administered over 1 week ("Three Good Things" and "Using your Signature Strengths in a New Way") were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Mongrain M,Anselmo-Matthews T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been long recognized and well established in children, but its continuation into adulthood has only recently been supported by the research. ADHD symptoms and concerns typically appear differently in adults, but treatment options, conceptually at least, are similar t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Resnick RJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cocaine craving can persist for weeks after the last use and is thought to play a role in future relapses, few short, reliable, and valid instruments exist to measure craving. Therefore, we wished to examine the validity of the 4-item Voris Cocaine Craving Scale (VCCS), which was previously found reliable. A ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Smelson DA,McGee-Caulfield E,Bergstein P,Engelhart C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The revised Neuropsychological Impairment Scale (NIS) is a 95-item, self-reporting screening measure of neuropsychological symptoms. The present report examines the concurrent validity and test-retest stability of the NIS with a neurologically stable sample. The validation study found higher than chance correlations b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： O'Donnell WE,De Soto CB,De Soto JL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tested the accuracy of the MMPI and the FAM for predicting appropriate vs. inappropriate disability (illness behavior) in low back pain patients (N = 123). When the Hypochondriasis and Hysteria scales were used, both versions had a 79% hit rate for inappropriate disability and at least an 80% overall correct classific...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Rosen JC,Johnson C,Frymoyer JW

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between interpersonal dependency and medical service use in a hospital setting, the number of medical consultations and psychotropic medication prescriptions were compared in matched, mixed-sex samples of 40 dependent and 40 nondependent psychiatric inpatients. Results indicated that depend...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： O'Neill RM,Bornstein RF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceived criticism (PC) is a construct that plays a key role in family relationships of persons with psychiatric disorders. It can be assessed in a brief and simple way using the Perceived Criticism Measure. PC ratings made by patients about their caregivers predict adverse clinical outcomes including increases in sy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Hooley JM,Miklowitz DJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations of the MCMI-II symptom scales with dispositional coping strategies were studied among 239 psychiatric outpatients. A similar core-pattern of emotion-focused coping was associated with all symptom scales except the bipolar scale. High scores on the MCMI-II symptom scales were associated with low use of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Vollrath M,Alnaes R,Torgersen S

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigated client self-disclosure and client perception of counselors (as expressed in counselor evaluations) as a function of the sex, attractiveness and status of the counselor, and the sex of the client. Counselor gender and attractiveness were established by means of stimulus photographs; counselor status was de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Kunin CC,Rodin MJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the unique and interactive effects of stress and problem-solving skills on suicidal behaviors among 102 inpatient adolescents. As expected, life event stress and chronic stress each significantly predicted suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. Problem solving significantly predicted suicida...

journal_title：Journal of clinical psychology

authors： Grover KE,Green KL,Pettit JW,Monteith LL,Garza MJ,Venta A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00