abstract：:Many devices are used in child assessment and treatment as communication aids, projective tools, and symbolic means of interaction. None are as hotly debated in their application among mental health professionals as dolls with genital details. Anatomically detailed (AD) dolls are often used in sexual-abuse evaluation ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Koocher GP,Goodman GS,White CS,Friedrich WN,Sivan AB,Reynolds CR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the research literature on sexual fantasy, a central aspect of human sexual behavior. Topics include (a) gender similarities and differences in the incidence, frequency, and content of sexual fantasies and how they relate to sociocultural and sociobiological theories of sexual behavior; (b) the as...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Leitenberg H,Henning K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the magnitude, consistency, and stability across time of cognitive sex differences have been questioned. The present study examined these issues in the context of spatial abilities. A meta-analysis of 286 effect sizes from a variety of spatial ability measures was conducted. Effect sizes were partitio...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Voyer D,Voyer S,Bryden MP

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening and diagnostic tests are common in the fields of psychology, medicine, and education. Often there are several competing tests, and decisions must be made about the relative accuracy of those tests. This article describes a general measure that can be used for both continuous and dichotomous outcome measures....

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Hasselblad V,Hedges LV

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the anatomical bases of interhemispheric interaction, including individual differences in corpus callosum (CC) anatomy, is reviewed. These anatomical findings form the basis for the discussion of two major themes. The first considers interhemispheric transfer time (IHTT) and related issues. These include v...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Hoptman MJ,Davidson RJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article considers the evidence for an imitative deficit in autism and for the possible role of deficiencies in the representation of actions. An argument is developed for the claim that the imitation problem is diagnostic of a basic information-processing rather than a social dysfunction. Reviews are offered of t...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Smith IM,Bryson SE

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People who enact multiple identities behave as if they possess 2 or more selves, each with its own characteristic moods, memories, and behavioral repertoire. Under different names, this phenomenon occurs in many cultures; in North American culture, it is frequently labeled multiple personality disorder (MPD). This art...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Spanos NP

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpersonal conflict is considered within various frameworks of adolescent development. Conflict, defined as behavioral opposition, is distinguished from related constructs. Differences between adolescent relationships and across age groups are reviewed in the incidence and intensity, resolution, and outcome of conf...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Laursen B,Collins WA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P3(00) event-related brain potential (ERP) is used to study the development of alcoholism by comparing males who have a positive family history of alcoholism with control Ss who have no such familial history. Meta-analysis indicated that overall, smaller P3 amplitudes were obtained from males with family histories...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Polich J,Pollock VE,Bloom FE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the utility of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) models for testing the comparability of psychological measurements. Both procedures were used to investigate whether mood ratings collected in Minnesota and China were comparable. Several issues were addressed. The...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Reise SP,Widaman KF,Pugh RH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article I review research and theory on the "interference paradigms" in Pavlovian learning. In these situations (e.g., extinction, counterconditioning, and latent inhibition), a conditioned stimulus (CS) is associated with different unconditioned stimuli (USs) or outcomes in different phases of the experiment;...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Bouton ME

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis indicated that clinical depression was associated with several large alterations in cellular immunity. Analyzing only methodologically sound studies, reliable immune alterations included lowered proliferative response of lymphocytes to mitogens (effect size rs = .24-.45), lowered natural killer cell ac...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Herbert TB,Cohen S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe burn injuries provide researchers with an opportunity to study the effects of painful but usually transient trauma on psychological functioning. To that end, this article presents a review of the 3 main areas of this body of literature: (a) premorbid characteristics of people who sustain severe burn injuries, (...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Patterson DR,Everett JJ,Bombardier CH,Questad KA,Lee VK,Marvin JA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors suggest that the most promising route to effective strategies for the prevention of adolescent alcohol and other drug problems is through a risk-focused approach. This approach requires the identification of risk factors for drug abuse, identification of methods by which risk factors have been effectively ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Hawkins JD,Catalano RF,Miller JY

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of 205 studies involving 23,702 Ss was conducted to determine whether there are sex differences in self-disclosure. Across these studies, women disclosed slightly more than men (d = .18). This effect size was not homogeneous across studies. Several moderator variables were found. Sex of target and the ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Dindia K,Allen M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of child-, family-, and system-focused interventions have been designed to prevent or reduce the negative effects of divorce on children. This article critically evaluates these intervention efforts by examining (a) their relation to basic research on the processes proposed to mediate children's postdivorce a...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Grych JH,Fincham FD

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article concerns a class of experimental manipulations that require people to generate explanations or imagine scenarios. A review of studies using such manipulations indicates that people who explain or imagine a possibility then express greater confidence in the truth of that possibility. It is argued that this...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Koehler DJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article proposes that binge eating is motivated by a desire to escape from self-awareness. Binge eaters suffer from high standards and expectations, especially an acute sensitivity to the difficult (perceived) demands of others. When they fall short of these standards, they develop an aversive pattern of high sel...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Heatherton TF,Baumeister RF

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are both monotonic and rhythmic factors in the patterns of change seen in physiological, psychological, and performance variables during sleep deprivation. These monotonic and rhythmic factors can be orthogonal, or they may interact with each other, with various task variables, or both. The importance of separat...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Babkoff H,Caspy T,Mikulincer M,Sing HC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tip-of-the-tongue experience (TOT) has intrigued psychologists for nearly a century. R. Brown and McNeil (1966) provided the first systematic exploration of the phenomenon, and the findings since their seminal study suggest that TOTs (a) are a nearly universal experience, (b) occur about once a week, (c) increase ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Brown AS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines individual and group manual lateralization in nonhuman primates as a function of task's demands. It is suggested to distinguish low- from high-level manual activities with respect to the novelty variable and to the spatiotemporal scale of the movements. This review shows that low-level tasks lead...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Fagot J,Vauclair J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafts of fetal and nonfetal brain tissues have been successfully implanted into the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The functional effects of neural grafting in the CNS of rodents and nonhuman primates in a variety of situations are reviewed. Research areas discussed included the effects of dopamine-rich graf...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Kimble DP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theory is presented that establishes a dominance hierarchy of potential distinctions (order relations) between two distributions. It is proposed that it is worthwhile for researchers to ascertain the strongest possible distinction, because all weaker distinctions are logically implied. Implications of the theory for...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Townsend JT

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We comprehensively reviewed 2 types of studies aimed at specifying the mode of inheritance of major affective disorders: quantitative models and linkage analyses. Quantitative models attempt to represent the genetic mechanism responsible for the familial distribution of a disorder. Despite efforts to refine models by ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Faraone SV,Kremen WS,Tsuang MT

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional methodology for assessing moderator variables (hierarchical multiple regression analysis) is examined. Possible drawbacks of this technique for corroborating psychological theories (cf. Busemeyer & Jones, 1983), are illustrated empirically on the basis of an analysis of 400,000 subjects. This article t...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Lubinski D,Humphreys LG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the neurological basis of dyslexia has long been assumed, little direct evidence documents a relation between deviations in brain morphology and behavioral correlates of dyslexia. This article reviews two sources of evidence. Results of CT/MRI studies suggest that in the brains of dyslexics there is an increa...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Hynd GW,Semrud-Clikeman M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article contributes to the debate in the mental health and legal systems concerning involuntary commitments to mental hospitals. The focus is on issues involving the overrepresentation of Black people among adults committed to U.S. public mental institutions and issues involving the assessment of relevant behavio...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Lindsey KP,Paul GL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outlines 5 models of the temperature-aggression hypothesis: negative affect escape, simple negative affect, excitation transfer/misattribution, cognitive neoassociation, and physiological-thermoregulatory. Reviews relevant studies. Aggression measures include violent crime, spouse abuse, horn-honking, and delivery of ...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Anderson CA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviews studies on training, experience, and clinical judgment. The results on the validity of judgments generally fail to support the value of on-the-job experience in mental health fields. The validity results do provide limited support for the value of training. Other results suggest that experienced clinicians are...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Garb HN

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential hypertension is perhaps the number-one health problem of Black Americans. Research has indicated that stress-induced cardiovascular hyperreactivity may be a significant contributor to essential hypertension. The high prevalence of hypertension among Blacks suggests that this group, in comparison with Whites,...

journal_title：Psychological bulletin

authors： Anderson NB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00