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Adolescent Antisocial Behavior, Perceived Parental Behaviors, and Perception of Control

Description: The study examined the relationships between various parental discipline styles and perceived powerlessness in antisocial adolescents. The literature on adolescent antisocial behavior frequently describes states of disaffection, alienation, and powerlessness as characteristic of the delinquent youth. The parent-child relationship is also frequently implicated as the significant precursor of antisocial behavior in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine if perception of control o… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Hall, David Lawrence Boyer
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Assassin Syndrome: Threateners Compared to Other Psychiatric/General-Inmate Groups

Description: Thirty-seven male prisoners who had been convicted or indicted on a charge of threatening the President or national political figure were compared to state inmates, federal inmates, and normative samples on psychometric and demographic variables. Results indicated that assassin/threateners were significantly more paranoid, schizophrenic, and socially alienated than comparison samples. Their heterosexual adjustment and work record tended to be poorer than comparison inmates. Data suggested that … more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Kinney, Delane Raye
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Effect of Classical Conditioning and Semantic Generalization of Noxious Stimulation on the Ratio of Speech Dysfluencies of Normal Speakers

Description: The present study investigated a theory of the etiology and generalization of stuttering behavior. The subjects were 24 male students at a medical center who responded to advertisements requesting participation in a research project on learning and heart rate. The age range of the subjects was 22-28 years, and the mean age was 22.8 years. Three stimulus topic words were used in the present study. Two of these words were semantically equivalent. The independent variables were the three words tha… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Pachman, Joseph S.
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Self-Concept and Verbal Behavior in a Small-Group Social Situation

Description: The problem addressed in this exploratory research study was whether any correlational relationship existed between a selection of personality and demographic variables (considered as aspects of the self-concept construct) and selected subjective and objective measurements of verbal behavior. The purpose of the study was to achieve a better understanding of the dynamic monitoring process of the self-concept and the possible relationship that may exist between it and certain quantifiable verbal … more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Fain, Thomas Carl
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Stress-Management Training: A Multisystem Therapy Appraoch

Description: This research was a controlled group outcome study to determine the effectiveness of a multisystem therapeutic intervention for hyperarousal to stress. It was assumed that the hyperarousal syndrome is a generalized and undifferentiated response which involves multisystems of the organism, including physiological-autonomic aspects, cognitive appraisals and imagery, affective components, and an array of overt and covert behavioral responses. If the hyperarousal syndrome persists over a period of … more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Shields, Ruth V.
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A Comparison of Short-Term Systematic Desensitization and Implosive Therapy under Therapeutic Level of Aspiration

Description: Systematic desensitization and implosive therapy have surfaced as two of the primary behavioral therapy techniques to decrease phobic responses during the past decade. Although attempts have been made to compare the efficiency and effectiveness of these two techniques, results have been unclear because of the failure of researchers to duplicate the procedures as described by their respective originators. This experiment is designed to explore the joint effects of the therapies and level of ther… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Brooks, Franklin Ramon
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Prediction of Extrapyramidal Effects of Neuroleptic Therapy Using Visuomotor Tasks

Description: The present study attempted to predict the serious side effects of akathisia and parkinsonism on the basis of individualized measurement of changes in visuomotor functioning. The following were the hypotheses for this investigation. 1. A deterioration of visuomotor ability as measured by a modification of Haase and Janssen' s (1965) Handwriting Test will predict which patients undergoing neuroleptic therapy will experience the extrapyramidal symptoms of akathisia and parkinsonism (symptom group… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Hopewell, Clifford Alan
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