2nd Edition

A Cross Section of Psychological Research Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation

By Andrea Milinki Copyright 2006
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2006. This book is designed for students who are learning how to evaluate published psychological research. The 41 research articles in this collection provide the stimulus material for such a course.

    Introduction to the Second Edition, Survey Research 1. Factors That Influence Fee Setting by Male and Female Psychologists 2. Involvement of Fathers in Therapy: A Survey of Clinicians 3. Screening for Domestic Violence: Recommendations Based on a Practice Survey Descriptors: National survey Correlational Research 4. Students' Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness: A Laughing Matter? 5. Psychological Correlates of Optimism in College Students 6. Relationships of Assertiveness, Depression, and Social Support Among Older Nursing Home Residents 7. Correlations Between Humor Styles and Loneliness 8. Effects of Laughing, Smiling, and Howling on Mood 9. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs: College Student Satisfaction with an Interactive Educational Software Program 10. Multimodal Behavioral Treatment of Nonrepetitive, Treatment-Resistant Nightmares: A Case Report 11. Continuous White Noise to Reduce Resistance Going to Sleep and Night Wakings in Toddlers. Multiple Uses of a Word Study Technique 13. Use of an Antecedent Procedure to Decrease Night Awakening in an Infant: A Replication 14. Brief Functional Analysis and Intervention Evaluation for Treatment of Saliva-Play Quasi-Experimental Research: 15. Sex Differences on a Measure of Conformity in Automated Teller Machine Lines 16. Effects of Participants' Sex and Targets' Perceived Need on Supermarket Helping Behavior 17. Failure of a Traffic Control Fatality Sign to Affect Pedestrians' and Motorists' Behavior 18. Project Trust: Breaking Down Barriers Between Middle School Children True Experimental Research: 19. Psychotherapy Using Distance Technology: A Comparison of Face-to-Face, Video, and Audio Treatment 20. Differences in Readers' Response Toward Advertising versus Publicity 21. Online Instruction: Are the Outcomes the Same? 22. Effect of Petting a Dog on Immune System Function Causal-Comparative Research 23. The Profession of Psychology Scale: Sophisticated and Naive Students' Responses 24. Untreated Recovery from Eating Disorders 25. Does Therapist Experience Influence Interruptions of Women Clients? Program Evaluation: 26. Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Settings: A Pilot Project 27. Technology-Mediated versus Face-to-Face Intergenerational Programming 28. Family-Focused Smoking Cessation: Enhanced Efficacy by the Addition of Partner Support and Group Therapy 29. Then and Now: A Follow-Up Study of Professionals' Perceptions of Parenting after Divorce Classes Test Development Research: 30. Relationship Between Mental Toughness and Physical Endurance 31. Temporal Stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity Short-Form: Test-Retest Data over One Week 32. Cross-Informant Agreement of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2nd Edition (BERS-2) Parent and Youth Rating Scales 33. Reliability and Validity of the Wender Utah Rating Scale for College Students Quantitative Content Analysis: 34. Sex Differences in Portuguese Lonely Hearts Advertisements 35. The Reporting of Therapist Sample Data in the Journal of Counseling Psychology Meta-Analysis: 36. Project D.A.R.E. Outcome Effectiveness Revisited Qualitative Research: 37. Risk Taking As Developmentally Appropriate Experimentation for College Students 38. Conceptions of Work: The View from Urban Youth 39. Interdependent Self: Self-Perceptions of Vietnamese-American Youths 40. Contributions to Family and Household Activities by the Husbands of Midlife Professional Women 41. Adult Helping Qualities Preferred by Adolescents

    Biography

    Milinki, Andrea