bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndromes (MEN 2): results from the ItaMEN network analysis on the prevalence of different genotypes and phenotypes
Authors: Romei Cristina , Mariotti Stefano , Fugazzola Laura , Taccaliti Augusto , Pacini Furio , Opocher Giuseppe , Mian Caterina , Castellano Maurizio , Uberti Ettore degli , Ceccherini Isabella , Cremonini Nadia , Seregni Ettore , Orlandi Fabio , Ferolla Piero , Puxeddu Efisio , Giorgino Francesco , Colao Annamaria , Loli Paola , Bondi Fabio , Cosci Barbara , Bottici Valeria , Cappai Antonello , Pinna Giovanni , Persani Luca , Uberta Verga , Boscaro Marco , Castagna Maria Grazia , Cappelli Carlo , Zatelli Maria Chiara , Faggiano Antongiulio , Francia Giuseppe , Brandi Maria Luisa , Falchetti Alberto , Pinchera Aldo , Elisei Rossella , _ _
Published: November 2010

The journal and the authors apologise for an error in the name of one of the authors (appears as Verga Uberta) of this article published in the European Journal of Endocrinology Vol 163 301–308. The correct name of the author should be Uberta Verga and not as published.
Specific transgenerational imprinting effects of the endocrine disruptor methoxychlor on male gametes
Authors: Stouder Christelle , Paoloni-Giacobino Ariane
Published: November 2010

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), among which methoxychlor (MXC), have been reported to affect the male reproductive system. This study evaluates the possible deleterious effects of MXC on imprinted genes. After administration of the chemical in adult male mice or in pregnant mice we analyzed by pyrosequencing possible methylation defects in two paternally imprinted (H19andMeg3(Gtl2)) and three maternally imprinted (Mest(Peg1),Snrpn, andPeg3) genes in the sperm and in the tail, liver, and skeletal muscle DNAs of the adult male mice and of the male offspring. MXC treatment of adult mice decreased the percentages of methylated CpGs ofMeg3and increased those ofMest,Snrpn, andPeg3in the sperm DNA. MXC treatment of pregnant mice decreased the mean sperm concentrations by 30% and altered the methylation pattern of all the imprinted genes tested in the F1 offspring. In the latter case, MXC effects were transgenerational but disappeared gradually from F1 to F3. MXC did not affect imprinting in the somatic cells, suggesting that it exerts its damaging effects via the process of reprogramming that is unique to gamete development. A systematic analysis at the CpG level showed a heterogeneity in the CpG sensitivity to MXC. This observation suggests that not only DNA methylation but also other epigenetic modifications can explain the transgenerational effects of MXC. The reported effects of EDCs on human male spermatogenesis might be mediated by complex imprinting alterations analogous to those described in this study.
Hombres Sanos: Evaluation of a Social Marketing Campaign for Heterosexually Identified Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women
Authors: Martínez-Donate Ana P. , Zellner Jennifer A. , Sañudo Fernando , Fernandez-Cerdeño Araceli , Hovell Melbourne F. , Sipan Carol L. , Engelberg Moshe , Carrillo Hector
Published: November 2010

Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of Hombres Sanos [Healthy Men] a social marketing campaign to increase condom use and HIV testing among heterosexually identified Latino men, especially among heterosexually identified Latino men who have sex with men and women (MSMW).

Methods. Hombres Sanos was implemented in northern San Diego County, California, from June 2006 through December 2006. Every other month we conducted cross-sectional surveys with independent samples of heterosexually identified Latino men before (n = 626), during (n = 752), and after (n = 385) the campaign. Respondents were randomly selected from 12 targeted community venues to complete an anonymous, self-administered survey on sexual practices and testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. About 5.6% of respondents (n = 98) were heterosexually identified Latino MSMW.

Results. The intervention was associated with reduced rates of recent unprotected sex with both females and males among heterosexually identified Latino MSMW. The campaign was also associated with increases in perception of HIV risk, knowledge of testing locations, and condom carrying among heterosexual Latinos.

Conclusions. Social marketing represents a promising approach for abating HIV transmission among heterosexually identified Latinos, particularly for heterosexually identified Latino MSMW. Given the scarcity of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions for these populations, this prevention strategy warrants further investigation.
Declining Child Mortality and Continuing Racial Disparities in the Era of the Medicaid and SCHIP Insurance Coverage Expansions
Authors: Howell Embry , Decker Sandy , Hogan Sara , Yemane Alshadye , Foster Jonay
Published: November 2010

Objectives. We investigated trends in national childhood mortality, racial disparities in child mortality, and the effect of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) eligibility expansions on child mortality.

Methods. We analyzed child mortality by state, race, and age using the National Center for Health Statistics’ multiple cause of death files over 20 years, from 1985 to 2004.

Results. Child mortality continued to decline in the United States, but racial disparities in mortality remained. Declines in child mortality (ages 1–17 years) were substantial for both natural (disease-related) and external (injuries, homicide, and suicide) causes for children of all races/ethnicities, although Black–White mortality ratios remained unchanged during the study period. Expanded Medicaid and SCHIP eligibility was significantly related to the decline in external-cause mortality; the relationship between natural-cause mortality and Medicaid or SCHIP eligibility remains unclear. Eligibility expansions did not affect relative racial disparities in child mortality.

Conclusions. Although the study provides some evidence that public insurance expansions reduce child mortality, future research is needed on the effect of new health insurance on child health and on factors causing relative racial disparities.
Workers' Personal Initiative as a Moderator of the Relations between Job Characteristics and Well-Being
Authors: Taris Toon W. , Wielenga-Meijer Etty G. A.
Published: November 2010

Having personal initiative means that workers are self-starting, pro-active, and persistent in pursuing their goals. This study examined whether personal initiative contributed to the prediction of two aspects of well-being (emotional exhaustion and learning motivation). Personal initiative was expected to have direct effects on well-being as well as moderate the effects of relevant work characteristics such as job demands and control. As expected, stepwise hierarchical regression using data from 834 Dutch telecommunications workers yielded positive main effects of personal initiative on both aspects of well-being. Moreover, personal initiative moderated the relationship between control and learning motivation: the positive effect of control on learning motivation was stronger for workers with high initiative. These findings support the hypothesis that personal initiative is a predictor of well-being.
Health, Supervisory Support, and Workplace Culture in Relation to Work-Family Conflict and Synergy
Authors: Beutell Nicholas J.
Published: November 2010

This research examined health, supervisory support, and workplace culture as predictors of work interfering with family, family interfering with work, and work-family synergy. The analysis of data from 2,796 respondents from the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce yielded significant relations among measures of mental health, self-rated health, supervisory support, and work-family culture with a focus on career concerns. Support was found for a measure of work-family synergy. Implications and directions for research are discussed.
Survey Return Rates for Multiple-Authored versus Single-Authored Covering Letters
Authors: Price James H. , Khubchandani Jagdish , Bryant Michele , Rickard Megan , Hendershot Candace , Thompson Amy
Published: November 2010

Differences in response rates to a three-wave mail survey were assessed when the covering letters were signed by three versus one researcher. 375 surveys including covering letters signed by three researchers and 375 surveys including covering letters signed by one researcher were sent. A follow-up mailing was used to increase the response rate. 199 surveys were returned (53.5%) in which the covering letter had three researchers, and 218 when the covering letter had one researcher (58.7%), not a significantly different distribution.
Effects of Anchoring and Adjustment in the Evaluation of Product Pricing
Authors: Elaad Eitan , Sayag Neta , Ezer Aliya
Published: November 2010

Anchoring and adjustment comprise a heuristic that creates expectations. Two types of anchors were applied on participants' evaluation of products: the price reference of the product (maximum, minimum, or no price reference) and the context in which the products were evaluated (the prestige of the shopping center). Results showed that both factors anchored evaluations of products' value. Context effects were explained by the different expectations of visitors in prestigious (looking for quality) and less prestigious (seeking a bargain) centers.
Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness: A Study of Psychometric Properties in a Spanish Sample
Authors: Santos-Iglesias Pablo , Sierra Juan Carlos
Published: November 2010

The study analyzed psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness in a Spanish sample of 400 men and 453 women who had had a partner for the last 6 mo. or longer at the time of the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested a two-factor solution with the factors Initiation and No shyness/Refusal. Internal consistency values for total scores were .87 and .83 for the factors, respectively. Convergent validity tests were also satisfactory. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that the Spanish version of the scale has appropriate psychometric properties.
Psychometric Properties of the Purdue Pharmacist Directive Guidance (PPDG) Scale in a Sample of Diabetes Patients in the Southwestern United States
Authors: Anderson Joe R. , Marr-Lyon Lisa R. , Gupchup Gireesh V.
Published: November 2010

Despite the fairly widespread adoption of the 10-item Purdue Pharmacist Directive Guidance Scale (PPDG) over the last decade, only one study has assessed its psychometric properties. The present study examined the validity and reliability of the scale in a sample of 99 diabetic patients in the Southwestern United States. Principal axis factor analysis with Varimax rotation yielded two factors, “Instruction” and “Feedback and Goal Setting,” similar to those found when the scale was originally developed. Cronbach's alphas for the total scale and the two factors were 0.95, 0.95, and 0.92, respectively. The scale and the two factors correlated significantly and positively with number of visits by patients to the pharmacist in the past 3 mo. These results provide further evidence for the internal consistency, and construct and criterion-related validities of the scale.
Influence of the Interests of Children with Autism on Everyday Learning Opportunities
Authors: Dunst Carl J. , Trivette Carol M. , Masiello Tracy
Published: November 2010

Findings from a pilot study investigating the influence of the interests of young children with autism on parents' provision of everyday informal child learning opportunities are described. 17 children (13 boys, 4 girls) were divided into two groups that received everyday learning opportunities of Low interest and High interest, based on parents' bi-weekly ratings of the interestingness of the opportunities to the children, using an investigator-developed measure. A brief intervention of 12 to 14 weeks showed that the children in the High interest-based group were provided more learning opportunities than were the Low interest-based group, and that the parents indicated that their children benefited more from the learning opportunities. Implications for future research are described.
Relation of Success and Nontraditional Career Choice to Selection for Dating and Friendship
Authors: Kapoor Usha , Pfost Karen S. , House Alvin E. , Pierson Eric
Published: November 2010

Women who succeed in traditionally male-dominated fields have previously been found to experience lower social acceptance, both from men in romantic contexts and from women in platonic contexts. The present study examined whether such preferences continue to exist. Participants were 256 university students (110 men, 146 women) with an average age of 21.4 yr. ( SD = 3.6). They answered the Bem Sex Role Inventory and the Modern Sexism Scale and also responded to four descriptions of stimulus persons which represented the variables of traditional versus nontraditional field and successful versus nondescribed academic performance. Results indicated that men preferred to date women in traditional careers (independent of their success). This finding was unrelated to men's scores on sex role orientation or egalitarianism and sexism. However, in platonic relationships, women favored women in nontraditional careers as friends.
Asymmetrical Clustering by Sex in Free-Forming Groups: An Observational Field Study
Authors: Kramer-Moore Daniela
Published: November 2010

464 observations were carried out in public places of 3- or 4-person, mixed sex, free-forming groups who spontaneously divided into subgroups. An analysis of sex composition of the subgroups showed that significantly more single-sex subgroups were formed than expected by chance. This was significantly more pronounced among women than among men. Several explanations were considered.
Cultural Differences in Drawing Movements between Right-Handed Japanese and German Participants
Authors: Taguchi Masanori
Published: November 2010

Differences in drawing movements with the dominant and nondominant hands by 41 right-handed students from Japan (9 men, 12 women; M age = 20.3 yr., SD = 1.4) and Germany (13 men, 7 women; M age = 23.4 yr., SD = 3.0) were investigated. Participants were asked to use each hand to draw a circle, a pentagon, and a rhombus in one stroke. Analysis showed that Japanese participants drew a circle clockwise with the dominant right hand, starting from 6 or 7 o'clock on the face of a clock, while the German participants drew the circle counterclockwise, starting from 11 or 12 o'clock. Moreover, when drawing a pentagon and a rhombus with the right hand, Japanese participants drew counterclockwise from the top-center vertex, whereas almost half of German participants drew clockwise from the left side and others drew counterclockwise from the top-center vertex. Using the left hand, no significant difference was found in starting positions or directionality. Cultural differences in the starting positions and directionality when using the dominant right hand probably reflect the influence of writing habits on the drawing movement of the dominant hand.
Human Left-Sided Cradling Preferences for Dogs
Authors: Abel Ernest L.
Published: November 2010

Photographs of men and women holding dogs were analyzed for side-holding preferences. A significant majority of women in dog-themed magazines held dogs on their left sides, similar to reports of women holding infants. Men did not show the same left-sided preference, which is also consistent with other studies. The implications of these results for various hypotheses about infant cradling behavior were discussed.
Frontal Midline Theta Rhythm: Comment on Chan and Hsu (2010)
Authors: Sasaki Hitoshi
Published: November 2010

That the frontal θ rhythm of EEGs increases in magnitude during various mental tasks which require focusing of attention is well-known. The task includes visual-search tasks using a visual display terminal (VDT) and Chinese characters.
Anthropometric, Flexibility, Strength-Power, and Sport-Specific Correlates in Elite Fencing
Authors: Tsolakis Charilaos , Kostaki Emmanuela , Vagenas George
Published: November 2010

This study investigated selected structural correlates of fencing performance. 33 elite fencers were tested on (a) selected anthropometric, flexibility, and strength-power related parameters, and (b) specific lower extremity functional fencing tests. Multiple regression showed that drop jump and thigh cross-sectional area were best predictors of lunge time and distance of squat jump on the shuttle test. When the two performance variables were expressed per Lean Body Mass, lunge time was significantly predicted only by the performance on the arm-driven counter-movement jump, while time on the shuttle test was best predicted by three noncollinear significant predictors: squat jump performance, thigh circumference, and percent body fat. Lunge time and time on the shuttle test were predicted by explosive power, while none of the nontrainable anthropometric measures or years of training seemed to be important in performance of fencing-related skills.
Intrarater Reliability and the Value of Real Change for Waist and Hip Circumference Measures by a Novice Rater
Authors: Wang Ching-Yi , Liu Mei-Hui , Chen Yueh-Chi
Published: November 2010

Intrarater reliability and measurement error associated with waist and hip circumference measures performed by a novice rater with one measurement were examined and compared among Body Mass Index (BMI) subgroups in a convenience sample of 76 participants (25 men, 51 women; M age = 47.2 yr., SD = 14.2). A rater blinded to the purpose of the study, as well as to the tape measure results, received training and then performed hip and waist circumference measures twice with a 10-min. interval. Intrarater reliability of the measures was acceptable (ICC3,1 >.95) across the BMI subgroups; measurement error was found to be greater in the overweight and obese subgroups. If a test-retest change score is greater than 3.0 cm in waist circumference and 2.0 cm in hip circumference, it can be assumed to be a true change with 95% confidence.
Tactical Skills are Not Verbal Skills: A Comment on Kannekens and Colleagues
Authors: Araújo D. , Travassos B. , Vilar L.
Published: November 2010

In 2009, Kannekens and colleagues evaluated the development of tactical skills of elite youth football players using a method based on verbal reports. Results showed no improvements in players' tactical skills over the years of their longitudinal study. These results are based on an erroneous assumption that tactical skills and verbalizations about tactical skills are equivalent. This note comprises an explanation of why verbal reports are not a valid measure of tactical skills.
Name-Letter Branding under Scrutiny: Real Products, New Algorithms, and the Probability of Buying
Authors: Stieger Stefan
Published: November 2010

People like letters matching their own first and last name initials more than nonname letters. This name–letter effect has also been found for brands, i.e., people like brands resembling their own name letters (initial or first three). This has been termed name–letter branding effect. In the present study of 199 participants, ages 12 to 79 years, this name–letter branding effect was found for a modified design (1) using real products, (2) concentrating on product names rather than brand names, (3) using five different products for each letter of the Roman alphabet, (4) asking for the buying probability, and (5) using recently introduced algorithms, controlling for individual response tendencies (i.e., liking all letters more or less) and general normative popularity of particular letters (i.e., some letters are generally preferred more than other letters).
A Pilot Study Examining Exercise Self-Efficacy as a Mediator for Walking Behavior in College-Age Women
Authors: Ornes Lynne L. , Ransdell Lynda B.
Published: November 2010

This pilot study examined the possible mediation of walking behavior by exercise self-efficacy in an Internet-delivered intervention in a sample of college-age women. Exercise self-efficacy did not mediate walking behavior as determined using nonparametric bootstrapping methods.
Intellectually Disabled Rape Survivors' Perceptions of Morality and Consequences of the Crime
Authors: Pillay Anthony L.
Published: November 2010

Of 135 intellectually disabled rape survivors who were given forensic psychological examinations, 82.2% perceived the perpetrators' actions as wrong, 2 (1.5%) did not think it was wrong, and 22 (16.3%) could not articulate if it was wrong or not. 52.6% cited personal nonconsent as the reason for believing it was wrong, 11.1% cited the pain or injury suffered, 8.9% perceived the act as a broader moral wrong, and 27.4% could not elucidate reasons or did not think it was wrong. 76.3% wanted the perpetrators to be imprisoned, while 23.7% were unable to formulate an opinion on consequences for the perpetrator. The results contribute to a fuller understanding of intellectually disabled rape survivors' perceptions of the criminal act and their rights to demand justice.
Long-Term Vihangam Yoga Meditation and Scores on Tests of Attention
Authors: Prakash Ravi , Dubey Indu , Abhishek Priyadarshee , Gupta Sanjeev Kumar , Rastogi Priyanka , Siddiqui Shazia Veqar
Published: November 2010

Although the literature indicates that meditation has beneficial effects on several aspects of human functioning, few studies have specifically investigated the effects of meditation on various domains of attention. This study was conducted to examine the differences in various domains of attention between long-term concentrative meditators versus matched controls. 15 practitioners of Vihangam Yoga (> 10 yr. experience) were enrolled in the study. Controls matched on age, sex, and years of education were recruited. Both groups were administered the Stroop, Trail-Making, and Digit Symbol Substitution tests as well as the Digit Forward and Digit Backward tests. The group of Vihangam Yogis had significantly better mean performance on all tests of attention. Long-term Vihangam Yoga meditation improves attention span, processing speed, attention alternation ability, and performance in interference tests.
Exercise Stages of Change among University Students Taking Fitness and Sport Skills Courses
Authors: Kim Myung-Soo
Published: November 2010

Changes in university students' exercise behavior were investigated based on a model of exercise stages of change. The participants were 221 male students taking 16-wk. physical education courses in fitness ( n = 115) or sport skills ( n = 106). On the first and final days of classes, each student completed a questionnaire on exercise stage change, which assessed motivational readiness for exercise. In the posttest, more participants in the fitness course (74%) had stage progression than those in the sport skills course (33%). Many participants in the sport skills course (29%) reported stage stability as did those in the fitness course (25%). Stage regression was reported by 42% of students in the sport skills course and by 5% of students in the fitness course.
Clinical and Genetic Correlates of Exercise Performance in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Authors: McBride Michael G. , Schall Joan I. , Zemel Babette S. , Stallings Virginia A. , Ittenbach Richard F. , Paridon Stephen M.
Published: November 2010

Exercise performance in individuals with cystic fibrosis has been shown to be related to the extent of pulmonary dysfunction and undernutrition and genetic profile. The aim of this study was to examine these relationships in young children with cystic fibrosis. The participants were 64 children ages 8 to 11 years ( M = 9.3, SD = 0.9) with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency recruited from 13 different U.S. cystic fibrosis centers. Assigned to one of three groups by ΔF508 status: ΔF508/ΔF508 homozygous, ΔF508/Other heterozygous, and Other/Other, growth, nutritional and pulmonary status, and exercise performance were measured. Differences in exercise performance, pulmonary function, and nutritional status were not observed among the three groups. However, undernutrition and decreased pulmonary function were associated with measures of exercise performance. These results imply no effect of ΔF508 status on overall functional capacity during preadolescence in children with cystic fibrosis. Rather, the extent of pulmonary disease and undernutrition were associated with functional performance.
Thinking Styles of Gifted and Nongifted Students in Iran
Authors: Alborzi Shahla , Ostovar Soghra
Published: November 2010

This study was designed to compare thinking styles of gifted and nongifted Iranian students and to examine the appropriateness in a nonwestern context of the Thinking Styles Inventory. 200 students in junior high school, including 109 nongifted students (55 girls and 54 boys) and 91 gifted students (46 girls and 45 boys), whose mean age was 12.4 yr. ( SD = .69), responded to the short version of the Thinking Styles Inventory. Analysis indicated that gifted students scored significantly higher than nongifted students on Type 1 and Type 3 thinking styles, while the nongifted students had statistically significant higher scores on the Type 2 thinking styles. These results are discussed in terms of the previous research and thinking styles model proposed by Sternberg in 1997.
Effects of Feedback Accountability and Self-Rating Information on Employee Appraisals: A Replication and Extension
Authors: Shore Ted H. , Tashchian Armen
Published: November 2010

The influence of feedback accountability and self-rating information on employee performance appraisals was examined. Undergraduate business student participants assumed the role of “supervisor” and evaluated a fictitious “subordinate” whose performance on a clerical task was either moderately poor or very good. Participants were either given fictitious self-rating information, or no self-rating information, and were told they were expected to provide performance feedback to their ratee, or there was no feedback expectation. As expected, in Study 1 both self-rating information and expected feedback-sharing independently resulted in lenient ratings for poor performance, and the combined effects resulted in the highest ratings. By contrast, results for good performance (Study 2) were not significant. Implications of the findings for human resource management practice and research were discussed.
Physical Attractiveness and Sex in Judgments about Perceived Sexually Promiscuous Others
Authors: Levesque Maurice , Vichesky David , Simmons Megan , Wicke Katie , Lipe Annie
Published: November 2010

This study investigated sex and physical attractiveness in evaluations of perceived promiscuous persons. Evidence for the double standard was expected, such that men would rate a promiscuous woman less favorably than women would rate a promiscuous man. University students (25 women and 24 men) viewed a photograph of an attractive or unattractive target and read fictitious information, including promiscuous sexual behavior, about the target. Analysis gave physical attractiveness effects and limited evidence for a reverse double standard. Women rated a promiscuous man more negatively than men rated a promiscuous woman.
Known-Groups Validity of the Translated Version of Self-Monitoring: A Comparison of Conservatoire Students and University Students
Authors: Öner-Özkan Beng
Published: November 2010

The aim of this study was to test the known-groups validity of the Turkish translation of Snyder's 1974 Self-monitoring Scale by administering a translated version to 151 first-year university students (85 men, 66 women) and 39 first year conservatoire students from the School of Theatre (18 men, 21 women). The mean score of the latter group was higher than the mean for regular university students. The finding was regarded as an indicator of known-groups validity.
Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Rural Primary Care Population in South Africa
Authors: Peltzer K. , Seakamela M. J. , Manganye L. , Mamiane K. G. , Motsei M. S. , Mathebula T. T. M.
Published: November 2010

The aim of this study was to assess trauma events experienced and PTSD among 250 consecutive rural primary clinic patients (all Black Africans, 24% male and 76% female; M age 31.1 yr., SD = 11.8; range 18–65 years) in South Africa using the Trauma History Questionnaire and the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version, interview administered. Results indicated that the mean number of traumatic events reported was 3.5 ( SD = 2.9, range = 0–19) and was significantly higher among men ( M = 4.9, SD = 3.5) than women ( M = 3.0, SD = 2.6). Among the most frequently endorsed traumas among men were seeing someone seriously injured or killed (60%), serious accident (43.3%), and seeing dead bodies (43.3%), and among women natural disaster (mostly floods) (51.6%), news of a serious injury, life-threatening illness or unexpected death of someone close (31.1%), and seeing someone seriously injured or killed (30%). A current diagnosis of PTSD was found in 12.4%) of the sample. Trauma incidence figures were high ( M = 3.5) and were comparable with an urban Xhosa primary care population in South Africa ( M = 3.8). A current indicative diagnosis of PTSD of 12.4%) also compares with other studies; 19.9% among urban Xhosa primary care patients and 11.8% among American primary care patients.
Evaluation of Hall's Professionalism Scale for Professionals in the Construction Industry
Authors: Chan Antony T. S. , Chan Edwin H. W. , Scott David
Published: November 2010

Hall's conceptualisation of professionalism, among other studies, was considered the most representative modern concept; his scale has been studied widely. This study aimed to evaluate empirically the Snizek modified version of Hall's Professionalism Scale for building professionals. The scale was tested in a cross-section of 510 qualified building professionals selected from four countries. Using a cross-national electronic questionnaire survey, a series of statistical analyses were conducted to evaluate the Snizek's modification. Analysis suggested that data for scale validation are consistent in confirming it is a five-factor scale; however, the scale should be subjected to a further refinement before it can be used in research.
Psychometric Properties of the Forgiveness Likelihood Scale among Portuguese Adolescents
Authors: Neto Félix , Ferreira Ana Veríssimo , Pinto Conceição
Published: November 2010

To facilitate use of the Forgiveness Likelihood Scale in cross-cultural studies, the psychometric characteristics of the translated scale were examined among 192 adolescents in Portugal (86 men and 106 women). The Forgiveness Likelihood Scale is a 10-item Likert-type scale designed to measure tendency to forgive across situations. Cronbach α was .89. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the questionnaire was unidimensional among Portuguese high school students.
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Computer Understanding and Experience Scale
Authors: Schulenberg Stefan E. , Melton Amanda M. A.
Published: November 2010

The two-factor structure (Technical Competence, General Competence) of the Computer Understanding and Experience Scale was examined through confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 293 undergraduates from a medium-sized university located in the southern USA. Analysis indicated that the two-factor subscale structure of the Computer Understanding and Experience Scale was supported. The Computer Understanding and Experience Scale's total score is internally consistent (.82) with reliability coefficients for the two subscales of .75 for Technical Competence and .71 for General Competence. The importance of increasing diversity of the sample in subsequent studies is discussed.
Monitoring People Treated with Isotretinoin for Depression
Authors: Brašić James Robert
Published: November 2010

Depression has been reported in some patients treated with isotretinoin, an effective medication for nodulocystic acne, a serious disorder resulting in permanent scarring. Since major depression, a common disorder associated with multiple health risks including suicide attempts and treatment noncompliance, may occur during the course of treatment with isotretinoin, persons treated with isotretinoin must be screened for depression before starting treatment and monitored for depression regularly during the course of treatment with isotretinoin. Those with evidence of depression must then be referred for prompt treatment to abort serious adverse outcomes, including suicide. Psychologists constitute key members of the treatment team of patients taking isotretinoin.
Regional Intelligence and Suicide Rate in Italy
Authors: Voracek Martin
Published: November 2010

Replicating the majority finding from prior related studies of European countries, regional IQ estimates and suicide rates in Italy were positively correlated; the association was retained with application of controls for regional affluence. Directions for further inquiry into aggregate-level associations of cognitive-ability indicators and suicide risk within nations are discussed.
Preliminary Study of a Chinese Language Short Form of the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale
Authors: Tao Peng , Guoying Dong , Brody Stuart
Published: November 2010

To evaluate the internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity of a Chinese language short form (14-item) of the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale, data from 197 Chinese medical students were analyzed. Half (48 men, M age = 23.0 yr.; 51 women, M age = 22.0 yr.) were randomly assigned to receive standard instructions, and half (46 men, M age = 21.7 yr.; 52 women, M age = 21.5 yr.) were given mock job-selection instructions. The later had a higher mean Social Desirability score, which demonstrates discriminant validity. Split-half reliability was .71. Five factors were identified, but confirmatory factor analysis indicated adequate fit with a 1- or 2-factor model. Despite the challenge of translation into Chinese (in this case, involving translation into Mandarin and back-translation by native speakers for examination by a native speaker of English), this short form appears to have adequate internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity.
Factors Associated with Relationship and Partner Ideals among Norwegian University Students
Authors: Årseth Annie , Kroger Jane , Martinussen Monica
Published: November 2010

Relationship and partner ideals are used to evaluate relationships and partners and may influence important decisions in relationships. The association between relationship and partner ideals and participants' sex and attachment styles was examined among 362 Norwegian university student volunteers (237 women, 126 men), ages 19 to 49 years ( M = 23.2, SD = 4.6). Women rated the Partner Warmth/Trustworthiness, Partner Status/Resources, and Relationship Intimacy/Loyalty ideal dimensions significantly higher than men. Those classified as having Dismissing relationship style had a significantly lower mean score on the Partner Warmth/Trustworthiness dimension than those with Preoccupied style, and a significantly lower mean on the Relationship Intimacy/Loyalty dimension than those classified as Secure. A significantly lower mean score on the Relationship Passion dimension was found for those with Preoccupied than Dismissing styles.
Understanding Taiwanese Children's Perceptions of Peace and Strategies to Make Peace: A Social and Cultural Perspective
Authors: Deng Liang-Yu F. , Shih Yi-Ling
Published: November 2010

This exploratory study described Taiwanese children's perceptions of peace and what they think children can do to make peace. In-depth interviews were conducted with 60 Taiwanese children ages 4 to 18 years. The most predominant themes for the perceptions of peace were what peace is not, prosocial behaviors, positive emotions, and positive evaluations of peace. Approximately half of the children (48%) provided specific strategies for making peace. The suggested strategies generally were based on the child's immediate environment, such as “don't fight,” “don't argue,” and specific prosocial behaviors. 52% of children either said, “I don't know” when asked what children can do to make peace, or did not feel empowered to make peace. The initial findings were interpreted in terms of sociocultural issues, such as cultural heritage and upbringing, as well as within a political context.
A Comparative Study of Uses of the Internet among College Students with and without Internet Addiction
Authors: Kesici Şahin , Şahin İsmail
Published: November 2010

The current study examined uses of the Internet among college students classified as addicted to the Internet or not. Data were gathered from 384 college students. Students classified as Internet Addicted used the Internet more for social functions, leisure functions, and virtual emotional functions, when compared to students considered as Internet Nonaddicted. Effect sizes were large, indicating important group differences in uses of the Internet.
Global Perceptions of the Fit between Person and Work Environment (P-E Fit): Development and Initial Validation of a New Measure
Authors: Herdman Andrew O. , Carlson Kevin D.
Published: November 2010

Research investigating the role of fit between individuals and their work environments employs a growing number of measures assessing subsets of work environments. Global perceptions of fit should be useful in anchoring research studies and developing the literature. In this study, two measures of global fit perceptions are developed and initial validity data are offered. Using data from 363 upper-division college students in a simulated job search scenario, evidence of the unidimensionality, reliability, and predictive validity is provided. Suggestions are provided for use of these measures of global perceptions to advance research in Person-Environment ft.
Deconstruction, Science, and the Logic of Enquiry
Authors: Norris Christopher
Published: November 2010

In this essay I set out to place Derrida's work – especially his earlier (pre-1980) books and essays – in the context of related or contrasting developments in analytic philosophy of science over the past half-century. Along the way I challenge the various misconceptions that have grown up around that work, not only amongst its routine detractors in the analytic camp but also amongst some of its less philosophically informed disciples. In particular I focus on the interlinked issues of realism versus anti-realism and the scope and limits of classical (bivalent) logic, both of which receive a detailed, rigorous and sustained treatment in his deconstructive readings of Husserl, Austin and others. Contrary to Derrida's reputation as a exponent of anti-realism in its far-gone ‘textualist’ form and as one who merely plays perverse though ingenious games with logic I show that those readings presuppose both a basically realist conception of their subject-matter and a strong commitment to the protocols of bivalent logic. These he applies with the utmost care and precision right up to the point – unreachable except by way of that procedure – where they encounter certain problems or anomalies that cannot be resolved except by switching to a different (non-bivalent, deviant, paraconsistent, ‘supplementary’, or ‘parergonal’) logic. Philosophy of science in the analytic mainstream might benefit greatly from a closer acquaintance with Derrida's thinking on these topics, as it might from a knowledge of his likewise rigorous thinking-through of the antinomy between structure and genesis as it bears upon issues in the history of scientific thought.
Original Science: Nature Deconstructing Itself
Authors: Kirby Vicki
Published: November 2010

This article explores Derrida's suggestion in Of Grammatology that deconstruction might be considered a positive science. The implication here is that ‘no outside of text’ does not evoke an enclosure whose limits can't be breached, an enclosure that discovers human exceptionalism in linguistic and technological capacities. Instead, this sense of a system and its involvements (différance) is already entangled in any ‘atom’ of its expression, whereby ‘no outside of text’ can be read as ‘no outside of Nature’. The logic that informs and justifies the conventional separations between nature and culture, ideation and matter, and human and non-human, are thereby confounded; the dimensions of efficacy, as well as the vexed question of intention appear as non-local (systemic); and the very notion of language – what it is and how it works – is distributed in ways that give rise to the same quandaries that surround the quantum problematic. Indeed, at the end of this meditation the difference between the humanities and the sciences, especially in its current configuration as the impasse of ‘the two cultures’, can no longer be sustained.
Derrida and Formal Logic: Formalising the Undecidable
Authors: Livingston Paul
Published: November 2010

Derrida's key concepts or pseudo-concepts of différance, the trace, and the undecidable suggest analogies to some of the most significant results of formal, symbolic logic and metalogic. As early as 1970, Derrida himself pointed out an analogy between his use of ‘undecidable’ and Gödel's incompleteness theorems, which demonstrate the existence, in any sufficiently complex and consistent system, of propositions which cannot be proven or disproven (i.e., decided) within that system itself. More recently, Graham Priest has interpreted différance as an instance of the general metalogical procedure of diagonalisation.

In this essay, I consider the extent to which Derrida's key terms and the essential operations of deconstruction can be formalised. I argue that, if formalisation is indeed the technique of writing par excellence, then the formalisation of deconstructive concepts tends to show how the auto-deconstruction of total systems arises from the problematic possibility of writing itself. For instance, since diagonalisation permits the ‘arithmetisation of syntax’ whereby a formal system is able to formulate claims about its own logico-grammatical properties, we can understand its potential to inscribe the undecidable within the systematicity of language as simply one instance of the potential of writing, in figuring itself, to render inscrutable the trace of its own origin.
Is there a Doctor in the House? Psychoanalysis and the Discourse of the Posthuman
Authors: Aline Flieger Jerry
Published: November 2010

This article uses a Lacanian framework both to map types of posthuman discourse that shape the debates around science, technology and the fate of the human, and to advocate a more psychoanalytic framing of these debates. It identifies three dominant posthumanisms: ‘doomsday’, ‘celebratory’ and ‘critical’. The first adopts an apocalyptic tone in the defence of a supposedly natural human essence; the second unthinkingly embraces the promise of new technologies for augmenting human potential; the third draws on the critique of humanism to balance the first two tendencies. The article then proposes a ‘fractal’ reading of both Freud and Lacan which updates psychoanalysis for the online world today. Finally, the article aligns each of the types of posthumanism with one of Lacan's ‘four discourses’: ‘doomsday’ posthumanism with the discourse of the hysteric, ‘celebratory’ posthumanism with that of the master, and ‘critical’ posthumanism with that of the analyst, thereby putting psychoanalysis at the centre of the posthuman rather than its margins.
Three Questions on Prosthetic Technology and A-(d)diction
Authors: Bosetti Luca
Published: November 2010

This article takes a clinical perspective on the phenomenon of addiction in order to open up wider questions of the posthuman. The author identifies two distinct drives, prosthesis (which pertains to technological enhancement in general) and addiction itself (which specifically pertains to the chemical prosthesis of the drug). It is pointed out that both drives share a common distance from the mediation of language and address directly, without the support of fantasy, the real of the body. However, the two drives are distinct in that the prosthetic drive lends itself to social control (it can be instrumentalized by the Other) whereas the addictive drive constitutes a pathological limit to socialization (it is ultimately an ethics of jouissance in defiance of the Other). The final section of the article characterizes the various clinical responses to addiction as simultaneously political responses to the rise of the prosthetic drives in the context of late capitalism.
Les doubles, le miroir et la création.
Authors: Lhomelet-Chapellière Sophie
Published: November 2010

Frida Kahlo a proposé un travail fort et touchant où apparaît la part irréductible de toute vraie création. L’article présente une évocation des pensées autour du double, de ce que certains psychanalystes nomment « travail en double », au sujet d’un art autobiographique fait de miroirs aux facettes et temporalités multiples, mémoire d’immédiateté et d’unité. Cet art fait l’éloge de la durée, durée agissante retrouvée après les temps traumatiques : à travers la succession des toiles, l’artiste mexicaine semble réunifier son être après l’enchaînement de traumatismes qui affectent corps et psyché, permettant d’aborder les rapports complexes qu’entretiennent narcissisme et objectalité. Frida, de force et de fragilité : qualités d’une femme qui rassemble son être, un temps épars, grâce au visage, au regard qu’elle peint sans relâche, et donne à voir une recomposition incessante et irréductible du passé, celui-là même ou s’enracinent et l’enfance et l’art.
Figures du double et du différent en périnatalité
Authors: Darchis Élisabeth
Published: November 2010

La présence du double est importante en périnatalité et elle s’actualise dans des rituels lors des naissances : double placentaire ou ombilical, mais aussi ressemblances qui relient le présent au passé. Cette figure ne va pas sans la nécessité aussi du différent qui sépare et distingue les êtres et les générations. Dans le temps de passage périnatal, la famille se relie à du familier dans « du même », pour mieux se séparer et se différencier ensuite « comme autre ». Sortir de l’effet de dédoublement permettra la différenciation entre soi et l’autre, entre le nouveau groupe familial et l’ancien. Parfois la reprise du matériel ancien familial est entravée et la périnatalité reste un temps d’indifférenciation des corps et des psychés. Alors l’enfant reste comme un double du parent dans la confusion des générations.
Double je(u) ou le jeu du double dans le couple
Authors: Legrand Bernadette
Published: November 2010

Le double, cette part de l’autre en soi et de soi en l’autre, s’actualise dans la relation de couple de manière particulière, le conjoint et le couple étant des objets constamment à disposition du sujet. Le clinicien l’observe dans les processus de construction, de crise ou de déconstruction du lien, opérant selon des modalités variées mais toujours en rapport étroit avec le narcissisme. L’auteur aborde différentes figures et stratégies du double et évoque la thérapie de couple dans ce contexte.
Les incidences de la relation fraternelle dans le couple
Authors: Bocquet Florence
Published: November 2010

Cet article tente de montrer comment les relations fraternelles interfèrent dans les relations conjugales. Le psychanalyste de couple cherche à découvrir, à travers le lien, la manière dont chacun investit l’autre. Il se met à l’écoute des histoires fraternelles afin de repérer et d’amener les couples à travailler ces complexes fraternels. En retrouvant souvenirs, sensations, émotions, chaque partenaire peut reprendre sa place dans son histoire, tenter de symboliser une expérience passée et l’intégrer sans plus en souffrir. Le couple se situe dans une généalogie et une filiation. La passion pour un frère ou une sœur, si elle soulage le complexe œdipien, peut marquer l’imaginaire inconscient, s’infiltrer dans le choix amoureux et perturber les relations sexuelles. Les personnes n’ayant pas dépassé le complexe d’Œdipe, le complexe fraternel, croient aimer l’autre, alors qu’ils se cherchent à travers lui.