Advances in psychology research Volume 83 / Alexandra M. Columbus, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Columbus, Alexandra M.

Series:

Advances in Psychology Research

Advances in psychology research, 1532-723X ; v. 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Methodology.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents original research results on the advances of psychology. This book reviews research on attachment behaviours in infancy; suicide attempts during adolescence; relational creativity; the cognitive profile of patients with obsessive compulsive symptomatology; personality traits in neurological disorders; and, motor development in infancy.

Contents:

Intro

ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 83

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORS: INFANCY, IMPLICATIONS, AND BEYOND

ABSTRACT

ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORS: INFANCY,IMPLICATIONS, AND BEYOND

DEFINING ATTACHMENT

SEMINAL WORKS IN ATTACHMENT THEORY

Initial Conceptualizations of Attachment

The Work of John Bowlby

The Work of Mary Ainsworth

The Work of Mary Main

DIFFICULTIES IN ATTACHMENT

ATTACHMENT AND OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN

Infancy

Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood

Parenting the Next Generation

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: SUICIDE ATTEMPTS DURING ADOLESCENCE,A WAY OF KILLING THE INFANS

INTRODUCTION

THESIS AND HYPOTHESES

METHODOLOGY

VERIFICATION OF HYPOTHESES

Diversity of Psychic Functioning in Suicidal Teens

MELANCHOLIC IDENTIFICATION AND MURDER SCENE

FROM INTERGENERATIONAL CONFUSION TO THE SEPARATION SCENARIO

CHANGES IS PSYCHIC FUNCTIONING AFTER A YEAR

CASE STUDY

SYNTHESIS, DISCUSSION AND IDEAS

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3: THE PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF HLA-B27 COMORBIDITIES USING THE EXAMPLE OF ANTERIORUVEITIS AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

Participants

Measures and Screening Methods

FQCI (Freiburger Questionnaire on Coping with Illness

German Version)

SF-36

BDI (Beck Depression Inventory)

SCI (Stress Coping Inventory

100 Patient-Years

Statistical Analyses

RESULTS

Patients Characteristics

Recurrence Rate and Duration of Disease

Stress and Life Events as a Trigger of Recurrences

FQCI (Freiburger Questionnaire on Coping with Illness)

SF-36.

BDI (Beck Depression Inventory)

SCI (Stress Coping Inventory)

Disease Specific Social Support Data

DISCUSSION

Limitations

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 4: RELATIONAL CREATIVITY:A REDUNDANT CONSTRUCT AND A TEACHABLE COMPETENCE?

RELATIONAL CREATIVITY: A REDUNDANT CONSTRUCT AND A TEACHABLE COMPETENCE?

Relational Creativity

STUDY 1

Method

Measures

Results

Discussion

STUDY 2

Methods

STUDY 3

Chapter 5: INFANT ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INFANT SCREENING INSTRUMENT

METHOD

PROCEDURE

INSTRUMENTS

Maternal Variables

Infant Variables

Interpretation of Maternal Findings

Interpretation of Infant Findings

LIMITATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 6: COGNITIVE PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW

MEMORY

ATTENTION

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

Working Memory

Shifting and Planning

Verbal Fluency

Confounding Factors Affecting Patients

Chapter 7: THE BENEFITS OF PHYSICALACTIVITY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL HEALTH STATUS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES:EXPLORING THE MEDIATION EFFECT OF VITALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH

Physical and Psychological Advantages of Physical Activity in the Elderly

Aims of the Research

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS

Description of the Intervention

The Participants

Procedure

Strategy of Analysis

Descriptive Analysis

Mediation Model

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES.

Chapter 8: PERSONALITY TRAITS IN SOME NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

PERSONALITY TRAITS IN EPILEPSY

PERSONALITY TRAIT IN HEADACHE

PERSONALITY TRAITS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

PERSONALITY TRAITS IN STROKE

PERSONALITY TRAITS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Chapter9: MOTOR DEVELOPMENTDURING INFANCY: ANONLINEAR PHYSICS APPROACHTO EMERGENCE,MULTISTABILITY, AND SIMULATION

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.Infantdevelopmentofmutuallyexclusivemotorskills:a non-linearphysicsperspective

2.1.Baselineandhigher-ordermotorbehaviors

2.2.Motorpatternamplitudes

2.3.Age A ascontrolparameter

2.4.Generalmultistabledevelopmentalmodel

2.5.Fixedpoints

2.6.Stability

3.Multistabledynamiclawsaccountingfordevelopmentalmilestonedata

3.1.Activationparameters

3.2.Re-scaledevolutionequationsfordevelopmentalmotor schedules

4.Simulationofdevelopmentalmotorpatterntrajectories

4.1.Simulationofindividualdevelopmentaltrajectories

4.2.Simulationofinfantsamplesandpopulations

4.3.Impactofcouplingparameter

4.4.Impactofasymptoticvaluesofactivationparameters

4.5.Developmentoffinemotorskills:simulationandmultistability

4.6.Terminfantsandpreterminfants

5.Conclusion

5.1.Age-dependentactivationofmotorpatterns:piecewise linearversussig-moid

5.2.Developmentalvariationoftheamountofmode-modecompetitionandtheamountofneuro-physiologicalcross-talk

5.3.Twotypesofcriticalactivationparameters-twotypes ofmilestones?

5.4.Windowsfortheattainmentofmotorskills

References

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62417-591-0

OCLC:

847480502