Cognitive representations of disability behaviours in people with mobility limitations : consistency with theoretical constructs [PDF]
, 2008 Disability is conceptualised as behaviour by psychological theory and as a result of bodily impairment by medical models. However, how people with disabilities conceptualise those disabilities is unclear.
Bandura A +17 more
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Fibromyalgia Animal Models Using Intermittent Cold and Psychological Stress
Biomedicines, 2023 Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and other frequent symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive impairment, and mood disorder.
Hiroshi Ueda, Hiroyuki Neyama
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Back to Basics: The Importance of Conceptual Clarification in Psychological Science
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2022 Although the lack of conceptual clarity has been observed to be a widespread and fundamental problem in psychology, conceptual clarification plays a mostly marginal role in psychological research.
L. Bringmann, Timon Elmer, M. Eronen
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Obesity, perceived weight discrimination, and psychological well-being in older adults in England [PDF]
, 2015 Objective To examine whether the adverse effect of obesity on psychological well-being can be explained by weight discrimination. Methods The study sample included 5056 older (≥50 y) men and women living in England and participating in the English ...
Beeken, RJ, Jackson, SE, Wardle, J
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Quality of life and well-being of carers of people with dementia: are there differences between working and nonworking carers? Results from the IDEAL program [PDF]
, 2020 The aim of this study was to identify the differences in quality of life (QoL) and well-being between working and nonworking dementia carers and the relative contribution of psychological characteristics, caregiving experience, and social support ...
Bech P. +10 more
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Randomly Stopped Sums: Models and Psychological Applications
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 This paper describes an approach to modeling the sums of a continuous random variable over a number of measurement occasions when the number of occasions also is a random variable.
Michael eSmithson, Yiyun eShou
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The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on health care systems, increasing the risks of psychological distress in health professionals.
E. Giusti +9 more
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Acculturative Stress and Latino Depression: The Mediating Role of Behavioral and Cognitive Resources [PDF]
, 2013 Although research has found that acculturative stress is significantly associated with adverse psychological adjustment among Latinos, the mechanism by which this relationship exists is not clearly understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate
Driscoll, Mark W., Torres, Lucas
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Comments on previous psychological Tai-Chi models: Jun-zi self-cultivation model
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In this article we describe four previous Tai-Chi models based on the I-Ching (Book of Changes) and their limitations. The I-Ching, the most important ancient source of information on traditional Chinese culture and cosmology, provides the metaphysical ...
Jin Xu +4 more
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Discrimination Nets as Psychological Models* [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 1984 Simulations of human cognitive processes often employ discrimination nets to model the access of permanent memory. We consider two types of discrimination nets—EPAM and positive‐proper‐only nets—and argue that they have insufficient psychological validity.
L BARSALOU, G BOWER
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