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Effect of Knowledge on Evaluations of Palliative Care as an Appropriate Treatment Intervention
(2020-08-05)
Palliative care is a treatment approach specifically designed to help patients and caregivers manage the physical, psychological, and social burdens that accompany chronic or life-threatening diseases. Despite the research ...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Insomnia
(2020-08-09)
Insomnia is a sleep-wake disorder characterized by difficulty initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or falling back asleep. The main psychotherapeutic treatment for insomnia is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia ...
Interpersonal coaching styles and attachment status in athletes:The relationship between the athlete and the coach as an attachment figure
(2021-02-08)
Attachment theory has been applied to understand relationships beyond infancy, such as romantic relationships and the client-therapist relationship (e.g., Hazan & Shaver, 1987; Mallinckrodt et al., 1995). The present study ...
Cognitive Elaboration and the Formation of False Memories from Fake News
(2021-05-10)
The spread and influence of fake news have risen significantly in recent years, as evidenced by the recent insurrection at the US Capitol driven by such disinformation. The relevance of characteristics drawn from the ...
Gamification: Engagement and Memory Retention against a Standard vs. Competition against Others
(2020-06-30)
This study examined the element of competition in gamification, specifically if competing against others or against a standard was better for memory retention of material. Participants read a passage and played a board ...
Effects of Facilitated Emotional Disclosure on Psychological and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Alexithymia
(2021-09-15)
Alexithymia, meaning “lack of words for feelings”, is characterized by difficulty identifying and describing emotional experiences as well as increased somatization. These emotional difficulties, which can be exacerbated ...
The Impact of Religious Music on Chronic Pain Perception
(2021-09-15)
One of the most debilitating conditions that currently exists is chronic pain. With the multitude of pain-related consequences that can be experienced, the biopsychosocial perspective examines the chronic pain experience ...
Examining the Differences Between Digital and Traditional Sources of Unconscious Plagiarism
(2021-04-19)
Unconscious plagiarism occurs when an individual claims a previously experienced idea as their own. Brown and Murphy (1989) were the first to investigate this, finding elevated plagiarism across their three-phase paradigm, ...
Impact of Breathing Phases on Social Stimuli Processing
(2020-12-09)
Recent studies have demonstrated the respiratory entrainment of brain cycles, leading to implications for cognitive and emotional processes. Notably, the preBötzinger complex, an important breathing area, sends out ...
Attachment Style, Self-esteem, and Locus of Control in Adult Children of Divorce
(2022-04-26)
Prior research has indicated that the attachment styles of children who have been through a parental divorce develop in a less secure way in comparison to children with intact parental relationships (Evans & Bloom, 1996; ...