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Faculty evaluation: Reliability of peer assessments of research, teaching, and service
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Agathon Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1987-03)
In this paper, assessments of faculty performance for the determination of salary increases are analyzed to estimate interrater reliability. Using the independent ratings by six elected members of the faculty, correlations ...
Temporal relationship between panic attack onset and phobic avoidance in agoraphobia
(Elsevier, 1985)
In a sample of 28 members of an agoraphobia self-help group, each patient reported a history of spontaneous panic attacks. The onset of panic attacks preceded the development of agoraphobic restrictions by an average of 9 ...
Unanticipated problems in the United States child protection system
(Elsevier, 1985)
While the United States child protection system is widely recognized as probably the most sophisticated and wide-ranging in the world, it nevertheless has come inherent problems. This article addresses some of the negative ...
Is parental death a selective precursor to either panic disorder or agoraphobia? : A test of the separation anxiety hypothesis
(Elsevier, 1988)
In a controlled chart-review study of the separation anxiety hypothesis (SAH) of agoraphobia or panic disorder, the incidence of parental (maternal and paternal) deaths was recorded from the histories of 40 patients, each ...
Simple phobia: Evidence for heterogeneity
(Elsevier, 1989-04)
Although simple phobia is a residual category in DSM-III, clinical experience suggests at least four subtypes of this group. To test the validity of the subtypes, the authors compared patients with one of four simple phobias ...
Alcohol abuse among clinically anxious patients
(Elsevier, 1986)
Of 156 patients meeting DSM-III criteria for either agoraphobia with panic attacks, panic disorder, simple or social phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder, 27 (17.3%) were found to score in the alcoholic range ([ges] 5) ...
Is the child victim of sexual abuse telling the truth?
(Elsevier, 1984)
In order to adequately investigate an allegation of sexual abuse, professionals must both understand the motives of the victim, perpetrator, and victim's mother (in incest cases) to he or tell the truth and possess the ...
Characteristics of a clinical sample of sexually abused children: How boy and girl victims differ
(Elsevier, 1989)
The article describes a clinical sample of 87 boy victims of child sexual abuse and compares them to 226 girl victims. Boys were on average 6.3 years of age at onset of the sexual abuse; girls were 5.5 years. Boys were ...
Attitudes about wife abuse among police officers, victims, and victim advocates
(Sage, 1986)
Law enforcement agencies are in a position to be of great service to battered women, yet they have recently been criticized for the manner of their response. This survey of police officers, battered women, and advocates ...