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A Subcultural Change of MMPI Norms in the 1960s Due to Adolescent Role Confusion and Glamorization of Alienation
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Schubert, Daniel S. P.; Wagner, Mazie Earle – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1975
College freshmen in 1968 tended to show higher Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) clinical scale scores than freshmen in 1958. Role confusion and premature identity foreclosure of college students was considered. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: College Students, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Research Methodology
Simple Research Paradigm for Demonstrating Subliminal Pschodynamic Activation: Effects of Oedipal Stimuli on Dart-Throwing Accuracy in College Males
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Silverman, Lloyd H.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
Four experiments were carried out in which "subliminal psychodynamic activation" effects, used for studying the relationship between psychopathology and unconscious conflict, were sought out from male college students. Results were discussed for their bearing on subliminal research and research in personality. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: College Students, Experiments, Hypothesis Testing, Personality Studies
Effects of Daytime Naps on Performance and Mood in a College Student Population
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Taub, John M.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1976
Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Response, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology
Consistency of Daydreaming Styles Across Samples of College Male and Female Drug and Alcohol Users
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Huba, George J.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1977
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, College Students, Drug Education, Factor Analysis
Effects of Self-Esteem Manipulation on Arousal and Reactions to Sad Models in Depressed and Nondepressed College Students
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Golin, Sanford; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1977
Tests the hypothesis that depressed subjects would exhibit greater psychophysiological arousal than nondepressed subjects following negative feedback but not after positive feedback. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Feedback
Learned Helplessness in the Perspective of the Depressive Disorders: Conceptual and Definitional Issues
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Depue, Richard A.; Monroe, Scott M. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
Examines three issues that are important in extending the learned helplessness model to clinical depressive disorders: first, the heterogeneity of clinical manifestations inherent in the depressive disorders, second, the process of constructing models for clinical depressive groups, and third, the problems involved in defining and identifying…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Concept Formation, Depression (Psychology)
Dark Hair and Light Eyes in Female College Students: A Potential Biologic Marker for Liability to Psychopathology.
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Cohen, David B. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
Informal observation suggested that dark-haired/light eyed females (target group) might have a liability to psychopathology. Questionnaire data obtained from eight large undergraduate classes during a four year period (1974-77) yielded consistently higher percentages of target group individuals reporting hospitalization of first-degree relatives…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, College Students, Females, Higher Education
Depression and Distortion in the Attribution of Causality
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Rizley, Ross – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
Two cognitive models of depression have attracted considerable attention recently: Seligman's (1975) learned helplessness model and Beck's (1967) cognitive schema approach. Describes each model and, in two studies, evaluates the assumption that depression is associated with systematic distortion in cognition regarding causal and controlling…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Experiments
An Attempt to Reverse Performance Deficits Associated With Depression and Experimentally Induced Helplessness
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Kilpatrick-Tabak, Blair; Roth, Susan – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978
The learned helplessness model of depression predicts that any effective treatment for reactive depression should also reverse performance deficits associated with experimentally induced helplessness, and vice versa. This study tests that prediction with college students who were exposed to experimental manipulations designed to induce…
Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Helplessness, Performance Factors