North American Journal of Psychology back issues from December 2006:
Black and White fathers of early adolescents: a cross-cultural approach to curriculum development for parent education.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Black and white American fathers (n = 228) and 10-to-14 year-old adolescents (n = 289) were administered the Parent Success Indicator. The performance of fathers was rated for 60 items, included within six subscales, which consider Communication, Use of Time, Teaching, Frustration, ...
The attribution of responsibility in acquaintance rape involving ecstasy.
Dec 01, 2006; ... This study examined the attributions of responsibility for the parties involved in a date rape using a 2 x 2 between-subjects design. Forty-nine undergraduate female psychology students read one of four hypothetical date rape scenarios depicting identical circumstances except for the level ...
Belief persistence in impression formation.
Dec 01, 2006; ... The differential effect of one of four types of information on impression formation was investigated to determine if the impression formed on the basis of incorrect information would persist when correct information was provided. Participants were presented with a photograph of either a ...
Athletic style of dress and perceived social distance.
Dec 01, 2006; ... One hundred and fifteen college and university students participated in a study of the relationship between perceived style of dress (casual, athletic, fashionable) and social distance. Results of an analysis of variance showed that, independent of their own preferred dress style, ...
Long-term deficits in adaptive behavior secondary to ethylene dichloride exposure.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Although the neurological effects of ethylene dichloride (EDC) have been fairly well explored, the literature offers little information concerning the long-term effects on adaptive functioning. A further understanding of adaptive capability would enhance the development of treatment ...
School-based substance abuse programs: can they influence students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to substance abuse?
Dec 01, 2006; ... Over the course of one academic year (2002 - 2003), 413 high school students participated in a study to assess the effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse curriculum. Methods included pre and post test surveys. The substance abuse curriculum was successful in improving students' ...
African-Americans and Latinos with chronic fatigue: examining the role of acculturation status.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Psychosocial variables may influence the experience of chronic fatigue, especially in individuals of color. Overarching psychosocial realities such as the endemic nature of ethnic/racial discrimination and the complexity of the acculturation process may bear on the experience of fatigue ....
Relationship of primary versus secondary control beliefs to attitudes toward seeking help.
Dec 01, 2006; ... This study examined the relationship of primary and secondary control beliefs to attitudes about seeking professional psychological help. A sample of 164 university students (68.3% women, mean age 24.96 years, SD=5.1) in Singapore completed the Primary-Secondary Control Scale and the ...
The development and validation of an indirect measure of celebrity stalking.
Dec 01, 2006; ... The Obsessive Relational Intrusion and Celebrity Stalking scale, a new measure of the tendency to stalk celebrities, is described in the present study. The scale was shown through factor analysis to have two subscales, labeled "persistent pursuit" and "threat." It has adequate reliability ...
Attitude toward capital punishment is related to capital and non-capital sentencing.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Two hundred and twenty eight Canadian undergraduates read one of two crime vignettes that varied in how justified a murder seemed to be, then made capital (death penalty), capital-related (method of execution), and non capital (prison term, granting of parole, waiting period before parole) ...
Current recruitment and selection practices: a national survey of Fortune 1000 firms.
Dec 01, 2006; ... This study reports the findings of survey data on recruitment and pre-employment selection methods in use by human resources departments in major companies in the USA. In addition, data on use of online pre-employment tests, currently and in the near term future, were also collected. The ...
An interview with Delia Stafford about alternative certification.(Interview)
Dec 01, 2006; ... In the past, teachers have generally arrived at the schools after four years of a liberal arts education, with some pedagogy courses, and a major and perhaps minor or endorsement area. These teachers have typically been young adults who were fresh out of college. This approach to procuring ...
Hair pulling in a diverse college sample.
Dec 01, 2006; ... McCarley, Spirrison, and Ceminsky (2002) reported on the prevalence of hair pulling behavior among an ethnically diverse college student sample and noted that African Americans reported higher rates of hair pulling a) that resulted in noticeable hair loss and b) in response to skin ...
Editor's comments.(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Please check out our program which allows those who have made outstanding contributions to NAJP in the past to become recognized as Consulting Editors. Since two issues ago no one has achieved this honor, but I expect that there will be a few more persons to achieve this distinction in the ...
A study of sense of humor in Spanish and American samples.
Dec 01, 2006; ... The Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (Thorson & Powell, 1993a) was translated into Spanish and administered to 539 adults in the Madrid area. Analysis of the resultant data and comparison to an American sample (N = 473) revealed a number of differences in constructions of sense of ...
Materialism and money spending disposition as predictors of economic and personality variables.
Dec 01, 2006; ... This research explored the relationships between materialism and money spending attitudes on impulse buying tendencies, attitudes toward debt, sensation seeking, and openness to experience. Students and other adults (N = 266) completed a materialism scale, portions of two money ...