Recently added articles from The Journal of Psychology:
Political conservatism, authoritarianism, and societal threat: voting for Republican representatives in U.S. Congressional elections from 1946 to 1992.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... COUNTLESS PHILOSOPHERS, HISTORIANS, SOCIOLOGISTS, psychologists, political scientists, and journalists have analyzed, discussed, criticized, and exalted political conservatism. Disagreements abound regarding the relative merits of conservative and liberal ideology as well as the factors ...
Humor styles as mediators between self-evaluative standards and psychological well-being.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ON INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES in humor has documented four distinct humor styles--two adaptive and two maladaptive (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, & Weir, 2003). The two adaptive styles are affiliative and self-enhancing humor. Affiliative humor involves using benign ...
The effect of death anxiety and age on health-promoting behaviors: a terror-management theory perspective.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... DURING THE 20TH CENTURY, THE LEADING CAUSE of death changed from infectious diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis to chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer, which are closely related to unhealthy behaviors and lifestyle (Brannon & Feist, 2007). Although most people are ...
Psychosocial correlates and outcomes of yoga or walking among older adults.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... ADULTS WHO ARE OLDER THAN 65 YEARS OF AGE comprise the fastest growing populations in the United States (National Institute of Aging, 2002). Also, this population suffers from the greatest ratio of chronic diseases and disability (Berg & Casells, 1990; Hoffman & Rice, 1996). Impairments in ...
Conceptualizing the relations between executive functions and self-regulated learning.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... UNDERSTANDING THE UNIQUELY HUMAN CAPACITY for goal-oriented self-regulation--including planning, organization, response inhibition, and behavioral sequencing--is of great value to researchers and practitioners in clinical and educational fields. Yet, cross-disciplinary theoretical ...