Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 108

$275.00

Alexandra M. Columbus (Editor)

Series: Advances in Psychology Research
BISAC: PSY000000

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on re-exploring the gender gap in mathematics; effects of motivation and gender on prospective memory strategy use; the development of autonomy and relatedness across cultures; anxiety and affect in racially unmatched dyads during evaluation and assessment; high risk juveniles; the role of impulsivity in patients with major affective disorders; social-communication and behavioral problems in down syndrome; revised version of the body esteem scale: psychometric evidence from Brazilian men; types of emotional intelligence; and identity management within culture. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Re-Exploring the Gender Gap in Mathematics: A Within-Person Approach
(Paul Agnello, Charles Scherbaum, Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York)

Effects of Motivation and Gender on Prospective Memory Strategy Use
(Suzanna L. Penningroth and Walter D. Scott, Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A)

The Development of Autonomy and Relatedness across Cultures: The Role of Socialization
(Siman Zhao & Xinyin Chen, University of Pennsylvania)

Anxiety and Affect in Racially Unmatched Dyads During Evaluation and Assessment
(Monnica T. Williams, Gregory S. Chasson, Darlene M. Davis, University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Louisville, KY, USA, and other)

Who Are High Risk Juveniles?
(Robert Eme, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University, Schaumburg)

The Role of Impulsivity in Patients with Major Affective Disorders
(Gianluca Serafini, Pietro Calcagno, Sara Pacella, Mario Amore, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy)

Challenging the Stereotype: Social-Communication and Behavioural Problems in Down Syndrome
(Georgina Warner and Patricia Howlin, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and others)

Revised Version of the Body Esteem Scale: Psychometric Evidence from Brazilian Men
(Angela Nogueira Neves, Maria da Consolação Gomes Cunha Fernandes Tavares, Brazilian Army School of Physical Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and other)

Types of Emotional Intelligence – Predictors of Burnout Syndrome at Work
(Elisaveta Sardžoska, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje, Macedonia, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology)

Identity Management within Culture
(Robert Pennington, Professor Emeritus, Fo Guang University, Taiwan)

Index

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