Current Psychology articles from June 1999

Current Psychology archives from June 1999

Trust and Fear of Exploitation in a Public Goods Dilemma.
June 22, 1999... The present article presents a brief theoretical overview about the role of trust in promoting cooperation in public goods dilemmas. Until now, no research has been conducted to explore the different psychological variables which are related to...

Primary, Secondary, and Emotional Control Across Adulthood.
June 22, 1999... Schulz and Heckhausen (1996) have recently formulated a theory of successful aging that centers on perceptions of control as a major theme in the developmental process. They suggest primary control is a universal phenomenon and that people will...

Perceptions of Adulthood Among Anglo and Latino Parents.
June 22, 1999... The transition to adulthood presupposes that a developing adolescent acquires a set of characteristics that enables him or her to perform expected adult behaviors. There is a gap in the literature in identifying these expected behaviors as they...

Gender Role Identity Among Adolescent Muslim Girls Living in the U.S.
June 22, 1999... Gender role identity is acquired through exposure to societal expectations and beliefs about behaviors and characteristics appropriate for males and females. This study examined influences on gender identity among ninety-six Muslim adolescent...

Beliefs about Relationships in Relation to Television Viewing, Soap Opera Viewing, and Self-Monitoring.
June 22, 1999... Undergraduates (n=188)completed: a survey of television and soap opera viewing habits; the Relationship Beliefs Inventory, measuring dysfunctional relationship beliefs; and Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale. It was hypothesized was that there...

Quality of Social Support in Mental and Physical Health.
June 22, 1999... The current study investigates the relationship between social support and mental and physical health. Results indicate that poor functional support (or quality of support) is related to physical health problems while structural support (or...

Effects of Anger Management and Goal Setting Group Interventions on State-Trait Anger and Self-Efficacy Beliefs among High Risk Adolescents.
June 22, 1999... In this study we evaluated the effects of two psychoeducational groups (anger management and goal setting) on state and trait anger, anger expression, and on self-efficacy beliefs of high risk adolescents enrolled in an alternative high school....