Current Psychology articles from March 2000

Current Psychology archives from March 2000

Reliability and Validity of a New Scale to Measure Prejudice: The GRISMS.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... The goal of the present research was to assess the reliability and validity of the fifty-item Modified Godfrey-Richman ISM Scale (M-GRISMS). The sample consisted of seventy-one female and sixty male introductory psychology students. Test items...

The Invariance of Certain Personality Factors Over Four Decades.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... The Michill Adjective Rating Scale (MARS) measures four factors: Unhappiness (similar to Emotional Stability versus Neuroticism of the Big-Five), Extraversion (similar to Extraversion versus Introversion of the Big-Five), Self-assertiveness...

"Approach" and "Avoidance" Coping and PTSD Symptoms in Inner-City Youth.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... This study examined the function of approach and avoidant coping on the relations between exposure to violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The sample included seventy African-American, inner-city children (ages eleven to...

Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents in Relation to Recalled Exposure to Violence.
March 22, 2000... The relationship between exposure to violence and vulnerability to suicide among adolescents was examined. The topic was initiated by the rapid increase in adolescent's exposure to violence and the sparse systematic research available on its...

Utilization of Global Attributions in Recognizing and Responding to Gender Discrimination Among College Women.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... Although learned helplessness theories suggest that global attributions for gender discrimination may serve to promote feelings of helplessness about responding to discrimination, group consciousness theories suggest they may instead be a...

The "Voice of Justice" vs. the "Voice of Care" in the Assignment of Criminal Sanctions.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... According to Gilligan's model of moral reasoning, some people approach difficult decisions situationally and in response to needs and relationships of the people involved, often including themselves. People who think this way operate with a...