New Zealand Journal of Psychology articles from December 1999

New Zealand Journal of Psychology archives from December 1999

Stopping Violence Programmes: Enhancing the safety of battered women or producing better-educated batterers?
December 1, 1999... Group programmes to help men who batter adopt non-violent ways of relating to women partners have proliferated in recent years, especially with the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, 1995. Such programmes are often seen as the answer...

Fixed-Ratio Schedule Performance of Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
December 1, 1999... The first experiment measured possums' food preferences in order to select a consequence that could be used to maintain their behaviour. Four brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) were presented with nine different foods, randomly paired....

The Adolescent Telephone Years.
December 1, 1999... While almost no published research has been completed on adolescent telephone use, it has been found that adolescents report their telephone use to be an area of conflict with their parents. Data from 160 adolescents aged 14 years and some (88)...

Student Debt, Attitudes Towards Debt, Impulsive Buying, and Financial Management.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The debt levels of current and ex-psychology students were compared with their attitudes towards debt, tendency towards impulsive buying, and their use of methods to reduce or limit debt. The percentage of students with some debt and their...

Age Differences and Neurocognitive Performance in HIV-Infected Adults.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... A clinical sample of 257 men were examined in a study of age-group differences on neurocognitive performance in adults with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1). Older HIV-infected (HIV+) adults (M = 44.5 years) performed worse than...

KAUMATAUTANGA Reciprocity: Maori Elderly and Whanau.
December 1, 1999... Despite several generations of Western influence, Maori society generally retains a positive view towards ageing and elderly people, affording them status and at the same time expecting them to fulfil certain defined roles on behalf of the...

Developments in Clinical Interventions for Older Adults: A Review.
December 1, 1999... Older adults are increasing as a percentage of the population in many nations, including New Zealand (Statistics New Zealand, 1995). In response to this trend, world-wide research in health care has increased its focus on successful ageing as...

Everyday Memory in an Elderly New Zealand Population: Performance on the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Assessment of memory is critical for evaluation for possible dementia. The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) is one of the few measures known to have ecological validity when used with older adults. However, the norms for ages 70-94 may...

Normative Data for New Zealand Elders on the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Graded Naming Test, and the Recognition Memory Test.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The use of psychometric tests for diagnostic purposes in neuropsychological settings is dependent on the availability of appropriate norms for interpreting an individual's performance. Most psychometric measures have been developed and...

Health & Demographic Determinants of Satisfaction with Pharmacy Services in Older Adults.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Recent studies indicate that the measurement of client/patient satisfaction with health services can provide a wealth of valuable data for health researchers (Attkisson & Greenfield, 1994). Of particular importance is the potential use of such...

New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behaviour.(Review)
December 1, 1999... New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behaviour Richard Jessor (Ed.) 1998 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 564 pp. ISBN 0-521-58607-0 Australian R.R.P. $39.95 Why do they do it? As adults we feel like throwing up our hands in despair at...