New Zealand Journal of Psychology articles from November 2007

New Zealand Journal of Psychology archives from November 2007

Meihana model: a clinical assessment framework.(Report)
November 1, 2007... In 1984 Mason Durie documented a framework for understanding Maori health, Te Whare Tapa Wha, which has subsequently become embedded in Maori health policy. In addition, the adoption of this framework is now widespread among Maori and Iwi...

Psychological intervention in major emergencies: an Asia-Pacific perspective.
November 1, 2007... Our aim in this paper is to examine what might constitute good practices for psychological intervention in any major or complex emergencies that can be anticipated occurring in the South-West Pacific, Australasia and southern South East Asia...

Evaluation of a New Zealand early intervention service for psychosis.
November 1, 2007... The effectiveness of a New Zealand early intervention for psychosis service (EIS) was assessed by analysis of 100 EIS patients' Positive and Negative Symptom Severity (PANNS) scores and Health of the Nation Outcome (HoNOS) scores that were...

Working memory load and the Stroop interference effect.
November 1, 2007... Although the effect of working memory (WM) load on the degree of distractor processing has been investigated in a number of paradigms, a common feature in prior research is that the target and distractors pertain to different objects. The...

Genetic attribution for schizophrenia, depression, and skin cancer: impact on social distance.
November 1, 2007... Genetic explanations for mental and physical illness are increasingly common in both scientific research and in media reports generated from such research, however, the social impact of these explanations are less well understood. In this study...

Managing identity: adolescent fathers talk about the transition to parenthood.
November 1, 2007... Adolescent fatherhood is often associated with negative stereotyping and deficiencies in the adolescent's situation or characteristics, which effect his investment in child rearing. Developmentally, adolescence is a time when parenthood is not...