Asexuals are individuals who claim not to experience sexual attraction to others. Researchers have suggested both that asexuality is best characterized as a unique sexual orientation, and that it may be indicative of underlying...
Keyword:
Asexual, Asexuality, and Personality
Subject:
Sexual minorities -- Psychology and Sexual orientation
The following study examined differences in domains of achievement motivation based on gender and developmental group. Participants included 129 males and females. The developmental groups in this study consisted of...
Keyword:
achievement, competitiveness, develomental group, gender, goal orientation, and motivation
Subject:
Developmental psychology and motivation, Achievement motivation in adolescence -- Sex differences, and Achievement motivation in children -- Sex differences
Autism Spectrum Disorder or autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting one in 36 children (Hodges et al., 2020). Diagnostic rates of autism have increased with boys being diagnosed at rates more than 3 times greater than...
Keyword:
autism, diagnosis, gender, race, and SES/FPL
Subject:
Autism in children, Autism in children—Diagnosis, Discrimination in mental health services, Racism in medicine, and Sexism in medicine
Despite the availability of evidence-based interventions for psychological disorders, many barriers exist for individuals seeking treatment. Stigma toward psychological help-seeking remains a salient barrier for many college...
Keyword:
psychological help-seeking, public stigma, and self-stigma
Subject:
Help-seeking behavior, Psychotherapy, Stigma (Social psychology), College student -- Psychology, and Social psychology
The prevalence of mental health disorders among college students has increased nearly 50% in the last decade, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for one or more mental health problems. Student-athletes, in...
Subject:
College students, Mental health, College athletes, Students—Mental health, and Universities and colleges
Previous research has exhibited the impact that maternal support has on children following instances of child sexual abuse (CSA; Cyr, McDuff, & Hébert, 2013; Valentino, Berkowitz, & Stover, 2010). However, it remains...
Keyword:
Abuse, Child outcomes, Child Sexual Abuse, Maternal history, Maternal support, and Trauma
Subject:
Adult child abuse victims, Adult child sexual abuse victims, Abused women, Mothers of sexually abused children, Mother and child, Sexually abused children, Child abuse -- Psychological aspects, and Child psychology
Meditation has been linked to increased levels of happiness. Meditation is broken down into two types: focused attention meditation and mindfulness meditation. The current study sought to examine the relationship between...
Subject:
Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness (Psychology), Mental healing, and Self-help techniques
A variety of risk factors have been found to contribute to juvenile delinquency and offending; it is important to consider these factors in prevention and intervention. Rehabilitation and treatment is one approach for...
Keyword:
Adolescents, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Group home, Juvenile delinquency, and Recidivism
Subject:
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation, Cognitive therapy, Group psychotherapy, and Group homes for teenagers
Previous research has found that as people become increasingly involved with their partners, they evaluate alternatives more negatively. The present research tested two competing hypotheses that address the origin of this...
Keyword:
Alternative partners, Attractiveness, Motivation, Perceptual, and Relationship status
Subject:
Sexual attraction -- Psychological aspects and Monogamous relationships -- Psychological aspects
The use of online research is growing in psychology. This growth has been augmented by the development of the free online service, Mechanical Turk (MTurk) created by Amazon. While Buhrmester, Kwang, and Gosling (2011) found...
Keyword:
Homophobia, Methology, MTurk, Online research, Personality, and Political ideology
Subject:
Internet research, Psychology -- Research -- Data processing, Psychology -- Research -- Methodology, and Psychological tests
