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Dopamine Transporter Genotype Predicts Attentional Asymmetry in Healthy Adults
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Newman, Daniel P.; O'Connell, Redmond G.; Nathan, Pradeep J.; Bellgrove, Mark A. – Neuropsychologia, 2012
A number of recent studies suggest that DNA variation in the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) influences spatial attention asymmetry in clinical populations such as ADHD, but confirmation in non-clinical samples is required. Since non-spatial factors such as attentional load have been shown to influence spatial biases in clinical conditions, here…
Descriptors: Evidence, Genetics, Attention Deficit Disorders, Spatial Ability
Emotions, the Great Captains of Our Lives: Their Role in the Process of Change in Psychotherapy
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Greenberg, Leslie S. – American Psychologist, 2012
A view of human functioning is presented in which functioning is seen as integrating head and heart, emotion and reason, in a process by which people are constantly making sense of their lived emotional experience to form narratives of told experience. Because much of the processing involved in the generation of emotional experience occurs…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Psychotherapy, Emotional Development, Cognitive Processes
Observed Communication in Couples Two Years after Integrative and Traditional Behavioral Couple Therapy: Outcome and Link with Five-Year Follow-up
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Baucom, Katherine J. W.; Sevier, Mia; Eldridge, Kathleen A.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: To examine changes in observed communication after therapy termination in distressed couples from a randomized clinical trial. Method: A total of 134 distressed couples were randomly assigned to either traditional behavioral couple therapy (TBCT; Jacobson & Margolin, 1979) or integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT; Jacobson &…
Descriptors: Evidence, Marital Status, Problem Solving, Marriage Counseling
The Effects of Resilience Training on Secondary Traumatic Stress Reactions: An Empirical Study
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Shew, Allison M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of vicarious resiliency training. Data was collected from 25 professionals who are at high risk for developing vicarious trauma and who attended a 3-day resiliency training presented by Henry Tobey in Denver, Colorado. A pre, post, and follow-up design were employed where all participants…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Resilience (Psychology), Training, Professional Occupations
The Evidence Missing from Evidence-Based Practice
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Stuart, Richard B.; Lilienfeld, Scott O. – American Psychologist, 2007
Comments on the report by the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice (see record 2006-05893-001) entitled Evidence-based practice in psychology. Regrettably, the task force report was largely silent on three critical issues. As a consequence, it omitted much of the evidence necessary for a complete picture of evidence-based…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Evidence, Inferences, Theory Practice Relationship
Is Evidence-Based Practice Diverse Enough? Philosophy of Science Considerations
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Wendt, Dennis C., Jr.; Slife, Brent D. – American Psychologist, 2007
In its policy rationale for evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP), the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice (see record 2006-05893-001) claims to have constituted itself with "scientists and practitioners from a wide range of perspectives and traditions, reflecting the diverse perspectives within the field" (p. 273). We…
Descriptors: Psychology, Psychologists, Misconceptions, Evidence
Clarification and Elaboration on Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology
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Wampold, Bruce E.; Goodheart, Carol D.; Levant, Ronald F. – American Psychologist, 2007
Responds to comments by D. C. Wendt and B. D. Slife (see record 2007-13085-019), P. H. Hunsberger (see record 2007-13085-020), and R. B. Stuart and S. O. Lilienfeld (see record 2007-13085-021) regarding the report by the APA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice (see record 2006-05893-001) entitled Evidence-based practice in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Theory Practice Relationship, Psychology, Evidence