This study aims to analyze anxiety, guilt and embarrassment changes of university students who do and who do not do sports depending on some socio-demographic factors. In the study conducted with university students, a total of 585 university students are included, 307 of students whom do sports and 278 of students whom don't do sports. "Beck…

Males and females who differed on measures of defensiveness and anxiety predicted, and in a later experimental interview evaluated, their verbal exploration and subjective comfort following a role-induction exercise. Low defensive-low anxious subjects were most successful in their overall participation. (Author)

In a sample of college students, self-related exploration was positively related to satisfaction with the occupational decision of low anxiety students and negatively related to satisfaction among high anxiety students. Dissatisfaction with an occupational decision stimulated future work-related exploration for low anxiety students. (Author)

Research has suggested that sex role identity is a major factor in sports anxiety across the sexes. Sex and sex role differences in sports anxiety as expressed by collegiate swimmers prior to competition were investigated on both self-report and physiological levels. An hour before practice and competition the blood pressures of 13 female and 14…

Studies show only limited pharmacist-patient communication. Research in personal communication by pharmacists is shown to be a means of improving health care, the image of pharmacy, and patient compliance with drug therapy, and to expand the pharmacist's role. Communication skills are concluded to be essential to the development of the clinical…

Despite the conceptual importance of impression motivation in predicting social anxiety (Leary & Kowalski, 1995; Schlenker & Leary, 1982), no research has tested the link between impression motivation specifically regarding one's physical appearance (appearance impression motivation, or AIM) and social physique anxiety (SPA). The purpose of this…

A stress inventory administered to black women faculty at seven Botswana colleges and universities (n=201) found the greatest stressor to be student class boycotts, followed by uncertainties about their institution's future and dual roles. Almost two-thirds experienced fatigue. The most successful stress management technique was positive thinking.…