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Luta, Denisa; Pogrebtsova, Ekaterina; Provencher, Yannick – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
It has been well established that psychological detachment from work (i.e., mentally separating oneself from work) during leisure time is critical in promoting employees' work performance and subjective wellbeing. This employee-focused literature presents an opportunity to extend the exploration of the salubrious experience of psychological…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Student Experience
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Konishi, Chiaki; Hymel, Shelley – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
Extending John Bowlby's hypothesis that dysfunctional anger is a predictable outcome of insecure attachments to parents, this study investigated the relationship between current parent-adolescent attachment and both the experience and expression of anger. Participants included 776 students (379 boys and 397 girls) in grades 8-12. As predicted by…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Adolescent Attitudes
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Rochman, Daniel – Death Studies, 2013
Grieving is infused by memories and emotions. In this study, bereaved participants recalled either death-related or fond memories of their loved ones. Their emotional arousal was examined via physiologic and voice analytic measures. Both death-related and fond memories generated an acoustic profile indicative of sadness (reflected by voice quality…
Descriptors: Death, Grief, Coping, Memory
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Wilson, Lisa; Catalano, Denise; Sung, Connie; Phillips, Brian; Chou, Chih-Chin; Chan, Jacob Yui Chung; Chan, Fong – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2013
Objective: To examine the roles of attachment, social support, and coping as psychosocial correlates in predicting happiness in people with spinal cord injuries. Design: Quantitative descriptive research design using multiple regression and correlation techniques. Participants: 274 individuals with spinal cord injuries. Outcome Measures: Happiness…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Coping, Injuries, Psychology
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Allison, Colleen J.; Bartholomew, Kim; Mayseless, Ofra; Dutton, Donald G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
The authors explored the attachment dynamics of heterosexual couples identified for male partner violence. Based on semistructured interviews, participants were assessed for attachment orientations. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews, two strategies for regulating distance within these relationships were identified: pursuit and…
Descriptors: Proximity, Family Violence, Attachment Behavior, Males
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Godbout, Natacha; Sabourin, Stephane; Lussier, Yvan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study compared the usefulness of single- and multiple-indicator strategies in a model examining the role of child sexual abuse (CSA) to predict later marital satisfaction through attachment and psychological distress. The sample included 1,092 women and men from a nonclinical population in cohabiting or marital relationships. The single-item…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Marital Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models
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Venet, Michele; Bureau, Jean-Francois; Gosselin, Catherine; Capuano, France – School Psychology International, 2007
A number of studies (see Ethier, 1999) have shown that neglect has a deleterious impact on children's development. However, the effect of neglect on a child's internal representations of their family still needs to be investigated. The aim of this study was to examine the attachment patterns observed in a subsample of neglected children as…
Descriptors: Social Services, Classification, Child Neglect, Attachment Behavior
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Weckwerth, Amanda C.; Flynn, Deborah M. – College Student Journal, 2006
Sex differences in the experience of social support and frequency of burnout were examined in university students from a small Northern Ontario University. An altered version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) (Maslach & Jackson, 1996) termed the AMBI-HSS, and the Social Provisions Scale (SPS) (Cutrona &…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidance, Social Integration, Burnout
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology