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Rubin, David C.; Boals, Adriel; Berntsen, Dorthe – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2008
One hundred fifteen undergraduates rated 15 word-cued memories and their 3 most negatively stressful, 3 most positive, and 7 most important events and completed tests of personality and depression. Eighty-nine also recorded involuntary memories online for 1 week. In the first 3-way comparisons needed to test existing theories, comparisons were…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Memory, Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology)
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Paulhus, Delroy L.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Describes a study using self-report measures of students' responses to auditory and visual stimuli to measure distractibility in task performance among 224 Canadian undergraduates. Findings show the absence of any link between self-reported distractibility and actual performance. Study shows correlations between personality type and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Analysis of Variance, Behavioral Science Research, Distractors (Tests)