Advances in psychology research. Volume 75 / Alexandra M. Columbus, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 75; ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 75 ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; INTERNET AND COMPUTER-MEDIATED TECHNOLOGIES AS NEW TOOLS IN THE STUDY OF SHYNESS: A REVIEW OF RECENT SURVEY- AND LABORATORY BASED STUDIES; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; SHYNESS AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOU; THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AS NEW TOOLS TO STUDY SHYNESS: RECENT SURVEY- AND LABORATORY- BASED STUDIES ; SHYNESS AND THE INTERNET: SURVEY STUDIES ; SHYNESS AND THE INTERNET: LABORATORY STUDIES ; CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES ; GROWING PAINS IN RESILIENCE RESEARCH: A REVIEW ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Psychological Branch of Stress and Resilience ; Lack of Consensus to Definitional Issues ; MODELS OF RESILIENCE ; Resilience as Measured via Person-Centered Methods ; Resilience as Measured by Variable-Centered Methods ; Resilience Is Multi-Dimensional ; Lack of Multi-Dimensional Measurement Tools ; Physiological Branch of Stress and Resilience ; Lack of Consonant Theoretical Propositions ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES.

COMPLEXITY (NOT VARIABILITY OF LOSS VALUES) EXPLAINS 3-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN'S DIFFICULTY ON THE CHILDREN'S GAMBLING TASK ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHOD ; Participants ; Materials and Procedure ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; ANALYZING PERCEIVED SAFETY AND SELF-REPORTED ACCIDENTS IN PUBLIC TRANSIT ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; SAFETY -- A HUMAN CONSTRUCT ; Risk ; Heuristic Judgments ; Traffic Safety ; Public Transportation Safety ; Summing Up ; EMPIRICAL WORK ; Incidence Data ; Perceived Safety ; Methodological Issues ; Subjective Safety.

Social Aspects Towards a Framework ; FRAMEWORK -- PERCEIVED SAFETY ; CONCLUSION ; Practical Implications ; To Summarize ; Meaning of Perceived Safety ; Impact of Self-Reported Incidents ; Value of Self-Reported Accident Data ; REFERENCES ; TESTING A PROPOSED MODEL ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-CONCEPT AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN ADOLESCENCE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHOD ; Participants ; Variables and Instruments ; Procedure ; Data Analysis ; RESULTS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES.

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV/AIDS AMONG CHINESE COLLEGE WOMEN IN HONG KONG ABSTRACT ; METHODS ; Participants ; Measures ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; REFERENCES ; BEHAVIOURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BODY MASS INDEX ; ABSTRACT ; CHARACTERISTICS AND DETERMINANTS OF EATING DISORDERS ; Satisfaction with Body Shape and Appearance: Gender Differences ; Exercise: Gender and BMI Differences ; Gender Differences in Health and Nutritional Awareness ; METHOD ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; Incidence of Under- and Overweight.

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