Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014

  • The Search for Common Factors in Psychotherapy: Two Theoretical Models with Different Empirical Implications

    Lars-Gunnar Lundh

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014
    Pages: 131-150
    Received: 14 September 2014
    Accepted: 22 September 2014
    Published: 30 September 2014
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    Abstract: The difficulties of demonstrating that any specific form of psychotherapy is more effective than any other has led to the formulation of the so-called Dodo Bird Verdict (that all forms of therapy are equally effective) and to the suggestion that what really matters for therapeutic efficiency are factors that are common to different forms of therapy... Show More
  • Achievement Goal and Discrete Emotions in Sport

    Miltiadis Proios

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014
    Pages: 151-157
    Received: 8 October 2014
    Accepted: 17 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: Achievement goals and achievement emotions are elements developed during participation in sport activities. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between achievement goals and discrete emotions in sport and whether emotions vary with gender and type of sport. Males (n = 179), and females (n = 184) athletes were asked to participate... Show More
  • Research Report: Experience of Food Insecurity and Its Effect on the Psychosocial Well-Being of School-Aged Children in Damot Gale Woreda, South Ethiopia

    Mesfin Balgu Tito, Habtamu Wondimu

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014
    Pages: 158-170
    Received: 13 October 2014
    Accepted: 24 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: This study aimed to describe the psychosocial experience of children living in food insecure family. Among the 328 total population, one hundered (100) are involved in the study. These participants were only involved in the quantitative data gathering process. Additionally, 28 participants are involved in the semi-structured interview and focus gr... Show More
  • The Aspirations of Japanese Undergraduate Students: Prospective Study on their Effects on Depression and Anxiety and Mediation by Adult Attachment

    Toshinori Kitamura, Nobuhiko Kijima, Mika Suzuki Takeuchi, Atsuko Tomoda

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014
    Pages: 171-178
    Received: 9 October 2014
    Accepted: 24 October 2014
    Published: 10 November 2014
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    Abstract: The present study examined the connections among aspiration, depression, anxiety, attachment and stressful life events in a sample of 405 Japanese undergraduate students. At Time1 (T1), participants’ Dysphoric Mood (depression and anxiety rated by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: HADS), Adult Attachment (rated by the Relationship Question... Show More
  • Anticipatory Grief among Close Relatives of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

    Ulf Erland Johansson, Agneta Grimby

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2014
    Pages: 179-184
    Received: 26 September 2014
    Accepted: 11 October 2014
    Published: 10 November 2014
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    Abstract: Several illnesses cause suffering and pre-death grief among close relatives, as in cancer and dementia. This might be the case also at Parkinson’s Disease (PD). We aimed at getting grief self-reports of relatives of PD patients using the same instrument (AGS) as in former grief studies to see similarities and differences. Anticipatory Grief Scale (... Show More