Beliefs about minority groups

Examining maladaptive beliefs about sleep across insomnia patient groups.

OBJECTIVES Unhelpful beliefs about sleep have been linked to insomnia, and increasing one's cognitive flexibility about sleep has been linked to posttreatment sleep improvement. This study evaluated whether levels of such beliefs differ across insomnia groups and whether there are particular beliefs that differ for specific insomnia subtypes. METHODS Participants (N=1384) were people with ins...

"beliefs about Beliefs" without Probabilities

“born That Way” and Other Notions: Measuring Sexual Minority Individuals’ Beliefs about Sexual Orientation

Title of Dissertation: “BORN THAT WAY” AND OTHER NOTIONS: MEASURING SEXUAL MINORITY INDIVIDUALS’ BELIEFS ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION Julie Renée Arseneau, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Directed By: Professor Ruth E. Fassinger, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services The focus of the present study was the creation and initial validation of a measure of popular beliefs about sexual orientation ...

Understanding minority patients' beliefs about hypertension to reduce gaps in communication between patients and clinicians.

The authors' objective was to gain a better understanding of minority patients' beliefs about hypertension and to use this understanding to develop a model to explain gaps in communication between patients and clinicians. Eighty-eight hypertensive black and Latino adults from 4 inner-city primary care clinics participated in focus groups to elucidate views on hypertension. Participants believed...

Beliefs about brain injury Beliefs about brain injury in Britain

Primary objective: Surveys have revealed that a high proportion of the public in the US and Canada hold misconceptions pertaining to the sequelae of brain injury. This study examined whether similar misconceptions are endorsed by adults in Britain. Research design: Survey Methods and procedures: Three hundred and twenty two participants completed a 17 item questionnaire containing true or false...