Running head: PEN-3 Model Cultural Framework for Health Intervention and Prevention

Running Head : THE I 3 MODEL The I 3 Model : A Metatheoretical Framework for Understanding Aggression

The I3 Model is a general-purpose metatheory. It posits that three orthogonal processes influence the likelihood and intensity of a given behavior, including aggressive behavior. Instigation encompasses immediate environmental stimuli (e.g., provocation) that normatively afford an aggressive response. Impellance encompasses situational or dispositional qualities (e.g., trait aggressiveness) tha...

Application of the PEN-3 Model in a Diabetes Prevention Intervention

More effective strategies for addressing health issues in African American communities are needed. As part of a three year NIH funded Project Export grant, this communitycampus partnership used community-based participatory research principles and the PEN-3 Cultural Framework to develop a culturally specific, locally relevant intervention to prevent Diabetes among African-Americans. A comprehen...

Relapse Prevention 1 RUNNING HEAD: Relapse Prevention

RUNNING HEAD: Congruence, function of cultural values

Two studies are described examining the correlation between selfand culture referenced values at a culture level (study 1) and correlation between selfand culturereferenced values and self-reported behaviour at an individual level (study 2). It is found that values related to individual – group relationships (embeddedness) and expression and experience of affective feelings and emotions (affect...

Running head: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN REPRESSIVE COPING

Repressive coping or repression had been well studied for its relationship with autobiographical memory and attention. Repression is also related with positive psychological adjustment outcome, negative physical health outcome, and negative narrative identity growth outcome. However, previous studies in this field of repression only included individualistic individuals such as Western Europeans...