I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff-and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky. PREFACE This thesis is thought to be reflective of the transformation, mistily rendered in the citation on the previous page, which has taken place in me since I have handed in my Ph.D. thesis in the spring of 1996. If this transformation, no...

Background. Studies assessing the association between psychological factors and hypertension have been equivocal, which may reflect limitations in the assessment of psychological factors. Purpose. To assess the relationship between mood and anxiety disorders, measured using a psychiatric interview, and 1-year incident hypertension. Methods. 197 nonhypertensive individuals undergoing exercise st...

OBJECTIVES The effect of family environment on the development of bipolar disorder (BD) in children is not known. We sought to characterize families with children at high risk for developing BD in order to better understand the contributions of family environment to the development of childhood BD. METHODS We collected demographic data and parental ratings on the Family Environment Scale (FES...

This study investigated the effect of mood and bias-eliciting contextual cues on decision making in problem gamblers and healthy individuals. The experimental design involved two between-subjects variables: mood induction (none induction, positive induction, negative induction) and gambling attitude (problem gamblers, healthy individuals), and one withinsubjects variable: bias-inducing contextu...

The present study examined the causal effect of negative mood on deployment as-many-as-can (AMAC) checking stop rules and compulsions. Participants underwent a or positive induction subsequently completed self-report measures AMAC group scored significantly higher both measures. As hypothesised, direct compulsions was fully mediated by rules, with having significant indirect through rules. Howe...

Using the US National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), Coleman, Coyle, Shuping, and Rue (2009) published an analysis indicating that compared to women who had never had an abortion, women who had reported an abortion were at an increased risk of several anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. Here, we show that those results are not replicable. That is, using the same data, sample, and codes as in...

AIMS Recreational use of +/-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') is widespread. The present study aimed to examine both the acute and residual effects of this drug on users' mood and cognitive function. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A parallel group design was used to compare 12 participants who reported having taken MDMA with 12 participants who reported having consumed only alcohol...

Research concerning the impact of positive mood on cognitive performance is inconsistent. We suggest that specific self-efficacy moderates this relationship. The current study proposed that participants in a positive mood with a high level of specific self-efficacy would anticipate mood-maintaining success on a task. Hence, they would be more strongly motivated, and perform better on the task, ...