In this article, I will discuss life tables and Kaplan–Meier estimators, which are similar to life tables. Then I turn to proportional-hazards models, aka “Cox models.” Along the way, I will look at the efficacy of screening for lung cancer, the impact of negative religious feelings on survival, and the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy. What conclusions should be drawn about statistical ...

PURPOSE To describe the psychosocial needs of critically ill patients, including descriptions of patients' experiences when these needs are not met, and behaviors of families, friends, and ICU staff that help or impede meeting these needs. DESIGN A qualitative research design was used. Participants were 45 adult critically ill patients in the medical or surgical ICU for a minimum of 3 days in...

Many acts are disgusting, but only some of these acts are immoral. Dyadic morality predicts that disgusting acts should be judged as immoral to the extent that they seem harmful. Consistent with this prediction, 3 studies reveal that perceived harm mediates the link between feelings of disgust and moral condemnation-even for ostensibly harmless "purity" violations. In many cases, accounting for...

Open-ended interviews were conducted with members of the "Execution Team" in Louisiana in order to understand the roles, experiences, and effects of carrying out the death penalty. Fifty of a potential 52 correctional officers who work with executions were interviewed and asked to complete mental health inventories. While emphasizing the importance of security and their professional responsibil...

A sample of 222 undergraduates was screened for high happiness using multiple confirming assessment filters. We compared the upper 10% of consistently very happy people with average and very unhappy people. The very happy people were highly social, and had stronger romantic and other social relationships than less happy groups. They were more extraverted, more agreeable, and less neurotic, and ...

323 1 The author would like to thank Ronnie Levine, Jeff Hudson, and Stacy Nakell for their generous feedback and support. 2 Private practice, Austin. Correspondence should be addressed to Alyson M. Stone, PhD, CGP, 4103 Marathon, Suite F, Austin, TX 78756. E-mail: [email protected]. That religion can be a source of harm and trauma is something most clinicians know well, yet this fact is ...

In this paper, I will discuss life tables and Kaplan-Meier estimators, which are similar to life tables. Then I turn to proportional-hazards models, aka “Cox models.” Along the way, I will look at the efficacy of screening for lung cancer, the impact of negative religious feelings on survival, and the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy. What are the conclusions about statistical practice? ...

Many acts are disgusting, but only some of these acts are immoral. Dyadic morality predicts that disgusting acts should be judged as immoral to the extent that they seem harmful. Consistent with this prediction, three studies reveal that perceived harm mediates the link between feelings of disgust and moral condemnation—even for ostensibly harmless “purity” violations. In many cases, accounting...

The role of national and religious tolerance in ensuring the moral security young people mechanisms its provision are scientifically studied article. At same time, to increase qualities among people, cultivate feelings tolerance, further strengthen education moral, ideological propaganda this process self-government bodies, civil society institutions, youth-social institutions-society continuou...

OBJECTIVE To explore existential meaning-making in an ethnic-majority subgroup with mental ill health and to increase knowledge about the importance of gaining access to such information in mental healthcare. DESIGN Qualitative study using in-depth interviews and systematic text condensation analysis. PARTICIPANTS 17 devote Christians with an ethnic-Swedish background, 12 women and 5 men, 3...