This article reports the results of a study that examined relationships between primary emotions, secondary emotions, and mood in the online information search context. During the experiment, participants were asked to search Google to obtain information on the two given search tasks. Participants’ primary emotions were inferred from analysis of their facial expressions, data on secondary emoti...

Only recently have studies of electrocortical activity, event-related potentials, and regional cerebral blood flow begun to shed light on the anatomical and neurobiological underpinnings of hypnosis. Since twin studies show a significant heritable component for hypnotizability, we were prompted to examine the role of a common, functional polymorphism in contributing to individual differences in...

The Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM Task Force, 2006) is based on the assumption that an in-depth understanding of clients' underlying emotional, personality, and interpersonal patterns will facilitate their treatment. In this article I show how such an understanding can be achieved through multimethod psychological assessment, and how useful such information can be in long-term psychother...

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Several models have been developed in order to categorize the numerous expressions that people use in order to describe their emotional experiences. The focus of the present study is on one of these theoretical classifications proposed by Pekrun (1992) specifically concerning emotions which are directly related to learning and achievement in mathematics. In his model, emotions are classified ac...

Butcher, Arbisi, Atlis, and McNulty (2003) misunderstand the Fake Bad Scale (FBS) and make naı̈ve, inaccurate assumptions about malingering. Their reasoning and methodology do not support their conclusions. Their methodology and reporting are very unusual for a research study. Not even basic descriptive statistics were reported, for example, means, standard deviations, or ranges. Five of their s...

Recent interest in interactive video game technology (IVGT) has spurred the notion that exercise from this technology may have meaningful physiological and psychological benefits for children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term psychological effects of interactive video game exercise in young adults and whether IVGT participation was capable of improving moo...

In this study, we examined whether the 5 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) Suicidal/Death Ideation (SUI) items (93, 120, 164, 251, and 334) would provide incremental suicide-risk assessment information after accounting for information garnered from clinical interview questions. Among 229 forensic inpatients (146 men, 83...

To examine how various aspects of attentional functioning are affected by autonomic self-regulation procedures, this study compared the effect of two treatment programs (EMG and thermal biofeedback used in conjunction with various somatic and cognitive relaxation/self-regulation strategies, and Benson's Relaxation Response procedure) and a Waiting List control group for essential hypertensive a...

91 Numerous studies examine the role of personality and its interaction with situational demands to the perceived stress (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 1990; Watson, 1990), ways of coping with stress (Costa, Somerfield, & McCrae, 1996; Watson & Hubbard, 1996) and subjective physical health (Bolger & Schilling, 1991; Endler & Parker, 1990). The effects of personal dispositions are emphasized especially...