There is no consensus regarding the phenomenology, classification, and diagnostic criteria of cybersex addiction. Some approaches point toward similarities to substance dependencies for which approach/avoidance tendencies are crucial mechanisms. Several researchers have argued that within an addiction-related decision situation, individuals might either show tendencies to approach or avoid addi...

feminist art is one of the main branches of art and is a substantial artistic movement in the west during the 20th century whose artists move toward challenging art and its identification in connection to gender. feminist art considers the whole effective elements on the artwork and subjects as emotional conditions of women, women’s rights, violence and discrimination against women, politics an...

The behavior of speech sounds involves a large number of “natural”, panchronic processes that take place at different points in time and space, in unrelated languages. More or less subtle synchronic, dialectal, stylistic, or allophonic variations may progressively become full-fledged sound changes. An overview of these sound changes brings out preferences for “natural” sounds, that are easier t...

BACKGROUND Motivational conflict is central to alcohol dependence, with patients reporting motivation to limit their drinking at the same time as urges to drink alcohol. In addition, dual process models of addiction emphasise the power of automatic cognitive processes, particularly automatic approach responses elicited by alcohol-related cues, as determinants of drinking behavior. We aimed to e...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Smartphones allow users to access social networking sites (SNSs) whenever and wherever they want. Such easy availability and accessibility may increase their vulnerability to addiction. Based on the social cognitive theory (SCT), we examined the impacts of outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and impulsivity on young Chinese smartphone users' addictive tendencies toward SNSs...

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V. Sommer and C. Ross (eds.), Primates of Gashaka, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects 35, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7403-7_12, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Chimpanzees and bonobos, despite being closely related hominoid primates, differ in female gregariousness and dominance style. Violent male aggression is not atypical in chimpanzee societies and is vente...

The current study aimed to investigate the contribution of Academia Colleague as a clinical model professional development pre-service teachers. An interview consisting 8 questions, questionnaire 24 paragraphs, well measurement teaching tendencies, which consisted 4 domains and 35 were major instruments used in study. qualitative research method was employed address, analyze, interpret concerne...

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which effortful control (EC) and sensation seeking (SS) tendencies explain the association between the severity of ADHD symptoms and risky behaviors. METHOD Participants included 555 college students (66% females) who completed self-report measures assessing their ADHD symptoms, EC abilities, SS tendencies, and risky health (e.g., substance use) and driving/...