It is thought that the human amygdala is a critical component of the neural substrates of emotional experience, involved particularly in the generation of fear, anxiety, and general negative affectivity. Although many neuroimaging studies demonstrate findings consistent this notion, little evidence of altered emotional experience following amygdala damage has been gathered in humans. In a preli...

Although adolescence is by many scholars viewed as a problematic developmental period, recent research efforts focus increasingly on the antecedents and consequences of what makes adolescents thrive (Smetana, Campione-Barr, & Metzger, 2006). Clearly, adolescence is a time of exploration and opportunity for many youth and adolescent researchers have recognized the importance of studying the mech...

Recently, several authors have introduced and discussed the advantage of the use of item response theory models (IRT) to construct personality scales and to explore the structure of personality data sets. For example, Waller, Tellegen, McDonald, and Lykken (1996) contrasted the use of IRT to principal factor analysis and Reise and Waller (in press) discussed the choice of an IRT model to analyz...

M ost people want to be happy (Diener, 2000) and they seek happiness in a variety of ways—through achieving greater income or more prestigious careers, living walking distance to the ocean, or buying a shiny new car. Evidence suggests, however, that changing one’s life circumstances (e.g., marital status, career, location, and income) is not the most fruitful path to greater well-being (Sheldon...

Assessing patients with dissociative disorders (DD) using personality tests is difficult. On the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 ( J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaemmer, 1989 ), DD patients often obtain elevations on multiple clinical scales as well as on validity scales that were thought to indicate exaggeration yet have been shown to be elevated...

Models for acoustic transducers, such as loudspeakers, mastoid bone-drivers, hearing-aid receivers, etc., are critical elements in many acoustic applications. Acoustic transducers employ two-port models to convert between acoustic and electromagnetic signals. This study analyzes a widely-used commercial hearing-aid receiver ED series, manufactured by Knowles Electronics, Inc. Electromagnetic tr...

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Evidence for a shift from analytical to holistic processing during hypnosis is presented as a basis for a new conceptualization of hypnosis in terms of Epstein’s integrative theory of personality, Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory (CEST; e.g., Epstein, 1973, 1990, 1994). Support for this view comes from parallels between the hypnotic state and the experiential system as embodied in CEST and fr...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Rumination Romantic relationships Adult attachment Stalking Intimate partner violence Scale Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) Rumination about romantic relationships has been implicated in interpersonal problems generally, and intimate partner violence and stalking of former romantic partners specifically. While various scales e...