Reality video is a promising but less studied intervention in behavioral sciences whereas video modeling has proven to be a well-validated intervention. Based on the multiple code theory (Bucci, 1997) in cognitive science, this research proposes that reality video, portraying real people in real-life situations, can connect to its audience strongly in all four domains of experience (non-verbal ...

Memory is considered to be a flexible and reconstructive system. However, there little experimental evidence demonstrating how associations are falsely constructed in memory, even less known about the role of self memory construction. We investigated whether false involving non-presented stimuli can episodic plays such In two experiments, we paired participants’ own names (i.e., self-reference)...

Induced positive affect (PA) can improve verbal fluency performance, and induced negative affect (NA) can increase design fluency performance (Bartolic, Basso, Schefft, Glauser, & Titanic-Schefft, 1999). Building on this, the current study investigated associations between everyday mood states and executive functions. Participants (N = 74, mean age = 51.19 years) completed verbal and design flu...

OF THE DISSERTATION DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF SINGLE-SEX VERSUS COED EDUCATION ON THE MATHEMATICAL REASONING ABILITY, VERBAL REASONING ABILITY, AND SELF-CONCEPT OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

BACKGROUND Treatment summaries and follow-up care plan information should be provided to cancer survivors. This study examines the association of receiving summaries and care plans with cancer survivor self-efficacy for chronic illness management, and whether self-efficacy was associated with health care utilization. METHODS Four hundred forty-one cancer survivors (≥2 years from diagnosis and...

The verbal messages that contextualize exposure to idealized body imagery may moderate media users' body satisfaction. Such contextualizing verbal messages often take the form of social comparison motives in fashion magazines, while body dissatisfaction is an important mechanism underlying various body image-related health issues like depression and unbalanced weight status. Hence, the present ...

BACKGROUND Differences between verbal and non-verbal cognitive development from childhood to adulthood may differentiate between those with and without psychotic symptoms and affective symptoms in later life. However, there has been no study exploring this in a population-based cohort. METHOD The sample was drawn from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, and consisted of 2384 st...