The death of a sibling is potentially one of the most traumatic events for children and adolescents. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between siblings’ psychosocial adjustment following the death of a brother or sister and the way they cope with loss. Forty bereaved families and 31 control families of the same demographic background participated in the current study with...

Coordination of limb segments in graphic motor behavior has been studied primarily in cyclic tasks. In the present study, limb segment recruitment patterns were investigated in a discrete line-drawing task. Subjects ( N = 11) performed pointing movements varying in direction, amplitude, and speed. The contributions of index finger, hand, and arm to the movement were analyzed by evaluating the a...

The expression of posttraumatic stress symptoms during group therapy, and how this might differ from the expression of those symptoms in the home, was studied in a group of preschoolers following exposure to severe intimate partner violence (IPV). The sample included 55 mother-child intent-to-treat dyads. Reports of posttraumatic symptoms were collected from mothers and child therapists and wer...

In her Behavioral and Brain Sciences target article Greenfield (1991) proposed that early in a child’s development Broca’s region may serve the dual function of coordinating object assembly and organizing the production of structured utterances. As development progresses, the upper and lower regions of Broca’s area become increasingly specialized for motor coordination and speech, respectively....

Negative coping strategies were examined as a possible mediator of the predictive relationship between adolescent insecure attachment organization and young adult externalizing behavior. Constructs examined included insecure attachment organizations (assessed using the AAI), selfreported negative coping strategies, and overall externalizing behaviors. Data were obtained from a socioeconomically...

Computer games, like other digital media, are extremely vulnerable to long-term loss, yet little work has been done to preserve them. As a result we are experiencing large-scale loss of the early years of gaming history. Computer games are an important part of modern popular culture, and yet are afforded little of the respect bestowed upon established media such as books, film, television and m...

A 50-plus year history of research on apraxia of speech (AOS) has spawned a body of literature that has been always controversial, at times contradictory, and at other times enlightening and coherent. This chapter reviews briefly the phonetic theory and neurological substrates for the disorder. We discuss neurolinguistic models and experimental evidence that have helped to set diagnostic criter...

We identify a problem with the process of research in the HCI community – an overemphasis on “radical invention” at the price of achieving a common research focus. Without such a focus, it is difficult to build on previous work, to compare different interaction techniques objectively, and to make progress in developing theory. These problems at the research level have implications for practice,...

Document Summary) As a leading researcher in this field, Pargament (1997) makes reference to the transactional model of stress and coping (Lazarus & [Folkman], 1984) as a potential point of departure for understanding and organizing research on religiosity and spirituality. Notably, he has focused on the process of religious coping behaviour with some additional emphasis on religious appraisals...

Behavioral and psychological consequences of HIV counseling and testing (HIV C&T) for women were examined in a longitudinal, prospective study. Women who received HIV C&T at community health clinics (n=106) and a comparison group of never-tested women (n=54) were interviewed five times over 18 months. There was no change in risk behaviors as a consequence of testing: tested and non-tested women...