Research on therapy outcome routinely finds that common factors (e.g., warmth, genuineness, trustworthiness) account for more variance than does therapy technique. This article makes the case for more attention to training in positive common factor variables within graduate schools and internships and for research on the effectiveness of such training. Recommendations are given for a change in ...

Results Low monitoring in girls was significantly associated with bulimia, whereas for boys none of the individual parenting styles were significantly related to any of the EDI subscales. For females, exposure to both low warmth and monitoring was associated with a 4.5,5.8 and 6.5 fold increase in the odds of reporting body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness and bulimia, respectively [80%,74% ...

Using a cross-lagged panel design, we investigated the impact of positive family processes on change in autism symptoms and behaviors. A sample of 149 co-residing mothers and their adolescent or adult child with autism was drawn from a large, longitudinal study. Maternal warmth and praise were measured using coded speech samples in which mothers talked about their son or daughter. A high level ...

2014 was nominally the warmest year on record for both the globe and northern hemisphere based on historical records spanning the past one and a half centuries. It was the latest in a recent run of record temperatures spanning the past decade and a half. Press accounts reported odds as low as one-in-650 million that the observed run of global temperature records would be expected to occur in th...

Objective: This study analyzes whether parental strictness, which is shared by authoritative parenting (strictness and warmth) authoritarian without styles, always acts as a main protective factor against drug use psychosocial maladjustment in children. conclusion has already been stated numerous classic studies, though emergent research suggests that there are benefits to warmth regardless of ...

Purpose Physically less attractive job applicants are discriminated against in hiring decisions. In a US context, the authors tested whether appearance-altering photo-filters can exploit this bias, focusing on moderating role of type, gender and race as well mediating two major dimensions person perception (warmth competence). Design/methodology/approach study 1, 223 managers evaluated White mo...

The fashion industry has been recognized as one of the major industries that contribute to environmental damage. Although companies have started take some actions aimed at protecting environment, how consumers make purchasing decisions about sustainable products is a lingering question. This research thus investigates effect product attributes (i.e., recycled materials) on consumers’ purchase i...

Abstract For decades, scholars have discussed how to build greater citizen trust in government. I hypothesize that increase government, we should consider whether decisions made bureaucrat–citizen encounters (e.g. applications for welfare benefits) are favorable citizens. Building on insights from social psychology, argue cases where citizens presented with unfavorable rejection of applications...