This study examined the relations between facial attractiveness, aggression, and popularity in adolescence to determine whether facial attractiveness would buffer against the negative effects of aggression on popularity. We collected ratings of facial attractiveness from standardized photographs, and teachers provided information on adolescents' social aggression, physical aggression, and popul...

The respective study covers three aspects; factors determining credit rating, credit rating impact on performance of entities and the relation between stock returns and credit rating. The study focuses on the firms listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) of Taiwan. The empirical analysis uses the data of 50 firms rated by Taiwan Ratings Corporation (TRC) for the period 2010-2015. Two estimation t...

introduction. students' evaluation of teaching is a major concern in higher education. in this regard, during the past 30 years hundreds of papers have been published which because of various grounds from valid, reliable to useless, such papers cannot be easily summarized. the present study investigated for two purposes, first was to out line opinions of two groups of advocates and opposit...

It has been proposed that the capacity to code the 'like me' analogy between self and others constitutes a basic prerequisite and a starting point for social cognition. It is by means of this self/other equivalence that meaningful social bonds can be established, that we can recognize others as similar to us, and that imitation can take place. In this article I discuss recent neurophysiological...

Complementing previous research on antecedents of destructive leadership, we examined the role work stressors in emergence active and passive leadership behaviours. Building conservation resources theory, direct indirect relations between leaders’ perceptions workload, ambiguity intragroup conflict ratings their own as well mediating paths through perceived stress. We used a two-wave survey des...

First posted September 28, 2022 For additional information, contact: Director, Upper Midwest Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey1 Gifford Pinchot DriveMadison, WI 53726Contact Pubs Warehouse Relations between stage (water level) and discharge of streamflow through a natural channel are the result time-varying processes, which commonly described by stage-discharge ratings. Hydrographers w...

Virtual reality exposure (VRE) has been shown to be effective for treating a variety of anxiety disorders, including social phobia. Presence, or the level of connection an individual feels with the virtual environment, is widely discussed as a critical construct both for the experience of anxiety within a virtual environment and for a successful response to VRE. Two published studies show that ...