Aggressive impulses arise from many factors, but they are usually held in check by social norms for self-control. Thus, the proximal cause of aggression is often failure of self-restraint. In Wve studies, depleted capacity for self-regulation (caused by prior, even irrelevant acts of self-regulation) increased aggressive responding, especially after an insulting provocation. When participants w...

AIM The use of physical intervention on psychiatric inpatient units continues to be a source of debate and controversy. Some studies and national clinical guidelines have identified particular restraint positions as both dangerous and undesirable. The following study attempts to identify clinical variables that may make physical restraint in a particular position more likely. METHOD A cross-s...

OBJECTIVE The objectives were to investigate the characteristics associated with frequent self-weighing and the relationship between self-weighing and weight loss maintenance. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Participants (n = 3003) were members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) who had lost >or=30 lbs, kept it off for >or=1 year, and had been administered the self-weighing freque...

Delusions of control in schizophrenia may be due to a deficit in the generation of an efference copy, used to distinguish between self generated and externally imposed changes in the environment. This hypothesis was tested using a framework that differentiated automatic and controlled levels of motor behavior. Subjects resisted collisions that were either self or externally imposed. The grip to...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to change their lifestyles, especially with respect restrictions on going out. Forced quarantine (i.e., lockdown) and self-restraint behavior (SRB), including self-quarantine, are suggested induce potential negative impacts public mental health. SRB seems be related governmental policies, each individual’s social background condition; however,...

We analyze the amount of stress change during refraining from going outside caused by new coronavirus. The relationship between and various factors obtained questionnaire survey be examined using correlation analysis quantification method I. is conducted in Tokyo Nagano prefectures, differences regions are investigated. results showed that vitality changes were related to job satisfaction, home...

Privacy is a basic human need. It is anthropologically and psychologically rooted in the sense of shame and the need for bodily integrity, personal space, and intimacy in interpersonal relationships. Especially in modern Western cultures, it is understood as a necessary condition for individual autonomy, identity, and integrity (Altman 1975; Westin 1967; see also Margulis, this volume, Chap. 2)...