The treatment of an adolescent patient who recalled having been sexually abused in childhood by her father is described. In the course of treatment, various doubts were raised in the analyst's mind about the truth of this memory. As the analysis progressed, the analyst felt that the patient's responses to interpretations were signs of the presence of a delusional structure. When the patient fel...

The attitude and personality characteristics of 29 stutterers (19 male, 10 female) aged 5282 yr were assessed using five questionnaires. Results indicate that, while the older stutterers score approximately the same as young adult stutterers on scales assessing approach and performance behaviors, the large majority of older stutterers perceive their stuttering as less handicapping than when the...

Social gerontology researchers have investigated various aspects of elder activities in diverse culture contexts. This project assessed the knowledge that Mayan people have about the activities of their elders. Data were collected through two interview procedures. The first procedure, free-listing, was conducted with an initial sample of Mayan subjects (n=31), who provided terms representing th...

AIMS This study uses an experimental design to assess the effects of movie alcohol portrayal on alcohol consumption of young adults while watching a movie. Gender, weekly alcohol use and identification with the movie actor/character were assessed as moderators. DESIGN A two (sex) × two (movie: alcohol or no portrayal of alcohol) between-subject design was used. SETTING Participants watched ...

Language impairment (LI) is a common developmental disorder which affects many aspects of young people's functional skills and engagement with society. Little is known of early driving behaviour in those with this disability. This longitudinal study examines early driving experience in a sample of young adults with LI, compared with a sample of typically developing age-matched peers (AMPs). At ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the negative statistical relationship between educational level and risk of anxiety disorders, and to estimate to what extent this relationship may be explained by genes or environmental factors influencing both phenotypes. METHOD Registry data on educational level for 3339 young adult Norwegian twin pairs and diagnostic data on anxiety disorders for 1385 of these pairs w...

This study investigated the perception of discrepancies between the dental and facial midlines by orthodontists and young laypeople. A smiling photograph of a young adult female was modified by moving the dental midline relative to the facial midline. Twenty orthodontists (10 males and 10 females) and 20 young adult laypeople (10 males and 10 females) scored the attractiveness of the smile on t...

PURPOSE To investigate the functional field of view (FFOV) of younger and older individuals using the attended field of view (AFOV), a method which allows for eye and head movement. The impact of a pop out distracter and a dual task on the FFOV measure was also investigated. METHODS Nine young adult (25±6 years) and 9 older participants (72±4 years) took part in the experiment. The AFOV test ...

BACKGROUND This study examined whether and how two groups of young adults who were poor readers as children (a relatively compensated group and a group with persistent reading difficulties) differed from nonimpaired readers and if there were any factors distinguishing the compensated from persistently poor readers that might account for their different outcomes. METHODS Using functional magne...