OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare stimulated whole saliva 17beta-estradiol of menopausal women with/without oral dryness (OD) feeling, and evaluate the relationship between saliva 17beta-estradiol and severity of OD feeling. METHODS A case-control study was carried out in 76 selected menopausal women aged 41-77 years with or without OD feeling (38 as case and 38 as control) cond...

The feeding of knowing refers to predictions about subsequent memory performance on previously nonrecalled items. The most frequently investigated type of subsequent performance has been recognition. The present research explored predictive accuracy with two new feeling-of-knowing criterion tests (in addition to recognition): relearning and perceptual identification. In two experiments, people ...

Internal identity asymmetry is the uncomfortable experience of having one's mistaken—feeling being misidentified—by others at work. Through two longitudinal field studies working individuals, we investigate consequences internal on individuals' attitudes and work performance. Importantly, incorporate stress coping literature to examine how individual's cognitive appraisal (of negative affect re...

Consistent with a positive psychology perspective, this longitudinal study investigated relations between positive and negative nonwork experiences (i.e., feeling recovered, thinking about the positive and negative aspects of one's work during leisure time) with different job performance dimensions. In total, 358 employees working with persons with special needs responded to two questionnaires ...

INTRODUCTION Drug craving could be described as a motivational state which drives drug dependents towards drug seeking and use. Different types of self-reports such as craving feeling, desire and intention, wanting and need, imagery of use, and negative affect have been attributed to this motivational state. By using subjective self-reports for different correlates of drug craving along with fu...