Broad and specific psychological traits may uniquely differentiate trauma victims with PTSD from trauma victims without PTSD, but there is a need for representative, population-based research. We investigated elevated neuroticism and self-criticism in association with the presence versus absence of PTSD in a nationally representative sample of adults who experienced a traumatic stressor. Respon...

Reader-response criticism maintains that the interpretive activities of readers, rather than the author’s intention or the text’s structure, explain a text’s significance and aesthetic value. Biographical accounts of how a writer responds to his or her critics initiated this kind of criticism. That is, since a writer may respond to commentary provided by friends, reviewers, or critics, biograph...

Self-criticism and rumination have been related to suicidality. In the present study, we investigated the extent to which different types of rumination (brooding and reflection) mediate the relationship between self-criticism and suicidal ideation. Two hundred and thirty two healthy adults completed a range of psychological inventories at Time 1 and were followed up approximately three months l...

1 This research has been supported by the NSF Grant SES-0001925. I am grateful to Hans Colonius, Helena Kadlec, James Townsend, Richard Schweickert, and, especially, Robin Thomas for discussions and criticism, and to Damir Dzhafarov and Radomil Dzhafarov for their help in preparation of the manuscript. Correspondence and reprint requests should be sent to Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, Department of Psy...

Receiving criticism for improvement can be difficult, especially when that feedback comes from subordinates. One way to make receiving this information easier is create a team environment facilitates addressing these sensitive issues without harming personal relationships. This article analyses two factors contribute channelling type of criticism: assertiveness and psychological safety. To expl...

While game criticism has been largely tied to the world of enthusiast press game reviews the emergence of the academic field of game studies and the maturing world of game journalism opens new opportunities to consider the future of the game critique. Today, the critical dialog around games can approach its subject from several vectors—social, psychological, historical, aesthetic, philosophical...

Virtual reality has been successfully used to study and treat psychological disorders such as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder but has rarely been applied to clinically-relevant emotions other than fear and anxiety. Self-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be treated by increasing levels of self-compassion. We exploited the known effects of identification with ...

Building upon psychological conflict theory, on the one hand, and item-response models, on the other, the present paper develops an integrated methodology that aims at differentiating the various ways of criticizing Israel. An application of this methodology to the Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel (ASCI) survey found two ways of criticizing Israel resulting from two different and antipodal...

Theory and research suggest that psychologically controlling parenting can be driven by parental concerns in two different domains, that is, interpersonal closeness and achievement. Three studies addressing this hypothesis are presented. Study 1 provides evidence for the validity of the Dependency-Oriented and Achievement-Oriented Psychological Control Scale (DAPCS), a new measure assessing psy...