In order to test if the rate of onset of sensation of warmth in the legs after the injection of 0.5% bupivacaine might discriminate between subarachnoid and extradural injection, 150 urological patients were allocated randomly to receive either spinal anaesthesia with isobaric (IS) or hyperbaric (HS) 0.5% bupivacaine, or extradural anaesthesia with isobaric 0.5% bupivacaine. The volume of the l...

This study investigated the relation between parental anxiety and family functioning. Parental anxiety and depression, child attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms were all included as predictors of 3 measures of family functioning to examine the independent contributions of each. Using a self-report battery completed by 45 mother-fathe...

This study assessed the longitudinal process by which marital adjustment affects change in maternal warmth over time. Change in coparenting support was examined as the potential mechanism by which the marriage affects parenting. Self-report data were gathered from 148 married mothers of first-born 4th graders at 3 time points, over the transition to early adolescence. Path analyses supported th...

The fabric warmth retention test is a complex process that is influenced by various factors, so errors often appear in the test. There lies a function relation between the fabric thickness, gram weight and warmth retention rate, CLO value. Artificial neural network BP algorithm was used to simulate the function mapping relation, and realized the automatic mapping from basic performance to warmt...

Despite literature revealing the adverse consequences of objectifying gazes for women, little work has empirically examined origins of objectifying gazes by perceivers. Integrating alcohol myopia and objectification theories, we examined the effects of alcohol as well as perceived female attractiveness, warmth, and competence on objectifying gazes. Specifically, male undergraduates (n = 49) fro...

"Heartwarming" social experiences, when one feels interpersonally connected to others, have recently been linked with physical warmth. According to one theory (Panksepp, 1998), "social warmth" and physical warmth may be closely linked because both experiences are supported by similar neurobiological mechanisms; however, the neurochemical substrates underlying this overlap have not been explored...

People infer traits from others' behavior, and use past behavior to guide future social decisions. However, the proposed mechanism underlying this process-generalizations from one behavior to another based on trait inferences-has not yet been fully demonstrated. Research in social psychology establishes people form trait inferences from observed behavior, while research in behavioral economics ...

Parents are often told that better monitoring can prevent adolescents’ misbehavior. However, recent research suggests that adolescents’ voluntary self-disclosure of behaviors is more important than parents’ active attempts to supervise (i.e., track and control) their children in determining adolescent misbehavior. This secondary analysis of a survey administered to students in grades 7, 9, and ...