Title of Dissertation: KOREAN PARENTS’ AND ADOLESCENTS’ REPORTS OF PARENTING STYLES: A DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY Angel Hayoung Kim, Ph. D., 2008 Dissertation directed by: Professor Kenneth H. Rubin Department of Human Development The main purpose of this study was to examine differences and relations among Korean mothers’, fathers’, and adolescent girls’ and boys’ reports of parenting styles, disting...

The aim of this study was to examine whether the valence and origin of emotional words can alter perception of ambiguous objects in terms of warmth versus competence, fundamental dimensions of social cognition. 60 individuals were invited into the study focusing on the limits of intuition. They were asked to try to guess the meaning of Japanese pictorial signs in terms of their warmth versus co...

The stereotype content model defines two fundamental dimensions of social perception, warmth and competence, predicted respectively by perceived competition and status. Combinations of warmth and competence generate distinct emotions of admiration, envy, pity, and disgust. From these intergroup emotions and stereotypes, the BIAS (behaviors from intergroup affect and stereotypes) map predicts di...

Previous findings have shown both beneficial and adverse effects of parents' attempts to influence adolescents' eating habits. The current study examined the differential effect of parents' persuasion (e.g., encouragement, giving information) and pressure tactics (e.g., guilt induction, ridicule) and the moderating influence of parental warmth on older adolescents' emotional and behavioral resp...

Recent studies in social warmth suggest the essence of physical warmth to the interpersonal interaction and human relationship. Mediated warmth therefore can serve as a computer mediated communication (CMC) when the persons are physically separated. Through this study, a pilot experiment was designed and developed to learn about the possibility of body warmth as an intimate cue when experiencin...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a higher number of parenting practices, such as those concerning meals, bedtime, and limited screen time, is associated with children's health behaviors. In addition, to determine whether perceived parental warmth and responsiveness toward the child strengthens (moderates) the associations between parenting practices and health behaviors. DESIGN Cross-sectional ...

Return and adjustment to school in adolescents who have survived cancer have become of increasing interest as the numbers of childhood cancers survivors have grown due to advances in treatments. Perceived parental rearing behavior is an important factor related to school adjustment. This study examined the relationships between maternal and parental rearing practices, general characteristics, a...

In medicine, it is critical that clinicians demonstrate both empathy (perceived as warmth) and competence. Perceptions of these qualities are often intuitive and are based on nonverbal behavior. Emphasizing both warmth and competence may prove problematic, however, because there is evidence that they are inversely related in other settings. We hypothesize that perceptions of physician competenc...

AIM The purpose of this study was to assess differences in persons of a Hot or Cold nature (according to traditional Iranian medicine), in terms of changes in their neuroendocrine and immune systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-seven (37) male volunteers (20-40 years old) were divided into two groups, by whether they had a Hot or Cold nature. In addition, the Warmth/Coldness ratio of all the...

Introduction: Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM) is accompanied by little side effects in experience. The mechanisms involved in TIM are not much clear. The purpose of this study is assessment of differences of warm and cold nature persons in neuroendocrine system and cytokine pattern (Th1/Th2) of immune responses. Methods: Thirty seven 20 to 40 years old male volunteers were divided into 2 gro...