The adaptive function of bystander initiated post-conflict affiliation (also: consolation & appeasement) has been debated for 30 years. Three influential hypotheses compete for the most likely explanation but have not previously been tested with a single data set. The consolation hypothesis argues that bystander affiliation calms the victim and reduces their stress levels. The self-protection h...

Implicit motives for power and affiliation, salivary levels of testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone, and relationship status were measured in 18 normally cycling (NC) women, 18 women using oral contraceptives (OC), and 18 men at three assessments, corresponding to the menstrual, midcycle, and premenstrual phases of women's menstrual cycle. NC and OC women had elevated levels of affiliation...

We consider private value auctions where bidders’ types are dependent, a case usually treated by assuming affiliation. As any scientific assumption, affiliation has limitations and it is important to know them. We show that affiliation is topologically and measure-theoretically restrictive. The economic cases where affiliation is justified do not correspond to the intuition usually given for in...

Conflict features in the lives of many animal species and induces social stress mediated by glucocorticoid hormones [1]. Postconflict affiliation, between former opponents (reconciliation) or between former opponents and a bystander (third-party affiliation), has been suggested as a behavioral mechanism for reducing such stress [2], but has been studied almost exclusively in primates [3]. As wi...

Our goal was to examine the role of adolescent perceived deviant peer affiliation in mediating or moderating the association between adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and young adult driving risk in females with and without ADHD. The overall sample included 228 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse girls with or without a diagnosis of ADHD in childhood (Wave...

Erratum for Nagesh et al., phytochemical analysis and docking study of compounds present in a polyherbal preparation used in the treatment of dermatophytosis Simhadri VSDNA Nagesh1*, Muthuchamy Muniappan2, Iyanar Kannan3, Subramanyam Viswanathan4 Department of pharmacology Bharath University, Chennai , India Department of Pharmacology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Ch...

Post-conflict affiliation between former opponents or between one of the former opponents and bystanders might have the function of conflict management, which reduces the costs associated with aggressions. One of the suggested functions of post-conflict affiliation is decreased renewed aggressions directed from aggressors to victims. However, the effect of post-conflict affiliation on renewed a...

BACKGROUND Gang violence accounted for 20% of homicides in large cities from 2002 to 2006. Preventing gang affiliation (ie, youth who either desire or have gang membership) might reduce subsequent gang activity. Previous research has focused on identifying risk factors for gang affiliation; however, little information is available on protective factors. AIM To identify risk and protective fac...

We consider private value auctions where bidders’ types are dependent, a case usually treated by assuming affiliation. As any scientific assumption, affiliation has limitations and it is important to know them. We show that affiliation is a restrictive condition, that is, the set of affiliated distributions is small both in topological and measure-theoretical senses. The economic cases where af...

This study examined the extent to which gait analysis recommendations are followed by orthopedic surgeons with varying degrees of affiliation with the gait laboratory. Surgical data were retrospectively examined for 95 patients with cerebral palsy who underwent lower extremity orthopedic surgery following gait analysis. Thirty-three patients were referred by two surgeons directly affiliated wit...