background & aim: assessment of quality of life(qol) is one of the most active areas in modern studies. qol is a term to describe individuals' health and affective, social and physical wellbeing and also to demonstrate their ability for accomplishing daily routine tasks. this study aimed to compare qol domains in fertile and infertile women. method & materials: forty-four infertile women referr...

This paper outlines the development and hardware software integration of an instrumental setup designed towards the real-time assessment of the affective status of a computer user. This assessment is based on the measurement and digital signal analysis of three physiological variables that reflect dynamic changes of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS): Blood Volume Pulse (BVP) measured with an i...

This study examined the psychosocial adjustment of preadolescents with spina bifida in relation to a comparison sample of able-bodied preadolescents (8- and 9-year-olds; n = 68 in each sample). The study also examined the potential clinical utility of a narrowband multimethod, multi-informant, and multidimensional perspective on the assessment of psychosocial functioning in children and adolesc...

We investigate intrasocietal consensus and variation in affective meanings of concepts related to authority and community, two elementary forms of human sociality. Survey participants (n = 2,849) from different socioeconomic status (SES) groups in German society provided ratings of 909 social concepts along three basic dimensions of affective meaning. Results show widespread consensus on these ...

results result shows that there is a significant difference between methamphetamine addicts and narcotics addicts and non-addicts in self-regulation and affective control (p = 0.001). conclusions this finding indicates that low self-regulation and affective control is a risky factor in psychoactive drugs abuse. materials and methods in this causative-comparative study, 80 addicts (40 methamphet...

Intergroup contact (especially cross-group friendship) is firmly established as a powerful strategy for combating group-based prejudice (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). Great advances have been made in understanding how contact reduces prejudice (Brown & Hewstone, 2005), highlighting the importance of affective mediators (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008). The present study, a 3-wave longitudinal study undert...

The generalizability of Gottman et al's. (1998) affective process models was examined using a community-based sample of 85 married or cohabiting couples with at-risk backgrounds. Predictive associations between affective processes assessed at about age 21 years and relationship status and satisfaction approximately 2.5 years later were examined. The major findings of Gottman et al. failed to re...