Despite the inroads of acculturation, personality differences have been found between third-generation (sansei) Japanese Americans and their Caucasian-American (CaucAm) counterparts. Four studies were initiated to explore ...

This study was the first of its kind to evaluate the adaptation of a traditional, empirically supported, Western treatment of family education and social skills training to fit the needs of individuals of Pacific Islander ...

Children who are deaf or hard of hearing often have behavior problems, such as social immaturity, conduct problems, and hyperactivity (Meadow-Orlans, 1990). Parent-child communication has been implicated in several studies ...

This study attempts to integrate two independent research literatures which lie within the broad area of pain and cognitive aspects of pain: 1) research in pain and clinical pain treatment, and; 2) research in athletes' ...

The purpose of the present analyses was to assess the separate, relative, and combined associations of relatively enduring familial influences--parental cognitive abilities and personality traits and aspects of the home ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of social/living skills to outcome in exposure and response prevention therapy for a group of obsessive-compulsive patients. A model is presented which emphasizes ...

In recent years, more studies are exploring how contextual factors may influence mate preferences. Based on social learning theory, power, attitudes towards egalitarian gender roles, and type of mating were expected to ...