Beneficial moderating influence on the association

/0 Comments/in /by

A study examined lower life satisfaction, active coping, and cardiovascular disease risk factors (diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and circumferences) in older African Americans over the phases of an 18-month church-based intervention, using a quasi-experimental design. Participants (n = 89) were 45 years of age and older from six churches (three treatments, three comparisons) in North Florida. Lower life satisfaction had a persistent unfavorable effect on weight variables.

Active coping showed a direct beneficial effect on selected weight variables. However, active coping was adversely associated with blood pressure and did not moderate the association between lower life satisfaction and cardiovascular risk factors. The intervention had a beneficial moderating influence on the association between lower life satisfaction and weight variables and on the association between active coping and these variables. Yet, this pattern did not hold for the association between active coping and blood pressure. The relationship of lower life satisfaction and selected cardiovascular risk factors and the positive effect of active coping were established, but findings regarding blood pressure suggest further study is needed.

Cardiovascular disease risk factors

/0 Comments/in /by

A study examined lower life satisfaction, active coping, and cardiovascular disease risk factors (diastolic and systolic blood pressure, body mass index, and circumferences) in older African Americans over the phases of an 18-month church-based intervention, using a quasi-experimental design. Participants (n = 89) were 45 years of age and older from six churches (three treatments, three comparisons) in North Florida. Lower life satisfaction had a persistent unfavorable effect on weight variables. Active coping showed a direct beneficial effect on selected weight variables. However, active coping was adversely associated with blood pressure and did not moderate the association between lower life satisfaction and cardiovascular risk factors. The intervention had a beneficial moderating influence on the association between lower life satisfaction and weight variables and on the association between active coping and these variables. Yet, this pattern did not hold for the association between active coping and blood pressure. The relationship of lower life satisfaction and selected cardiovascular risk factors and the positive effect of active coping were established, but findings regarding blood pressure suggest further study is needed.

 

1. What are the implications of the study? Explain why this information is important. Who is it important to and why?

The patriarchal perspective on relationship violence

/0 Comments/in /by

You have been asked to participate in a radio show about relationship violence. You know that one of the other guests is an ardent supporter of the patriarchal perspective on relationship violence.  In preparation for the show, you want to make sure you understand her perspective and the critique you will make about the patriarchal perspective.  What are two points that you will make as a critique of this model of violence?  That is, what will you say to explain why the patriarchal model is an inadequate explanation for relationship violence?

The importance of ethics in forensic psychology

/0 Comments/in /by

Read the ethics complaint via the three module resource documents—an evaluation, the complaint, and the ethics board’s decision. Would you be able to identify the ethical problems? And more importantly, would you understand how to avoid committing them in the first place?

In a post to this discussion topic, answer these questions:

  • What does this case illustrate about the importance of ethics in forensic psychology?
  • What problems did this psychologist’s poor ethical thinking cause for the family involved?
  • Would you have been able to read the evaluation and spot the ethical problems? What did you catch? What did you miss? Explain.
  • What could the psychologist have done differently that would have made this an ethical evaluation?

Factors that affect intergenerational relationships between older adults and their adult children

/0 Comments/in /by

Discuss factors that affect intergenerational relationships between older adults and their adult children. What factors support good intergenerational relationships?

(Think from the life-span perspective; briefly analyze at least six different factors)

200-300 wds

Short-Answer Question

The term “emerging adulthood” is fairly recent in the field of developmental psychology.

(1) Explain why researchers felt it necessary to add this stage of development.

(2) Describe at least two new characteristics of cognitive development during emerging adulthood compared to earlier life stages.

200-300 wds

Aspects of PREP and CARE

/0 Comments/in /by

Danielle and Sanj are attending a premarital workshop. This is a new workshop that incorporates aspects of PREP and CARE. The following dialogue is a transcript of a practice session. Sometimes Danielle and Sanj are using the skills well, and at other times they are slipping back into old patterns of miscommunication. For each sentence, identify the CARE or PREP technique that is being used, or if they are not using a PREP or CARE skill, what is the mistake that they are making? (HINT: These mistakes may have been discussed as one of the four danger signs in the prevention lecture or as negative communication skills (or four horsemen) in the communication lecture). (HINT: “speaker/listener technique” and “CARE” or “PREP” aren’t correct answers for any of the items below!)

A. Danielle: I was really upset and sad when you booked a weekend in Vegas the same time we were supposed to be celebrating an early Christmas holiday with my parents.

B. Sanj: I didn’t do it deliberately, I really thought that party with your family was the weekend after. This is totally not my fault and I can’t believe you are making this my problem

C. Danielle: It sounds like you don’t see this as your fault and you genuinely forgot.

D. At this point, the coach intervenes and suggests that Sanj might try amplification. Give an example of what Sanj might say that would be an amplification.

Effective study of Integrative Behavioural Couples Therapy

/0 Comments/in /by

How can one conduct an effective study of Integrative Behavioural Couples Therapy?

Group of answer choices

Train therapists in the community to deliver Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy in a laboratory-based study, and compare treatment outcomes to those obtained with graduate-level therapists.

 

Bring couples into the lab to receive treatment from graduate-level supervised therapists and evaluate change in relationship satisfaction from pre- to post-treatment.

 

Bring couples into the lab to receive either Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy or Emotion Focused Couple Therapy and compare outcomes in the two treatments.

 

Train therapists in the community to deliver Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy and compare the outcomes to couples who receive treatment as usual in the community.

 

 

What surprising finding emerged for couples’ who completed the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) in Rogge and colleagues’ (2014) study of relationship education interventions at UCLA?

Group of answer choices

Higher divorce rate at follow-up

 

Marital satisfaction decreased over time

 

Hostile communication was maintained over time

 

Empathy decreased over time

 

Perceived support decreased over time

 

 

Regarding marriage enhancement, or prevention programs, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Group of answer choices

A problem with evaluating the outcome research on PREP is that most of the studies did not employ random assignment.

 

There is some preliminary evidence that a variant of PREP (Self-PREP) used in Australia may actually be harmful to high-risk couples.

 

Preliminary evidence indicates that CARE couples are more satisfied than PREP couples at the end of the three-year follow-up.

 

Couples who participate in PREP are better at solving problems and communicating. However, they do not tend to be any more satisfied than non-PREP couples.

 

 

As described in your text, Halford, Sanders, and Behrens (2001) examined the effectiveness of a self-regulation version of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (Self-PREP) for couples at low and high risk for marital distress. Couples either received Self-PREP or a placebo control. Which of the following is an accurate description of the results of this study?

Group of answer choices

There was no difference between the Self-PREP and the control conditions for either high or low-risk couples

 

All couples who were administered Self-PREP did much better over time than couples who received the control condition

 

High-risk couples did better when they received the Self-PREP program, but low-risk couples were actually more likely to deteriorate over time if they received the Self-PREP program rather than the control condition

 

Low-risk couples did well regardless of which condition they were in, while high-risk couples did much better if they received the Self-PREP program

 

The Appeal to Authority and Loaded Language fallacy

/0 Comments/in /by

Discuss how the Appeal to Authority and Loaded Language fallacy are prevalent in our society.  Give two examples of these fallacies and briefly explain each impacts on our society

Longitudinal study of extramarital sex by Previti and Amato

/0 Comments/in /by

What did a longitudinal study of extramarital sex by Previti and Amato (2004) suggest is most accurate about the causal link between infidelity and relationship dissatisfaction?

Group of answer choices

When a couple of experiences infidelity, they are more likely to then have communication problems such as demand withdrawal.

 

Spouses who are more depressed and higher on attachment insecurity are more likely to cheat on their spouses

 

Thoughts about ending a relationship make infidelity more likely

 

Thoughts about ending a relationship make infidelity more likely, but the infidelity then increases thoughts of divorce.

 

Infidelity leads to doubts about the relationship and actions towards divorce.

 

Research suggests that severe violence perpetrated by a male against a non-violent female partner is the least common form of partner violence. Which theory of partner violence would be LEAST likely to predict this finding?

Group of answer choices

modern

 

situational

 

feminist or patriarchal theory

 

anthropological

 

dyadic

 

oday in Western culture, the majority of men and women consider hitting a female romantic partner as unacceptable in any circumstance. This notion provides evidence against which of the following models of partner violence?

Group of answer choices

Psychosocial

 

Dyadic

 

Patriarchal

 

Evolutionary

 

Reciprocity

 

The situational perspective can be described as falling under which broader perspective on partner violence?

Group of answer choices

feminist

 

cultural

 

dyadic

 

social learning

 

psychosocial

 

When considering attachment theory, who is least likely to experience feelings of jealousy in response to relationship betrayal?

Group of answer choices

Insecure-Anxious individuals

 

Secure individuals

 

Secure and insecure-avoidant are less likely to experience jealousy than insecure anxious individuals

 

Insecure-Avoidant individuals

 

Explain the sensation’s connection to the concepts of absolute threshold

/0 Comments/in /by

Define and describe the sensation. Explain the sensation’s connection to the concepts of absolute threshold, difference threshold, and subliminal messages. Lastly, discuss the roles of attention and motivation as it relates to perception.