Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

B D Forman

Publications and source records attributed to B D Forman.

14 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1989

A comparison of sexually abused and nonsexually abused children's behavioral responses to anatomically correct dolls.

Groups of 16 girls referred for evaluation and treatment of sexual abuse and 16 nonreferred girls between the ages of 5 and 8 years were compared on aggression, avoidance, private parts reference, and freeplay over two conditions: playing alone with anatomically correct dolls and telling a story about the dolls to an adult. Results indicated that sexually abused children displayed more sexually oriented behavior when alone but more avoidance of the dolls when interacting with an adult.

Aggression↗
PubMed1988

Assessing perceived patterns of behavior exchange in relationships.

Development of an instrument to assess perceptions of behavior exchange patterns, using the schema described by McKenna, is discussed. The Behavior Exchange Inventory (BEI) contains 16 6-item scales, which assess giving, accepting, requesting, and withholding positive or negative reinforcers in either intimate or non-intimate relationship contexts. Also reported are two studies of the BEI's discriminant validity. Preliminary findings are encouraging in that they supported the cognitive conception of relationship distress and were consistent with research on couple attributional processes.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Rape-related services in federally funded community mental health centers.

Amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act (Public Law 94-63) required community mental health centers (CMHCs) to provide such rape-related services as rape prevention and control, and to assure service availability to rape victims and their families. A questionnaire designed to assess how rape-related services are delivered was mailed to directors of 107 federally funded comprehensive CMHCs in a seven-state region. Fifty-five responses were received, indicating that rape-related services were offered by approximately two-thirds of the centers, 65% of which considered their rape-related services to be less comprehensive than other services. The budget for rape services was less than $10,000 in 80% of responding centers, representing less than 0.5% of the average CMHC budget. Services provided, primarily clinical, involved crisis intervention, counseling, and psychotherapy with rape victims and their families. Prevention and educational activities accounted for less than 25% of all rape-related services at most CMHCs. The results of the study question the impact of federal mandates on local mental health services.

Community Mental Health Centers↗
PubMed1985

Use of hypnosis for improving medication compliance in psychiatric patients.

Factors involved in failure to comply with medication regimens may be divided into four categories: patient characteristics, physician-patient relationship, psychosocial environment, and treatment regimen features. Although several methods aimed at improving medication compliance have been described in the literature, hypnosis was not among them. Three cases in which hypnosis was effective for improving compliance are presented, suggesting that hypnotherapy for compliance problems has potential clinical applications.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Asymmetry of the face at rest: size, area and emotional expression.

In a sample of 53 right-handed, young adult males, asymmetry was examined in the size of 11 facial regions, in total area, and in emotional expression of the face at rest. In the complete sample no evidence was obtained of consistent asymmetry in size of facial regions, in facial area, or in emotional expression. There was, however, an interaction between family history of sinistrality and sighting dominance in facial asymmetry for the pleasantness/unpleasantness of facial expression. The findings suggest that previously established asymmetries in phasic emotional displays are not an outcome of expressive or morphological asymmetries of the face at rest.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

Delivery of rape-related services in CMHCs: an initial study.

A questionnaire designed to assess how rape-related services are delivered was mailed to directors of 34 federally funded comprehensive Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) in Missouri and Illinois. Responses were received from 18 CMHCs. Results indicated that rape-related services were offered by approximately three-quarters of the respondents, who reported delivering primarily clinical services.

Community Mental Health Centers↗
PubMed1983

Measuring perceived stress in adolescents: a cross validation.

A brief (24-item) version of the Adolescent Life Change Event Scale (ALCES), a self-report measure of stressfulness, was administered to 94 students between the ages of 12 and 29. Rank order coefficients computed between ratings obtained by the current sample and those obtained by the original sample exceeded .90. These results suggest ALCES may be a valid tool for use in stress research with adolescents.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Family environment and its relation to adolescent personality factors.

Investigated the relationship between family social climate characteristics and adolescent personality functioning. The High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) was administered to 80 high school students. These students and their parents also completed the Family Environment Scale (FES). Results of a stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that one or more HSPQ scales had significant associations with each FES scale. Significant variance in child behavior was attributed to family social system functioning; however, no single family variable accounted for a major portion of the variance to the exclusion of other factors. It was concluded that child behavior varies with total system functioning, more than with separate system factors.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1979

Irrational beliefs and psychological needs.

Studied the relationship between irrational beliefs and 15 psychological needs described by Murray. The Irrational Beliefs Test (IBT) and the Adjective Check List (ACL) were administered to 46 high school students and 50 adults. Results of stepwise multiple regression analyses indicated that five IBT scales and IBT Full-Scale were significantly associated with psychological needs. It was concluded that pathological behavior could not be readily predicted on the basis of irrational beliefs. It was further concluded that Ellis' model of personality obtained additional validating evidence.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Irrational beliefs and personality.

This study investigated the relationship between irrational beliefs and the nonpathological personality characteristics origence and intellectence described by Welsh (1972, 1975b). The Adjective Check List (ACL) and the Irrational Beliefs Test (IBT) were administered to 319 college students. Data were analyzed for the entire sample and for males and females separately. In each case, two combinations of scores yielding significant canonical correlation coefficients were produced. The results offer a refinement to Ellis' personality model and suggest that irrational beliefs are insufficient as indications of psychopathology.

Journal Article↗