Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

B D Townes

Publications and source records attributed to B D Townes.

50 records · Page 3Linked to original sources
PubMed1976

Differences in psychological sex, adjustment, and familial influences among homosexual and nonhomosexual populations.

The present study investigated differences in psychological sex, present and past adjustment, and parental influences among homosexual cross-dressers, homosexual non-cross-dressers, applicants for sex change surgery, and heterosexuals. The homosexual non-cross dresser and heterosexual groups were found to have the most masculine gender role, with the sex change group having the most feminine gender identity. The two homosexual groups were most accepting of homosexuality, with the sex change group having the least acceptance of homosexuality. Support was not found for the prediction that the sex change group would have the worst present and past adjustment followed by the homosexual cross-dressers with the poorest past adjustment. As predicted, however, fathers were perceived as more nurturant in the heterosexual group than among the remaining three groups. These findings suggest that variations in sexual-life-style can be understood as manifestations of different combinations of the components of psychological sex and that a nurturant father is important in the development of a heterosexual life-style.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1975

Interpersonal discrimination as a function of age and psychopathology.

Self-distinctiveness scores from the Interpersonal Discrimination Task were obtained on 87 normal and 92 psychiatric patients ranging in age from 16 to 44. As predicted, self-distinctiveness in normals increased from the 2nd to 3rd decade, then declined progressively thereafter. By contrast, patients' self-distinctiveness scores were significantly lower than normals' during the 3rd decade and higher than normals' thereafter. The results were interpreted in terms of patients' tendencies to view themselves as discrepant with age-specific societal expectancies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Emotionally disturbed children in special schools: an analysis of ratings of disturbed behavior and perceptual handicaps.

The relationship between perceptual handicaps and adjustment was studied among 573 emotionally disturbed children from Massachusetts. Little relationship was found between perceptual handicaps and overall adjustment. Antisocial behavior was the most prominent factor related to removal from regular classrooms and placement in special residential and day schools.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Neuropsychological and behavioral status of Chinese children with acyanotic congenital heart disease.

Thirty-nine children between the ages of 5 to 8 years (N = 27) and 9 to 14 years (N = 12) who were undergoing cardiac surgery for repair of ventricular or atrial septal defect and 39 controls matched for age, educational level and social class were administered the age-appropriate Chinese versions of the Wechsler Intelligence scales and the Halstead Reitan Neuropsychological test batteries. Parents completed the Achenbach Behavioral Rating Scale. Surgical subjects underwent extracorporeal circulation and hypotensive anesthesia. The intellectual development of children with heart disease was significantly lower than normal controls and showed particular impairment of complex integrative functions of the brain. Parents of surgical subjects also rated their children as having greater behavioral disturbance than did parents of healthy children. Acyanotic heart disease was found to both impact negatively neuropsychological and behavioral functioning.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Prospective cerebral MR study of HIV seropositive and seronegative men: correlation of MR findings with neurologic, neuropsychologic, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis.

PURPOSE: As part of a longitudinal study of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection, we attempted to identify early cerebral MR findings that might correlate to clinical evidence of central nervous system involvement. METHODS: We studied 65 seropositive and 40 seronegative homosexual males using cranial MR, neurologic, immunologic, and neuropsychologic examinations. RESULTS: The incidence of mildly enlarged ventricles, sulci, and punctate areas of abnormal signal in both groups was similar in both groups. Diffuse, poorly defined areas of abnormal white matter signal were difficult to consistently identify in seropositives. Enlarged adenoidal lymphoid tissue was found in 30 (46%) of seropositives and 2 (5%) of seronegatives (P = .0001). The incidence of sinus inflammatory change was similar in the two groups. CONCLUSION: MR of intracranial contents is substantially normal in a non-AIDS HIV(+) population.

Adult↗