Authoritarian and aggressive attitudes in American students.
In a sample of 118 college students, scores on a measure of authoritarian attitudes were associated with scores on subscales from the Buss and Perry (1992) Aggression Questionnaire.
Adult↗
Biomedical subjects
David Lester
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Problem behaviors and suicide and homicide.
In a sample of 36 nations, suicide rates were negatively associated with a drug abuse index. Homicide rates were positively associated with a violent crime index.
Homicide↗
Attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide and death anxiety.
A scale to measure approval of physician-assisted suicide was devised. Scores on the scale were uncorrelated to death anxiety in a sample of 168 students.
Adult↗
The temporal distribution of black suicides.
Suicides by both white and black groups in 1998-2002 peaked on Mondays but the peak was less pronounced for black suicides than for white suicides.
Black People↗
Attitudes toward preventing versus assisting suicide: a correction to an earlier publication.
A sample of 50 college students was more in favor of preventing suicide than assisting suicide. Support for assisting suicide was associated with judging-perceiving scores on the Keirsey-Bates Temperament Survey.
Adult↗
Competitiveness and economic growth: a test of Schumpeter's hypothesis.
A study of 36 nations indicated that measures of economic growth for the period 1980-1995 were not predicted by scores of national samples in the mid-1980s on a measure of competitiveness.
Competitive Behavior↗
Death anxiety, death depression, and death obsession.
In a sample of 67 students, scores from Templer's and the Collett-Lester death anxiety scales, Templer, et al.'s death depression scale, and Abdel-Khalek's death obsession scale were only moderately associated, suggesting that the scales are measuring somewhat different constructs.
Adult↗
Obsession-compulsion and its relation to age and sex in Kuwaiti and American students.
To estimate the correlation between scores on obsession-compulsion and both age and sex, two studies were carried out with Kuwaiti (n1=87, n2=460), and American (n1=73, n2=273) undergraduates. The Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was used in both studies. Significant correlations were found for the Kuwaiti sample; however, these correlations were of low magnitude and have no practical value.
Adult↗
National character and Internet use.
Measures of extraversion and neuroticism for 18 industrialized nations were associated with Internet use.
Character↗
PC versus Macintosh users: a follow-up study.
In a sample of 287 students, Macintosh users had significantly greater anxiety about computers than PC users.
Adult↗
The Kuwait University Anxiety Scale: a cross-cultural evaluation in Kuwait and United States.
Kuwaiti (n=460) and American (n=273) college students responded to the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale in Arabic and English languages, respectively. (Coefficients alpha were .93 and .95, while the item-remainder correlations ranged from .37 to .75 and from .33 to .81 for the Kuwaiti and American samples, respectively. Three factors were identified for the Kuwaiti sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective, (2) Somatic, and (3) Behavioral/Subjective Anxiety and two factors for the American sample: (1) Cognitive/Affective/Behavioral and (2) Somatic Anxiety. The Kuwaiti sample had significantly higher mean scores on 13 of the 20 items and on the total scale score than the American sample. Sex differences were significant in both countries. By and large, the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale seems viable in the American and Kuwaiti contexts.
Adult↗
Changes in the treatment of depression in the United States: 1987-1997.
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Antidepressive Agents↗
Suicide in the Ukraine.
The suicide rates of the 24 provinces (oblasts) of the Ukraine were found to be strongly associated with indices of social disintegration (such as divorce and illegitimacy rates), with the Western provinces incorporated in the USSR later than other Ukrainian territories having lower suicide rates and lower levels of social disintegration.
Demography↗
Sophocles--the first great suicidologist.
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Drama↗
Guttman scaling national laws on suicide.
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Criminal Law↗
The scientific study of suicide requires accurate data.
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Cause of Death↗
A Marxist perspective on assisted suicide.
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Humans↗