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The Effects Of Narcissistic Group Identity And Group-level Provocation On U.S. Citizens' Attitudes And Behavior Toward Arab Immigrants
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)
A measure of Narcissistic Group Identity was developed and tested in a cross-sectional pilot study of 319 university students. Analyses revealed that Narcissistic Group Identity predicted more negative attitudes toward ...
Anxiety, In-group Identification, And Depersonalized Trust
(Psychology, 2008-08-08)
In a previous study, we (Kenworthy & Jones, 2008) examined the effect of induced anxiety on depersonalized in-group trust within low and high importance groups. We found that the anxiety induction increased depersonalized ...
The Roles Of Ingroup Identification, Prior Commitment, And Group Needs In Predicting Reactions To Group Defection
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)
Three experiments were conducted to explore the effects of group member defection (versus control) on reactions by ingroup members. In Study 1, emotional reactions were less positive toward defectors than toward controls, ...
Reactions To Depictions Of Intergroup Distinctiveness And Similarity Among Liberals And Conservatives
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
Reactions to an intergroup distinctiveness manipulation and a potential mechanism of intergroup boundary maintenance between liberals and conservatives were investigated. In Study 1, self-identified liberals and conservatives ...
Perception Of Diversity
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)
Two studies were conducted to examine effects of diversity on perception. The primary purpose of the first study was to see how people perceive diverse groups, how comfortable they are working in such groups, and how ...
Do Spinal Fusions Necessarily Result In Poorer Therapeutic Outcomes?
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)
Controversy exists over the relationship between spinal fusion surgery and successful therapeutic outcomes. Common problems include unstandardized outcomes, ignoring the impact of the medico-legal system, and a paucity of ...
Chronic Widespread Pain In Patients With Occupational Spinal Disorders: Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidity, And Association With One-year Treatment Outcomes
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)
Chronic Widespread Pain (CWP) is estimated to affect 4.1% - 13.5% of the general population. Compared to those who are pain-free or have localized pain, those with widespread body pain have been found to higher rates of ...
Risk Factors For Functional Restoration Non-completion
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)
Previous studies have shown that the one-year outcomes after an interdisciplinary functional restoration program for patients with chronic disabling occupational disorders vary significantly between those who complete the ...
How Does A Weak Versus Strong Sense Of Self Affect People's Social And Nonsocial Involvements?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)
Does possessing either a strong or weak sense of self predict the number and percentage of one's self-selected social and/or nonsocial involvements? The current study is a retrospective survey study that sought to answer ...