President's Page: The ACC Reconfirms Commitment to Transparent Relationships With Industry

Escalation of commitment with transparent future outcomes.

A frequent case of irrational decision making is the tendency to escalate commitment to a chosen course of action after unsuccessful prior investments of money, effort, or time (sunk costs). In previous research it is argued that escalation does not occur when future outcomes and alternative investments are transparent. Inconsistent with this argument, in an experiment in which undergraduates w...

Physician Relationships with Industry.

John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight HBO show on February 8, 2015 highlighted what is common sense to the average patient: money and gifts from the medical industry bias doctors and can interfere with cost-effective, high-quality care. If you have not seen this 17-minute clip, take a look at it via www.youtube.com/watch?v1⁄4YQZ2UeOTO3I. A patient who perceived such a bias wrote about it in Health Af...

Multi-society Presidents' page: The value of membership in your sub-specialty society.

Commitment: The Key to Women Staying in Abusive Relationships

Much of the previous research examining why some women choose to remain in abusive relationships suggests that women remain with an abusive spouse for a number of reasons, many of which place blame on themselves or their partner instead of the situation (Eckstein, 2011). While personal and contextual reasons for remaining in a relationship are important, we argue that factors such as the commit...

Prediction of Extramarital Relationships Based on Executive Functions With the Mediatory Role of Marital Commitment

Objective: The purpose of this study is to propound the structural model of executive functions and extramarital relationship with the mediating role of marital commitment. Methods: The samples were selected by convenience sampling method. In experimental situation, for assessing the executive function of the participants did computerized exams, including Stroop test, Wisconsin test, Go-No-Go ...