It is well documented that sex offenders experience a higher incidence of sexual abuse and are more likely to have been reared in dysfunctional families than are individuals in most comparison groups. It is unclear, however, whether growing up in an abusive or dysfunctional family affects the extent to which the potential sex offender would subsequently identify with his parents. Sixteen rapist...

Significantly, many of these problems can be traced to the internal workings of the organization. For example, the absence of a learning culture and negative attitudes towards knowledge creation and reuse by employees reflect organizationally-engrained problems that are difficult to be uprooted. These problems could be mitigated if the dysfunctional internal workings of the organization can som...

Among anxiety disorders, the incidence of alexithymic features is found in a wide range 12.5-58%, and it personality trait that can also be seen healthy individuals. Our study investigated relationship between coping attitudes patients with generalized disorder. Forty diagnosed Generalized Anxiety Disorder 39 volunteers participated study. Participants were divided into groups using Toronto Ale...

This article reports on an evaluation of a cognitive behavioral program for the treatment of sexual dysfunction. Frequency data are provided on the sexual dysfunction of 95 males (mean age = 41.6 years) and 105 females (mean age = 36.4 years). The effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral program among 45 sexually dysfunctional males (mean age = 39.9 years) and 54 sexually dysfunctional females (...

Survival analytic models were used to determine the effects of Axis II pathology and dysfunctional cognitions on depressive relapse in a sample of 50 depressed inpatients followed 33 to 84 months (M = 49.9) postdischarge. In analyses based on follow-up interview measures, expected remission duration among patients without personality disorders was approximately 7.4 times longer than among patie...