When contemporary commentators decry what they describe as growing threats to “judicial independence,” they typically invoke “judicial independence” as a normative ideal—an institutional virtue. That virtue is the capacity of courts to protect individual rights, to police structural limits on governmental power, and to decide individual disputes based solely on the applicable law and the factua...

The current study addresses the validation of the Checklist of Controlling Behaviors (CCB), an 84-item domestic violence assessment instrument that can be used to address multiple levels of violence and coercive control in violent relationships. Derived from clinical observation and current theories, the CCB makes use of intimate partner violence survivor reports to identify the intensity and f...

BACKGROUND Despite there being considerable literature documenting learner distress and perceptions of mistreatment in medical education settings, these concerns have not been explored in-depth in Canadian family medicine residency programs. The purpose of the study was to examine intimidation, harassment and/or discrimination (IHD) as reported by Alberta family medicine graduates during their ...

Plusieurs auteurs suggèrent que les adultes émergents lesbiennes, gais, bisexuelles ou bisexuels (LGB) auraient davantage de difficultés à définir qui ils sont et se projeter dans l’avenir, du fait des défis spécifiques qu’ils rencontrent. Notre étude vise : 1) vérifier si jeunes LGB rapportent une identité moins clairement définie perspectives futures plus négatives, comparativement leurs pair...

Abstract The Anthropocene questions the very foundation of environmental law. Many legal scholars have proposed directions on how law should be transformed to respond complex challenges in new geological epoch. However, they tend avoid about which social actors regarded as agents change bring such a transformation. This article addresses question agency by considering experience Southeast Asia....

AIM Physical activity (PA) among adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is suboptimal. This study assessed PA motivations and perceptions in adults with RA and rheumatologists. METHODS Patients and rheumatologists participated in structured interviews led by a behavioral scientist. Sessions were audiotaped, transcribed and coded. RESULTS Twenty-three patients (mean age = 63 [standard deviati...

Four experiments confirmed that women's automatic in-group bias is remarkably stronger than men's and investigated explanations for this sex difference, derived from potential sources of implicit attitudes (L. A. Rudman, 2004). In Experiment 1, only women (not men) showed cognitive balance among in-group bias, identity, and self-esteem (A. G. Greenwald et al., 2002), revealing that men lack a m...

Based on their experience with implementing a course in evidence-based practice for a psychiatry residency program, the authors identify barriers that must be overcome in teaching this approach to practice. Barriers to evidence-based teaching include students’ concern that an emphasis on research evidence may ignore the human context of mental health problems, students’ perception of inconsiste...

Sexual violence is a crime against individual integrity and sexual freedom. It affects women of all socioeconomic levels, and the perpetrator does not choose the victim's color or age. It is a source of high financial cost and a serious public health problem in Brazil. The current study aimed to assess compliance with outpatient follow-up by women victims of sexual violence treated at the Cente...