OBJECTIVE To examine the association between observer ratings of physical attractiveness and weight preoccupation for female adolescents, and to explore any ethnic differences between Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic females. METHODS Normal-weight female adolescents who had participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in-home Wave II survey were included (n = ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a body image dysperception, characterized either by an excessive preoccupation with a presumed or minimal flaw in appearance, or by unrecognition, denial, or even neglect regarding an obvious defect. These features are evaluated by a novel questionnaire, the Brief Assessment of Negative Dysmorphic Signs (BANDS). Moreover, the temperament and character background is e...

this article is the translation of another part of ayatollah ma’rifat’s writing in response to the misconception of the orientalists that “the old and the new testaments” have been the reference source of the qur’an and the qur’anic knowledge and content are adopted from these two scripture. making a comparison between the qur’an and the old and the new testaments in knowledge and doctrine, the...

A discussion of Science in the Forest, Past edited by Geoffrey Lloyd and Aparecida Vilaça. Published Online (2021-04-30)Copyright © 2021 Paul T. Keyser Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/37629/28623 Corresponding Author: Keyser,New York, NY E-Mail: [email protected]

The evidence discussed by Mullen (2006) in the pages of this journal clearly shows that the correlation between schizophrenia and violence is not just statistically significant but is clinically and socially so. This increased rate of violence is mediated by a wide variety of cofactors, particularly substance misuse and personality disorder, but even after controlling for such factors a small i...

Grief is characterized by a number of cardinal cognitive symptoms, including preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased and vigilance toward indications that the deceased is in the environment. Compared with emotional symptoms, little attention has been paid to the ultimate function of vigilance in grief. Drawing on signal-detection theory, we propose that the ultimate function of vigilance is...