Abstract As there are few Pfister Test studies in the context of assessment for handling a firearm, objective was to describe personality characteristics security guards and candidates firearms (n= 112) when compared with people from general population 288). The data collection instruments were questionnaire collect sociodemographic information Test. For analysis, nonparametric tests multiple l...

In a frequently cited paper, Becker (1974) asked whether data from a “mortal” (= terminated) smallpox outbreak better fit a subcritical or semicritical Galton-Watson branching process. We revisit this question using standard hypothesis-testing methods and reach a somewhat di↵erent conclusion than he did. For a non-terminated process, the related problem of predicting extinction or explosion als...

In order to evaluate the grade of reaction to stressors, especially those on occupational life of workers, the following stress survey was conducted. Eighteen new items of occupational life stressors were proposed in addition to the social readjustment rating scale (S.R.R.S.) prepared by Holmes. Furthermore, two items, "own stress tolerance" and "own stress at present," were designed in additio...

According to Gray's (1973) Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST), a Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and a Behavioral Activation System (BAS) mediate effects of goal conflict and reward on behavior. BIS functioning has been linked with individual differences in trait anxiety and BAS functioning with individual differences in trait impulsivity. In this article, it is argued that behavioral ou...

BACKGROUND Test anxiety aggravates psychological distress and reduces the motivation among graduate students. This study aimed to identify psychological intervention for test anxiety, which reduces the level of psychological distress, amotivation and increases the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS Westside test anxiety scale, Kessler Perceived St...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify whether psychological stress increased as undergraduate dental students progressed through their studies from first to fifth year. Another objective was to determine if the perceived sources of stress have changed along the years. METHODS To achieve these aims, a cohort of students at the University of Jordan were followed from first to fif...