The purpose of this study was to determine if children with warm social contact with their parents (noncaretaking functions) are more responsive to social reinforcement than are children who are deprived of such contact.Data was gathered from interviews with mothers, who described the amount and quality of both parents' contact with the child. The sample of middle class children, 13 girls and 1...

S. Garven, J. M. Wood, R. S. Malpass, and J. S. Shaw (1998) found that the interviewing techniques used in the McMartin Preschool case can induce preschool children to make false allegations of wrong doing against a classroom visitor. In this study, 2 specific components of the McMartin interviews, reinforcement and cowitness information, were examined more closely in interviews of 120 children...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether psychological distress differs among individuals tested for a BRCA1 mutation and is moderated by the pattern of their siblings' test results. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants in this study are members of a large kindred identified with a BRCA1 mutation. Subjects included 87 males and 125 females who completed a baseline interview, were tested for a BRCA1 gene...

In a recent survey examining responses to life stress, difficulties were encountered by lay interviewers. These are addressed, as are ethical issues arising from the combination of survey and clinical methodologies. The issues of respondent harm and informed consent are discussed and initial strategies outlined.

Testing of personality characteristics, intelligence, aptitude, or achievement is sometimes performed to assist with diagnosis and/or treatment planning for behavioral health disorders. However, the clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of formal psychological testing have been questioned. In most situations, clinical interviews and brief assessment instruments provide sufficient information ...

PURPOSE Research suggests psychological therapy as the treatment of choice for individuals diagnosed with NEAD. This study explored the experience of adjusting to a diagnosis of NEAD and engagement with therapy through a qualitative methodology. METHOD Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 6 people with a diagnosis of NEAD and analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Six master-th...

Abstract Objective. To develop a brief interview-based assessment tool, feasible for routine use in mental health service settings to measure an individual's stage of psychological recovery from an enduring mental illness. Method. Key indicators for each stage of psychological recovery were formulated according to the stages of psychological conceptual framework and an analysis of transcribed d...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of post-trauma psychological problems among a cohort of male accident and emergency department patients admitted to hospital. To identify the changes in their psychological symptoms over an 18 month follow up period. METHODS A prospective cohort study of male accident and emergency department patients who were admitted for treatment of an injury. Baselin...

There is a need for a standardized psychological method of evaluation of psychopathology comparable to the standardized psychological method for evaluation of intelligence. A quantitative approach to the identification of maladaptive behavior patterns is provided by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCI). The SCI was designed to serve as an individual test of social and psychological adjustmen...