Observed parent-adolescent autonomy struggles were assessed as potential predictors of the development of peer-rated hostility over a decade later in young adulthood in both normal and previously psychiatrically hospitalized groups of adolescents. Longitudinal, multireporter data were obtained by coding family interactions involving 83 adolescents and their parents at age 16 years and then obta...

The spectrum of psychotic disorder represents a multifactorial and heterogeneous condition and is thought to result from a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. In the current paper, we analyze this interplay using network analysis, which has been recently proposed as a novel psychometric framework for the study of mental disorders. Using general population data, we const...

The main goal of this study is to reveal the effects top management profile and firm structure on intuitive strategic decision-making under moderating role environmental dynamism hostility. Using convenience sampling method, data were collected from 493 managers via survey method. Structural equation modelling was used analyze data. findings show that education level, sector experience affect p...

Title of Document: MATERNAL AND PATERNAL PERCEPTIONS OF HOSTILITY TOWARD THEIR ADOLESCENTS: LINKS TO ADOLESCENT PEER-REPORTED SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. Heidi Marie Butler, Master of Science, 2008 Directed By: Professor Jude Cassidy, Psychology The goal of the present study was to examine the links between parental perceptions of hostility and peer-reported adolescent social accepta...

Ecocriticism is popularly thought of as a unidirectional exercise for preserving nature in its pristine and uncontaminated form. This view grossly reductive because ecosystems are many, not one, local global. The natural green world always necessarily friendly to human aspirations. In fact, ‘green’ the colour falsehood, unreliability deception medieval English literature. colonial medical disco...

Over the years, environmentalists have expressed considerable hostility towards economics and economists. The view is that economics is part of the problem rather than the solution; economics is seen as the ideology of those who exploit the environment and consistently dismiss environmental concerns as `too expensive'. Too often political leaders and others argue that new measures to protect th...

BACKGROUND The psychosocial vulnerability model of hostility posits that hostile individuals, given their oppositional attitudes and behaviours, are more likely to have increased interpersonal conflicts, lower social support, more stressful life events (SL-E) and higher likelihood of depression. However, little research has tested this hypothesis using large-scale prospective samples. The prese...

BACKGROUND Hostility is a multidimensional construct related to cardiovascular (CV) disease risk. Daily hostile mood and social interactions may precipitate stress-related CV responses in hostile individuals. PURPOSE Determine whether trait cognitive hostility best predicts daily hostile mood and social interactions relative to other trait hostility factors and explore the temporal links betw...

In this study, we examined the association of hostility, as measured by the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI), with offence characteristics and recidivism in 656 adult male sexual offenders. Hostility was significantly associated with having prior violent charges, the use of violence in the index sexual offence, sexual recidivism, and violent recidivism. After controlling for risk level, a...