We propose that people judge immoral acts as more offensive and moral acts as more virtuous when the acts are psychologically distant than near. This is because people construe more distant situations in terms of moral principles, rather than attenuating situation-specific considerations. Results of four studies support these predictions. Study 1 shows that more temporally distant transgression...

The purpose of this study was to explain the variability in data collected from a single-case design study and to identify predictors of communicative outcomes for children with developmental delays or disabilities (n = 4). Using SAS University Edition, we fit multilevel models with time nested within children. Children's initial levels of communication and teachers' frequency of strategy use w...

Latino immigrant families with children with disabilities experience multiple sources of oppression during their settlement process in the United States. Unfair social structures and dominant cultural values and norms and the way they influence the immigrants' personal life stories generate a cycle of oppression very difficult to break. This paper presents a case study of how a group of Latino ...

A 20-year-old male medical student and keen rugby player presented with a 12-month history of progressively worsening right knee pain and stiffness with no history of trauma. Clinical examination revealed effusion and posterior knee pain exacerbated by end range movement and an extension lag of 15 degrees. Physiotherapy to improve the range of motion proved unsuccessful. Magnetic resonance imag...

Background and Purpose: Chronic insertional patella tendinopathy is a complex condition to manage within elite athletes. Pain symptoms increase when spikes or changes in relation training game load are experienced. These often seen football on return periods of fixture congestion, presenting contemporary challenge for the sports medicine team. Study Design: Case Study. Description: The presente...

Objective: To comment on and explore (1) the prevalence of clinical knee hip osteoarthritis (OA); (2) association between pain or function OA; (3) injury surgery OA. Methods: Participants were recruited from FIFPRO members. A total 101 footballers consented to answer a developed questionnaire, patient-reported outcome measures, be evaluated by their team physician for Results: Of 53% OA, 9.43% ...