a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:1103:"The article provides the analysis of 766 dissertations on specialization
19.00.04 âMedical psychologyâ submitted to dissertational councils in the Russian
Federation and 23 807 foreign doctoral theses in the field of clinical psychology
presented in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database in 1990â2011. Compared
to the international flow, the Russian array of theses includes less research (p<0.001)
in history and methodology of medical psychology, psychological interventions,
psychological aspects of medical treatment, psychological hygiene and prevention,
social rehabilitation and improvement of patientsâ quality of life and more research
(p<0.001) in pathopsychology, neuropsychology, psychosomatics and somatic psychology, psychology of developmental impairments and deviant behavior. Quantitative and dynamic characteristics of dissertation flow on specialization 19.00.04 âMedical psychologyâ revealed strong links with macroeconomic development, indicator of scientific potential and innovative researchersâ activity in the field of medical (clinical) psychology in Russia.";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"html";}
The empirical study is targeted to estimate the subjective value of rest and
to analyze rest as an activity for efficient recovery. The study was conducted in
employees of different industrial and service organizations. The results showed
that mostly by all respondents rest is accepted as an important instrumental value for workability maintenance. At the same time, high rating positions of rest in the life values list does not always transform rest value into the intention to arrange recreation purposively. The type of attitudes to rest determines different approaches to rest arrangement: proactive (based on anticipative rest planning) or reactive (which manifest itself in acceptance of rest as necessary recreation combined with no special rest arrangements). The extraction of indirect rest attributes seems to be possible on the base of psychosemantic analysis of the notions form work and rest domains. The semantic distance evaluation of the work and rest notions allows revealing different meanings of recreation: as a forced necessity because of work and for work, or as a possibility for recovery.
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:931:"The article presents an empirical study of the conditions for actualization of
intuition in creative problem solving. Intuition is considered (in the context of the
theory of problem situations) as a special form of a preliminary understanding
of sense of the problem situation (creative problem), providing opportunities
for further prognosis of solution. The special material of this study â fragments
of artistic films of different genres. Subjects were required after viewing a short
fragment of the film to guess the finish of the film as a whole. The study shows
that significant conditions for actualization of intuition in solving this type of
problem tasks are: the stability of interest to the solution, the type of prompt
(genre, accidental prompt), intellectual and personal possibilities of the subject
(âdepthâ of thinking; âsemantic potentialâ â similar to the problem an emotional
experience).";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"HTML";}
This paper presents empirical study supporting the hypothesis that
autobiographical memory may serve as a compensation resource for destructive
transformation of self-identity in terms of intrapersonal conflict in alcoholism.
51 non-amnestic alcoholics abstinent from alcohol participated in the study.Participants got a standard piece of paper with a horizontal arrow line on it
with instruction to consider this line as it was representing the entire lives (Life
Line), to locate the most important and memorable events around the timeline,
to date the events and to indicate valance and intensity of emotion associated
with each recalled event by distance from the arrow top (positive) to its bottom
(negative). Three findings relevant to the goal of achievement an acceptable level
of self-confidence by transformation of autobiographical memory were identified.
First, there was 30% increase number of events on Life Line in comparison to
healthy controls (n=92). We explained the result as compensatory mechanism
balancing negative experiences of being alcoholic by positive memories to
maintain positivity index close to controls. Second, there was a shift of memories
to the left part of Life Line. That means that alcoholics both started and finished
their Life Lines from earlier memories than controls. We refer this finding to
attempt to keep a normal subjective duration of event filled part of past. Third,
we found that in alcoholics there was no reminiscence bump in time distribution
of memories. In our opinion, it reflects the fact of incomplete acquisition of
cultural life script structure.
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:1316:"Whenever the reverse order of delayed execution of sequence of movements
set by a visual template is required, the question arises as to how the sequence representation is stored in working memory (WM). One option is to first reverse
the order of movements and then retain the result in WM. The other option is to
retain the original order of elements and change it immediately before or during
the sequence execution. In order to verify which of the two options takes place
we conducted an experiment in which 14 adult (20â30 years old) subjects were
asked to memorize the route of visual cursor moving along the invisible polygonal
chains and after a given delay to reproduce the motion with a graphical tablet in
either direct or reverse order. The analyses of latency and timing for the sequences
produced in either direct or reverse order showed that the order reversal does
not affect the latency but results in some increase of the time spent (pause) in
the vertices of piecewise trajectories. It also shown that the order reversal effect
neither spatial characteristics of the reproduced sequences nor the frequency of the erroneous reproduction. The reported results suggest that the reversal of the order of elements in a sequence of movements occurs during the sequence execution
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a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:1508:"<p>This article describes the nature of the relationship of quantitative and
qualitative aspects of aggressiveness with nosology, duration and severity of
depression. The study involved 87 patients with a depressive disorder (31 women
and 56 men) aged 17 to 46 years. Depressive disorder occurs as an independent disease, or combined with other mental illnesses. The diagnosis was recorded as a psychiatrist in the history of the disease. The study used the following
methodology: Zungâs method, Beck scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Wagnerâs
âHand-testâ (A.V. Gerasimovâs modification), BussâDurkey Inventory, The
Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study (N.V. Tarabrinaâs modification), computer
psychophysiological method âOperatorâ. The quantitative and qualitative character
of aggressiveness in patients with mental disorders as compared with healthy
subjects is shown. In depressed patients compared to healthy subjects are more
pronounced aggression, suspicion, resentment and hostility. Intensity of these
parameters increases with worsening depression and with increasing duration of
disease severity decreased aggressiveness. Level of physical aggression is higher at depressive disorder within psychopathy. In the group of female patients with depression increased aggressiveness, in the group of male patients with depression
increased general and physical aggression. In depressive disorders worsens assess
and recognize the emotional state of others and their own.</p>";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"html";}
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:856:"Psychological studies in social perception (named also person perception,
or interpersonal cognition) are reviewed in the paper. Special interest is given to
social perception in electronic â computer and Internet mediated- interaction,
first of all in social networking. Construction of self-presentations is listed among
the main psychological mechanisms of social perception management. It is shown
that networkers often develop multiple and alternative self-presentations which
include verbal as well as visual and audio materials. Self-presentations form the
basis for network identities, or virtual identities; networkers often experiment
(play, in their own words) with their identities by changing elements of self-presentations. The paper proceeds to empirical exposure of differences between
real-life and electronic identities.";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"html";}
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:656:"The manuscript described the basis issues of Rogerâs diffusion of innovations
theory, the variety of empirical data on applying this theoretical approach in
promotion of protective health behaviors and prevention of health risk behaviors.
Also author presents the main results of longitudinal research conducted to
evaluate the effectiveness of group behavioral intervention for popular opinion
leaders as part of international research project to prevent HIV/STD among
students living in dormitories in St. Petersburg, Russia. The study was funded
by National Institute of Mental Health (USA) â NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD
Prevention Trial.";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"html";}
a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:1026:"The paper presents the specificity of the verbal memory impairments in
pediatric patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy depending on the localization
of the epileptogenic lesion. 81 children (age 7â17) performed comprehensive
neuropsychological assessment including verbal and spatial memory tests. Scores
in memory tests were associated with operational, motivational and neurodynamic
components of memory function. The neuropsychological qualitative analysis
shows the specificity of verbal memory disorders in pediatric patients with
drug-resistant focal (temporal and frontal lobe) symptomatic epilepsy depending
on the localization of epileptogenic lesion. Children with refractory temporal
lobe epilepsy demonstrate the decrease in volume of auditory perception and
immediate recall. Children with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy demonstrate lower
performance in almost all scores of verbal memory that emphasize deterioration
of motivational and neurodynamic components of memory function.";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"HTML";}
