Abnormal Psychology - Science topic

Background: Data suggests mental health conditions are common. However, language used to depict conditions can be inaccurate and stigmatizing. This study examined mental health professionals’ perspectives regarding specific terminology and their relationship to stigma-inducing beliefs. Methods: Participants were randomly selected from the APA and S...

Several different professions provide services that focus on helping a person to overcome a mental health concern or some significant life issue. There are dozens more variations on these professions, which can lead to a great deal of confusion in the marketplace (Ng, Muntaner, Chung & Eaton, 2014). According to Hart and Ksir (2014), the largest di...

Stigma adds a significant burden for persons with mental illness, and extant research supports multifaceted efforts to reduce that stigma. Stigma reduction is the goal of a recent push to change the name of the college course, Abnormal Psychology, but that effort is currently founded on rational logic rather than empirical evidence. Protecting vuln...

Background Metabolic diseases like chronic Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are now a serious global health concern In the United States. African Americans (AA) are being affected at a disproportionate rate with the condition compared to other ethnic groups, yet there are relatively few studies that have specifically focused on this group. Our previ...

This sample psychometrician test with economics background includes a diverse set of questions designed to assess knowledge across key areas of the licensure exam. It covers four main topics. A. Industrial Psychology: Questions on job satisfaction theories, performance appraisals, work-life balance, and employee training programs. B. Psychological...

Passing the Psychometrician Licensure Examination (PLE) is a proof of quality education offered by the Psychology Department of San Beda College Alabang. In response to the call for academic excellence, this study examined the combined results of the performance of Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSP) and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (BAP) gra...

PURPOSE: Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is challenging since it can only be detected in advanced stages that require complex and invasive investigations. Recent advancements in targeted gene expression profiles from a blood sample can identify potential biomarkers for AD. Our previous study observed key genes and pathways that were ass...

ABSTRACT Abnormal psychology constitutes a specialized branch within the field of psychology, concentrating on comprehending, diagnosing, and treating mental disorders. It delves into aberrant thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that veer from conventional social norms. Mental disorders, pervasive in society, substantially influence an individual's...

Background Abnormal psychological state and neurotransmitter levels are important factors affecting sleep quality. Numerous studies have shown that tuina can improve the symptoms of sleep disorders in patients with insomnia while relieving anxiety and depression and regulating neurotransmitter levels. However, there have been no meta-analyses on th...

Although researchers seek to understand psychological phenomena in a population, quantitative research studies are conducted in smaller samples meant to represent the larger population of interest. This systematic review and quantitative synthesis considers reporting of sociodemographic characteristics and sample composition in the Journal of Abnor...

Anxiety is still a frequent occurrence in the lives of many people that interferes with mental health to this day. This is what allows anxiety to occur. The purpose of this study is to analyse the types of anxiety that Finch suffers from and the impact of anxiety on Finch's life in the film All The Bright Places. The data collected in this thesis c...

Abnormal behavior

Special Lecture at the 46th General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychopathology (October 21, 2023, Tokyo) “Hybrid Structure”(Spectrum and Category) and “Laws of 0rganic Nature” in Kraepelin’s Nosology Jinsuke KAGEYAMA （Professor emeritus, MD,PhD, Tokyo Institute of Technology） Key Words: Kraepelin, nosology, hybrid strucrure, spectrum, cat...

The purpose of this report was to explore the potential implications of changing the course name of “Abnormal Psychology.” Concerns were raised that the title of this course contributes to stigma. Stigma occurs when a label is viewed as “deeply discrediting” (Goffman, 1963, p. 3) and may lead to harm to self or others (Vogel & Wade, 2022). Using st...

This is a collection of notes on classic studies in Psychology. There are three studies for each of seven areas of Psychology: ● A- About Psychology ● B- Biological Psychology ● C- Cognitive Psychology ● D- Research Issues ● E- Age (Developmental Psychology) ● F- Differences between people (Abnormal Psychology) ● G- Social Psychology Each of the se...

In relation to the adherence of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) offering undergraduate psychology programs to excellent standards of education as translated in the Board Licensure Examination for Psychometricians (BLEP), this study aimed to analyze the predictors of BLEP performance as inputs to curriculum and instruction quality assurance. Th...

Abstrak Self injury merupakan suatu bentuk perilaku yang dilakukan individu untuk mengatasi rasa sakit secara emosional dengan cara melukai dirinya sendiri, dilakukan dengan sengaja namun tidak dengan tujuan untuk bunuh diri. Self injury bertujuan untuk mengubah emosi negatif menjadi emosi positif pada pelakunya. Dalam sebuah studi tahun 2010 di Jo...

The emulative power of a fictional narrative with the social setting allows comparison with its particular milieu. The social setting referred to in this paper is a close relation to people who use others for their gain, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited beauty, amplify achievements, are emotionall...

The APA and a recent survey of employers identified critical thinking as one of the most important skills for baccalaureate psychology students to develop. Given recent efforts that have focused on making college education accessible through distance learning, identifying effective pedagogical techniques for developing critical thinking skills in d...

Individuals with high risk of internet gaming disorder (HIGD) showed abnormal psychological performances in response inhibition, impulse control, and emotion regulation, and are considered the high-risk stage of internet gaming disorder (IGD). The identification of this population mainly relies on clinical scales, which are less accurate. This stud...

Objective: The present study examined whether psychoeducational tools are beneficial in improving awareness and reducing stigma regarding mental health. This study aims to increase mental health awareness and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Methods: The study is quantitative research. In this study, 147 students registered in the...

This study aims to determine the form, reveal the causes, and understand the impact of PTSD on Said and Safeya on individuals, families, and society in the novel Aid Ila Haifa. Data was collected using reading and note-taking techniques and analyzed descriptively qualitativelythat focusing on the problem of PTSD with a literary psychology approach....

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (TD2M) is a serious health concern impacting the public health and heath care system worldwide. Chronic T2DM is now thought to be linked with substantial impairments of cognitive performance and increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Our previous findings have linked these diseases through cognitive impai...

Psychological disorders have distinctive, yet abundant features that may be displayed differently from one case to another. Given the rapid change of information across research field, it is important to stay up to date with the latest scientific advances. The book Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World provides this fresh perspective on what rese...

Attention and attention control are central to definitions of mindfulness and are implicated in the etiology and maintenance of social anxiety disorder, yet no study has examined the relationship among them within a clinical sample, the purpose of the current research. This study tested the hypothesis that self-reported trait mindfulness would be n...

Abnormal psychological processing in the central nervous system has been found in Crohn's disease (CD) patients. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance images of 57 inactive and 58 active CD patients, and 92 healthy controls (HC) were obtained. The psychological assessment used a psychological questionnaire that was collected within 1 week bef...

Psychopathology networks consist of aspects (e.g., symptoms) of mental disorders (nodes) and the connections between those aspects (edges). This article aims to analyze the research literature on network analysis in psychopathology and mental health for the last ten years. Statistical descriptive analysis was complemented with two bibliometric tech...

Rebranding of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology as the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science is insufficient, and will not move the dial on the stigma and discrimination against people suffering from mental illness without a good deal more effort on the part of our community of scholars. In this editorial to inaugurate the new title of t...

This paper is published in Leiden University Journal for Undergraduate Research: https://issuu.com/medusa.leiden/docs/medusa_volume_3_issue_1/s/13597743 The paper reviews John Green's 2017 Young Adult novel Turtles All The Way Down, and focusses on how narrative tools and stylistic choices aptly illuminate the reality of living with Obsessive Comp...

We implemented a poster assignment intended to dispel myths about mental health that students taking Abnormal Psychology commonly endorse. Each student in one section of Abnormal Psychology designed a poster to target a mental health myth. They shared their posters and provided feedback on other students’ posters in small discussion groups, exposin...

While surveys indicate that many abnormal psychology instructors endorse valuing de-stigmatization of mental illness and aim to teach such values in their course, content analyses demonstrated a lack of direct comments regarding such values in abnormal psychology course syllabi.

This poster was submitted for the fulfilment of the course - 'Abnormal Psychology' to Dr Aiswarya VR, Department of Psychology, as part of the Bachelor of Arts degree, Christ (Deemed To Be University)

Background A great amount of information is presented to psychology students through various mediums, often leading to misinformation and believing inaccurate psychological myths. Objective We conducted two studies to examine psychomythology of psychopathology and whether mythbusting may be an effective pedagogical tool. Method In Study 1, a tota...

The present study examines the relationship between Perceived Criticism (PC) and Sensitivity to Criticism (SC) in youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorder (BPSD), their symptomatic experiences, and family functioning. We hypothesized that findings for youth would be consistent with findings for adults indicating that PC and SC would be associated with...

Existential concerns such as death, responsibility, meaninglessness, and isolation not only are the hallmark of existential psychotherapy but also are frequently encountered by CBT therapists—nevertheless, due to epistemological and ideological differences, existential and CBT approaches to psychotherapy had little overlap historically. During rece...

This editorial describes the rationale behind changing this journal's title beginning in 2022. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Background/aims: Abnormal psychological profiles are frequently found in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). The present study aimed to evaluate the psychological profiles of FGID patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and IBS phenotypes. Methods: In 608 FGID patients, including 235 with IBS, have filled a Rome II...

Typically, we conduct statistical analyses to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Dyadic Latent Panel Analysis (DLPA) is different in that it includes only one variable (which for close-relationship researchers could be relationship status, commitment, or another marker of relationship functioning) that is asse...

The predictive processing framework (PPF) attempts to tackle deep philosophical problems, including how the brain generates consciousness, how our bodies influence cognition, and how cognition alters perception. As such, it provides a zeitgeist that incorporates concepts from physics, computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, economic...

The theme of this special issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology is on predictive processing and how it can improve our fundamental understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders. Several articles focus on psychosis and demonstrate how the field of computational psychosis research has evolved and matured in recent years through the application of...

Predictive coding emerged as an explanation for how the brain can efficiently encode sensory stimuli. The hierarchical organization of neural circuits for perception thus passes prediction errors between computational layers. Extensions of this theory have provided a unifying understanding of Bayesian inference within neural circuits and psychiatri...

For over a century, movies and media have promoted myths of psychopathology and normalcy that have been absorbed into our daily perception. One of the goals of this book is to challenge students to reconsider the ideas they have concerning myths of "crazy" and how these ideas developed. Further, this book guides readers in the deconstruction of the...

PTSD

Interesting learning model is a method for transferring knowledge in order to maintained the quality of education and teaching skill, especially during pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) by not reducing the quality of teaching during Work From Home, an interesting form of learning by utilizing learning media in the network is proven to be...

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL VERSION NOW AVAILABLE HERE: https://issuu.com/medusa.leiden/docs/medusa_volume_3_issue_1/s/13597743 This paper was originally written for the advanced undergraduate level class Mental Health and Illness at Leiden University College. The paper reviews the novel Turtles All The Way Down, while critically assessing how mental il...

Abnormal psychology also called psychopathology deals with understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders. This field of psychology surrounds us every day, one hears of it through newspapers, on the web or in a movie. Some commonly known disorders are depression, schizophrenia, phobias and panic attacks. The issues of abnormal...

The tripartite model (Clark and Watson, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100(3), 316–336 1991) was developed to explain both the strong comorbidity and the distinction between anxiety and depression. The model includes a shared general distress factor that is most strongly associated with Neuroticism/Negative Emotionality (N/NE); a unique depression...

Burns et al. (this issue) have shown that the application of the symmetrical bifactor model to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms leads to anomalous and inconsistent results across different rater groups. In contrast to the symmetrical bifactor model, applications of the bifactor S-1 mod...

The use of ambulatory assessment (AA; Trull & Ebner-Priemer, 2013) in psychopathology research, which includes experience-sampling methods (ESM) as well as ecological momentary assessment (EMA), has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Previously, methodological and reporting guidelines have been presented to outline best practices...

Vygotsky and Deaf Research: A Call for Papers Special Issue of The American Annals of the Deaf Co-Editors: Michael E. Skyer, PhD Candidate and Peter Smagorinsky, PhD Introduction: A full century has passed since Vygotsky began publishing experimental and theoretical work on deaf education in Russia. Vygotsky’s (1993) The Fundamentals of Defectol...

Short comment piece articulating why we should stop using the term 'Abnormal Psychology'

The purpose of this study was to assess learning through the integration of student-research within a community college online Abnormal Psychology course, contained in a one-semester behavioral health certificate program. Seven abnormal psychology students became researchers with IRB approval, and they conducted a qualitative study about mental hea...

Although an emphasis on adequate sample size and statistical power has a long history in clinical psychological science (Cohen, 1992), increased attention to the replicability of scientific findings has renewed focus on the importance of statistical power (Bakker, van Dijk, & Wicherts, 2012). These recent efforts have not yet circled back to modern...

Requirement in Abnormal Psychology: Critical Analysis on Differentiating Normal, Abnormal, and Disordered Personality

It is estimated that aproximately 4% of the world’s population is either living with depression, anxiety, or both. The prevalence of these disorders has been consistently increasing. This widespread and increasing prevalence highlights the importance of having well-validated scales to assess symptoms in different languages. The Mood and Anxiety Sym...

The present study examined the extent to which issues concerning antidepressant drug trials and the efficacy of antidepressants are covered in abnormal psychology textbooks. Exploring the intricacies of these matters in the classroom offers instructors an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. The issues include a substantial placebo effe...

This groundbreaking core textbook offers a comprehensive overview of different perspectives on abnormal psychology. The book retains important diagnostic perspectives, including the DSM-5, ICD-10, ICD-11 and PDM, but also widens the scope of coverage beyond mainstream psychiatric models to include psychological, biological, historical, sociocultura...

This is a term paper I wrote for my Topics in Abnormal Psychology course at Boston College taught by Dr. Marilee Ogren. I am providing this simply as a sample of my writing.

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People are deeply fascinated with abnormal behavior and desire to understand why people do things that seem unusual. When individuals seek an understanding of abnormal behavior, they are often attempting to answer questions about others or themselves. While there is an appeal to observe abnormal behavior, people generally want to do so from a safe...

The inhibited power motive is a disposition for obtaining a functional influence on others (Schultheiss 2008) and characterized by a high implicit need for Power (n Power) and high activity inhibition (AI; McClelland Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88(2), 182–190, 1979). Organizational effects of gonadal steroid hormones on the brain during prenata...

Alsa, A. (2014). Pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif serta kombinasinya dalam penelitian psikologi. Cetakan V. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.Badan Koordinasi Keluraga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN). (2011). Kajian profil penduduk remaja (10-24 tahun): Ada apa dengan remaja. Policy Brief Puslitbang Kependudukan. Retrieved fromhttp://www.depkes.go.id/res...

Background/Aims Both sexual and physical abuse history have been reported to be associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in Western countries. The impact of abuse history in IBS patients in Asia remains unclear. We aim to determine the prevalence of abuse history, its associated psychological profiles, and sleep problems among IBS patients in...

Learners nowadays are described as technology-savvy. Being "digital natives" accustomed to technology, students use mobile devices for learning engagement. As a supplement to classroom experience, their use of educational applications (apps) allows them to access information anytime and anywhere, thus making apps convenient instruments for both the...

Learners nowadays are described as technology-savvy. Being "digital natives" accustomed to technology, students use mobile devices for learning engagement. As a supplement to classroom experience, their use of educational applications (apps) allows them to access information anytime and anywhere, thus making apps convenient instruments for both the...

This study set out to replicate and extend research on students’ reading compliance and examine the impact of daily quizzing methodology on students’ reading compliance and retention. 98 students in two sections of Abnormal Psychology participated (mean age = 21.5, SD = 3.35; 72.4% Caucasian). Using a multiple baseline quasi-experimental design the...

This introduction presents the context in which the Journal of Abnormal Psychology created a special section to highlight outstanding contributions by young investigators in the field of eating disorders. The first motivating factor relates to our field’s approach to mentoring and supporting its next generation of researchers. The second motivating...

Because of stigma, people with mental illnesses report feeling isolated and lonely, tend to be reluctant to discuss their conditions, and are less likely to seek treatments. Stigma reduction programs that incorporate some form of contact with stigmatized individuals have been shown to be effective in altering self-reported negative biases. The pres...

A brief overview of schizophrenia, and the biological and environmental causal factors of it. a 1st year psychology essay (Mark - 80%)

Sexuality always has been an interesting topic in Psychology, Sociology and other fields of study. People do have different sexual interests. Specially, Clinical Psychology and Abnormal Psychology thoroughly investigate the variation in human sexual interest.

Sir, Carl Gustav Jung MD is remembered for his place in the history of psychoanalysis (Naifeh, 2001), but in the first years of the 20th century he entered the world stage in a different discipline, that of biological psychiatry and neurology. Jung studied the psychobiology of psychiatric illness, notably schizophrenia—at the time termed ‘dementi...

Traditionally, psychopathology has been conceptualized in terms of polythetic categories derived from committee deliberations and enshrined in authoritative psychiatric nosologies—most notably the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). As the limitations of this form of classificat...

As the aging population is growing rapidly in Malaysia, there is a need to enhance intergenerational communication to improve intergenerational understanding. Older people have accumulated vast experience in life, and their narrative sharing would be beneficial for younger generations. The purpose of the study is to explore the impact of an interge...

This Doctoral Dissertation (in Italian) presents a new research hypothesis about the Psychic Phenomena in Art (so-called 'Mediumistic Art'), providing a different interpretation to creative dissociation and artistic automatisms that characterize these particular manifestations of Abnormal Psychology, and demonstrating the neuroscientific and psycho...

Abnormal Psychology (2)

Introduction to Psychology: Abnormal Psychology(1)

Confidence interval (CI) widths were calculated for reported Cohen's d standardized effect sizes and examined in two automated surveys of published psychological literature. The first survey reviewed 1,902 articles from Psychological Science. The second survey reviewed a total of 5,169 articles from across the following four APA journals: Journal o...

Abnormal Psychology in Context is a practical and contemporary handbook for both students of abnormal psychology and allied mental health practitioners. This text is one of the first of its kind, providing a specific focus on abnormal psychology from Australian and New Zealand - rather than US - perspectives. Nadine Pelling and Lorelle Burton have...

The study aims: (1 )to discover the foreign journal referred by the Gadjah Mada University Psychology Journal dating from 1997 to 2006, (2) to know the percentage of use of the subscribed foreign journal by the Faculty Library of Psychology, Gadjah Mada University founded in Gadjah Mada University Psychology Journal from 1997 to 2006, (3) to know t...

Building on self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan in Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268. doi:10. 1207/ S15327965PLI1104 _ 01, 2000), the aim of the current study was to examine the role of maternal affective and cognitive empathy in predicting adolescents’ depressive symptoms, through mothers’ psychological control use. Less empathic mothers may...

In this article, we provide a historical overview of the Object Relations Inventory (ORI) and related methods for the assessment of object relations constructed by Sidney Blatt and colleagues (e.g., Blatt, Bers, & Schaffer, 199224. Blatt, S. J., Bers, S. A., & Schaffer, C. E. (1992). The assessment of self. Unpublished research manual, Yale Univers...

This article introduces the special section of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. This Special Section exemplifies what are arguably the most current iterations of developmental psychopathology, which involve an intensive focus on both molecular genetics and brain architecture—and their interactions with crucial environmental features and forces—f...

Because abnormal psychology courses presuppose a focus on pathological human functioning, non-pathologizing interventions within these classes are particularly powerful and can reach survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators. Interventions are needed to improve the social response to trauma on college campuses. By applying psychodynamic and feminist...

US psychiatric classification arose in the mid 1800’s from a Federal need to collect statistical information about mental disorders. Data, initially collected across mental hospitals, was broadened after WW-II to accommodate outpatient servicemen/veterans. Concurrently, WHO’s 6th Edition of its ICD for the first time included mental disorders, with...

Abnormal psychology courses introduce undergraduate students to the range, causes, and treatments of psychological disorders. These courses present important opportunities to instruct students about disorders and treatments associated with childhood maltreatment (CM) as well as its prevalence. Little research has examined the adequacy with which ab...

There are a number of theories in the history of Psychology that explained normal and abnormal behaviours. This theory of abnormality gives a complete different understanding about normality and abnormality.

For the purpose of this paper, the author has prepared by reviewing this week’s Learning Resources and the case studies in Chapters 5 and 6 of Abnormal Psychology. The author then selected a case (other than a case of PTSD) from one of those chapters and considered how culture or ethnicity could influence the diagnosis or treatment planning. After...

For the purpose of this paper, the author has prepared by reviewing this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on the video “Alzheimer’s and Dementia” and the material on Alzheimer’s disease in Chapter 14. Then, the author read the case studies in the text on “The Forgetful Mail Carrier” (p. 491) and “Restless and Wandering” (p. 492) of Abnormal Psyc...

Balancing biological, psychological, social, and cultural approaches, the Fourth Canadian Edition of Abnormal Psychology?s groundbreaking integrative approach is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology. The author team?now including Dr. Martin Lalumière?continues to blend sophisticated research and an accessibl...

Posttraumatic stress disorder's (PTSD) four-factor dysphoria model has substantial empirical support (reviewed in Elhai & Palmieri, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 849-854, 2011; Yufik & Simms, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 764-776, 2010). However, debatable is whether the model's dysphoria factor adequately captures all of PTSD's emotiona...

Reports an error in "Multilevel Models From Biology to Psychology: Mission Impossible" by Robert M. Bilder, Andrew S. Howe and Fred w. Sabb (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Advanced Online Publication, May 6, 2013, np). The name of author Andrew G. Howe was misspelled as Andrew S. Howe. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The followi...