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The Relationship between
Physical Attractiveness of Professors and Students’ Ratings of Professor
Quality
Jennifer Bonds-Raacke and John
D. Raacke
Abstract
The present
study contributes to the literature on physical attractiveness of
professor and student evaluations by exploring attractiveness as a
continuous variable. To do so, the website
www.ratemyprofessors.com was utilized. The purposes of the present study
were to determine if: (a) the student’s perceptions of physical
attractiveness (i.e., the number of hot ratings) were significantly
correlated with professor ratings of quality and (b) the level of
attractiveness (i.e., the percentage of hot ratings) was significantly
correlated with professor ratings of quality. Results indicated
that professor attractiveness was correlated with professor’s overall
quality, helpfulness, and clarity in the classroom.
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Abstract
Defense mechanisms are unconscious processes that maintain self-esteem
and prevent excessive levels of negative affect. The present study
examined the interpersonal similarity of defense styles (i.e., habitual
use of clusters of related defense mechanisms) as well as identifying
which defense styles possessed significant interpersonal content. The
interpersonal circumplex (Wiggins, Phillips, & Trapnell, 1989) served as
the nomological network for evaluating the interpersonal styles
associated with these defenses. The only defense style found to possess
substantial interpersonal content was the immature defense style. In
contrast, neither the mature nor neurotic defense styles possessed
substantial interpersonal content. At
the level of specific defense mechanisms, a variety of immature defenses
and a single mature defense were found to possess substantial
interpersonal content. These findings suggest that defense styles may be
at least partially distinguishable with regard to their interpersonal
content.
Abstract
This
study investigated views of mental illness and psychotherapy of 1,143
ethnically diverse (e.g., Asian, Hispanic, White) undergraduates, ages
17 to 30. Results indicated that Asians typically reported the greatest
misconceptions of mental illness and the least confidence in
psychotherapy in contrast to White and Hispanic participants. Males
expressed higher levels of negativity about psychotherapy and the
mentally ill than female participants. Ethnicity and gender influenced
views of mental illness and openness to seeking mental health services,
even among a demographic sample (i.e., psychology college students)
likely to view psychological disorders and treatment in a positive
light. Future research is needed to explore variables that may
contribute to these ongoing attitudinal trends.
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Utilizing the Cultural Formulation Model of the DSM-IV-TR with Asian
Americans: A Chinese American Case Application
Samuel. S. Faulkner, Cynthia A. Faulkner, Latonya Hesterberg
Abstract
Many subtle variations of language, custom, culture, and religion exist
within Asian countries. Failure to recognize distinctions between the
ethnicities, plethora of languages and cultural practices can lead to
misjudgments, misperceptions and misdiagnosis. While the Diagnostic
Statistical Manual (DSM) deserves commendation for attempting to include
cultural considerations in its latest editions, there lies the danger of
reductionism for deciding what is considered “abnormal behavior.”
Therefore, when working with Asian Americans it is important to
ascertain where they are from, the specific customs of their ethnic
group or community, as well as their level of acculturation and
participation in Western values and belief.
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