{"title":"Neurotic Styles and the Five Factor Model of Personality","authors":"Brian Norensberg, P. Zachar","doi":"10.1037/e741592011-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741592011-004","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the relationship between David Shapiro's (1965) concept of neurotic styles (a categorical model) and the five-factor model of personality (a dimensional model). Although the neurotic styles are often thought of as being discrete categories, Shapiro's description of these categories can be interpreted as being organized along a dimension called mode of cognition, with diffuseness at one end and rigidity at the other. Shapiro's description of diffuseness and rigidity parallels certain facet scales that make up the Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness domain scales of the five-factor model. Therefore, a traditional categorical model and the modern dimensional model may be integratable. To test this possibility, three scales were used: the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R; Costa and McCrae, 1992), the Clinical Multiaxial- Inventory (MCMI-III; Millon's, 1997) and a new scale constructed for this study called the Cognitive Diffuseness Questionnaire (CDQ). The results provide mixed support for the current model in the context of the five-factor model. This study provides limited support for the existence of a single continuum with diffuseness on one end and rigidity on another. Instead, diffuseness and rigidity appear to best be described as two separate continua.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"3 1","pages":"79-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57939904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Sivesind, M. Todman, Anna E. Odom, Randy M. Seewald, Ranjit Rajaratnam, D. Roane, Prameet Singh, Val Bonilla, Jeffrey Ditzell, D. Novak
{"title":"Methadone Maintenance in Older Adults: An Exploratory Study","authors":"D. Sivesind, M. Todman, Anna E. Odom, Randy M. Seewald, Ranjit Rajaratnam, D. Roane, Prameet Singh, Val Bonilla, Jeffrey Ditzell, D. Novak","doi":"10.1037/e741592011-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741592011-005","url":null,"abstract":"Methadone has been used for the treatment of opioid addictions since the early nineteen-sixties. It is estimated that more than 200,000 individuals take methadone to control their opiate addiction (Blaney & Craig, 1999). Many of those individuals (~20%) have been in opioid-substitute treatment for 10 years or more (SAMHSA, 1994). A review of the literature indicates that relatively little is known about the effects of long term methadone use and its interaction with the physical, psychological and psychosocial aspects of the aging process. However, given the steady aging of the population in general and the methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) population in particular, there is a compelling need for a better understanding of the risks and benefits associated with the extended use of methadone in older adults. Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC) has an extensive network of MMT clinics. The demographic profile of the clientele suggests that BIMC's clinics serve one of the largest populations of elderly methadone patients in the continental United States. We propose to conduct an exploratory study of BIMC's MMT population in order to document the prevalence of psychiatric, physical and psychosocial co-morbidities in the elderly members of that population (>=55 y/o). By comparing this profile with: (a) the profile of a representative sample of younger MMT patients (18-54 y/o); and (b) published prevalence data from the non-MMT, elderly population, we hope to identify areas of dysfunction and modes of adaptation that appear to be uniquely attributable to the interaction of long term methadone use and aging, and thus possible candidates for further and more extensive study.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"3 1","pages":"93-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57939910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drinking in Undergraduate and Graduate Students","authors":"J. Koppel","doi":"10.1037/e741592011-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741592011-006","url":null,"abstract":"There has been considerable research on the drinking rates of undergraduate college students. This research has consistently found high drinking rates among undergraduate samples. However, little of this research has been extended to also include samples of graduate students. It is, therefore, unknown whether the high drinking rates that characterize the undergraduate population are also found in the graduate population. The present paper addresses this gap in the literature, by reporting on a comparison of drinking rates between both an undergraduate and a graduate sample at New School University. The study measured both samples on five indices of drinking rates and frequency of negative consequences resulting from alcohol use. It was hypothesized that the undergraduate sample would report higher drinking rates, as well as greater frequency of negative consequences. However, where significant results were attained, it was the graduate sample that reported higher drinking rates. The implications of this finding are speculated upon. Secondarily, the current study attempted to replicate research demonstrating a relationship between gender and drinking rates, as well as grade point average (GPA) and drinking rates. In both cases, little or no relationship was found in the current sample between these variables and drinking rates. The implications of this finding are speculated upon, as well.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"3 1","pages":"111-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57939956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time Estimation by Patients with Frontal Lesions","authors":"M. Gallego","doi":"10.1037/e741612011-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741612011-003","url":null,"abstract":"I propose investigating time estimation in patients with frontal lobe damage, and replicating the paradigms used in a study done by Mimura et al. (2000), to further research the effects of frontal lobe damage in time estimation. Previous studies indicate that time estimation is dependent on an internal or biological clock that is mediated by frontal brain regions (Church, 1984; Meck, 1983; Meck et al., 1984). Some researchers believe that flawed estimates of time are due to a damaged or unstable internal clock, or to lack of impulse control and the tendency to terminate actions prematurely. Other studies show frontal lesions to interfere with working memory (Mimura et al. 2000; Baddeley 1986; Shimamura, 1995).","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"1231 1","pages":"55-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57939995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the Effect of Subliminal Priming on Ambiguous Figure Perception","authors":"Misa Tsuruta","doi":"10.1037/E741612011-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/E741612011-006","url":null,"abstract":"Figure-ground organization is a kind of perceptual organization that has been studied in Gestalt psychology. Ambiguous/reversible figures can evoke two different percepts. When we see ambiguous figures, sooner or later our perceptual system determines one side that stands out as the figure, while the other side forms the ground and becomes shapeless. Subjects were subliminally trained with the half-figures of the target ambiguous figures and then presented with the target figures. The result demonstrated above-chance level of consistency between the prime and the choice of the figure. From this result, it was concluded that subliminal priming of the figure had effects on figure-ground organization.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":"73-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57940202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remembering False Autobiographical Memories: Comparing the Old and the Young","authors":"A. Padilla, Hillary Greenhouse","doi":"10.1037/e741612011-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741612011-007","url":null,"abstract":"Although Freud brought popularity to the idea of false memories, his theories have been the object of much criticism. Today, false memories continue to have important applications and have spawned a wide range of research; especially within legal settings. The bulk of this research has focused on the suggestibility of children to false memories during eye-witness testimonies. However, the susceptibility of older adults has not been investigated. This study will focus on the susceptibility of older adults and the processes that may help explain this phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":"87-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57940271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Role does Prejudice Play in Moral Decision-Making?","authors":"Chloe G. Bland","doi":"10.1037/e741612011-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741612011-004","url":null,"abstract":"In order to further examine the role contextual factors play in the moral decision-making process, such as socio-economic status (SES), a preliminary pilot study was conducted by the author (CGB). Twenty college students from New York City were asked to morally reason about a series of short vignettes, which were based on research by Miller & Bersoff (1995). The results of the pilot study showed some preliminary evidence that prejudice may impact the moral reasoning of the respondent. This suggests that people may respond to the same situation in different ways, depending on the SES of the individuals involved. I propose to expand on the aforementioned pilot study. In addition, I will use Allport's (1954) term of \"nouns that cut slices\" to help define prejudice. Allport uses the term to describe the labels we use to categorize and organize groups of people. My assumption for the purpose of this study will be that every person has prejudices that are implicit in their worldview. Although the word \"prejudice\" often carries a negative meaning, for my purposes it is merely a way of saying that each person sees and interacts with the world in a distinct way.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":"61-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57940106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illuminating Life Choices: A Multiple Case Study of Female Corporate Executives Regarding Their Feelings Toward Work and Personal Life","authors":"E. Manning","doi":"10.1037/e741612011-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741612011-008","url":null,"abstract":"The work/life balance literature indicates several variables that contribute to the average woman's decision to remain in the workforce, ranging from a need for financial stability to spousal approval/disapproval to personal satisfaction and the internal drive to succeed (Werbel, 1998). Because female executives are still quite rare, the literature may overlook the choices made by this particular cross-section of the working population. However, the percentage of women in high-powered positions is likely to grow in the next few years, as more and more women enter corporations with the intention of breaking the glass ceiling. Illuminating the reasons for the decisions of women who came before can only serve to benefit those who follow.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":"97-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57940473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation of Collective Memories through Group Conversations: Examining the Involvement of the \"Post-Event Misinformation Effect\"","authors":"Y. Ozuru","doi":"10.1037/E741612011-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/E741612011-002","url":null,"abstract":"The term \"collective memories\" refers to memories shared within a given group of people. It is hypothesized that one of the ways in which memory acquire \"collectivity\" is through \"post-event misinformation effect\" (Loftus, 1975) of group conversation. In an experiment testing this hypothesis, individuals from eight four-member groups read stories containing conflicting information. Following a group recounting on the next day, they performed individual free-recall and forced-choice recognition consisting of the four alternatives appearing in the four different versions of the stories (e.g., Camel, Marlboro, Winston, and Parliament). Subjects were more likely to falsely recognize as well as recall other members' version when it was mentioned in the group recounting. The individuals who undertook the majority of the recounting, who were defined as Narrators, were more likely to insert their own versions into other member's subsequent recall and recognition. This advantage allowed the Narrator to shape the post-group individual memories.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"2 1","pages":"31-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57939985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Coming Home Project: Helping HIV-positive Ex-offenders from Prison Walls to Permanent Housing","authors":"Karyn D Ruiz-Cordell","doi":"10.1037/e741612011-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e741612011-005","url":null,"abstract":"Homelessness and history of incarceration are often linked for a complex variety of reasons. For the HIV-positive inmate, homelessness upon release can be a serious barrier to accessing a continuum of health care services and receiving regular medical treatment. In New York City, housing subsidies exist for individuals who meet criteria for AIDS (although there is still unmet need). However, HIV-positive individuals who do not seroconvert are often ineligible for such benefits. HIV-positive ex-prisoners, who face additional discrimination due to their criminal justice involvement, can easily get lost in the cracks of the housing services system. In this presentation we will describe The Fortune Society's Coming Home Project, a HUD/HOPWA-funded program designed to help homeless HIV-positive ex-prisoners secure permanent housing in their communities.","PeriodicalId":30144,"journal":{"name":"The New School Psychology Bulletin","volume":"99 1","pages":"67-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57940125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}