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- Affective Forecasting: the Effects of Immune Neglect and Surrogation
- Studies of affective forecasting examine people's ability to predict (forecast) their emotional (affective) responses to future events. Affective forecasts underlie nearly all decisions people make and the actions they take. However, people engage in systematic cognitive errors when making affective forecasts and most often overestimate the intensity and duration of their emotional responses. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to affective forecasting errors (e.g., immune neglect) and examining the utility of methods for improving affective forecasting errors (e.g., surrogation) can provide highly valuable information for clinicians as they assist clients in determining their goals both for therapy and for life. The first purpose of the current study was to determine if affective forecasting errors due to immune neglect lead to misjudgments about the relative emotional impact of minor versus moderate negative experiences (i.e., trauma severity). The second purpose was to examine the utility of surrogation for improving affective forecasts. Potential interaction effects between these two variables were also examined. The current study utilized a 2 (Trauma Severity: minor, moderate) X 3 (Prediction Information: surrogation information only, simulation information only, both types of information) experimental design. Undergraduates were recruited via the SONA system and randomly assigned to one of the six experimental conditions. A preliminary study was conducted to obtain surrogation information for use in the main study. All participants in the main study predicted how they would feel 10 minutes after receiving negative personality feedback, using a 10-point scale ranging from (1) very unhappy to (10) very happy. These predictions constitute their affective forecasts. All participants then actually received the negative personality feedback (ostensibly from another participant, a peer, in a nearby room) and reported their actual affective states ten minutes later, using the same scale. These ratings constitute their affective reports. Affective forecasting error was calculated as the difference between affective forecasts and affective reports. Results showed the affective forecasts of participants in the moderate trauma severity condition were significantly less accurate than those of participants in the minor trauma severity condition, providing evidence of immune neglect. Surrogation information significantly improved the accuracy of affective forecasts when participants were deprived of simulation information. Limitations of the current study and implications of the findings are discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149566/
- Altruism and Depression: Exploring This Relationship and the Mechanisms Behind It
- The impact of environmental influences on depression has been well established by research. In particular, it is known that receiving/perceiving adequate social support has a protective influence on depression. Less is known about the protective benefits of providing support to others, namely in the form of altruistic, empathetic, or prosocial behavior. While research has shown that having altruistic attitudes and engaging in altruistic behaviors has a positive impact on physical health and mental well-being, studies on the association between altruistic attitudes and/or behavior and depression are limited. The present study examined the relationship between altruism and depression, and hypotheses were tested that allow for explanation of why altruism may protect against depression. A sample of 303 participants was recruited from the University of North Texas and the surrounding community. Participants completed an online survey that examined their altruistic activities, details regarding these activities, their prosocial attitudes, and their current level of depression. Results did not support that level of involvement in altruistic activities is directly related to depression severity. However, outcomes from involvement in altruistic activities, including sense of overburden from participating in altruistic activities, level of social interaction with other helpers and those helped during altruistic activities, and sense of life satisfaction and purpose gained from participating in altruistic activities, were significantly related to depression severity. These results suggest that participating in altruistic activities that are not perceived as overburdening may lead to outcomes that could positively impact depression. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283819/
- Assessment of Feigning with the Trauma Symptom Inventory: Development and Validation of new Validity Scales with Severely Traumatized Patients
- Currently, only the TSI assesses complex traumatic reactions and patient response styles. However, its feigning scale, ATR, uses a flawed detection strategy and is potentially confounded by experiences of complex PTSD. As a consequence, clinicians using the TSI to evaluate severely traumatized patients have no useful method for discriminating genuine and feigned responding. Several detection strategies have demonstrated utility within evaluations of feigned trauma including the assessment of rare symptoms, symptom combinations, symptom selectivity, and symptom severity. The current study created scales on the TSI according to these strategies using a development sample of 107 severely traumatized patients. Validation of all TSI feigning scales was then performed with a second independent sample of 71 severely traumatized patients using a mixed simulation design. Results found support for each scale's convergent validity with SIRS primary scales (M rs = .52) and discriminant validity with measures of defensiveness on the SIRS (M rs = -.07) and TSI (M rs = -.19). Each scale also produced expectedly mild to moderate relationships with SADS-C clinical scales (M rs = .32) and the SCID-IV PTSD module (M rs = -.02). Support for their criterion validity was only moderate (M ds = .69) when comparing the scores of genuine patients to those simulating disability. Potential explanations for this trend were reviewed, including (a) the impact of comorbidity, (b) the restrictions associated with creating embedded feigning scales, and (c) the influence of simulator knowledge in analogue designs. Limitations of the study and future avenues of research were discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68030/
- Correlates Between Adult Romantic Attachment Patterns and Dimensional Personality Pathology
- Previous research has suggested that adult attachment disturbance is related to maladaptic interaction patterns and personality disorder constructs. Specifically, research indicates that those with attachment disturbance are significantly more likely to meet criteria for a number of personality disorders, including borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between adult attachment and the new dimensional model of personality disorders scheduled to be released in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Diosrders (5th ed.) in spring 2013. Participants completed the Schedule for Adaptive and Nonadaptive Personality (SNAP) to measure dimensional personality functioning and the Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-R) and the Attachment Prototypes to measure adult attachment patterns. Additionally, select scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Five Factor Model (FFM) will be utilized as secondary measures of personality patterns. The results suggest strong associations between adult attachment orientations and specific maladaptive personality characteristics. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283794/
- Decentering and the Theory of Social Development
- The concept of decentering originated with Piaget, who defined decentering as a feature of operational thought, the ability to conceptualize multiple perspectives simultaneously. Feffer applied Piaget's concept of decentering to the cognitive maturity of social content. This study used Feffer's Interpersonal Decentering scoring system for stories told about TAT pictures to investigate the developmental hierarchy of decentering for children and adolescents. The participants originated from the Berkeley Guidance Study, a longitudinal sample of more than 200 individuals followed for more than 60 years by the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley. The hypotheses tested were: (1) chronological age will be positively related to Decentering as reflected in Feffer's Interpersonal Decentering scores obtained annually between ages 10 and 13 and at 18; (2) children born into higher class homes would have higher Age 12 Decentering scores; (3) children born later in birth order will have higher Age 12 Decentering scores; (4) children whose parents were observed to have closer bonds with their children at age 21 months will have higher Age 12 Decentering scores; (5) adolescents with higher scores from the Decentering Q-sort Scale (derived from adolescent Q-sorts) will have higher Age 12 Decentering scores; and (6) participants who have higher Age 12 Decentering scores will self-report higher CPI Empathy scale scores at Age 30. A repeated measures ANOVA tested Hypothesis 1. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients tested Hypotheses 2-6. Age and Decentering scores were unrelated, as was birth order; social class findings were mixed. Parents' bonds with child and Age 12 Decentering were negatively correlated (closer bonds predicted higher Decentering), as were Age 12 Decentering and Age 30 Empathy (higher early Decentering predicted lower adulthood Empathy). Girls (age 12) tended to decenter more consistently and had higher Decentering scores than boys. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149590/
- Evaluating Process Variables in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) was developed to specifically target experiential avoidance (EA) rather than any specific diagnostic category. A functional ACT manual was presented and used to treat diagnostically diverse clients in a large sliding fee-for-service training clinic. A multiple baseline across participants and behaviors research design was used to evaluate session-by-session changes in EA, values identification, valued action, and clinical distress. The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2 (AAQ2), Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ), and Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45) were given to measure processes and outcomes given the functional ACT model presented in the introduction to the paper. Baseline included the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I and II Disorders given across 2-5 50- minute sessions. The treatment phase consisted of 7-10 50-minute sessions. Participants were 10 clients. Four participants completed sufficient treatment sessions (4-9) to test the study hypotheses. Participants generally improved across time, but most improvements could not be attributed to the functional application of ACT due to changes during baseline for AAQ, VLQ-Consistency, and OQ-45. VLQ-Importance significantly improved for all participants given ACT. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84296/
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Parent training Protocol Based on an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Philosophy of Parenting
- Thirty-four parents were referred by their CPS caseworkers to participate in one of two ACT for Parenting workshops. These workshops followed a 12 hour treatment protocol based on an acceptance and commitment therapy philosophy of parenting. Briefly, an ACT philosophy of parenting maintains that effective parenting requires awareness and acceptance of thoughts and feelings as they occur in the context of the parent-child relationship. An ACT philosophy of parenting also relies heavily on the identification and commitment to parenting values. Participants were asked to track acceptance and valuing behavior on a daily basis for 25 days prior to the intervention and 25 days post-intervention, as well as to complete a package of self-report instruments designed to measure both ACT specific and general psychological processes, at three different points (pre-, post- and follow-up). Nineteen parents received the treatment, and of those, seventeen provided follow-up data 3-4 months post-intervention. Results indicate statistically significant changes in the expected directions for scores on the BASC-2 Externalizing Composite as well as on the Meta-Valuing Measure. A total of 10 parents also evidenced clinically significant change in the expected directions on a variety of outcome measures. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84261/
- An Examination of Resnick's Model of Malingering: a Pai Study of Feigned Ptsd
- Malingered posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) poses a formidable clinical challenge in personal injury and disability cases because of the apparent ease in feigning PTSD and the supposed link (proximate cause) to the claimed damages. The effective assessment of feigned PTSD is particularly challenging because this diagnosis is both easier to fake than other Axis I disorders and more difficult to detect. As an additional confound, some patients with genuine PTSD produce highly variable, elevated profiles on multiscale inventories that are difficult to distinguish from feigned PTSD. The current study examined whether the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) can effectively differentiate between genuine and feigned PTSD in 109 inpatients from a trauma unit. The two most effective scales were the MAL and the NDS scales. As a primary focus, the current study was the first empirical investigation of Resnick's model of malingered PTSD that is comprised of three subtypes: pure malingering (pure-M), partial malingering (partial-M), and false imputation (false-I). The primary goal was to evaluate whether each feigning group was able to (a) effectively simulate PTSD symptoms and diagnoses and (b) avoid being classified as feigning. The partial-M group proved to be the best feigning group in achieving these two goals. Furthermore, the use of well-defined groups, including an indeterminate band (i.e., unclassified) around each cut score, was explored. Overall, the use of well-defined groups improved accuracy in classification and reduced the number of false-positives. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283796/
- Executive Control of Craving: An Examination of College Students
- Previous research has shown that alcohol abuse may cause a deficit in frontal lobe functioning, specifically, areas of the frontal lobe that are related to executive function. Additionally, problems with executive function have been related to increased difficulty in managing cravings to addictive substances. The current study explored the relationship between alcohol use and performance on measures of executive functioning in a sample of 121 traditional college students. Students were given 5 measures of executive function designed to explore mental set shifting, updating, inhibition, sustained attention, and planning. These measures were used to examine the relationship between executive function and craving as measured by the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale. Levels of alcohol use were also examined using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in relation to executive function performance and family history of alcohol abuse. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68067/
- Exploring Psychopathic Personality Traits and Moral Development in a Non-criminal Sample
- This study explored psychopathic personality traits among a non-criminal, college undergraduate sample. Much research has been done on conceptualizing the construct of psychopathy, but this work has been conducted primarily with incarcerated individuals using a structured interview, The Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003). The goal of the current study was to assess psychopathic traits among non-criminal individuals using The Self-Report Psychopathy Scale - Version Four (SRP-IV; Paulhus, Neumann, & Hare, in press), and compare how SRP-IV scores were associated with a well recognized semi-structured interview for psychopathy, The Psychopathy Checklist – Screening Version (PCL: SV; Hart, Cox, & Hare, 1995). The study also examined whether psychopathic personality traits could be predicted using a measure of normal-range personality, based on the five-factor model (FFM; Digman, 1990), and a measure developed by Loevinger (1976) related to ego development. Five-Factor Model Rating Form (FFMRF; Mullins-Sweat, Jamerson, Samuel, Olson, & Widiger, 2006) scores and Total Protocol Ratings (TPR score) on the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (WUSCT; Hy & Loevinger, 1996) were used to predict psychopathy scores. Correlations of SRP-IV scores and PCL: SV scores with FFMRF scores and WUSCT TPR scores were also examined for their uniformity. As predicted, there were significant, negative correlations between FFM domains, Agreeableness and Conscientious, and SRP-IV scores, as well as significant, negative correlations between WUSCT TPR scores and SRP-IV scores. These correlations ranged from small to strong for both SRP-IV overall scores and for SRP-IV factor scores (i.e., Interpersonal Manipulation, Callous Affect, Erratic Lifestyle, and Criminal Tendencies). Additionally, FFM domain scores and WUSCT TPR scores significantly predicted SRP-IV scores. FFM domains, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, and WUSCT TPR scores, were the strongest predictors of SRP-IV scores. Similar results were found when FFM domain scores and WUSCT TPR scores predicted SRP-IV factor scores. Results also indicated Agreeableness and Conscientious explained an additional 24% of the variance in psychopathy scores, after controlling for WUSCT TPR scores. Conversely, WUSCT TPR scores explained an additional 5% of the variance in psychopathy scores after controlling for Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Finally, as predicted, the differences in correlations between psychopathy scores (i.e., PCL: SV, SRP-IV), and Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and WUSCT TPR scores were not statistically significant providing evidence that correlates of psychopathic traits can be measured among non-criminal individuals using a self-report measure, the SRP-IV, and that these findings are concordant with those based on a standardized structured assessment for psychopathy. Limitations of the study, implications, and recommendations for future research are also discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271780/
- Factors Affecting Revictimization in Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Structural equation modeling was used to examine how childhood sexual abuse (and other associated variables, such as family functioning and experiencing multiple forms of abuse) relates to revictimization and psychological distress. Participants were women who participated in Project HOW: Health Outcomes of Women interviews, a longitudinal study that spanned six waves of interviews. Only women with a history of childhood sexual abuse were included in the present study (n=178). Experiencing nonsexual child maltreatment in addition to childhood sexual abuse appears directly related to adult sexual and physical revictimization and indirectly related to psychological distress. Childhood sexual abuse alone was not predictive of revictimization or psychological abuse. This suggests that other mediating factors may explain the relation between CSA and revictimization found in other research. Clinical implications based on the results of the present study emphasize the importance of identifying children who have experienced multiple forms of abuse as particularly at risk for future victimization. In addition, providing interventions with a focus on education and empowerment might decrease risk for future violence and subsequent emotional maladjustment. Potential future research could examine the treatment outcomes and efficacy of these interventions as well as identify those mediating factors that increase the risk for adult revictimization for those individuals who experience only childhood sexual abuse. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30453/
- Female Psychopathy Predictors: Cluster B Traits and Alexithymia
- Psychopathy has long been lauded as a premier predictor of negative behavioral outcomes because of its demonstrated associations with violence, antisocial conduct, and institutional maladjustment. Traditional conceptualizations of psychopathy highlight the relatively equal importance placed on personality features (i.e., a grandiose, deceitful interpersonal style and deficits in affective experience) and behavioral elements (i.e., an impulsive and irresponsible lifestyle marked by social deviance) of the syndrome. However, little research to date has investigated psychopathy dimensions in female samples, particularly as they relate to maladaptive behaviors beyond forensic settings. The current study comprehensively examined personality (i.e., Axis II Cluster B traits and alexithymia) and behavioral (i.e., suicide-related behavior and aggression) expressions of psychopathy in a sample of female inpatients recruited from trauma and dual-diagnosis units at a psychiatric hospital in Dallas, Texas. Contrary to expectations, the essential components of psychopathy in female psychiatric patients emphasized APD and NPD traits over features of HPD and BPD, which were relatively similar to elements traditionally highlighted in male psychopathy. On this point, two latent dimensions comprehensively addressed female psychopathy in the current sample: impulsive antisociality and narcissistic and histrionic interpersonal style. Interestingly, psychopathy (M r = .01) and Cluster B traits (M r = .05) were virtually unrelated to suicide-related behavior in female patients with trauma and substance use histories, but APD and BPD traits were more discerning for impulsive and premeditated aggression than variants of psychopathy. Aggression's relationship to BPD traits is at least partially mediated by alexithymia. These results are discussed in terms of improving evaluation and intervention efforts aimed at identifying and managing psychopathic females beyond forensic settings. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283811/
- Implementation of a Therapy Group for Wives of Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Development and Preliminary Outcomes
- The purpose of this study was to develop a manualized therapy group for wives or significant others of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and to evaluate its effectiveness in reducing wives' psychological symptoms. A second aim of the study was to determine if women's involvement in the wives group resulted in decreases in their husbands' PTSD symptoms. Women recruited for the study were administered pre-test measures during a screening session. They then participated in a 9-session manualized therapy group designed by the researcher that included psychoeducational, process, and support components. Examples of group topics included psychoeducation regarding PTSD, assertiveness and communication, intimacy, self-care, and stress management. After completing the group sessions, participants were asked to complete post-test measures. Other factors explored in this study included marital satisfaction, perceived social support, general satisfaction with the group, and demographic variables. Results indicated that wives who participated in the group treatment exhibited significant decreases in secondary stress symptoms and increases in marital satisfaction from pre-test to post-test. The majority of participants also reported high levels of satisfaction with the group process. Therefore, it appears that the group protocol presented in this study could be a useful tool in the treatment of wives of veterans with PTSD. The results of this study have potential implications regarding the clinical treatment of families of veterans with PTSD and the development of future programs within the VA system. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68036/
- Intimate Partner Violence Among Female Undergraduates: The Role of Language in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress
- Research findings across a variety of samples (e.g., clinical, shelter, hospital) estimate that 31% to 84% of women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) exhibit symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The current study sought to further investigate the abuse-trauma link by examining the relationship between lifetime trauma exposure, type of abuse (i.e., physical, psychological), and perspective-taking abilities (i.e., here-there, now-then). The role of experiential avoidance in the development of PTSD symptoms was also examined. Results indicated that lifetime trauma exposure (β = .31) and psychological abuse (β = .34) were significant predictors of PTSD symptomatology. Additionally, analyses revealed that experiential avoidance (β = .65) was a significant predictor of PTSD symptoms that partially mediated the relationship between IPV and PTSD symptomatology. Implications of findings are discussed as well as future suggestions for research examining type of IPV and PTSD. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84236/
- An Investigation of Malingering and Defensiveness Using the Spanish Pai Among Spanish-speaking Hispanic American Outpatients
- For response styles, malingering describes the deliberate production of feigned symptoms by persons seeking external gain such as financial compensation, exemption from duty, or leniency from the criminal justice system. In contradistinction, defensiveness occurs when patients attempt to downplay their symptoms of psychological impairment. Both of the aforementioned response styles can markedly affect the accuracy of diagnosis, especially on self-reports, such as multiscale inventories. As an important oversight, no studies have been conducted to examine the effect of culturally specific response styles on profile validity and the classification of malingering among Hispanic American clinical populations. The current study investigated whether the Spanish Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) effectively distinguished between Spanish-speaking outpatient groups randomly assigned to honest, feigning, and defensive experimental conditions. In examining the results, PAI malingering indicators utilizing Rare Symptoms strategies (NIM and MAL) demonstrated moderate to large effect sizes. For defensiveness, Spanish PAI indicators also demonstrated moderate to very large effect sizes (M d = 1.27; range from 0.94 to 1.68). Regarding psychometric properties, Spanish PAI validity scales, provide adequate to good data on reliability and discriminant validity. Clinical utility of the Spanish PAI increases as different cut scores are employed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283782/
- An Investigation of the Phase Model of Psychotherapy Across Therapeutic Orientations: Are Different Approaches Actually All That Different?
- The current study investigated the process of change underlying two different evidence-based treatments that yield similar outcome effectiveness in the treatment of depression: Cognitive Therapy (CT) and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT). The phase model of psychotherapeutic change (Howard et al., 1993) change is used to provide both a theoretical and practical framework in which to assess different patterns of change across the treatment modalities. The phase model posits that recovery from distress occurs in three sequential stages: remoralization, remediation and rehabilitation. CT can be conceptualized as a treatment in which the primary focus is on the treatment of symptoms (remediation), whereas IPT can typically be conceptualized as focusing on interpersonal conflicts and functioning (rehabilitation). The study utilized the TDCRP dataset (Elkin et al., 1985). Survival analysis indicated no significant difference in terms of onset or pattern of improvement across treatment orientations. Chi square analyses indicated individuals treated with IPT spend significantly more time engaged in rehabilitation compared to their CT counterparts. Taken together, these findings represent evidence that the process of therapeutic change is similar, if not virtually identical, across therapeutic orientation. The analyses also indicate that the phases of therapy may not necessarily be mutually exclusive and sequential, but may instead represent co-occurring patterns of improvement which are not sequentially determined. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283862/
- Is Mattering what Matters: A Validation Study of the Meta-Valuing Measure of Flexible Valuing
- Freely choosing a life direction, or flexible valuing, is a core component of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Initial research suggests that valuing behavior may contribute to psychological well-being, but has been stymied by a lack of an efficient measure. The current study examined the psychometric characteristics of a new measure of flexible valuing, the Meta-Valuing Measure (MVM), in a sample of 532 undergraduates. Exploratory factors analysis revealed 3 orthogonal factors, Valuing (α = .94), Freedom from Values Conflict (α = .92), and Flexibility in Valuing (α = .73). The majority of expected relationships with other constructs were significant including those with measures of values, mindfulness, quality of life, experiential avoidance, and psychological distress. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30517/
- Miranda Reasoning and Competent Waiver Decisions: Are Models of Legal Decision Making Applicable?
- Miranda understanding, appreciation, and reasoning abilities are essential to courts' determinations of knowing and intelligent Miranda rights waivers. Despite the remarkable development of Miranda research in recent decades, studies have generally focused on understanding and appreciation of Miranda rights, but have not examined Miranda reasoning and waiver decisions. Therefore, examining the nature of defendants' decisional capacities constitutes a critical step in further developing theoretical and clinical models for competent Miranda waiver decisions. The current study evaluated Miranda waiver decisions for 80 pretrial defendants from two Tulsa-area Oklahoma jails. Previously untested, the current study examined systematically how rational decision abilities affect defendants' personal waiver decisions. Components from general models of legal decision making, such as decisional competence and judgment models, were examined to determine their applicability to Miranda waiver decisions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271782/
- Organized Semantic Fluency and Executive Functioning in an Adult Clinical Sample and a Community Sample
- The study investigated an organized semantic fluency task, (the Controlled Animal Fluency Task - CAFT) as a measure of executive functioning (EF) in adults, and the relationship with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Participants (N = 266) consisted of a clinical sample (n = 142) utilizing neuropsychological assessment data collected at an outpatient psychological center, and a community sample (n = 124). The clinical sample was a heterogeneous mixed neurological group including a variety of health conditions and comorbid anxiety and depression. The CAFT Animals by Size demonstrated a significant positive correlation with Category Fluency (r = .71, n = 142, p < .001) , Animal Fluency (r = .70, n = 142, p < .001), and with other, established neuropsychological measures. The CAFT Animals by Size condition demonstrated a significant moderate negative correlation with IADL for the sample as a whole (r = -.46, n = 248, p < .001), and for the clinical sample (r = -.38, n = 129, p < .001), but not for the community sample. In a hierarchical regression analysis, CAFT Animal by Size explained additional variance in IADL (ΔR2 = .15). In a hierarchical regression analysis predicting IADL with the control variables entered first, followed by Category Fluency, with CAFT Animal by Size entered last, CAFT Animals by Size did not make a significant additional contribution. A stepwise forward regression indicated Category Fluency, education, and Category Switching are better predictors of IADL than CAFT Animals by Size. Normative data for the CAFT were calculated separately for age groups and education levels. Simple logistic regression indicated CAFT Animal by Size was a significant predictor of clinical or community group membership. A second logistic regression analysis indicated the CAFT Animal by Size condition improved the prediction of membership in the clinical versus the community group, compared to the MMSE alone. Applications of the CAFT are discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30445/
- Posttraumatic Stress and Neurobehavioral Symptoms
- The purpose of this study is to examine the structure of neurobehavioral symptoms in service members with physical and/or psychological trauma to determine the diagnostic specificity of these symptoms. Previous literature has demonstrated that orthopedic injured, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), and healthy controls shared similar levels of postconcussive symptom complaints, which suggest that postconcussion-like symptoms are not unique to MTBI. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first study examining this phenomenon in a sample of recently redeployed service members. Dimensional analysis of the PCL-C and NSI using SEM did not produce a model that was consistent with previous literature and principle component analyses did not produce a simple solution for posttraumatic stress or neurobehavioral symptoms. Thus, the study does not provide evidence for construct validity for either instrument. Implications for these findings are that clinicians need to be aware that these instruments may not be measuring coherent constructs within this population as purported and should judiciously interpret and report the results of these instruments. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc407833/
- Risk and Resilience Faced by Children of Deployed Service Members
- The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of military deployment on children, and the roles that risk and protective factors and parenting stress play in emotional symptoms and behaviors exhibited by children while their parents are deployed. A sample of 143 parents (recruited from all branches of the military) who remained at home while their spouses were deployed completed online self-report questionnaires measuring demographic and background information, child internalizing and externalizing behavior, parenting stress, child adaptability, valuing behavior, family cohesion/environment, and parenting behaviors. The sample primarily consisted of mothers (n = 141) and Caucasian individuals (n = 126), which may limit the generalizability of the findings. Results of the study suggest risk factors including parenting stress, corporal punishment, length of time a parent is deployed, and type of deployment (combat vs. non-combat) were predictive of poorer child outcomes. Protective factors including values consistent behavior, child adaptability, and family cohesion were predictive of better childhood outcomes. Parenting stress served as a mediating variable between the relationship of total risk and child outcomes, while values consistent behavior served as a mediating variable between the relationship of protective factors experienced by children and child outcomes. Military deployments not only impact the service members, but also their families at home. Further study and identification of risk and protective factors faced by military children and families are imperative. Implications of findings are discussed as well as suggestions for future research concerning deployment and impact on military families (e.g. identification and empirical validation of programs to support military families. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84206/
- The Role of Experiential Avoidance in Trauma, Substance Abuse, and Other Experiences
- Experiential avoidance (EA) is a process in which a person attempts to avoid, dismiss, or change experiences such as emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. EA is associated with a number of psychological disorders and is generally harmful to psychological well-being. Various studies have explored the role of EA as a mediator, while others have studied EA as a moderator. The current study aimed to further understand and broaden the knowledge of the role of EA in regard to trauma, substance abuse, aggression, and impulsivity by examining relationships between these variables with EA as a mediator and as a moderator. Experientially avoidant behaviors (i.e., substance abuse, aggression, and impulsivity) were related to higher levels of EA. EA was found to partially mediate the relationship between the number of traumatic experiences and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, as well as the relationship between substance abuse and PTSD. EA was also found to moderate the relationship between PTSD symptoms and aggression. Findings from the present study as well as its limitations and future directions for research are discussed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149651/
- Values and Valuing in a College Population
- Values and valuing behavior have many conceptualizations. Despite how they are defined, values have a significant impact on behavior and are idiosyncratic in nature. The present study reviewed values research and sought to explore values identification and successful valued living among an archived sample of university students. Specifically, in a convenience sample of 282 undergraduate students, variables that affect values identification and behavior such as ethnicity, gender, psychological distress, and psychological flexibility were identified. Results indicated that university students identified with more than one valued living domain (as measured by the PVQ) and that contextual factors such as ethnicity, gender, age, and religiosity/spirituality were associated with specific values endorsed. Furthermore, psychological distress, including depression and anxiety (as measured by the DASS) was negatively correlated with values purity – the extent to which values are freely chosen. Finally, psychological flexibility (low experiential avoidance as measured by the AAQ-2), predicted values purity and successful living in accordance with identified values, and the relationship between these two variables was mediated by psychological flexibility. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283808/


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Deroy Murdock: Republicans should defund Obamacare now
Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas are leading a valiant effort to pass legislation in September that will finance the federal government, as is, but zero out Obamacare, officially called the Affordable Care Act. Short of repeal, which President Barack Obama would veto, this may be the last exit before Obamacare's New Year's Day implementation. Once this beast is unleashed, its fire-breathing destruction could become uncontainable.
"One major problem is the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB is essentially a health care rationing body. ... The IPAB will cause frustration to providers and patients alike, and it will fail to control costs."
Thus wrote former presidential candidate and Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean, M.D., in July 29's Wall Street Journal. He likes aspects of Obamacare, but considers the board a clinical wrecking ball.
"One thing that we hear in the commentary that we get ... is that some employers are hiring part time in order to avoid the mandate" for insuring staffers who work more than 30 hours weekly, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified July 17 on Capitol Hill.
The term "Affordable Care Act" has become a sick punch line.
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Li Ka-shing's 02 power play must clear hurdle of regulatory approval
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Twitter strategist ditches smartphone to combat addiction
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Oil gains offset sharp fall in Swiss equities
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European markets rose as oil company gains helped to counterbalance a sharp fall in Swiss equities sparked by the country's national bank decision to(...)
UK mobile firms to spend £5bn tackling mobile "not spots"
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Rally in oil stocks pulls European markets into positive territory
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Resurgent BT comes back to haunt old rival Vodafone
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European equities closed unchanged at a two-month high after weaker travel and leisure stocks offset a rebound for mining companies. German sto(...)


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What's New
Finally: Record Videos! And configure everything from your wrist.Also,chosen camera, flash- and recording settings will be restored each time you open the app.
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Take pictures and record videos right from your wrist! Use your Pebble to see what your iPhone sees. PebbleCam streams your iPhone's camera right onto your wrist. From your Pebble, you can toggle between rear and front camera, flash light mode or take high-res pictures and video as you wish. No WiFi or Internet required!Say goodbye to hurriedly rejoining your group photos. :)
This current version of PebbleCam runs quite slow on iPhone 4. It does work, but will receive additional love in the next updates.
The limited bandwidth between your Pebble and iPhone cuts PebbleCam to a transmission rate of approximately 20 frames per minute. We are working on a more sophisticated video codec to increase the frame rate over the next updates.
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July 7, 2008
Sophomore-to-be Dylan Knight and incoming freshmen Camilla Dencer and Ryann Krais will head to Bydgoszcz, Poland July 8-13 for the World Junior Championships as members of Team USA.
Knight will compete in the steeplechase semifinal on July 10th, with the final slated to run on July 13th. Dencer will race the 800m with prelims on July 8th, semifinals on July 9th and the final on July 11th. Krais, the USATF Junior Champion in the heptathlon, will begin the seven-event competition on July 11th with its conclusion on July 12th.
Knight and Dencer were awarded spots on Team USA after the second-place finishers were unable to make the trip due to various reasons. Kraiss earned an automatic spot with her first-place finish at the junior meet.


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Breaking away from the consensus
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Emergency funds, retirement accounts and answering your other questions on savings.
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NEW YORK -- New York Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon has talked to New York Islanders owner Charles Wang about building an arena for the NHL team near Citi Field.
"We've had discussions with the Islanders -- in addition to those we've had with Major League Soccer -- about building a sports/entertainment facility near Citi Field," the Mets said in a statement Wednesday.
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Watcher Features, Part 88As always, I'm impressed with the talent of the people who watch my little corner of the world. As a token of my appreciation, here's a feature for you.:iconNyasiaEsylvester: :iconEstellepicture: :iconReyko-Ryoko: :iconCaptainCassieArt: Figure painting by SirCassie Painted Lips by SirCassie:iconCharlottenburg: Retour a Roissy by Charlottenburg Come on and hate me by Charlottenburg Sea of sin by Charlottenburg:iconVintageWarmth: Missing You by VintageWarmth Sweet and Sour Hulahoop by VintageWarmth Pasta Ring by VintageWarmth:iconMelGama: The King by MelGama Building my Heaven by MelGama The Taste of my Sadness by MelGama:iconSkoll8: :thumb420785576: Skull by Skoll8 Mary by Skoll8:iconDavidSimpson2112: Ghost in the Shell by DavidSimpson2112 wolverine lee style by DavidSimpson2112 Feral by DavidSimpson2112:iconPidimoro: Monica by Pidimoro Tauriel 2 by Pidimoro to dream, perchance to dream by Pidimoro:icongpmcguire: Melanie Gaydos 2 by gpmcguire Keira - 4 by gpmcguire Viktoria 1-5 by gpmcguire:iconbreak-er-morant: ALaska baby by break-er-morant kelly girl by break-er-morant Mic and Olivia by break-er-morant:ic
Monthly FeaturesA few Goodies I found in September.A Merry Dance by TahiydThe Canary by samkaczurautumn justine by bagninoA summer with Cecile 01 by Zone-studioMichelle-End by Dany-ArtBallerina's Balloons by Hueman69Avove it all by ImpressionofLightFig22-sep14 by roy-psadeness by karen-abramyanThe Sinking Belle by nina-YWaiter Situation by zlty-dodoTravel by John35Photography*** by opriscoRevelation by CurvedLightStudioGEO 4018x2000a by horhheDivided by MikkoLagerstedt:thumb485584338:Lw by jackcorneliusIn the dark water. by fly10Body Essay #6 by firstnamekateVitruvian Woman by CyranoNovaPainted Booty by d2l2Archery for Angels by BelowDarkWaterPandora by IrinaLaraBe Direct by ToddParisInmortal Goddess of Victory (normal version) by PabloFernandezArtwrkMiss Sunshine by PzychonoirAh Madame... by kMoOgBrooke and Romahni 2 by Plage-PhotoCommando final by thomsontmStatue by LookAtUs2Valkyrie II by FlexDreamsCass and I 2 by OhAbbeyBlue Vine by oldmacmanCendres by Nat-sumiiFreshie2258 by molly1234120121117 Unoh234 by MickleDesignWerksImage by SoCalPortraitsBefore Sunset by JohnQ45Chad Ruin: Apassionata II by LovittGirlThe day of scant disbelief by Craigmac1000REDS by GesellEntangled by MEGAN-Yrrbby6 Abz 4314 by bzfoto58D. 33 by marsellus-longusBackside by artofdan70peaceful waters by melanncLights - Ivy Lee V by HumanCreativeProjectLong Walk Back by Nostromo-ImagesJufu 6013 by smoke-dymokNo n
Monthly FeaturesA few Goodies I found in February.Fire orchid by Avinea sunset child by morexodRhinoceros by AmBr0Balloons at Charles Bridge, Prague by jane-beataWolf Mother by Ben4photoPiers Vernon-Kell I by TansyBlueSun, Sea, Girl by DChernovWolf Mother and Pup by EsthervanHulsenBrushing Her Hair by SloppygeeFractals Edge 1 (Greenish Tone) by KarahRobinson-ArtGirl with freckles by apalkinQueen of Hearts by Ophelia-Overdose''The Room'' by erwintirtaCrow by igreenyFunky Fungi II by Oer-WoutSimple Beauty by owelStella by fourteenthstarWith Sara by AlexandraB24Hot and Spicy by kazarinakristinaAlexandrine2 by GrooveinjectorDanse Avec La Mort by LenteScuraJosie by Amanda-DiazLotus by anastassia-bearzoe xiv by 6x9base13body projection 3 by athrawnPoison Ivy Bodypaint by oldmacmanRevolve by John-LoganDunamis - Devin 4 by CPJPhotoCracked skin 06 by Zone-studioContour 4 by Blackxx_W6A7141 by kamarteSavanna by DmitryElizarovLass by SuicideLassMilena May 2-4 by modelshooterFemale nude beauty by KSR 2011 05 by RizovNo need to scroll back - All previous things featured are here: http://phydeau.deviantart.com/favourites/9030873Create your own visitor map!
Monthly Features (2 of 4)A few Goodies I found in MayI have a bit of an issue this month. The good news is that I finally got through a long list of deviants I've been wanting to check out for a while (I kept discovering new people in the process and kept adding to the list). The bad news is that I ended up with 33 pages of favorites this month. There as no way I could cull that down to 45 for my regular feature. So I limited it to just ANP, and I STILL ended up with 4 journals worth! Believe it or not, no deviants are featured twice. It took me a total of about 12 hours to put this together.But on the plus side: YAY NUDITY!Under underwear by lococsoIvory Flame 46 by cawpopsflying dutchgirl by MarcBergmannHer Master's Voice by Fox2006Pregnancy 2 by CameoMichelleSt Merrique-6463 bw tumblrweb by jlrimagesWildflowers 2 by whistfilledsmilesD 5317 by crunk-monkSilent Entreat by KnightDigitalwall 22 by cocos671Ivory Flame by 1-Brennan-1:thumb2809591
Monthly FeaturesA few Goodies I found in July.The Atonement - THE IMAGINARIUM UNDERWATER by BethMitchellquiet river by karen-abramyanWitches (2) by Hjorvindsmiling watermelon by poivreIncineration by ShortCircuit123Untitled by edwardisaisSecure by WarflightPC155525 by MichalTokarczukRaphaella Withlove 13 by Dave-Ellis:thumb471978173:SPIRAL AND THE SANDS OF TIME by RareEarthGalleryA MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by M0THartFreshie Juice by AarontheMagicianDial M for ... by grigjrfrictional heat by Baal-Kaos-148- by rainrisIce by Erricpigeon morning by ankazhuravlevaSleeping With Ghosts by wytherwingThe Toy Gun by gingersfunkyphotosFade to grey by Outof4mmofix the boiler by AMViewsQueen of Pain - Dota 2 by MilliganVick2004-20 by JimDuvallImitation avatar by EloveraIMG 3739 Color by dhusbandUntitled - 1--Photo by Marty Class by perfectmuseSleepwalker by ZWIRP o i s o n I v y by simpleartsFree Range Milk by CandyCov3redHide by NicoleNudesFreshie Juice 4.2 by Scottworldwideno face by altctrlxDeath by LiiLiiFish725 - Differences... by photodualityJillian 1 - Aphrodite by BareLightOlive 4 by ChristopherLMurr6 pack by mousestcsNo title by imthesurgeBandage by cenobitesquid5D0A6432-web by warhammerphotovh_138 by Alena-U96Goosebumps by CrashandBurnPhotoSpare Me From the Mold by DanOstergrenfactory girl by fudaryliPhotographer Chris Blackwell, Not-so-nude by lunalivimeGreen World by MSlygh:thumb467596630:Back To Black by H0LL0W25:thumb466363426:No need to scr
Watcher Features, Part 85As always, I'm impressed with the talent of the people who watch my little corner of the world. As a token of my appreciation, here's a feature for you.:iconMarbeach: :iconfrollof: :iconhairballOne: :iconspiralweb: Anya and Flowers, filtered by spiralweb curled by spiralweb:iconOkamIGrey: Classic Dodge Challenger Timeline #4 by OkamIGrey 1969 Ford Mustang - The Carbon-Fiber Colt by OkamIGrey Charger by OkamIGrey:iconLostsoulofonesbeauty: Midnight Gathering by Lostsoulofonesbeauty Love In Her Eyes by Lostsoulofonesbeauty Older Work 1 by Lostsoulofonesbeauty:iconstyuvee: Remember? by styuvee Uh! I dunno what to say! by styuvee Thinking of Someone by styuvee:iconMEGAN-Yrrbby: Fire Eye by MEGAN-Yrrbby Butterfly Kisses by MEGAN-Yrrbby Pulchritudinous by MEGAN-Yrrbby:iconjeanclaire: dry with a twist by jeanclaire Aching for more by jeanclaire Red Hairing delves deep by jeanclaire:icon4BlueMonkeys: zelda water temp animation by 4BlueMonkeys Ray's Show by 4BlueMonkeys robber animation by 4BlueMonkeys:iconlobokenshin: Fallow deers 02 by lobokenshin Cieszyn BW 02 by lobokenshin Swans deep look by lobokenshin:iconWuBrian: Female Jason Freddy And Ash by WuBrian drawing by WuBrian hellboy by WuBrian:iconDemianLegg: :thumb31565
The Lucky 13 (street tips)13 Street Photography TipsTony Ray-Jones was an English street photographer. In the early 60′s he traveled to the U.S for studying for a Master of Fine Arts in graphic design at Yale. He moved to NY after graduating and got a job as an art director for CBS records but he was determined to become a photographer. In New York he became good friends with Joel Meyerowitz and became part of the NY street photographers scene led by Garry Winogrand.Jones kept notebooks, a journal if you'd like in which he wrote down his thoughts, lists and plans about photography. In one of those lists, titled "Approach" he listed some tips for better street photographs. These tip are still valid today and can be used as a basic guidelines to better street photography.1. Be more aggressive- just to be clear, this does not mean at any way that you should jump into situation that could become violent! In a way, this simple
Abstract and Surreal Spotlight Vol. 27Einsilbig'sSpotlight Vol. 27Abstract and SurrealThe SpotlightSeek the rain Paulyby Barnum60I met you last night .. in my dreamby MenoevilEclipseby insolitus85C'est la nuitby JakezDanielAbenoneby ValeriyaSegalAcross the wiresby vbagiatisShroudby McKenzie-JamesTanglingby KizukiTamura
life is musicmy sister JosipaLana and Josipa sing this song by Macedonian singer Kaliopi (song crno i belo - black and white) and they won 1st award before on festival 'All you need is love' finally they are on youtube, so i can listen her there also..anyway, here you can hear original version of this song Kaliopi if you are interested:about music:Sonny Bravo by hardriffaccordion by utopyamMr. by sjmanzurone more. by musicandphotographyArthur by Pammey
Creative people 2014 Pt.1A selection of works that speak for themselves.Enjoy. Ravenheart by artorifreedom Dream of the Mermaid 2 by Marjie79 instinct by AnjaMillen Losing My Rose by vacuumslayer
2014 Positivity Project So after my post last night I started thinking; positive thinking; I want to do something to promote positivity throughout the world, not just in my life so I decided to start a 2014 Positivity Project using a tumblr blog and hopefully make it grow more throughout the year. The 5 W's What? The whole point of this project is to spread positivity through photographing inspirational/positive/motivational/uplifting quotes written on paper When? NOW! You can do one once a month, week, day or just only once. However many times you want to do it! My goal is to collect 365 positive quote photos by the end of this year. If you do one, leave a comment in this journal, on my page or send me a note and I will add it to
deviousNEWS [02.June.2014]Navigation News | Contests | Projects | Features | Submit Your NewsBack to TopNews It's Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, so we're looking to paint dA gold to raise awareness! projecteducate just wrapped up another awesome week with Anime & Manga Week snowmarite wrote an awesome article:
Starting our new contest on April 20 and Feature ....be curious We have found a wonderful new theme and we hope this will inspire you a lot. I will post the contest-journal with our contest-stocks on April 20th. The theme is still a secret :iconevelivesey: :iconcd-Stock: :iconybsilon-Stock: If you want to help us with some donations please let us know, every little help (eg. exclusive stock-packs, journals....) is sooo much appreciated. We will have two categories of winners (beginner/light intermediate & more intermediate/advanced) so we need all donations double Have a lovely EasterHere are some awesome Easter-Stocks:iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz::iconquacksplz:
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Feature #31 A last drink before going... by La--Boheme Heaven Will Have A New Star by Lhianne :thumb460113296: Our New Home by Whendell The Addiction by LadyxBoleyn Kate by sheispretty Girl, Interrupted by Mr-Ripley :thumb460278261: Fleur by AnjaMillen The Nanny by neverdying Bitter Cold by robhas1left Saint Paul de Vence by MelGama :thumb459645526: Splatter by paranormallily32 My Mermaid Love by babsartcreations The Elixir of Life by Sisterslaughter165 Tale of the white boat by m-eralp I can't think of a title by Flobelebelebobele I Weep by BenHammonds First Day of Sun by Joe-Maccer My Best Friend by pjenz summertime by KariLiimatainen Andromede by Fae-Melie-Melusine une nuit de satin by kim-e-sens To Kiss a Frog by JinxMim Tinkerbell from Disney by Maryneim Reborn by kimsol The Spa by Tracy-WilliamsArt Winds of Change by RazielMB I will follow you into the dark by Andaelentari W E L C O M E by Antonio-Figueiredo I dare you by k-i-mm-i-e Birthday Dani by CaryAndFrankArts Feel The Wings by DiosaEMR Kiwi Bird and Kiwifruit by deskridge Olympus by Aegils Rockabilly by stellartcorsica En la noche sin fin by Marazul45 My prince by CindysArt My Friend Monster by Wesley-Souza Blair Witch Project 3 by rsiphotography Mac1 by MDDahl The Dew Fairy by FrozenStarRo Ice Queen by mysolitaryground The One Who Knocks by AllisonWonderland111 Cradle of Love Kaleidoscope by loloalien Aufgeplatzt ... dem Licht entgegen by BiBiARTs A Summer Full Of Secrets by Shedboy68 :thumb45993865
Feature #29 Dangerous Doll by Rafido Barnet Sunset by Val-Faustino Silent-Forest by EnchantedWhispersArt Colorful Waves II by SheilaBrinson Mercilessly by vampirekingdom Forest life by robhas1left Aujourd hui Je reve by NebelelfeNaemy Sleeping Elf in the Moonlight by CindysArt Let me take your Soul by MirellaSantana Glances by maiarcita Blue Sea of Space by charmedy Hot Like Fire - Megan Fox 1 by Amro0 Nuclear Option by maxlake2 Untitled-1 by igreeny Frozen Mine by vimark A Pirates Life by annewipf Snow White: Sleeping Curse by GothicNarcissus Morning Star by Blavatskaya :thumb450947247: Pastel Dreams wallpaper by Emerald-Depths Vampiria by KalosysArt Die by the Sword by kimsol Rite of the Guardian by SilEnigmaArts Fire by SweediesArt In the Shadow by JannaFairyArt The Embrace of Death by LadyxBoleyn Happy Birthday Teresa by CaryAndFrankArts Time of wishes by RazielMB Every Sunrise by mysolitaryground The Wonder Place by brietolga My City by kuschelirmel The Joust by kimsol Sister Of Mercy by Shedboy68 summertime sadness by bwaworga Dragon Elf by babsartcreations Cherry Tree by imagase The Ritual by AlexandraVBach Tranquility by Miguel-Santos Curled up by TammyPhotography :thumb449414477: The Fallen Angel - Free manipulation Tutorial by Andrei-Oprinca Moments Fugaces by Sisterslaughter165 Bless by Dani-Owergoor Tommelise by CrisestepArt I Won't Give Up by Sandra-Cristhina The power of Love by EstherPuche-Art 5-04-23-14 by dini25 Mystery Dance by AliaChek :thumb44932418
Two Themes Contest - CLOSEDClosed contest, jurors have been notified and in 1 week we will post the result.Two Themes Contestnew contest and this contest we will do differently because it was very difficult to choose 1 theme among the 20 suggestions made, then will have two themes, and you can choose which theme to make your entry. and the themes chosen are : Secret Garden(s) My friend is a monster (can be a fantasy creatures) choose your favorite theme for you to make your entry. and do something creative, because j
Two Themes Contest - winners and the winners are................... Congratulations to all the Winners, everyone really Deserved.1° Place advanced:iconmr-ripley: intermediate:iconsacm88: beginner:iconbbstar7:2° Place advanced:icondresew: intermediate:iconmelgama: beginner:iconannemaria48:3° Place
March 15, 2014 devNEWS Article Issue! :icondevnews:DevNews:icondevnews: deviantART Breaking News :iconnewsboyplz: Thanks to the efforts of our amazing community, deviantART won the People's Choice category at the 2014 SXSW Interactive Awards!Deviousness for MarchLilyas:iconlilyas::Featured Groups:iconda-junkies::iconburdenedhearts::iconfractal-love::icondeviantheart:Community Relations and CR Projects/Challenges and devMEETSHQ, Hot Topics and Official dA News/ContestsThe Wind Rises Contest Winners by Moonbeam13Artisan Crafts and Body Art News and GroupsMarch AC Monthly Challenge [+ winners] by cakecrumbsArtisan Crafts Contests and Events by BrooketteArt Features ~ Theme: Photograp
**Hail To The Talented Ones** Feature Part Four!!PLEASE READ EVERYONE!!Before I crack on with the feature I would just like to say something that's very important to me. I am not able to thank each and every one of you for faving my work and watching me for a number of reasons. But please know I value your support more than anything, and do try to show you this in different ways!! I just needed you ALL to know that!! My latest work
News and Feature one anotherHello there,I hope you are all well! I'm ready with my Bachelor and will study the Master next semester. Also I'm very proud I get a contract by a small fantasy press (look at my site ) and have some regular jobs.That means that I'm not really much around. But I will try to be here at a weekly basis and beginning to make weekly journals!I also would like to thank everyone, who made already a birthday gift! Thaaank you! I will make a journal with all your gifts!Here are some highlights from the last time:Lady Sansa of Winterfell by EmberRoseArtMaleficent by MirellaSantanaOpen the Fairy Door by Le-Regard-des-ElfesAngel by StassySummerLittle Red by EstherPuche-Art
Monthly FeaturesA few Goodies I found in March.Grizzly Painting by eidolicGirl in Blue Skirt with Fan by LordSnootySarai, una tarde de verano by aixadoAu clair de lune by FeebrileMika by fotoPSczSnail by AnitaAntiLotus by duongquocdinhStonewall Nude by JMatsonArtographyAmeonna by BIOCITY2Pure Art by MelGamaDrop Blues II Edit by HelloDearThomasDays That Have Passed by LenteScuraCrusader Girl cropped by Bobby-castaldi-artMore Falls by ImpressionofLightEngel by hypnothalamusChrissy in Studio 2 by Alan-H-BruceRed1 by josephhaubertEmily 033014 - 1 by DixSteele20120130 2794 by metindemiralayFeeling This by NicoleNudesFreshieJuiceReservoirN24 by rp-photoWide eye by NyasiaEsylvesterThe shutter by fb101Vex Voir 2 by ScottworldwideStef-Nude-Blue-01 by Eman333The witch by Zone-studio--Uliya-- by free0neJadeneuv 'Glowing' 005 by marshonKira. by gsphotoMellie 2 by TalkingdrumSam @ Race St. Pier II by jirizarryWelcome by DanikaMillesOdi et Amo by lovelizzieDancing to the Beat of My Heart by D4everbeccaAmelia2014 oo3 by br53199No need to scroll back - All previous things featured are here: http://phydeau.deviantart.com/favourites/9030873Create your own visitor map!:thu


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Stargate SG-1: Season 5, Episode 17Fail Safe (5 Apr. 2002)A large asteroid is discovered on a heading straight towards Earth. If it hits, all life on Earth would likely be destroyed. SG-1 initiates a plan to repair a crashed Goa'uld cargo ship and... See full summary » Director:Andy MikitaWriters:Brad Wright (developed for television by), Jonathan Glassner (developed for television by), 2 more credits » |
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The folks at FlashPeak.com have created two lightweight browsers in this category. Slimbrowser was developed as a lightweight high speed alternative for the Windows OS and uses the Trident engine. Slimboat is similar in appearance, but the core uses Webkit. Both are reviewed with emphasis on what makes each unique.
SlimBrowser Some of Slimbrowser's key features include full or partial screen capture, spell check, Site Groups, form Quickfill management, Photo management, and Social Networking. Quickfill is used to save form information from websites where you may repeatedly have to enter differing information. Once you complete the form, save the page and Quickfill will recall the information next time. It also supports multiple identity files for multiple users. Photo-Salon will create frames or other enhancements for pictures before they are uploaded. Auto size will automatically resize pictures to a customizable predetermined size for uploads without changing the original file. This is a good web browser for Windows only.
SlimBoat has key features that include Site Groups, and Social Networking. With Site Groups you can create groups of tabs for various websites to open all at one time. For example all your favorite news sites can be grouped so in one click they all open on individual tabs without selecting them individually from your favorites. The Social Networking has two functions. Web page sharing to all the popular sites like Facebook and Twitter or e-mail, and a Facebook button to quickly post web pages, web page text and images or your status by clicking a button and not having to login to your Facebook account. For a browser that is only on version 1, it's packed full of features in a lightweight format.
Comodo is a company focused on Internet Security. You won't see a lot of bells and whistles in the browsers because their focus is behind the scene helping you have a better, safer browsing experience. The features they do display are generally related to security like Web Inspector and Privacy Dog. Dragon's UI is similar to Chrome but some of the buttons and menu options are different. Install Comodo Internet Security (also free) to run in virtual mode, the equivalent of using a sandbox. Create an account and sign-in to share your browser settings on the cloud making them available to other computers you may use.
Comodo Dragon is an alternative browser to Google's Chrome. Dragon is based on Chromium technology and is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. Dragon incorporates the features and abilities of Chrome with enhanced security and privacy from Google.
Comodo IceDragon is similar to Comodo Dragon. It is Comodo's equivalent of Firefox. IceDragon share's many of the same security features as it's Dragon partner but the UI and menu's are similar to Firefox. IceDragon is fully compatible with Firefox plug-ins and extensions. Ice Dragon can also use Comodo's free DNS Servers to improve performance and privacy. If you're looking for a more stable, safer and faster equivalent to Firefox, try Comodo IceDragon.
Torch is a media browser featuring built-in torrent downloading, media grabber and audio extractor. Also features easy media sharing to social media sites. Torch was considered as a mega browser, but it's lack of cross platform cloud support held it back. Really a powerful browser with a clean look, Torch can also be considered a Chrome alternative. Torch can be a good lightweight version if you want a browser that focus' on file and media downloads/sharing. Some people may find Torch's Chrome like UI off putting.
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You guys are the best. Thanks to this article and the user comments below I have just revived my old laptop I was about to throw in the garbage. My 9 years old laptop (1.6 Ghz CPU, 512mb RAM) was struggling with literally everything while browsing on the internet using Chrome or Firefox. Firstly I tried Comodo Dragon, and it did the job fairly good (except YouTube playback, it was laggy). Now with Slimboat it is unbelievable how good it performs with heavy pages and a few open tabs. All this under TinyXP of course, for as much available RAM as possible. Seems like I'll be using this machine for a little longer!
Isn't there a web browser that just browses the web?
No social media, no grouping, no whatever else.
Just see the web pages as the designers want you to see them and watch videos or listen to audios that are on those web pages.
I'm using Palemoon, so it already does all the extra stuff. I was hoping lightweight really meant lightweight. Bare minimum.
MxNitro claims to be that, haven't tried it personally and I think it's stiil in beta. You might wanna take a look though.....
The introduction clearly defines what "lightweight" means here: it uses less resources than the heavyweight web browsers or that it has more limited features.
Lightweight doesn't mean the bare bones, the bare minimum of features, because "active security, web search, privacy viewing, pop-up blocking, download management, plug-in and extension support" are generally considered to be required features today.
I was disappointed when i read the description of lightweight.
Requires features:
Security yes
Privacy yes
Pop-up blocking yes
Downloads yes (but no management needed)
Plug-ins and extensions no
Web search isn't that what google duckduckgo and all the others are there for?
With that definition of lightweight, PaleMoon is probably lightweight.
Approximately related to "lighweight browsing" I would like to recommend checking out "site specific" browsing, which is basically a browser window dedicated to a single website.
For trusted and frequently-visited sites (e.g. gmail, youtube, soundcloud, grooveshark) I find this to be an excellent solution.
As far as I know there are only two programs worth looking at for this, which are SisterB and Bazinga. Mozilla Prism is also still available though as well with a bit of hunting, and it works ok too.
For a more recent/supported approach there is the "Quick Apps" feature built in to Maxthon - this is my own preferred method at the moment. I think Chrome has something similar but it requires Chrome to be already running in the background, while the Maxthon-created browsers are truly independent.
I just noticed that Maxthon itself doesn't get a mention here ... I have noticed that it's a little CPU-heavy at times on my low-end hardware, but nonetheless it it's still an excellent browser for general use. It lacks add-on support and detailed cookie/script management but it is regularly updated and for my money is probably the best no-frills browser available at the moment.
The previous editor set the features for this category. I don't plan to change them because they reflect contemporary web browser design. But when I get the time I will be rewriting this category and its recommendations.
The features that you don't want are more basic than you realize:
+ Download management is as basic as the ability to see what is currently downloading, locate it on disk, and stop an active download. I remember when browsers didn't have any of that.
+ Web search is basic integration which provides the ability to choose different search providers and change them very simply. This is often provided through plug-ins and extensions.
+ In recent years most general-purpose web browsers have added plug-ins and extensions. This means that additional features can be added as required. Heavyweight browsers provide many features as standard, e.g. PDF readers.
Palemoon is not lightweight because it has above average resource usage. As a 64-bit application it has higher memory usage than most 32-bit browsers. It does have a reduced feature set but the more fully-featured Waterfox, which is also 64-bit, outperforms it on resource usage.
Really, i thought PaleMoon was optimized to give the best performance. I switched to PaleMoon when Firefox became weird with a new builky interface or something.
I have never heard of Waterfox. I'll go take a look in the heavyweight browsers.
qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It's based on Python, PyQt5, QtWebKit and free software:
Ice Dragon has a major memory leak...
I let it sit for several hours and it finally froze up with over 1700.0 mb of memory usage... worse them chrome!!
If you want a low usage firefox type browser then use SeaMonkey...
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Accidental incest is incest that is committed by two partners who do not know they are biologically related. It can occur when two people who are unaware of their biological relationship become sexually intimate. When two related people meet as adults, and become sexually attracted, it is known as genetic sexual attraction. When a biological relationship is suspected, DNA testing may be used.
Artificial insemination with donated sperm may result in accidental incest. Since sperm donation is often anonymous, many people conceived in this manner are usually unaware of any biological half siblings they have.[1] The likelihood of accidental incest is kept low with doctors limiting the number of times that each donor's sperm can be used.[2] Some countries have laws limiting the number of children a donor can father in order to reduce the likelihood.[3] Taiwan allows those conceived by artificial means to receive testing to determine if they are related to a person they are considering marrying.[4]
Other causes may include:
- Children separated from their family at birth
- Child abandonment[5]
- Sexual exploration
- Alcohol abuse[6]
Notable cases[edit]
- In 2008, it was reported that a British brother and sister, who were twins separated at birth, married without knowing of their relationship. According to the report, the relationship was discovered soon after their wedding, and the marriage was annulled. The case has raised the issue regarding whether adoptions should be kept secret.[7][8] Concerns have been raised however about whether the story is in fact true.[9][10][11][12]
- Although not exactly accidental, a famous German case has opened doors to the legalization of accidental incest. Patrick Stübing has had four children with his sister, Susan Karolewski, whom he met as an adult. He is serving prison time in Germany, where incest is illegal.[13][14]
- An engaged couple in South Africa, who had been together for five years and were expecting a child, discovered that they were brother and sister just before their wedding. They were raised separately and met as adults in college. Just before the wedding, their parents met and they came to realize that they were siblings. The couple broke off the relationship after the discovery.[15]
Mythology and fiction[edit]
- In the classic Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus, king of Thebes, is told by a prophet that he will murder his father and marry his mother. Oedipus considers the possibility ridiculous and argues vehemently with the prophet. His wife Jocasta, widow of the former king Laius, urges Oedipus to ignore the prophet, reminding Oedipus that Laius was actually killed by bandits at a crossroads on the way to Delphi. It is eventually disclosed to Oedipus that as a baby he had been given up for adoption in an attempt to evade the prophecy that he would one day kill his own father. Oedipus suddenly realizes that the prophecy had indeed been fulfilled: he had quarreled with some travelers at a crossroads and slain them. One of them, he realizes, was Laius, his biological father whom he had never known, and that by marrying Laius' widow Jocasta, he had married his biological mother. Jocasta hangs herself and the despairing Oedipus also intends to commit suicide, but eventually takes pins from the dress of his dead wife and uses them to poke out his eyes.
- King Arthur was seduced by Morgause, his half sister and fathered Mordred. Since he did not know Morgause was his half sister at the time (Arthur was raised away from his parents by Sir Ector), it can be considered accidental.
- Moll Flanders unknowingly marries her half-brother, and has children by him.
- In the play Andorra by Max Frisch, Andri falls in love with his half-sister (whom he then thought his full sister) Barblin. His mother tells them upon finding out, according to common belief at the time, that he is a rescued Jewish boy from the country of the Blacks and merely adopted, whereupon the two get engaged. The father, teacher Can, forbids their getting married, not giving any reason, because the rescue story is a disguise and Andri really is the fruit of an affair of his with a Black woman. Thus, to Andri he becomes implausible in his tolerance for the Jews and causes a crisis of identity in him, triggering a good part of the plot.
- In Os Maias by Eça de Queirós, the main character (Carlos da Maia) falls in love with Maria Eduarda and maintains a secret affair until he is told by a friend she is his sister (Carlos supposedly never had a sister). At last, Carlos informs his newfound sister that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore.
- Túrin Turambar and Niënor Níniel in The Lay of the Children of Húrin (Narn i Chîn Húrin) by J. R. R. Tolkien
- In the original Star Wars trilogy, the early relationship between twin siblings Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa (who were separated in order to hide them from their father Darth Vader and his master Emperor Palpatine) has the potential to becoming accidental incest but Leia's relationship with Han Solo prevents this. However, because of the implications, it has become subject to both fan fiction and parody. Robot Chicken parodies the idea in a sketch in which Luke and Leia are seen in a bed after apparently having sex, with Leia saying "This is so wrong." In Family Guy's parody of Return of the Jedi, when Lois/Leia tells Chris/Luke she always knew that they were siblings in response to Luke's admission they are siblings, shocked Luke questions her further she replies saying "I'm from Alderaan, its kinda the Mississippi of the galaxy."
- In the Family Guy episode, "Halloween on Spooner Street" while playing spin-the-bottle at a Halloween party, Meg (dressed in a sexy kitty costume) and Chris (dressed as Optimus Prime) accidentally make out in a pitch black closet. When the closet is opened and can see each other, they become repulsed at what they had done, saying they had already done so much. In Valentine's Day in Quahog, Stewie travels back in time to the 1960s to see what love was like and falls for a baby girl. Opening up, he kisses her but is repulsed when he discovers she is in fact Lois, to the point of vomiting.
- In All My Children, Erica Kane nearly seduces her half-brother Mark Dalton until she discovers the truth from her mother Mona.
- In a third season episode of House, the team treats a married couple, Jeremy and Tracy, for similar symptoms. During treatment, the couple likens themselves to Romeo and Juliet, as Jeremy's father had forbidden him from becoming involved with Tracy, citing various reasons. When the team is able to diagnose both Jeremy and Tracy of a rare hereditary condition, it is revealed that the true reason Jeremy's father was opposed to their union was an affair he had had with Tracy's mother, which resulted in Tracy's birth, thus making them half-siblings.[16]
- In the sixth season of NCIS, the "Heartland" episode begins with a savage assault on two corporals, killing one and leaving the other, Corporal Ethan LaCombe, seriously injured. The NCIS investigation takes the team to Stillwater, Pennsylvania, which happens to be Gibbs' home town. A powerful local industrialist, Charles Winslow, has been strongly opposed to LaCombe's interest in his daughter, Emily, which suggests that he might be in some way connected with the assault. DNA tests intended to help identify his assailant disclose a shocking fact: LaCombe is actually Charles Winslow's biological son. He opposed LaCombe's love interest with his daughter because, as only he knew until the NCIS investigation found it out, they were actually brother and sister.[17]
- On the American television series Perception, the fourth episode of the second season, "Toxic", features two teenagers who were revealed to have been having an affair, against their parents wishes, due to the fact that, unbeknownst to them, they were half siblings. The girl being the result of an extramarital affair between her mother, and the boys father. The series main character, neuropsychiatrist Doctor Daniel Pierce, explains the situation as being the result of Genetic sexual attraction by name, and implies that the Westermarck effect, which he does not name, would normally prevent it.
- In the Dollanganger series by V. C. Andrews, Christopher and Corrine, the parents of the main character Cathy and her three siblings, are revealed to have been half-uncle and niece, but never learn that they are also half-brother and sister. Corrine's father, Malcolm, is Christopher's older half-brother by the same father. Christopher's mother, Alicia, was later raped by Malcolm and became pregnant with Corrine. To prevent a scandal, Corrine was passed off as the child of Malcolm and his wife, and told that she is simply Christopher's niece. When they met for the first time as teenagers, they fell in love and eloped after their relationship was discovered. They eventually married and had four children together by the start of Flowers in the Attic.
- In King of the Hill Joseph Gribble is revealed to have a half-sister, due to his mother, Nancy Gribble's, affairs with John Redcorn, who also cheated on her around the time with another woman, thus giving birth to his half-sister Kate, the two share a brief relationship, although do not share anything sexually.[18]
- In the series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Jace Wayland and Clary Fray fall in love before their father tells them that they are brother and sister. They continue to have a romantic interest, though they do not sleep together. Later, Clary's mother reveals to her daughter (in City of Glass) that Jace is, in fact, somebody else's son but raised by Clary's father. However, as a friend points out, Clary did kiss her biological brother, who had shown a romantic interest in her – knowing full well he was her brother.
- In the film Oldboy, Dae-su Oh and his daughter are kept apart for 15 years, so that they do not recognize each other when they meet, and are tricked into falling in love. This was done in revenge for Dae-su's role in exposing a brother-sister affair, leading to the sister's suicide.
- In the Konami RPG Shadow of Memories, it is implied in Ending E between protagonist Eike Kusch and his romantic love interest Dana, as the pair are secretly long-lost biological father and daughter who were separated since Dana was an infant in the Middle Ages and then serendipitiously reunited in the present-day due to the time-travelling machinations of the malicious djinn Homunculus.
- A play called Accidental Incest: Someone For Everyone, written by Lenny Schwartz, premiered at the 45 Bleecker St Theatre on June 6, 2012. A film of that play, Accidental Incest: The Musical, is currently in production for a 2015 release date, produced by Scorpio Film Releasing and directed by Richard Griffin.
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- ^ Alvarez, Lizette (30 September 2004). "Spreading Scandinavian Genes, Without Viking Boats". The New York Times (Arhus, Denmark: Arhus Journal). Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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- ^ Angelica, Jade Christine. A Moral Emergency: Breaking the Cycle of Child Sexual Abuse. p. 59.
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