Religion and Health Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths: An Empirical Investigation and Theoretical Explanation.

Sexual orientation and mental health: Examining identity and development in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. ◽

10.1037/11261-006 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 117-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Margaret Rosario ◽

Ann Marie Yali ◽

Joyce Hunter ◽

Marya Viorst Gwadz

Keyword(s):

Empirical Investigation ◽

Theoretical Explanation ◽

Religion And Health ◽

And Bisexual

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When Voters and Parties Agree: Valence Issues and Party Competition

Political Studies ◽

10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00671.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 629-655 ◽

Cited By ~ 121

Author(s):

Jane Green

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Political Competition ◽

Formal Model ◽

Spatial Models ◽

Theoretical Explanation ◽

Party Competition ◽

Policy Space ◽

Party Strategy ◽

Limited Application

There has been much talk of valence, consensus or competence politics but little theoretical explanation or empirical investigation of how this has arisen. In this article I argue that British political competition has become competence-based because the major parties and the electorate have converged on the dominant left–right dimension of British voting behaviour. As a result, commonly cited core vote explanations for party polarisation have only limited application. The electorate has converged on left–right issues, narrowing the policy space and the available positional strategies of political parties. A different pattern is found for the issue of Europe, and this is interpreted in light of possible causal mechanisms. The article offers a formal model for a rise in valence politics as parties and voters converge, and the implications are discussed for theories of party competition. I argue in favour of competence and salience-based theories of party strategy in place of a reliance on traditional spatial models.

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Self-Esteem and the SCII: Empirical Investigation of a Clinical Observation

Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance ◽

10.1080/00256307.1979.12022188 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 82-86

Author(s):

Karen Friedel ◽

Jo-Ida Hansen ◽

Thomas J. Hummel ◽

Warren F. Shaffer

Keyword(s):

Empirical Investigation ◽

Clinical Observation ◽

Self Esteem

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Self-Injurious Behavior vs. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000127 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 106-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Christopher M. Bloom ◽

Shareen Holly ◽

Adam M. P. Miller

Keyword(s):

Positive Reinforcement ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

High Stress ◽

Animal Research ◽

Stress Conditions ◽

Human Populations ◽

Pharmacological Interventions ◽

Self Injury ◽

Cns Stimulant ◽

Nonsuicidal Self Injury

Background: Historically, the field of self-injury has distinguished between the behaviors exhibited among individuals with a developmental disability (self-injurious behaviors; SIB) and those present within a normative population (nonsuicidal self-injury; NSSI),which typically result as a response to perceived stress. More recently, however, conclusions about NSSI have been drawn from lines of animal research aimed at examining the neurobiological mechanisms of SIB. Despite some functional similarity between SIB and NSSI, no empirical investigation has provided precedent for the application of SIB-targeted animal research as justification for pharmacological interventions in populations demonstrating NSSI. Aims: The present study examined this question directly, by simulating an animal model of SIB in rodents injected with pemoline and systematically manipulating stress conditions in order to monitor rates of self-injury. Methods: Sham controls and experimental animals injected with pemoline (200 mg/kg) were assigned to either a low stress (discriminated positive reinforcement) or high stress (discriminated avoidance) group and compared on the dependent measures of self-inflicted injury prevalence and severity. Results: The manipulation of stress conditions did not impact the rate of self-injury demonstrated by the rats. The results do not support a model of stress-induced SIB in rodents. Conclusions: Current findings provide evidence for caution in the development of pharmacotherapies of NSSI in human populations based on CNS stimulant models. Theoretical implications are discussed with respect to antecedent factors such as preinjury arousal level and environmental stress.

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