Paranormal Belief, Experience, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter

121 college students completed the Anomalous Experience Inventory and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. Multiple regression analyses provided significant models predicting both Paranormal Experience and Belief; the main predictors were the other subscales of the Anomalous Experience Inventory with the Keirsey variables playing only a minor role.

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Comparing Compassionate Love and Empathy as Predictors of Transgression-General and Transgression-Specific Forgiveness

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/0091647120926482 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 009164712092648

Author(s):

Jichan Jay Kim ◽

Hannah Marie Kaplan ◽

Mary Jo Oliver ◽

Nicole Shiree Whitmoyer

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

The Other ◽

Christian College ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Christian University ◽

Compassionate Love ◽

Christian College Students

For Christians, forgiveness is exhibiting Christlike love even when it seems impossible for the amount pain that the other has caused in the forgiver. However, empirical studies on the relationships between other-focused love and forgiveness are scarce. In this study, we explored the relationships between other-focused love, empathy, and forgiveness among Christian college students. Using the data from 263 students from a large private Christian university in Central Virginia, bivariate correlations between two types of forgiveness, compassionate love, and empathy were computed, and the contribution of demographic variables, compassionate love, and empathy to the prediction of transgression-general and transgression-specific forgiveness was examined using three-block multiple regression analyses. Compassionate love had significant positive associations with both transgression-general and transgression-specific forgiveness, and compassionate love predicted both types of forgiveness after controlling for age, gender, and empathy.

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Learners' Predictions of the Recallability of Prose

Journal of Reading Behavior ◽

10.1080/10862967409547076 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 41-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ronald E. Johnson

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Regression Analyses

Do learners of textual prose know which portions of the text are likely to be difficult to recall? For each of two textual passages, samples of college students were able to predict accurately the prose subunits which were actually recalled by various samples of learners attempting immediate or delayed reproductions. Multiple regression analyses provided evidence that the predictions of recall showed considerable congruence with independent ratings of the meaningfulness and comprehensibility of the subunits.

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Prevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) among hepatitis-B patients and others suspected for PT-hepatitis in Baghdad

Journal of Biotechnology Research Center ◽

10.24126/jobrc.2013.7.1.240 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 35-40

Author(s):

Ghassaq Tariq Sadiq

Keyword(s):

Hepatitis B ◽

The Other ◽

Control Group ◽

Minor Role ◽

Shadow Zone ◽

Serum Samples ◽

Hepatitis G Virus ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Group 2 ◽

A Minor

The aim of this research is to evaluate the prevalence of HGV among three different categories, group1, composed of hepatitis –B patients (HB- patients), group 2, included people having hepatitis-like symptoms with sera negative for HBV and HCV markers, referred to as suspected for hepatitis (SUS-patients) while the third group is the control group. Serum samples were assayed for anti-HGV antibodies using ELISA technique-indirect method. Results revealed that HGV coinfection detected in only few number of HB-P 9.8%, 23.5% of HB-P having anti-HGV antibodies with titer lower than the cut-off value (COV) which are said to be in the shadow zone and the other 66.6% of the group are reported as negative cases, reporting a highly significant difference P˂0.001. Among the second group (SUS- patients), HGV was detected in only 4.8%, 58.5% detected as shadow cases while the other 36.5% were found to be negative for HGV.When both HB-P and SUS-P are gathered in one group a low percentage 7.6% of HGV infection was recorded, 39.1% of HB-/SUS-patients were in the shadow zone while the majority of this group 53.2% were detected as negative cases. In conclusion HGV play only a minor role as a confection agent with HBV and as a responsible agent among non-A-E hepatitis cases. Remarkable high percentages of shadow cases are reported in the three groups especially among non-A-E hepatitis patients.

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The Impact of Discrimination Beyond Sense of Belonging: Predicting College Students’ Confidence in Their Ability to Graduate

Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice ◽

10.1177/1521025120957601 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 152102512095760

Author(s):

Zachary A. Jackson ◽

I. Shevon Harvey ◽

Ledric D. Sherman

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Initial Step ◽

Extracurricular Activity ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽

Final Sample ◽

The Impact

Data from the Healthy Mind Study were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine the role of discriminatory experience in students’ confidence in their ability to persist through graduation, controlling for age, extracurricular activity participation, housing, years in their degree program, and their sense of belonging. The final sample consists of 4,708 college students—57.1% women, 70.8% Whites, 7.4% Blacks, 10.4% Asians, and 10.4% Latinx. A final hierarchical multiple regression with discrimination and covariates revealed an overall model that explained 15.5% of the total variance of confidence to persist (F [12, 4574] = 76.762, p < .001). The frequency of discriminatory experiences explains a statistically significant percentage of the variance in students’ confidence in their ability to persist. Thus, efforts to minimize students’ discriminatory experiences need to be increased. This study offers an initial step that institutions can implement to serve and retain their students better.

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Moderation Effects of Coping Flexibility on the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Risk

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000800 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Tsukasa Kato

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Suicidal Risk ◽

Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽

Coping Flexibility ◽

Causal Direction ◽

Level Method

Abstract. Background: This study focused on poor coping flexibility, which involves the perseveration of a failed coping strategy, as a moderator of the association between depression and suicidal risk; no study has previously examined the association between coping flexibility and suicidal risk. Aims: This study examined whether individuals with lower coping flexibility would have a stronger suicidal risk when experiencing depression above a certain level. Method: Participants, who were 682 college students, answered questionnaires regarding coping flexibility, depressive symptoms, and suicidal risk. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that in individuals with greater depressive symptoms, lower coping flexibility was associated with higher suicidal risk, but this was not the case in individuals without depressive symptoms. Our hypothesis was supported. Limitations: Our findings cannot indicate the causal direction of the association between coping flexibility and depressive symptoms and suicidal risk. Conclusion: Our findings may be useful in understanding the association between depression and suicidal risk through coping flexibility and contribute to reductions in suicidal risk, as coping flexibility can be improved through training.

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Judgments of Characteristics of Speakers in a Natural Stress Situation

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1978.47.1.47 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 47-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Susan Sadd ◽

Joan Welkowitz ◽

Stanley Feldstein

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Female College Students ◽

Time Variability ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

General Hypothesis ◽

Male And Female ◽

Female College ◽

Natural Stress

This paper describes two related studies. The general hypothesis was that the rhythmic patterning of dialogue is related to how onlookers perceive certain psychological characteristics of the speakers. The experimental procedures in both studies involved evaluation by independent observers of the “credibility” of participants. In the first study 30 female college students were assigned to two conditions; each subject was either to read or to listen to monologues and dialogues (between senators and witnesses) from the “Watergate” hearings. There were significant differences in student ratings between listening and reading conditions for witnesses engaged in dialogues. In the second study 53 male and female subjects listened to tapes or read transcripts of dialogue from four senator-witness pairs. As in Study 1 subjects rated witnesses on a number of dimensions including credibility. Non-lexical qualities of speech in the taped dialogues were analyzed using a PDP-12 computer and these data were correlated with subjects' credibility ratings. The multiple regression analyses indicated that mean turn time, variability of pauses, and similarity in duration of pauses and vocalizations were significantly related to ratings of witnesses.

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Comparison of the Comrey Personality Scales and the California Life Goals Evaluation Schedules

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1971.29.2.513 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 513-514 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas E. Backer ◽

Andrew L. Comrey ◽

Milton E. Hahn

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Life Goals ◽

The Other ◽

University Of California ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Social Conformity ◽

Educational Counseling ◽

Objective Tests ◽

The University

In an initial investigation of the content relationships between the Comrey Personality Scales and the California Life Goals Evaluation Schedules, these two objective tests were administered to 212 volunteer students at the University of California, Los Angeles. Raw scores on the two tests were intercorrelated, and two sets of multiple regression analyses were performed relating the scales of one instrument to each scale of the other. The results indicate a number of substantial content relationships between the two instruments; in particular, the Comrey measure of Social Conformity is significantly related to most of the Life Goals. It is suggested that these relationships may be usefully employed in various vocational guidance, educational counseling, and industrial assessment settings.

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Personality Variables in Alcohol Abuse in College Students

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/9qkg-p0c8-p1c9-wvmb ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 185-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Mark L. Brooks ◽

Steven Walfish ◽

David E. Stenmark ◽

Jonathan M. Canger

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Alcohol Abuse ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

The State ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Personality Variables ◽

Student Drinking ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between specific personality variables and alcohol abuse in college students were examined. Ninety-seven undergraduate college students were administered the trait portions of the State-Trait Personality Inventory and the Student Drinking Questionnaire. Results of stepwise multiple regression analyses indicated that these personality variables were not strong predictors of alcohol abuse in this population. However, subjects who were identified as being highly trait anxious or trait angry were significantly more likely to abuse alcohol than subjects low on these variables.

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Biodegradation of thujaplicins in living western red cedar

Canadian Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1139/x88-119 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 784-788 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lehong Jin ◽

Bart J. Van Der Kamp ◽

Jack Wilson ◽

Eric P. Swan

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Minor Role ◽

Oxidative Dimerization ◽

Decay Fungus ◽

Red Cedar ◽

The Common ◽

Western Red Cedar ◽

A Minor ◽

Heartwood Extractives

The role of three common fungal isolates from the heartwood of mature coastal western red cedar (Thujaplicata Donn) in the detoxification of thujaplicins was investigated. A Sporothrix species, Kirschsteiniellathujina (Peck) Pomerleau & Etheridge, and a Phialophora species are shown to form a succession of fungi, in that order, which invade red cedar heartwood from within and cause discolouration of the heartwood from light straw to red and various shades of brown. Thujin, a recently described lactone compound in red cedar heartwood extractives, is shown to be present in discoloured wood only. It is formed by the oxidative dimerization and isomerization of thujaplicins by the Sporothrix isolate. The other two fungi may play a minor role in thujaplicin degradation. Thujin is shown to lack toxicity to Poriarivulosa (B. & C.) Cooke, the common decay fungus of coastal western red cedar.

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