Identification (Psychology) - Research News and Information

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Effects of stimulus difficulty and repetition on printed word identification: an fMRI comparison of nonimpaired and reading-disabled adolescent cohorts.

29 Jun 2008 Functional neuroimaging studies indicate that a primary marker of specific reading disability (RD) is reduced activation of left hemisphere (LH) posterior regions during performance of reading tasks. However, the severity of this disruption, and ... Read more...

Feminist identity as a predictor of eating disorder diagnostic status.

30 May 2008 Passive Acceptance (PA) and Active Commitment (AC) subscales of the Feminist Identity Development Scale (FIDS) were examined as predictors of eating disorder diagnostic status as assessed by the Questionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses (Q-EDD). ... Read more...

Identification and the development of competence: a 44-year longitudinal study from late adolescence to late middle age.

30 May 2008 The role of defense mechanisms in the development of planful competence (J. A. Clausen, 1993) was studied over a period of 44 years in participants from the Oakland Growth Study, who are part of the Intergenerational Studies of the Institute of ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Identification (Psychology)'

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• Effects of stimulus difficulty and repetition on printed word identification: an fMRI comparison of nonimpaired and reading-disabled adolescent cohorts. 29 Jun 2008
• Feminist identity as a predictor of eating disorder diagnostic status. 30 May 2008
• On: bodily centered protections in adolescence. 30 May 2008
• Identification and the development of competence: a 44-year longitudinal study from late adolescence to late middle age. 30 May 2008
• Disruption of the prefrontal cortex function by rTMS produces a category-specific enhancement of the reaction times during visual object identification. 13 May 2008
• Mimicking attractive opposite-sex others: the role of romantic relationship status. 30 Apr 2008
• Applying principles of intercultural communication to personality disorder therapy. 16 Apr 2008
• Radio role models for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV testing among pregnant women in Botswana. 9 Apr 2008
• On positive psychological outcomes: what helps groups with a history of conflict to forgive and reconcile with each other? Apr 2008
• You are what you eat? Vegetarianism, health and identity. 31 Mar 2008
• Dalí's homage to Rothko: a defense against fusion with the victim. 30 Mar 2008
• Effects of role models from films on short-term ratings of intent, interest, and self-assessment of ability by high school youth: a study of gender-stereotyped academic subjects. 30 Mar 2008
• Construing stigmatized identities: a golden section study. 8 Mar 2008
• The psychoanalytic conception of trauma in Ferenczi and the question of temporality. 28 Feb 2008
• Children's working understanding of the knowledge gained from seeing and feeling. 28 Feb 2008
• Sex and shame: the inhibition of female desires. 28 Feb 2008
• Current views of the oedipal complex. Panel report. 28 Feb 2008
• [Psychopathology in eating disorders: new trends] 29 Jan 2008
• Object imagery and object identification: object imagers are better at identifying spatially-filtered visual objects. 22 Jan 2008
• Lack of improvement in odor identification by levodopa in humans. 14 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Identification (Psychology)'

Definition: A process by which an individual unconsciously endeavors to pattern himself after another. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behavior of adult significant others.

Descriptor UI: D007062

Alternative terms: Identification (Psychology); Identifications (Psychology); Identification;

Tree Number: F01.393.446; F01.752.747.385;

Online Note: search DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1966-67

History Note: 68; was IDENTIFICATION see under DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1963-67

Technical Notes: no qualif; DF: IDENTIFICATION