Self-discrepancy: A theory relating self and affect.
This article presents a theory of how different types of discrepancies between self-state representations are related to different kinds of emotional vulnerabilities. One domain...
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The rise of the creative class: and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life
The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe ...
Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions
Compared to usual care across a wide variety of decision contexts, people exposed to decision aids feel more knowledgeable, better informed, and clearer about their values, and ...
A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling
Noted for its crystal clear explanations, this book is considered the most comprehensive introductory text to structural equation modeling (SEM). Noted for its thorough review o...
Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments.
People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because peop...
Metabolic syndrome—a new world‐wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation
Abstract Aims To establish a unified working diagnostic tool for the metabolic syndrome (MetS) that is convenient to use in clinical practice and that can be used world‐wide so ...
A Simple Model of Herd Behavior
We analyze a sequential decision model in which each decision maker looks at the decisions made by previous decision makers in taking her own decision. This is rational for her ...
Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events?
Many people are exposed to loss or potentially traumatic events at some point in their lives, and yet they continue to have positive emotional experiences and show only minor an...
Protective and Damaging Effects of Stress Mediators
Over 60 years ago, Selye1 recognized the paradox that the physiologic systems activated by stress can not only protect and restore but also damage the body. What links these see...
At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters
Part 1: Framework and Theory 1. The Challenge of Disasters and Our Approach 2. Disaster Pressure and Release Model 3. Access to Resources and Coping in Adversity Part 2: Vulnera...
Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
Sensemaking involves turning circumstances into a situation that is comprehended explicitly in words and that serves as a springboard into action. In this paper we take the posi...
Global Burden of Diabetes, 1995–2025: Prevalence, numerical estimates, and projections
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of diabetes and the number of people with diabetes who are ≥20 years of age in all countries of the world for three points in time, i.e., th...