Zack Z Cernovsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 134724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zack Z Cernovsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zack Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Cernovsky |
| SIGNATURE | CERNOVSKY Z Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Self-Reports of Illegal Activity, SCL-90–R Personality Scales, and Urine Tests in Methadone Patients
In routine work, medical staff usually has to rely on the patient's self-reports of criminal activity and of recent involvement in fights. This study examines how these self-reports of crime correlate with the patients' routine urine tests and personality measures. Pearson correlations of these self-reports by 55 methadone patients (M age = 34.1 yr., SD = 9.1; 35 men, 20 women) were calculated to their urine screening tests (those for opiates, be…
Clinical Correlates of Insight in Schizophrenia
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Sociodemographic Correlates of Assimilation of Refugees from Kurdistan
Successful assimilation of refugees in their host country is an important prerequisite of psychological well-being. Refugees' satisfaction in the new country is one of key indicators of their assimilation. The satisfaction with their host country was assessed for 54 Kurdish refugees of mean age of 35.8 yr. (SD= 10.9) via an 8-item rating scale partly based on Cernovsky's Assimilation Scale. The 36 men and 18 women had resided in the host country …
A Frequent Misunderstanding Associated With Point Biserial and PFFL Coefficients
The label “Pearson r” is legitimately used both for the standard Pearson r calculated on continuous variables and for its other varieties in the form of the point biserial or the phi coefficient. This fact is often ignored by psychologists and psychiatrists
A Frequent Misunderstanding Associated with Point Biserial and Phi Coefficients
The label "Pearson r" is legitimately used both for the standard Pearson r calculated on continuous variables and for its other varieties in the form of the point biserial or the phi coefficient. This fact is often ignored by psychologists and psychiatrists
Kurdish Refugees' View of Politically Motivated Self-Immolation
Self-immolation has been used as a political tool by various oppressed groups, including Kurdish refugees. To examine sociodemographic correlates of the views on self-immolation, we carried out semi-structured interviews with 54 Kurdish refugees (18 women, 36 men). The majority of these refugees (74.1%) indicated that they did not expect self-immolations to help in obtaining freedom for Kurdistan. Their opinions on this issue were uniform across …
Psychiatric Emergency Rates During the Christmas Season in the Years 1991 to 1997
Symptom Patterns in Schizophrenia for Men and Women
Differences on symptoms and anamnestic variables were studied in a sample of 112 Canadian patients (42 men and 70 women) who met DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia. Men were more often rated as providing unreliable information than were women. A smaller proportion of men than women showed spontaneous remissions (a return to premorbid level), and fewer men also displayed phasic changes in appetite, weight, or sexual activity. It is noteworthy that…
Antisocial Personality Traits and Patients' Satisfaction with Treatment for Addiction
The over-all satisfaction with treatment for addiction (sum of scores on 11 items of a questionnaire) by 50 addicts and their self-reported confidence in remaining abstinent were unrelated to scores on MMPI-2 scales (all classical clinical and validity scales, 15 content scales and 7 research scales) except to reports of shyness on the Social Discomfort Scale: patients characterizing themselves as shy gave the higher ratings of satisfaction with …
On the Similarities of American Blacks and Whites
The history of science teaches us that many ambitious racists attempted to manufacture scientific evidence for their beliefs. Sooner or later, their charlatan style methodology (e.g., the use of skull circumference measurement by Nazi scientists during the World War II) and logical inconsistencies resulted in their rejection by the scientific community. A contemporary example of this trend is the work of J. Philippe Rushton. He recently wrote a l…
Birth Order, Family Size, and Schizophrenic Symptoms
We examined the statistical relationships of position in the birth order and number of siblings to symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia and to various socioeconomic and socioanamnestic variables in a Canadian sample of 107 schizophrenics diagnosed using the DSM-III criteria. Using the criterion of statistical significance of p. < 01 (2-tailed), there were only three significant relationships, all of which were weak (r. < 35), and none o…
Are Schizophrenic Symptoms Different in Patients with Higher Education
Ratings of 87 symptoms on a Canadian sample of 108 DSM-III schizophrenics (41 men, 67 women) were unrelated (point biserial coefficients) to their education. The only exceptions to this trend were weak correlations with ratings of apathy, insight, and of premorbid adjustment. Patients with higher education were less frequently labelled as apathetic (r = .28) or as lacking insight (r = .26) and their premorbid adjustment was better (r = .25). None…
Correlates of Hysterical Symptoms in Schizophrenic Patients
The correlations of symptoms of hysteria with 87 symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia were examined in a sample of 112 patients (70 women and 42 men whose mean age was 38.1 yr., SD = 9.8) with DSM-III diagnosis of schizophrenia. Hysterical symptoms were recorded in 37.5% of the schizophrenics. No significant relationships (phi coefficients) were found to key symptoms of schizophrenia
Rushton's Defenders and Their Hasty Rejection of the Null Hypothesis
Rosenthal and Rubin (1985) pointed out that in research on extreme situations (e.g., new treatments for terninally ill patients) any noticeable statistical trend in the desirable direction is valuable. It should be published even if it is of low magnitude and fails to meet our traditional criteria of statistical significance. Their approach is now being misused by those defending Rushton's (1988) "theory" about American Blacks (based on weak tren…
Self-Reinforcement Scores of Psychiatric Inpatients and Normal Controls
Heiby's 1982 self-reinforcement questionnaire (a measure of the ability to reward oneself selectively for constructive behaviors or efforts and to nurture a positive self-image by means of a supportive internal speech) was administered to 12 normal controls (psychiatric nurses), 11 paranoid schizophrenic patients (DSM-III—R), 8 bipolar patients currently manic (DSM-III—R), and 12 inpatients treated for substance abuse (DSM-III—R). No significant …
Stressful Events and Assimilation Level of Refugees
Thirty-eight Czechoslovak refugees completed a questionnaire measure of assimilation in the host country and measures of post-escape life stress. Persons who reported a greater number of stressful events within a 10-year period following their escape tended to obtain lower scores on the assimilation scale
Escape Stress, Sleep Disorders, and Assimilation of Refugees
Questionnaire data from 38 Czechoslovak refugees living in Switzerland indicated that repetitive nightmares about escaping the exhomeland were more frequent in refugees who described their real life act of escape as more frightening or risky. The level of satisfaction with life in the host country was unrelated to the incidence of escape nightmares but was inversely related to incidence of other sleep problems (restless sleep and difficulties fal…
Differences between patients', relatives', and physicians' evaluations of a community psychiatric nursing program
We have become accustomed to viewing patients as the only consumers of mental health services. Problems may arise, however, when consumer input is a major determining factor in program design. In many situations, relatives of patients and the physicians who refer patients to mental health programs should also be regarded as consumers of services. This study was designed to determine if the requests of patients for increased services from such a p…
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Stressful Events and Assimilation Level of Refugees
Thirty-eight Czechoslovak refugees completed a questionnaire measure of assimilation in the host country and measures of post-escape life stress. Persons who reported a greater number of stressful events within a 10-year period following their escape tended to obtain lower scores on the assimilation scale
Escape Stress, Sleep Disorders, and Assimilation of Refugees
Questionnaire data from 38 Czechoslovak refugees living in Switzerland indicated that repetitive nightmares about escaping the exhomeland were more frequent in refugees who described their real life act of escape as more frightening or risky. The level of satisfaction with life in the host country was unrelated to the incidence of escape nightmares but was inversely related to incidence of other sleep problems (restless sleep and difficulties fal…
Differences between patients', relatives', and physicians' evaluations of a community psychiatric nursing program
We have become accustomed to viewing patients as the only consumers of mental health services. Problems may arise, however, when consumer input is a major determining factor in program design. In many situations, relatives of patients and the physicians who refer patients to mental health programs should also be regarded as consumers of services. This study was designed to determine if the requests of patients for increased services from such a p…
Self-Reinforcement Scores of Psychiatric Inpatients and Normal Controls
Heiby's 1982 self-reinforcement questionnaire (a measure of the ability to reward oneself selectively for constructive behaviors or efforts and to nurture a positive self-image by means of a supportive internal speech) was administered to 12 normal controls (psychiatric nurses), 11 paranoid schizophrenic patients (DSM-III—R), 8 bipolar patients currently manic (DSM-III—R), and 12 inpatients treated for substance abuse (DSM-III—R). No significant …
Birth Order, Family Size, and Schizophrenic Symptoms
We examined the statistical relationships of position in the birth order and number of siblings to symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia and to various socioeconomic and socioanamnestic variables in a Canadian sample of 107 schizophrenics diagnosed using the DSM-III criteria. Using the criterion of statistical significance of p. < 01 (2-tailed), there were only three significant relationships, all of which were weak (r. < 35), and none o…
Are Schizophrenic Symptoms Different in Patients with Higher Education
Ratings of 87 symptoms on a Canadian sample of 108 DSM-III schizophrenics (41 men, 67 women) were unrelated (point biserial coefficients) to their education. The only exceptions to this trend were weak correlations with ratings of apathy, insight, and of premorbid adjustment. Patients with higher education were less frequently labelled as apathetic (r = .28) or as lacking insight (r = .26) and their premorbid adjustment was better (r = .25). None…
Correlates of Hysterical Symptoms in Schizophrenic Patients
The correlations of symptoms of hysteria with 87 symptoms relevant for diagnosing schizophrenia were examined in a sample of 112 patients (70 women and 42 men whose mean age was 38.1 yr., SD = 9.8) with DSM-III diagnosis of schizophrenia. Hysterical symptoms were recorded in 37.5% of the schizophrenics. No significant relationships (phi coefficients) were found to key symptoms of schizophrenia
Rushton's Defenders and Their Hasty Rejection of the Null Hypothesis
Rosenthal and Rubin (1985) pointed out that in research on extreme situations (e.g., new treatments for terninally ill patients) any noticeable statistical trend in the desirable direction is valuable. It should be published even if it is of low magnitude and fails to meet our traditional criteria of statistical significance. Their approach is now being misused by those defending Rushton's (1988) "theory" about American Blacks (based on weak tren…
On the Similarities of American Blacks and Whites
The history of science teaches us that many ambitious racists attempted to manufacture scientific evidence for their beliefs. Sooner or later, their charlatan style methodology (e.g., the use of skull circumference measurement by Nazi scientists during the World War II) and logical inconsistencies resulted in their rejection by the scientific community. A contemporary example of this trend is the work of J. Philippe Rushton. He recently wrote a l…
Symptom Patterns in Schizophrenia for Men and Women
Differences on symptoms and anamnestic variables were studied in a sample of 112 Canadian patients (42 men and 70 women) who met DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia. Men were more often rated as providing unreliable information than were women. A smaller proportion of men than women showed spontaneous remissions (a return to premorbid level), and fewer men also displayed phasic changes in appetite, weight, or sexual activity. It is noteworthy that…
Antisocial Personality Traits and Patients' Satisfaction with Treatment for Addiction
The over-all satisfaction with treatment for addiction (sum of scores on 11 items of a questionnaire) by 50 addicts and their self-reported confidence in remaining abstinent were unrelated to scores on MMPI-2 scales (all classical clinical and validity scales, 15 content scales and 7 research scales) except to reports of shyness on the Social Discomfort Scale: patients characterizing themselves as shy gave the higher ratings of satisfaction with …
Psychiatric Emergency Rates During the Christmas Season in the Years 1991 to 1997
Sociodemographic Correlates of Assimilation of Refugees from Kurdistan
Successful assimilation of refugees in their host country is an important prerequisite of psychological well-being. Refugees' satisfaction in the new country is one of key indicators of their assimilation. The satisfaction with their host country was assessed for 54 Kurdish refugees of mean age of 35.8 yr. (SD= 10.9) via an 8-item rating scale partly based on Cernovsky's Assimilation Scale. The 36 men and 18 women had resided in the host country …
A Frequent Misunderstanding Associated With Point Biserial and PFFL Coefficients
The label “Pearson r” is legitimately used both for the standard Pearson r calculated on continuous variables and for its other varieties in the form of the point biserial or the phi coefficient. This fact is often ignored by psychologists and psychiatrists
A Frequent Misunderstanding Associated with Point Biserial and Phi Coefficients
The label "Pearson r" is legitimately used both for the standard Pearson r calculated on continuous variables and for its other varieties in the form of the point biserial or the phi coefficient. This fact is often ignored by psychologists and psychiatrists
Kurdish Refugees' View of Politically Motivated Self-Immolation
Self-immolation has been used as a political tool by various oppressed groups, including Kurdish refugees. To examine sociodemographic correlates of the views on self-immolation, we carried out semi-structured interviews with 54 Kurdish refugees (18 women, 36 men). The majority of these refugees (74.1%) indicated that they did not expect self-immolations to help in obtaining freedom for Kurdistan. Their opinions on this issue were uniform across …
Clinical Correlates of Insight in Schizophrenia
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Self-Reports of Illegal Activity, SCL-90–R Personality Scales, and Urine Tests in Methadone Patients
In routine work, medical staff usually has to rely on the patient's self-reports of criminal activity and of recent involvement in fights. This study examines how these self-reports of crime correlate with the patients' routine urine tests and personality measures. Pearson correlations of these self-reports by 55 methadone patients (M age = 34.1 yr., SD = 9.1; 35 men, 20 women) were calculated to their urine screening tests (those for opiates, be…
Psychology (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming (5 works) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)