Elizabeth Midlarsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 211780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Midlarsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Midlarsky |
| SIGNATURE | MIDLARSKY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Psychological predictors of eating pathology in older adult women
Eating pathology is generally considered to affect females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years, there has been an increased recognition that disordered eating occurs in middle-aged and elderly women and that the presentation is similar to that of eating disorders in younger women. In the research presented here, results of an Internet survey of older adult women (N = 245; aged 60-90 years) indicate that the factors si…
The impact of religious conflict within orthodox Jewish families in Israel
While prior research suggests that religion influences relationships positively, it may also be a source of conflict. This may be particularly relevant in religion-centric cultures and in families with individuating adolescent children. The current research analysed data from 789 orthodox Jewish couples residing throughout Israel and we hypothesised that religious conflict is related to lower family functioning and higher parenting stress, and th…
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
Religion, Ethnicity, and Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy
Does negative religious coping accompany, precede, or follow depression among Orthodox Jews?
Eating Disorders in Middle-Aged Women
Eating disorders are generally viewed as afflicting females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years there has been a growing recognition that these disorders may occur during midlife as well. When eating disorders have been observed in middle age, they have often been believed to be associated with depression. In an Internet survey, responses by middle-aged women (N = 290; aged 45-60 years) indicated that the factors sign…
Personality Correlates of Heroic Rescue During the Holocaust
This study investigated the extent to which personality variables can be used to discriminate non‐Jewish heroes of the Holocaust from bystanders and from a comparison group of prewar European immigrants who left their countries of origin prior to World War II. Eighty verified rescuers, 73 bystanders, and 43 immigrants were administered measures of locus of control, autonomy, risk taking, social responsibility, tolerance/authoritarianism, empathy,…
Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Parental Distress and Discord
This longitudinal study investigated gender differences in the relation between (1) internalizing symptoms of depression and anxiety reported by adolescents, and (2) emotional distress and marital discord reported by their mothers. Structural equation modeling was used to track the relationship between these variables in a community sample of 116 males and 101 females and their parents across three data intervals roughly corresponding to early ad…
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Competence, reticence, and helping by children and adolescents
Empirically derived conceptions of femaleness and maleness: A current view
Reactions of Mothers with Mentally Retarded Children: A Social Perspective
38 mothers of retarded children and 70 mothers of nonretarded children were asked a series of Likert-type questions designed to tap social behaviors and attitudes. The mothers of retarded children were more likely to express positive attitudes toward the retarded and to expect that the “average” person in the community has a negative opinion of the retarded than were the mothers of the nonretarded children. Mothers of retarded children also manif…
Some Antecedents of Altruism in Children: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
This paper outlines the manner in which three theories—evolutionary theory, psychoanalysis and social learning theory—account for the development of altruistic behavior. Explanations by such theorists as Wilson, Campbell, Freud, Aronfreed, and Mowrer are presented, and exploration is made of the degree to which these positions are supported by empirical findings
Analysis of Research Efficiency: Costs and Information Gain
This study provides a method for the examination of research efficiency in terms of costs to the subjects, and information gain for the researcher. The basic problem of maximizing the differentiations among subjects on a dependent variable is equivalent to the problem of maximizing information gain for a given cost in behavioral science research procedures. The distribution resulting from this maximization process, under certain circumstances, al…
Some determinants of aiding under experimentally‐induced stress 1
Aiding under stress: The effects of competence, dependency, visibility, and fatalism
Training charity in children
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Parental Distress and Discord
This longitudinal study investigated gender differences in the relation between (1) internalizing symptoms of depression and anxiety reported by adolescents, and (2) emotional distress and marital discord reported by their mothers. Structural equation modeling was used to track the relationship between these variables in a community sample of 116 males and 101 females and their parents across three data intervals roughly corresponding to early ad…
Empirically derived conceptions of femaleness and maleness: A current view
Eating Disorders in Middle-Aged Women
Eating disorders are generally viewed as afflicting females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years there has been a growing recognition that these disorders may occur during midlife as well. When eating disorders have been observed in middle age, they have often been believed to be associated with depression. In an Internet survey, responses by middle-aged women (N = 290; aged 45-60 years) indicated that the factors sign…
Training charity in children
Religion, Ethnicity, and Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Training charity in children
Aiding under stress: The effects of competence, dependency, visibility, and fatalism
Some determinants of aiding under experimentally‐induced stress 1
Analysis of Research Efficiency: Costs and Information Gain
This study provides a method for the examination of research efficiency in terms of costs to the subjects, and information gain for the researcher. The basic problem of maximizing the differentiations among subjects on a dependent variable is equivalent to the problem of maximizing information gain for a given cost in behavioral science research procedures. The distribution resulting from this maximization process, under certain circumstances, al…
Some Antecedents of Altruism in Children: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
This paper outlines the manner in which three theories—evolutionary theory, psychoanalysis and social learning theory—account for the development of altruistic behavior. Explanations by such theorists as Wilson, Campbell, Freud, Aronfreed, and Mowrer are presented, and exploration is made of the degree to which these positions are supported by empirical findings
Reactions of Mothers with Mentally Retarded Children: A Social Perspective
38 mothers of retarded children and 70 mothers of nonretarded children were asked a series of Likert-type questions designed to tap social behaviors and attitudes. The mothers of retarded children were more likely to express positive attitudes toward the retarded and to expect that the “average” person in the community has a negative opinion of the retarded than were the mothers of the nonretarded children. Mothers of retarded children also manif…
Competence, reticence, and helping by children and adolescents
Empirically derived conceptions of femaleness and maleness: A current view
Beyond dependency, autonomy, and exchange: Prosocial behavior in late-life adaptation
Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Parental Distress and Discord
This longitudinal study investigated gender differences in the relation between (1) internalizing symptoms of depression and anxiety reported by adolescents, and (2) emotional distress and marital discord reported by their mothers. Structural equation modeling was used to track the relationship between these variables in a community sample of 116 males and 101 females and their parents across three data intervals roughly corresponding to early ad…
Personality Correlates of Heroic Rescue During the Holocaust
This study investigated the extent to which personality variables can be used to discriminate non‐Jewish heroes of the Holocaust from bystanders and from a comparison group of prewar European immigrants who left their countries of origin prior to World War II. Eighty verified rescuers, 73 bystanders, and 43 immigrants were administered measures of locus of control, autonomy, risk taking, social responsibility, tolerance/authoritarianism, empathy,…
Eating Disorders in Middle-Aged Women
Eating disorders are generally viewed as afflicting females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years there has been a growing recognition that these disorders may occur during midlife as well. When eating disorders have been observed in middle age, they have often been believed to be associated with depression. In an Internet survey, responses by middle-aged women (N = 290; aged 45-60 years) indicated that the factors sign…
Does negative religious coping accompany, precede, or follow depression among Orthodox Jews?
Religion, Ethnicity, and Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy
Altruism, Helping, and Volunteering: Pathways to Well-Being in Late Life
Our findings underscore the value of altruistic attitudes as important additional predictors, along with prosocial behaviors in fostering life satisfaction and positive affect in old age
The impact of religious conflict within orthodox Jewish families in Israel
While prior research suggests that religion influences relationships positively, it may also be a source of conflict. This may be particularly relevant in religion-centric cultures and in families with individuating adolescent children. The current research analysed data from 789 orthodox Jewish couples residing throughout Israel and we hypothesised that religious conflict is related to lower family functioning and higher parenting stress, and th…
Psychological predictors of eating pathology in older adult women
Eating pathology is generally considered to affect females during adolescence and early adulthood. However, in recent years, there has been an increased recognition that disordered eating occurs in middle-aged and elderly women and that the presentation is similar to that of eating disorders in younger women. In the research presented here, results of an Internet survey of older adult women (N = 245; aged 60-90 years) indicate that the factors si…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 works)