Darlene C Defour
Biographic Data
| ID | 231571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darlene C Defour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darlene C |
| FAMILY NAME | Defour |
| SIGNATURE | DEFOUR D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hunter College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Teaching About Empowerment Self-Defense Training for Sexual Assault Prevention: Recommendations for Feminist Instruction in Psychology
The Test of a Civilization Is the Way that It Cares for Its Helpless Members”: Violence Against Older Women
Violence against women is a major health risk nationally and internationally. However, despite its impact, violence against older women remains an understudied area. Abuse of older women is frequently unrecognized unless encompassed under “elder abuse.” The purpose of this article is to (1) provide a summary of current research on violence against older women, (2) describe methodological biases in research on violence against older women, (3) dis…
Race-Related Stress, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Mental Health Among Black Women
This study examined whether racial identity attitudes moderate the relationship between racist stress events, racist stress appraisal, and mental health. One hundred eighteen African American and 144 self-identified Caribbean women completed the Cross Racial Identity Scale, the Schedule of Racist Events, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that multi…
Attitudes toward maternal roles and the effects on life satisfaction: Black, hispanic, and white models
The adaptation of black graduate students: A social network approach
Despite the importance of increasing the number of graduate degrees awarded to members of minority groups, there has been little research on how minority students adapt to the graduate school environment. The present study examined how social integration and social support were related to academic performance and psychological well-being among 89 black graduate and professional students. Findings indicate that black graduate students were not wel…
Deindividuation: Effects of group size, density, number of observers, and group member similarity on self-consciousness and disinhibited behavior
Predictions about the social causes of self-consciou sness in groups were derived from the theory of deindividuati on and tested in three experiments. In Experiment 1 it was found that increasing group size was related to a decrease in selfconsciousness. Group density did not influence self-consciousness. In Experiment 2 it was found that increases in the number of observers increased self-consciousness. In Experiments 1 and 2, self-reports of se…
Does television violence enhance program popularity
VioLit summary: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study by Diener and DeFour was to examine the effects of fictional television violence upon adventure program popularity. METHODOLOGY: The authors conducted two cross-sectional studies for their research. The first study, quasi-experimental in nature, involved collecting data about the frequency of occurrence of 78 specific events in 71 episodes of twelve adventure programs, which were then coded by mult…
Race-Related Stress, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Mental Health Among Black Women
This study examined whether racial identity attitudes moderate the relationship between racist stress events, racist stress appraisal, and mental health. One hundred eighteen African American and 144 self-identified Caribbean women completed the Cross Racial Identity Scale, the Schedule of Racist Events, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that multi…
The adaptation of black graduate students: A social network approach
Despite the importance of increasing the number of graduate degrees awarded to members of minority groups, there has been little research on how minority students adapt to the graduate school environment. The present study examined how social integration and social support were related to academic performance and psychological well-being among 89 black graduate and professional students. Findings indicate that black graduate students were not wel…
Does television violence enhance program popularity
VioLit summary: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study by Diener and DeFour was to examine the effects of fictional television violence upon adventure program popularity. METHODOLOGY: The authors conducted two cross-sectional studies for their research. The first study, quasi-experimental in nature, involved collecting data about the frequency of occurrence of 78 specific events in 71 episodes of twelve adventure programs, which were then coded by mult…
Deindividuation: Effects of group size, density, number of observers, and group member similarity on self-consciousness and disinhibited behavior
Predictions about the social causes of self-consciou sness in groups were derived from the theory of deindividuati on and tested in three experiments. In Experiment 1 it was found that increasing group size was related to a decrease in selfconsciousness. Group density did not influence self-consciousness. In Experiment 2 it was found that increases in the number of observers increased self-consciousness. In Experiments 1 and 2, self-reports of se…
The Test of a Civilization Is the Way that It Cares for Its Helpless Members”: Violence Against Older Women
Violence against women is a major health risk nationally and internationally. However, despite its impact, violence against older women remains an understudied area. Abuse of older women is frequently unrecognized unless encompassed under “elder abuse.” The purpose of this article is to (1) provide a summary of current research on violence against older women, (2) describe methodological biases in research on violence against older women, (3) dis…
Does television violence enhance program popularity
VioLit summary: OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study by Diener and DeFour was to examine the effects of fictional television violence upon adventure program popularity. METHODOLOGY: The authors conducted two cross-sectional studies for their research. The first study, quasi-experimental in nature, involved collecting data about the frequency of occurrence of 78 specific events in 71 episodes of twelve adventure programs, which were then coded by mult…
Deindividuation: Effects of group size, density, number of observers, and group member similarity on self-consciousness and disinhibited behavior
Predictions about the social causes of self-consciou sness in groups were derived from the theory of deindividuati on and tested in three experiments. In Experiment 1 it was found that increasing group size was related to a decrease in selfconsciousness. Group density did not influence self-consciousness. In Experiment 2 it was found that increases in the number of observers increased self-consciousness. In Experiments 1 and 2, self-reports of se…
The adaptation of black graduate students: A social network approach
Despite the importance of increasing the number of graduate degrees awarded to members of minority groups, there has been little research on how minority students adapt to the graduate school environment. The present study examined how social integration and social support were related to academic performance and psychological well-being among 89 black graduate and professional students. Findings indicate that black graduate students were not wel…
Attitudes toward maternal roles and the effects on life satisfaction: Black, hispanic, and white models
Race-Related Stress, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Mental Health Among Black Women
This study examined whether racial identity attitudes moderate the relationship between racist stress events, racist stress appraisal, and mental health. One hundred eighteen African American and 144 self-identified Caribbean women completed the Cross Racial Identity Scale, the Schedule of Racist Events, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that multi…
The Test of a Civilization Is the Way that It Cares for Its Helpless Members”: Violence Against Older Women
Violence against women is a major health risk nationally and internationally. However, despite its impact, violence against older women remains an understudied area. Abuse of older women is frequently unrecognized unless encompassed under “elder abuse.” The purpose of this article is to (1) provide a summary of current research on violence against older women, (2) describe methodological biases in research on violence against older women, (3) dis…
Teaching About Empowerment Self-Defense Training for Sexual Assault Prevention: Recommendations for Feminist Instruction in Psychology
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works)