John I Thornby
Biographic Data
| ID | 5225228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John I Thornby |
| GIVEN NAMES | John I |
| FAMILY NAME | Thornby |
| SIGNATURE | THORNBY J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor College of Medicine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Substance Abusers
Substance abuse continues to be a major health problem compounded by caregivers' negative attitudes toward these patients. We investigated attributions 55 primary care physicians and 315 senior medical students make toward substance abusers. Half of both groups expressed negative causal attributions, with women slightly less negative than men. Mental models based on LISREL regression coefficients showed that higher negative attributions by both p…
Self-Esteem and Caregivers' Attitudes toward Elderly Persons
A scale identifying 141 medical students who responded positively to geriatric patients was based on Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale modified by adding a phrase about geriatric care. Personal and professional role traits that predicted a positive therapeutic attitude were high scores on social desirability or self-monitoring and low scores on thanatophobia and depression. Senior medical students who expressed the highest self-esteem toward caring f…
Measuring Social Desirability among Senior Medical Students
The purpose of the study was to assess the role of medical students' social desirability scores on influencing their attitudes toward either a geriatric or hypochondriac patient. To carry out this investigation, we developed a social desirability scale that was domain-specific for medicine. Students' medical social desirability scores predicted negative attitudes and beliefs toward the geriatric but not the hypochondriac patient. This difference …
Prevalence of sleep disturbance in a primarily urban Florida county
Nocturnal penile tumescence and sleep of convicted rapists and other prisoners
Nocturnal penile tumescence and sleep of convicted rapists and other prisoners
Prevalence of sleep disturbance in a primarily urban Florida county
Measuring Social Desirability among Senior Medical Students
The purpose of the study was to assess the role of medical students' social desirability scores on influencing their attitudes toward either a geriatric or hypochondriac patient. To carry out this investigation, we developed a social desirability scale that was domain-specific for medicine. Students' medical social desirability scores predicted negative attitudes and beliefs toward the geriatric but not the hypochondriac patient. This difference …
Self-Esteem and Caregivers' Attitudes toward Elderly Persons
A scale identifying 141 medical students who responded positively to geriatric patients was based on Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale modified by adding a phrase about geriatric care. Personal and professional role traits that predicted a positive therapeutic attitude were high scores on social desirability or self-monitoring and low scores on thanatophobia and depression. Senior medical students who expressed the highest self-esteem toward caring f…
Substance Abusers
Substance abuse continues to be a major health problem compounded by caregivers' negative attitudes toward these patients. We investigated attributions 55 primary care physicians and 315 senior medical students make toward substance abusers. Half of both groups expressed negative causal attributions, with women slightly less negative than men. Mental models based on LISREL regression coefficients showed that higher negative attributions by both p…
Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Sleep (system call) (2 works) · Social desirability (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 work)