Barbara J Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5378594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara J Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara J |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychological distress following a natural disaster
Ninety-eight individuals rendered homeless by flooding of the Mississippi were interviewed shortly after the disaster and one year later. Data included demographic information, severity of property damage, personal reactions to the disaster, and the 20-item Mental Status Index, a symptom checklist designed to quantify emotional stress. Just after the flood victims were asked to complete the Mental Status Index twice, using as a frame of reference…
Advances in Substance Abuse. Behavioral and Biological Research, Vol. 1, 1980
Sex-Role Typing
Contemporary measures of sex-role affiliation, which emphasize the relative independence of masculine and feminine attributes, typically rely upon a median-split procedure to generate a four-fold typology, e.g., masculine, feminine, indeterminant, and androgynous types. Methodological problems created by this classification technique are illustrated for one combined male/female sample and three male samples given the PRF ANDRO. The number in each…
Relationship of Different Measures of Self-Esteem to Locus of Control
The relationship of locus of control to two measures of self-esteem was investigated in 84 college students. The Berger and the Cooper-smith measures, which are methodologically different indices of self-esteem, were not consistently related to locus of control. It is suggested that these two scales may be measuring independent and unrelated aspects of self-esteem
The Empty Nest, Employment, and Psychiatric Symptoms in College-Educated Women
The relationship of employment status to symptoms was studied in 40 graduates of an Eastern woman's college who had been out of college 35 years and were in their late fifties at the time of the study. All subjects were married women in the “empty nest” stage of life. Women employed full-time were found to have significantly lower symptom scores than women not employed outside the home, with women employed part-time occupying an intermediate posi…
Attitude Changes in Alcoholics following Hospitalization
Attitudes of 20 male and 5 female alcoholic patients toward treatment and treatment personnel were measured by the Semantic Differential at hospitalization and again at discharge. Attitudes toward nursing personnel tended to be less positive following hospitalization while attitudes toward self became more positive. The results are discussed in terms of treatment and its effectiveness
Mental health problems and natural disaster
Twenty-six tornado victims were interviewed to determine the mental health consequences of a natural disaster. The results, based on retrospective accounts indicated that approximately three-fourths of the victims suffered increased psychological discomfort of a subjective nature five months later. This discomfort was characterized by anxiety, nervousness, and mild somatic complaints. Disruptions in interpersonal relationships among family member…
Attitude Changes of General Hospital Personnel following an Alcoholism Training Program
Attitudes, measured on a 7-point semantic differential, of 25 nursing personnel toward concepts about alcoholics and their treatment potential improved after a 3-day training program. Interest was directed at whether these changes in concepts would remain stable and influence the effectiveness of the participants in their subsequent work with alcoholics
The Mini-Mult as a Personnel Screening Technique
This study investigated the relationship between the standard MMPI and the 71-item Mini-Mult in male and female applicants for a psychiatric attendant position. Four significant differences were found. It appears that the Mini-Mult is reliably related to the MMPI and might be used to screen certain populations
Financial provisions in APA-approved clinical internships
Multiple Factors Affecting Volitional Consumption of Alcohol in the Abrams Wistar Rat
Alcohol preference of rats was studied using a multiple-factor design. Fifty-six male and female Wistar albino rats, divided into experimental and control groups, were used. The ratio of the intake of a 10% solution of ethanol to total fluid was measured in the two groups under five experimental conditions: initial preference (a 14-day free-choice situation), stress (an 8 day freechoice situation during which the experimental rats were removed fr…
Effect of Amobarbital Administered at Various Stages of Avoidance Response Acquisition
In order to study the effects of amobarbital at various stages during avoidance acquisition, rats were injected with 20 mg/kg of the drug or with a placebo at the beginning of training or after four or eight days of training. As in previous studies, amobarbital facilitated CAR emission when given from the beginning of training. However, injections of the same drug at the same dosage level had no demonstrable effect on CAR emission after either fo…
CS Intensity, Amobarbital Sodium and the Conditioned Avoidance Response
In studying the relationship between level of CS intensity (light) and drug condition (amobarbital sodium) in the acquisition of the conditioned avoidance response of the white rat in a jump-box task, data showed that both variables influenced avoidance performance. Although the over-all performance of drugged Ss was better than that of those given a placebo, primary differences occurred at 50,000 and 800,000 peak candles of CS intensity; perform…
Relationship between Ratings Assigned to Supervisors and their Ratings of Subordinates
TABLE 1 PERCENTAGES OP RATINGS BY SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SUPERVISORS Scale Su~ervisor Exceotional Good Acceptable Unsatis. Quantity of Work' Superior Inferior Quality of work2 Superior Inferior Work attitude Superior Inferior Potenrial for development' Superior Inferior Over-all evaluation Superior 17.86 78.57 3.57 0 Inferior 0 92.45 7.55 0 Total Superior 21.43 75.00 3.57 0 Inferior 1.89 78.68 19.43 0
Failure to Find Improved Shuttle-Box Avoidance Performance Using d-Amphetamine Sulfate
Effects of Amobarbital Sodium and Meprobamate on Acquisition of Conditioned Avoidance
The purpose of these experiments was to study the effects of two “fear-reducing” drugs, amobarbital sodium and meprobamate, on the acquisition of a conditioned avoidance response in albino rats, and how this response is related to general activity level and freezing behavior. Both drugs facilitated acquisition of the avoidance response and increased activity level as measured by the number of spontaneous inter-trial hurdle crossings. Thus, these …
The Empty Nest, Employment, and Psychiatric Symptoms in College-Educated Women
The relationship of employment status to symptoms was studied in 40 graduates of an Eastern woman's college who had been out of college 35 years and were in their late fifties at the time of the study. All subjects were married women in the “empty nest” stage of life. Women employed full-time were found to have significantly lower symptom scores than women not employed outside the home, with women employed part-time occupying an intermediate posi…
Financial provisions in APA-approved clinical internships
Failure to Find Improved Shuttle-Box Avoidance Performance Using d-Amphetamine Sulfate
Effects of Amobarbital Sodium and Meprobamate on Acquisition of Conditioned Avoidance
The purpose of these experiments was to study the effects of two “fear-reducing” drugs, amobarbital sodium and meprobamate, on the acquisition of a conditioned avoidance response in albino rats, and how this response is related to general activity level and freezing behavior. Both drugs facilitated acquisition of the avoidance response and increased activity level as measured by the number of spontaneous inter-trial hurdle crossings. Thus, these …
Multiple Factors Affecting Volitional Consumption of Alcohol in the Abrams Wistar Rat
Alcohol preference of rats was studied using a multiple-factor design. Fifty-six male and female Wistar albino rats, divided into experimental and control groups, were used. The ratio of the intake of a 10% solution of ethanol to total fluid was measured in the two groups under five experimental conditions: initial preference (a 14-day free-choice situation), stress (an 8 day freechoice situation during which the experimental rats were removed fr…
Effect of Amobarbital Administered at Various Stages of Avoidance Response Acquisition
In order to study the effects of amobarbital at various stages during avoidance acquisition, rats were injected with 20 mg/kg of the drug or with a placebo at the beginning of training or after four or eight days of training. As in previous studies, amobarbital facilitated CAR emission when given from the beginning of training. However, injections of the same drug at the same dosage level had no demonstrable effect on CAR emission after either fo…
CS Intensity, Amobarbital Sodium and the Conditioned Avoidance Response
In studying the relationship between level of CS intensity (light) and drug condition (amobarbital sodium) in the acquisition of the conditioned avoidance response of the white rat in a jump-box task, data showed that both variables influenced avoidance performance. Although the over-all performance of drugged Ss was better than that of those given a placebo, primary differences occurred at 50,000 and 800,000 peak candles of CS intensity; perform…
Relationship between Ratings Assigned to Supervisors and their Ratings of Subordinates
TABLE 1 PERCENTAGES OP RATINGS BY SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SUPERVISORS Scale Su~ervisor Exceotional Good Acceptable Unsatis. Quantity of Work' Superior Inferior Quality of work2 Superior Inferior Work attitude Superior Inferior Potenrial for development' Superior Inferior Over-all evaluation Superior 17.86 78.57 3.57 0 Inferior 0 92.45 7.55 0 Total Superior 21.43 75.00 3.57 0 Inferior 1.89 78.68 19.43 0
The Mini-Mult as a Personnel Screening Technique
This study investigated the relationship between the standard MMPI and the 71-item Mini-Mult in male and female applicants for a psychiatric attendant position. Four significant differences were found. It appears that the Mini-Mult is reliably related to the MMPI and might be used to screen certain populations
Financial provisions in APA-approved clinical internships
Attitude Changes of General Hospital Personnel following an Alcoholism Training Program
Attitudes, measured on a 7-point semantic differential, of 25 nursing personnel toward concepts about alcoholics and their treatment potential improved after a 3-day training program. Interest was directed at whether these changes in concepts would remain stable and influence the effectiveness of the participants in their subsequent work with alcoholics
Attitude Changes in Alcoholics following Hospitalization
Attitudes of 20 male and 5 female alcoholic patients toward treatment and treatment personnel were measured by the Semantic Differential at hospitalization and again at discharge. Attitudes toward nursing personnel tended to be less positive following hospitalization while attitudes toward self became more positive. The results are discussed in terms of treatment and its effectiveness
Mental health problems and natural disaster
Twenty-six tornado victims were interviewed to determine the mental health consequences of a natural disaster. The results, based on retrospective accounts indicated that approximately three-fourths of the victims suffered increased psychological discomfort of a subjective nature five months later. This discomfort was characterized by anxiety, nervousness, and mild somatic complaints. Disruptions in interpersonal relationships among family member…
The Empty Nest, Employment, and Psychiatric Symptoms in College-Educated Women
The relationship of employment status to symptoms was studied in 40 graduates of an Eastern woman's college who had been out of college 35 years and were in their late fifties at the time of the study. All subjects were married women in the “empty nest” stage of life. Women employed full-time were found to have significantly lower symptom scores than women not employed outside the home, with women employed part-time occupying an intermediate posi…
Relationship of Different Measures of Self-Esteem to Locus of Control
The relationship of locus of control to two measures of self-esteem was investigated in 84 college students. The Berger and the Cooper-smith measures, which are methodologically different indices of self-esteem, were not consistently related to locus of control. It is suggested that these two scales may be measuring independent and unrelated aspects of self-esteem
Sex-Role Typing
Contemporary measures of sex-role affiliation, which emphasize the relative independence of masculine and feminine attributes, typically rely upon a median-split procedure to generate a four-fold typology, e.g., masculine, feminine, indeterminant, and androgynous types. Methodological problems created by this classification technique are illustrated for one combined male/female sample and three male samples given the PRF ANDRO. The number in each…
Advances in Substance Abuse. Behavioral and Biological Research, Vol. 1, 1980
Psychological distress following a natural disaster
Ninety-eight individuals rendered homeless by flooding of the Mississippi were interviewed shortly after the disaster and one year later. Data included demographic information, severity of property damage, personal reactions to the disaster, and the 20-item Mental Status Index, a symptom checklist designed to quantify emotional stress. Just after the flood victims were asked to complete the Mental Status Index twice, using as a frame of reference…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Amobarbital (3 works)