Christopher Langston
Biographic Data
| ID | 5862662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Langston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Langston |
| SIGNATURE | LANGSTON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2009-4273 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 218 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Bayesian interpretation of cross‐linguistic ambiguity tests
Cross‐linguistic comparisons serve as empirical tests generating evidence for and against lexical ambiguity in words like “good”, “know”, “the”, “can”, and “may”. Critics question such comparisons' validity. This article examines how cross‐linguistic comparisons are treated as tests and shows that they have two predominant forms: one modeled on modus tollens, and another on Bayes' theorem, where the former is an enthymematic version of the latter…
Runner-Up EssaySocial Roles and Semi-Public Spaces on the Internet—The Case of Jason and Emily
Case Emily, a medical school candidate, had high grades and MCAT scores and extensive volunteer experience. The committee members who interviewed her reported that Emily had spoken movingly about her desire to become a primary care physician in a rural setting
Symptoms, Affects, and Self-Rated Health
Patients may possess a subjective trajectory of health-an awareness of changes in symptoms and affect. This trajectory may constitute an important component of SRH and help to explain its ability to predict health outcomes
Collaborative Care Management of Late-Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting
CONTEXT: Few depressed older adults receive effective treatment in primary care settings. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of the Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) collaborative care management program for late-life depression. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial with recruitment from July 1999 to August 2001. SETTING: Eighteen primary care clinics from 8 health care organizations in 5 states. PARTICIPAN…
Improving Primary Care for Depression in Late Life
BACKGROUND: Late life depression can be successfully treated with antidepressant medications or psychotherapy, but few depressed older adults receive effective treatment. RESEARCH DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial of a disease management program for late life depression. SUBJECTS: Approximately 1,750 older adults with major depression or dysthymia are recruited from seven national study sites. INTERVENTION: Half of the subjects are randomly a…
Cognitive interdependence
On the basis of an interdependence analysis, it is proposed that commitment to a close relationship is associated with cognitive interdependence—a mental state characterized by a pluralistic, collective representation of the self-in-relationship. A cross-sectional survey study and a 2-wave longitudinal study revealed that strong commitment to a romantic relationship is associated with greater spontane-ous plural pronoun usage, greater perceived u…
Beliefs and the Big Five
Capitalizing on and coping with daily-life events
It is argued that insufficient attention has been paid to the nature and processes underlying positive experiences. An analogy is drawn between coping with negative events and the processes of taking advantage of, or capitalizing on, positive events. It was hypothesized that expressive displays (e.g., communicating the event to others, celebrating, etc.) and perceived control would be effective capitalizing responses after positive events. These …
Life Tasks and Daily Life Experience
This article explores the assumption that the goals on which an individual works structure the experience of daily life. One set of important goals are those consensual tasks that reflect the age‐graded expectations of a living environment (e.g., the task of being on one's own at college). Whereas most members of a common age group share these consensual life tasks, individuals in a group differ in the relative importance they place on different …
Social anxiety and social constraint
Etude longitudinale du contenu, des determinants et des consequences de l'anxiete sociale chez des etudiants en voie de passer du lycee a l'universite
Life tasks, self-concept ideals, and cognitive strategies in a life transition
Nancy Cantor, Julie K. Norem, Paula M. Niedenthal, and Christopher A. Langston Institute for Social Research University of Michigan Aaron M. Brower School of Social Work University of Wisconsin This paper reports on data from a longitudinal study in which normative life tasks and individuals' personal versions of those tasks are investigated in the context of students making the transition from home and high school to college life. Analyses focus…
Cognitive interdependence
On the basis of an interdependence analysis, it is proposed that commitment to a close relationship is associated with cognitive interdependence—a mental state characterized by a pluralistic, collective representation of the self-in-relationship. A cross-sectional survey study and a 2-wave longitudinal study revealed that strong commitment to a romantic relationship is associated with greater spontane-ous plural pronoun usage, greater perceived u…
Capitalizing on and coping with daily-life events
It is argued that insufficient attention has been paid to the nature and processes underlying positive experiences. An analogy is drawn between coping with negative events and the processes of taking advantage of, or capitalizing on, positive events. It was hypothesized that expressive displays (e.g., communicating the event to others, celebrating, etc.) and perceived control would be effective capitalizing responses after positive events. These …
Life tasks, self-concept ideals, and cognitive strategies in a life transition
Nancy Cantor, Julie K. Norem, Paula M. Niedenthal, and Christopher A. Langston Institute for Social Research University of Michigan Aaron M. Brower School of Social Work University of Wisconsin This paper reports on data from a longitudinal study in which normative life tasks and individuals' personal versions of those tasks are investigated in the context of students making the transition from home and high school to college life. Analyses focus…
Symptoms, Affects, and Self-Rated Health
Patients may possess a subjective trajectory of health-an awareness of changes in symptoms and affect. This trajectory may constitute an important component of SRH and help to explain its ability to predict health outcomes
Social anxiety and social constraint
Etude longitudinale du contenu, des determinants et des consequences de l'anxiete sociale chez des etudiants en voie de passer du lycee a l'universite
Beliefs and the Big Five
Life tasks, self-concept ideals, and cognitive strategies in a life transition
Nancy Cantor, Julie K. Norem, Paula M. Niedenthal, and Christopher A. Langston Institute for Social Research University of Michigan Aaron M. Brower School of Social Work University of Wisconsin This paper reports on data from a longitudinal study in which normative life tasks and individuals' personal versions of those tasks are investigated in the context of students making the transition from home and high school to college life. Analyses focus…
Social anxiety and social constraint
Etude longitudinale du contenu, des determinants et des consequences de l'anxiete sociale chez des etudiants en voie de passer du lycee a l'universite
Life Tasks and Daily Life Experience
This article explores the assumption that the goals on which an individual works structure the experience of daily life. One set of important goals are those consensual tasks that reflect the age‐graded expectations of a living environment (e.g., the task of being on one's own at college). Whereas most members of a common age group share these consensual life tasks, individuals in a group differ in the relative importance they place on different …
Capitalizing on and coping with daily-life events
It is argued that insufficient attention has been paid to the nature and processes underlying positive experiences. An analogy is drawn between coping with negative events and the processes of taking advantage of, or capitalizing on, positive events. It was hypothesized that expressive displays (e.g., communicating the event to others, celebrating, etc.) and perceived control would be effective capitalizing responses after positive events. These …
Beliefs and the Big Five
Cognitive interdependence
On the basis of an interdependence analysis, it is proposed that commitment to a close relationship is associated with cognitive interdependence—a mental state characterized by a pluralistic, collective representation of the self-in-relationship. A cross-sectional survey study and a 2-wave longitudinal study revealed that strong commitment to a romantic relationship is associated with greater spontane-ous plural pronoun usage, greater perceived u…
Improving Primary Care for Depression in Late Life
BACKGROUND: Late life depression can be successfully treated with antidepressant medications or psychotherapy, but few depressed older adults receive effective treatment. RESEARCH DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial of a disease management program for late life depression. SUBJECTS: Approximately 1,750 older adults with major depression or dysthymia are recruited from seven national study sites. INTERVENTION: Half of the subjects are randomly a…
Collaborative Care Management of Late-Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting
CONTEXT: Few depressed older adults receive effective treatment in primary care settings. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of the Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) collaborative care management program for late-life depression. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial with recruitment from July 1999 to August 2001. SETTING: Eighteen primary care clinics from 8 health care organizations in 5 states. PARTICIPAN…
Symptoms, Affects, and Self-Rated Health
Patients may possess a subjective trajectory of health-an awareness of changes in symptoms and affect. This trajectory may constitute an important component of SRH and help to explain its ability to predict health outcomes
Runner-Up EssaySocial Roles and Semi-Public Spaces on the Internet—The Case of Jason and Emily
Case Emily, a medical school candidate, had high grades and MCAT scores and extensive volunteer experience. The committee members who interviewed her reported that Emily had spoken movingly about her desire to become a primary care physician in a rural setting
A Bayesian interpretation of cross‐linguistic ambiguity tests
Cross‐linguistic comparisons serve as empirical tests generating evidence for and against lexical ambiguity in words like “good”, “know”, “the”, “can”, and “may”. Critics question such comparisons' validity. This article examines how cross‐linguistic comparisons are treated as tests and shows that they have two predominant forms: one modeled on modus tollens, and another on Bayes' theorem, where the former is an enthymematic version of the latter…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)