| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions |
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Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Self-Fortress: Motivational Responses to Threats to the Self / Bernhard Streicher -- ch. 2 Attention Processes for Threatening Health Information -- A Neuroscientific Approach / Robert A.C. Ruiter -- ch. 3 Diversity is Bliss: How a Mixture of Personality Traits in Group Contexts May Promote Our Survival / Adi Perry -- ch. 4 Stereotype Threat Beyond the Laboratory: Do Single-gender Colleges Signal a Safety in the Air? / Nisaa Kirtman -- ch. 5 Cognitive Self-Regulation Skills and the Big Five Personality Traits: A Joint Factor Analysis / Yoshinori Sugiura -- ch. 6 Measuring Threat as it Relates to Social Policy: Psychometric Considerations / Christopher L. Aberson |
| Summary |
In this book, the authors present current research in the psychology of threat. Topics discussed include the processing of threatening health information which promotes disease preventive behaviours; psychological reactions to threats of self-integrity; human reactions to threat from a group-level perspective; stereotype threat; cognitive self-regulation skills; and measuring threat as it relates to social policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Threat (Psychology)
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
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Threat (Psychology)
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Bedrohungsvorstellung
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Drohung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hunter, Bryan O., editor
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Romero, Tony J., editor
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| LC no. |
2019714160 |
| ISBN |
9781622573745 |
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1622573749 |
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