Browsing by Author "Evans, Ian M."

• Bizarre thoughts, magical ideations, and voices from the unconscious: Exploring issues of anomalous experience 

  Tamatea, Armon J.; Evans, Ian M. (Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2003)

  This project was initially concerned with the clinical interpretations of ‘bizarre’ or ‘magical’ ideations (i.e., statements considered to have little or no validity in our predominant western culture). The first study ...

  

• Children’s perceptions of unfair reward and punishment 

  Evans, Ian M.; Galyer, Karma T.; Smith, Kyle J. (Heldref Publications, 2001)

  Being able to judge the fairness of a personal encounter and having an appreciation of the associated feelings are important components of prosocial development. This study explored a common feature of everyday experience: ...

  

• Critical influences affecting response to various treatments in young children with ADHD: a case series 

  Heriot, S.A.; Evans, Ian M.; Foster, T. Mary (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007)

  Background While the use of stimulant medication as a treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been the most studied therapy in child psychiatry, there is debate about its use with ...

• A Maori and Psychology Research Unit 

  Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Evans, Ian M. (1998-07-01)

  Little psychological information and few applications have been informed by Maori centred research. The psychological research base available to support prevention or change strategies aimed at Maori is almost non-existent. ...

  

• Depression and self-concept: the role of self perceptions in understanding, assessing, and intervening with depressed adolescents 

  Fitzgerald, John (The University of Waikato, 2002)

  In 1994 the World Health Organization published statistics which identified New Zealand youth, and males in particular, as being the most likely to die by suicide compared to young people in 22 other economically developed ...

  

• The utility of the psychopathy checklist- screening version for predicting serious violent recidivism in a New Zealand offender sample 

  Wilson, Nicol John (The University of Waikato, 2003)

  This study set out to evaluate the ability of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL: SV) to predict criminal reoffending by New Zealand offenders convicted of previous serious violent offences. Psychopathy has ...

  

• Understanding the emotional environment of the classroom 

  Harvey, Shane Trevor (The University of Waikato, 2004)

  Gottman's work on "meta-emotion" reveals the impact of parents' emotional interactions on their children's emotional development; however there has been no analysis of comparable teacher influences on children in school ...

  

• The influence of sociocultural and interpersonal factors on body image disturbance and unhealthy dieting in female adolescents 

  McClintock, Joanna Marie (The University of Waikato, 2003)

  Body image disturbance and unhealthy dieting in adolescent females are areas of particular concern for mental health professionals, teachers, and parents. Many theories have been developed to explain body image disturbance ...

  

• Another piece for the puzzle: Psychophysiological indicators of the absence of empathic responding in Factor I psychopathy 

  Isler, Veronika (The University of Waikato, 2003)

  Antisocial behaviour has increasingly been identified as a problem in today's Western societies. One of the crucial issues is the question of identification, prevention and/or treatment. There is much debate among social ...

  

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