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. ...

  

• Outcome in the first year following severe traumatic brain injury: a New Zealand study of the impact on patients and their primary caregivers 

  Kersel, Denyse Ann (The University of Waikato, 1999)

  This research project describes the first year following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) for 84 adults and their primary caregivers. Study 1 examines the utility of a measure of severity of injury, somatosensory evoked ...

  

• The neuropsychosocial sequelae of multiple sclerosis and the impact for familial caregivers 

  Brassington, Jan Christie (The University of Waikato, 2000)

  Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurodegenerative disease diagnosed in young adults. Many people live with the disease throughout their early, middle and late adulthood. It has far-reaching effects for individuals, ...

  

• New direction for treating parent-adolescent conflict: comparison of problem solving skills training and social cognitive development training 

  Connelly, Marie Leona (The University of Waikato, 2001)

  Parent-teen conflict has been associated with both acting-out behaviours and psychiatric disorders in adolescence, which indicates serious conflicts have negative sequelae that goes beyond the specific area of disagreement. ...

  

• 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 ...

  

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