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Nature based solution for improving mental health and well-being in urban areas
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2017)
The general disproportion of urban development and the socio-economical crisis in Serbia, followed by a number of acute and chronic stressors, as well as years of accumulated trauma, prevented the parallel physical, mental ...
Cross-Cultural Consistency and Relativity in the Enjoyment of Thinking Versus Doing
(Amer Psychological Assoc, Washington, 2019)
Which is more enjoyable: trying to think enjoyable thoughts or doing everyday solitary activities? Wilson et al. (2014) found that American participants much preferred solitary everyday activities, such as reading or ...
The Validity and Structure of Culture-Level Personality Scores: Data From Ratings of Young Adolescents
(Wiley, Hoboken, 2010)
We examined properties of culture-level personality traits in ratings of targets (N=5,109) ages 12 to 17 in 24 cultures. Aggregate scores were generalizable across gender, age, and relationship groups and showed convergence ...
Stereotypes of Age Differences in Personality Traits: Universal and Accurate?
(Amer Psychological Assoc, Washington, 2012)
Age trajectories for personality traits are known to be similar across cultures. To address whether stereotypes of age groups reflect these age-related changes in personality, we asked participants in 26 countries (N = ...
Does self-control modify the impact of interventions to change alcohol, tobacco, and food consumption? A systematic review
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon, 2018)
Low self-control is associated with increased consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food. This systematic review aimed to assess whether individual differences in self-control modify the effectiveness of interventions ...
Evidence on global medical travel
(World Health Organization, Geneva 27, 2015)
The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel involves additional risks, compared to ...
Semantic similarity influences early morphological priming in Serbian: A challenge to form-then-meaning accounts of word recognition
(Springer, New York, 2012)
Semantically similar (e.g., coolant-COOL) primes have produced greater facilitation than have form-similar but semantically dissimilar (e.g., rampant-RAMP) primes when English words have appeared in the forward-masked ...
Connection between urban green areas and visitors’ physical and mental well-being
(Elsevier GmbH, 2019)
Frequent visits to urban green areas have been widely demonstrated to bring notable health benefits to city residents and helped them to maintain contact with nature. Empirical evidence strongly supports the positive ...
Screening for metabolic risk factors in women treated for schizophrenia
(Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, 2013)
Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor
for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature death, especially
in people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
Metabolic risk factors are partially attributable to ...
Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations
(Natl Acad Sciences, Washington, 2016)
People who are more avoidant of pathogens are more politically conservative, as are nations with greater parasite stress. In the current research, we test two prominent hypotheses that have been proposed as explanations ...