Social comparison processes and adults' judgments of children's weight and intentions to control children's weight.

To combat rising rates of childhood obesity in the U.S. requires helping parents recognize when their child is overweight or obese.

Judicial stress: the roles of gender and social support.

Because judges experience a myriad of occupational stressors, they are at risk of experiencing secondary trauma, burnout, negative mental/physical health, poor job performance and low job satisfaction. These experiences might not be uniform, however, as gender and social support might mitigate such stress-related outcomes. Judges from two states in the United States completed a variety of stress and subjective performance measures.

How reason for surgery and patient weight affect verdicts and perceptions in medical malpractice trials: a comparison of students and jurors.

Jurors' decision-making processes are often influenced by extra-legal factors, including judgments of defendants and plaintiffs. Two studies comparing the decisions of university students with those of community jurors sought to determine if extra-legal factors such as individual differences (including identity as a student or juror participant), the reason for surgery (medically necessary vs. elective), the type of surgery (e.