Validation of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS): replication and extension with bifactor modeling.

Internet help seeking behaviors are increasingly common. Despite the positives associated with technology, cyberchondria, or the process of increased anxiety in response to internet medical information seeking, is on the rise. The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS) was recently developed to provide a valid measure of cyberchondria across multiple dimensions.

Childhood Abuse and Current Health Problems among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy.

OBJECTIVES: Child abuse has negative consequences on health functioning and the self-concept. Prior studies have garnered support for these relationships in younger adults; yet few studies have looked at the effects of abuse on health in older adults and the psychosocial variables, specifically self-efficacy, that may influence the abuse-health relationship. METHODS: Data obtained from the Physical Health and Disability Study were used to explore the impact of child abuse on current medical problems among older adults who were screened on physical disability status (N=1396, Mean age = 67, SD = 10.

Deliberate practice and acquisition of expert performance: a general overview.

Traditionally, professional expertise has been judged by length of experience, reputation, and perceived mastery of knowledge and skill. Unfortunately, recent research demonstrates only a weak relationship between these indicators of expertise and actual, observed performance. In fact, observed performance does not necessarily correlate with greater professional experience.

Inter- and intra-laminar distribution of tectospinal neurons in 23 mammals.

Based on retrograde labeling from the high cervical spinal cord, the inter- and intra-laminar distributions of tectospinal tract (TST) somata within the tectum of 23 mammals and one reptile are described. The results show that TST somata are found only in the intermediate and deep layers. Although more TST somata are usually found in the intermediate layer, there are no useful relationships for predicting the number in one layer given the number in the other.