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Examination of internal consistency and construct validity of scores on the parental attachment scale: preliminary psychometric results (2006)
Journal Article
Fouladi, R. T., Moller, N. P., & McCarthy, C. J. (2006). Examination of internal consistency and construct validity of scores on the parental attachment scale: preliminary psychometric results. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 39, 2-30

The Parental Attachment Scale was developed through exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and validation of a final 23-item scale. Comparison with existing parental attachment measures and a subliminally primed lexical decision t... Read More about Examination of internal consistency and construct validity of scores on the parental attachment scale: preliminary psychometric results.

‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families (2006)
Journal Article
Clarke, V. (2006). ‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families

The argument that children require role models of both sexes is a central theme in opposition to lesbian parenting. Challenges to this opposition have emphasised the ways in which children in lesbian families are compensated for the alleged deficit o... Read More about ‘Gay men, gay men and more gay men’: traditional, liberal and critical perspectives on male role models in lesbian families.

Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes (2006)
Journal Article
McCarthy, C. J., Lambert, R. G., & Moller, N. P. (2006). Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes. International Journal of Stress Management, 13(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1037/1072-5245.13.1.1

In this study the authors examined both preventive psychological coping resources and negative mood regulation expectancies as potential mediators between parental attachment and two types of stress outcomes: stress symptoms and stress-produced emoti... Read More about Preventive resources and emotion regulation expectancies as mediators between attachment and college students' stress outcomes.

Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health (2006)
Journal Article
de Viggiani, N. (2006). Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 2(2), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200600935653

Prison social environments play an important role in the health of prisoners. How they respond to imprisonment is partially dependent upon how effectively they integrate into an institution’s social structure, learn to fit in with others and adapt to... Read More about Surviving Prison: Exploring prison social life as a determinant of health.

An Investigation of the Validity and Reliability of Measures of Right-Wing Authoritarianism in South Africa (2006)
Journal Article
Gray, D., & Durrheim, K. (2006). An Investigation of the Validity and Reliability of Measures of Right-Wing Authoritarianism in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 36(3), 500-521

In this article, we examine the findings of three studies of right-wing authoritarianism conducted in South Africa. The main aim of this analysis is report on the validity and reliability of measures of right-wing authoritarianism across three sample... Read More about An Investigation of the Validity and Reliability of Measures of Right-Wing Authoritarianism in South Africa.

The Myth of Evil (2006)
Book
Cole, P. (2006). The Myth of Evil. Edinburgh University Press

A philosophical history of the concept of evil in western culture. 'Evil is something to be feared, and historically, we shall see, it is the enemy within who has been seen as representing the most intense evil of all - the enemy who looks just li... Read More about The Myth of Evil.

Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage (2006)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Burgoyne, C., & Burns, M. (2006). Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage

This paper explores 22 same-sex couples’ views on civil partnership and marriage. The data are drawn from the qualitative phase of a larger study of money management and relational practices in same-sex relationships. Twenty-seven participants indi... Read More about Just a piece of paper? A qualitative exploration of same-sex couples’ multiple conceptions of civil partnership and marriage.