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Bill Thornton
Researcher at University of Southern Maine
Publications - 40
Citations - 1452
Bill Thornton is an academic researcher from University of Southern Maine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Disordered eating. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1338 citations. Previous affiliations of Bill Thornton include University of Maine.
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The Mere Presence of a Cell Phone May be Distracting
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the mere presence of a cell phone may be enough to produce diminished attention and deficits in task-performance, especially for tasks with greater attentional and cognitive demands.
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Physical Attractiveness Contrast Effect: Implications for Self-Esteem and Evaluations of the Social Self
Bill Thornton,Scott Moore +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of a physical attractiveness contrast effect on self-evaluations and found that self-ratings of attractiveness by men and women exposed to highly attractive same-sex stimulus persons (negative contrast) were lower than those of peons not so exposed.
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Personality Correlates of the Hypercompetitive Attitude Scale: Validity Tests of Horney's Theory of Neurosis
TL;DR: The results strongly support Horney's contentions, and stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that hypercompetitive individuals were high in narcissism, Type E orientation, and several aspects of sensation seeking.
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Risk Perception and Prototype Perception: Independent Processes Predicting Risk Behavior
TL;DR: In this article, the relative influence of two social-cognitive processes, risk perception and prototype perception, on the willingness of young adults to engage in unprotected sex was examined, and the results from all three studies suggest that they embody some unique or independent processes that can be differentially elicited.
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Physique Contrast Effect: Adverse Impact of Idealized Body Images for Women
Bill Thornton,Jason K. Maurice +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that women with low adherence to an attractiveness ideal seemed to be advantaged by having greater self-esteem, less selfconsciousness, and lower physique anxiety or dissatisfaction than their high adherence counterparts, these women did not display any unique resistance to the contrast effect.