Showing papers by "Everett L. Worthington published in 1980"
TL;DR: Three Lamaze childbirth techniques were analyzed in a 2 × 2 × 3 factorial design and a relationship existed between situation-specific expectancies and pain self-reports and treatment did not differentially affect self-reported pain or anxiety.
17 citations
TL;DR: It was concluded that the Vando Scale has relatively low construct validity and may be very sensitive to the demand characteristics of the research situation.
Abstract: A test of the validity of the Vando Scale of perceptual reactance was made by correlating Vando Scale scores with objective pain tolerance, subjective discomfort, distortion in estimation of duration of discomfort, and assertiveness. 84 college women participated in an ice water-tolerance task. Higher scores associated with less subjective discomfort, greater time distortion and reduced submissiveness. Objective tolerance was not correlated with scale scores. It was concluded that the Vando Scale has relatively low construct validity and may be very sensitive to the demand characteristics of the research situation.
7 citations
TL;DR: There was no difference in performance between groups given instruction only and verbal repetition, but the motoric groups learned more than the non-motoric groups.
Abstract: 32 preschool children were matched by age, sex, and pretest scores on spatial concept knowledge. Four groups were (a) instruction (see and hear) only, (b) verbal repetition, (c) fine motor treatmen...
5 citations