Depression, anxiety, and personal finance behavior: implications for the classical economic conception of humans as rational decision-makers

In a sample of 138 college students, the personal finance behaviors of impulse control and organization were negatively associated with the use of recreational drugs and with scores on measures of depression, mania, and anxiety.     

The plural self and a Taoist orientation in two cultures

A positive association between having a Taoist orientation to life and unity in the subjective perception of the self was found in samples of both American (n = 99) and Turkish (n = 100) respondents.     

Correlates of state homicide rates

The social correlates of state homicide rates in 1980 differed for urban, suburban, and rural areas.     

Furnham's Money Attitude Scale

An item-analysis of responses from 186 undergraduates to the Money Attitude Scale developed by Furnham did not replicate the factor pattern which he derived.     

Saliency of peripheral targets in gaze-contingent multiresolutional displays

Gaze-contingent multiresolutional displays (GCMRDs) have been proposed to solve the processing and bandwidth bottleneck in many single-user displays, by dynamically placing high-resolution in awindow at the center of gaze, with lower resolution everywhere else. The three experiments reported here document a slowing of peripheral target acquisition associated with the presence of a gaze-contingent window. This window effect was shown for displays using either moving video or still images. The window effectwas similar across a resolution-defined window condition and a luminance-defined window condition, suggesting that peripheral image degradation is not a prerequisite of this effect. The window effect was also unaffected by the type of window boundary used (sharp or blended). These results are interpreted in terms of an attentional bias resulting in a reduced saliency of peripheral targets due to increased competition from items within the window. We discuss the implications of the window effect for the study of natural scene perception and for human factors research related to GCMRDs.     

Predicting the number of credit cards held by college students

In a sample of 186 undergraduate students, the number of credit cards they held was associated with sex, their affective attitude toward credit cards, and an attitude of being careful with money.     

Gun availability and use of guns for murder and suicide in Canada

The accidental death rate from guns in Canada was associated with the percentage of guns used by suicides and on homicide victims except for elderly persons.     

Predicting the Italian suicide rate for 1864-1962

For the period 1864-1962, Italian suicide rates were negatively associated with birth and death rates.