Measuring clustering differences among categories in the same list

A method is presented for analysis of clustering differences among categories in the same list. This allows category characteristics to be varied within Ss by using mixed lists, whereas previously only homogeneous lists could be employed.     

Fat Women’s Experiences in Therapy: “You Can’t See Beyond…Unless I Share It with You”

Abstract

This article reports the results of a qualitative exploration of fat women’s experiences with weight-related microaggressions in psychotherapy. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 women about their weight-related experiences as therapy clients and asked for their advice to therapists who work with fat women. We used a general inductive approach to code the data into themes and found that common microaggressions included therapists who overly focused on weight, therapists who appeared to be less interested in clients because of their weight, and dissatisfaction with waiting room seating options. Participants advised therapists to allow their clients to initiate conversations about weight. Results suggest the need for increased awareness of: (a) how clients’ weight may impact therapists’ attitudes and choice of interventions and (b) how weight might influence fat clients’ in-session presentations.     

THE SOLUTION OF PERCEPTUAL CONFLICT BETWEEN STEREOSCOPICALLY PRESENTED FACIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

In stereoscopically induced perceptual conflict between different but not too disparate facial photographs, a fusion appears that is gradually experienced as more evaluated and less dynamic in a semantic system of coordinates. Individual differences in the process of conflict resolution are partly related to data from a test (the Serial Colour-Word Test) that is intended to measure general ways of adaptation to a conflicting situation.