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Successful Aging: Individual Differences in Creativity and Health in Midlife
No full textThis study sought to examine individual differences in health and creativity in adults in midlife. There is little in the literature exploring the relationship between creative participation or creative ability and mental and physical health in adults. Using measures of divergent thinking, practical creativity, and creative activities, this study examined the relationships between creativity, physical health, and mental health, as well as individual differences. Participants were 193 adults between ages 40-60 who completed the survey online. Although the data did not demonstrate significant relationships between creative ability or creative participation with measures of mental or physical health, many interesting individual differences in creativity and health did emerge. More specifically, there was also evidence of a relationship between practical creativity and physical health for men. For women, creative ability and participation demonstrated a significant relationship. The relationships between employment status, health, and creativity differed by gender. Men who worked full-time had better health outcomes than men with other employment statuses. Women who reported participating in a greater number of everyday activities reported better health and mental health outcomes. Women who were unemployed reported lower levels of health and of creativity. The results also provide evidence for the validity of a practical creativity measures - a first validation of this new measurement. Additionally, intrinsic motivation was significantly related to all measures of creative ability. Future research should further examine individual difference in creativity and health, and their roles in successful aging
Assessing Internalizing Disorders with the MMPI-A-RF: Clinical Correlates of Internalizing Scales in an Adolescent Inpatient Sample
No full textThis study explored the clinical correlates and convergent and discriminant validity of internalizing scales on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF; Archer, Handel, Ben-Porath, & Tellegen, 2016) in comparison to depression and anxiety scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory — Adolescent (PAI-A), Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), and Hopkins Psychiatric Rating Scales (HPRS). Much of the previous literature on the Restructured Clinical (RC) scales has focused on adult populations and many findings have not been validated for children and adolescents. This study specifically focused on the MMPI-ARF internalizing scales: RCd (demoralization), RC2 (low positive emotions), and RC7 (dysfunctional negative emotions). The current study aimed to provide further research on the RC scales in relation to adolescents. The sample included 603 adolescents, ages 13 to 18, who were referred for psychological evaluation in an inpatient hospital setting. The findings indicate that correlations on self-report measures and therapist ratings suggest that RCd, RC2, and RC7 have adequate convergent validity. Contrary to previous literature, discriminant validity was not supported on therapist rating scales and was inconsistently supported on self-report measures. Convergent and discriminant validity was only founded for RC2 and depression variables versus RC2 and unrelated variables, suggesting that RC2 was able to adequately distinguish between depression variables and unrelated variables, but was unable to differentiate between depression variables and anxiety variables. Further findings are discussed relative to construct validity in the MMPI-A-RF internalizing scales
(Miss) Representation: An Analysis of the Music Videos and Lyrics of Janelle Monae as an Expression of Femininity, Feminism, and Female Rage
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Regulating through Trade: The Contestation and Recalibration of EU ‘Deep and Comprehensive’ FTAs
Get PDFContemporary international trade politics is primarily focused on deep integration – that is, the removal of regulatory barriers to trade. The EU, in particular, has long been one of the main proponents of the use of trade agreements to promote regulatory disciplines on issues such as intellectual property regulation, procurement, services, competition and investment protection. This so-called ‘EU regulatory agenda’ has rapidly gathered pace over the past decade and culminated, more recently, in attempts to conclude mega-regional trade agreements such as the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Such agreements have, however, proved highly contentious and are being fiercely contested - both because of their potential impact on the regulatory autonomy of the EU and its Member States, and their potential adverse effect on third countries and the multilateral trading system. This Article discusses the evolution of the EU regulatory agenda, the manner in which the agenda has been contested from a constitutional and policy perspective, and the extent to which the EU has (or has not) responded to such contestations
UDHR: Our North Star for Global Social Justice or an Imperial and Settler-Colonial Tool to Limit our Conception of Freedom?
Get PDFOn April 5, 2019, PILR held their triennial symposium titled: Revisiting Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 70. As a reflection of the event, a few panelists composed contribution pieces reflecting on the topic