The purpose of this study was to determine whether previous research in the area of premature termination had confounded personality with social class variables. It was hypothesized that while middle-and lower-class patients might differ on three personality characteristics previously shown to be related to premature termination, no differences on these personality characteristics would be found between patients who terminated and those who remained within any single social class. The Terminator-Remainer Scale was administered to 34 lower-and 34 middle-class male outpatients. Half of each group was identified as terminators or remainers. A 2X2 factorial analysis of variance with planned comparisons was used to test the hypothesis. The results confirmed the hypothesis for the Behavior Disturbance and Modified F scales but not for the modified Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. In addition, it was found that the prediction of termination with the Terminator-Remainer Scale seemed to be made primarily on the basis of social class.

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The recent recognition of Gaming Disorder (GD) as a mental health issue has provided a unique opportunity for researchers to advance our current understanding of the intricate relationships between GD and specific health-related factors and well-being. The present study sought to investigate the role of key physical and psychological health and well-being factors in GD. To achieve this, the three goals were explored. First, we tested whether GD can be predicted by health and well-being factors such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, attention problems, physical health problems (PHP), and psychological well-being (PWB).Second, we assessed the role of distress tolerance (DT) as a moderator in the relationship between PWB and GD. Third, we examined whether PWB would mediate the relationship between PHP and GD. A sample of 474 participants (Meanage = 28.86 years; SD = 9.23; range: 18-66 years; 47% female) was recruited. The results of the multiple linear regression analysis indicated that age, attention problems, and PHP significantly predicted GD (R 2 = .15). Additionally, the mediation findings uncovered an important direct association between PHP and GD despite the lack of mediation effects through PWB and the absence of moderating effects from distress tolerance. The present findings signify important healthrelated implications related to GD that are further discussed here in terms diagnosis, treatment, and prevention efforts.

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A group of hyperkinetic children from an area residential and educational facility was trained to verbally mediate behavior on problem-solving tasks by undergraduate volunteers. Such training involved the initial modeling of appropriate task behavior by the trainer and, by selective cuing and reinforcement, the child 's eventual imitation of the trainer-modeled behavior on the same tasks. Relative to time and treatment controls, the hyperkinetic children demonstrated significant changes on a number of measures of cognitive abilities. Both the value and limitation of generalizing such findings are briefly discussed.