Human factors and ergonomics

  1. Evidence rules may help limit prejudice in rape trials
    Examination of how evidentiary rules admit prejudicial stereotypes about rape victims in trials, with reform recommendations for Ireland's sexual experience and personal records disclosure rules.
  2. Trauma linked to disturbed Rorschach content and avoidant attention
    Multi-method investigation using performance-based and eye-tracking measures reveals how trauma manifests in attention patterns and behavioral response tendencies.
  3. Health workers were skeptical of standardized suicide risk assessments
    Survey of 183 Norwegian health workers reveals significant skepticism toward standardized suicide risk assessments, with perceptions varying by profession and hospital site.
  4. Different executive function deficits link psychopathic traits to conduct problems
    A five-year longitudinal study reveals distinct executive function mechanisms linking different childhood psychopathic trait dimensions to conduct problems.
  5. Loneliness was linked to more alcohol-related consequences in college students
    Longitudinal study examining loneliness as a risk factor for alcohol-related consequences in college students, mediated by drinking motives.
  6. Suicide prevention training improved preclinical medical students' preparedness
    Preclinical medical students' self-perceived preparedness for mental health crises significantly improved following integration of safeTALK suicide prevention training into curriculum.
  7. An integrative developmental and theoretical foundations of the Juvenile Delinquency Risk and Protective Factors Checklist-Version 2 (JDRPFC-2): A revisit
    Theory-driven articulation of the JDRPFC-2—an enhanced iteration of a 2012 prototype—integrating criminological, developmental, neuropsychological, and resilience frameworks to organize risk.