Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal

The job market in Taiwan is currently very competitive and it is difficult to find a job without professional certification. Because this is so, gaining professional certification has emerged as a trend in Taiwan (Cheng & Hsu, 2011; Cheng, Lin,...

Although blocks were originally developed as toys for children, they are now used as a medium of communication and a material for expression in art therapy. With regard to the use of blocks during individual art therapy, we examined previous fundamental...

Peer pressure is a feeling or perception of being forced or coerced by peers to do positive or negative things together (Barkin, Smith, & DuRant, 2002). According to reference group theory and its corresponding socialization component, for children,...

Broadly construed, leisure motivation research can be defined as the study of psychological and sociological reasons for participating in leisure activities. It includes examining why individuals become involved in various leisure activities and patterns...

At 2:28 p.m. on May 12th, 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan, China. There have been a number of studies on the mental health and posttraumatic psychological symptoms of survivors of natural disasters over the past 20 years (Frankenberg...

Cultural diversity in small groups is an important concern because of demographic changes around the world (Oetzel, 2001). To understand these changes, many researchers have examined the influence of cultural diversity on small group processes and...

Rapid economic development in China since the mid-1980s has resulted in considerable rural to urban migration, as migrants have sought better job opportunities in the cities. A commonly cited figure puts the number of rural migrants residing in cities...

Reflecting a trend in the health sector and highlighting professional requirements, medical institutions have increasingly come to value the concepts of social capital and health promotion, in a working environment that is high-risk, knowledge-intensive,...

Perfectionism is generally defined as the "striving for flawlessness" (Flett & Hewitt, 2002, p. 5), but researchers disagree about the developmental roots of perfectionism. It is likely that a perfectionistic orientation develops over time, and...