Advances in Psychology Research

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on criminal offenders and mental health courts; the role of intuitive statistical knowledge in confidence-accuracy calibration; the psychosocial components in chronic pain aetiologies; the psychological and social dynamics of imbalance in cross-cultural stress encounters; the cognitive orientation approach to motivation of cognitive performance; genetic variations in aggressive behaviour disorders; stereotype suppression; choice in educating children with pervasive developmental disorders; mental health factors in an urban environment; causal attributions and perceptions of choice; individual traits as predictors of cultural intelligence self-perception; and self-advocacy on mental health care users.