User profiles for D.M. Harrington

Deirdre Harrington

University of Strathclyde
Verified email at strath.ac.uk
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Creativity, intelligence, and personality

F Barron, DM Harrington - Annual review of psychology, 1981 - annualreviews.org
… criteria beyond those measured by indices of general intelligence (see Harrington 1972, pp.
3940). As … Harrington, DM 1981. Creativity, analogi cal thinking and muscular metaphors. J. …

Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries

…, K Akinroye, DM Harrington… - … of physical activity …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and
Youth has been effective in powering the movement to get kids moving by influencing …

Effects of explicit instructions to “be creative” on the psychological meaning of divergent thinking test scores1

DM Harrington - Journal of personality, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
Divergent thinking tests have been viewed for nearly threequarters of a century as a possible
means of measuring certain components of problem-solving and creative thinking abilities (…

The ecology of human creativity: A psychological perspective.

DM Harrington - Based on a colloquium," Toward a Psychology of …, 1990 - psycnet.apa.org
sketch the outlines of a theoretical framework within which studies of creative processes,
people, and environments might be connected more effectively/embrace and connect the …

[HTML][HTML] Correlates of total sedentary time and screen time in 9–11 year-old children around the world: the international study of childhood obesity, lifestyle and the …

…, JP Chaput, TS Church, M Fogelholm, DM Harrington… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Previously, studies examining correlates of sedentary behavior have been limited
by small sample size, restricted geographic area, and little socio-cultural variability. Further, …

Testing aspects of Carl Rogers's theory of creative environments: Child-rearing antecedents of creative potential in young adolescents.

DM Harrington, JH Block, J Block - Journal of personality and …, 1987 - psycnet.apa.org
Longitudinal data involving 106 children and their parents were used to test preschool child-rearing
implications of Carl Rogers's theory of creativity-fostering environments (Rogers, …

[HTML][HTML] The Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope–observatory overview

…, A de Wijn, DF Elmore, A Fehlmann, DM Harrington… - Solar Physics, 2020 - Springer
We present an overview of the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar
Telescope (DKIST), its instruments, and support facilities. The 4 m aperture DKIST provides the …

Some misgivings about the Matching Familiar Figures Test as a measure of reflection-impulsivity.

J Block, JH Block, DM Harrington - Developmental Psychology, 1974 - psycnet.apa.org
Argues that a discrepancy exists between J. Kagan's conceptualization of reflection-impulsivity
and his operationalization of reflection-impulsivity using the Matching Familiar Figures …

Changes in commuting behaviours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

DM Harrington, M Hadjiconstantinou - Journal of transport & health, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The UK Government restrictions on non-essential work in response to the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced millions of working aged-adults into an …

The independent and combined associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with obesity in adults: NHANES 2003‐06

CA Maher, E Mire, DM Harrington, AE Staiano… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the combined influence of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
and sedentary behavior on obesity in US adults. Design and Methods Cross‐sectional …