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Positivity Bias Deficits in Emotional Experience: An EMA Study of Anhedonia in Schizophrenia
(2018-04-12)People with schizophrenia report anhedonia during structured clinical interviews and on self-report measures, yet when exposed to pleasurable stimuli in experimental paradigms, they report positive hedonic experiences to ... -
Relationships among Student Social-Emotional Competence, Academic Performance, and Attendance
(2018-04-05)Previous research connects social-emotional competence (SEC) with a variety of positive academic and school outcomes. However, there is a lack of research evidence about whether SEC provides similar benefits to students ... -
A Comparison of the Angoff and Item Mapping Standard Setting Methods for a Certification Examination
(2018-04-12)In high-stakes licensure and certification testing, sound standard setting is essential. The Angoff method requires subject matter experts (panelists) to estimate the likelihood that a minimally-competent examinee would ... -
Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Vulnerability Factor for Internalizing Psychopathologies
(2018-03-28)Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a putative vulnerability factor for internalizing psychopathologies. However, it is unclear if IU and its subscales (prospective and inhibitory IU) meet criteria for a vulnerability factor. ... -
Exploring Mexican Immigrant Parental Involvement in Adolescents' Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(2018-03-22)A number of studies (Carreón, Drake & Barton, 2005; Ceballo, Maurizi, Suarez & Aretakis, 2014; Lopez, 2001) have demonstrated that conceptualizations of parental involvement in the U.S. tend to be measured through the ... -
Effects of 5-HT1A Receptor Agonism on Repetitive Grooming and Learning Behavior in Shank3B Mice
(2018-04-12)Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) represent a core diagnostic category of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). RRBs encompass a range of behaviors from motor stereotypy to cognitive rigidity. Several cases ... -
Racial Discrimination, Critical Intersectional Awareness, and Latina/o Students' Academic Outcomes
(2018-04-27)Despite Latina/os’ growing college enrollment rates, bachelor’s degree completion rates for this group continue to lag behind other racial groups. Explanations for racial inequalities in educational outcomes of students ... -
Does Realism Harm Metacomprehension Accuracy?
(2018-04-09)Previous work has shown that the presence of graphics can have detrimental effects on metacomprehension accuracy. However, many of these investigations have included graphics that are not pedagogically relevant. The ... -
Rater Stability in a High-Stakes Performance Assessment: A Longitudinal Investigation
(2018-04-05)The certification of medical practitioners frequently includes a performance assessment to ensure competence. Although such assessments offer richer evaluations of examinee performance compared to other exam types, the ... -
Parental Meta-Emotion Philosophies and Socialization on African American Children’s Social Skills
(2018-03-28)Preparing a child for the world is an enormous undertaking. Parents are tasked with engaging in various forms of socialization to prepare their children for the world. One such form is emotional socialization. This process ... -
Hemispheric Processing of High and Low Familiarity Metaphors
(2017-09-25)The aim of the present study is to provide a neurocognitive perspective on the processing mechanisms used to comprehend high and low familiarity metaphors utilizing the divided visual-field paradigm. The Fine-Coarse Semantic ... -
Effects of Physiological Need States on Affect and Reward Sensitivity
(2017-09-28)It is well known that hunger alters reward sensitivity for food, which then enhances goal-directed, motivated behavior to find food. However, the mechanisms by which hunger, and other physiological need states, such as ... -
Are Figurative Tropes Unique? An Eye Tracking Comparison of Metaphors, Similes, and Idioms
(2017-11-17)Many models of figurative language processing have been proposed that emphasize the uniqueness of a given trope. Because of this, more efforts have been made to show the differences in tropes rather than the similarities. ... -
Individual Differences in Base-Rate Neglect: A Probabilistic Dual-Process Model
(2017-06-23)Dual-Process Theories provide a useful framework for exploring the potential constraints and sources of errors on reasoning tasks, such as the classic base rate reasoning task. Three competing accounts for base rate neglect ... -
Stability of Networks in Young Adults in Remission from Major Depressive Disorder
(2017-08-08)Although neurobiological research has pushed for determining biomarkers of major depressive disorder (MDD), the test-retest reliability of functional connectivity resting-state magnetic resonance imaging (fc-rsMRI) has not ... -
Investigating the Effects of High School Climate on Non-Cognitive Strengths in College
(2017-08-22)College graduation rates are persistently low in the United States. At four-year institutions, 42% of students leave college before earning a degree (National Center for Education Statistics, 2014). To complete college, ... -
Understanding Young Adult E-Cigarette Use and Dependence: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Validation
(2017-08-01)Introduction. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) use among young adults (18-24) is rapidly increasing. Identifying individuals likely to perpetuate in using ENDS is essential to understanding their risk of ... -
Effects of Chronic Adolescent Cannabinoid Exposure on Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Adulthood
(2017-06-30)Adolescence is characterized by increases in risk-taking across a range of behaviors, including experimentation with alcohol and illicit drugs. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug among adolescents, and increased ... -
Using Resource Depletion to Examine Processing of Familiar and Unfamiliar Metaphors
(2017-08-07)An important question in research on metaphor comprehension is whether familiar and unfamiliar metaphors are understood through separate processes. In prior research, the Categorization model (Glucksberg, 2003) specifies ... -
Does Basal Inflammation Connote Vulnerability for Depression?
(2017-07-17)The relationship between major depression and immune system functioning has increasingly been the subject of scientific inquiry, and several lines of research have pointed to the possibility of inflammatory processes playing ...
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