Dissertations and Theses - Psychology
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The Effects of Racial Categorization Struggle
(2018-07-18)Foundational social psychologists (e.g., Allport, 1954; Tajfel, 1969; Sherif, 1948) viewed categorization as an inevitability that eases the cognitive demands of encountering other people. However, there is limited evidence ... -
Component Racialism and Race-Based Perceptions: The Roles of Racial and Biogeographical Ancestries
(2018-06-29)This research investigates a novel concept, component racialism: the belief that racial groups possess unique genetic configurations that determine within-racial group similarities and between-racial group differences in ... -
An Investigation of Neurophysiological Responses to Multiple Types of Social Feedback
(2018-06-21)The processing of rewarding and social stimuli is important for survival, and abnormal social or reward processing is linked to many psychopathologies. Although most studies examining reward processing have focused on ... -
Sexual Agency During Adolescence: Relationships, Desire and Negotiation
(2018-05-03)Adolescence is an important developmental period during which young people come to understand themselves as sexual actors, develop a sexual identity, and develop skills necessary for navigating sexuality development across ... -
Patterns and Outcomes of Parent Participation in Flexible Paraprofessional-Led Services
(2018-02-26)This longitudinal open trial draws on data from a prevention and early intervention service model to enhance school engagement for children in prekindergarten through third grade and their families. The service model was ... -
Affective Forecasting Failures and Attitude Change in the Context of Political Policy Upheaval
(2018-08-17)Although past research has established that people are poor at forecasting their affective responses to future events, it is not yet clear what the consequences of these errors may be. The current dissertation explored ... -
Expected and Actual Mood Regulation associated with Electronic Cigarette Use
(2018-08-08)Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) represent a family of nicotine-delivery devices that have been gaining in popularity in the past ten years, primarily among cigarette smokers. While the literature evaluating the prevalence, ... -
Positive and Negative Empathy: Two Pathways to Enhanced Social Connection
(2018-05-16)Our capacity for empathy is perhaps one of the qualities that characterizes our humanity. Yet little is known about the specific mechanisms by which it fosters an uncanny sense of closeness among individuals. In the present ... -
Self-Compassion and Sensory Processing Sensitivity among Sexual Minorities: A Minority Stress Framework
(2018-08-16)The negative impact of discrimination on psychopathology symptoms, or mental illness, among gender and sexual minorities is well established (Institute of Medicine, 2011). The dual-continua model of mental health suggests ... -
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, Tract-Based Structural Connectomics, and Cognition in Older Adults
(2018-06-27)Cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVD-RFs) are associated with decreased gray and white matter integrity and cognitive impairment in older adults. Less is known regarding the interplay between CVD-RFs, structural integrity ... -
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 ...
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