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AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLES OF DISTRESS, SELF-STIGMA, CAREGIVER ROLE IDENTITY, AND SELF-COMPASSION IN CLERGY HELP-SEEKING ATTITUDES
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Clergy comprise an essential subpopulation of caregivers, providing spiritual guidance and emotional support to many community members. The intense occupational demands for clergy result in burnout and mental health concerns ... -
Examination of Cognitive Processing Therapy Outcomes in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, with or without Chronic Pain and with or without Pharmacological Treatment for Pain
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain are two of the most prevalent conditions affecting the veteran population, with approximately 20% of veterans holding a PTSD diagnosis (Fisher, 2014) and roughly 55% ... -
Understanding Spirituality among Chinese College Students: Xin-Yang (信仰) and its Assessment
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)In spite of the effort researchers have made, there still seems to be a lack of cultural appropriateness when it comes to the concept of spirituality. Therefore, the current author considers the cultural appropriateness ... -
Relationships Among White Supervisor Cultural Humility and Cultural Missed Opportunities and Minority Supervisee Self-Efficacy, Supervisory Working Alliance, and Racial Identity
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The purpose of the present study is to examine how perceived supervisor cultural humility and cultural missed opportunities relate to supervisory working alliance and counselor self-efficacy in clinical supervision ... -
When Jesus Takes the Wheel: An Investigation of Distraction in Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Autonomous vehicles have been suggested to be a solution to the problem of distracted driving. However, because autonomous vehicles are still developing, little is known about how drivers interact with them. Today’s ... -
Auto-Regressive Latent Variable Modeling: A General Framework for Bayesian Spatial Structural Equation Models
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Spatial analytic approaches are classical models in econometric literature (LeSage & Pace, 2009). Recently, the behavioral sciences have seen an increase in their application, but spatial effects are generally still ignored ... -
A Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions for Siblings of Youth with Chronic Medical Conditions
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Siblings of youth with chronic medical conditions may be at risk for psychological adjustment concerns, and interventions targeting the psychosocial needs of siblings are important to address. The purpose of the current ... -
Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Light Physical Activity and Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Older Adults
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Light physical activity (LPA) is associated with improved metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors and research has demonstrated sex-associated differences in MetS and LPA. The present study explored differential associations ... -
The reflection of meaning : using personal constructs to train counselors in empathic responding
(University of Kansas, 1986-05-31)This training study assessed the impact of a newly conceptualized microcounseling skill, the reflection of meaning, on counselor empathy. A further purpose was to determine the impact of counselor empathy on client perceptions ... -
Nostalgia for Ex-partners and Perceived Current Relationship Quality
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Thinking about one’s ex-romantic-partners is typically regarded as detrimental to people’s current romantic relationship. However, thinking about past events and relationships in a nostalgic way is suggested to result in ... -
Neurocognitive Processes Associated with Reduced Inhibitory Control of Prepotent Eye Movements in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Impairments in inhibitory control (IC), or the ability to suppress a dominant behavioral response, are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Multiple psychological and neurophysiological processes ... -
Precision Sensorimotor Control in Aging Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 Gene Premutation Carriers
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Individuals with premutation alleles of the FMR1 gene are at risk of developing Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), a neurodegenerative condition affecting sensorimotor, cognitive and psychological function. ... -
Male Allies Decrease Negative Effects of Tokenism for Women in Male Dominated Workplaces
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Previous research has examined the antecedents and consequences of tokenism, and recent research has begun to address the utility of interventions for coping with these experiences. This is of particular importance for ... -
Developing Empirical Decision Points to Improve the Timing of Adaptive mHealth Physical Activity Interventions in Youth
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Current digital health interventions primarily utilize interventionist-defined rules to guide the timing of intervention delivery. As new temporally dense datasets become available, it is possible to make decisions about ... -
Math is Language: A Metaphor-Based Intervention to Promote Women's Interest in Math
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Despite STEM’s growth, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM employment. Women fill almost half of all jobs in the US, yet they only occupy 25 percent of all STEM employment (Beede et al., 2011). This discrepancy between ... -
Rate of Perceived Exertion and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Adults with and without AD
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Exercise has many benefits for physical and cognitive health. However engagement in and adherence to exercise is challenging. There are many barriers to exercise in older adults including subjective exercise difficulty, ... -
Associations between child maltreatment types and past month substance use among emerging adults: The role of self-reported alexithymia and impulsivity
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Child maltreatment has emerged as an important risk factor for substance use. However, despite evidence consistently demonstrating that substance use peaks during emerging adulthood, less is known about the specificity of ... -
Parenting and Child Competence in Aggressive Youth: Bidirectional Associations and the Role of Parental Depression
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Previous research has established associations between parenting factors and children’s competence, though these studies have been limited in their reliance on parenting styles and their examination of these associations ... -
Reward Processing and Inhibitory Control in Women with Bulimia Nervosa
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Introduction: Theoretical models and empirical research support the role of negative affect in bulimia nervosa (BN). However, treatments that target negative affect in BN have not outperformed traditional, eating-disorder-focused ... -
Childhood Adversity and Systemic Inflammation in Preschool-Aged Children: The Role of Family Cohesion
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Systemic inflammation is a critical physiological mechanism that appears to link exposure to early childhood adversity to later disease. However, some children exposed to adversity have low levels of inflammatory proteins ...