Psychology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Importance of Attraction in Everyday Life: The Cultural-Ecological Moderation Hypothesis in Consumer Context
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Research documents the importance of attraction in everyday life, such that life outcomes are more positive for good-looking people than less good-looking people. Theory and research in cultural psychology provide evidence ... -
What's in a Name? Psychological Implications of the "Genocide" Label
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)The present research examines the implications of the "genocide" label in historical representations for national identity, collective memory and reparative action. Study 1 exposed European American participants to different ... -
National Identity Ownership
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)People come to feel ownership over groups in which they have membership. Current social psychological theory concerning identity does not address perceived group ownership. This paper examines the potential relationship ... -
Omega-3 Supplementation and Emotional Blunting: A Placebo-Controlled Investigation
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)One side effect of SSRI medication is emotional blunting, characterized by a restricted range of emotions and decreased caring. Because omega-3 supplements also have established antidepressant properties, they might also ... -
Authenticity and Physiological Changes during Defensive Verbal Response
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Defensiveness affects people negatively in terms of their psychological and physical well-being. Curbing one's defensive response is especially difficult when the individual does not acknowledge how their cognition and ... -
Development and Validation of the Barriers Questionnaire - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Patient- and Parent-report Measures
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Medication adherence among patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) varies widely, suggesting some patients may not benefit fully from their medication regimens. Assessment of adherence barriers would assist ... -
An Investigation of Maintenance and the Correlates of Depression: Rumination, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Inhibition, Sleep and Diet
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Prior research has shown that depression is highly correlated with rumination, difficulties with emotion regulation and cognitive inhibition, and changes in sleep and appetite. Yet, little information exists regarding ... -
Effects of Single-Group Membership Valence and Social Identity Threat on Intragroup Singlism
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)The social identity perspective guided this investigation of the impact of single-group membership valence and social identity threat on the expression of intragroup singlism. Social identity, in an intergroup context, was ... -
Disorientation-avoidant and Despair-avoidant Cultures
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Cultural-existential psychology draws on the insights and methods of experimental existential psychology and cultural psychology to produce a comprehensive understanding of how cultural patterns influence experiences of ... -
Another Wrongdoer's Punishment Cleanses the Self: Evidence for a Moral Cleansing Function of Punishing Moral Transgressors
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)Separate lines of research show that individuals: a) understand immorality metaphorically as physical contamination; b) project undesirable self-attributes onto others; and c) view punishment as eliminating a transgressor's ... -
How Bandwidth Selection Algorithms Impact Exploratory Data Analysis Using Kernel Density Estimation
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Exploratory data analysis (EDA) is important, yet often overlooked in the social and behavioral sciences. Graphical analysis of one's data is central to EDA. A viable method of estimating and graphing the underlying density ... -
Streamlining Missing Data Analysis by Aggregating Multiple Imputations at the Data Level: A Monte Carlo Simulation to Assess the Tenability of the SuperMatrix Approach
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)A Monte Carlo Simulation Study was conducted to assess the tenability of a novel treatment of missing data. Through aggregating multiply-imputed data sets prior to model estimation, the proposed technique allows researchers ... -
Information processing speed and attention in multiple sclerosis
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Information processing speed is frequently recognized as the primary cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent studies have also reported attention deficits in MS patients compared to healthy controls based ... -
On second thought: Low-effort thought promotes hierarchy values
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Values are associated with political attitudes and political conservatism is promoted with low-effort thought. Does low-effort thought similarly promote the conservative value of hierarchy while reducing the value of ... -
Effects of Sexual Arousal on Commitment: The Moderating Role of the Arousing Source
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Being sexually aroused by one's partner is likely to increase one's commitment to the partner; whereas being aroused by an alternative mate might decrease it. These patterns are conceivably moderated by satisfaction from ... -
Using Higher-Order Derivatives to Estimate Damped Linear Oscillator Models with an Over-Arching Temporal Trend
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Studies that look to examine intra-individual data have become more popular in the social sciences in recent years, and thusly methods that accurately model this type of data are needed. One particular differential equation ... -
An Experimental Study of Rhythms
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A Clinical Study of the Developmental Aspects of Child Thought
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A Study of Memory for Completed and Interrupted Tasks Under Varying Degrees of Motivation
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The Rorshach Personality Test In Relation To Perceptual Closure
(The University of Kansas, 1938)