Psychology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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WHERE IS THE LOCUS OF DIFFICULTY IN RECOGNIZING FOREIGN-ACCENTED WORDS? NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY AND PHONOTACTIC PROBABILITY EFFECTS ON THE RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN-ACCENTED WORDS BY NATIVE ENGLISH LISTENERS
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)This series of experiments (1) examined whether native listeners experience recognition difficulty in all kinds of foreign-accented words or only in a subset of words with certain lexical and sub-lexical characteristics-- ... -
Patterns of Rumination by Young and Older Adults
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)A lot of attention has been given to the negative effects of both inhibitory deficits and rumination but little work has compared both: research on inhibitory deficits has focused on older adults whereas research on ... -
MEASURING THE READING ABILITY OF INCOMING FRESHMEN: A PATH ANALYSIS INVESTIGATION INTO READING COMPREHENSION
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Reading is a complex process involving numerous skills and abilities contributing to acquiring meaning from text. Individuals without the requisite reading skills will have difficulty not only in school but throughout their ... -
THE IMPACT OF INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWING ON OCCUPATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)Abstract Occupational engagement, a component of the trilateral model for adaptive career decision, is an important construct for the modern world of work where job change is the norm and career paths are nonlinear. Since ... -
FACTORS RELATING TO SUPERVISORS' INITIATION AND FREQUENCY OF DISCUSSION REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)Research indicates that sexual orientation is discussed far less often in clinical supervision compared to other cultural variables including race/ethnicity and gender. Though authors have speculated why this is the case, ... -
Mindfulness and Attachment Security as Predictors of Sucess in Therapy
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This work focuses on the role of mindfulness and attachment security as agents of change in successful therapy. Two studies were conducted to investigate the mechanisms underlying change that may lead to successful therapy ... -
Exploration of Factors Related to the Development of Vocational Identity in Collegiate Student-Athletes
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)The goal of this study was to understand the vocational consequences and benefits of being a student-athlete in a large university and competitive level of sport, and how these contribute to the development of a student-athlete's ... -
A case of legality or racialization? Immigration policy in the U.S.
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The current research draws upon a liberation psychological (LP) perspective to examine the extent to which support for strict policies against undocumented immigration does not reflect neutral concern for law and order, ... -
Reminders of a positively stereotyped identity when facing stereotype threat: Identity consistency and identity accessibility as mediating mechanisms
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Being reminded of a positively stereotyped identity may mitigate against stereotype threat effects--performance decrements caused when stereotype threatening identities are salient (Rydell et al., 2009). I designed two ... -
A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Facilitate School Reentry for Children with Chronic Health Conditions
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The current study used meta-analysis to examine the effects of school reentry interventions in terms of two primary outcomes: increasing illness- or injury- specific knowledge among teachers or healthy peers, and enhancing ... -
Modeling Heterogeneity in Indirect Effects: Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Strategies
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The heterogeneity implicit in much of social science research can be accommodated by using complex modeling procedures such as SEM or MLM. Ignoring heterogeneity, particularly with regard to nested data structures, can ... -
Agency, Optimism, and the Longitudinal Course of Anxiety and Well-Being
(University of Kansas, 2010-02-12)Positive expectancies for the future provide an important pathway to the development of mental health and resilience against the development of mental illness. Generalized expectancies in the form of optimism beliefs and ... -
Gender Identity and Perceptions of Sexism: A Liberation Psychology Perspective
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Three studies sought to assess cultural influences in gender identification, gender identity content, and perceptions of sexism. Study 1 examined the impact of taking an introductory women's studies course relative to a ... -
An Examination of the Acute Effects of Bright Light Therapy in a Non-Clinical Sample
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)The integral role of light in physiological and psychological well-being is illustrated by the application of phototherapy, or bright light therapy (BLT), in treating mood disorders such as seasonal affective disorder and ... -
Investigation of Variables Associated with Vaccine Acceptance
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Abstract The current study investigated the relationship between the Health Belief Model (HBM) framework, social variables, personality factors, and H1N1 flu vaccine acceptance. Four hundred thirty two undergraduate students ... -
Psychometric Properties of the 30 Item Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM-30) among African American Light Smokers
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Despite smoking fewer cigarettes per day, African American smokers have greater difficulty quitting when compared to other ethnic groups. Identifying factors associated with smoking among these high-risk smokers may assist ... -
Neuroimaging of Discourse Processing in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Detection of very early stages of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has been an area of difficulty for researchers due to confounds with age. Prose recall has been suggested as a diagnostically sensitive test of episodic memory ... -
Jokes are No Laughing Matter: Disparagement Humor and Social Identity Theory
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Disparagement humor is "remarks that elicit amusement through the denigration, derogation, or belittlement of a given target" (Ferguson & Ford, p. 283, 2008). This paper looks at disparagement humor through social identity ... -
What Were They Thinking? College Men's Thoughts That Facilitate Sexual Coercion
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-31)Researchers have recognized the need to increase understanding of sexually coercive college men. The current exploratory study examines sexually coercive men's written descriptions of their experience in situations when ... -
Feeling and Association
(University of Kansas, 1913)