Psychology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Affect Regulation Modulates Brain Response to Food Pictures in Obese Participants
(University of Kansas, 2011-04-08)The present study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate whether differences in self-reported emotion regulatory ability are associated with differential patterns of responding to food images. ... -
The Role of Knowledge of Racist History and Identity in Perception of Racism
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-09)European Americans tend to perceive less racism in America, and see ongoing racism as a less likely source of existing racial disparities, than do African Americans. Most research that investigates group differences in ... -
The Relationship Between Pain and Mood: Does Mood Predict Reports of Aches and Pains in a Healthy Sample?
(University of Kansas, 2010-12-15)The current study examined the predictive relationship between positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA) and reports of general aches and pains. Because little is known about the relationship between emotion arousal levels ... -
Representations of Black History as Intentional Worlds of Oppression and Liberation
(University of Kansas, 2010-10-08)The present research applies the cultural psychology concept of intentional worlds (Shweder, 1990) to collective representations of Black History and their relationship with perceptions of racism in contemporary US society. ... -
Angst and Expressed Biases Against Single People: Responses to Threats to the Institution of Marriage
(University of Kansas, 2010-08-27)Three studies were conducted to test whether people, including singles themselves, experience personal angst or worry about their own future when the value of marriage is threatened and, as a result, they attempt to protect ... -
Feelings Tell Us Friend or Foe: Threat as Justification for Prejudice
(University of Kansas, 2011-03-18)Knowing how we feel about a group is enough to influence whether we perceive the group as threatening or non-threatening. Some theories assume that threat causes prejudice, such as integrated threat theory (ITT; Stephan & ... -
The Role of Peer Deviance and Social Support in the Development of Symptoms of Internalizing Disorders among Youth Exposed to Hurricane Georges
(University of Kansas, 2011-04-26)Adolescents exposed to hurricanes may be at risk to develop symptoms of internalizing disorders. The impact of hurricane exposure on peer systems may contribute to the emergence of symptoms of internalizing disorders. This ... -
What I Don't Know Can't Hurt Me?: Cognitive Avoidance in Adults At-Risk for Depression
(University of Kansas, 2010-07-13)The current study examined cognitive avoidance in people at-risk for depression. Avoidance was assessed by performance based and self-report measures. Forty-five recovered depressed (RD) and 53 never depressed (ND) ... -
THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY ON TREATMENT RESPONSE TO THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE (TLC) FOR DEPRESSION
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-07)The present study investigated the impact of personality pathology on adherence and treatment response to a novel group-based intervention for depression, Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC). Based on existing empirical ... -
Applications of Exploratory Q-Matrix Discovery Procedures in Diagnostic Classification Models
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-10)Diagnostic Classification Models (DCM) use a Q-matrix to determine which skills are required to correctly answer items on large-scale assessments. DCMs are fit under the assumption that the Q-matrix is correctly specified. ... -
Measuring Processing Speed Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis: A Comparison of Reaction Time and Rapid Serial Processing
(University of Kansas, 2010-08-19)Research has suggested that information processing speed is the primary cognitive deficit associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). The present study featured a comparison of three paper-based and computer-based neuropsychological ... -
The Feasibility of Using an Evidence-Informed Screening Protocol to Identify and Treat Youth Firesetters in an Outpatient Psychiatric Population
(University of Kansas, 2011-03-21)This study examines the feasibility of using an evidence-informed protocol to assess and treat youth from an outpatient population for fire interest and/or previous involvement with fire. Clinicians at a nonprofit community ... -
Utility of Drawings as a Screen for Emotional and Behavioral Concerns in Adolescents: An Exploration of Formal Elements in Drawings and the BASC-2.
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-25)The research related to the use of art in assessment of emotional and behavioral concerns in adolescent populations has met with inconsistent results. Much of the previous research in this area has focused on analyzing the ... -
EATING DISORDERS AND THE REGULATION OF EMOTION: FUNCTIONAL MODELS FOR ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA
(University of Kansas, 2010-08-10)Different types of eating disorders may be better described and understood in terms of their specific behaviors and the emotion regulatory function these behaviors serve. Individuals may influence their affective states ... -
The Effects of Hope on Mental Health and Chronic Sorrow in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(University of Kansas, 2010-05-07)This study examined the relationships among hope as defined by Snyder et al. (1991), a parents' hope for their child, autism severity, chronic sorrow, and mental health in parents of children diagnosed with an Autism ... -
Competitive Victimhood in Response to Accusations of Ingroup Harmdoing
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-03)Individuals are motivated to maintain a positive moral evaluation of social groups to which they belong. Accusations of unjust harmdoing on the part of the ingroup threaten the group's moral identity. One strategy for ... -
Aberrant Response Patterns as a Multidimensional Phenomenon: Using Factor-Analytic Model Comparison to Detect Cheating
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-02)This dissertation proposes a new factor-analytic technique for detecting cheating on exams. Person-fit statistics have been developed to assess the extent to which examinees' response patterns are consistent with expectation, ... -
Variability in Speed of Information Processing: A New Measure of Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
(University of Kansas, 2010-06-14)Cognitive slowing has been firmly established as one of the few primary cognitive deficits associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Numerous studies have documented impairments in speed of information processing for MS ... -
STATE AND TRAIT ANXIETY EFFECTS ON DECISION-MAKING: PREDICTING HEURISTIC VERSUS ANALYTIC STRATEGY ADOPTION
(University of Kansas, 2010-07-29)The impact of mood states on decision-making behavior has revealed two styles of decision making: heuristic and analytic (Fiedler, 1991). When the limited research on anxious moods and decision-making style is considered, ... -
Cross-cultural Gender Differences and Developmental Trends of Aggression-Victim-Bystander Constructs: Brazil, Jamaica, and United States
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-15)We evaluated the measurement equivalence of the Peer Experiences Questionnaire (PEQ) across samples from Brazil, Jamaica, and the United States and compared latent means of aggressive and bystander behaviors, victimization ...