Psychology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Social Norms and Feedback about Prejudice: Religious Justification or Suppression?
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)People often experience conflict between their prejudiced feelings and social norms that condemn prejudice. The Justification and Suppression Model (JSM) argues that people will either suppress or justify their prejudice ... -
Assessing Triggers of Posttrauma Nightmares
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Introduction: Posttrauma nightmares are highly problematic and treatment resistant symptoms that can occur after an individual experiences a traumatic event. Posttrauma nightmares can occur as frequently as 4-6 times per ... -
Adherence to Self-Monitoring Predicts Weight Loss and Weight Regain in Rural Breast Cancer Survivors
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Background: Pre-packaged food is a common and successful dietary approach used in commercial, medically supervised, and some academic weight loss programs. Prepackaged food enhances weight loss results and minimizes weight ... -
The Association between Dimensions of Maltreatment and Academic Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Childhood maltreatment is often associated with youth’s ability to function in school. Youth with a history of maltreatment tend to receive lower grades and scores on tests of academic achievement, as well as demonstrate ... -
Perceived Authenticity as a Vicarious Justification for Prejudice
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Why is the expression of prejudice seen as authentic? Perceived authenticity refers to how much one judges another’s behavior to reflect the beliefs, attitudes, goals, and desires of that person. I investigated whether ... -
Adherence Behaviors in Youth Following the Completion of an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Program
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Chronic pain in youth is increasing and there is limited research regarding adherence behaviors in this population. As treatment is commonly an interdisciplinary approach involving a combination of medical, psychological, ... -
Prospective Study of the Impact of a Natural Disaster on Parenting Behavior Trajectories Among At-Risk Aggressive Youth
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Natural disasters create prolonged social and financial demands that may alter parents’ abilities to be sensitive and responsive to their children. However, because natural disasters occur unexpectedly, limited research ... -
Do Disease Clusters Predict Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults?
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Multimorbidity is a common occurrence among older adults and has significant ramifications on mental health. As depression is expected to become the top contributor to chronic disease burden, it is important to understand ... -
Alleviating Depressive Symptoms through Mindset
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Background: Depression is a devastating public health problem, and various treatments such as exercise have been shown to be effective in decreasing depression. However, depressed individuals often have difficulty initiating ... -
Cognitive styles in categorizing behavior
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International Student-Athletes’ Perceptions of Belonging and Inclusion During Their First Year at an NCAA Division I Institution
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The number of international student-athletes (ISAs) who compete at the NCAA Division I level continues to grow. Research has shown that ISAs’ experience during their first year in collegiate athletics differs from their ... -
Career Decision-Making and Mortality Salience
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Although career indecision has been a topic of considerable interest among vocational psychologists, researchers have yet to reach a general consensus on any single framework that best explains the nature of this elusive ... -
Maker Meaning: An Exploration of the Maker Movement, Career Adaptability, and Life Satisfaction
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Throughout history work has provided meaning for people by defining the role of each individual in relation to the greater society. The new normal is not a career that will last a lifetime but instead a career path through ... -
TRAIT MINDFULNESS, FACEBOOK USE, LIFE SATISFACTION, AND WELL-BEING
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Facebook use is a regular part of the daily lives of many college students. The initial research in this area indicates that social media can be both beneficial and harmful to overall well-being, with some studies indicating ... -
MULTILEVEL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND CONFIDENCE IN LEARNING: ASSESSING CONSTRUCT VALIDITY ACROSS STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of six student outcome measures. In particular, it examined the unidimensionality of student engagement (ENG-M, ENG-S, and ENG-R) measures, and ... -
Creativity as a Protective Factor to Suicidality
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The purpose of this thesis was to compare the presence of suicide risk in college student art majors (n = 144) and non-art majors (n = 330), and to determine if flow consciousness cultivated hope, purpose in life, or ... -
Behavioral forces that are a function of attitudes and cognitive organization
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Memory in hypnotic age regression
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Precision-based Item Selection for Exposure Control in Computerized Adaptive Testing
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Item exposure control is, relative to adaptive testing, a nascent concept that has emerged only in the last two to three decades on an academic basis as a practical issue in high-stakes computerized adaptive tests. This ... -
An Analysis of Semantic and Phonological Associations Using Network Science
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Semantic and phonological systems interact during word processing. However, the current approaches to studying these systems tend to examine them as separate entities with a focus on processes that occur in those systems. ...