Psychology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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EXPRESS YOURSELF OR SECURE YOUR FUTURE? CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHOICE AND GENDER GAPS IN STEM FIELDS
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)In many developed societies, women have greater freedom than ever before to engage in academic and professional pursuits of their own choosing. However, gender gaps in representation in Science, Technology, Engineering and ... -
Chasing Z’s: Sleep Quality and Bedsharing in Teen Moms
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Pregnancy and motherhood during adolescence is a major U.S. public health concern, and teen mothers are likely to experience negative consequences given their status as a young mom. One potential intervention method lies ... -
Teacher- and Self-Reported Peer Victimization of African-American and Hispanic/Latino Children: Using Victimization Identification Groupings to Examine Psychological Adjustment
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Although teachers may accurately identify some victimized children, prior research suggests teacher-report of PV may not be consistent with self-report of PV, with research indicating African-American (AA) youth underreport ... -
Examining Subcomponent Processes of Executive Functioning in Older Adults
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Executive Function (EF) is a broad construct used to describe higher-order cognitive abilities used to achieve a goal. Standardized measurements used to evaluate EF abilities in older adults are designed to assess for EF ... -
Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Physical activity is associated with broad physical and psychological benefits in children and adolescents. One construct which may universally characterize functioning across various pediatric populations is health-related ... -
Trajectory of Eating Disorder Symptom Change in an Online Sample of Patients Receiving Treatment in the Community
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The best available eating-disorder (ED) treatments work for only about half of patients. Poor treatment outcomes exist, in part, because clinicians have limited information about how ED symptoms change, on average, during ... -
Random Permutation Testing Applied to Measurement Invariance with Dichotomous and Likert-type Indicator Variables
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)An important detail that appears to be frequently overlooked in the SEM literature is how modeling data arising from responses on an ordered-categorical scale can in- fluence measurement invariance testing. Typically tests ... -
Evaluation of the DSM-5 Eating Disorder Severity Indices of Bulimic Syndromes
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)A major change to the DSM-5 was the integration of a new severity rating system, ranging from mild to extreme, with key parameters for each eating disorder. However, few studies have examined the clinical utility of these ... -
An experimental examination of the Szondi Test as a clinical tool
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The maturation of the college student as evidenced by retests with the National Council tests
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A study of the Rorschach test as a test of intelligence for young children, five, six, and seven years of age
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Perceptual defense and perceptual sensitization under neutral and involved conditions
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The relationships among, and predictors of, men’s sexual, physical, and emotional abusiveness toward romantic partners and others
(University of Kansas, 1991)In recent years there has been growing interest in men's sexual, physical, and emotional abusiveness, particularly toward their girlfriends and wives. However, research on one form of abusiveness has typically been conducted ... -
Patterns of Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse of Women by College Men: Multivariate Examination of Attitudes Toward Women, Social Environment, Psychopathology, and Childhood Exposure to Abuse
(University of Kansas, 1995-08-31)This study tested whether attitudes toward women, social environment, psychopathology, and childhood exposure to abuse each contribute unique, nonredundant information in the prediction of men's patterns of abusing women. ... -
The application of an hypothesis concerning balanced states to the analysis of clinical data
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An investigation of some relationships between apartness, attitudes toward the self, and attitudes toward others
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A study of the effect of rail walking on improvement of rod and frame performance of alcoholics
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The formation and function of concepts in psychology
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Examining Nostalgia's Impact on Depressive Symptomology
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Nostalgic memories are universal experiences that typically contain emotions characterized by a warm, sentimental yearning for the past or tales of redemption leading to triumph (Wildschut, Sedikides, Arndt, & Routledge, ... -
The effects of varying group organization upon perception of power and benefit
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