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Title: Age-Related Differences in Cognitive Control: An ERP Study of Internally Directed Attention
Author: Nelson, Monica
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Attention and working memory are two cognitive abilities that have been the target of research to determine whether they are independent (Baddeley, 2003) or related constructs (Kiyonaga & Egner, 2013). Modifying traditional attention tasks to inco...

Title: An exploration of the intra- and interpersonal pathways linking interpersonal goals to weight management goal pursuit
Author: Hilaire, Nicole
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Using Pietromonaco and colleagues’ (2013) model as a guiding framework, I designed an empirically testable model that integrates theory and constructs from relationship science, affective science, and health psychology to explore the impact of soc...

Title: Cyber Victimization and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Emerging Adults
Author: McComas, Megan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology
Description: Experiences of cyber aggression victimization in emerging adulthood have been shown to be associated with host of negative psychological health concerns (i.e., depression, anxiety, loneliness, substance use, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts)...

Title: Determining Children’s ‘Best Interests’ in High-conflict Custody Cases: Examining Program Processes in Custody Advocacy
Author: Salim, Khalil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: In recent years, family courts have made increasing use of advisors and/or advocates (e.g., forensic psychologists, social workers, best interest attorneys, guardian ad litems, etc.) in determining outcomes in child custody disputes. Evidence sugg...

Title: EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
Author: Godly-Reynolds, Erin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...

Title: Exploring the Role of Binge Eating and Psychological Correlates in the Context of Excess Gestational Weight Gain
Author: Palmer, Brooke
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Women’s health behaviors during pregnancy have long-lasting effects for both mother and child. One common consequence of health-compromising behaviors is excess gestational weight gain (GWG), or gaining more weight than recommended by the Institut...

Title: HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
Author: Simmons, Alexander
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Developmental psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Recent theory and findings suggest that even while enduring adverse social circumstances such as poverty, Black male youth exhibit strengths that can aid in their development. Some frameworks maintain that youth strengths can be fostered through i...

Title: ONLINE MINDFULNESS INTERVENTION FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS: ADHERENCE AND EFFICACY
Author: Forbes, Leila
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Social sciences
Description: The impact of stress and other psychological variables on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) prognosis, treatment response, and functional level is well established. However, typical IBD treatment focuses on the physiological pathology of the diseas...

Title: PARENT READINESS TO CHANGE CHILD WEIGHT BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS AND PERCEPTION OF RISK
Author: Basquin, Cecily
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Background: Parents play a key role in shaping their child’s healthy weight behavior, yet even child weight interventions that incorporate parents can have limited success due to low participation, low completion rates, and poor program compliance...

Title: Posttraumatic Growth and Suicide in Veterans: The Impact of Mental Health Stigma and Interpersonal Needs
Author: Blevins, Cara
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Over the past 20 years, suicide rates within the US military have increased at unprecedented rates. According to Joiner’s (2005) Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS), perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness are direct r...

Title: The association between pre-kindergarten teachers' use of classroom strategies and students' social-emotional development
Author: Simmons, Caitlin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education
Description: Considerable research has documented the effects that high-quality preschool programs can have on children’s early learning and cognitive development, including language, literacy, reading and math skills (Magnuson, Meyers, Ruhm, & Waldfogel, 2004...

Title: Using metacognitive guidance to facilitate “active learning” in ADHD
Author: Padro, Meagan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Modern education, at all levels, is shifting to active learning techniques. Active learning requires students to engage in meaningful learning activities and continuously monitor what they are doing. Research on active learning techniques in the c...

Title: Who’s there? Boundaries, entitativity, and copresence in an online discussion forum
Author: Ernst, Brittany
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: In this study, social presence theory is proposed as an explanation for the relationship between permeability of boundaries and entitativity in online groups. This claim is tested in an experiment in which group boundaries are manipulated in a fic...