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Cognitive, affective, and personality predictors of confirmatory political information seeking
Title
Cognitive, affective, and personality predictors of confirmatory political information seeking
Author
Brunswick, Michael
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Cognitive psychology
Description
Confirmation bias is the phenomenon where an individual seeks, navigates, and processes information in ways to reinforce previously held beliefs or attitudes. Contentious political climates exacerbate effects of confirmatory information seeking, w...
Doula Care in California during COVID-19: The Impacts of Social Distancing on a High-Touch Helping Profession.
Title
Doula Care in California during COVID-19: The Impacts of Social Distancing on a High-Touch Helping Profession.
Author
Lisenbee, Jodie
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Birth doula care was uniquely impacted by hospital visitor restriction policies enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Doulas were classified as "non-essential" personnel and thus generally excluded from providing in-hospital childbirth sup...
Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
Title
Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
Author
Siegal, Rachel
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Education and state
Description
School security measures (SSMs), which include school resource officers (SROs), security cameras, and metal detectors, are used in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States (Musu-Gillette et al., 2019) and can cost school syste...
Improving Improv: Effects of Interpersonal Coordination on Music Improvisation
Title
Improving Improv: Effects of Interpersonal Coordination on Music Improvisation
Author
Williams, Tevin
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Cognitive psychology
Description
Previous research has shown that rigidity in interpersonal coordination (too muchalignment) is negatively associated with creativity as measured by ratings of aesthetic appeal. In this study, we examine the signatures of music improvisation follow...
Leveling the Playing Field: Similarity's Effect on Satisfaction with Status
Title
Leveling the Playing Field: Similarity's Effect on Satisfaction with Status
Author
Arnold, Samuel
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Social psychology
Description
This study proposes a new construct in expectation states theory – status satisfaction (i.e., satisfaction with one’s status in a group). A scale was developed to measure this construct based on previous findings in expectation states literature. ...
Parent and Adolescent Contributions to Family Hardiness in the Wake of a Natural Disaster
Title
Parent and Adolescent Contributions to Family Hardiness in the Wake of a Natural Disaster
Author
McMillan, Iris
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Researchers have typically focused on individuals’ abilities to respond to natural disasters, while family processes post-disaster have received far less attention. Yet a family may be more than a sum of its parts and little is known about how the...
Targeting reward and regulatory pathways to increase physical activity: Development of a guided imagery intervention
Title
Targeting reward and regulatory pathways to increase physical activity: Development of a guided imagery intervention
Author
Mitchell, Alexis
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Social sciences, Clinical psychology
Description
Physical activity provides numerous health benefits. However, many individuals are chronically underactive and have difficulty maintaining regular physical activity. Physical activity interventions may benefit from integrative, experimental approa...