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Title: The Nature and Dimensionality of Repetitive Thought
Author: Greene, Taryn
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Background: Current popular conceptualizations of the psychological process Repetitive Thought (RT) appear of limited accuracy due to construct confusion (i.e., equating RT with other similar constructs like rumination or worry), possible construc...

Title: Perfect people, perfect environment: Applying Person-Environment Interaction theory to examine the impact of Instagram use on health-related psychological outcomes among perfectionists
Author: Papay, Kimberly
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Personality
Description: Perfectionism was once thought to be a detrimental personality trait that impacts health and psychological outcomes in negative ways. However, modern conceptualizations demonstrate that this trait is multidimensional and that impacts on outcomes ...

Title: PATHWAYS TO COPING WITH EXTREME EVENTS: A STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND FOUR TYPES OF RUMINATION
Author: Greene, Taryn
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: This study investigated the degree to which cognitive flexibility (CF) is related to rumination as part of the overall coping process. We sought to test four hypotheses concerning the relationship between global CF and four specific types of rumin...

Title: Examining interactions of perfectionism and dispositional mindfulness on perceived stress
Author: Papay, Kimberly
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Personality
Description: The main purpose of the study was to examine if perfectionism (both evaluative concerns perfectionism (ECP) and personal strivings perfectionism (PSP)) and dispositional mindfulness interact to predict perceived stress. Regression analyses indicat...

Title: Development and Initial Validation of a Measure of Internalized Diet Culture
Author: Morris, Victoria
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences--Research
Description: Scholars argue that a unique diet culture exists in Westernized nations which conflates health outcomes and moral character, by attaching morality to food choices, eating and exercising behaviors, and physical appearance. Several seemingly separat...

Title: Development and Initial Validation of a Comprehensive Model of Scarcity
Author: De Sousa, Maysa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: This dissertation aimed to develop a comprehensive model of scarcity. While socioeconomic factors partially explain these disparities, the traditional indicators used in most of the literature fail to fully capture the relationship between SES and...

Title: Development and Initial Validation of a Comprehensive Model of Forgiveness Following Interpersonal Conflict
Author: D'Angelo, Amanda
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Psychological research on forgiveness has become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. However, there remain significant gaps in the theory guiding this research. This dissertation developed and tested a comprehensive model of the st...

Title: Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
Author: Lyerly, Jordan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...

Title: An evaluation of an intervention for HPV risk reduction among college-aged women
Author: Sweeney, Jocelyn
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Health education
Description: The goal of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a group intervention in reducing risk in relation to human papillomavirus (HPV) among sexually active, college-aged women. Using a randomized design, the current study examined the effectiv...

Title: A META-ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL COGNITIVE ABILITY AND FERTILITY
Author: Heeney, Michael
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Empirical studies of the relationship between general cognitive ability and fertility span nearly a century. Reported effects generated through previous studies vary widely, and are believed to reflect differences in: 1) sample characteristics (e....