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- 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....
- Title
- A Meta-Analysis of HPWS and Organizational Commitment: Examining National Culture as a Moderator
- Author
- Long, Wendy
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Enhancing organizational commitment remains a critical issue for organizations worldwide. In extant literature, the relationship between high-performance work system (HPWS) and organizational commitment (OC) remains inconclusive. First, this paper...
- Title
- A chosen challenge: Growth following short-term cross-cultural travel
- Author
- Gilbert, Valerie
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Using the Posttraumatic Growth model (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996) as a framework, the current investigation aims to determine whether growth following short-term cross-cultural travel is achieved through the same cognitive pathway as trauma; that is...
- Title
- ASSESSING THE RELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGY CHOICE
- Author
- Park, Sydney
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Emotion regulation (ER) is an essential aspect of daily life. Critically, an individual’s ability to implement different ER strategies requires varying levels of cognitive control known as executive functions (EFs). Specifically, EFs such as inter...
- Title
- Advantages And Disadvantages of Remote Batterer Intervention Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Author
- Sotiroff, Alexa
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Many psychological services that have been historically conducted in-person have made the switch to remote platforms. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated these changes, making virtual settings the norm for many services (Augenstein, 2020)....
- 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 Examination of Skip-Level Meetings and their Relationship with Job Embeddedness
- Author
- Zebroski, Micaela
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior, Psychology
- Description
- A growing body of research documents the importance of studying job embeddedness in order to predict turnover, or conversely, why employees stay at their jobs. However, little is known about how meetings—one of the most time-consuming practices at...
- Title
- An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
- Author
- Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...
- Title
- Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
- Author
- Hartsell, Haley
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Psychology, Health education
- Description
- Communication scholars have investigated medical error and apology discourse over the last 20 years. However, despite the previous research on this topic, little is known about what factors (i.e., controllability, emotional response, and error sev...
- Title
- Barriers and Facilitators to Alcohol Reduction in an Integrated Care Intervention Among Individuals with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
- Author
- Cooper, Haley
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Health services administration, Social sciences--Research
- Description
- Approximately 2.71 million people in the United States are living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), which causes liver inflammation and can lead to liver damage, loss of liver function, liver cancer, and death (Centers for Disease Control and ...
- Title
- Behavioral Displays of Femininity: Does Apologizing Undercut Perceptions of Women at Work?
- Author
- Hahn, Karli
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to test whether behavioral displays of femininity negatively affect perceptions of women’s leadership skills, competence and promotability and, therefore, impede progress towards gender parity. This study aimed to add...
- Title
- Caregivers’ Role in Youth Functioning Among Bereaved Caregiver-Child Dyads
- Author
- Carter, Taylor
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Counseling psychology, Mental health
- Description
- This study explored indicators of caregiver functioning, the caregiver-child relationship, and child functioning among bereaved youth (aged 6 to 13 years) and their caregivers attending peer support programming at two grief centers (n = 56 caregiv...
- Title
- Change-oriented safety behavior in high reliability organizations: Meta-analyzing the social context
- Author
- Engemann, Krista
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior, Management, Psychology
- Description
- Workplace safety is a concern for both scholars and practitioners because of the potential for substantial loss of organizational resources. The high reliability organization, and the theory that guides our understanding of this unique organizatio...
- 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...
- Title
- Community Matters: Exploring the Associations Between Community Belongingness, Community Service Orientation, and Campus Bystander Behavior in Situations of Interpersonal Violence
- Author
- Jules, Bridget
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Colleges across the U.S. report alarming rates of student interpersonal violence, with estimates varying widely by measurement and sampling strategy, for sexual harassment (9-80%), sexual violence (4.7-58%), dating or domestic violence (18.5-30.3%...
- 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
- Development of a theory based text message intervention to promote physical activity among college students
- Author
- Hayes, Marie
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- College undergraduate students traditionally reduce their engagement in physical activity during college, despite the negative health consequences sedentary behavior has been linked to. Mobile health (mhealth) interventions have become increasingl...
- Title
- Differences Between Hispanic and White Job Seekers in Job Search Length, Salary, and the Role of Internship Experience
- Author
- Wilde, Natalie
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Management
- Description
- Over recent years, progress has been made toward improving Hispanic American’s education and work outcomes. However, even among college graduates, Hispanic Americans face marked difficulty on the job market in terms of both salary and hiring (NCES...
- Title
- Differentiating the domains of dirty work in animal euthanasia
- Author
- Bickmeier, Robert
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior, Psychology, Psychology, Industrial
- Description
- ABSTRACTROBERT MICHAEL BICKMEIER. Differentiating the domains of dirty work in animal euthanasia. (Under the direction of DR. STEVEN G. ROGELBERG)This study distinguished two domains of taint in dirty work empirically and theoretically in terms of...