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Mindfulness, Anxiety and Affective Forecasting Accuracy Within A Student Population
(2021-05-14)
The present study tested the hypothesis that mindfulness moderates the relationship between anxiety and affective forecasting accuracy. Participants (n = 48) predicted how happy or unhappy they would feel in response to ...
Juror decision making: Does expert testimony produce improved accuracy when an eyewitness is confident?
(2023-05-01)
This study was an experiment comparing participant responses to a mock trial script including confident eyewitness testimony (that was either supported or contradicted by the mock trial evidence presented in the script) ...
Autistic Women and Masking: The Road to Closing the Gender-Based Gap in Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses
(2022-09-28)
The current state of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses reflects a skew toward
men which is due to a bias in the diagnostic criteria. The diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5
fail to properly assess for alternative-to-male ...
The role of values in the effectiveness of prejudice reduction efforts
(2023-04-21)
With the growing influx of immigrants in Canada, prejudice reduction interventions are gaining popularity. These interventions have garnered mixed success in reducing prejudice. A review of the interventions suggests an ...
Shift Work: The difference is night and day. Do fewer rotations between day and night shift reduce sick time and improve performance in police officers?
(2022-04-20)
This study explores the relationship between shift schedule and health/productivity outcomes in policing. More specifically this research will explore whether a schedule with fewer rotations from day shift to night shift ...
Exclusion and prejudice: Is the threat of future social exclusion associated with an increase in implicit racial bias?
(2022-12-08)
While explicit racial bias has appeared to decrease in the U.S. in the past decades,
implicit racial bias continues to be a pervasive issue in American society. Empirical
studies have suggested that changes in one’s ...
Perceptions of Psychopathy and Defendant Controllability: Juror Decision-Making, Death Penalty Sentencing, and Courtroom Strategies
(2023-01-09)
The purpose of this research study was to examine how juror sentencing decisions relate to perceptions of defendant psychopathy and perceptions of defendant controllability. It was predicted that perceptions of higher ...
Evaluating the Role of Emotion Regulation in Negotiation Performance.
(2021-07-22)
Literature across disciplines asserts a link between emotions, emotional regulation and the ability to negotiate, however, experimental studies confirming this link and the extent of the connection between the two constructs ...
Estrogen Cycling, Stress, and Reversal Learning: Implications for Addiction
(2021-08-20)
Although sex differences are observed in the prevalence and development of various substance use disorders, additional research is necessary to elucidate the driving factors causing these differences, particularly from a ...
Do Distinctions of Status and Hierarchy Orientation Effect the Association Between Students with Economic System Career Goals and Values of Greed and Dominance?
(2021-05-21)
This study investigated the association between people who work in economic system fields with above-average measures of greed and dominance values. Variables relating to social status and support for systems of hierarchy ...