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Field Dependence-Independence and Extraversion: Predicting Susceptibility to Demand Characteristics in the Context of a Positive Velten Mood Induction Procedure
(2022-01-13)
MIPs were created so that researchers could study the relationship between mood and behavior (Kenealy, 1986; Lessard, 1993). However, they cannot always be sure that the target mood has been induced because of demand ...
Progress Oriented Appraisal Styles and Action Tendencies Predict Goal Termination Outcomes
(2022-09-30)
Goals are representations of desired future outcomes. A goal is said to be active when it directs behavior, and deactivated when no longer directs behavior. A positivity bias protects active goals from delays, frustration ...
The Influence of Growth Mindset of Therapists on the Adoption of Online Technologies for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(2022-09-30)
In a quest to narrow down my research on the topic of mindset, I decided to focus on those kinds of people who help others with their mindset and mental health but rarely receive attention on their own state of mind: ...
Health Literacy Helps to Explain Heterogeneous Treatment Effect in Depression Treatment for Older Adults
(2022-02-16)
This study aimed to identify factors related to mental health improvement as a function of health literacy. More specifically, it examined whether older adults with higher levels of health literacy exhibited greater reduction ...
Collective Psychology as a Correlate of Violence in the International Arena: The Influence of the Victim-Offender Cycle among Groups
(2022-09-14)
Relentless civil wars, long-standing interstate conflicts, and ongoing human rights abuses by sovereign powers have devastating effects on civilian populations. Theories seeking to describe and explain the etiology of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comparison of Rates of Mental Health Disorders in States that Give Prescription Privileges to Psychologists versus States that Do Not
(2022-04-20)
The primary question informing this research is whether extending prescription privileges to psychologists can improve rates of mental health disorders and reduce disparities between rural and urban regions. Many scholars ...
Development and Validation of the Reconstruction After Skin Cancer Resection Questionnaire: The RASCR-Q
(2022-09-30)
Keratinocyte carcinoma is the most common cancer in the United States with over 5 million cases per year in the United States and has the potential to impact quality of life and mental health outcomes for a significant ...