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White privilege in the face of COVID-19 threat.
(2022-04-01)Recent work on the psychology of privilege posits that evidence of White Privilege poses a threat to White individuals’ self- regard, motivating defensive responding. However, existing literature explores this phenomenon ... -
Transcendent moral motives and virtue : a meditation-based experiment exploring the roles of self-transcending and self-enhancing motives in virtue development.
(2021-10-27)Current virtue theories emphasize the role of self-transcendent morality in virtue development, but there is limited empirical work that explores this. A three-week meditation-based intervention (N = 877) experimentally ... -
Rapamycin improves social and stereotypic behavior abnormalities induced by neural subset specific Pten deletion.
(2021-11-17)In both patients and rodent models, mutations to the phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) gene result in hyperactivation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway – a signaling system ... -
Social cognitive processing theory of romantic relationship dissolution.
(2021-07-28)Social cognitive processing (SCP) theory has been found to be predictive of significant distress and intrusive thinking following stressful life events and therefore creates a strong theoretical framework to examine how ... -
The role of executive dysfunction and substance use in intimate partner violent offenders.
(2021-07-27)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide public health problem. Treatment programs for perpetrators of IPV have limited success, suggesting a need to investigate potential predictors of IPV in hopes to develop more ... -
Neuropsychological predictors of functional disability in Gulf War Illness.
(2021-07-30)Functional disability refers to the degree to which a health condition impacts day-to-day physical, social, and emotional functioning. Veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) may be particularly at risk for developing high ... -
Parental social support in children and adolescents : validation of the Interpersonal Resilience Inventory—Adolescent Version.
(2021-08-04)Objective The current objective is to validate a modified version of the Interpersonal Resilience Inventory (IRI) for use in a population of adolescents and to examine distinctions between constructs of positive and ... -
Lay beliefs of anxiety etiology as a cause of perceived anxiety controllability : an experimental evaluation.
(2021-07-23)Perceived controllability over the symptoms of anxiety is a key determinant of anxiety severity and an important target in the treatment of clinically severe anxiety. Perceived controllability of anxiety symptoms appears ... -
Validity, reliability, and gender invariance of the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) in middle school students.
(2021-07-01)Math anxiety is a common form of state anxiety that is associated with poorer math performance and achievement in children, adolescents, and young adults. It is also associated with avoidance of advanced education and ... -
Mental health and aggravation in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder and a medical home : the mechanistic roles of coping, social support, and health insurance.
(2021-07-24)Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often report having mental health problems and experiencing aggravation. These maternal outcomes are related to unmet health care needs of children with ASD. One ... -
Examining the feasibility of a self-administered hypnosis intervention to improve sleep quality in college students.
(2021-06-24)Approximately two out of three college students report experiencing sub-optimal sleep quality, which has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of impaired academic success and higher self-reported negative ... -
Cardiovascular psychophysiology of stress-inducing and relaxing imagery following a hypnotic induction.
(2021-05-24)Though hypnotic imagery is frequently used in clinical practice to help manage stress-related symptoms and disorders, the psychophysiology and autonomic effects are still debated. Parasympathetic and sympathetic autonomic ... -
Intraindividual variability in sleep is related to sleep quality and psychosocial and academic outcomes.
(2021-04-06)Sleep is important for physical, mental, and cognitive health. Though existing literature has consistently shown that short sleep duration is detrimental to health and functions, relatively little has been learned about ... -
An examination into the subjective experience of grace and its relation to well-being.
(2021-04-22)Grace has a rich theological context and has been conceptualized in various ways among various religious traditions, though it features most prominently within Christian traditions. While the existing empirical work has ... -
Magnitude of placebo response in clinical trials of paroxetine for vasomotor symptoms : a meta-analysis.
(2021-04-30)Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) are among the most common complaints among menopausal and postmenopausal women. As an alternative to hormone replacement therapy, paroxetine mesylate became the only nonhormonal treatment approved ... -
Social relationships and patient perceptions of adherence to type 2 diabetes and hypertension treatment : a longitudinal study.
(2021-04-13)The current project examined factors likely to produce within-person change in patient adherence perceptions (perceived adherence behavior as well as benefit and burden attitudes) to understand possible mechanisms for ... -
Child care affordability moderates the association between work-schedule flexibility and quality of life in working mothers of young children.
(2020-11-06)Research indicates that working mothers of young children are at a heightened risk for negative outcomes resulting from work-family conflict. This study examined the associations between work-schedule flexibility, child ... -
Dimensions of partner interactions and disclosure predict different trauma related outcomes in couple relationships.
(2020-07-12)For people in married or cohabiting relationships where one partner has been exposed to a traumatic event, different trauma related outcomes may be associated with distinct dimensions of partner interactions and trauma ... -
The development and initial validation of the Baylor Emotional Reasoning Questionnaire (BERQ).
(2020-07-02)Anxiety disorders are a classification of mental disorders characterized by excessive fear or anxiety that is difficult to control and hinders daily functioning. Anxiety disorders are maintained by information-processing ... -
Exercise mitigates chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment in a mouse model of breast cancer.
(2020-07-06)Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) has been a reoccurring side effect among breast cancer survivors. While many commonly used chemotherapeutic treatments do not cross the blood-brain-barrier they do suppress ...