Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Kenworthy, Jared B."
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An Investigation of Critical Thinking Outcomes in an Online Developmental Psychology Learning Environment
Natishyn, Michael C.; 0000-0002-4213-1979 (2017-01-18)Critical thinking (CT) has become a hot topic in academic and mainstream media, where the development of these skills may influence efficacy and productivity in educational and career environments, potentially impacting ... -
The Association Between Executive Functioning And Self-regulation Strategies In Relation To The Protective Health Behaviors Of Physical Activity And Healthy Eating
Desouky, Tamer Farouk (Psychology, 2014-03-12)Protective health behavior influences health outcomes. Physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) are two important protective health behaviors that ward off many chronic diseases later in life. Nevertheless, these ... -
Examining Responses To Theological Affiliation And Disaffiliation: Boundary Conditions And Causal Processes
Barden, Melisa A. (Psychology, 2010-11-01)The current study was aimed at examining responses toward theological affiliation and disaffiliation for believers in God and non-believers in God. The current study compared the reactions toward each of four possible ... -
An Experimental Test Of Extended Contact Hypothesis: Its Boundary Conditions And Psychological Processes
Lyons, Patricia A. (Psychology, 2012-04-11)The extended contact hypothesis states that contact with an ingroup member, who has an outgroup friend, facilitates favorable outgroup attitudes (Wright, Aron, McLaughlin-Volpe, & Ropp, 1997). An experimental manipulation ... -
An Experimental Test Of The Reformulated Contact Model
Coursey, Lauren ElizabethIntergroup contact is generally accepted as an effective means of reducing negative outgroup attitudes. However, the nature of the psychological processes underlying the effects of contact is a point of much debate. In an ... -
Exploring Predictors of Information Exchange: A Behavioral Validation of the ISSIE Scale
Gertner, Ryan Thomas; 0000-0002-4025-4844 (2018-08-08)A multitude of factors have been found to influence the prevalence of information exchange behaviors among team members. However, there are no scales that have measured individual motivational and cognitive differences ... -
Gender Differences In Emotional Labor
Fay, Cara L. (Psychology, 2011-10-11)This study examined the differences in emotional labor efforts between men and women. Emotional labor refers to the incongruity between experienced emotions and displayed emotions. This "faking" or "acting" that takes place ... -
Group heterogeneity influences complex and novel outcomes
Williams, Belinda (2018-08-07)Research on diversity impacting group performance, especially creativity, has yielded varied, inconsistent outcomes. One initial issue that researchers face is identifying and measuring diversity within groups. Further, ... -
Religious Orientation And Responses To Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Trust
Jones, Jennifer Rae (Psychology, 2011-07-14)This research experimentally manipulated death anxiety and examined its effects on social, spiritual, and self-support. Individual level of religiosity was examined as a moderating variable. Various forms of trust were ... -
Testing The Effects Of Civility And Rationality During Political Contact
Popan, Jason R. (Psychology, 2011-10-11)This research project investigated the effects of civility and rationality of contact between self-identified liberals and conservatives on several outcome measures: participants' evaluations of the political ingroup and ... -
“What Did You Just Say?”: Defining and Measuring Political Correctness
Dickson, Jubilee; 0000-0002-8399-0235 (2017-05-12)Political correctness (PC) is a common topic in pop culture and online posts, recently gaining fresh attention in the media and in politics. Meanwhile, researchers have been discussing the meaning of this term, as well ...