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A CULTURAL CONSENSUS ANALYSIS OF TYPE II DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION
There has been a dearth of information that explains group beliefs about chronic diseases. The overall aim of this study was to use both qualitative and quantitative methods to understand consensus in illness beliefs among ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF DARK TRIAD TRAITS AND FRAMING EFFECTS ON COOPERATION IN NON-ZERO-SUM GAMES
(2021-05-05)Over the past two decades, personality research has increasingly focused on describing the selfish, callous, and impulsive qualities that are present in individuals with higher levels of Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, ... -
Ethnic Group Political Efficacy: Scale Development and Latino Political Participation
(2023-05-24)Latinos have grown to be the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. since the 2000 U.S. Census count but have historically voted at lower numbers compared to White Americans. Two studies examined a new construct, ethnic ... -
Great Expectations: Anticipating a Reminder Influences Prospective Memory Encoding and Unaided Retrieval
(2023-05-11)Reminders are effective ways to improve prospective memory (PM) – our ability to remember to complete a future action – but reminder use may have unintended consequences. Recent work in retrospective memory has shown that ... -
Self-Compassion and Online Student Connectedness as Protective Factors against Stress and Loneliness in Emerging Adulthood
(2023-05-04)The current state of US youth and emerging adult mental health is described as a crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated (US Office of the Surgeon General, 2021). This dissertation examined whether daily ... -
The COVID Classroom: An Examination of the Effect of Distance Learning on College Students Impacted by COVID-19
(2023-01-09)As a result of the tumultuous events in 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the academic world was forced to adapt and relocate for the safety of students, faculty, and staff. These changes had a lasting impact on those ... -
Mind Broadening: Cognitive States and Traits Associated with Intrapersonal Creativity and Diverse Cultural Experiences
(2022-08-12)An experience with a different culture (cross-cultural experience; CCE) can provide opportunities to think about new and unfamiliar concepts and to solve problems using cross-cultural knowledge and inspired thinking. This ... -
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS FOR DIETARY INTAKE: EXPANDING THE PROTOTYPE WILLINGNESS MODEL IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(2021-05-05)Only 10-13% of individuals consume enough fruit and vegetables. Not only do fruit and vegetables help stave off chronic disease, but they also help maintain weight, and contain nutrients that reduce inflammation, infection, ... -
You are What you Turk: Empirically Testing an eLance Work Design Model
(2022-05-18)As the completion of short-term tasks on online work platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk; i.e., eLancing) continues to increase in popularity, it is important to establish an understanding of how traditional ... -
Multi-region Local Field Potential Signatures and Brain Coherence Alternations in Response to Migraine Attacks
(2022-05-09)Migraine is a recurrent primary headache disorder with moderate to severe disability. It has been ranked as the second leading cause of disability and the sixth most prevalent disease. However, the pathophysiology of ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF DARK AND POSITIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS ON DYADIC AND INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY
(2022-04-28)The present study not only replicates Jonason et al.'s (2017) examination of the influence of negative personality traits—the Dark Triad of Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy—upon Creativity Valence; but expands ... -
In the Mood for Creativity: Exploring Exposure to Humor and Creative Output
(2022-01-06)The purpose of these three studies was to replicate prior findings, namely, that positive moods can improve creative performance (Baas et al., 2008) as well as to test whether humor provides a creative advantage relative ... -
The Effects of Incubation Task Characteristics on Idea Generation
(2021-12-21)The effect of short breaks on creativity and idea generation, referred to as “incubation”, has had a considerable body of work devoted to its causal mechanisms. Despite this, many issues persist in the research literature, ... -
Determining the molecular events underlying the role of estradiol in mediating sex differences in cocaine reward.
(2020-12-08)Research has demonstrated that women rapidly progress from recreational cocaine use to dependence, consume greater quantities of cocaine, experience more positive subjective effects of cocaine and have higher incidences ... -
WORKING COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOW WORK DEMANDS, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND HEALTH IMPACT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
(2021-08-10)As costs of higher education increase and the demand for postsecondary skills in the labor market rise, more students will seek employment. Previous research suggests the risks of work demands affecting academic performance ... -
THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERGROUP CONTACT WITH ATHEISTS AND OUTGROUP ATTITUDES
(2021-08-16)The present studies examine the effect of psychological essentialism on the relationship between contact and attitudes with regard to religious outgroup members, specifically atheists. Although previous research has been ... -
FROM HUMBLE BRAGS TO INSINCERE FLATTERY: AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT
(2021-08-02)The purpose of this research was to develop and validate a self-report measure of social media impression management (SMIM), which could be used to examine the prevalence rates of these behaviors among job seekers, as well ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN AND PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
(2021-05-07)The relationship between pain and memory has been explored through multiple perspectives and approaches. One area that has been less defined is the impact of pain on prospective memory. While studies have found a negative ... -
ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN FINANCIAL LITERACY AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
(2021-05-06)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder with deficits in social and communication skills with repetitive or restricted behaviors. High functioning ASD individuals report poor financial literacy as a ... -
NARCISSUS ONLINE: AN INVESTIGATION OF NARCISSISM AND SELF-CONCEPT CLARITY IN RELATION TO ONLINE DATING BEHAVIORS
(2020-12-10)Nemours studies over the years have provided extensive knowledge about the association between narcissism and romantic relationship initiation. With the increased interest in using online dating sites for finding sexual/romantic ...