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Empathic accuracy of intimate partners in violent versus nonviolent relationships.
(Wiley-BlackwellDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2007-09)This study compared the empathic accuracy of men and women who had perpetrated physical intimate partner violence with that of partners in nonviolent but distressed and nonviolent and nondistressed relationships. Examined ... -
Ethical Climate and Corporate Social Responsibility
(2019-05-08)Current empirical research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) focuses on the organizational level, but researchers have called for increased attention in exploring the individual level, or micro-CSR. The objective ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Age and Time on Sensory and Affective Levels of Pain Processing
(2018-11-30)The relationship between pain and age has been studied for decades. However, research has produced conflicting results for pain thresholds and pain affect in clinical assessments. Likewise, pre-clinical research is conflicting ... -
Evaluation Of A Randomized Clinical Trial Of A Psychoeducational Intervention On Long-term Quality Of Life, Negative Affect, Progression And Survival In Head And Neck Cancer Patients
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)The relationship between psychological and physiological factors that impact health is an important consideration for daily life, illness prevention, treatment, and recovery in cancer patients. Psychological functioning ... -
Evidence For A Simpatico Self-schema In Studies Comparing Hispanics and Whites
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)Considerable evidence exists that many Latin American cultures emphasize concept of simpatia or simpatico (Triandis, Martin, Lisansky, & Betancourt, 1984). The purpose of this research project was to test for evidence that ... -
Evidence-Based Review of the Efficacy of Functional Restoration for the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain
(ElsevierDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-01)There are now almost 20 years of evidence-based clinical outcome data, from the United States as well as from other countries around the world, demonstrating the therapeutic effectiveness of functional restoration, a ... -
Evolution Of Gender Differences In Adult Crying
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)The evolutionary function of gender differences in adult crying was investigated, specifically whether females were selected to cry more than males ostensibly to aid in their survival. Both studies were based on the idea ... -
The Evolution Of Problem Solving: An Assessment Of Preference In Concurrent Schedules Of Reinforcement
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)In personal problem-solving, an organism emits responses that have been useful in the past to alter its personal contingencies and produce a response that "solves" a problem. In verbal behavior, a human organism emits ... -
An Examination Of Individuals' Self-selections To Organizations
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)It has long been noted that people have a tendency to look for and engage in situations that are congruent with their personalities, their self-concepts, their interests, their attitudes and their values (Allport, 1937; ... -
An Examination Of The Relationships Between Response Scale Length, Label Format, Reliability, And Validity
This research examined the impact that two qualities of scales--the number of response options and the response scale label format--have on reliability and validity. Based on a meta-analytic pilot study, I expected that ... -
An Examination Of The Validity Of The Central Sensitization Inventory With Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
(Psychology, 2014-03-12)Central Sensitivity Syndrome (CSS) includes a group of related conditions that share a common pathophysiological mechanism called central sensitization (e.g., fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, tension headache/migraine, ... -
Examining Responses To Theological Affiliation And Disaffiliation: Boundary Conditions And Causal Processes
(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 ... -
Examining The Effects Of Early Life Stress From Maternal Separation On Measures Of Pain And Anxiety
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Animal models of stress-induced conditions have provided important insight into the physiological mechanisms of many chronic disorders. Models of early life stress involve procedures designed to induce prenatal or postnatal ... -
Examining The Effects Of Health Behaviors And Emotions On Medical Care Seeking And Avoidant Behaviors In Older Adults
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)There has been a dearth of information that explains how an individual's emotional reactions to their illness symptoms affects their care seeking behaviors. The overall aims of this study were to elucidate the emotional ... -
Examining The Impact Of Opioid Withdrawal On Pain Processing: The Influence Of Social Isolation Stress
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)The use of opioids as a traditional treatment for acute and chronic pain has been severely hindered by the addictive nature of these substances and the pain relief they provide. Clinical reports suggest that opioid addicts ... -
Examining The Role Of Need For Closure In Psychological Distress Following Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The present study investigated the relationship between Need for Closure (NFC) and psychological distress after receiving the results of genetic tests for breast cancer. One hundred and eight women recruited from the ... -
Exergame Use As A Gateway To The Adoption Of And Adherence To Sport-specific And General Physical Activity
Despite increasing the amount of information regarding the need for regular physical activity, rates of inactivity have not seen a corresponding decrease. The aim of the current study was to determine whether exergame use ... -
Expanding Beyond The Foundations Of Decision-making: Perceptual Differences Of Risk Between Resources
(Psychology, 2011-03-03)This research examined how resources such as life, food, and money are calculated in decision-making. Presently, the field assumes that various types of resources have the same value when a choice is being made. The study ... -
An Experimental Test Of Extended Contact Hypothesis: Its Boundary Conditions And Psychological Processes
(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 ...