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The Comprehensive Muscular Activity Profile (CMAP): Its High Sensitivity, Specificity and Overall Classification Rate for Detecting Submaximal Effort on Functional Capacity Testing
(Springer VerlagDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2009-03)A traditional problem faced by clinicians attempting to objectively measure musculoskeletal disorders such as low back pain, where there is often primarily soft tissue involvement, is that psychosocial factors (e.g., ... -
Conditioned Place Preference In The Male Wistar-Kyoto Rat
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)The current set of experiments examined the role of trait anxiety, using the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat, on cocaine- and morphine-induced conditioned place preference. Both four and six pairings of 10mg/kg cocaine during ... -
Content, Values, And Environment: Applicant Reactions To Job Descriptions
(Psychology, 2011-03-03)The research on job descriptions is limited and information regarding applicant reactions to job descriptions is even scarcer. The current research hypothesized that after reading job content information, an applicant's ... -
The Contribution Of The Dorsal Root Reflex And The Sympathetic Nervous System In Formalin-evoked Neurogenic Inflammation
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)The present study investigated the role of dorsal root reflex (DRR), which is characterized as antidromic firing via primary afferent fibers towards the periphery, and the sympathetic nervous system in neurogenic inflammation. ... -
Cost-effectiveness Of Early Versus Delayed Functional Restoration For Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Chronic pain is among the most costly disorders in the United States. Societal impacts include productivity losses, disability compensation, and reduction in psychosocial well-being. To date, there is little documentation ... -
Creating And Studying "Instant Enemies" And Instant Allies" In Same-sex Dyadic Interactions
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The present study was designed to investigate the “instant enemy” and “instant ally” phenomena. Forty-three pairs of unacquainted college students interacted in same-sex and same-race pairs for 10 minutes. In the enemy ... -
Criticisms of the Biopsychosocial Model in Spine Care: Creating and Then Attacking a Straw Person
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-12)A previous article in Spine provided an erroneous and illogical critique of the biopsychosocial model. Evidence is used to refute concerns raised. We describe an evolving literature demonstrating the heuristic value of the ... -
Cultivating An Attitude Of Gratitude: Testing Moderators Of The Effects Of A Gratitude Diary Intervention On Well-being And Interpersonal Outcomes
In the past few years, evidence has amassed suggesting that gratitude interventions can have a number of personal and interpersonal benefits (for a review, see Wood, Froh, & Geraghty, 2010). For instance, gratitude ... -
Cybervetting: The Role of Negative Content
(2019-05-08)Mixed support has surfaced regarding the use of online information for personnel selection (i.e., cybervetting), which commonly involves the evaluation of social media profiles. Research to date has largely focused on ... -
Decreases in Cortisol Variability Between Treated and Untreated Jaw Pain Patients
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-08)The study evaluated the impact of treatment on cortisol levels in acute pain patients at high risk for chronic jaw-related pain. Twenty-five patients with jaw pain or facial discomfort (< 6 months) participated in the ... -
DESIGN, EVALUATION, AND MODELING OF MEDIUM VOLTAGE DC ENERGY CONVERSION TESTBED WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
(2019-05-06)Much work has been done in recent years regarding the emphasis and newfound importance of energy storage and energy conversion within systems that, at one time, functioned off of simple alternating current (AC) busses. ... -
Detecting Between-Groups Heteroscedasticity in Moderated Multiple Regression With a Continuous Predictor and a Categorical Moderator: A Monte Carlo Study
(SAGE OpenDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, January-Ma)Moderated multiple regression (MMR) is frequently used to test moderation hypotheses in the behavioral and social sciences. In MMR with a categorical moderator, between-groups heteroscedasticity is not uncommon and can ... -
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 ... -
Development And Validation Of A Group Based Dominance Scale
(Psychology, 2014-09-17)The goal of this project was to update the social dominance orientation (SDO) scale by creating a separate measure for its subfactor group based dominance (GBD), which is defined as how strongly a person feels one group ... -
Development of a Self-Report Screening Instrument for Assessing Potential Opioid Medication Misuse in Chronic Pain Patients
(ElsevierDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2004)This study comprised the first step in the psychometric development of a self-report screening instrument for risk of opioid medication misuse among chronic pain patients. A 26-item instrument, the Pain Medication Questionnaire ... -
Development Of Gist Processing Skills And Memory In Children And Young Adults: Effects Of Presentation Type In A Modified DRM Paradigm
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)To date, studies have separately tested the influence of narrative context, source-monitoring, and list length on gist extraction. The present study expanded upon that body of work by examining those variables in combination. ... -
Development, Reliability, Validity, And Utility Of The Fear-avoidance Components Scale (FACS) In A Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorder (CMPD) Population
Fear-avoidance (FA) is a negative coping style where patients avoid physical and social activities out of fear that their pain may increase or that they may re-injure themselves. Although fear-avoidance often increases in ... -
Differential Impact of Psychological and Physiological Health Outcomes on Long-Term Associative Recognition
(2018-05-17)Evidence suggests that lifestyle and environmental factors may contribute to later life cognitive decline and dementia. Although there is a large amount of evidence linking psychological and physiological factors to general ... -
Do Spinal Fusions Necessarily Result In Poorer Therapeutic Outcomes?
(Psychology, 2008-04-22)Controversy exists over the relationship between spinal fusion surgery and successful therapeutic outcomes. Common problems include unstandardized outcomes, ignoring the impact of the medico-legal system, and a paucity of ... -
Does Chronic Pain And Pain Sensitivity Influence's One's Affective Experience Of Social And Physical Pain?
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Pain Overlap Theory (Eisenberger, Jarcho, Lieberman, & Naliboff, 2006) suggests that the affective experience of physical and social pain share the same phenomenological and neurocognitive correlates (MacDonald & Kingsbury, ...