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Generations: The Dividing Line Between Preferences For Leadership Styles
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)
This research examined what effects the characteristics of the Millennial generation had on the preferences for leadership style by investigating which qualities in leaders were more highly valued within this generational ...
Vita of Robert J. Gatchel, PhD., ABPP
(2010-08-26)
Sex, Drugs, And Work: The Associations Of Personality Characteristics, Risky Sex, Substance Use, And Work Behavior In Young Adult Restaurant Workers
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)
Personality characteristics among young adult (18 - 29 years old) restaurant workers were examined in relation to substance use, risky sexual behavior, and several work outcomes. High sensation seekers and emerging adults ...
Openness To Experience, Strength Of Sense Of Self, And Cognitive Dissonance In A Counter-attitudinal Advocacy Paradigm
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)
The study was designed to investigate whether personality variables, especially the strength of individuals' sense of self, moderated dissonance reduction behavior in a counter-attitudinal advocacy paradigm. The study ...
What About Blog? Problematic Internet Use And Personality In Bloggers
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)
The purpose of the current study was to compare bloggers' personalities to the personalities of non-bloggers, and to determine whether it is possible to identify individuals who are more likely to use the Internet in a ...
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 ...
Academic Achievement Among Psychology Undergraduates Enrolled In WebCT-assisted Research Design And Statistics Courses
(Psychology, 2010-03-03)
The current study evaluated performance of 2443/2444 students and the use of WebCT. Undergraduate psychology majors at UT Arlington who successfully completed PSYC 2443 and 2444, Research Design and Statistics I and II, ...
The Influence Of Different Distributions Of Minority Representation On The Developmental Performance Ratings Of White Male Managers
(Psychology, 2010-03-03)
The purpose of this study was to examine whether varying distributions of direct report minority representation influenced the developmental performance ratings of White male managers. The archival data used for analysis ...
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 ...
Characterizing And Predicting Growth In Reading Skills In Children With Developmental Dyslexia Through Functional Neuroimaging
(Psychology, 2012-07-25)
Children with developmental dyslexia exhibit deficits in a wide variety of reading skills that are attributable to underlying deficits in phonological processing. Functional neuroimaging studies show that these children ...