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2019

Depression

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An Examination Of The Coercion In Intimate Partner Relationships Scale: Validation Of The Original Measure And Conceptualization Of A Short Form, Kathleen Wilson Sep 2019

An Examination Of The Coercion In Intimate Partner Relationships Scale: Validation Of The Original Measure And Conceptualization Of A Short Form, Kathleen Wilson

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Researchers studying intimate partner violence have highlighted a need for a standardized way of conceptualizing and measuring coercive control. In order to address this, the purpose of the current study was to validate and adapt the theory-driven Coercion in Intimate Partner Relationships (CIPR; Dutton, Goodman, Terrell, Schmidt, &Fujimoto, 2007) scale as well as create a short form of the instrument. A sample of 76 undergraduate students from the University of Windsor and 549 adults recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk completed measures of coercive control, physical and psychological intimate partner violence, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Confirmatory factor analyses, multiple regressions, …


Therapeutic Benefits Of Online Psychological Screening For Depressive Symptomology, Natalie Frost Jan 2019

Therapeutic Benefits Of Online Psychological Screening For Depressive Symptomology, Natalie Frost

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Research has suggested that participating in in-person psychological testing is related to therapeutic benefits including: reduction in depressive symptomology, self-awareness, self-verification, self-esteem, and hope (Allen, 2001; Poston & Hanson, 2010). This study explored whether these findings applied with a more accessible asynchronous computerized format and examined the effects of computerized testing procedures (i.e., rapport-building video, self-disclosing personal information on questionnaires, receiving a feedback report) on therapeutic benefits (i.e., self-esteem, hope, self-awareness, self-verification, reduction in depressive symptomology). In addition, this study compared participants’ experiences receiving a computerized feedback format and an in-person feedback format. Undergraduate students aged 17 to 45 years …