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Effect Of Color Overlays On Reading Efficiency, Rhonda Morrison

Open Access Dissertations

Reading is a skill that unlocks the doors of learning and success. It is commonly accepted that reading is a foundational skill that plays a major role in a child's academic success. The history of teaching reading includes many theories about the development of reading, the source of reading difficulties, and interventions for remediation. A large body of research has demonstrated that reading difficulties stem from a phonological basis and interventions that target this area are generally beneficial in helping improving reading skills (National Reading Panel, 2000; Shaywitz, 2003; Stanovich, 1986). However, there are some who even with extensive intervention …

Attention To Television In Preschoolers Who Exhibit Adhd Symptoms: An Erp Investigation, Lindsay B. Demers

Open Access Dissertations

Children with ADHD suffer from low and high order attention deficits. Work by E.P. Lorch and colleagues shows that these attention deficits affect televised narrative comprehension. The purpose of this research was to determine the extent to which the televised narrative comprehension deficits are the result of an inability to inhibit processing of irrelevant information. To achieve this, data were collected from 16 healthy adults and 37 preschool age children who varied in their ADHD symptoms. Participants were instructed to attend to one of two simultaneously presented audio tracks from children's television shows. For all participants the video that matched …

The Interaction Between Endogenous Cortisol And Salivary Alpha-Amylase Predicts Implicit Cognitive Bias In Young Women, Donna Ann Kreher

Open Access Dissertations

Both animal and human studies suggest that cognitive bias toward negative information, such as that observed in major depression, may arise through the interaction of cortisol (CORT) and norepinephrine (NE) within the amygdala. To date, there is no published account of the relationship between endogenous NE and CORT levels and cognitive bias. The present study examined salivary CORT and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), an indirect measure of NE, in relation to masked affective priming of words in young female participants. Women with higher salivary CORT showed increased priming to negative word pairs only when sAA was also high; when sAA was …

Understanding Combat Related Psychological Difficulties In Veterans: The Role Of Context-Based Morality, Ramila Shadina Ali Usoof

Open Access Dissertations

In five multi-method studies this dissertation examined how context based morality may explain increased incidence of combat related psychological difficulties among US service personnel. We were particularly interested in the relationship between causing harm to others and moral self-perceptions and related emotional consequences. In studies 1 and 2 we found that our samples of Iraq and Afghan war veterans reported that a soldier would feel increased levels of guilt and shame and negative moral judgments of the self when they return home and reflect on incidents of harm that may have occurred during their deployments. These two studies were supported …

Mastering One's Destiny: Mastery Goals Promote Feeling Challenged In Identity Threatening Achievement Contexts, Jane Gage Stout

Open Access Dissertations

Three experiments integrated insights from achievement goal theory, social identity threat, and stress and coping research, to develop a theory-based strategy individuals can use to navigate social identity threat in high stakes achievement settings. In all experiments women were asked to adopt a mastery goal (focus on learning and building skills) or a performance goal (perform well; avoid errors) before a mock job interview. In Experiment 1, women expected their interviewer to be either sexist (creating identity threatening situation) or not sexist (a non-threatening situation). Women who focused on mastery rather than performance goals felt more challenged and less threatened …

Binary Rocs And Their Implications For The Measurement Of Memory, Chad Dube

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Bröder and Schütz (2009) have argued that the curvature typically observed in recognition memory receiver-operating characteristics (ROCs) is a by-product of the ratings task often used to obtain them. According to those authors, ROCs collected by experimentally manipulating response bias are linear and consistent with the assumptions of threshold and multinomial processing tree (MPT) models. Two experiments are reported which are broadly consistent with previous work by Dube and Rotello (under review) in showing that ROCs are curved and consistent with signal detection theory (SDT) regardless of the procedure used to obtain them. These results have implications for how accuracy …

Presynaptic Control Of Rapid Estrogen Fluctuations In The Songbird Auditory Forebrain, Luke Remage_Healey, S. Dong, N. T. Maidment, B. A. Schlinger

Luke Remage-Healey

Within the CNS of vertebrates, estrogens can directly modulate neural circuits that govern a wide range of behaviors, including feeding, spatial navigation, reproduction, and auditory processing. The rapid actions of estrogens in brain (seconds to minutes) have become well established, but it is unclear how estrogens are synthesized and released within restricted temporal and spatial domains in neural circuits. Anatomical localization of the estrogen synthesis enzyme (aromatase) within presynaptic terminals suggests that neuroestrogens can be synthesized directly at the neuronal synapse. A consequent prediction follows that synaptic estrogen production is controlled via classical electrochemical events in neurons. Here, we present …

A Multi-Level Investigation Of Teacher Instructional Practices And The Use Of Responsive Classroom, Benjamin George Solomon

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A year-long longitudinal study was conducted to quantify different types of teaching in the beginning of the year, and the effect of those choices on end of year instructional practices and student outcomes. Teacher practices were organized around the fidelity of implementation to the Responsive Classroom (RC) program (Northeast Foundation for Children, 2009). Most notably, a central RC tenant entitled “the first six weeks” was examined. RC is a universal prevention program that previously has been categorized as a Tier I social-behavioral program for students when considered within an RTI model (Elliott, 1999).

Twenty-seven teachers from the New England region …

Family Stress And Functioning In Clients Of A Post-Adoptive Service Who Were Referred For Attachment Therapy, Elizabeth Schilling, Amy James, Robert Aseltine

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Attachment Stories: The Attachment Experiences Of Special Needs Adoptive Families, Colette Duciaume-Wright, Ruth Mcroy, Susan Ayers-Lopez

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Adoption Mentoring Partnership: A Supportive Intervention In The Lives Of Adopted Individuals, Harold Grotevant, Quade French, Jen Dolan, Renee Moss

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Hoarding Behaviors In Foster Care: A Series Of Case Studies, Alana Curewitz, Edward Plimpton, Randy Frost

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Becoming A Family: Parenting Stress And Internationally Adopted Infants' Stress Responsivity, Jessica Matthews, Chie Kotake, Katie Aasland, Ann Easterbrooks

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Adoption-Specific Psychotherapy, Jill Waterman, Debbie Riley

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Communication That Matters: How Salient Is Adoption Communicative Openness To Adjustment?, Bibiana D. Koh, Ascan F. Koerner, Martha A. Rueter

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Revisiting Public Perceptions Of Adoption: 50 Years Since, Sarah B. Dougherty, H. David Kirk

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Internationally Adopted Siblings: Emergent Themes Related To Siblinghood, Carly Turer, Jodi Wadell, Ellen Pinderhughes

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Early Challenges Of Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Foster-To-Adopt Parents, Hannah B. Richardson, April M. Mover, Jordan B. Downing, Abbie E. Goldberg

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Daughters Of China: A Conceptual Framework For An Inquiry Into The Experiences Of Adolescent And Young Adult Chinese-American Adoptees, Marguerite Scaglione Aldrich

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Violated Expectations Across The Transition To Adoptive Parenthood: A Mixed Methods Study Of Age, Race, Sex, And Special Needs Preferences Among Foster-To-Adopt Parents, April M. Moyer, Abbie E. Goldberg

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Post Adoption Needs - A North American Survey Of Adoptive Families, Kim Stevens

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Emotion And Adjustment Outcomes In Domestic Infant Adoptees, Matthew Comeau Lyle, Harold Grotevant

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Providing Vital Post Adoption Support To Families, Lisa Mintz, Sharon Silvia

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Self-Reported Risks And Strengths Among Prospective Adoptive Couples: Findings From Home Studies, Thomas M. Crea, Richard P. Barth, Heather Moreno

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Coparenting And Child Adjustment Among Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Couples And Their Adopted Children, Rachel H. Farr, Charlotte J. Patterson

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Strategies For Addressing The Needs Of Young Internationally Adopted Children, Linda G. Tirella, Laurie C. Miller

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Strengths And Competencies In Adopted Adolescents: Links With Attachment To Parents And Problem Behavior, Christina Roth, Holly Grant, Harold Grotevant

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Black And White Thinking? Negative Responses To Transracial Adoptive Families, Emily Doyle, Jennifer Katz

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Keynote Address: Attachment And Biobehavioral Catch-Up: An Intervention For Parents Of Young Children Who Have Experienced Adversity, Mary Dozier

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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Conference Program 2011, Rudd Adoption Research Program

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

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