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Therapist-Level Moderation Of Within- And Between-Therapist Process-Outcome Associations, Alice E. Coyne
Therapist-Level Moderation Of Within- And Between-Therapist Process-Outcome Associations, Alice E. Coyne
Doctoral Dissertations
Objective: Although higher-quality patient-therapist alliance and more positive patient outcome expectation (OE) consistently predict improvement in psychotherapy, most research has failed to capture the inherent nuance in these process-outcome relations by parsing them into within-therapist (i.e., differences between patients treated by the same therapist) and between-therapist (i.e., differences between therapists’ average process/outcome ratings across all patients in their caseloads) components. Moreover, the few studies that have done so have produced mixed results, suggesting the possibility of systematic variability in these associations (i.e., moderators). One potential source of such variability could be providers themselves; that is, different therapists could use these …
Neural Precursors Of Apathy And Depressive Symptoms In Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Molly A. Mather
Neural Precursors Of Apathy And Depressive Symptoms In Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Molly A. Mather
Doctoral Dissertations
Depressive symptoms and apathy are common in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and are associated with increased risk of conversion to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The shared neuropathological model of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in AD suggests that symptoms of depression and anxiety represent noncognitive manifestations of neuropathological changes. Neurodegeneration in aMCI occurs in areas of the brain that support emotion regulation, including the limbic system and prefrontal control regions. Depression and apathy in aMCI have been linked to atrophy in the limbic system and prefrontal cortex and reduced connectivity in resting-state networks. However, it is not yet established whether neural changes …
Parental Conflict In The Context Of Multiethnoracial Relationships, Christina A. Rowley
Parental Conflict In The Context Of Multiethnoracial Relationships, Christina A. Rowley
Masters Theses
The percent of families with parents from different racial or ethnic backgrounds has risen exponentially in the last decades. Approximately 14% of children were born into multiethnoracial (MER) families in the United States in 2015, more than double the rate from 1980 (Bialik, 2017). Studies show that MER couples are more likely to separate or divorce than their monoethnoracial (MoER) counterparts, perhaps due to greater conflict stemming from differing values, coping strategies, and conflict management styles and decreased access to family and community support (Fu, Tora, & Kendall, 2001; Zhang & Van Hook, 2009). With the growing rates of MER …