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Children's Hedonic Responses To The Odors Of Alcoholic Beverages: A Window To Emotions, Julie A. Mennella, Catherine A. Forestell Jun 2008

Children's Hedonic Responses To The Odors Of Alcoholic Beverages: A Window To Emotions, Julie A. Mennella, Catherine A. Forestell

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The present study of 145 children and their mothers aimed to determine whether children's responses to the odors of alcoholic beverages were related to their mothers' reasons for drinking. Mothers completed a series of questionnaires to describe the emotional context in which they drink and whether they use alcohol to “escape” by changing their state of mind and reducing feelings of dysphoria. Children participated in two age-appropriate tasks that focused on the most salient psychological attribute of an odor, its perceived hedonic valence. To this aim, we determined children's liking, reaction times, and identification of individual odors including beer and …


Risk Factors And The Well-Being Of Children With Incarcerated Parents: A N Examination Of Moderation And Mediation Processes, Laura Catherine Wilson Jan 2008

Risk Factors And The Well-Being Of Children With Incarcerated Parents: A N Examination Of Moderation And Mediation Processes, Laura Catherine Wilson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Testing Multiple Sociometer Theory: Predicting Physical And Psychological Abuse In Dating Couples From Domain-Specific Self-Esteem Measures, Jonathon G. Lapaglia Jan 2008

Testing Multiple Sociometer Theory: Predicting Physical And Psychological Abuse In Dating Couples From Domain-Specific Self-Esteem Measures, Jonathon G. Lapaglia

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Nicotine Facilitates Trace Fear Conditioning In Normal And Fasd Rats Tested As Adolescents, Mary Elizabeth Levillain Jan 2008

Nicotine Facilitates Trace Fear Conditioning In Normal And Fasd Rats Tested As Adolescents, Mary Elizabeth Levillain

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No abstract provided.


Trust And Cheater Detection: Evolved Cognitive Mechanisms For Social Exchange, Kori James Stroub Jan 2008

Trust And Cheater Detection: Evolved Cognitive Mechanisms For Social Exchange, Kori James Stroub

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Imagery And Food Cravings: Imagining Eating Enhances The Experience Of Eating, Shereen A. Singer Jan 2008

Imagery And Food Cravings: Imagining Eating Enhances The Experience Of Eating, Shereen A. Singer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Sharing Social Pain: Social Comparison And Affiliation After Social Exclusion, Richard Shepherd Pond Jan 2008

Sharing Social Pain: Social Comparison And Affiliation After Social Exclusion, Richard Shepherd Pond

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Exploring Relational Processes In Families Of Gay Youth, Gregory Scott Meek Jan 2008

Exploring Relational Processes In Families Of Gay Youth, Gregory Scott Meek

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Cbt To Cdt: Toward A Developmental Paradigm For Conceptualizing Anger Management, Yvonne Bissonnette Tate Jan 2008

Cbt To Cdt: Toward A Developmental Paradigm For Conceptualizing Anger Management, Yvonne Bissonnette Tate

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Rape Myth Acceptance, Hypermasculinity, And Demographic Characteristics As Correlates Of Moral Development: Understanding Sexually Aggressive Attitudes In First Year College Men, Jerry Lee Tatum Jan 2008

Rape Myth Acceptance, Hypermasculinity, And Demographic Characteristics As Correlates Of Moral Development: Understanding Sexually Aggressive Attitudes In First Year College Men, Jerry Lee Tatum

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Male perpetrated sexual aggression has long been recognized as a serious problem on college campuses. The purpose of this Multiple Regression Correlation research design study was to assess the relationship between levels of moral development (measured by the Defining Issues Test) and the degree to which first year college men (N = 161) ascribed to rape supportive attitudes. Rape supportive attitudes, for the purposes of this study, included assessed levels of rape myth endorsements (measured by the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale [IRMA]) and hypermasculinity (measured by the Hypermasculinity Inventory). Respondents completed three research instruments and a demographic questionnaire prior …


Investigating Scale Errors: Independent Systems Of Object Representation Or Simple Motor Priming, Natalie Hiromi Brito Jan 2008

Investigating Scale Errors: Independent Systems Of Object Representation Or Simple Motor Priming, Natalie Hiromi Brito

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.