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Testing The Efficacy Of A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment For Impulsivity With Female Juvenile Delinquents, Dinaz Lynn Stafford

Master's Theses

This experiment was conducted in order to determine the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment, involving self-instructions training for impulsivity, on female juvenile delinquents. An additional consideration was whether instructions educating subjects about the generalizability of self-instructions would lead to a decrease in impulsivity in a classroom situation. Thirty subjects were randomly assigned tp 3 groups - Group 1 being trained in self-instructions and receiving generalizing instructions, Group 2 being trained self-instruction alone, and Group 3 serving as the attentional control group. The Matching Familiar Figures test was admini­ stered before and after treatment sessions and the Impulsive Behavior Scale was rated …

Effects Of Classroom Setting On Self-Esteem In Learning Disabled Students, Drema G. Moody

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates the self-esteem of learning disabled students required to attend learning disabilities classes. Subjects were 35 7th- through 9th-grade, male and female learning disabled (LD) students. Nineteen of the subjects attended at least one resource LD class while the other 16 subjects attended mainstream classes. These groups were matched on intelligence quotients (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised) and reading comprehension standard scores (Peabody Individual Achievement Test) so that no significant differences between the groups, on these measures, existed. The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (Fitts, 1965) was administered to all subjects, along with the closing question, "Does attendance in learning …

Neuropsychological Performance Of Sexual Assaulters And Pedophiles, Monte L. Scott, James K. Cole, Stephen E. Mckay, Charles J. Golden, Kenneth R. Liggett

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Persons who had been arrested for sexual assault were administered the Luria- Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery and the results compared to a group of normal controls. The sexual assaulters performed significantly worse on 7 of the 14 scales of the battery. The data were then broken down into three groups: (1) those who had forcibly assaulted postpubescent victims, (2) those subjects who had sexually molested a prepubeseent child, and (3) normal controls. A discriminant analysis correctly classified 68% of the subjects on the basis of their neuropsychological performance alone.

Love In The Eighties: A Test Of The Socioeconomic Theory, Loretta L. Givens

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Computer Assisted Instruction (Cai) Effect On Strategic Electronic Troubleshooting Performance, Virginia T. White

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Critical Note On The Usefulness Of Attention Deficit As A Clinical Syndrome, David Shaffer, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

Parental ratings of overactivity are unrelated to teachers' ratings of overactivity or to laboratory measures of inattention. Teachers' ratings of overactivity correlate strongly with teachers' ratings of inattention as well as to laboratory measures of inattention. Teachers' ratings of inattention, however, are unrelated to laboratory measures of inattention when IQ is controlled. There are considerable definitional problems relating to the symptoms of hyperactivity and inattention, making it difficult create a behavioral definition of the psychiatric syndrome of attention deficit disorder.

Fitness Level, Type A Behavior, And Anxiety Levels In An Occupational Setting, Susan D. Kilduff

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

An assessment was made of the relationship between physical fitness level, anxiety level and Type A behavior in a non-clinical sample of healthy middle-age adults. Forty nine mid-level managers from Westinghouse Steam Generator and Turbine Division, world Headquarters participated by filling out a battery of tests, including the Jenkins Activity Survey, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and a fitness questionnaire. No significant relationship was found between physical fitness level and Type A behavior. A significant negative relationship was found between physical fitness level and trait-anxiety. Trend analysis revealed a significant linear decrease in mean anxiety scores for groups of increasing levels …

An Investigation Of The Moderating Effects Of Personality Variables On The Relationship Of Role Conflict And Role Ambiguity To Individual Performance, Adam J. Gross

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating effects of personality variables on the relationship of role stress to performance. The sample consisted of 45 males and 57 females from undergraduate psychology classes at the University of Central Florida. Subjects completed the Adjective Check List (Gough & Heilbrun, 1965), a written decision-making exercise, and a derivative of the role conflict and role ambiguity scales developed by Rizzo, House, and Lirtzman (1970). these yielded personality, performance, and stress scores for each subject. Each personality variable (achievement, aggression, autonomy, flexibility, and introversion) was partialed out of the relationship between role …

Factors Associated With Stress In Working Mothers, Jayne Roberts

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Depth Of Process Involvement As A Function Of Structure In Training Groups, David H. Broome

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Clinical Psychology Doctor Of Philosophy Policies And Procedures Handbook 1984-1985, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Case Effects In Letter-Name Matching: A Partial Replication, Joseph B. Hellige

Psychological Science Faculty Works

When same-case letter pairs are to be physically matched as “same” or “different,” reaction times (RTs) are generally shorter for “same” responses. The advantage in RT increases when such pairs are intermixed in blocks of trials also containing mixed-case pairs to be matched for name identity. These results have been interpreted as supportive of a two-code hypothesis of letter matching: In pure blocks of same-case pairs, a visual or physical code underlies letter matching, whereas in intermixed blocks, a phonetic or name code must be used for all “different” judgments. The theory predicts, however, that there should be little discrepancy …

Joblessness Among Hispanic Youth: 1973-1981, Philip Garcia, Aida Hurtado

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Problem Resolution In Psychotherapy Supervision: Students Vs. Supervisors, Linda Brownell Bresolin

Dissertations

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Identifying Precipitating Events Leading To Rehospitalization Among The Psychiatrically Disabled: A Levels Model Of Social Perception, Robin S. Turpin

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Age Mix, Physical Design, And Fear Of Crime Among The Elderly Public Housing Residents, Janice. Normoyle

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Clinical Management Of Confidentiality: A Survey Of Professional Psychologists In Seven States, Keith A. Baird

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Study Skills Training For Students Of Different Personality Types And Achievement Levels, Kathleen M. Rusch

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

New Faculty Offices: An Evaluation, Laurie Anderson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Adolescent Liberals' And Conservatives' Visions Of Morality, Charles M. Shelton

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Catholic Men's And Women's Discriminations Between Morality And Convention, Jean Marie Bradt

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Personality And Emotional Factors In Learning Disabled Children, Richard M. Volden

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Perceived Training Needs Of Basic And Applied Social Psychology Graduate Students, Monica M. Kuchera

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Wisc-R Performance In A Clinical Population Classified As Overcontrolled And Undercontrolled, Mary M. Gonzalez

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Personal Theories About The Causes Of Crime On Discretionary Responses To Criminals, William Thomas Perkowitz

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Real Versus Simulated Context On Recall, Laura Anne Monti

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Hispanic Subgroup Utilization Patterns At An Inner-City Community Mental Health Center, Silas Gregory Gilliam

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Sentence Completion Measure For The Intimacy Motive, Theodore Constantine Bililies

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Normal Hysterical And Normal Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Styles: A Rerospective Study Of Developmental Correlates, Mark Joseph Groberski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Two Exercise Programs On Children's Self-Concept, Locus Of Control, And Mood, Lynne Blanken Einhaus

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of two physical fitness programs on children's self-concept, locus of control and mood were investigated in this study. It was expected that children who participated in a vigorous running program would demonstrate reduced depression and anxiety but a more internal locus of control and an increase in self-concept than children in a routine exercise group.

Participants in the Running Group were three fifth grade classes of a public elementary school in Richmond, Virginia (N = 60). Participants in the Routine Exercise Group were three fifth grade classes from a comparable public elementary school in the same district (N …