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When Two Become One: Marital Couples' Public Performances And Couple Identity, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey
When Two Become One: Marital Couples' Public Performances And Couple Identity, Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey
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Communication researchers know little about marital couples' public performances, or how marital couples communicate as a nonsummative whole when in the presence of important others (e.g., friends, family, co-workers). Two studies were conducted to examine marital couples' public performances from a Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) (Hecht, 1993) framework. In the first study, 153 marital couples completed self-report measures to assess how marital couples' attachment styles and relationship awareness are related to identity gaps during public performances as well as how identity gaps relate to a variety of outcomes including communication satisfaction, feelings of being understood, conversational appropriateness, relationship satisfaction, …
The Case Of Uneven Development In Palestine: An Investigation Of Scalar Fix As An Act Of Dispossession, Sandra Lange
The Case Of Uneven Development In Palestine: An Investigation Of Scalar Fix As An Act Of Dispossession, Sandra Lange
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Israel's assault on Gaza in December 2008 brought one of the world's most long-standing and hotly debated issues to the fore: the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Despite numerous diplomatic efforts to negotiate peace, the hostilities between the two parties continue. One of the fundamental obstacles to peace has been the highly uneven development between Israel and Palestine, caused primarily by Israel's continuous dispossession of Palestinian rights to land, water and sovereignty. In order to further our understanding of this phenomenon, this thesis sets out to examine processes of dispossession are carried out. The study therefore draws on the geographical …
Impulsivity And Trauma Exposure In Adolescents, Lisa B. Greene
Impulsivity And Trauma Exposure In Adolescents, Lisa B. Greene
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Trauma exposure is prevalent among adolescents and may have a negative impact on social, educational, and occupational functioning. Research indicates that individual-level variables, such as impulsivity, may be risk factors for exposure to traumatic events but the findings have been mixed. This study examined the relation between impulsivity and accidental trauma exposure using a multi-method, multi-informant procedure with a community sample of 48 adolescents. Mean age was 15.2 (SD = 1.38) and the sample was predominantly female (62.5%) and predominantly Caucasian (87.5%). No significant difference was noted between genders in terms of number of traumatic events reported. As a whole, …
Effects Of Rate Of Feedback And Reinforcement On Novel Responding, Vennessa L. Walker
Effects Of Rate Of Feedback And Reinforcement On Novel Responding, Vennessa L. Walker
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Ten middle-school students were assigned to receive feedback and token reinforcement either every 1 min (HR) or every 15 min (LR). Subjects used a computer program to learn to perform 5 basic algebra skills at high rates and high accuracy. Subjects were yoked with a partner for practice so that each member of the pair completed the same number of items per skill. Subjects were provided with cumulative review worksheets and then were tested for distraction, adduction, and retention. Results suggest that HR facilitates faster acquisition of skills as well as better performance on cumulative reviews, distraction, and retention tests. …
Obesity And Spatial Context In Appalachia, Roberta J. Alt
Obesity And Spatial Context In Appalachia, Roberta J. Alt
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The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 30 years. Obesity is a multi-factorial disorder, which is often associated with many other significant diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis and certain cancers. For these reasons, it is a complex health issue to address. The objective of this study is to identify the factors which are responsible for the spatial variation of adult obesity throughout the Appalachian region. In addition, preliminary examinations are made to identify potential associations between geographic variability in the prevalence of obesity and the characteristics of individuals and places with variable …
University Students' Perceptions Of Their Parents' Childrearing Styles Associated With Their Inclinations To Become Parents, Judi Mccracken
University Students' Perceptions Of Their Parents' Childrearing Styles Associated With Their Inclinations To Become Parents, Judi Mccracken
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Researchers have associated Diane Baumrind's parenting styles (Baumrind, 1967; Baumrind, 1966; Baumrind, 1968; Baumrind, 1971) with countless outcomes among children, adolescents, and adults. However, few, if any, have investigated an age group's perceptions of their childrearing compared with their inclination to become parents. This study examined 67 West Virginia University students' responses to the Adapted Parenting Attribute Questionnaire (APAQ) completed by Child Development and Family Studies majors in 2007. The purpose was to determine patterns of perceptions in guardians' parenting styles, then compare the participants' inclinations to become parents and their rankings of importance (low, medium, or high; low and …
Motivation In Sport: Bridging Historical And Contemporary Theory Through A Qualitative Approach, Daniel J. Leidl
Motivation In Sport: Bridging Historical And Contemporary Theory Through A Qualitative Approach, Daniel J. Leidl
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From intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to attributions and goal orientation, theory and study related to motivation in sport abound. However, theorists such as Adler (Adler, 1998), Frankl (1984), and Maslow (Maslow, 1962) detail broader motivational frameworks that focus on a human impulse to derive meaning and purpose by extending beyond the self. While such theories take prominent positions within psychology, there applicability to sport has seemingly been overlooked. In an effort to explore more traditional motivational constructs in sport, a qualitative analysis of elite lacrosse coaches (n=7) was conducted. Through semi-structured interviews, coaches shared their motivation to coach and how …
Complex Stimulus Control In Humans: Merging Functional And Equivalence Classes, Harold E. Lobo
Complex Stimulus Control In Humans: Merging Functional And Equivalence Classes, Harold E. Lobo
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This dissertation investigated the merging of functional and equivalence classes produced by training responding to either simple or conditional discriminations. Experiment 1 targeted the acquisition of three three-member equivalence classes featuring class-specific reinforcers and three three-member functional classes each controlling the occurrence of a nonsense vocal response. Four female college students completed testing for the targeted stimulus classes. Two subjects demonstrated class-consistent emergent responding, but only one of them maintained class-consistent responding across repeated testing. This student withdrew from the experiment before class merging was arranged. Experiment 2 simplified and expedited the procedures for producing independent emergent classes. Four female …
Strategies Of Prevention: Extending The Concept Of Preventive War And Understanding Its Implications, Steven T. Walker
Strategies Of Prevention: Extending The Concept Of Preventive War And Understanding Its Implications, Steven T. Walker
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This dissertation contributes to the literature on prevention in two specific ways. First, it broadens the concept of preventive war, developing the idea that dominant states have a choice when it comes to dealing with rising challengers. The choice is not a dichotomous variable of either war or no war. Instead, there is a range of choices that decision makers within the dominant state have at their disposal. This dissertation examines the relationship---over time---between two conflictual states, one in relative decline and the other in relative ascendance, and studies the response of the dominant but declining power. Second, I focus …
Intrinsic And Extrinsic Factors That Influence Instructors' Use Of E-Learning, Salem A. Albalwi
Intrinsic And Extrinsic Factors That Influence Instructors' Use Of E-Learning, Salem A. Albalwi
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether significant differences exist among instructors at King Abdulaziz University's (KAU) Humanities and Scientific Colleges concerning their perceived levels of expertise and current use of e-learning technologies as part of their teaching. The proposed study also assessed influential factors (motivators and barriers) as measured by a survey questionnaire and examined them in terms of sex, academic field, and years of teaching experience.;Statistical methods of analysis for this study used means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentages, factor analysis, a 3-way factorial ANOVA, and Scheffe's Post Hoc Analysis. Based on 227 responses, the findings indicate …
Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li
Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li
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In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities recommended a set of Essential Learning Outcomes as objectives for twenty-first-century college learning. This study examined to what extent Essential Learning Outcomes are endorsed by faculty members with different teaching experience, across academic disciplines, Carnegie Classifications, institution types of controls, and accreditation regions.;Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) 2004 data were used for this study with permission from the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. ANOVA, t test, were used for hypothesis tests. Regression and multiple regressions were used to calculate effect sizes, which quantified the differences between groups.;The major findings …
Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright
Communicative Functions Of Young Children's Visual Art, Clover Simms Wright
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How can young children use visual art to communicate? This study used Halliday's communicative functions of language (Halliday, 1973), to frame the answer to this question; Halliday's categories of communicative functions are: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, and representational/informative. Five children, between the ages of three and five, were observed and interviewed as they voluntarily created visual art over a six-week period. In that time period, each of the seven functions of language was demonstrated collectively by the participants. The research was conducted by an educator employed in the early childhood setting. Qualitatively, this study confirmed that young children …
Cognitive Appraisal Of Perceived Threat Of Diabetes And Adherence To Self -Management Behaviors, Roger D. Carpenter
Cognitive Appraisal Of Perceived Threat Of Diabetes And Adherence To Self -Management Behaviors, Roger D. Carpenter
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Background. Within adherence research, health beliefs have been identified as being significant predictors of adherence. Specifically, perceived threat as a health belief has received considerable attention. However, a gap in current knowledge exists in terms of understanding perceived threat of illness as an event that is appraised by the patient.;Aim. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to examine cognitive appraisal of perceived threat of illness in relation to adherence to self-management behaviors in uninsured/under-insured persons with type 2 diabetes.;Method. A convenience sample consisted of 80 subjects being treated for type 2 diabetes mellitus at a free clinic in …
Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo
Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo
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To investigate how operant and alternative food arranged by different schedules interact to determine response rates and patterns when the sources of food are the same or different, six experiments were delineated. The effects of the number of food sources were investigated in Experiments 1-4. In Experiments 1 and 2, a variable-interval (VI) schedule was used to program the operant food, while the fixed-time (FT - Experiment 1) or the variable-time (VT - Experiment 2) alternative food was delivered from the same or a different source than that of the operant food. Experiments 3 and 4 were identical to Experiments …
Analysis Of Elementary Teachers' Self-Reports Of Variables Influencing Teacher Decisions During The Special Education Referral Process, Bernard Charles Jones
Analysis Of Elementary Teachers' Self-Reports Of Variables Influencing Teacher Decisions During The Special Education Referral Process, Bernard Charles Jones
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The purpose of this study was to analyze West Virginia teachers' decision making during the special education referral process. Specifically, the study examined how academic achievement, behavior, socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, and gender impact the teacher's decision to refer students for special education services.;Elementary teachers completed a survey that consisted of questions that allowed them to report on the variables that most influenced their referral decisions. For each survey question, the Spearmen Rho correlation coefficient was used to determine if a correlation existed between individual variables and the teacher's decision to refer a student for special education services. The Mann-Whitney U …
Pilot In Loop Assessment Of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Schemes In A Motion Flight Simulator, Girish Kumar Sagoo
Pilot In Loop Assessment Of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Schemes In A Motion Flight Simulator, Girish Kumar Sagoo
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This research presents the pilot in the loop tests carried out in a Six-Degree of Freedom (6-DOF) motion flight simulator to evaluate failure detection, isolation and identification (FDII) schemes for an advanced F-15 aircraft. The objective behind this study is to leverage the capability of the flight simulator at West Virginia University (WVU) to carry out a performance assessment of neurally augmented control algorithms developed on a Matlab/Simulink RTM platform. The experimental setup features an interface setup of Gen-2 SimulinkRTM schemes with MOTUS Flight Simulator (MFS). The set up is a close substitute to a real flight and thus is …
William Blake's Artificial Mythology And Quotations From World Mythos, Teresa L. Cunningham
William Blake's Artificial Mythology And Quotations From World Mythos, Teresa L. Cunningham
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The central theme of this thesis is the visual analysis of William Blake's art in connection to the available mythological and religious texts by which Blake constructed his own artificial mythology. This analysis will include explorations into Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Jewish and Hindu myth as well as Christian and mystic texts. The various works or "books" by Blake will be the visual basis, specifically The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790), his later "prophetic" work Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Giant Albion (1820) and his last completed work The Illustrations of the Book of Job (1825). This thesis will affirm that …
Delayed Disruption Of Temporally Controlled Behavior, Mirari Elcoro
Delayed Disruption Of Temporally Controlled Behavior, Mirari Elcoro
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Delivery of response-independent food during intertrial intervals (ITI) of fixed-interval (FI) schedules was used to examine the resistance to change of temporal control in pigeons. After response rates stabilized on an FI 150 s ITI 135 s, response-independent food was delivered at the beginning of the ITI in one condition and at the end of the ITI in a separate condition (Experiment 1). The ITI then was shortened to 35 s and the same conditions were examined. In Experiment 2, these same conditions were examined, but with responding maintained by an FI 30-s schedule. Differential effects of food location were …
Long-Term Follow-Up Of Patients Treated With The Edgewise Crowned Herbst Appliance In The Mixed Dentition, Timothy G. Wigal
Long-Term Follow-Up Of Patients Treated With The Edgewise Crowned Herbst Appliance In The Mixed Dentition, Timothy G. Wigal
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Objectives. Research has indicated that the bite jumping technique employed by the crowned Herbst appliance can be effective in correcting Class II skeletal abnormalities by promoting growth of the mandible and remodeling of the glenoid fossa. This research investigated the skeletal and dental alterations of Class II patients treated at an early age with the edgewise crowned Herbst appliance and evaluated the long term stability of those effects. Methods. Cephalometric analysis was performed for a treatment group consisting of 22 radiographs taken before phase I treatment (T1), immediately after Herbst removal during phase I treatment (T2), at the completion of …
Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta
Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta
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Background. Studies that have explored the experiences of open-heart surgery patients have reported that incongruent or unrealistic expectations have lead to negative feelings of anger, disappointment, and frustration. Physical Health Status (PHS) limitations after open-heart surgery have resulted in negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. Depressive symptoms have been correlated with lower improvement in PHS and decreased physical and emotional recovery after surgery.;Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among expectations, anxiety, depression, and PHS and to determine predictors of postoperative PHS in open-heart surgery patients.;Methods. A convenience sample (N = 54) was recruited from …
Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement
Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement
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Although previous research of athletes' attitudes toward sport psychology consulting (Anderson et al. 2004, Martin, 2005) has proven its usefulness, the literature seems to be lacking any similar assessment of athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. Neither has the effectiveness of an educational intervention been assessed with regard to athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. This is surprising given the important role that sport psychology plays in injury rehabilitation. As a result, the primary aim of the current study was to assess the attitudes of athletic training students toward sport psychology and, subsequently, determine the effectiveness of an …
Impact Of Attribution Retraining With Students Enrolled In An Internet-Based Instructional Technology Course At A Community College, Bonnie Mccall Ordonez
Impact Of Attribution Retraining With Students Enrolled In An Internet-Based Instructional Technology Course At A Community College, Bonnie Mccall Ordonez
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This study explores the use of attribution retraining in a community college, distance learning course. Attribution training is a form of psychotherapy used in an attempt to shift an individual's attitude, motivation, and locus of control (LOC).;Locus of control is a measure of how one attributes success and failure. Those with internal locus of control believe they are responsible and control their fate while those with external locus of control tend to look for fault outside of themselves.;The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of attribution training, which consisted of a multimedia, interactive intervention called Just Think …
Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman
Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman
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An emerging "health" paradigm, Mind-Consciousness-Thought (MCT), proposes that three universal Principles, Mind (life energy), Consciousness (the capacity to be aware of thinking as "reality"), and Thought (the ability to create thinking continually), explain how psychological experience is created from the inside-out, not created from the outside-in by events and circumstances. It proposes that life comes through us, not at us. It proposes that insight into the existence and operation of those principles reconnects people to their innate mental well-being, an always accessible source of balance, wisdom, and creativity (i.e., resiliency). It proposes that accessing mental well-being is incompatible with chronic …
Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale
Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale
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Previous research relating anxiety and facial affect recognition, focusing mostly on school-aged children and adults, has yielded mixed results. The current study sought to demonstrate an association among behavioral inhibition and parent-reported social anxiety, shyness, social withdrawal and facial affect recognition performance using the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy Scale in 30 preschool children, ages 4 years to 5 years 8 months. Results indicated that social anxiety, social withdrawal, shyness, and behavioral inhibition together account for 25% of the variance in facial affect recognition performance, although this proportion was not statistically significant r2 = .25, F(4,24) = 1.95, p = …
Postpartum Sleep Disturbance And Psychomotor Vigilance Performance, Salvatore Insana
Postpartum Sleep Disturbance And Psychomotor Vigilance Performance, Salvatore Insana
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Postpartum women have high rates of sleep disturbance and commonly suffer from many of the effects of disturbed sleep, though attentional state has not been studied extensively in this population. This study assessed sleep and attentional state psychomotor performance in postpartum women to develop a better understanding of how sleep disturbance --specifically sleep fragmentation and partial sleep deprivation-- is associated with attentional state psychomotor performance. Participants were a sample of 24 postpartum mothers from a larger study. Mothers were 29.96 (SD = 7.94) years old, had a mean income of {dollar}65,808 (SD = {dollar}41,398), and had 17.04 (SD = 2.53) …
Levels Of Stress And Mechanisms Of Coping Among Male Freshman Athletes, Gregory A. White
Levels Of Stress And Mechanisms Of Coping Among Male Freshman Athletes, Gregory A. White
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Context. Studies on freshman athletes stress levels and mechanisms of coping are lacking in frequency. This study is being performed to further the knowledge base dealing with stress and coping in the freshman collegiate population Objective. The purpose of this study is to identify the levels of stress and the mechanisms of coping with stress among male freshman Football and Soccer athletes. Design. First design will be a 1X3 factorial design for stress using the Quick Stress Questionnaire (QSQ). The second design will incorporate descriptive statistics using percentages to examine coping via the Brief COPE Questionnaire (BCQ). Setting. This study …
Psychometric Properties Of A Pre-Service Teacher Performance-Based Rubric As Related To Teaching Efficacy, Lucas C. Moore
Psychometric Properties Of A Pre-Service Teacher Performance-Based Rubric As Related To Teaching Efficacy, Lucas C. Moore
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In order to meet the stipulations set for by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, teacher education programs seeking NCATE accreditation are required to demonstrate their students' readiness to become teachers in specific, measurable ways (NCATE, 2000). As a result, new methods to assess performance began to receive attention by those in the field of teacher education. This study investigated a performance-based rubric which is used by an NCATE accredited program to assess the teaching performance of its pre-service teachers. The psychometric properties of this rubric were assessed. Additionally, the relationship between this measure of teaching performance …
Insights From The Field: Perceptions Of In-Home Interventionists Working In Appalachian Maryland., Benjamin T. Brauer
Insights From The Field: Perceptions Of In-Home Interventionists Working In Appalachian Maryland., Benjamin T. Brauer
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As No Child Left Behind continues to impact public K-12 education, educators continue to seek new ways in which to reach out to at-risk students. Many school administrators and school interventionists are using in-home interventions to assist families in facilitating their child’s success. These interventions range from simply bringing instructional materials to the home of a frequently absent student, to facilitating the delivery of mental health services in the home. While school officials are taking on additional roles and responsibilities to try and meet the growing expectations placed on the public K-12 educational system, many feel that they are doing …
The Effect Of Classroom Lighting On The Volume Of Classroom Sounds., Chad A. Skolny
The Effect Of Classroom Lighting On The Volume Of Classroom Sounds., Chad A. Skolny
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The present study determined the effect of classroom lighting on the volume of classroom sounds. The expected outcome was that reduced lighting would result in reduced volume of all sounds made by students during instruction. A third-grade class of 19 students served as the participants in the study. With mean and level making substantial changes between phases while variability and trend remained consistent, along with strong agreement among observers, the results demonstrated a decrease in volume of all sounds made by students when instruction occurred with dimmed lighting. The more teachers understand about the relationship between lighting and student performance, …
Delay Discounting In Adolescent Substance Abuse And Juvenile Delinquency: A Comparison Of Measures Of Impulsive Behavior., Eric S. Grady
Delay Discounting In Adolescent Substance Abuse And Juvenile Delinquency: A Comparison Of Measures Of Impulsive Behavior., Eric S. Grady
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Recent research in the areas of substance use and juvenile delinquency has revealed that impulsivity is a multi-dimensional construct. Additionally, researchers have expressed the need for more objective, behavioral measures of impulsive behavior. This study was conducted to examine how a delay-discounting procedure, continuous performance test and questionnaire-based measures of impulsivity relate to substance use and delinquent behavior. The sample was comprised of 42 adolescents (35 male) residing in an inpatient treatment facility for alcohol and substance use. The hyperbolic discounting function did not provide a good fit to the delay-discounting data. As such, the area under the curve (AUC) …