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The Effect Of Psychotropic Medications On Social Skills In Persons With Profound Mental Retardation., Jerald Wayne Bamburg Jr Jan 2001

The Effect Of Psychotropic Medications On Social Skills In Persons With Profound Mental Retardation., Jerald Wayne Bamburg Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

People with mental retardation exhibit a large number of behavioral excesses and deficits and the full range of psychopathology. As a result, interventions involving psychotropic medications are widely used in the population. However, few conducted studies have examined the effect of psychotropic interventions on the total behavioral repertoire. Most studies examine only the suppression of symptoms or maladaptive behaviors without considering the manner in which medications may alter the positive behavioral repertoire or cause deleterious side effects. This study aimed to address medication effects on the positive behavioral spectrum by examining the effects of these interventions on social skills, adaptive …

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Treatment Outcome Of Childhood Obesity: The Effect Of Children's Psychological Distress And Problematic Behavior., Tana Louise Hope Jan 2001

Treatment Outcome Of Childhood Obesity: The Effect Of Children's Psychological Distress And Problematic Behavior., Tana Louise Hope

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The number of children and adolescents effected by obesity has been increasing over the past 30 years. Current treatment of childhood obesity focuses primarily on increasing physical activity, modifying diet, providing nutritional education and teaching self-monitoring and stimulus control procedures. Although children have been shown to lose weight by participating in these treatment programs, the amount of weight children lose during treatment is often small, and long-term maintenance of weightloss continues to be challenging for many. Given the relatively weak outcome of childhood obesity treatment programs, research into factors that effect treatment outcome is needed. Psychological distress and problematic behavior …

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Examination Of A Method For Increasing Adjustment To And Compliance With Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (Cpap) In Persons With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome., Jack Allen Johnson Jr Jan 2001

Examination Of A Method For Increasing Adjustment To And Compliance With Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (Cpap) In Persons With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome., Jack Allen Johnson Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a serious medical condition that occurs during sleep and consists of episodes of complete (respiratory pauses) or partial obstruction (hypoventilation) of the upper airway. Approximately 80% of persons diagnosed with OSAS are prescribed nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment, which has proven to be the treatment of choice for OSAS. However, noncompliance with CPAP treatment in OSAS patients is a widely recognized problem, and many persons refuse CPAP as a treatment option or fail to use it reliably. Investigations of CPAP use in OSAS patients have generally found that nightly use averages less …

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Parenting Practices As A Moderator Of Exposure To Community Violence., Nicole Francingues Lanclos Jan 2001

Parenting Practices As A Moderator Of Exposure To Community Violence., Nicole Francingues Lanclos

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Numerous studies evidence that urban youth are exposed to epidemic proportions of community violence. Exposure to community violence has been associated with significant levels of distress including aggression, academic difficulties, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Although it is clear that children who experience chronic levels of violence exposure are at increased risk for poor developmental outcome, the consequences of exposure are not the same for all children. Parenting factors found to buffer the effects of community violence exposure include family size, parental presence in the home, family support, parenting resources, family cohesion, and strong parental monitoring. It is less …

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Social Support And The Prevalence Of Depressive And Anxiety Disorders In Low -Income Adults With Type 2 Diabetes And Other Chronic Illnesses., Janet Leigh Thomas Jan 2001

Social Support And The Prevalence Of Depressive And Anxiety Disorders In Low -Income Adults With Type 2 Diabetes And Other Chronic Illnesses., Janet Leigh Thomas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The present study used a cross-sectional design to answer the following questions: (a) what is the prevalence of DSM-IV depressive and anxiety disorders in a population of low-income primary care patients with type 2 DM, and does a diagnosis of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) contribute to an increased prevalence of affective disorders above the rate identified in other chronic illness groups and those suffering from no medical diagnoses, (b) does perceived social support, as measured by the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL) have a direct and/or buffering effect on the association between chronic disease and affective disorder diagnoses, and …

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Behavioural Problems Of Children In Foster Care As Affected By Attachment To And Visitation With Biological Parents, Ellen Loorits Jan 2001

Behavioural Problems Of Children In Foster Care As Affected By Attachment To And Visitation With Biological Parents, Ellen Loorits

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The following paper examines the literature on attachment and children in foster care to form the foundation for a study of the effects of attachment and visitation on the behavioural problems of these children. It begins with an overview of the area of attachment, focusing on the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, and Main. Cicchetti and colleagues extensive research on attachment in maltreated school aged children is reviewed. The mental health imp1ications for maltreated children are discussed. The section on foster care gives an overview of the area including demographics and practices. Attachment theory has led to development of current practices …

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The Influences Of Parent-Child Affectional Bonding And Self-Esteem On Fear Of Intimacy In Young Adults, Hendrik Janong Jan 2001

The Influences Of Parent-Child Affectional Bonding And Self-Esteem On Fear Of Intimacy In Young Adults, Hendrik Janong

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Fear of intimacy has been reported as one of the most significant problems experienced by adults in their relationships (Bartholomew, 1990 ; Descutner & Thelen, 1991; Lutwak, 1985). It has also been argued that individuals' perceptions of their relationship with their parents in the past and their level of self-esteem cam also significantly influence their fear of intimacy. This present study was conducted to examine the relationship between parent-child affectional bonding, self-esteem, and fear of intimacy in young adults. Male and female undergraduate students from Edith Cowan University aged 19-25 years, were given the Parental Nurturance Scale (PNS), Self-Esteem Rating …

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Why People Don't Go To Church : A Study Of Factors Associated With Non-Participation And Participation In Church In Australia, John Bellamy Jan 2001

Why People Don't Go To Church : A Study Of Factors Associated With Non-Participation And Participation In Church In Australia, John Bellamy

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Church-based religion in the western world is considered by many sociologists to be in decline. The causes of this decline have been linked to secularising processes such as institutional differentiation, urbanisation, industrialisation, and the rise of scientific rationalism. The primary research aim of this study is to identify what contribution the religious beliefs of individuals, their demographic characteristics, their work and leisure patterns, their attitudes and experiences of churches and their experience of the urban environment, make towards understanding patterns of non-participation and participation in local churches. A secondary research aim is to identify to what extent theories of secularisation …

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Sex-Role Identity And Perceptions Of Good Managers As A Function Of Gender And Level Of Management---Good Female Managers, An Oxymoron?, Shirley Cresci Jan 2001

Sex-Role Identity And Perceptions Of Good Managers As A Function Of Gender And Level Of Management---Good Female Managers, An Oxymoron?, Shirley Cresci

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Relationship Of Intrinsic Motivation, Cognitive Style And Tolerance Of Ambiguity And Creativity In Scientists, Helene Katz Jan 2001

The Relationship Of Intrinsic Motivation, Cognitive Style And Tolerance Of Ambiguity And Creativity In Scientists, Helene Katz

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Relationship Between Personality Factors And Drug-Of-Choice Among Adolescent Drug Abusers, Phillip Yucht Jan 2001

The Relationship Between Personality Factors And Drug-Of-Choice Among Adolescent Drug Abusers, Phillip Yucht

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Introduction: Fear And Loathing Of Evolutionary Psychology In The Social Sciences, Daniel Leger, Alan Kamil, Jeffrey French Jan 2001

Introduction: Fear And Loathing Of Evolutionary Psychology In The Social Sciences, Daniel Leger, Alan Kamil, Jeffrey French

Psychology Faculty Publications

When one looks at the intellectual landscape of the modern university, at the scholarly and scientific interests of its faculty, the panorama is seamless. There are no discontinuities. The interests of physicists transmogrify into those of chemists, those of chemists into those of biologists, and so on. The lines, the divisions, between departments have been created out of administrative, not intellectual, necessity.

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Children's Production Of Locative Expressions In English : The Influence Of Geometric And Extra-Geometric Factors, Lynn Valerie Richards Jan 2001

Children's Production Of Locative Expressions In English : The Influence Of Geometric And Extra-Geometric Factors, Lynn Valerie Richards

School of Psychology Theses

The research in this thesis examines the influence that both geometric and extrageometric factors have on children's spatial language production. Over the years it has widely been assumed that spatial prepositions identif' where objects are in the world (geometric factors) and that this is reflected in the semantic representations of these words. More recently, researchers investigating the lexical semantics of spatial prepositions have begun to question this assumption by demonstrating that what objects are and how they are interacting can also affect the way we describe where they are in the world (extra-geometric factors). Following on from research conducted with …

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You Can't Take It With You: An Examination Of Employee Benefit Portability And Its Relationship To Job Lock And The New Psychological Contract, Katherine Elizabeth Ulrich Jan 2001

You Can't Take It With You: An Examination Of Employee Benefit Portability And Its Relationship To Job Lock And The New Psychological Contract, Katherine Elizabeth Ulrich

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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Denial And Locus Of Control In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Jami Barto Hoxmeier Jan 2001

Denial And Locus Of Control In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Jami Barto Hoxmeier

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Denial is a defense mechanism cardiac patients use to cope with the trauma of a cardiac event. Empirical findings document positive and negative effects of denial on cardiac patients' health and health-promoting behavior. Theoretical models of stress and coping suggest denial can interfere with health-promoting behavior when individuals are in control of variables affecting their health. This study addressed the research question: What effect do denial and internal locus of control have on exercise adherence and physiological gains in cardiac rehabilitation? One hundred-thirty patients in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program completed the Cardiac Denial of Impact Scale, the Multidimensional Health …

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Disordered Eating And Its Psychosocial Correlates Among Hispanic Adolescent Females, Annette Santiago Jan 2001

Disordered Eating And Its Psychosocial Correlates Among Hispanic Adolescent Females, Annette Santiago

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the incidence of disordered eating and its relationship with acculturation, depression, and body dissatisfaction among Hispanic adolescent females. One hundred and five students enrolled at two midwestern high schools completed a Student Demographic Questionnaire, the Bidimensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (Marin & Gamba, 1996), the Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996), the Body Dissatisfaction Subscale of the Eating Disorder Inventory (Garner, Olmstead, & Polivy, 1983), and the Eating Attitudes Test (Garner, Olmstead, Bohr, & Garfinkel, 1982). Two null hypotheses were examined. The first investigated the relationship among acculturation, depression, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating utilizing …

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Friends Who Neglect Their Friends For Dating Partners: Exploring Relational Aggression, Overt Aggression And Emotional Reactions In Adolescents, Lisa Diane D'Amico Jan 2001

Friends Who Neglect Their Friends For Dating Partners: Exploring Relational Aggression, Overt Aggression And Emotional Reactions In Adolescents, Lisa Diane D'Amico

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Prior research on relational aggression has been limited by failing to look at high school students and by not considering the context in which relational aggression may occur in adolescence. Changes that occur during adolescence may make relational aggression both especially salient and hurtful in this population. For example, friendships during adolescence are more intimate than during any other developmental period. It is also during adolescence when dating relationships are prevalent, taking the primary focus off of same-sex peer relations. The purpose of this study was to examine how adolescents react (both emotionally and behaviorally) when their friend neglects them …

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Perceptions Of Family Environment, Problem -Solving Appraisal And Impact Of Parental Alcoholism Among Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Wayne Allen Hume Jr. Jan 2001

Perceptions Of Family Environment, Problem -Solving Appraisal And Impact Of Parental Alcoholism Among Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Wayne Allen Hume Jr.

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine intragroup differences within the ACOA population. Specifically, the contructs of family environment and problem-solving appraisal were utilized to predict the impact of parental alcoholism on self-selected ACOAs. The sample of ACOAs utilized for this study was recruited from undergraduatePsychology courses at a state university in the Pacific Northwest. Two hundred and seventy-five participants completed questionnaires; however, only 105 individuals met inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. The following null hypothesis was tested by a stepwise canonical discriminant analysis: No subset of perceived family environment variables (cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, organization, and …

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Psychologist Gender And Sex Bias In Diagnosing Histrionic And Narcissistic Personality Disorders, Kevin B. Erickson Jan 2001

Psychologist Gender And Sex Bias In Diagnosing Histrionic And Narcissistic Personality Disorders, Kevin B. Erickson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relative influence of gender and sex on psychologists' diagnoses of histrionic (HPD) and narcissistic (NPD) personality disorders. Gender was defined according to conventional behavioral norms, and included the categories of masculine, feminine, and androgynous. Sex was defined by biological features, and included the categories of male, female, and sex-unspecified. Psychologists were mailed a survey and asked to assign a single diagnosis to a clinical case vignette that was equally representative of DSM-IV (APA, 1994) HPD and NPD criteria, but which varied regarding the nine possible pairings of a gender and a sex. A total of 184 …

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The Comparative Effects Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing (Emdr) And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt) In The Treatment Of Depression, William Andrew Hogan Jan 2001

The Comparative Effects Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing (Emdr) And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt) In The Treatment Of Depression, William Andrew Hogan

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a unique, short-term therapy shown to be effective in the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Application of EMDR to the treatment of depression was considered based upon the relationship between negative life experience and symptom onset, a pattern common to both PTSD and depression. Evaluation of the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of depression was accomplished via a comparison with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Because EMDR has been shown to be effective in the treatment of PTSD, the impact of EMDR and CBT upon symptoms comorbid to depression was investigated. EMDR …

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The Effect Of Individual Counseling On Hope And Its Impact On The Utilization Of Services By Individuals With Hiv Disease, Barry Michael Vesciglio Jan 2001

The Effect Of Individual Counseling On Hope And Its Impact On The Utilization Of Services By Individuals With Hiv Disease, Barry Michael Vesciglio

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The interrelationships of participation in counseling, level of hope, and care service utilization in a sample of individuals with HIV disease was the focus of this study. It was hypothesized that individual counseling would improve an HIV-positive person's level of hope, and would increase participation in additional care services. It was also hypothesized that individuals with more hope would seek a greater number of care services. The Health Status Questionnaire, which contains the Hope Scale, and the Social Support Questionnaire were used to collect data. Participation in individual counseling was not related to level of hope. Additionally, stage of illness …

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The Impact Of Creative Problem Solving For Generaleducation Intervention Teams On Team Members' Ratings Of Treatment Acceptability, Jennifer L. Grimes Jan 2001

The Impact Of Creative Problem Solving For Generaleducation Intervention Teams On Team Members' Ratings Of Treatment Acceptability, Jennifer L. Grimes

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many states require or recommend school-based, problem-solving teams in an effort to develop interventions to address student and teacher needs. Often these teams have not been trained in a structured problem-solving process, which is thought to improve the quality of interventions developed by a team. Creative Problem Solving (CPS) is a problem-solving process developed from creativity and cognitivePsychology literature and has been found to increase team effectiveness. CPS has been modified for use with school-based, problem-solving teams, which are called GeneralEducation Intervention (GEI) teams in the state of Indiana, to assist in developing quality interventions. This modified process is called …

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Meta-Analysis Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing Efficacy Studies In The Treatment Of Ptsd, Carole Alto Jan 2001

Meta-Analysis Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing Efficacy Studies In The Treatment Of Ptsd, Carole Alto

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Persistently And Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals' Perception Of The Working Alliance And Caseworker Characteristics, Letizia A. Duncan Jan 2001

Persistently And Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals' Perception Of The Working Alliance And Caseworker Characteristics, Letizia A. Duncan

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Race And Recall: The Effect Of A Patient's Skin Tone On The Ability Of A Psychologist In Training To Recall Clinical Data, Cheryl Ann Notari Jan 2001

Race And Recall: The Effect Of A Patient's Skin Tone On The Ability Of A Psychologist In Training To Recall Clinical Data, Cheryl Ann Notari

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The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Interpersonal Trust, And The Marital Attitudes Of College Students, Donalee Brown Jan 2001

The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Interpersonal Trust, And The Marital Attitudes Of College Students, Donalee Brown

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The Relationship Between The Family Of Origin Processes And Attitudes Towards Marriage And The Likelihood To Divorce Among College Students, Alison Valerian Jan 2001

The Relationship Between The Family Of Origin Processes And Attitudes Towards Marriage And The Likelihood To Divorce Among College Students, Alison Valerian

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Front Matter Jan 2001

Front Matter

Modern Psychological Studies

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Body Image Distortion In College Females: Effects On Exercise Identity And Commitment, Marie Schroder, Lauren Leslie, Mary Leigh Gregory Jan 2001

Body Image Distortion In College Females: Effects On Exercise Identity And Commitment, Marie Schroder, Lauren Leslie, Mary Leigh Gregory

Modern Psychological Studies

Body image concerns have been related to behavioral aspects of exercise. This study examined the psychological aspect of exercise on role identity. It was hypothesized that college females who overestimated percentage body fat were more likely to identify exercise as an integral self-concept and commit strongly to exercise than correct or underestimators. Twenty-five undergraduate females, never diagnosed with an eating disorder, completed an Exercise Identity Scale and a Commitment to Exercise scale. Body fat was assessed using calipers at three body sites. Body image distortion is prevalent among normal populations but shows no significant relation to exercise identity and commitment. …

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Divorce In The Family: How Does It Affect Personality And Views Of Love And Marriage?, Kymberley K. Bennett Jan 2001

Divorce In The Family: How Does It Affect Personality And Views Of Love And Marriage?, Kymberley K. Bennett

Modern Psychological Studies

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of parental divorce on such personality variables as global optimism and self-esteem, and attitudes toward love and marriage. Eighty-seven women and 48 men enrolled in a small, private university participated in this study. A questionnaire was developed specifically for this study which included Sheier and Carver's (1985) Life Orientation Test, Rosenberg's (1965) Self-Esteem Scale, and several other established measures. In addition, participants read five scenarios depicting couples on the verge of divorce and were asked to rate each impending divorce for its likelihood and its acceptability. Results indicated that all participants were …

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