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Examining The Interplay Of Rejection Sensitivity, Self-Compassion, And Communication In Romantic Relationships, Jennifer Anne Christman

Doctoral Dissertations

This cross-sectional study examined the potential associations between rejection sensitivity, self-compassion, self-silencing, and couple communication patterns in a college undergraduate population. Participants (n=205) attended group data collection sessions in campus computer labs where they completed an online survey. Multivariate path analyses did not support the hypothesis that self-silencing mediates the relationship between rejection sensitivity and couple communication patterns. Self-compassion also did not moderate the relationship between rejection sensitivity and self-silencing. However, post-hoc analyses revealed that self-compassion moderated the previously established relationships between rejection sensitivity and depression, and rejection sensitivity and relationship satisfaction. These findings indicate that self-compassion may serve as …

Personality, Organizational Commitment, And Job Search Behavior: A Field Study, Cynthia Ward Hackney

Doctoral Dissertations

This field study examined the relationships among the personality traits conscientiousness and openness to experience; organizational commitment; and job search behaviors in a work environment, to test hypotheses about the relationships of three types of commitment – affective, normative and continuance – with the personality traits and search behaviors, using established measures. Participants were 282 employees of cell phone sales organization located in the Southeastern United States, who completed on-line surveys. As hypothesized, individual conscientiousness showed a strong positive relationship with affective, normative and continuance commitment and a strong negative relationship with job search behaviors. Openness to experience showed the …

Strangers With Benefits: Ovulation And Attraction To Outgroup Men, Joseph Frederick Salvatore

Masters Theses

The tendency for humans to behaviorally and attitudinally favor ingroups over outgroups is robust and pancultural. An evolutionary framework, however, provides reason to expect a systematic tendency toward outgroup-favoritism in a particular context. Ancestral females may have mated furtively with outgroup-males and returned to their cuckolded ingroup-male partner for child rearing, as a means of both maximizing genetic variability and promoting the long-term welfare of an offspring. The footprint of such a process may evidence in human females via increased physical attraction to outgroup (but not ingroup) males as ovulation approaches (conception-risk increases). Two studies of normally ovulating women tested …

Daily And Longitudinal Associations Between Sexual Coercion, Affect, And Relationship Functioning Among Women In Heterosexual Dating Relationships, Vanessa Tirone

Masters Theses

Sexual coercion, the use of manipulative tactics to have sexual contact with another person against their will, is experienced frequently by women in dating relationships. Cross sectional data suggests this type of experience is associated with deleterious outcomes for women’s mental health and relationship satisfaction. To date, no published studies have examined how sexual coercion relates to women’s well-being and relationship functioning on a daily basis or their satisfaction with dating relationships over time. The present study measured the frequency of 4 sexual coercion tactics (i.e., arousal, verbal, intoxication and force) and their association with women’s wellbeing and relationship functioning …

The Physiological And Psychological Connection: The Body’S Response To Ceased Exercise From Athletic Injury, Patricia Rotella Ligon

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Perceived Interpersonal Support As Protective Factors For Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Richard D. Gibson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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A Historical Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Teens In Popular Literature: The Chronicles Of Narnia And Harry Potter, Susan F. Gregory

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Effect Of Social Status On Social Defeat-Induced Neural Activation In The Dorsal Raphe Nucleus, Danielle M. Gerhard, Kathleen E. Morrison, Matthew A. Cooper

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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A Humanitarian Perspective On Interracial Interaction Ideologies, Agnieszka Maria Helena Rykaczewska, Michael Olson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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"Just Trying To Keep My Head Above Water": Division I Freshman Female Athletes' Experience Of Their First Semester, Aslynn C. Halvorson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Weak Signals In American History: Applying Historical Events To Present Decisions In Business, Taylor Diane Robinson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Reported Experience Of Maltreatment In Adolescents Whose Mothers Have Borderline Personality Disorder, Chelsea R. Ennis

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Arrest History And Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration In A Sample Of Men And Women Arrested For Domestic Violence, Ryan C. Shorey, Andrew Ninnemann, Joanna Elmquist, Lindsay Labrecque, Heather Zucosky, Jeniimarie Febres, Hope Brasfield, Jeff R. Temple, Gregory L. Stuart

Psychology Publications and Other Works

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious and prevalent problem throughout the United States. Currently, individuals arrested for domestic violence are often court mandated to batterer intervention programs (BIPs). However, little is known about the arrest histories of these individuals, especially women. The current study examined the arrest histories of men (n = 303) and women (n = 82) arrested for domestic violence and court-referred to BIPs. Results demonstrated that over 30% of the entire sample had been previously arrested for a non-violent offense, and over 25% of the participants had been previously arrested for a violent offense …

Insight 2012, Department Of Psychology

Insight

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Arrest History And Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration In A Sample Of Men And Women Arrested For Domestic Violence, Ryan C. Shorey, Andrew Ninnemann, Joanna Elmquist, Lindsay Labrecque, Heather Zucosky, Jeniimarie Febres, Hope Brasfield, Gregory Lyal Stuart

Psychology Publications and Other Works

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious and prevalent problem throughout the United States. Currently, individuals arrested for domestic violence are often court mandated to batterer intervention programs (BIPs). However, little is known about the arrest histories of these individuals, especially women. The current study examined the arrest histories of men (n = 303) and women (n = 82) arrested for domestic violence and court-referred to BIPs. Results demonstrated that over 30% of the entire sample had been previously arrested for a non-violent offense, and over 25% of the participants had been previously arrested for a violent offense other than …

Addressing Substance Abuse And Violence In Substance Use Disorder Treatment And Batter Intervention Programs, Christine Timko, Helen Valenstein, Patricia Y. Lin, Rudolf H. Moos, Gregory Lyal Stuart, Ruth C. Cronkite

Psychology Publications and Other Works

Background

Substance use disorders and perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) are interrelated, major public health problems.

Methods

We surveyed directors of a sample of substance use disorder treatment programs (SUDPs; N=241) and batterer intervention programs (BIPs; N=235) in California (70% response rate) to examine the extent to which SUDPs address IPV, and BIPs address substance abuse.

Results

Generally, SUDPs were not addressing co-occurring IPV perpetration in a formal and comprehensive way. Few had a policy requiring assessment of potential clients, or monitoring of admitted clients, for violence perpetration; almost one-quarter did not admit potential clients who had perpetrated IPV, …

Cognitions, Emotions, And Applications: Participants’ Experiences Of Learning About Strengths In An Academic Library, Allison Sharp, Jeanine Williamson

Other Library Publications and Works

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