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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Knowledge Of Parenting And Attitudes Of Parenting In Adolescent Mothers, Frances M. Preiss Jan 1996

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Knowledge Of Parenting And Attitudes Of Parenting In Adolescent Mothers, Frances M. Preiss

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Therapeutic Value Of Companion Animals On Psychosocial And Physiological Well-Being: A Review Of The Literature., Maria G. D'Anna Jan 1996

Therapeutic Value Of Companion Animals On Psychosocial And Physiological Well-Being: A Review Of The Literature., Maria G. D'Anna

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Exploratory Study Of The Traumatic Stress Experienced By Professional Caregivers Exposed To Children Injured By Violence, Heather R. Carlson Jan 1996

An Exploratory Study Of The Traumatic Stress Experienced By Professional Caregivers Exposed To Children Injured By Violence, Heather R. Carlson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Predicational Organization And Its Enhancement Of Memory, Kristin M. S. Lang Jan 1996

Predicational Organization And Its Enhancement Of Memory, Kristin M. S. Lang

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The "Unstinted Effort" Of Social Comparison : Biases In The Retrieval Of Behavior Among Depressives And Nondepressives, Michele Christine Fejfar May 1995

The "Unstinted Effort" Of Social Comparison : Biases In The Retrieval Of Behavior Among Depressives And Nondepressives, Michele Christine Fejfar

Master's Theses

The egocentric bias, peoples' tendency to view themselves as better than others, has been found to exist in many different domains (Messick, Bloom, Boldizar, & Samuelson, 1985). Fejfar, Proudfoot, Allison, and Beggan (1994) uncovered evidence supporting two components to the bias: the motivation to be egocentric and the construction of strategies to fulfill this motivation. In the present research, this model was used to determine the biases inherent in depressive (as opposed to nondepressive) cognitions by having subjects list good and bad behaviors performed by themselves and others. Subjects directly or indirectly compared themselves to others (to test the motivation …


The Hormones Of Pregnancy Alter Somal Size In The Medial Preoptic Area Of The Rat Brain, Lori A. Keyser May 1995

The Hormones Of Pregnancy Alter Somal Size In The Medial Preoptic Area Of The Rat Brain, Lori A. Keyser

Master's Theses

Formerly non-responsive females will display maternal behavior (MB) following pregnancy and parturition. The behavioral alterations are believed to occur in response to hormonal changes that accompany pregnancy. The medical pre optic area (MPOA) regulates hormone-induced MB. The current study examined neuronal changes which might account for the modified behavior. Twenty adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned a hormone condition: ovariectomized (OVX), ovariectomized/hormone-treated (P+E2), intact diestrus (DI), or pregnant (PREG). Animals were killed, and their brains fixed in Golgi-Cox solution. Somata of the MPOA and related cortex were measured in each group using a Bioquant imaging system. Pregnant females …


The Influence Of Emotion On Temporal Perspectives, Skye Mims Ochsner Jan 1995

The Influence Of Emotion On Temporal Perspectives, Skye Mims Ochsner

Master's Theses

Recent research suggests that our understanding of the abstract domain of time is dependent on the more concrete domain of space. At once time is measurable and abstract, thus we often think of it both temporally as well as spatially. Boroditsky and Ramscar (2002) find that the spatial domain influences whether people see themselves as moving through time (ego-moving perspective) or as time moving towards them (timemoving perspective). Might there be other factors at work influencing these perspectives other than just representations of spatial experience? The current studies investigate the role that emotion plays in construal of time. Specifically, do …


Teachers' Role In The Development Of Children's Metamemory And Strategy Knowledge: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of American And Singaporean Elementary School Teachers, Sony Hoe Jan 1995

Teachers' Role In The Development Of Children's Metamemory And Strategy Knowledge: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Of American And Singaporean Elementary School Teachers, Sony Hoe

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Future Task Difficulty Expectations And Strategic Failure In Depression: A Test Of Depressive Self-Presentation Theory, Evan Finer Jan 1995

Future Task Difficulty Expectations And Strategic Failure In Depression: A Test Of Depressive Self-Presentation Theory, Evan Finer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Religiosity, Sex Roles, And Attitudes Toward Women: Their Relation To The Roles Of Women In The Church, Kristen J. Petzinger Jan 1995

Religiosity, Sex Roles, And Attitudes Toward Women: Their Relation To The Roles Of Women In The Church, Kristen J. Petzinger

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Social Comparison And Perceived Severity Of Illness On Symptom Recognition And Monitoring, Susan Mccabe Sheffer Jan 1995

Effects Of Social Comparison And Perceived Severity Of Illness On Symptom Recognition And Monitoring, Susan Mccabe Sheffer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Social Support And Medical Student Retention: An Analysis Of Ethnic Differences, Michelle L. Christensen Jan 1995

Social Support And Medical Student Retention: An Analysis Of Ethnic Differences, Michelle L. Christensen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Do The Effects Of Child Psychotherapy Vary Over Time?, James Kelly Cotten Jan 1995

Do The Effects Of Child Psychotherapy Vary Over Time?, James Kelly Cotten

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Academic Self-Concept, Locus Of-Control, Social Interdependence, And Academic Achievement Among African-American College Students, Valerie G. Kuykendall-Rogers Jan 1995

The Relationship Between Academic Self-Concept, Locus Of-Control, Social Interdependence, And Academic Achievement Among African-American College Students, Valerie G. Kuykendall-Rogers

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Merging Physical And Cognitive Control : An Analysis Of Perceived Fear And Risk Of Rape, Jennifer Howard Brockway Jan 1995

Merging Physical And Cognitive Control : An Analysis Of Perceived Fear And Risk Of Rape, Jennifer Howard Brockway

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Neuroticism As A Mediator Between Perceived Attachment Patterns And Career Search And College Self-Efficacy, Susanne E. Richter Jan 1995

Neuroticism As A Mediator Between Perceived Attachment Patterns And Career Search And College Self-Efficacy, Susanne E. Richter

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Racial Identity And Interracial Dating Attitudes Of African-American College Students At A Predominately African-American University, Russell Chad Hancock Jan 1995

Racial Identity And Interracial Dating Attitudes Of African-American College Students At A Predominately African-American University, Russell Chad Hancock

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Meta-Analysis Of Surveys Examining The Relationship Between Aids-Related Knowledge And Attitudes, Patrick W. Smillie Jan 1995

A Meta-Analysis Of Surveys Examining The Relationship Between Aids-Related Knowledge And Attitudes, Patrick W. Smillie

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Home-Leaving, Parent-Adolescent Conflict And Parenting Style In Late Adolescence, Denise Lynn Durbin Jan 1995

Home-Leaving, Parent-Adolescent Conflict And Parenting Style In Late Adolescence, Denise Lynn Durbin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Connection Between Childhood Sexual Abuse And Eating Disorders In Women: A Review Of The Literature, Susan M. Lavaccare Jan 1995

The Connection Between Childhood Sexual Abuse And Eating Disorders In Women: A Review Of The Literature, Susan M. Lavaccare

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Meta-Analytic Review Of Self-Esteem And Self-Concept Interventions: Implications For School-Based Interventions, Margaret Haney Jan 1995

A Meta-Analytic Review Of Self-Esteem And Self-Concept Interventions: Implications For School-Based Interventions, Margaret Haney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Psychotherapy With Hiv-Infected Clients: Factors Influencing Notification Of Third Parties, Neal F. Kozlowski Jan 1995

Psychotherapy With Hiv-Infected Clients: Factors Influencing Notification Of Third Parties, Neal F. Kozlowski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Mediating Effect Of Self-Referencing In Consumer Responses: Effect Of Message Recipient's Sex And Gender Role And Sex Of Message Communicator(S) On Responses To And Evaluations Of A Radio Ad, Elke Liewald Jan 1995

The Mediating Effect Of Self-Referencing In Consumer Responses: Effect Of Message Recipient's Sex And Gender Role And Sex Of Message Communicator(S) On Responses To And Evaluations Of A Radio Ad, Elke Liewald

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Prenatal Stress On The Size Of The Corpus Callosum, Richard K. Rowe Ii Aug 1994

The Effects Of Prenatal Stress On The Size Of The Corpus Callosum, Richard K. Rowe Ii

Master's Theses

The effects of prenatal stress on the size of the corpus callosum in rats was investigated using a prenatal heat, light, and restraint stress paradigm that influences the fetal hormonal milieu (Ward, 1972). Females were stressed thrice daily from Day 15 of pregnancy until parturition. Control females were left unstressed throughout their pregnancies. In adulthood (M = 223.16 days of age), male and female offspring from the two groups were sacrificed. Area, perimeter, and length of the corpus callosum were determined from sagittal sections of each brain. Results showed a sex difference for area, perimeter, and length of the corpus …


The Effects Of Positive And Negative Retrieval Cues On Release From Retroactive Interference, Michael P. Etgen May 1994

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Retrieval Cues On Release From Retroactive Interference, Michael P. Etgen

Master's Theses

The following study examined the effects of positive and negative retrieval cues within a release from retroactive interference design. Predictions based upon a modification to the cue-overloading hypothesis were evaluated. Subjects were 79 Introductory Psychology students. They learned two lists, each composed of four-legged animals, and were tested for recall of the originally-learned list. Informed subjects were supplied with a retrieval cue for the interpolated list to provide a release from retroactive interference. All subjects were further divided into those who were released by becoming aware during original learning and those who were not. Comparisons revealed a reliable and comparable …


The Effects Of Positive And Negative Retrieval Cues On Release From Retroactive Interference, Michael P. Etgen May 1994

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Retrieval Cues On Release From Retroactive Interference, Michael P. Etgen

Master's Theses

The following study examined the effects of positive and negative retrieval cues within a release from retroactive interference design. Predictions based upon a modification to the cue-overloading hypothesis were evaluated. Subjects were 79 Introductory Psychology students. They learned two lists, each composed of four-legged animals, and were tested for recall of the originally-learned list. Informed subjects were supplied with a retrieval cue for the interpolated list to provide a release from retroactive interference. All subjects were further divided into those who were released by becoming aware during original learning and those who were not. Comparisons revealed a reliable and comparable …


The Anterior Commissure : The Effects Of Sex And Prenatal Stress, Hendree Evelyn Jones Apr 1994

The Anterior Commissure : The Effects Of Sex And Prenatal Stress, Hendree Evelyn Jones

Master's Theses

The effects of prenatal stress (light/restraint) on the development of the anterior commissure (AC) were investigated. The AC is known to be a sexually dimorphic structure of the brain not directly involved in reproductive behavior; unlike hypothalamic structures and nuclei, however, little is known about its development. The present work examines two factors, sex and stress, known to influence other brain areas. Pregnant rats were assigned to prenatal treatment and control groups. The treatment group was stressed thrice daily for thirty minutes using light/restraint during the third trimester (day 14-21). Control dams remained undisturbed. Male and female offspring were killed …


The Ethical Decision Making Of Clinical Psychology Graduate Students, Jeanne M. Piette Jan 1994

The Ethical Decision Making Of Clinical Psychology Graduate Students, Jeanne M. Piette

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Exploratory Study Of Perceptions And Attributions Of Environmental And Psychological Underpinnings Of The Home Advantage In Team Sport Athletes, Gary James Donzelli Jan 1994

An Exploratory Study Of Perceptions And Attributions Of Environmental And Psychological Underpinnings Of The Home Advantage In Team Sport Athletes, Gary James Donzelli

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Escape Theory, Cognitive Narrowing, And Binge Eating : A Laboratory Analysis, Dean W. Beebe Jan 1994

Escape Theory, Cognitive Narrowing, And Binge Eating : A Laboratory Analysis, Dean W. Beebe

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.