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Emotion Word Processing and Previous Exposure to Violent Media: An Eye-Tracking Study
(2018-04-18)The controversy regarding violent media influencing acts of violence is long standing and heavily debated. Most research in this area has prioritized examining correlations between the consumption of violent media and ... -
Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies for Perceived Stress and Their Relationship with Quality of Life
(2018-04-20)Perceived stress affects the lives of every person to some degree. This stress and its consequential factors often lead to negative outcomes including depression, anxiety, and other psychological disorders. To cope with ... -
Implicit Emotion Regulation in Individuals with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
(2018-04-20)Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common problem in community and clinical populations, especially during adolescence and early adulthood. Non-suicidal self-injury is a gateway to suicide attempts, and it is comorbid ... -
Individual, Occupational, and Health Factors that Contribute to Absenteeism of Teachers in Texas Public Schools
(2018-04-24)The purpose of this study is to carefully evaluate the demographic, occupational, and health factors most associated with teacher absenteeism within the Texas public school system. Absenteeism is costly for organizations, ... -
The Influence of Individual Characteristics on Police Cynicism & Police Job Satisfaction
(2018-04-19)Police cynicism was first defined and explored by Niederhoffer (1967). Cynicism has since been attributed as a negative characteristic that is considered an inevitable outcome of the police profession (Caplan, 2003; Graves, ... -
Effects Of Vicarious Equine Interaction On Anxiety And Neuromodulators
(2018-04-18)Human-animal interaction influences the release of neuromodulators, such as cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine (Beetz, Uvnäs-Moberg, Julius, & Kotrschal, 2012). No data could be located in the literature to establish ... -
Alcohol Consumption and Other Related Factors in Military Veterans Attending College
(2018-04-23)Military veterans attending college may encounter difficulties resulting from the clash of military and collegiate cultures. A lack of social support during the military-to- college transition may promote the development ... -
The Cognitive Effects of Gendered Language on Memory in College Students: Implications for Standardized Testing
(2018-04-20)This study aims to investigate the influence of gendered language on memory retention of material in a reading passage that is comparable to those used in standardized tests, hypothesizing that gender-neutral language would ... -
Understanding How the Information in Faces Influences Perception and Attention to Marijuana Images
(2018-07-23)Individuals are inclined to orient their attention to locations cued by anothers’ eye gaze (Dunham & Moore, 1995), which is sensitive to the emotional expression of the cue and the motivational relevance of targets (e.g. ... -
An Examination of the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Humor Preference
(2017-11-22)Studies examining sex differences in humor appreciation and production found that men tend to desire a partner who laughs at their jokes, while women prefer a partner who makes them laugh (Bressler, Martin, & Balshine, ... -
Do memories for same- and other-race faces change after a consolidation period?
(2017-07-21)The other-race effect is a well-documented phenomenon, in which participants show more accurate face memory for members of their own race compared with face memory for members of other races. Although current theories aimed ... -
The Effects of Induced Pain on Measures of Executive Functioning
(2017-07-25)Cognitive complaints are frequently reported by patients with chronic pain, but studies of the effects of pain on different forms of cognition have reported inconsistent findings. In two studies, cold-pressor pain was ... -
Athlete Coping: Recovery and Response to Injury
(2017-04-24)Athletic injury is a devastating and common occurrence that can happen in any sport. Injured athletes often require resources and treatment in order to be able to return to the field of play. Athletes become more involved ... -
Interpersonal Attraction as a Function of Attitude Similarity and Aggression
(2017-04-24)The attitude similarity effect is one of the most replicated paradigms of interpersonal attraction. Strangers with similar attitudes are found to be attractive compared to those with dissimilar attitudes. Previous research ... -
Associative Priming and Implicit Bias Towards African Americans
(2017-04-21)Understanding racial prejudice towards African Americans using implicit measures, such as associative techniques like racial priming, provide a sensitive way to assess racial bias. In addition to understanding racial ... -
Need for Cognition, Ambiguity Tolerance and Likelihood of Prejudice
(2016-11-28)The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a relationship between Need for Cognition, Ambiguity Tolerance and prejudice. Research has supported the idea that people categorize groups based on essentialized ... -
Body Modifications: Perceptions of Tattoos and the Examination of Gender, Tattoo Location, and Tattoo Size
(2016-11-22)Individuals’ perceptions of others, including the presence or absence of body modifications, can influence the way they make judgments. Body modifications have become mainstream in American culture. There is a lot of ... -
Differentiating Successful Psychopaths from Non-psychopathic Controls
(2016-11-29)Modern day psychopaths are categorized into two distinct types: criminal and noncriminal psychopaths, who are thought to display different profiles of neural and cognitive function (Gao & Raine, 2010). More specifically, ... -
Music and Memory: An ERP Examination of Music as a Mnemonic Device
(2016-07-22)Prior research into music and memory has shown that music can aid in learning educational content (Calvert & Tart, 1993; Fassbender, Richards, Bilgin, Thompson, & Heiden, 2012), and it can be used in populations with ... -
"This Illness Ain't Gonna Kill Me" -- A Qualitative Insight to Various Behavioral and Biopsychosocial Factors of Stress for Adults Living with HIV
(2016-07-22)Research on HIV and stress is not uncommon in academic literature. However, little research has been done through a qualitative psychological perspective that aims to identify specific realms of stress people living with ...
