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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) impacts one in every 59 children in the United States of America (CDC, 2018). Not only does ASD affect the life of the child, but it also impacts the lives of the child's caretakers. Parental stress related...
Background. While a large body of research has examined eating disorders (EDs) from a pathological perspective, little is known about factors that facilitate the recovery process. Objective. The purpose of the current study is to...
While an ever-increasing amount of literature exists regarding various aspects of ADHD, the relationship of functional impairments to important life and social skills, as well as professional functionality remains relatively unexplored....
Creating a positive college environment regarding body image concerns is warranted given their strong association with eating disorders (EDs) and the alarming rates of EDs on college campuses. There is also a growing need to universally...
Perfectionism and Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness as Mediators of Multidimensional Perfectionism and Suicide Ideation
The current study was conducted to investigate the associations among multidimensional perfectionism, suicidal ideation, and the interpersonal theory of suicide. The author's primary purpose was to focus on the mediating effects of the...
Recently, there has been an increase in the awareness of sport concussion and its potential deleterious effects as progressively more research has been conducted within the past few decades. Despite this increase, there is much about...
Bipolar disorder is one of the 10 most disabling conditions in the world. As such, inpatient hospitalization for individuals with bipolar disorder is far greater than hospitalization rates for all other patients with behavioral health...
The Moderating Effects of Expectancies on the Relationships Between Negative Urgency and Eating Disorder Symptoms, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Among College Students
Eating disorders (EDs) and alcohol use disorders, as well as less severe eating disorder symptoms and alcohol use, are behaviors that can result in severe physical, social, psychological, occupational, and academic consequences; the risk...
This dissertation sought to investigate the Hierarchical Model of Vocational Meaning (HMVM), a theoretical model that could be used to explore constructs of meaning thought to be associated with vocation. There is a gap in the literature...
The Effects of Affiliative and Aggressive Disability Humor Stimuli and Individual Humor Styles on Attitudes and Anxiety Toward Persons with Disabilities
Negative attitudes and anxiety toward persons with disabilities (PWD) are prevalent in society, serving as barriers to their integration into workplace and educational settings and negatively affecting their quality of life. Given its...
The purpose of the study was to examine relationships among athletic identity, reason for retirement, self-concept clarity, and loneliness during the transition process out of competitive athletics. Participants were former high school...
Although much research has been carried out to identify the demographic and psychological variables linked to distinctive attitudes toward persons with disabilities (PWD), no known research has measured the association between...
Preliminary Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Pfeiffer Emotional Intelligence Scale: A Teacher-Report Form for Measuring Emotional Intelligence in Children and Adolescents
Social-emotional learning has become a popular focus within the school setting, which is aimed at fostering the well-being of the "whole child." These programs have encapsulated an array of different character strengths, skills, and...
The onset of dementia represents a major life stressor for the individual and for the family system. In each family there tends to be a primary caregiver who experiences significant challenges in this role, which may be physical or...
The problem of class imbalance has become frequent, and missing data also are often a predicament in the social sciences. In the literature, the two problems have been debated substantially and separately. Class imbalance has been shown...
Participation in elite level sport requires being subjected to considerably stressful training and competition environments. Psychological skills and mindfulness have been demonstrated to enhance performance in sport, but less is known...
This dissertation study sought to examine the extent to which both positive and negative religious/spiritual (R/S) coping practices predict adaptation to an acquired chronic illness or disability (CID). The predictive capacities of...
This study investigated the relationship(s) between deficits of executive functioning ability and mindfulness as measured by Barkley's Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale (BDEFS) and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the relationship between SCT and ADHD in a two groups of college students. One group consisted of 121 participants who were clinically diagnosed with ADHD. The other group was a non-diagnosed...
An abundance of studies have addressed parenting styles and psychosocial outcomes (Dornbusch et al., 1987; Lamborn et al., 1991; Zalewski et al., 2013). Yet, most of these studies focused on children and adolescents. Furthermore, middle...
Sexual assault among college students in the United States is a widespread societal issue, although the pervasiveness of this problem is likely unknown due to several factors. For instance, the extant literature reveals that researchers...
This purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between psychopathology and dysfunctional career thoughts, as little research has combined the two constructs. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)...
ABSTRACT Research suggests that the life satisfaction of gender, racial, and sexual minorities is significantly lower than males, Whites, and individuals who identify as heterosexual, respectively. A disparity in life satisfaction...
Firefighters in the United States are at risk for developing a range of concerns given the physical and psychological risks of their job duties (Farnsworth & Sewell, 2011; Lourel, Abdellaoui, Chevaleyre, Paltrier, & Gana, 2008; McFarlane...
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