Browsing by Thesis Advisor "Bettencourt, B. Ann"
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Can mindfulness meditation reduce the tendency to justify the status quo?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)System justification theory suggests that advantaged groups in society frequently express ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias, whereas disadvantaged groups express outgroup favoritism. These tendencies are likely to occur ... -
A culturally appropriate mindfulness intervention to reduce health disparities among African Americans : feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of mantram repetition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Mindfulness interventions improve psychological and physiological health outcomes because they interrupt the link between stress and disease processes. Despite the promise of these interventions ... -
The generalization of positive intergroup attitudes : reducing intergroup anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Contact settings that include equal status, cooperation/pursuit of common goals, acquaintance potential, and authority sanction can improve intergroup ... -
Provided and received partner support in the context of HIV-related stigma : effects on couple members' daily depression and relationship satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current study utilized a diary methodology to better understand whether perceiving and encountering HIV-related stigma influences the ways in which ... -
Reducing prejudice through self-affirmation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Research suggests that self-affirmation can reduce threat in a multitude of domains (e.g., stereotype threat). Given the capacity for self-affirmation to reduce threats to the self of various types, the current work examined ... -
Transformative technology : examining the capacity of virtual reality induced awe to change self-transcendent values and improve hedonic and eudaimonic well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Awe is an emotion that tends to shift focus away from individual concerns of the self towards collective interests that transcend the self. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine whether an experimentally ...