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The use of metaheuristics for feature selection and the derivation of diagnostic rules
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
genetic algorithm for deriving psychiatric diagnoses and 4) a demonstration of deriving shortened diagnostic rules for alcohol use disorder that optimally agree with the DSM-5. The first chapter offers an overview of novel developments...
Mixed emotions and adjustment across development and cultures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Emerging literature on mixed emotions has reported inconsistent relationships between mixed emotions and psychological adjustment, and little is known ...
Social-ecological correlates of aggression in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Recent research has shown that aggression in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked with a wide array of ...
Paying attention to binding: is the associative deficit of older adults mediated by reduced attentional resources?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
One notion put forth to explain age-related, episodic memory problems is the associative-deficit hypothesis, stating that they are due to older adults' decreased binding ability (i.e., their ability to encode separate ...
Genome-wide investigation of alcohol response : a meta-analytic review and polygenic associations with alcohol use disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
association was in an intergenic region on chromosome 2 located near the FUNDC2P2 gene (rs12463481; p=6.35x10[superscript -8]), the top gene-based association was with the PRR16 gene on chromosome 5 (p=6.72x10 [superscript -6]), and the top gene-set was with a...
Development of a scale for evaluating screening tests for cancer : attributes patients emphasize (escape)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The public's overenthusiasm for cancer screening tests has the potential to subject many individuals to harms such as overdetection and false positives. ...
Spill-over of memory effect in younger and older adults : can emotional information become associated with neutral episodic details
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] An extensive literature on the influence of emotion on memory asserts that memory for emotional information is remembered better than information lacking ...
The log in my eye : awareness, acceptance, and correction of partisan political bias
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
People are often unaware of or under-estimate their own cognitive biases, suggesting that political bias -- measured by the influence of irrelevant political information on otherwise non-political judgments -- may be ...
The relationship between cortisol and social stress in late adolescent girls' friendships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The potential mechanisms linking early experience and temperament to coping with common peer dynamics and the stress hormone cortisol were explored for young women in two studies. Girls and women typically use friendships, ...
Dialectical behavior therapy skills for borderline personality disorder features and related indices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in emotion regulation. Despite several limitations, this study provides additional evidence on the importance of skills training with particular emphasis on the unique contributions of specific categories of skills use in DBT....
Racial discrimination and mental health : temporal dynamics and neurocognitive moderators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Experiencing racial discrimination is related to both mental and physical health (Mays et al., 2007; Pascoe and Richman, 2009; Schmitt et al., 2014). However, much of this research focuses on population-level relationships ...
Post-encoding interference and the persistence of emotional memory encoding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
of word stimuli to encode, based on levels of emotional valence (negative versus neutral) and arousal (high versus low). A math problem appeared after each word in attempt to terminate post-encoding elaborative processes, with the length of the delay...
Ambulatory assessment of physical pain, emotional distress, and alcohol use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The available research suggests that many individuals with chronic pain drink alcohol to manage their pain. However, few studies have examined the ...
Understanding and preventing youth suicide : adding caregiver training to a youth prevention program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
of depression and suicide. The Signs of Suicide (SOS) program is an empirically supported, school-based program. Study 1 extended previous findings (see Schilling et al., 2014), and helped support the efficacy of the SOS Middle School Program. Although students...
The "existential challenge" : a new tool for enhancing goal attainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
individuals to accept the challenge. Across four studies, we found that accepting the existential challenge is associated with higher goal expectancy, higher intended effort, and more goal autonomy; and longitudinal evidence suggests that accepting...
Who did what?: age-related differences in memory for people and their actions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The associative-deficit hypothesis (ADH), proposed by Naveh-Benjamin (2000), holds that the decline in episodic memory that accompanies aging is at least partially due to an inability to bind single units of information ...
Cost-benefit analysis of multisystemic therapy with serious and violent juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
,671.63) and crime victims (i.e., tangible = $53,134.05; intangible = $93,167.13), with a cumulative benefit of $202,461.73 per MST participant. Moreover, it was estimated that every dollar spent on MST today will provide $6.25 to $27.14 in savings to taxpayers...
Does ego threat increase paranoia?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The goal of the current research was to test whether an ego threat increases paranoia, whether the increase in paranoia was mediated by state self-esteem, and whether the increase in paranoia was moderated by the personality ...
Children's evaluation of everyday social encounters questionnaire -- short form validation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
) to an independent sample of grade-school children (N=241), along with measures of various adjustment indicators, affect, and emotion regulation. Results indicated that the ChEESE-Q SF fit the same 3-factor structure as the original ChEESE-Q, with each factor-based...
Using nested structures to select models for developmental trajectories of cognitive abilities in adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
longitudinal data is often based on convention or familiarity with a particular modeling approach. It is argued that this should not be common practice, but rather the data and model comparisons should be used to inform the choice of model. The current work...