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Motivation change in college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates the change of motivation of undergraduate students across an academic semester. Stepwise model comparison of individual change models was used to describe...
Association measures : comparison of performance across binary matrices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Investigation of the performance of Dice (1945) measure of association when applied to three dimensional data. Variance for the measure is developed and examined. Comparison...
The interaction of positive and negative outcome expectancies on drinking: a latent growth modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Despite the fact that a number of studies on expectancies have included measures of positive and negative expectancies, only a few have tested the interaction between them...
Correlates of affective instability in borderline personality disorder : an assessment using the electronically activated recorder (EAR)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Affective instability (AI) is a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Given the dynamic nature of affective instability, it is ideally studied using ambulatory...
The drunken self : the five-factor model as an organizational framework for charcterizing one's own drunkenness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study evaluated the use of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) as an organizational framework for understanding self-perceptions of drunkenness (i.e. individual changes in mood...
Relational aggression in families of female juvenile offenders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Developers of family-based interventions have suggested that female juvenile offenders are more difficult to treat than their male counterparts due to socially hostile behaviors...
The impact of secondary working memory demands on inhibitory performance in individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Executive function is postulated as one of the core areas of impairment in individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). When measured in isolation, however, aspects...
Consistecy [sic] in reporting of lifetime alcohol use disorder diagnoses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research suggests a decline in the rate of lifetime alcohol use disorders (AUD) over time, indicating possible psychometric problems with this type of assessment...
Beta-adrenergic modulation of context porcessing in autism spectrum disorders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous studies have shown improvements in cognitive flexibility and verbal problem solving following administration of propranolol, a beta adrenergic antagonist...
Effects of instrumentalization and personalization upon targets and agents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] To better understand the effects of instrumentalization (i.e., treating a person as a means[dash]as though their value resides in their utility) and personalization (i...
Predicting predictive accuracy :performance of fixed-weight decision models compared to ordinary least squares regression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] It is has been established that alternative weighting schemes to Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression can produce accurate predictions in both within-sample and out...
An evolutionary perspective of the effects of emotion on the post-auricular reflex
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The post-auricular reflex (PAR), contrary to other components of the startle reflex, is potentiated by positive emotions and inhibited by negative emotions. We investigated...
Predictors of polypharmacy and off-label prescribing of psychotropic medications : a national survey of child psychiatrists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
In the current study we used a national survey of child psychiatrists to examine typical prescribing practices for children with anxiety, depression, and disruptive behavior disorders from a social judgment theory perspective. ...
Mood and urgency effects on activation of alcohol cognitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Mood states influence many aspects of human behavior, including decisions to drink alcohol. Alcohol-related cognitions have been shown to be activated by positive and negative mood states (Birch, Stewart, & Zack, 2006), ...
Lucky to be alive : scarcity effects on evaluation of life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The current studies looked to expand upon the wealth of knowledge in the social and behavioral sciences that link scarcity and value. Utilizing exemplar-cue theory...
Resolving the conflict between the discrete-slots and distributed-resources models of working-memory capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
It is generally accepted that Working Memory is limited in capacity. However, there has been substantial debate over whether this limit in capacity is best described as a finite limit on the number of items that can be ...
The influence of positive mood and extraversion on different aspects of cognitive control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is some evidence that positive mood might influence cognitive control and that extraverts might perform better than introverts when experiencing a positive mood...
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ...
Individual differences affect hormonal responses to a team-based violent videogame competition, but not in solitary play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Testosterone and cortisol were assessed along with various personality measures in response to a violent videogame competition in three different conditions. Hormonal responses...
The relationship between negative affectivity, affective instability, and interpersonal stressors in borderline personality disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using ecological momentary assessment, this study found a relationship between daily negative affect, affective instability, and negative interpersonal events in outpatients...