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Pilot evaluation of the CBT tracker : a hybrid measurement feedback system for monitoring treatment integrity and client progress
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Routine outcomes monitoring (ROM) and the use of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) are two research-supported practices that have potential to improve client outcomes in mental healthcare, including youth psychotherapy, but are largely underutilized...
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 ...
Examining the association between extreme drinking and prefrontal cortex functioning in young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The aim of this thesis is to examine whether a single extreme drinking episode in young adults is associated with harmful effects on prefrontal cortex (PFC) functioning as assessed with task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Animal...
A diffusion model analysis of transitivity and lexicographic semiorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
daunting. Despite their clearly different decision-making processes, little empirical evidence of such different cognitive processes has been reported, so I decide to run the diffusion model analysis to provide empirical evidence of the underlying cognitive...
BIPoC perspectives of behavioral sleep treatment: a mixed-methods examination of ways to better address sleep health disparities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Growing evidence suggests that there are sleep health disparities in the United States that disadvantage Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPoC), and other socioeconomically marginalized groups in medical and mental health settings...
Examining positive schizotypy's relationship with openness facets, maladaptive openness, and other maladaptive traits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Positive schizotypy is a trait reflecting increased risk for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and includes symptoms such as magical beliefs and unusual perceptual experiences. The normative personality trait of openness...
Subjective-objective sleep discrepancy in older adults : examining the roles of cognition and arousal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The difference between subjective (self-report) and objective (e.g., polysomnography, wrist-worn wearables) measures of sleep is referred to as subjectiveobjective sleep discrepancy (SOSD) and ...
Purpose maintained : adverse childhood experiences and meaning in life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor functioning in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Six studies examined the relationship between ACEs and meaning in life, focusing on the facets of meaning ...
The downstream well-being effect of encounters with the criminal justice system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This dissertation explores the relationship between encounters with the criminal justice system and well-being in a large nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Previous literature has documented several negative ...
A behavioral genetic examination of the relation between adolescent polysubstance use and educational attainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Most individuals who use substances use more than one, which is referred to as polysubstance use. Polysubstance use has consistently been related to poorer outcomes compared to use of a single ...
Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder and parent-child affective congruence in middle childhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder associated with both social cognition differences (i.e., differences in facial affect categorization) and long-term detrimental social outcomes...