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Using Prevention Science to Promote Children's Mental Health
(2008-03)
science and in offering suggestions for applying these principles. The present poster is intended to highlight the prevention science principles articulated by Hage et al. (2007) by describing the activities of the Missouri Prevention Center, a program...
Exploring the terror management function of basic need-satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Self-determination theory suggests that experiencing autonomy, competence, and relatedness are basic psychological needs. Drawing from terror management theory, the present research considers whether need-satisfaction helps protect individuals...
The roles of parents and friends as information sources regarding children's and adolescents' adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
and adolescents' close friends also may be knowledgeable of youth adjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms; Swenson & Rose, 2003). The present research extends prior findings on friends' knowledge of adjustment by (a) directly comparing self-friend agreement to self...
A good mate inspires loyalty : relationship quality moderates an ovulatory phase shift in romantic relationship feelings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Theory and evidence are presented that support the hypothesis that being in a high quality romantic relationship protects women from ovulatory phase increases in negative relationship emotions that may shift their interest toward extra pair men...
Sex on the rebound: motivations for sex and sexual experiences following a relationship breakup
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Despite widespread belief in the rebound phenomenon, few studies have examined sexual experiences after relationship loss. The present study uses a longitudinal, online diary methodology to examine emotional and sexual responses to the loss of a...
The Role of Prevention Science in Promoting Children's Mental Health: A Model for School Psychologists
(2010)
Research has shown that early and focused prevention efforts can greatly reduce the costs, economic, psychological and social, borne by families and societies afflicted by poor mental health. With the help of a model program, the poster highlights...
The history of the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia
([University of Missouri-Columbia, Dept. of Psychology], 1980)
Cohen's kappa as a method for link prediction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
measure between each pair of nodes in the network. Currently, these algorithms are not performing as well as needed. Here we present a new method, using Cohen's κ, to create a similarity measure between nodes. The effectiveness of this method...
The effects of approach-avoidance behaviors on goal appraisals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Previous research has demonstrated that behaviors associated with approach and avoidance motivation can influence cognitions in line with the particular motivational state (e.g., Friedman & F̈örster, 2008). The present studies examined whether...
Conversational self focus in youths' friendships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The present research considered conversational self-focus, a previously unstudied variant of normative self-disclosure in which one conversation partner re-directs conversations to focus on the self. It was hypothesized that having a friend who...
The effect of estrogen deficiency on learning and memory in two novel rat models of Alzheimer's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the disease. In the present studies, behavioral performance was assessed in two strains of transgenic rats that overexpress human beta amyloid precursor protein. After behavioral deficits were established, females...
Women’s preference for masculine traits is disrupted by images of male-on-female violence : [data]
(2014)
Women's preferences for men's masculinized faces and voices were assessed after
women (n = 331) were primed with images of male-on-male aggression, male-on-female
aggression, pathogens, and neutral scenes. Male-on-male ...
The costs and benefits of dampening of positive affect in youth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
of this study as well. The CREPE was investigated in a sample of typically developing youth, ages 12-15 (N=137). Participants were recruited through paper flyers posted at public libraries, cafes, and mental health clinics in the Central Missouri community...
Examining the comorbidity of boderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in a community sample
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
methodological and sampling differences among existing studies, ample evidence exists to suggest that this comorbidity is frequent and presents a variety of difficulties for the individual, the clinician, and the researcher. This comorbidity also raises many...
Analysis of affective instability on ecological momentary assessments data: successive difference, variance decomposition, and mean comparison via multilevel modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Temporal instability of affect is a defining characteristic of some psychological disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder and mood cycling disorders. Use of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) enables researchers to directly assess...
A study of the connection between TV meteorologists and their viewers during severe weather broadcasts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
meteorologists play a vital role in the severe weather warning process and in persuading the public to take the appropriate actions during severe weather. This research was done by developing a survey that addressed the following questions: 1) Is the media doing...
Testing a social cognitive model of math/science career goals in low-income prospective first generation college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The present study used Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) to examine the math/science career goals of a sample (N = 308) of low-income, prospective first generation college students. Specifically, the relations among...