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Dopamine and emotion processing in schizotypal anhedonia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
anhedonia (n = 40) reported less intensity of positive affect than both controls (n = 30) and people with elevated perceptual aberration-magical ideation (n = 29). Social anhedonia was also associated with providing less emotional content when describing...
Autonomy development and the influence of temperament
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
and adolescents reported that temperamental intensity, persistence, and approach were related to conflict frequency, conflict intensity, and expectations for behavioral autonomy. Persistence was the only temperament that related to parental authority legitimacy...
Psychophysiological assessment of motivational processing during habit learning in Parkinson's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
Mesencephalic dopamine pathways have been shown to play an important role in procedural learning and motivation. Individuals with disrupted dopamine transmission due to Parkinson's disease show selective deficits in non-motor ...
Freshmen college students with and without asthma : predictors of changes in smoking during the first semester
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Prior research has found that young adults with asthma are equally as likely or more likely to smoke cigarettes than their peers who do not have asthma, ...
Antecedents and motives for smoking in borderline personality disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
with negative affect and enhancing positive affect were more highly endorsed by those in the BPD group than controls. Supplementary analyses examined smoking motives assessed by self-report questionnaire and diary-reported consequences of smoking events. BPD...
Sex differences in antisocial behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
each sex. An understanding of the mechanisms underlying the sex difference in AB was achieved via conduct of three separate studies with complementary strengths and weaknesses. The first study focused on current self-reported delinquency assessed via...
Exploring the relation between social anxiety and depression in youth: the roles of friendship and peer acceptance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
-accepted by peers from experiencing symptoms of depression, in that lower acceptance by peers significantly predicted increased depression for youth who reported low friendship quality; however, level of acceptance was unrelated to depression for youth who reported...
Low sensitivity to, and craving for, alcohol in naturalistic and laboratory settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
to extend these laboratory results into drinkers' natural environment. Participants completed a 10-day period of Ecological Momentary Assessment where they reported on their exposure to cues for alcohol use, levels of craving for alcohol, and their use...
Daily alcohol use and relationship functioning in young adult romantic relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
who completed daily reports of both behaviors for a period of about 3 weeks. Results from analyses conducted using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) showed uniformly positive effects of drinking with one's partner, but largely negative effects...
Observed positive and negative behaviors in children: relation to anxiety and depression symptoms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Anxiety and depression are difficult to differentiate, especially in children. Research has demonstrated that children's self-reported positive and negative affect and cognitions...
Ambulatory assessment of physical pain, emotional distress, and alcohol use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
(OPI; n = 27), neither (NON; n = 26), or both (BOTH; n = 7) were recruited. Analyses focused on the ALC, OPI, and NON groups (n-observations = 6,973). Participants reported on their alcohol and opioid use and expectancies, pain, and negative affect (NA...
Alcohol consumption, executive function and risky decision making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
of this project was to assess the degree to which individual differences in interference control, including neural measures, are associated with self-reported risk-taking behaviors and whether these behaviors are moderated by alcohol intoxication. Participants...
Racial discrimination and mental health : temporal dynamics and neurocognitive moderators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
at the University of Missouri using Ecological Momentary Assessment. A complex temporal relationship between reported discrimination and affect, depression, and anxiety emerged, such that reports of discrimination had an immediate negative effect, resulting...
Borderline features, rejection sensitivity, and romantic relationships: A daily diary study of romantic partners
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Is maturing out of problematic alcohol involvement related to personality change?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Problematic alcohol involvement typically peaks in the early 20s and declines with age. This "maturing out" of alcohol involvement is usually attributed ...
To discover or to create : metaphors and the true self
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Two studies were conducted to examine how the metaphors of discovery and creation influence the perceived validity of the true self. It was hypothesized ...
Short and long-term effects of birth weight and neonatal medical complications on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Research consistently indicates that children born low birth weight are at increased risk for poor adjustment outcomes throughout development. Despite a relatively large literature, the mechanisms accounting for the ...
Rural and urban breast cancer patients: differential relationships between coping responses and psychological adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Many studies have revealed that individual differences in coping responses to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are associated with psychological adjustment. The vast majority of these studies, however, focus on ...
Testosterone and cortisol in coalitional competition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, personality and social variables. Men high on self-reported social leadership traits and who ranked first or second across both teams showed increased testosterone following the between-group competition and increased cortisol following the within...
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 ...