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The effects of age and gender on optimistic bias and stereotype salience for cardiovascular disease in college students
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-08-17)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death within the United States, yet many of its risk factors are largely preventable and begin early in life. College students engage in many unhealthy behaviors ...
Processing speed and working memory training in multiple sclerosis: a blinded randomized controlled trial
(2013)
Between 40-65% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience cognitive
deficits associated with the disease. The two most common areas affected are information
processing speed and working memory. Information ...
The influence of media on implicit weight bias
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-16)
The purpose of this dissertation is to determine if exposure to media that exhibits weight bias increases implicit anti-fat attitudes using an objective assessment of emotional response to obesity cues. Participants completed ...
Assessment of transient negative affect in synesthesia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-22)
to perceptions most people would experience in response to the stimulus. The type of synesthetic experience involving colors for letters and/or numbers is indicative of grapheme to color synesthesia; the most frequently reported type of synesthesia. For example...
Automatic and controlled processing of faces in social anxiety
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-27)
, were modulated by facial expression differently across SA groups. In addition, correlations were computed between measures. Finally, fMRI, PPI, and self-report data underwent Hierarchical Linear Modeling to investigate relationships between automatic...
Examination of Non-Facial Emotion Recognition in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
content communicated through paralanguage or body postures. Thirty-one adolescents receiving treatment at an outpatient clinic completed self-report symptom measures, a task-based measure of emotion recognition, and self-reported social media use...
Night eating syndrome: survey of assessment and treatment practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-14)
other professionals. Contrary to expectation, most providers reported (1) assessing night eating behavior in their practice and (2) monitoring night eating treatment outcome. There were no differences in assessment practices between doctoral and non...
Bright Light Therapy for the Treatment of Night Eating Syndrome
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an open label bright light
therapy (BLT) intervention on night eating behaviors as well as secondary outcomes of
mood and sleep quality. It was hypothesized that ...
Exploring college students' relationship with God as a potential mediator between religious behaviors and sexual and alcohol risk behavior among college students
(2013)
Many college students frequently engage in two behaviors - sexual activity and alcohol use - that can potentially lead to significant negative consequences, such as contracting a sexually transmitted infection or personal ...
Cued affective modulation of startle reflex as a measure of emotion regulation
(2013)
these relationships have been identified, there is inconsistency as to how emotion regulation is measured. Currently, self-report measures are the most common measurement approach, but they have several limitations, including the subjective nature of the technique...
Examining the Impact of Childhood Adverse Experiences on Adulthood Health Related Quality of Life
(2016)
The Purpose of this study was to investigate how traumatic experiences in childhood
impact adulthood Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among women experiencing
homelessness. HRQoL was determined to be an important ...
Quality of life in individuals with eating disorders
(2013)
Quality of life is an important aspect of the assessment of medical and psychiatric disorders,
such as eating disorders. Eating disorders affect both the emotional and physical wellbeing of
individuals who suffer from ...
Non-Monogamous Individuals compared to Monogamous Individuals: The Differences in Their Relationships, Specifically Sexual Risk Behaviors and Level of Trust
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
and 128 non-monogamous individuals via an internet survey. Individuals self-identifying as consensually non-monogamous were hypothesized to report engaging in more safer-sex practices/ fewer sexual-risk behavior) than individuals self...
Theory of Mind in Multiple Sclerosis: Disease Subtype Differences and Association with Measures of Social Functioning
(2015-08-11)
Theory of mind (ToM) allows a person to make inferences about the mental and
emotional states of others. Generally, people with multiple sclerosis (MS) perform more
poorly on ToM tests than neurologically intact controls. ...
Insight and executive function: investigating the role of dynamic assessment
(2013)
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship among clinical insight,
cognitive insight, and executive functioning (EF), as measured by both a dynamic and
standard format. Thirty-six participants with ...
Polypharmacy in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: effects on fatigue, perceived cognition, and objective cognitive performance
(2013-06-24)
adherence in MS. The sample included 86 patients with MS and 20 healthy controls. We assessed objective cognitive functioning, self-reported cognition, and self-reported fatigue. In addition, a list of patients' medications was obtained at the time...
Behavorial Assessment of Synesthetic Perception: Color Perception and Visual Imagery in Synesthesia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010-11-12)
This study examined vividness of visual mental imagery and color discrimination ability in synesthesia. It was hypothesized that participants with synesthesia would have higher overall scores on the Vividness of Visual ...
The Impact of Sleep Quality on Energy Intake, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity
(2015)
Obesity is associated with numerous health risks and is prevalent across all stages
of the lifespan, although it tends to increase with age. As such, the college years are an
important time for the development of obesity. ...
Religiosity, ethnic identity, and risky sexual behavior in an African American church-affiliated population
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
African Americans are disproportionately burdened by sexually transmitted infections
and human immunodeficiency virus in the US. The current study examined relationships
between demographics, religiosity, ethnic identity, ...
Assessing Social Motivations During Vaccination Decisions
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This dissertation utilized two separate studies to investigate the effects of social
motivation during vaccine decision-making. Some parents cite social motivations, like
contributing to herd immunity, as an influence ...