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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 health and well...
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 ...
The role of drinking context in the relationship between impulsivity and alcohol use in daily life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Alcohol consumption among young adults is prevalent, with 29 percent of individuals reporting binge drinking in the past month. Impulsivity is a well-established risk factor for problematic alcohol use. However, little is ...
The significance of mothers' attachment for vagal responding during interactions with infants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Little is known about the significance of mothers' attachment for neurobiological responding during interactions with infants, as research has primarily examined neurobiological responding to unfamiliar infant stimuli. To ...
The effects of a model's behavior, the perceived arousal of the model, and false physiological feedback about the subject's own level of arousal on instrumental aggression physiological arousal, and person perception
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
Subjects were run in an experiment in which they observed a model acting as the teacher in a learning situation, a role requiring the administration of apparently painful shocks to a learner. The subject himself later ...
Iterative refinement and testing of a brief school-based intervention for internalizing symptoms via an academic-community partnership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Integrating evidence-based practices (EBPs) for youth mental health into routine school-based services has the potential to improve youth's access to high-quality mental health care. However, ...
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 ...
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 ...
A diffusion model analysis of transitivity and lexicographic semiorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The primary aim of the present dissertation is to examine the underlying cognitive processes of transitivity and lexicographic semiorders. To this end, I apply the diffusion model to preferential choice data, where transitivity or lexicographic...
A behavioral genetic examination of the relation between adolescent polysubstance use and educational attainment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
in regard to educational attainment. However, whether this association reflects a causal relationship or a shared liability giving rise to both adolescent substance use and early school dropout was unclear. In this dissertation project, I conducted a series...
Sensory processing sensitivity among college adults : evidence of validity and ties to psychological functioning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Sensory processing sensitivity, characterized by heightened central nervous system reactivity and deep cognitive processing of external and internal stimuli, is relevant for adjustment and ...
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 ...
Examining the time course under which specific and gist episodic memory representation are established at encoding among young and older adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] One of the most pervasive adult age-related declines in episodic memory is in the ability to remember associations between components of an episode, such as between a person and a location where ...
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 ...