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Predictors of Receipt of Counseling Services from Religious Leaders in African American Church Populations
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
African Americans (AAs) are disproportionality affected by mental health issues.
They are more likely to experience chronic depression, greater impairment from
depression, and serious psychological distress than the ...
"Can I get a second opinion?" How user characteristics impact trust in automation in a medical screening task
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
As technology advances, processes traditionally carried out by humans are being
automated in a variety of industries, such as automotive, security, and food service. In the
medical field, advances in automation allow ...
Automatic and controlled processing of faces in social anxiety
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-27)
The aim of this dissertation was to investigate the automatic emotional response, attention allocation, and attention disengagement elicited by facial stimuli in undergraduate participants with high and low Social Anxiety ...
Influence of depressive symptoms on within-session change talk and HIV antiretroviral medication adherence in a motivational interviewing based adherence intervention
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-25)
Although a number of studies have demonstrated that patients' verbal language in favor of change within a Motivational Interviewing (MI) session, known as “change talk,” is related to behavior change and intervention ...
Orthorexia nervosa: real construct or newest social trend?
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-25)
Despite a plethora of anecdotal evidence, there are very few empirical studies on
orthorexia nervosa, which has been described as an obsession with proper nutrition and
the consumption of healthy food. Accordingly, the ...
Learning potential in persons with serious mental illness: investigating intra-individual differences in the learning process
(2015-05-19)
Learning potential has been explored as a possible mechanism to predict positive
rehabilitation outcomes in people with SMI (e.g., Green et al. 2000). More recent
research has identified a strong relationship between ...
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 ...
Impulsivity, Intelligence, and Snack Consumption Among Young Children
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 3/2/2015)
Discrimination and health: how being Hispanic can make you sick
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-25)
The perception of discrimination is a stressor that can lead to a reduction in an individual's reserve capacity and an increase in negative emotions, among other deleterious effects. I tested the Reserve Capacity Model as ...
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)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual-risk behaviors and relationship style (i.e., non-monogamous versus monogamous individuals). Data were collected from an adult sample (ages 18 ...
Social Support and Health Behaviors in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Depression as a Mediator
(2015-05-26)
Social support and psychological factors (i.e., depression) have been linked to negative outcomes, such as recurrence and mortality, following a cardiac event. Further, these constructs have been associated with health ...
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 ...
Psychometric Evaluation of a Motivation Assessment in Smokers
(2014)
The aim of this dissertation was to describe the psychometric properties of the Brief
Motivation Scale used during an intervention for participants who have declared low interest
in discontinuing their use of cigarettes. ...
Episodic Future Thinking in Young Children: Considering Body Mass and Memory
(2015-08-04)
With the increase in pediatric obesity, research continues to evaluate new intervention strategies to improve the effectiveness of current obesity treatments. One area of study which may hold promise for pediatric obesity ...
The Relationship between Change Talk during Motivational Interviewing and HIV Medication Adherence
(2015-08-04)
Although studies have demonstrated that change talk (CT) and sustain talk (ST) are
related to behavior change in multiple addictive behaviors, few have investigated the
relationship between change talk and outcome in ...
Dance as a Community of Practice: Exploring Dance Groups in the Kansas City Area through the Lifespan
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation examines the embodied cultural practice of dance among several
groups in the Kansas City area. The dance groups were studied as Communities of Practice
(CoP), as outlined in the Lave-Wenger model of ...
Father-daughter relationship and teen pregnancy: an examination of adolescent females raised in homes without biological fathers
(2013-08-27)
The aim of this dissertation was to further our knowledge of the processes underlying teenage pregnancy among adolescent females who are reared in “absent-father” homes (i.e., in homes without the biological father), a ...
The effect of violent video game exposure on emotion modulation of startle and aggression
(2014 Fall)
Video games are quickly becoming the most widely accessible, and used, form of
entertainment, with those that contain violence have consistently been the most popular.
Building on previous research examining other forms ...
The Effect of Emotion Stimulus Intensity on the selection and Implementation of Distraction and Reappraisal as Emotion Regulation Strategies
(2015)
Emotion regulation is an important coping mechanism for handling emotional
situations and stimuli in day-to-day life. More effective emotion regulation is linked to
better mental and physical health. The present study ...
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. ...