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Does ego threat increase paranoia?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The goal of the current research was to test whether an ego threat increases paranoia, whether the increase in paranoia was mediated by state self-esteem, and whether the increase in paranoia was moderated by the personality ...
Adult attachment dynamics as a predictor of daily alcohol use and romantic relationship functioning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
database in which both members of 69 couples completed measures of attachment orientation, and provided daily reports of alcohol use, and relationship functioning for a period of 3 weeks to examine the complex interplay among individual differences...
Unconscious information progressing in working memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Conventionally, the contents of working memory (WM) have been viewed as tightly coupled with conscious awareness. However, recent experimental findings ...
Social perspective-taking in the friendships of adolescents : implications for friendship quality and emotional adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
hypotheses and indicated that girls reported higher social perspective-taking and empathetic distress in their friendships compared to boys. Future research should include longitudinal assessments to address the direction of the effects. Applied implications...
College students' reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking: factor structure, predictors, and relations to abstention and alcohol-related outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] All addictive behavior can be conceptualized as a balance between impelling and inhibiting forces. Increasing knowledge of how motives (both approach ...
Common and specific alcohol risk factors in African Americans and Caucasians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Considerable research evidence shows that the alcoholism risk process differs for African Americans and Caucasians (Bachman et al., 1991; Wallace et al., 2003). The current study was designed to test a model examining ...
Ecological momentary assessment of affective instability, impulsivity, and alcohol use in borderline personality disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, who met the affective instability criterion, and 26 psychiatric outpatients currently experiencing a major depressive episode or dysthymia. Participants reported their moods, impulsivity...
Defending our place in nature: mortality salience and environmental concern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
to environmental issues. In Study 1, individuals reported less endorsement of ecological values when dealing with mortality concerns. Study 2 extended these findings and demonstrated that the extent to which individuals can derive self-esteem from behaving pro...
Associations between cumulative genetic influence for risk-taking and hazardous alcohol use in two independent samples
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A propensity for risk-taking may be associated with hazardous alcohol-related behaviors especially in men. Prior research indicating substantial ...
Item response models for the measurement of thresholds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
At least since Fechner (1860) described examples of human sensory thresholds, the concept of a threshold has been foundational in psychology. Thresholds exist when a sensation can be so weak that it does not lead to ...
Transformative technology : examining the capacity of virtual reality induced awe to change self-transcendent values and improve hedonic and eudaimonic well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, emotions, connectedness and small self. Between conditions and within-individuals analyses showed that neither manipulation significantly increased participants prioritization of self-transcendent values. Participants from both conditions reported high...
Post-encoding interference and the persistence of emotional memory encoding
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Research on the emotional enhancement of episodic memory has largely focused on the inherent stimulus characteristics that might contribute to this effect. Less attention has been devoted to assessing the contributions of ...
CDPPB reverses an NMDA receptor antagonist-induced deficit in inhibitory avoidance and conditioned taste aversion learning in rats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Rats administered a metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) positive allosteric modulator (PAM), CDPPB, and/or an NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, were given inhibitory avoidance or conditioned taste aversion training. ...
Associations between maternal awareness and children's fearfulness and anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
. In this moderated relation, protective behavior then predicted mother-reported anxiety and mothers' self-reported overprotection when children entered kindergarten. In the second study, this moderation was examined further for additional conditions that specify when...
Fast optical signal detected in the prefrontal lobe with near-infrared spectroscopy during sleep
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
If near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is to be used in clinical applications such as the localization of epileptic foci, it must be capable of recording large amplitude transients of which only a few samples are available. ...
The influence of paternal autonomy-support upon ethnic culture identification among second-generation immigrants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
asked to report perceived maternal and paternal autonomy-support, as well as how much they endorse their natal and U.S. cultures. Results demonstrated that paternal, but not maternal, autonomy-support predicted greater immersion into the natal culture...
Social-ecological predictors of criminal recidivism for adults on probation and parole
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
generally focused on these risk factors in isolation rather than conjointly. In the present study, 101 individuals on probation and parole completed self-report measures pertaining to their individual functioning, family and peer relations, workplace...
The generalization of positive intergroup attitudes : reducing intergroup anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
-target) reported more positive intergroup attitudes than their contact with a member of an invisible stigmatized group counterparts (i.e., Schizophrenic-target). However, the results of the present study did not support the hypothesis that positive past experiences...
Subjective cognition and objective cognitive performance: the role of sleep
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive dysfunction are common in aging populations, however research investigating the associations between them is inconclusive. Given the high prevalence of sleep complaints ...
Affective instability and impulsivity in borderline personality disorder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Affective instability and impulsivity are primary features of borderline personality disorder (BPD). We examined the effect of an interaction between these features, represented by FFM analogues of negative affectivity and ...