Browsing Department of Psychological Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2006 Fall"
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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 ... -
Death, prejudice, and ERP's: understanding the neural correlates of bias
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)Awareness of one's own mortality can increase prejudice-related attitudes, behavior, and aggression against members of outgroups (e.g., Arndt et al., 1997; McGregor et al., 1998; Lieberman et al., 1999). The current research ... -
Exploring personality factors associated with treatment-seeking behavior among individuals with bulimia nervosa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] There are numerous treatments that have been developed for bulimia nervosa (BN), but few individuals with BN seek treatment. It is important to understand ... -
Individual vs. systemic justice : using trust and moral outrage to predict reactions to vigilante murder
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)Jurors can approach their charge of meting out justice in different ways, two of which include focusing on the outcome of a specific trial and/or focusing on upholding justice more broadly by adhering to procedures and ... -
A study of selective attention in young autistic subjects
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)Pertinence level of the information in the unattended channel is supposed to play an important role in the process of selective attention in normal subjects (Norman, 1968). The developmental disorder of autism has been ...