Browsing Department of Psychological Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2007 Spring"
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Acute & subchronic NMDA receptor blockade alters nicotine-evoked dopamine release
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Blockade of ionotropic glutamate receptors can induce changes in central dopamine and glutamate circuits, which model the symptoms of schizophrenia. Nicotine evokes dopamine release through activation of nicotinic acetylcholine ... -
Defending our place in nature: mortality salience and environmental concern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Drawing from terror management theory, two studies explored the implications that our existential need to view humans as distinct from the rest of ... -
Event-history mediator models of college attrition: risk goups and risk factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Early withdrawal (attrition) from college is a common and costly problem to individuals and institutions of higher learning. First-generation (FGEN) college students, whose parents have not attended college, comprise a ... -
Exploring the relation between cigarette smoking and alcohol hangover frequency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Drinkers differ meaningfully in their susceptibility to hangover, and prior studies suggest individual differences in hangover proneness may be related to risk for alcohol use disorders (AUD). This project examined whether ... -
A factor structure with means confirmatory factor analytic approach to multitrait-multimethod models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A factor structure with means (FSM) approach to multitrait - multimethod (MTMM) models is proposed in an attempt to remedy identification problems inherent in traditional approaches. In an example data set, FSM models with ... -
The generalization of positive intergroup attitudes : reducing intergroup anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Contact settings that include equal status, cooperation/pursuit of common goals, acquaintance potential, and authority sanction can improve intergroup ... -
The influence of paternal autonomy-support upon ethnic culture identification among second-generation immigrants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Born and raised in the U.S., children of immigrants often face difficult choices between endorsing their family's country of origin (natal culture) and mainstream U.S. society (host culture). Although second generation ... -
Rural and urban breast cancer patients: differential relationships between coping responses and psychological adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Many studies have revealed that individual differences in coping responses to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are associated with psychological adjustment. The vast majority of these studies, however, focus on ... -
Sex differences in the stress responses of children affected by hurricane Katrina
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Children and young adults between the ages of 11-21 years that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and currently living in a large relocation camp (n = 68) were compared to a sample of demographically matched controls (n ... -
Subliminal priming as a task-characteristic artifact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Demonstrations of subliminal priming rely on a dual task design: A target identification task in which the priming effect is measured, and a prime identification task in which visibility of the primes is assessed. The ...