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Multiracial Microaggressions and Latinx/a/o/White Individual’s Psychological Distress: The Role of Resilience Factors
(2022)
The purpose of the present study was to gain insight into the lived experiences of Latinx/a/o/White multiracial individuals. This rapidly expanding population is often grouped with multiracial, Latinx/a/o, and White samples ...
Development and initial validation of the Ethnic Minority Social Self-Efficacy Scale—Asian American version
(2013)
Asian Americans are reportedly one of the largest growing racial/ethnic minority groups
in the United States and have been found to experience a significant amount of interpersonal
difficulties (Leong & Okazaki, 2009; ...
The examination of safe sex message appeals, sex, and emotional responses on college students’ condom use attitudes, intentions, and self-efficacy
(2013-11-26)
Inconsistency in the sexual risk prevention literature indicated that there was a need for additional research identifying factors that will increase safe sex behaviors; particularly, condom use, in young adults. The present ...
Continuing Bonds, Meaning Making, and Collectivism: Predictors of Complicated Grief
(2014-09-26)
Continuing bonds or maintaining a physical or mental connection with a deceased loved one is an aspect of the bereavement process that has displayed mixed results in the bereavement literature with respect to its adaptive ...
Development of the Triangular Relationship Inventory
(2013)
A self-report scale to measure adolescent involvement in his or her parental figures' conflicts, disagreements, or relationships (triangulation) was developed and initial evidence for reliability and validity was provided ...
From child abuse to prostitution: predictors and intermediaries of exchanging sex for money
(2013)
People who engage in prostitution behavior often have traumatic backgrounds (Greene, Ennett, & Ringwalt, 1999; Raj et al., 2006; Valera, Sawyer, & Shiraldi, 2001; Widom & Kuhns, 1996). Various studies have shown a significant ...
Mindfulness and Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in College Students: The Moderating Role of Sleep Quality
(2014)
Inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity, and poor sleep quality have become increasingly
common in college student populations, placing students at greater risk of being
overweight or obese in adulthood. Researchers ...
An examination of relationship quality from an attachment perspective: empathy and relationship perfectionism as mediating factors
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-15)
This study examined the relationships between attachment style, empathy, relationship perfectionism, and relationship quality among a sample of adults currently in a romantic relationship. Based on previous research and ...
Problematic internet use: exploring the roles of attachment and social competency
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-20)
Research on Problematic Internet Use (PIU) continues to document harmful effects of
Internet use among the college population, yet few theoretical explanations have been offered as
a platform to conceptualize the prevalence ...
Teacher social justice advocacy for children: a scale development and preliminary validity
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-18)
Social injustices on the school, neighborhood, societal, and family level can affect
certain populations of children and these injustices have been associated with school-related
consequences, including: unequal access ...
Recovery from Infidelity: Exploring Variables Related to the Healing Process
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011)
Clinicians and researchers report that growth and improvement is possible after infidelity takes place. However, research has not explored specific variables that should relate to improvement in the aftermath of infidelity. ...
The roles of client religion, counselor religiosity, and spiritual competence in counselors' clinical judgment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-07-15)
The present study explored the roles that clients' religious beliefs, therapists'
spiritual/religious beliefs, and therapists' attitudes toward spirituality and religion may play in
how therapists conceptualize a prospective ...
The construction of the Lesbian and Gay Affirming Social Justice Competency Scale
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-12)
Heterosexism is evident in the psychology and social policies of society. Despite
numerous efforts to end discrimination based on many different cultural factors,
heterosexism is frequently condoned and encouraged. In ...
The roles of differentiation of self, emotional self awareness and anxiety on destructive countertransference reactions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011)
The present study investigated the mediating role of emotional self awareness and
state anxiety in predicting overinvolved and underinvolved countertransference feelings and
behaviors from level of differentiation of ...
Racial Identification Fluidity and Psychological Outcomes from Adolescence Through Young Adulthood
(2014)
The present study examined whether shifts in racial identification categories between
adolescence and young adulthood have psychological implications in adulthood. The present
study was inspired by the work of Hitlin, ...
The Influence of Parenting and Acculturative Stress on Parental Feeding Style and Pediatric Obesity for Latino Families
(2015)
Pediatric obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Previous research has
shown that parenting factors related to stress and parental feeding style impact child BMI,
and that Latino families are especially at ...
Counselor Trainee Personal Growth Factors and Self- Efficacy: ‘Walking the Walk’ Using Social Cognitive Theory and Bowen Theory
(2015-08-04)
Counselors and counselor trainees are expected to engage in intense personal work
and self-awareness efforts in order to become effective counselors. The growth that
counselors expect to see clients commit to and engage ...
The Effects of Altruism Education on Middle School Students’ Attitudes Toward Victims of Bullying and Intent to Prosocially Intervene
(2014)
Bullying among young people is a problem that affects communities throughout the world.
Its negative effects can be both immediate and long-term, for both the victims and the
perpetrators. Despite increased attention to ...
Transforming Words Into Action: Factors Predicting Social Justice Engagement Among Psychology Doctoral Students
(2014-09-26)
Increasing our understanding about factors that predict social justice advocacy engagement
can aid educators in choosing learning approaches that promote both personal and
institutional change (Goodman et al., 2004). The ...
The relationship of multicultural awareness and belief of rape myths with intellectual empathy and empathic emotion for victims of acquaintance and stranger rape among undergraduate women and men
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-26)
The purpose of this dissertation was to evaluate the contribution of observer sex, type of rape, multicultural awareness and belief in rape myths to intellectual empathy and empathic emotions of male and female college ...