Browsing Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2013 Summer"
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Cued affective modulation of startle reflex as a measure of emotion regulation
(2013)Emotion regulation is characterized by one's ability to consciously modulate experienced and expressed emotion. Poor emotion regulation skills have been associated with a variety of negative physical and emotional outcomes. ... -
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 ... -
HIV stigma reduction and testing in the Hispanic/Latino church setting
(2013)The study explored barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and stigma reduction interventions and developed and evaluated a culturally and religiously adapted measure of predictors of individuals' intentions to obtain ... -
Insight and executive function: investigating the role of dynamic assessment
(2013)The aim of this dissertation was to investigate the relationship among clinical insight, cognitive insight, and executive functioning (EF), as measured by both a dynamic and standard format. Thirty-six participants with ...