Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Psychology"
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Clinicians' conceptual use of comorbidity
(2009-05-04)
Diagnostic overlap, termed comorbidity, is a common occurrence in psychopathology. However, the current classification system for mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR; APA, 2000) does not explicitly address how diagnostic concepts ...
A Cluster-Analytically Derived Typology of Juvenile Sex Offenders
(2008-08-15)
Juvenile sex offenders are part of a heterogeneous population and appear to differ on numerous variables such as offense and victim type, family background, sexual offending characteristics, and psychopathology. Several ...
Cognitive development of detection dogs
(2018-07-24)
The question of the extent to which cognitive capabilities predict future outcomes has been long pursued across several species. Also of interest are the evolutionary implications of the comparative study of cognitive ...
Comorbidity of Anorexic and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Undergraduate Females
(2007-12-15)
The present study explored the behavioral and personality differences between individuals who manifest anorexic behaviors, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, both, or neither. A large literature base exists outlining the ...
A Comparative Analysis of Cyclical vs. Non-Cyclical Romantic Relationships
(2015-07-29)
Existing literature on romantic adult relationships focuses primarily on stable, married intimate dyads. However, up to 60% of couples indicate breaking up and reuniting with their partner at least once; despite their ...
A Comparison of Life Threat and Betrayal as Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(2009-08-15)
Life threat has been underscored as the primary etiological factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III, APA, ...
A Comparison of Personal Attribute and Scenario Based Shame Measures
(2005-12-15)
Shame has become an increasingly important topic in the study of emotion and psychopathology; however, the best way to measure it remains unclear. Three current, prominent shame measures include the Experience of Shame ...
A Comparison of Staff Training Methods for Effective Implementation of Discrete Trial Teaching for Learners with Developmental Disabilities
(2012-05-07)
Discrete trial teaching is an effective procedure for teaching a variety of skills to children with autism. However, it must be implemented with high integrity to produce optimal learning. Behavioral Skills Training (BST) ...
Compensatory Behaviors and Alcohol Consumption
(2014-05-02)
Disordered eating and exercise have been linked with alcohol consumption and alcohol related problems. Body image dissatisfaction has been associated with increased alcohol consumption and disordered eating. The present ...
Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Investigation Using Factor Mixture Modeling
(2017-06-21)
It has long been established that the experience of traumatic events can result in pathological distress. Some of these reactions, such as hyperarousal or the avoidance of trauma-related cues, are recognized as prototypical ...
Comprehensive Recidivism Data from Juvenile Delinquents and Juvenile Sex Offenders
(2010-10-15)
Each year in the United States, juveniles commit a significant percentage of the total number of sex offenses. Moreover, available recidivism data examining sexual re-offense rates with juvenile sex offenders vary considerably ...
The Conceptualization of Personality Disorders: Categories Versus Dimensions
(2008-08-15)
The classification of mental disorders is organized as a categorical system, such that each disorder is a separate entity defined by an exclusive list of symptoms. Research has revealed many problems with the categorical ...
A Conditional Reasoning Test for Risk and Incident Propensity
(2016-08-09)
Occupational injuries and fatalities persist in large numbers in the United States. Injuries and fatalities that occur at work have a high social and financial cost to employers. Moreover, human error is often to blame ...
Conditioning Peers as Reinforcers and the Effects on Mand Training with Preschool-Aged Children
(2015-12-04)
Communication and social deficits are two of the core deficits in children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Skill acquisition programs simultaneously targeting communication ...
Conduct Disorder in Female Offenders: Relationship of Callous-Unemotional Traits, Depression, and Risk Taking
(2011-11-21)
Although male delinquency rates remain higher than those of females, female delinquency has been on the rise while the rates among males have been decreasing. The study of female adolescent offenders remains relatively ...
Connecting in a digital world: How information and communication technologies shape the leader-subordinate experience
(2019-07-23)
The present study investigated how the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) impacts leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and its resulting organizational outcomes. The primary hypothesis of interest was ...
Construct Validity of Three Measures of Depersonalization in College-Exposed College Students
(2010-08-10)
Depersonalization is a type of dissociation characterized by feelings of unreality and detachment from one’s sense of self. Despite a history rich in clinical description, depersonalization has proven difficult to define ...
Contriving Establishing Operations: Responses of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities During Learning Task
(2005-12-15)
The field of applied behavior analysis has utilized the ability to capture and contrive establishing operations in treating aberrant behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. However, research on the use of ...
Correlates of Change in Adolescent Psychopathic Traits
(2011-08-10)
Modeled after conceptualizations of adult psychopathy, adolescent psychopathy has been defined as a serious personality disorder characterized by a distinctive constellation of interpersonal, affective, and behavioral ...
Corticosterone as a Predictor of Long-term Outcomes of Fear Attenuation Treatment
(2015-07-21)
Blunted adrenal corticosteroid levels and dysregulation of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis are known risk factors for developing PTSD (Delahanty et al., 2000; McFarlane et al., 1997). Although other risk ...