Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Psychological Sciences"
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1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Pain Processing in the Human Somatosensory Cortex
(2024-07-30)
The perception of pain is an adaptive trait critical to survival. Prolonged painful stimulation in the form of chronic pain, however, can be maladaptive and cause significant physical and emotional distress. Indeed, chronic ...
7 Tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Analysis of Pain Processing in Humans
(2022-12-01)
Globally, one in five people will experience some form of chronic pain in their life. In the United States, an estimated 50 million people manage chronic pain daily, nearly 20 million of which are categorized as high-impact ...
Achieving interview equilibrium: Striking balance between technology and human-centered approaches in asynchronous video interviews
(2022-11-18)
Asynchronous video interviews (AVI), or one-way video interviews, are becoming increasingly popular in organizations’ hiring processes despite the limited and mixed empirical support for this newer technology procedure. ...
Adapting Expressive Writing for Minoritized Students at Predominantly White Institutions Who Experience Microaggressions
(2023-04-24)
Racial and ethnic based stressors, such as microaggressions, are pervasive, distressing, and result in long lasting negative repercussions for minoritized students at predominantly white institutions (PWI’s). These stressors ...
Adapting the Reconnecting to Internal Sensations and Experiences Intervention for Veterinary Students
(2025-08-08)
Veterinary students and professionals are at elevated risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors compared to other high-risk occupational groups and the general population (Karaffa & Hancock, 2019; Nett et al., 2014; ...
Addressing the Limitations of Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Application of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
(2021-07-16)
To date, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been the predominant method for empirically evaluating the latent factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A voluminous CFA literature provided a strong ...
Alcohol Cue Reactivity and Salivary Alpha-Amylase Response in Binge Drinkers
(2022-11-30)
Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world and binge drinking is a known risk factor for the development of AUDs. Blood-level-oxygen-response (BOLD) signal during alcohol cues ...
Assessing Personality through a Chatbot-based Structured Interview: Developing and Testing Two Parallel Predictive Models
(2023-07-25)
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) are changing the way organizations assess talent. Even though conversational AI has been increasingly used to conduct interviews, ...
Balancing the Benefits and Challenges of AI: Understanding its Impact on Employee Work Engagement and Burnout
(2025-07-15)
This thesis explored how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts work engagement and
burnout, using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to examine AI as both a job resource
and demand. Key AI factors included Perceived ...
Black Employee Mistreatment, Social Pain Minimization, and Employee Silence
(2023-06-26)
This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between mistreatment in the workplace and defensive employee silence and to explore the underlying socioemotional psychological mechanisms involved. The current study conducted ...
Boundary Control and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Interruptions and Moderating Effect of an Office Space
(2022-12-08)
Using boundary theory and COR as theoretical frameworks, the goal of this study is to propose and assess a moderated mediation model of boundary control as a predictor of stress and life satisfaction in involuntary remote ...
Burnout as a Mediator in the Workaholism-Turnover Intentions Relationship
(2022-04-19)
The present research explores the relationship between workaholism and voluntary turnover
intentions with burnout as the explanatory mechanism. Existing literature has found a positive
relationship between workaholism ...
Caught in a Digital Trap: The Effects of Technostress on Work-Family Conflict and The Moderating Role of Attentional Resources
(2025-04-15)
As technology becomes increasingly embedded in the modern workplace, understanding its psychological effects on employees is critical for reducing work-family conflict and promoting well-being. This study investigates how ...
Caught in the Feed: Linking Social Media Body Consciousness, Interoceptive Sensibility, and Disordered Eating
(2025-12-12)
The rise of social media has been linked to adverse mental health outcomes, including disordered eating symptoms. This study investigates the role of appearance-related social media consciousness (ASMC) in contributing to ...
Challenge and hindrance stressors: The mediating role of resource gain and resource loss in stressor appraisals
(2025-11-18)
The challenge-hindrance stress model has been the topic of significant empirical investigation, recently incorporating stressor appraisals within the framework. The incorporation of stressor appraisals has alleviated recent ...
Characterizing Brain Entropy During a Face-Name Paired Association Task
(2022-07-26)
Brain entropy analysis – a measure of the unpredictability of a physiological time series - has gained attention as a measure of the complexity of brain activity in functional neuroimaging research. Investigations of ...
Characterizing Sustained Attention Task Performance by Dogs
(2023-11-27)
A common finding in studies of sustained attention is that performance on these types of tasks is subject to fluctuations across the duration of the task. Several task-related factors have been consistently demonstrated ...
A Comparative Analysis of Predictive Model and Large Language Model Approaches to Workplace Competency Assessment
(2025-12-04)
Workplace competencies serve as foundational components of organizational effectiveness, directly influencing talent selection, employee development, and strategic planning. Traditionally, these competencies are assessed ...
Comparing and Intervening on Preference for and Reinforcing Value of Edibles Across Adolescents and Young Adults
(2023-04-24)
Obesity has been identified as an epidemic by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1999. This epidemic is of concern because obesity is correlated with adverse health outcomes such as hypertension, ...
Comparing Startle Reactivity in Cannabis Dependent Females with Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome vs. Non-User Controls Matched on Psychopathology: A Test of the Allostatic Model of Addiction
(2023-07-28)
Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) is expected to increase in the United States, necessitating research examining markers that may predict CUD trajectory. As chronic and harmful cannabis use develops, homeostatic thresholds to ...