Browsing by Author "Correia, Christopher"

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Providing Personalized Feedback Regarding Alcohol Use in a Group Format to College Freshmen

Henslee, Amber (2008-08-15)

College student alcohol use has become an increasing public health concern in recent years. In particular, risky alcohol use behaviors such as binge drinking episodes and methods in which to intervene have become areas ...

Psychometric Evaluation of the Child Rearing Inventory (CRI) in an Online Sample of Parents of Children Ages 3 to 12

Jimenez, Giselle (2023-06-29)

Parental tolerance has previously been defined as the function of how annoyed a parent becomes by their child’s defiant or disruptive behavior. However, there has been little research on parental tolerance as a construct ...

Quantitative and Qualitative Subgroup Differences in PTSD Symptom Presentations: A Latent Class Analysis

Whiteman, Sarah (2021-06-03) ETD File Embargoed

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder (Galatzer-Levy & Bryant, 2013). Latent class analysis (LCA) and latent profile analysis (LPA) have been used to identify homogeneous subgroups of ...

The Reinforcing Value of Alcohol in a Drinking to Cope Paradigm

Rousseau, Glenna (2008-12-15)

The present research was conducted to explore the relationship between negative mood and the reinforcing value of alcohol, while clarifying the role of coping motives. Participants with a history of recent alcohol use ...

Relations Among Motives, Negative Urgency, and Protective Skills in College Drinkers

Hoyer, Dennis (2019-05-02)

Heavy alcohol use continues to be a common problem among the college student population, and numerous negative consequences can be attributed to student drinking. Several factors, including drinking motives and impulsivity, ...

Resilience and Recovery in College Students with a Substance Use Disorder: A Phenomenological Analysis

Matsunaga, Julie (2018-07-03)

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA, 2015) more than one in three college students binge drinks, one in five uses an illicit substance, and one in seven meets the clinical ...

A Statistical Analysis of Alcohol Availability and Violent Crimes in the State of Alabama

Hughes, Kathryn (2008-05-15)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the availability of alcohol at the county level and show its effects on violent crime rates in the state of Alabama. The sample for this study consisted of 66 Alabama counties, ...

Stigma based on race and mental illness: A diagnostic double whammy

Bhaju, Jeshmin (2008-08-15)

Negative stereotypes of African Americans and individuals with mental illness persist in our society. Discrimination and prejudice are not as overt as in the past, but they continue to exist in subtler forms. The covert ...

Symptom Centrality and Bridge Symptoms in Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Multi-Sample Network Analysis in Trauma-Exposed Adults

Spitzer, Elizabeth (2019-06-07)

As self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) remain a pressing public health concern, research continues to focus on risk factors, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prior research on SITB and PTSD has primarily ...