Browsing by Author "Blashfield, Roger"

Now showing items 1-19 of 19

Analysis of the Hierarchical Nature of Clinicians’ Organization of Mental Disorders

Keeley, Jared (2005-08-15)

The organization of mental disorders by clinicians can be viewed as a type of folk taxonomy. If this is true, the organizations of clinicians should exhibit certain properties; specifically, they should be hierarchical. ...

Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy: An analysis of the literature

Everett, David (2006-05-15)

Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy are disorders related by their associations with criminal behavior. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others beginning ...

Are All Substance Users Created Equal? Factors that Influence Stigma toward Individuals with Substance Use Disorders

Raley, Kristin (2011-08-09)

Social stigma has been defined as a collection of negative attitudes, beliefs, thoughts or behaviors that influence an individual or group to fear, avoid, or discriminate against people with particular characteristics. ...

Clinicians' conceptual use of comorbidity

Keeley, Jared (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 ...

Comorbidity of Anorexic and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Undergraduate Females

Mulfinger, Amanda (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 Comparison of Life Threat and Betrayal as Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Kelley, Lance (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, ...

The Conceptualization of Personality Disorders: Categories Versus Dimensions

Burgess, Danny (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 Cross-cultural comparison of emotional experience: Does culture matter?

Bhaju, Jeshmin (2006-12-15)

This study explored if and how culture influences the experience of emotion in two distinct groups: Indians and North Americans. Past studies have suggested that differences among persons from different cultures in the ...

Defining Dissociation Based on the Factor Structures of Three Instruments

Dillon, Jacqueline (2008-12-15)

Dissociation is a poorly defined construct in the literature. The 1st goal of this research was to better define and understand the concept of dissociation through factor analytic study of 3 common measures of dissociation, ...

A Developmental Perspective on Juvenile Sexual Offenders: The Role of Childhood Abuse in the Development of Psychopathology and Sex Offending Behavior

Farris, Kelly (2007-08-15)

The child development field has a relative lack of research considering the impact of child abuse and victimization from a developmental perspective, and even less research that examines the effects of multiple types of ...

Discrepant Dyadic Alcohol Use in the Development of Relationship Dissatisfaction: The Mediating Role of Alcohol-Specific Conflict

Lofgreen, Ashton (2012-03-21)

Extant research demonstrates a link between intimate partners’ discrepant alcohol consumption and declines in relationship satisfaction, as well as higher rates of relationship dissolution (e.g., Homish & Leonard, 2007; ...

Distinctiveness of Avoidance and Numbing in PTSD

Pruneau, Genevieve (2008-05-15)

Although the avoidance and numbing symptoms of PTSD are grouped together on the same symptom cluster in DSM-IV-TR, studies of the PTSD symptom structure suggest they are distinct. Studies have validated the distinctiveness ...

Essentialist Beliefs About Homosexuality: Structure and Implications for Prejudice - A Replication of Haslam and Levy, 2006

Raley, Kristin (2008-08-15)

Past studies have indicated that essentialist beliefs are associated with prejudicial attitudes. In this study, 300 Auburn University undergraduates responded to measures assessing the degree to which participants ascribed ...