Browsing by Author "Hinnant, Ben"

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ADOLESCENT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR EXAMINED FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Radcliffe, William (2021-08-10)

Researchers have been trying to understand the causes of deviant behaviors for decades. While there is a solid foundation in the past work done in the fields of psychology and criminology, there is also significant work ...

Alcohol, Sleep and Five-Factor Personality Characteristics: A Latent Profile Analysis

Hafftka, Raina (2020-03-05)

To date, a substantial body of research has demonstrated that undergraduate students are often found to experience poor sleep quality, as well as frequently high levels of alcohol usage. Furthermore these two concerns are ...

Boundary Control and Employee Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Interruptions and Moderating Effect of an Office Space

Cook, Peter (2022-12-08) ETD File Embargoed

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 ...

Compelled to work or forced to? An examination of intraindividual variability in workaholism and the moderating role of challenge / hindrance stressors on positive and negative spillover

Cunningham, Austin (2021-04-21)

While the construct of workaholism has received significant attention in the management and psychology literature, the current conceptualization views workaholism as a trait that is stable over time. This study seeks to ...

Investigations into religious coping among United States veterans: A lens on measurement and implications for psychological wellbeing

Sherman, Haley (2024-04-05) ETD File Embargoed

Pew Research Institute estimates that in 2020 approximately 70% of individuals in the United States (U.S.) identified as religious with some ties to a religious community or belief system (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, ...

Linking Social Anxiety and Autonomic Responses to Social Stress in Preadolescence

Kaeppler, Alexander (2016-07-20)

A substantial body of theoretical literature suggests that social anxiety may be related to abnormal or inflexible autonomic nervous system activity. In recent years, this notion has been corroborated by several empirical ...

Multi-Family Group Intervention: Affect Regulation to Improve Attachment for Adolescents Adjudicated of a Sex Offense and their Maternal Caregivers

Lindsay, Takoma (2021-07-21)

Research suggests that insecure attachment and deficits in affect regulation are common characteristics in youth who have been adjudicated for a sexual offense. Family therapies are not a focus in adolescent treatment, but ...

Multiple Investigations into Gaming and Psychosocial Functioning in a Community Sample of Adult Gamers

Burke, Benjamin (2021-07-19)

As one of the world’s most popular pastimes, video games have been a focus of study for several decades. Yet, there are still necessary areas of investigation, particularly those informed by human developmental perspectives ...

Parent and Peer Social-Emotional Support as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in the Transition into and out of College

Dawson, Mary Dorothy Rose (2020-07-02)

Depression is common in the college student population. Parent and peer socio-emotional support have long been shown to be associated with greater well-being and less depressive symptoms, including a smoother transition ...

Relating Preschoolers Coping Tactics during Resource-Based Conflicts to Social Competence

Hartwick, Olivia (2016-12-07)

As early exposure to center-based care continues to rise, infants and young children are introduced to a broad array of social dynamics and are immersed in peer networks in ways that were not common a generation ago. The ...

Sleep, Physical Activity, and Mental Health Among Sexual-Minority, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse Youth

Gillis, Brian (2023-08-03) ETD File Embargoed

In the face of legislation that curtails the rights and wellbeing of sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) youth, developmental science has a responsibility to investigate SGM health and its protective factors. Sleep is a ...

Title: A Theoretical Update and Empirical Analysis of the Multiple Family Group Intervention

Livingston, Raven (2023-07-31)

The Multiple Family Group Intervention (MFGI) is a family therapy intervention within a larger treatment program (the Accountability Based Sex Offense Prevention (ABSOP) Program) for the treatment of illegal sexual behavior ...

Variations in Activity Involvement: How Breadth, Commitment, and Depth Predict Adjustment

McConnell, Leanna (2020-07-09)

The present study examined the independent and shared contributions of three dimensions of organized activity involvement (breadth, commitment, and depth) in relation to four adjustment outcomes (academic competence, social ...