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Examining the Testing Effect in an Introductory Psychology Course
(2010-08-03)
This study examined the effects of repeated testing in an Introductory Psychology course. Student performance on items repeated from quizzes to exams (either unit, cumulative, or both) was compared to items that had not ...
Relationships Among Adult Attachment, Social Support, and PTSD Symptoms in Trauma-Exposed College Students.
(2010-12-01)
Although many people are exposed to trauma, substantially fewer develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Given this, studies have examined risk and protective factors for developing PTSD. This literature has established ...
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 ...
The Application of Fit Characteristics to Mentor-Protege Relationships
(2010-08-04)
To test the hypothesis that congruence of regulatory focus orientation would improve ratings of a mentor’s effectiveness by a protégé, 110 participants completed a two part study in which they interacted with a potential ...
Mortality Salience and Dimensions of Disabilities
(2010-08-05)
The goal of this study was to investigate the link between dimensions of disabilities and mortality salience, operationalized as closeness to death. Towards this end, 211 undergraduate students responded to a series of ...
Analyzing the Utility of Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS) Warm-Up Segments
(2010-04-01)
Analogue behavioral observations are an important component of multimodal, multi-informant assessments. One observation system developed specifically for use with Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an empirically-supported ...
Three Studies on Drinking Game Behavior among College Students
(2010-08-04)
The majority of college students consume alcohol. Some college students consume heavily and these abusive patterns of alcohol use can be associated with substantial negative consequences. Drinking game participation has ...
Differential Functioning by High and Low Impression Management Groups on a Big Five Applicant Screening Tool
(2010-01-29)
The degree to which applicant personality test faking constitutes a real world threat is a topic of considerable debate among industrial and organizational psychologists. Researchers have investigated the faking problem ...