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Imitation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Analysis of Task Type and Common Errors
(2010-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to identify common imitative errors emitted by children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and typically developing children across varying types of imitative tasks. Twenty-two low-functioning ...
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 ...
A Longitudinal Examination of Individual Adaptability as an Antecedent of Training and Transfer Outcomes
(2011-07-27)
The current workforce faces increasingly complex work demands requiring high levels of individual adaptability. Utilizing Ployhart and Bliese’s (2006) conceptual framework, the current investigation empirically examined ...
An Examination of the Predictive Validity of Court Assigned Risk Levels on Recidivism Rates among Juvenile Sex Offenders
(2012-08-27)
Approximately 20% of all sexual crimes are committed by adolescents (Barbaree & Marshall, 2006). Those adolescents that are adjudicated for a sexual offense and subsequently complete a treatment program, typically have low ...
Preschool performance in the rural Southeast: Developing Speed DIAL norms for a local Head Start population
(2011-03-29)
Preschool assessment has gained considerable attention in recent decades (Brassard & Boehm, 2007). Federal legislation, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 1997) and the No Child Left Behind ...