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Decision Making Consequences of the Paradoxical Flip
(2010-07-19)
The hard-easy manipulation (i.e., manipulation of item difficulty) has been used to demonstrate that participants are sometimes overconfident while believing they are worse than average. This finding is often referred to ...
Individual Differences as Predictors of Leader Emergence
(2011-08-09)
Virtual teams are fast becoming a normal part of organizational operations. In an effort to obtain a clearer understanding of how virtual teams differ from traditional face-to-face teams, researchers have begun to examine ...
The Effect of Between Group Dependence on Measurement Equivalence/Invariance Tests
(2011-11-21)
When using structural equation modeling methods, researchers should test for the presence of measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) before investigating substantive hypotheses (Bollen, 1989, p. 355). This study evaluated ...
Parent Training with African American Parents
(2012-05-08)
One of the ways in which conduct problems are treated is parent training (Bagner & Eyberg, 2007). Parent training has been primarily designed with Caucasian middle-class parents (Kerig, 2001). Therefore, it may be beneficial ...
Examining Trainee Treatment Session Fidelity: Impact on the Implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
(2012-05-03)
Research supports the impact of empirically-based treatments (EBTs), such as Parent-child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), on producing positive treatment outcomes for clients. However, achieving outcomes in community settings ...
Evaluating Dissemination and Implementation Efforts in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
(2012-06-04)
With a push for evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP), dissemination to community mental health care providers has been occurring. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is one type of EBPP that is currently being ...
Assessing Capacity and Control of Visual Working Memory
(2012-04-27)
This paper develops 3 experiments to answer fundamental questions about the independence of storage and control processes in visual working memory (VWM). Results from Experiment 1 showed that executive control processes ...
An Analysis of Emotion Recognition and Facial Processing Across Human and Cartoon Stimuli in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2014-06-06)
The emotion recognition and eye tracking literature has yielded inconsistent findings with respect to the social perception and attentional abilities of children and adults with ASD. Previous research has suggested that ...
Normative Influences on the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Stimulants Among College Students
(2014-06-18)
Recent epidemiological data has indicated an increasing trend in the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) among college students. NMUPD involves using a prescription medication without a prescription, or using the ...
An Examination of How Self-Control and Impulsivity Influences Eating Habits and Alcohol Use
(2014-04-25)
People frequently make decisions that might affect their health. Obesity and alcohol dependence are debilitating problems facing many adults and individual differences in self-control and impulsivity may contribute to the ...