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Mindful and Authentic: Examining Leaders’ Impact on the Feedback Environment
(2022-05)The majority of what is currently known about mindfulness at work focuses on the individual benefits of being mindful (see Glomb, Duffy, Bono, & Yang, 2011; Good, et al., 2016), leaving an opportunity to understand the ... -
Perceptions of Naloxone Training and Administration Among Law Enforcement
(2021-12)The opioid epidemic was officially declared a public health emergency in 2017 when the rate of deaths per day from opioid overdoses was steadily increasing (CMS, n.d.). As of 2019 – 2020, 61,297 of the 83,544 reported ... -
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Interpersonal Violence Survivors
(2022-03)Women have a significant risk of experiencing interpersonal violence over the course of their lifetime. There has been some suggestion that this risk has been exacerbated by the isolation experienced during the COVID-19 ... -
Differences in List Learning Performance on the MoCA wordlist and Shepherd Verbal Learning Test in Cognitively Normal, MCI, and AD Individuals
(2022-03)Objective: The present study examines performance on the MoCA wordlist and SVLT wordlist and their association with the outcomes of healthy, MCI, and AD in a memory disorder clinic sample and community sample. Method: ... -
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychological Stress and Academic Motivation on Psychology Graduate Students
(2022-02)Graduate students experience significant amounts of psychological stress in terms of academic and professional settings. In addition, academic performance can fluctuate depending on the circumstance. The COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Marital Satisfaction, Parental Stress, & Perceived Social Support of Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2022-03-18)The present study investigated the effects of both formal and informal social supports on mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder’s marital satisfaction and parental stress. To our knowledge, no other study has ... -
Effects of Cumulative Trauma, Discrimination, and Racial Trauma among African Americans
(2022-02)In the current study, we examined the impact of cumulative trauma, racial trauma, and everyday discrimination experiences within the African American community on psychological outcomes. One hundred and nineteen participants ... -
Teacher Choice-Allocation of Delayed Treatment Outcomes Based on Severity of Student Problem Behavior
(2021-12)Delay discounting is the systematic preference for smaller, sooner rewards over larger, later rewards, particularly as the delay to the larger, later reward is increased. It is used to explain impulsivity. Monetary rewards ... -
Utilizing the RADSM Process: Developing an Unobtrusive Measure of Cohesion
(2021-12)In this study, verbal indicators produced following the RADSM process were used to code transcript data collected from 62 three-person teams playing a cooperative bridge crew simulator. A training dataset, consisting of ... -
Health Risk Perceptions Regarding Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Among Individuals with Respiratory Illnesses
(2022-01)Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), also known as electronic cigarettes, are portable battery-powered devices used to smoke or “vape” a flavored solution which usually contains nicotine. Many national organizations ... -
Better safe than sorry? Examining the effectiveness of defensive impression management and supplication techniques in attracting minority applicants to public safety careers
(2021-12)The recent media coverage of fatal interactions between police officers and unarmed Black citizens has led to increased calls for law enforcement agencies to diversify their departments. However, many agencies struggle ... -
Vaping, Smoking, Dual Use, and Stealth Vaping/Smoking Among First Responders: Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and Paramedics/Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)
(2021-10)First Responders to emergencies, such as those within the fields of law enforcement, firefighting, and/or emergency medical services, have a higher use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS)than the population in ... -
Development of a Correction for Defensiveness in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Profiles of Adult Male Sex Offenders
(2021-10)Clinical and forensic psychologists often evaluate sex offenders to determine the level of risk they pose to the community and identify their treatment needs to reduce the risk of future recidivism. Personality assessments ... -
Development and Evaluation of an Object Relations Measure for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
(2021-10)Personality assessment measures provide useful insight into the characteristic dispositions and psychological makeup of clinical populations and are routinely utilized by mental health professionals to guide treatment ... -
Shared Leadership Emergence: The Role of Leader Identity and Leadership Structure Schema
(2021-12)The increasing popularity of self-managing teams has sparked interest in the impact of shared leadership structures on team outcomes. Yet, it is unclear how shared leadership structures form or why they vary across teams. ... -
Medication Assisted Treatment: Examining Enrollment and Demographic Factors of Treatment
(2021-09)Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) has been a long-standing epidemic concern related to the continuous growth of variations of the substance and its’ potency. Due to the versatility of the substance to be both an illicit drug and ... -
Adaptability as a Moderator on the Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse and the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
(2021-09)Globally, it is estimated that 11.8% children experience Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) prior to the age of 18 (Stoltenborgh et al., 2011). However, the current prevalence rate of CSA is far underestimated due to the fear, ... -
The Effects of Reinforcer Absence and Availability of Alternative Activity on Delay of Gratification in Children with Autism
(2021-07)An increase in delay tolerance can help individuals obtain more preferred items, activities, and interactions. There are also many situations in a young child's daily life in which they cannot have immediate access to ... -
Evaluating Matrix Training to Teach Children With Autism to Tact Private Events
(2021-07)The research on teaching tacts has primarily focus on visual stimuli, with relatively little attention to teaching tacts of nonvisual stimuli. The present study extended the literature to different types of tactile stimulation ... -
Implementation of Behavior Skills Training via Telehealth to Teach Pre-Session Pairing to Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2021-07)This study aimed to extend the literature on training procedures used in telehealth and extend the literature on caregiver training. This study utilized a multiple-baseline design to implement behavior skills training to ...