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Ryan, Richard F. "The father of all| Friction, splitting, and the philosophical assumptions of depth psychology." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3666848.

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<p> The central topic of this research is an examination of the philosophical assumptions of depth psychology as they relate to splitting in depth psychology. The intention of the researcher was to examine this topic from multiple perspectives. The researcher utilized a qualitative methodology, dialogical hermeneutics, to compare the influences and assumptions of the differing schools of depth psychology. </p><p> Depth psychology is the study of mental functioning that includes and values unconscious mental processes. Over the past 100 years, numerous splits, dissensions, and modifications

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Hood, Steven Brian. "Latent variable realism in psychometrics." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3319901.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 11, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 3173. Adviser: Colin F. Allen.

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Zumbo, Bruno Domenico 1966 Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "Statistical methods to overcome nonindependence of coupled data in significance testing." Ottawa.:, 1992.

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Katopodis, Angela. "Gender differences in the response of the HPA-axis to alcohol and stress." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82262.

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Stress plays a significant role in the initiation and continuation of drinking. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have shown a higher incidence of alcoholism in males than females. Objective. The current studies aimed to investigate the presence of gender differences in the interactions of ethanol and stress with the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis. Methods. Participants included 12 males and 10 females with no previous personal or familial history of alcoholism. Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol were estimated following a placebo drink, a low and a high dose of alcohol an

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Johnson, Gwendolyn Watkins. "Assessing level of functioning in the seriously mentally ill." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280189.

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Level of functioning (LOF) has increasingly become a critical issue within the mental health field. Policy makers use LOF to compare costs and benefits, mental health care organizations use LOF to track client progress and evaluate new treatments, and agencies use LOF to evaluate individuals who are seeking services. Clients with serious mental illness (SMI) are an extremely heterogeneous group in terms of presentation, characteristics, and needs; however a great deal of uniformity exists in their high level of service utilization. This study examines the reliability and validity of a structur

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Merikle, Elizabeth Paige 1965. "Development of a self-report measure of drug craving." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289233.

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The construct of craving is frequently invoked as a causal factor in on going substance use or in relapse after a period of abstinence. The aim of the present study is to develop a general self-report questionnaire of craving that can be used to assess craving at any point in addiction and recovery. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase of the study a sample of 23 addicts were interviewed about their subjective experience of craving. The purpose of this phase of the study was to develop a theory of the subjective experience of craving that could be used to guide the develop

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Friedhoff, Lesley Ann. "Question development by individuals in therapeutic assessment| Does it result in more positive outcomes?" Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618892.

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<p> In Therapeutic Assessment individuals are given feedback based on questions developed prior to administration of psychological testing. It is hypothesized that feedback delivered in this manner results in greater therapeutic outcomes than standard feedback administration. This study compared the therapeutic outcomes of individuals who received Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Second Edition – Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) feedback based on personally-developed questions to the outcomes of individuals who received standard MMPI-2-RF feedbac

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Winters, Brittany N. "The psychometric utility of the Drug Abuse Screening Test among treatment-seeking, homeless men." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3622742.

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<p> Homelessness in the United States is recognized as a grave societal problem with longstanding and pervasive implications. A substantial body of research has shown that substance use disorders occur at higher rates among homeless adults than among housed persons. Mental disorders, particularly depressive disorders, are also known to occur at substantially higher rates among the homeless. Given the prevalence of these conditions, it is important that clinicians working with homeless adults have access to reliable and valid assessment tools. The purpose of this study was to examine the useful

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Sweet, Amanda L. "Development and validation of the Sweet Army Culture Scale (SACS)." Thesis, Alfred University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3605615.

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<p> Military children are often unspoken or underrepresented casualties of modern day wars. The purpose of this study was to develop a method of empirically measuring civilian mental health professionals' perceived knowledge of the culture of the United States Army. The rational-empirical approach was used during instrument development. The study was divided into three phases: item generation, Army expert panel review, and a pilot study with mental health professionals. Ten experts provided quantitative and qualitative data to inform scale item revisions prior to the pilot study. A revised ver

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Krahé, Barbara, and Gün R. Semin. "Explaining perceived cross-situational consistency : intuitive psychometrics or semantic mediation?" Universität Potsdam, 1988. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3384/.

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Recent studies at the interface of social cognition and personality theory have stressed lay persons' ability to 'function as intuitive psychometricians' (Epstein and Teraspulsky, 1986). This research argues that lay persons not only show a substantial degree of accuracy in estimating cross-situational generality of behaviour, but also take into account principles of aggregation over time. In contrast, it is argued here that lay persons' perceptions of the degree of relatedness of different behaviours are mediated largely by the decontextualized semantic relationships between behavioural descr

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Weinstein, Kerry. "Impulsivity in an epidemiological catchment area sample of the general population: A confirmatory factor analysis study of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110524.

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Impulsivity is a complex behavioural and personality construct that is correlated to aggression (Fossati et al., 2004) and major mental disorders (Enticott, Ogloff, Bradshaw, & Fitzgerald, 2008). The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS; Barratt, 1959) is arguably the most commonly administered self-report measure of impulsiveness in both research and clinical settings (Spinella, 2007). However, the extant literature reveals a confusion surrounding the BIS, in particular version 11a (Barratt, 1994). Stanford et al. (2009) warn against its use due to its invalidity and unreliability. However, to ou

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Jung, Sunho. "Regularized structural equation models with latent variables." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66858.

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In structural equation models with latent variables, maximum likelihood (ML) estimation is currently the most prevailing estimation method. However, the ML method fails to provide accurate solutions in a number of situations including those involving small sample sizes, nonnormality, and model misspecification. To over come these difficulties, regularized extensions of two-stage least squares estimation are proposed that incorporate a ridge type of regularization in the estimation of parameters. Two simulation studies and two empirical applications demonstrate that the propos

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Jung, Kwang Hee. "Dynamic GSCA generalized structured component analysis: a structural equation model for analyzing effective connectivity in functional neuroimaging." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106488.

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Structural equation modeling (SEM) is often used to investigate effective connectivity in functional neuroimaging studies. Modeling effective connectivity refers to an approach in which a number of specific brain regions, called regions of interest (ROIs), are selected according to some prior knowledge about the regions, and directional (causal) relationships between them are hypothesized and tested. Existing methods for SEM, however, have serious limitations in terms of their computational capacity and the range of models that can be specified. To alleviate these difficulties, I propose a new

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Suk, Hye Won. "Functional generalized structured component analysis." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=117051.

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The invention of sophisticated measurement tools, such as motion capture devices, handheld computers, Bluetooth devices, eye-trackers, and brain scanners, has facilitated the collection of functional data that can be considered to arise from an underlying smooth function varying over a continuum such as time and space. Functional data analysis (FDA) is an emerging branch of statistics, which develops and applies statistical methods for the analysis of such types of data. Various FDA methods have been proposed by extending traditional multivariate statistical methods to accommodate functional d

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Aubert, Bonn Noémie. "Suggesting adds an edge to automaticity: measuring, elucidating, and understanding positive hypnotic hallucinations." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=117126.

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A visual variation of the abstract is available in an interactive video format at razlab.mcgill.ca/thesis_aubertbonn.html.Once automatized, cognitive processes seldom return to the purview of control; when they do, however, this reversal happens with much difficulty. Inspired by recent evidence introducing the role of suggestion in de-automatization, the present thesis elucidates how hypnotic suggestion renders a difficult task more automatic without extensive practice. Using MoTraK, a task inspired by a documented visual illusion, we investigated whether a specific hypnotic suggestion to vi

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Cunningham, Victoria Lynn. "Evaluation of a self-report measure of low-vision functional ability." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280406.

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The majority of data used in outcome research has until recently been based primarily on treatment provider observations of the patient. Estimating the effect of rehabilitation treatment on functional ability is increasingly relying on patient self-report ratings. Controlling for measurement bias associated with the subjective nature of this type of data was handled by putting self-report and clinician responses to items on an 11-item functional ability instrument into the same metric using a Rasch model, allowing for an accurate picture of whether and how their perceptions differ. For this st

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Davis, Melinda Fritchoff. "Method variance in the social sciences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289721.

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A preliminary taxonomy has been developed that differentiates between trait characteristics, the situation, manifest and subtle methods and interaction effects. The proposed taxonomy divides method into manifest and subtle categories. The obvious, surface characteristics of method are considered manifest, while the deeper structures of method that are not usually seen are considered subtle. Seven manifest method categories are described: stimulus format, response format, response categories, raters, whether the measure is direct or summative, rating the stimulus or the response, and opaque or

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Koltz, Martin T. "The effects of a force feedback enabled secondary task on driver performance on a simulated lane change task." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585955.

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<p> Distracted driving can be dangerous and new technology is being implemented into vehicles that will likely increase the amount of distraction present. New input device technology has made it possible to use force feedback to aid in task completion which may help reduce the cognitive load of secondary tasks. In the present study, participants performed a simulated lane change task while simultaneously completing a target selection task. Participants used the Novint Falcon input device which is capable of applying guiding force feedback. Two levels of two different force feedback models were

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Moshfegh, Nicole. "The multidimensional wellbeing assessment| Preliminary validation in an Iranian sample." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3629335.

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<p> Although nations with a dominant worldview of individualism are a minority in the world as a whole, most psychological models are generated based on research conducted in these countries. Existing models and measures of well-being tend to have an individualistic, Western cultural bias, making it difficult to assess the well-being of those whose dominant worldview is more consistent with collectivism. Due to the absence of an existing cross-culturally relevant measure of well-being, the Multidimensional Well-Being Assessment (MWA) was developed. As attention to Middle Eastern populations ha

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McQueen, Kand S. "The development of the Attitudes Toward the Atypically Gendered Inventory (ATAG-I)." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297929.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Counseling and Educational Psychology, 2008.<br>Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 30, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-03, Section: B, page: 2001. Advisers: Phil Carspecken; Carol Hostetter.

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Razykov, Ilya. "The utility of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to assess suicidal ideation in medical patients." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116965.

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Objectives: Individuals with chronic physical illness are 1.6 times more likely than people without chronic illness to die from suicide, controlling for mental disorders. A number of studies have described administering item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a self-administered measure of depression symptoms, to screen patients in medical settings for suicide ideation. This item asks whether patients have had "thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?" Between 12% and 17% of patients in different medical settings endorse item 9 of the PHQ-9,

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Carroll, James M. "The psychometrics of a bipolar valence activation model of self-reported affect." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ56520.pdf.

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Tawney, Mark Ward. "Empirically keying personality measures to mitigate faking effects and improve validity| A Monte Carlo investigation." Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3570095.

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<p>Personality-type measures should be viable tools to use for selection. They have incremental validity over cognitive measures and they add this incremental validity while decreasing adverse impact (Hough, 1998; Ones, Viswesvaran & Schmidt, 1993; Ones & Viswesvaran, 1998a). However, personality measures are susceptible to faking; individual's instructed to fake on personality measures are able to increase their scores (Barrick & Mount, 1996; Ellingson, Sackett & Hough, 1999; Hough, Eaton, Dunnette, Kamp, & McCloy, 1990). Further, personality measures often reveal less tha

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Stothart, Cary R. "Effects of repeated administration on intensity scales." Thesis, The Florida State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1539274.

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<p> This study assessed the extent to which multiple administrations of an intensity scale; in this case, the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ), influences participant responding on subsequent administrations of the same scale. The first experiment sought to determine this by using a laboratory task in which one group of participants were asked to watch a number of identical videos depicting a simulated drive from the driver's point of view, and fill out an SSQ and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) between viewings of the videos. Another group of participants wer

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Nguyen, Quoc Tim H. "Modeling completion at a community college." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523327.

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<p> The purpose of the current study was to assess a model of college completion at a 2-year community college based on Tinto's Theory of Student Drop Out and current factors known to impact college completion. A freshman cohort (<i>n</i> = 2,846) that attended a large-urban community college was assessed. Logistic regression analysis found student age and math proficiency when entering college were significant factors in the model. The older the student was when first enrolling, the lower their likelihood of completing college. The more remediation a student needed in math skills, then the le

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Trapani, Catherine Schuler. "Multilevel modeling of cognitive ability in highly functioning adults." Thesis, Fordham University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3564971.

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<p> The goal of this research was to study differences in cognitive performance on verbal and quantitative measures among subjects of different ages. Data was gathered on subjects ranging in age from 16 to 80 years of age from birth-cohorts from 1927 to 1990. In addition to year of birth, personal characteristics of gender, race/ethnicity and undergraduate area of study were obtained. Multilevel models were built that predict cognitive performance as a function of age, cohort and other non-independent personal characteristics . Verbal performance rises as the age of the test-taker rises; qua

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Wild, Heather A. "Applying signal detection theory to evoked response potentials for understanding mechanisms of bias and sensitivity in face detection tasks." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3232560.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 2006.<br>"Title from dissertation home page (viewed July 11, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-08, Section: B, page: 4737. Adviser: Thomas A. Busey.

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Titcomb, Allison Louise 1963. "False memories and fuzzy-trace theory: Misinforming gist versus verbatim memory." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/264412.

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Most misinformation studies have tested memory for altered details of an event (e.g., stop sign, wrench, swing set). This study varied the type of misleading information to include consistent gist, inconsistent gist and consistent details as well as inconsistent (or altered) details. Misinformation studies follow a three-stage procedure: an initial event, misleading information, and a final memory test. Here, too, adult participants initially observed a slide sequence. Misinformation was embedded in a comprehension test and memory was tested with a recognition test. The timing of the misleadin

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LaRoque, Sean Davis. "Pencil pressure in projective drawings: An indicator of anxiety." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279774.

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There has been much debate in the literature regarding the use and abuse of projective drawings in clinical and school settings. The criticism has largely centered around interpretation and use of indicators within these drawings that have not achieved consensus in the research regarding their validity. This study attempts to bridge the gap between those opposed and those in support of projective drawings. It does this by illustrating that valid indicators can be found within projective drawings provided accurate, sensitive and reliable tools are available to measure these indicators. This res

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McKnight, Patrick Everett 1966. "Calibration of psychological measures: An illustration of three quantitative methods." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282437.

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The scores or metrics from psychological measures are rarely interpretable. Uninterpretable metrics result in poorly understood psychological research findings. In response to this problem, several methods are proposed that render metrics more meaningful. The methods employed are calibration procedures. Three calibration procedures are illustrated that prove to be extremely powerful in making the metrics of two related measures more understandable. Establishing the behavioral implications of the scores, computing just noticeable differences, and calibrating between measures are the three proce

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Mulvaney, Sheila 1963. "Alexithymia and emotional memory." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291682.

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The construct of alexithymia was examined using factor analyses and a modified Crovitz-Robinson autobiographical memory technique. Results indicated a two-factor solution to the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Subjects high in alexithymic characteristics were actually faster at recalling emotional events. They also reported more intense emotional experience at time of encoding but not at time of recall, showed a more complex emotional profile for their memories, but a greater number of response failures. When factor scores from principal components analyses were used to predict the above variables

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Craigen, Kristie A. "Predicting Job Performance of Financial Representatives Based on the Harrison Assessment Talent Management System (HATS)." Thesis, Alliant International University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3608158.

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<p> <i><b>Objective:</b></i> The goal of this research was to empirically evaluate the predictive utility of Harrison Assessment Talent Management System (HATS) for use as a selection instrument within organizational settings. <i><b>Method:</b></i> This was done by investigating the strength of the relationship between the job fit percentages generated by HATS and the performance ratings (i.e., number of life insurance policies sold within the first 6 months of employment ) of 238 employees (201 men and 37 women) working for a large American insurance company. <i><b>Results: </b></i> The co

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McKnight, Katherine May. "A comparison of five methods for analyzing change with longitudinal panel data." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289218.

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Within the past few decades, methodologists have made major advances in statistical methods for the analysis of change using longitudinal panel data, particularly in the area of modeling individual differences (Bryk & Raudenbush, 1987; Collins & Horn, 1991; Rogosa, 1991; Willett & Sayer, 1994; Willett, Singer, & Martin, 1998). These advances have made it possible for researchers to measure change and the correlates of change in ways that were not thought possible a few decades ago. These improvements should allow researchers to make stronger and more informed inferences regarding change over t

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Yousef, Jamal M. "An integrity analysis of independent variables in behavioral research /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487262825075268.

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Morales, Alicia. "Modeling wayfinding and spatial abilities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289824.

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The primary rationale for the study was to empirically test a conceptual model that identifies the relationship between wayfinding, spatial, and scholastic abilities. Wayfinding and spatial abilities were assessed in 120 University of Arizona introductory psychology students ranging in age from 17 to 36 years. Participants completed a lengthy test battery of wayfinding and spatial abilities tasks. Tasks included the computer-generated arena task, the computer-generated maze task, a Background Information Questionnaire, the Taxi Cab Task, the performance subtests from the WAIS-III, the Rey-Oste

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Baldasaro, Ruth E. "Person level analysis in latent growth curve models." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3562687.

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<p> Latent growth curve modeling is an increasingly popular approach for evaluating longitudinal data. Researchers tend to focus on overall model fit information or component model fit information when evaluating a latent growth curve model (LGCM). However, there is also an interest in understanding a given individual's level and pattern of change over time, specifically an interest in identifying observations with aberrant patterns of change. Thus it is also important to examine model fit at the level of the individual. Currently there are several proposed approaches for evaluating person lev

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Gallas, Brandon Dominic. "Signal detection in lumpy backgrounds." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290090.

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In this dissertation we explore signal detection with model and human observers in the setting of nuclear medicine. Regarding the model observer, the main focus is on the linear observer that maximizes detectability, which we call the Hotelling observer. In particular, we outline two methods for realizing an estimate of this observer. The first uses a Fourier representation. The second uses a representation with a small number of channels chosen for optimal performance. The work employs statistically defined lumpy backgrounds to test the methods and results. These backgrounds are more complica

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Shulruf, Boaz. "The influence of individualist and collectivist attributes on responses to Likert-type scales." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3175087.

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Collectivism and individualism are culturally-related psychological structures which have been used to distinguish people within and across various societies. From a review of the literature, it is argued that the most salient feature of individualism is valuing personal independence, which includes self-knowledge, uniqueness, privacy, clear communication, and competitiveness. Collectivism is associated with a strong sense of duty to group, relatedness to others, seeking others' advice, harmony, and working with the group. The purpose of the thesis is to explore how collectivist and individual

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Zhou, Dora Xinyue. "A type I error investigation of modified Scheffe-based multiple-comparison procedures in factorial ANOVA, MANOVA, and multiple-regression situations." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290098.

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The present study extends the previous one-way ANOVA multiple-comparison findings of Meyers and Beretvas (2003) to interaction comparisons in factorial ANOVA designs, one-factor MANOVA comparisons, and tests of partial regression coefficients in multiple regression, in specific regard to the practical utility of modified (sequential) Scheffe-based procedures. Researchers who are concerned with maintaining familywise Type I error rates while increasing statistical power are encouraged to consider these improved multiple-comparison methods.

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Fox, Karen D. "Prediction of Air Traffic Controller Trainee Selection and Training Success Using Cognitive Ability and Biodata." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3614818.

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<p> The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has experienced decreased return on investment caused by hiring too many air traffic controller specialists (ATCSs) who performed poorly in field training, thus failing to become certified professional controllers (CPCs). Based on Schmidt and Hunter's theory of job performance and biodata theory, this quantitative, archival study examined whether factors of cognitive ability and biodata could predict job performance status of 2 generations of ATCSs, poststrike (PS) and next generation (NG) controllers. For each generation of controllers, binary log

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Weiss, Alexander. "Genetic and environmental contributions to dominance and subjective well-being in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279950.

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Zoo chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are restricted in their choice of social and physical environments. This allows for a strong test of environmental predictors of happiness including the chimpanzee-environment fit and the degree of relatedness between a chimpanzee and its enclosure mates. The interrelatedness of zoo chimpanzees permit the study of genetic and environmental contributions to Dominance and subjective well-being (SWB) and their common genetic or environmental causes. Demographic predictors such as age and sex and environmental predictors such as density of males and females, densi

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Cheung, Kevin Yet Fong. "Understanding the authorial writer : a mixed methods approach to the psychology of authorial identity in relation to plagiarism." Thesis, University of Derby, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/324822.

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Academic writing is an important part of undergraduate study that tutors recognise as central to success in higher education. Across the academy, writing is used to assess, develop and facilitate student learning. However, there are growing concerns that students appropriate written work from other sources and present it as their own, committing the academic offence of plagiarism. Conceptualising plagiarism as literary theft, current institutional practices concentrate on deterring and detecting behaviours that contravene the rules of the academy. Plagiarism is a topic that often elicits an em

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Bursuk, Lois Ilene. "The effects of a school-based cognitive-behavioral intervention program on the depression scores of sixth-grade students: A comparison outcome study." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282610.

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The effects of a school-based cognitive-behavioral intervention approach on the depression scores of sixth grade students were examined in the study. Two hundred and one sixth grade students served as participants in one of four experimental groups: treatment group, attention-placebo group, delayed treatment group, and no treatment control group. All groups, except the control group, participated in the school-based program called "learned optimism." The learned optimism program is an eight-week curriculum-based program designed to assist adolescents in developing a more optimistic self-explan

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Fladvad, Staffan. "Påverkar organisationens förutsättningar för Empowerment individens arbetsprestation? : Prövning av en modell för arbetsprestation – enligt Agerus." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8221.

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<p>Denna uppsats görs en utvärdering av Agerus PrestationsIndex, ett verktyg för att mäta prestation i organisationer utifrån empowerment. PrestationsIndex är ett självskattningstest och bygger på en modell för empowerment med fem psykologiska rekvisit för självgående. Testet prövas psykometriskt för reliabilitet och validitet. Därutöver testas två hypoteser, dels om PrestationsIndex kan predicera prestation och dels om ojämnhet mellan de psykologiska rekvisiten kan påverka prestationen negativt. Resultaten visar starkt stöd för den första teorin när det gäller att predicera individuell presta

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Mahn, Victoria Ann 1959. "Family members' temporal perception and mood during an open heart surgery waiting experience." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278368.

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This study described how 25 subjects experienced time and mood during a waiting experience for relatives undergoing open heart surgery. Using the 40 Second Production Method to measure "time estimation", sixty percent of the total group "overestimated" waiting time. Significant differences found between groups were associated with education, gender and prior waiting experience in the setting. Using the Time Metaphor Test, 22 subjects perceived time passage as "static". No significant correlation was found between Time Metaphor scores and reading time. The mood for the group as a whole tended t

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Andreu, Nathalie. "The Parkinson's disease questionnaire (PDQ-39) : construct validity, reliability and patient-proxy respondent agreement of the French version." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33374.

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The PDQ-39 is a health-related quality of life questionnaire with 39 items describing eight dimensions in Parkinson's disease (PD). The original English version of PDQ-39 showed excellent psychometric properties. The present study was aimed at assessing the construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the PDQ-39 French version as well as the degree of agreement between PD patients and their proxy respondents when completing the scale. One neurologist and two psychologists using standardized clinical scales of PD severity and depression rated 126 PD non-demented pati

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Brown, Tiffany Burgess Norma. "Racial and ethnic socialization in African-American families Scale development and validation /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Kleinmann, Ava E. "Not so fast using speed to differentiate high and average readers /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Woldoff, Sarah Beth Herbert James D. "Reliability of the global assessment of functioning scale /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2004. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/364.

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Brown, Floyd. "The least preferred coworker scale : a construct validation study /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9018.

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