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ArticleThe Role of Regional Contrast Changes and Asymmetry in Facial Attractiveness Related to Cosmetic UsePeissig, JessieThis study collected behavioral data for testing how regional contrast changes due to the addition of cosmetics would affect attractiveness ratings. In addition, we used an established model of asymmetry to look for a correlation between changes in at . . .
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ArticleSegal, NancyAim: Epigenetic comparisons within monozygotic twin pairs have enhanced our understanding of nongenetic mechanisms underlying disease etiology. We present epigenetic findings for a unique case of doubly exchanged Colombian male monozygotic twins raise . . .
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ArticleLukaszewski, AaronHuman life history (LH) strategies are theoretically regulated by developmental exposure to environmental cues that ancestrally predicted LH-relevant world states (e.g., risk of morbidity–mortality). Recent modeling work has raised the question of whe . . .
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Masters ThesisMiller, ErikahThe purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between perceived physical attractiveness and counterproductive workplace behavior. The main hypothesis was that the more physically attractive an employee rated himself/herself to be, t . . .
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Masters ThesisSanders, Janelle A.The majority of Americans endorse egalitarian views, however our society is still plagued by prejudice and discrimination. (Dovidio & Gaertner, 2000). Unfortunately, great disparities exist in the treatment of individuals based on race/ethnicity, gend . . .
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Masters ThesisRyks, Melissa N.The theory of Aversive Racism is often used to explain the contemporary prejudice being displayed towards racial minority defendants in the U.S. criminal court system. This form of contemporary racism is characterized by its subtleties; the aversive r . . .
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Masters ThesisGodbole, Gargi KiranThis study explored the effects of interviewers’ emotions in a mock interrogation context. Prior research reveals that emotional states can either hinder or improve information processing and decision-making. For example, studies show that a sad, but . . .
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Masters ThesisEsquibel, Marissa S.This study explores the relationship between negative religious coping (NRC) and symptoms of depression and anxiety in Arab American adolescents, an under-researched topic in an under-researched population. The data were provided by a previous study t . . .
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Masters ThesisQuinn, Taylor A.Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition most prevalent in women, particularly over the age of 50. Chronic conditions, including pain, affect more than half of adults over 65. Such conditions can contribute to functional limitations that lead to . . .
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Masters ThesisWalker, AmandaThis study examines the relationship between previous work experience and alcohol use after retirement. Stress-coping theory and role theory suggest that major life transitions can contribute to changes in alcohol consumption, but most investigations . . .
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Masters ThesisPasquarella, Fred JosephThe Fullerton Ontological Confusion (FOC) scale was constructed to address the issues of inconsistent theory and inadequate measurement regarding paranormal, superstitious, magical, and supernatural (PSMS) beliefs. For the FOC scale, PSMS beliefs were . . .
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Masters ThesisMorales, Thomas AlexanderUniversity students evaluated actions in moral scenarios in which a decision had to be made about whether to kill one person to save the lives of a larger number of people. Each participant rated both how right and how wrong they felt this action woul . . .
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Masters ThesisLynch, KassandraFibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition that affects 2% to 4% of the population. Many patients with FM report a history of depression and child abuse. Childhood abuse affects both physical and mental health in adulthood. Negative mood regulation . . .
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Masters ThesisPhamvu, KimPast research has demonstrated an association between peer victimization and internalizing problems. Nonetheless, there are some children who seem to be undamaged by their experiences of peer victimization. In an effort to understand this resilience, . . .
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Masters ThesisBasil, Trevor W.This research study evaluated emotional intelligence and emotion recognition and their ability to predict leadership capacity. The purpose was to identify the strongest predictors of leadership from a series of emotional intelligence factors and emoti . . .
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Masters ThesisKircher, JulieThe etiology of fibromyalgia is unknown; thus, research on the psychosocial factors contributing to the symptomatology of fibromyalgia is an important area of study. Research indicates that perceived stress and perceived social support affect the expe . . .
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Masters ThesisHandelman, SamuelThere are unsettled debates in the literature regarding the strength of top-down and bottom-up processing in visual attention. Control of top-down visual attention was assessed in both younger and older adults using a visual search task. In the task, . . .
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Masters ThesisHenry, JamieSexually transmitted diseases are a major public health problem that can be effectively prevented through condom use. The number of young adults in colleges contracting STDs has been increasing exponentially in recent years, especially among women. Th . . .
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Masters ThesisFrancuz, MadeleinePsychological distress is described as unpleasant feelings or emotions that negatively impact an individual’s level of functioning (Ridner, 2004, Williams, 2003). Furthermore, the personality traits of neuroticism and extraversion are strongly associa . . .
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Masters ThesisAyers, JessicaWomen’s intrasexual competition became a salient topic of investigation after a paper detailing the different evolutionary pressures ancestral women would have faced as primary care givers of dependent offspring was published. Since then, the majority . . .
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Masters ThesisJohnson, JamieMedical adherence is a big issue in today’s society, with non-adherence rates in the medical world as high as 30% (Cramer & Rosenheck, 1998). Lack of adherence is not only costly to society long term, but can also cost people their lives (Levine et al . . .
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Masters ThesisHershman, Sarah MarieResearch has shown that expert witness testimony is effective at informing jurors on the link between situational and dispositional risk factors and false confessions. It is suggested by some researchers that jurors better respond to expert testimony . . .
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Masters ThesisSmith, Tyson ScottThis study undertook the task of explaining one-night stands through Social Exchange Theory, specifically Interdependence Theory and the Investment Model of social exchange, wherein rewards and consequences are weighed amidst perceptions of rewards an . . .
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Masters ThesisPadilla, ChantellIt has long been a common belief that an individual’s sexuality is a pre-determined and fixed trait. However, sexual fluidity contradicts this rigid assumption by affirming that sexuality has the ability to change over time. Past research has found wo . . .
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Masters ThesisBaker, Michael JamesThe collective understanding and expectations of a team, known in the literature as Shared Mental Models (SMMs), is reinforced through a strong emotional and supportive environment. The purpose of this study is to observe instances of supportive touch . . .
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Masters ThesisZiegler, StaciThe purpose of this study was to examine personal and environmental factors that affect condom use of individuals. In particular, this study focused on self-efficacy, birth control, peer support, past experience with sexually transmitted diseases, and . . .
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Masters ThesisOberly, Thalia GiselleUnderstanding modifiable risk factors is a critical step towards developing ethnoracially sensitive, targeted prevention efforts aimed at reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality among Hispanic women. Existing theoretical/conceptual models of . . .
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Masters ThesisSotomayor, CristyFor decades, studies have shown that people are better able to distinguish ownrace faces compared to other-race faces, a phenomenon known as the Other-Race Effect (ORE). Research suggests that perceptual experience and social context factors may play . . .
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Masters ThesisYounan, BiancaPast research suggests that various pre-migration and post-migration factors play an important role in the acculturation process of refugees. This study explored premigration and post-migration factors and their relationship to acculturative stress in . . .
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Masters ThesisWright, MasonAmong American college students, there is a widely acknowledged, intimate relationship between alcohol consumption and sex. Though the intuitive understanding has long been that this is a causal relationship wherein alcohol produces a “disinhibitory e . . .
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Masters ThesisCruz, RyanPrevious literature on depression has mainly focused on at-risk populations while more resilient populations, such as athletes, remain largely under-examined. Literature on athletes has consistently shown that this group had lower depression levels an . . .
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Masters ThesisBarnes, AmandaThe Trivers-Willard Hypothesis states that parental investment is a function of parental condition and that parents invest in the sex of offspring that offers the greatest reproductive returns. Parental investment is a cost/benefit strategy: parents i . . .
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Masters ThesisSierra, Jeane MarieMothers play important roles within the family. For this reason, it is important to study mothers’ experiences of minor, daily stressors and assess how stress impairs families by spilling over to children. Currently, very few studies in the literature . . .
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Masters ThesisHernandez, Janette AngelaThe present study sought to explore possible differential vulnerability in MexicanAmerican males exposed to trauma. A primary aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of PTSD between Mexican-American/Mexican males and non-Hispanic White males. T . . .
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Masters ThesisHerrera, ClaraHaving a better understanding of how Latinos with chronic pain and obesity cope with pain can be valuable for public health professionals in determining appropriate treatment with this at risk population. Although Latino adults are more likely to have . . .
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Masters ThesisPhan, Diana KimAlthough overt racism has diminished considerably over the past few decades, subtler forms of racism continue to perpetuate in contemporary society. The theory of aversive racism is a contemporary form of subtle racism that postulates an individual ma . . .
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Masters ThesisPonce, Lisa NicoleThe current study sought to examine if pictures representative of a moral scenario would increase empathic responses and subsequently affect an individual’s level of moral support for an individual in need. University undergraduates evaluated scenario . . .
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Masters ThesisNavarrete, Irvin I.In the United States, 82.3% of adults 65 and older report using alcohol. Although previous research has found a decrease in drinking with older age, recent studies suggest that the rate of alcohol consumption among older adults is on the rise. Older a . . .
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Masters ThesisDawson, RobertThere is an urgent need to understand emerging health risks in the growing population of older adults in the U.S. Many older adults may be consuming alcohol beyond the recommended limits for their age, putting themselves at risk for serious health com . . .
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Masters ThesisPark, JonathanDynamic systems (e.g., families, student-teacher, etc.) present themselves as a powerful means of assessing multiple informants and how they interact with each other across a given period of time. the current study sought to propose a novel statistica . . .
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Masters ThesisLight, ElizabethTonic immobility is a temporary state of motor inhibition that occurs while an individual is fully conscious, thought to develop as a result of extreme panic or fear. Studies of sexual assault have often found that survivors of sexual trauma report ex . . .
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Masters ThesisPage, Brittany ElizabethThe present study sought to determine the level of accuracy in the public perception of atheists as immoral. Moral profiles of atheists, deists, and theists were evaluated and compared within the Moral Foundations Theory framework. Data were analyzed . . .
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Masters ThesisLuu, GraceThere are many open questions about holistic processing and its role in visual expertise. Although a person is an expert within a visual domain, there is still much debate about the differences between novices and experts in holistic processing. This . . .
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Masters ThesisCuellar, KatherineAs acculturation can be a positive and negative experience, the negative aspects of the acculturation experience have come to be thought of as “acculturative stress” (Berry, 2005). Research has consistently found that greater acculturative stress is l . . .
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Masters ThesisDurkee, PatrickThroughout vertebrate evolution, asymmetries in the ability to inflict costs and defend resources (i.e., formidability) likely impacted individual fitness and collecting information about formidability (e.g., size, strength, fighting ability) would ha . . .
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Masters ThesisLudwig, Justin MichaelThe present study addressed the roles that oxytocin and empathy play in moral judgment on actions involving the killing of one person to save the lives of a larger number of people. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether trait empathy and . . .
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Masters ThesisGarcia Peraza, Paulette D.Latinxs and first-generation college students (FGCS) make up a considerable portion of students on college campuses. in the university system, these students face unique challenges such as more career barriers and less career knowledge, which may impa . . .
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Masters ThesisZavala, Corrine JuliaIntimate partner abuse (IPA) is a serious health concern for women worldwide, negatively affecting the psychological and physical health of millions of women each year. While the immediate physical repercussions of IPA, such as hospital visits, trauma . . .
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Masters ThesisArmenta, Angel DavidBased on the theory of aversive racism (Dovidio & Gaertner, 1986), the current thesis addressed whether or not mock jurors show bias toward mother defendants who differ on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and attractiveness. A 3 (Ethnicity—Black, Whit . . .
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Masters ThesisJain, PurnimaThere is growing research interest in studying the role of ambivalence over emotional expression (AEE) and anger in adjustment to symptoms of chronic pain. the present research involved studying the mediating effect of AEE between anger and chronic pa . . .