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The impact of gender role ideology, gender role identity, reflective norms, and the mediational effects of drinking motives on female college student alcohol consumption
(2012)
Heavy drinking causes many problems for female college students including academic deficiency, social issues, and an increased risk for sexual assault. This study aimed to create a model of female college student drinking ...
Decision Making During a Simulated Public Heatlh Crisis
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the behavior of participants during a simulated public health crisis, and specifically an influenza pandemic. Participants moved through three types of pandemics (mild, moderate, ...
A MULTIPLE-PROCESS MODEL FOR STUDYING POWER AND RISK TAKING CONNECTION
(2012)
The current study was designed with three aims: 1) to test a proposed causal relationship between power and risk taking; 2) to investigate the mechanisms by fitting a Multiple-Process Model which included both motivation-focused ...
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE, COGNITIVE RIGIDITY AND COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY
(2011)
This research explored the relationships between organizational justice and cognitive rigidity. The overarching hypothesis of the study stated that being exposed to injustices would lead to a rigid mental set. In addition, ...
Regulatory Focus and Motives For Organic Food Preferences In the United States
(2012)
The market for organic food has expanded rapidly. A clear understanding of the consumer motivations driving increased demand can benefit efforts to further develop the organic food market, support environmentally sustainable ...
ADHD AND ODD: AN EXAMINATION OF BRAZILIAN, THAI, AND AMERICAN MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' RATINGS OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ON THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR INVENTORY
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to utilize Exploratory Confirmatory Factor Analysis to examine the effect of the gender of the child (i.e., girls versus boys) as well as the gender of rater (i.e., mothers versus fathers) on ...
Multimodal Implicit Learning in a Simulated Real-World Environment
(2011)
A debate exists concerning the source of performance decrements observed in the literature during implicit learning of multimodal compared to unimodal sequences. Some authors argue that these decrements are due to erroneous ...
DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL VALIDATION OF A MEASURE DESIGNED TO ASSESS CONFLICT ASSOCIATED WITH WORK, FAMILY, AND SCHOOL ROLES
(2011)
This research project reports on the development and initial validation of a theoretically based measure of conflict between work, family, and school roles. The measure was validated in two studies. Study 1 assessed construct ...
Processing Speed and Working Memory in Multiple Sclerosis: Comparison of the Relative and Independent Consequence Models
(2012)
Objective: The relationship between reduced processing speed and impaired working memory commonly noted in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is currently unclear. DeLuca et al. (2004) proposed two models to explain ...
Gender Differences in Academic Outcomes: The Role of Self-Efficacy and Racial Identity
(2015)
This study investigated how African American high school boys and girls differ in academic self-efficacy expectations, racial identity, academic performance, and educational expectations, and how well academic self-efficacy ...