Farrell, Carmen Brown(University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)
Theories of young children’s early social-emotional learning (SEL) suggest that strong self regulation and emotion knowledge aids children in achieving their social goals in specific contexts, including the transition into ...
Wendel, Christopher James(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Early family environments that increase risk for poor mental and physical health are characterized by conflict, aggression, and relationships that are unsupportive, neglectful, and lacking in warmth. These family characteristics ...
Robinson, Adam Trent(University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)
Spatial boundaries are common structures but their effects on wayfinding and other spatial behaviors have largely been ignored. The "location-updating" effect describes a phenomenon where memory for objects is often worse ...
Costlow, Kyrsten(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the decision-making process and outcomes associated with downsizing to a smaller home in late life. Using Wiseman’s behavioral model of elderly migration, participants’ ...
Simmons, Grace Lee(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Among children with neurodevelopmental disorders, those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) present with notable social impairment, ...
Yang, Joo Young(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Peer victimization has numerous negative consequences for adolescent adjustment, including anxiety and depression (Reijntjes, Kamphuis, Prinzie & Telch, 2010). To effectively intervene and help victims of peer harassment, ...
Heilman, Meagan Elizabeth(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Coping Power is one of the few empirically supported school-based cognitive-behavior interventions available for children at risk for aggression and associated problems. Although effective, the traditional CP program ...
Ferretti, Nicole Marie(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Research has identified friendship and friendship quality as important variables in predicting positive outcomes concurrently and longitudinally for children and adolescents. This work has identified friendship as a ...
Choi, Jaimie M.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Ambivalence refers to a conflict between two contradicting values, principles, beliefs, or emotions. Heretofore, there have not been studies that have focused on age differences in ambivalence within the context of a dual ...
Coffey, Christopher Adam(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Hyperlitigious individuals, referred to by legal professionals as “vexatious” and mental health professionals as “querulous,” are individuals who make excessive and egregious use of the legal system for a primarily non-legal ...
Murry, Kaleb(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Due to increasing pressures to meet the health care needs of the LGBTQ community, further inquiry is needed to understand how the helping professions (i.e. psychology, social work, nursing) may be preparing future clinicians ...
Dede, Breanna(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Callous unemotional traits (CU traits) are a risk factor for youth misconduct, yet, questions remain regarding their etiology, as well as other dimensions of psychopathy, namely impulsivity/sensation-seeking (INS) and ...
Wendel, Christopher James(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Early family environments that increase risk for poor mental and physical health are characterized by conflict, aggression, and relationships that are unsupportive, neglectful, and lacking in warmth. These family characteristics ...
Applegate, Kathryn Christine(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Since the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that individuals with intellectual disability (ID) could not be sentenced to death (Atkins vs. Virginia, 2002), triers-of-fact have been required to make determinations ...
Rondon, Ana Teresa(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Objective: The overarching goal of this study was to better understand the relationships physical activity (PA) and other physical well-being variables (i.e., body composition and fitness) have with mental health symptoms, ...
Kassing, Francesca L.(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Objective: This study assessed the longitudinal, predictive relationships between community violence, poor parental monitoring, and aggressive behavior over time. Secondary goals included testing these relationships for ...
Baker, Lorien Kelsie(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine risk and protective factors associated with the life satisfaction of caregivers and typically developing (TD) siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder ...
Condeelis, Kristen(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Previous research includes various conceptualizations of the successful aging process as it relates to adult functioning. Specifically, Rowe and Kahn's (1997) model of successful aging includes: 1) low probability of disease ...
Threadgill, Austin Hunter(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Decades of research have suggested that emotive states drive much of human behavior However, little work has examined the relationship between emotions and the neural correlates of action processes. The present research ...
Remmel, Rheanna(University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)
Psychopathy is a disorder marked by personality traits such as callousness, manipulativeness, and impulsivity – traits that often co-occur with antisocial behavior. Researchers and clinicians have posited that these traits ...