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Pain and emotional well-being as variability predictors and the role of mindfulness in community-dwelling older adults

Zakoscielna, Karolina Magdalena (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

This dissertation examines pain, emotional well-being, affect variability, pain variability and mindfulness in community-dwelling older adults diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Osteoarthritis is one of the ...
Pain catastrophizing, rather than vital signs, associated with pain intensity in patients presenting to the emergency department for acute pain

Pickard, Phoebe Rose Block (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Study Objective: We examined the relationship of self-reported pain intensity with vital signs, pain catastrophizing, and anxiety in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) for acute pain, exacerbations of ...
Parent and teacher ratings of social skills in school-aged children assessed for Autism Spectrum Disorder: the role of parent education, symptom severity and adaptive functioning

Eldred, Sophia Winston (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

When assessing an individual for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), clinicians often use multiple measures in order to get a complete picture of the individual’s functioning. Many studies have investigated the value of multiple ...
Parent-adolescent relationships and sleep health

Eberhardt, Kenda (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

Close relationships are essential for feelings of security, which in turn allow humans tophysiologically down regulate and fall asleep and stay asleep. Parents and adolescents likely jointly generate a sense of interpersonal ...
Parental Knowledge in Screening for Autism

Rankin, James Alexander (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

Timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is vitally important for improving the prognosis of young children with this condition. One of the greatest challenges facing healthcare providers for individuals with ASD ...
Parental practices as protective factors: the relation between deficits in decision making and childhood aggression

Powe, Cameron (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study will present preliminary analyses on children's Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) scores, BASC Teacher reports of children's levels of aggression, and scores on parenting practices taken from the Alabama Parenting ...
Parenting stress and parent- and clinician-rated measures of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms

Paisley, Courtney Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) report higher levels of stress than do parents of typically developing (TD) children and children with other developmental disabilities (DD). Parenting stress has ...
Partial helplessness conditioning as a possible etiological factor in psychopathy

Johnson, Tucker Dunlap (University of Alabama Libraries, 1989)

The clinical syndrome characterized by chronic antisocial behavior is variously known as psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder. The entrenched behavior patterns that hallmark this disorder result in ...
Patterns of alcohol consumption and psychological distress: an examination of the prevalence and the relation among

Bryant, Ami (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

The differences in psychological distress among older adults of varying racial/ethnic backgrounds, varying alcohol consumption patterns, and the interaction between these variables were examined. Data were obtained from ...
Patterns of Differences in Wayfinding Performance and Correlations among Abilities between Persons with and without Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children

Davis, Megan; Merrill, Edward C.; Conners, Frances A.; Roskos, Beverly (2014-12)

Down syndrome (DS) impacts several brain regions including the hippocampus and surrounding structures that have responsibility for important aspects of navigation and wayfinding. Hence it is reasonable to expect that DS ...
Peer Clique Participation and Social Status in Preadolescence

Bagwell, Catherine L.; Coie, John D.; Terry, Robert A.; Lochman, John E.

A method is described to identify peer cliques based on a consensus of group members; it provides quantitative measures of preadolescents' involvement in cliques and their association with peers who often get in trouble. ...
Peer Contextual Influences on the Growth of Authority-Acceptance Problems in Early Elementary School

Stearns, Elizabeth; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Nicholson, Melba; Lochman, John; et al. (2008-04)

This study investigated the effects of the peer social context and child characteristics on the growth of authority-acceptance behavior problems across first, second, and third grades, using data from the normative sample ...
Peer victimization in adolescents with down syndrome: the impact of communication and emotion regulation

Reardanz, Jenna (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Research shows that typically developing (TD) individuals who have lower expressive communication and emotion regulation skills are much more likely to be victimized by peers. However, little research has been done to ...
Perceived control and affect: the influence of regularity in the duration of time spent on daily activities

Tighe, Caitlan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Low perceived control is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes. As such, the main objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between perceived control, and its component parts, ...
Perceived stigma, illness invalidation, sleep difficulties, and psychological distress in emerging adults in college with persistent pain

Kapoor, Shweta (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Persistent pain is traditionally associated with middle-aged to older adults and most of the pain literature is focused on this age group. However, recent research indicates a high prevalence of pain in children and ...
Perception of biases in the past, present, general future, and specific future

Mensch, Zachary (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

How biased do people think they will be in the future? Prior research has shown that people perceive themselves as less biased than others and less biased than their past selves. The current study investigated perceived ...
Perceptions of Atheists' Origin Stories & Anti-Atheist Prejudice

McDiarmid, Alex (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

While substantial research on anti-atheist prejudice has considered the role of theists’ traits and beliefs, there has been little focus on the potential impact of theists’ perceptions of atheists’ beliefs. Specifically, ...
Perceptions of victimhood: effects of culpability and severity of misfortune

Elmore, Joseph Dean (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Numerous social psychological studies have examined the factors that influence cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to victims of misfortune. However, this body of research does not offer clear evidence regarding ...
Personal accounts for religious prejudice in Christians

Gemberling, Tess Marion (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Despite the long history of research on prejudice, investigation into religious prejudice, defined as the derogation of individuals from religions other than one’s own, is limited. Grounded in the justification-suppression ...
Personal and contextual factors in young adolescent friendship jealousy: the role of self-esteem and friendship network structure

Kim, Hwaheun (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Habitual or unreasonable jealousy over friends is linked to various psychological and social relationship problems in children and adolescents. Given that friendship jealousy involves one’s relationship with a friend and ...

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