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Race, immigration status and job satisfaction among certified nursing assistants

Zakoscielna, Karolina Magdalena (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) provide up to 90% of direct care to long-term care residents. Unfortunately, CNAs have an extraordinarily high turnover rate that is accompanied by low levels of work satisfaction. A ...
Race, power, & workforce diversity: awareness, perceptions, & experiences among nursing home leaders

Vinson, Latrice Danielle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

In response to the changing demographic profile of the U.S., there is an increasing presence of minorities in the workforce. Nursing homes, in particular, are facing issues on how to manage such a diverse workforce. ...
Rationalizing undeserved outcomes: effects of random positive events on reactions to victims

Elmore, Joseph Dean (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

Previous research has identified several coping strategies that people may use to restore psychological equanimity after being exposed to the suffering of an innocent person, including victim blaming, victim derogation, ...
Reach for the moon, and fall amongst the stars: increasing quality of life in an adult community sample

Mieskowski, Lisa Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

The feasibility and utility of a self-administered treatment (workbook composed of Quality of Life Therapy activities, aimed at improving participants’ subjective quality of life (QoL), was investigated through a mixed ...
Reading skills in Down syndrome: an examination of orthographic knowledge

Loveall, Susan Janel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The primary purpose of the present study was to examine orthographic knowledge in a sample of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) in comparison to typically developing (TD) children matched on word identification ability. ...
Real-scene contextual cueing: why trees are better than cats

Scrivner-Limbaugh, Allison L. Thomas (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This dissertation was designed to study the impact of stable and unstable landmarks on repeated visual search tasks involving real-scene displays relative to no background displays in a contextual cueing procedure. Contextual ...
Real-time hostile attribution measurement and aggression in children

Yaros, Anna (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Hostile attributions are acknowledged as an important part of maladaptive social information-processing that results in aggression in children. Literature suggests the largest effect size between aggressive behavior and ...
Recalled Attributes of Parents with Alzheimer’s Disease: Relevance of Caregiving

Chiriboga, David A.; Jang, Yuri; Molinari, Victor; Kim, Giyeon; Ko, Jung Eun (2014)

Health psychology has long been involved in studies of factors that lead to more effective caregiving. Drawing on the theory of distributive justice, the underlying hypothesis of this paper was that perceptions of what a ...
Reconsidering the role of sex hormones in psychopathy development: estrogen and psychopathy among young offenders

Harrison, Natalie Antoinette (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Despite a common conception that testosterone is the sex hormone most associated with aggression and dominance, research has supported positive relationships between estrogen and each of: lacking empathy, sensation seeking, ...
Reduced laterality among older adults: building on the HAROLD model

McPherron, Jesse Alan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Evidence of hemispheric asymmetry reduction among older adults (HAROLD) was investigated concerning four cognitive processes. Additionally, evidence was examined for two hypotheses which attempt to explain changes consistent ...
Reflecting on one’s future versus one’s past: effects on death anxiety and death acceptance

Mulla, Mazheruddin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

The purpose of the current study was to explore the possibility of increasing death acceptance among a non-clinical sample of young adults. Recent empirical findings have supported the effectiveness of life review therapies ...
Reinforcer effectiveness of adult social approval of preschoolers as a function of the amount of previous disapproval

Nolan, William T. (1977)

The effectiveness of a reinforcer's control over an individual's behavior typically depends upon the contextual features of stimulus provision. The manipulation of these features may enhance or attenuate the effectiveness ...
Relating racial identity, religiosity and neighborhood conditions to health and life outcomes

Smith, Gabrielle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Racial identity, religiosity and neighborhood conditions were utilized to predict physical/mental health and life outcomes for a low income African American population. Data from 1,181 adult interviews, which were part of ...
The Relation between White Matter Microstructure and Network Complexity: Implications for Processing Efficiency

McDonough, Ian M.; Siegel, Jonathan T. (2018-09-24)

Brain structure has been proposed to facilitate as well as constrain functional interactions within brain networks. Simulation models suggest that integrity of white matter (WM) microstructure should be positively related ...
Relations between the hostile attribution bias and the positive illusory bias in aggressive children and their mothers: the role of schemas and intergenerational influences

Stromeyer, Sara L. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Previous research has demonstrated that aggressive children exhibit both a hostile attribution bias (Hudley, 2008), in which they attribute hostile intent to a peer in an ambiguous situation, and a positive illusory bias ...
Religion and spirituality conceptualizations across the lifespan: a mixed methods approach

Dragan, Deanna (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Research suggests that lay persons’ conceptualizations of religion and spirituality may differ from how researchers operationalize these terms. Also, emerging evidence has identified that one’s cohort may influence how one ...
Religious coping and daily pain experience in osteoarthritis: a moderated mediation model

Cheesman, Katherine (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-08)

Objective: The current study explores the role of religious coping in the daily pain experience of African American and non-Hispanic White older adults with physician-confirmed knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: As part ...
Religious coping styles, meaning, and emotional outcomes within the stress process: an examination of resilience in older adults

Harris, Grant Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

People living with an advanced, chronic illness and loved ones caring for this group often report experiencing both positive and negative emotional outcomes as a result of their situation. The Folkman (1997) Stress Process ...
Repetitive behaviors and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder

DeRamus, Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

There has been limited research on repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with little information about how repetitive behaviors in ASD differ from repetitive behaviors in other disorders, particularly ...
Restraint influence on state anxiety and personality assessment inventory responding

Peck, Ashley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

Standardized test administration is key to a test’s validity, but often thwarted in correctional environments when policy or staff require that examinees wear restraints. Restraints such as handcuffs may impact participants’ ...

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