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An analysis of conscious fear and automatic threat response in psychopathy

Lamoureux, Virginia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

A lack of fear has been proposed to be one of the driving forces behind the callous and antisocial behavior of psychopathic individuals. However, the term “fear” has taken on many different meanings and has been operationalized ...
An examination of psychopathy, promiscuity, and other risky sexual behavior over time

Rosenbaum, Jill (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Psychopathic individuals are thought to have impersonal and sexually promiscuous relationships. Despite considerable theory on this topic (Cleckley, 1941), there is little research to support this contention. To fill this ...
An examination of the direct and indirect associations between adult psychopathy and childhood maltreatment

Rock, Rachel Colleen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Psychopathy is a constellation of maladaptive personality traits such as callousness, dominance, pathological lying, a lack of empathy, and manipulativeness (Cleckley, 1942; Hare, 2003), which has been associated with both ...
An examination of the effect of a commercially available cognitive training program on speed-of-processing

Presnell, Andrew Harrison (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study examined the effect of a commercially available cognitive training product, Brain Age, on the objective and subjective cognitive abilities of 40 older adults. Of particular interest was the effect on ...
An examination of the relationship between adult psychopathy and childhood trauma in a jail sample

Rock, Rachel Colleen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Psychopathy is a constellation of maladaptive personality traits such as callousness, manipulativeness, pathological lying, a lack of empathy, and superficial charm (Cleckley, 1941; Hare, 2003), which has been associated ...
An examination of the relationship between the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression across time: a multi-method perspective

Sallee, Meghann Lucia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

The goal of the current study was to examine the relationship between the positive illusory bias and the subtypes of aggression in a sample of aggressive children (n = 120) across three time points using multiple informants. ...
An exploration of workforce diversity management principles & practices in nursing homes

Vinson, Latrice Danielle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

There is a lack of research related to workforce diversity (WD) specifically in nursing homes. However, there is a need to understand how WD manifests in nursing homes because nursing homes have several distinct characteristics ...
An inquiry into cognitive and motivational mechanisms between perceived similarity and information processing

Tortoriello, Gregory Kenneth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

Social-cognitive perspectives suggest that ingroup perceived similarity between a message recipient and communicator stimulates systematic (e.g., more effortful) information processing of the message, which is posited to ...
An interpretive phenomenological analysis of religious coping and relationship with god among older adults with functional impairments

Harris, Grant Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

This study represents a qualitative exploration of several phenomena within religious coping. The aims of this study were threefold. First was to evaluate the nature of older adults' relationship with God and their God-person ...
An investigation of the association between cognition and depression with sleep quality as a mediator among older adults

Condeelis, Kristen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Persons aged 65 and over account for an estimated 13% of the U.S. population, and, by 2030, they are predicted to account for almost 20% of the population. It is important to focus on the mental health of this segment of ...
An upside of aging: aging effect in ambivalence

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 ...
Antecedents and consequences of maternal sensitivity to their adolescent's vulnerability to jealousy over friends

Nielsen, Blake Lawrence (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Recent research has highlighted the important role parents can play in facilitating adolescents' adjustment with their friends. To do so, however, parents need to have insight into their children's social difficulties. Yet ...
Are narcissists more tolerant of people who engage in narcissistic behavior?

Burton, Kelly (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Previous research suggests that narcissists (vs. non-narcissists) may be more tolerant of other narcissists. However, previous research on this topic has involved methodologies that rely on trait-relevant priming rather ...
Associations Between Psychopathic Traits and Brain Activity During Instructed False Responding

Glenn, Andrea; Han, Hyemin; Yang, Yaling; Raine, Adrian; Schug, Robert A. (2017)

Lying is one of the characteristic features of psychopathy, and has been recognized in clinical and diagnostic descriptions of the disorder, yet individuals with psychopathic traits have been found to have reduced neural ...
Associations between sleep disturbances, personality, and trait emotional intelligence

Emert, Sarah E. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Insomnia is defined by difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking earlier than desired with inability to return to sleep. Complaints of nonrestorative sleep (NRS) are often associated with insomnia but can occur ...
Atkins decisions: the impact of crime and mock juror 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 ...
Attachment, social support, and somatization after a natural disaster

Sherwood, Ian M. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Following large-scale disasters, there is a well-documented increase in medically unexplained symptoms in survivors. This increase in somatization appears to be related to an individual's attachment style, social support, ...
Attentional biases in college-age adults with spider fears

Rapport, Hannah Frea (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

There has been a growing literature on an attentional bias to threat in anxious individuals. This bias has been shown in individuals with social phobia and generalized anxiety disorder, but it is unclear if such a bias ...
Auditory and visual sustained attention in Down syndrome

Faught, Gayle Graham (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Cognitive deficits are pervasive in youth with Down syndrome (DS) and are likely due to abnormal brain development. Alterations to the prefrontal cortex in particular suggest sustained attention may be a deficit in DS, ...
Awareness of rhyme in children and adolescents with Down syndrome

Moore, Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The aim of the present study was to measure rhyme awareness, along with alliteration and final phoneme detection, in a sample of children and adolescents with Down syndrome, compared with typically developing children of ...

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