Browsing by Author "Craig A. Smith"
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Kinder, Rachel A. (2008-11-20)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE STUDENT ACTIVATION MEASURE RACHEL A. KINDER Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Wallston Student activation is defined as a level of engagement ...
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Laird, Kelsey Thompson (2017-08-10)Department: PsychologyStigma is a feature of many chronic health conditions, contributing to a “hidden burden of illness” that compounds the negative impact of a health condition on physical and mental well-being. The current study used a ...
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Weitlauf, Amy Sue (2010-08-05)Department: PsychologyAttributional theories of depression (Abramson, Seligman, & Teasdale, 1978; Abramson, Metalsky, & Alloy, 1989) are often applied to children. However, these theories do not consider how children’s understanding of causal ...
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Carrico, Amanda R (2009-07-25)Department: PsychologyCurrently, the production of electricity in the United States is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. As such, a growing number of scientists and policy-makers have argued that efforts to reduce the ...
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David, Bea (2007-07-20)Department: PsychologyEmotions guide our thoughts and actions, and understanding which cognitions lead to which emotions and exactly how these emotions are triggered is an increasingly important research area. Appraisal theory provides a ...
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The Relation Between Parental Chronic Pain Histories and Pediatric Chronic Abdominal Pain Outcomes Sherman, Amanda L. (2011-12-09)Department: PsychologyThis study examined the relation between parental chronic pain history and the persistence of children’s chronic abdominal pain (CAP) symptoms and impairment. We prospectively followed pediatric CAP patients (n=319) over ...
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Tilghman-Osborne, Carlos Emanuel (2007-04-17)Department: PsychologyThis study investigates the similarity between Tangney’s (1996) conceptualization of guilt and shame and Janoff-Bulman’s (1979) conceptualization of behavioral and characterological self-blame (BSB & CSB) in the context ...
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Yih, Jennifer (2016-07-25)Department: PsychologyOur understanding of emotion and coping is limited in that theorists and researchers have generally failed to observe the full adaptational process, from emotion elicitation to coping. Across three studies, I capitalized ...
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Yih, Jennifer (2013-04-16)Department: PsychologyMost theories of emotion distinguish negative emotions and generalize positive emotions. However, appraisal theory differentiates among emotions by describing the distinctive feelings, goals, thoughts, and action tendencies ...