Browsing Undergraduate Honors Program - Psychological Sciences by Title
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017)The present study examined the concurrent associations among executive functioning, coping, maternal depression history, and depressive symptoms in adolescents. The sample included 82 adolescents between the ages of 12 and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2015-03-30)While new treatments have increased the survival rate of pediatric patients with brain tumors, they have also left this population with many adverse cognitive, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Prior research provides ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024-04)Patients of Huntington’s Disease experience decreased capacity for executive functioning. Moreover, HD patients also experience increased levels of impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors. Consequences of these behaviors ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2023-03)During infancy, consistent exposure to frequent, responsive speech is fundamental for optimal language development to occur, but there is a great amount of variability in the language that infants hear across the first ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)Undergraduate Students were evaluated for nicotine dependence, on measures of coping styles, and emotional intelligence. The key aim for the study was to correlated emotional intelligence measures to levels of nicotine ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04-06)This study looked at the positive emotions of gratitude, pride, and happiness. Sixty-three Vanderbilt University undergraduate participants were randomly assigned to one of three conditions assessing their appraisals, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)Psychopathy has been shown to be associated with deficits in recognizing and processing emotion. We used a face recognition task in which 86 participants screened in the Vanderbilt emergency room viewed faces of men and ...
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Familial Socioeconomic Status and the Language Environment: Measurement Consistency and Specificity (Vanderbilt University, 2021-03-29)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017-05-11)Fidelity to the intervention manual for a family-based, group cognitive-behavioral depression prevention program for children of depressed parents was examined. Fidelity was measured with regard to adherence and competence. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-21)While encouraging parents who are not native English speakers to support their children's learning can be challenging for schools, there are strategies schools can implement to increase involvement for all parent groups. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-07-19)The aim of this study was to describe literacy across three generations of undergraduate students (the students, their parents, and their grandparents) in Southern African (at the University of Pretoria and at the University ...
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(2013-10-15)When researchers evaluate adult outcomes for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (ID/DD), the perspective of families is not always considered. Parents of individuals with ID/DD (n=198) answered ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)Through a 30 question survey, I aim to examine flow experiences as a positive emotion-inducing activity and how individuals respond to these events. The survey targets the relationship between momentary happiness and life ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04)Peabody College of Education & Human Development
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014-04-06)Each year, 500,000 adults take the General Education Development (GED) exam, the gateway to a high school equivalency diploma. Nearly 40 percent fail. Little research exists on the relation between preparation experiences ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-04-10)This study examines gender differences in attribution and person perception. We are interested in seeing whether men and women differ in how they perceive other people. Participants were asked to imagine themselves in a ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-04)The current study examines a sample of children ranging from 9 - 16 years in age with at least one parent that has been diagnosed with depression. The study's primary focus is to assess whether there are gender differences ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2016-04-12)There is currently a significant amount of research being conducted to pinpoint differences between men and women and they way they think, emote, and experience life. While the current literature has uncovered significant ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018-04-23)Although the negative social effects of video games have been carefully studied, there is less work on the positive social effects of video games. Because video games are so ubiquitous in modern-day society, research is ...