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Self Esteem Instability – Scale Development and Relations to Appraisal and Dispositional Constructs
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04)
Past literature indicates that self-esteem may not be a stable entity for all individuals, and there may be some individuals for whom their self-esteem varies across contexts. Research has shown that further exploring the ...
Guild Play in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGS) as a Predictor of Online Social Support and Victimization
(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 ...
Refining a Measure of Appraisal Style
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-05)
The following study addresses creating a new, more efficient measure for evaluating appraisal styles, specifically emotion-focused, or accommodative-focused, coping potential and problem-focused coping potential. The ...
Problem- Focused and Emotion-Focused Coping Potential in Adjustment to College
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-05)
An individual engages in coping when he or she uses cognitive and behavioral efforts to deal with the internal or external demands of a stressful situation to make it more congruent with his or her goals (Smith & Lazarus, ...
Investigating the Relationship between Dispositional Accommodative Efficacy and Resilience
(Vanderbilt University, 2024)
Dispositional accommodative efficacy (DAE) is the general belief in one’s ability to adjust to an unwanted or unchangeable situation. Previous research has shown that this efficacy has a strong, positive relationship to ...