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The joint contribution of early parental warmth, communication and tracking, and early child conduct problems on monitoring in late childhood
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2005-09)The relationship of parental warmth, communication, and tracking (WCT), and child conduct problems in early elementary school (age 5.5 years) to monitoring in late elementary school (age 9.5 years) was longitudinally ... -
Judgments of difficulty in the presence of automation
(Wichita State University, 2023-04-14)As humans continue to incorporate automation into professional and personal settings, researchers are forced to reconsider how humans make judgments in a world where we are increasingly reliant on automated systems to meet ... -
Just desserts: Perceptions of food quality in correctional facilities requirements
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)Given that the United States corrections system serves over five million meals each day, one would assume that more attention would be given to what is being served to the 2.3 million individuals in the system. This study ... -
Kinematic analysis of multiple constraints on a pointing task
(Elsevier BV * North-Holland, 2007-02)The current experiment suggests that the speed/accuracy tradeoff is composed of two classes of constraints, effector and task. We examined the effects of movement distance, target size, orientation of the movement in the ... -
Lane keeping under cognitive load: performance changes and mechanisms
(Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-03)Objective: A pair of simulated driving experiments studied the effects of cognitive load on drivers’ lane-keeping performance. Background: Cognitive load while driving often reduces the variability of lane position. ... -
Leadership and persuasion through social media to generate positive community change
(Wichita State University, 2012-07)In the last decade, social media platforms have emerged to provide individuals and organizations with unprecedented access to each other and the rest of the world. The potential for influencing positive community change ... -
Learning to fly glass cockpits requires a new cognitive model
(2006-09)The advent of computer-based avionics in piston-powered and light jet aircraft is arguably the most significant change to occur in recent general aviation history. Lessons learned from the airlines' incorporation of glass ... -
Let the games begin: video game usage patterns among current gamers
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)This study investigates the general preference, habit, and behavior of current video game players. Respondents (N=341) to an online survey were mostly males (n=252), full-time college students (n=251), with an average age ... -
Level-up! Identifying ways to make video games more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
(Wichita State University, 2021-07)This study examines the impact of using tactile, directional cues in a 3D, third-person shooter video game. Depending on the condition, the game used audio, visual, and haptic cues to provide information about when and ... -
Liked by peers or liked by teachers: differential patterns of bullying over time
(Routledge, 2020-03-15)We examined the tendency for high status children to bully their classmates. Children liked by peers only (LPO), liked by teachers only (LTO), liked by both (Both), liked by neither (Neither), and children with average ... -
The limitations of behavior-genetic analyses: comment on McGue, Elkins, Walden, and Lacono
(American Psychological Association, 2005-11)This article takes issue with the behavior-genetic analysis of parenting style presented by M. McGue, I. Elkins, B. Walden, and W. G. Iacono. The author argues that the attribution of their findings to inherited genetic ... -
Linking the higher order scales of the MMPI-2-RF to second order scales of the MCMI-III axis I scales: a study of concurrent and construct validity
(Wichita State University, 2013-08)The study utilized testing data from 440 psychiatric inpatients from a small Midwestern city. Testing was conducted utilizing the MMPI-2 and MCMI-III over the course of approximately 10 years. MMPI-2 data was converted to ... -
Linking the psychopathology five scales of the MMPI-2-RF to the personality pattern and clinical syndrome scales of the MCMI-III: a study of concurrent and construct validity
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The MMPI, published in 1943, considered for years the gold standard for objective personality assessment, was revised in 1989 and published as the MMPI-2. In 1991, a revised version of the MMPI-2 was published which included ... -
Longitudinal associations of pickleball-playing with cognitive function and balance in community-dwelling older adults
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Physical activity has been imputed to benefit both the physical and cognitive health of older adults and has been promoted within the scientific literature as a process through which age-related cognitive decline may be ... -
Longitudinal patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among sexual assault survivors: A latent transition analysis
(American Psychological Association, 2022-09-01)Objective: The aim of this study was to identify latent classes of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a community sample of sexual assault survivors whose assaults occurred varying lengths of time in the past ... -
Looking through their eyes: an emic approach to community assets and strengths for African American youth
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)The goal of this study was to explore the community assets and strengths identified by African American youth that can contribute to positive youth development, taking into consideration the lived experiences and meanings ... -
Maintaining situational awareness: The role of visual attention
(1999-09)This study examined the relationship between the UFOV (R) test (Ball, et al. 1993), and measures of situational awareness (SA) for the purpose of identifying those components of visual attention that am most important in ... -
Making it sane :the participation benefits of consumer run organizations
(2005-12)The goal of this study is to develop a robust theory that explains how participation in a Consumer-Run Organization (CRO) can lead to positive individual outcomes. To accomplish this goal, existing theoretical explanations ... -
Malignant self-regard: a self-structure enhancing the understanding of masochistic, depressive, and vulnerably narcissistic personalities
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014-09)Several personality disorders have been prominent in the clinical literature but have been inadequately recognized in the diagnostic manuals. This group includes masochistic, self-defeating, depressive, and vulnerably ... -
Measurement of interpersonal cognitive complexity as a tool for discerning between exemplary and adequate caregiver quality
(Wichita State University, 2008-12)This study tests the usefulness of a measurement of interpersonal cognitive complexity, the Role Category Questionnaire (RCQ, Crockett, 1965), for differentiating between home health aides who demonstrate exemplary versus ...