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Diagnostic accuracy of a universal screening multiple gating procedure: a replication study
(American Psychological Association, 2018-12)The purpose of this diagnostic accuracy study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity (among other indicators) of three universal screening approaches, including the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk ... -
Differences between parish nurses and parish nurse associates: results of a statewide survey of an ecumenical network
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2006-07)To gather data that would help a parish nurse network to better understand its participants and to explore differences between parish nurses who had completed the basic preparation class versus those who had not in terms ... -
Differences in observed parenting behaviors of Latino and non-Latino caregivers
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States and experience serious economic, educational, and health disparities compared to non-Latino populations. Consistent, high-quality parenting can help protect ... -
Differential effects of refractive blur on day and nighttime driving performance
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc., 2014-04)PURPOSE. To investigate the effect of different levels of refractive blur on real-world driving performance measured under day and nighttime conditions. METHODS. Participants included 12 visually normal, young adults ... -
Differentiating global and local contour completion using a dot localization paradigm
(American Psychological Association, 2016-12)Competing theories of partially occluded object perception (amodal completion) emphasize either relatively local contour relationships or global factors such as symmetry. These disparate theories may reflect 2 separate ... -
Dimensions of depression and psychopathy in psychiatric inpatients: contribution of the RC scales
(2005-07)While depression and psychopathy have long been believed to be mutually exclusive traits, a number of MMPI-2 studies have found relatively high correlations between the original Depression and Psychopathic Deviate Scales. ... -
Dimensions of employee attitude in an industrial aircraft company
(Taylor & Francis, 1981-08)The Industrial Worker Satisfaction Instrument was applied to 15,072 employees of a major aircraft production company and the responses were factor analyzed to oblique simple structure; a solution with nine interpretable ... -
The disutility of the hard-easy effect in choice confidence
(Springer New York LLC, 2009-02)A common finding in confidence research is the hard-easy effect, in which judges exhibit greater overconfidence for more difficult sets of questions. Many explanations have been advanced for the hard-easy effect, including ... -
Diversity, trust and social capital: Examining community level relationships
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2011-05-04)The United States is experiencing increasing levels of ethnic diversity both in our country as a whole and within our communities. At the same time, levels of social capital, sense of community, and civic participation are ... -
Do wearable devices bring distraction closer to the driver? Comparing smartphones and Google Glass
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Distracted driving increases driving errors (e.g., deviation from lane-keeping, inconsistent speed, delayed response-time) and chance crashes. Increased availability and usage of hand-held and wearable devices have exacerbated ... -
Documentation workflow in a pediatric emergency department
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)The pediatric emergency department (ED) is a complex environment where physicians perform multiple tasks under intense time pressure and are interrupted more often than in any other hospital department. Documentation is ... -
Does more attention improve or impair lane keeping performance
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)The effect of cognitive load on lane variation is inconsistent and theoretically unclear. The lateral prioritization hypothesis proposes that smaller lane deviation is due to more attention to steering control and active ... -
Does the physical and mental health of veterans differ by military branch?
(Routledge, 2019-09-27)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health behaviors and their levels of positive and negative affect and determine the overall level of physical health and mental health among members of the ... -
Does wearable device bring distraction closer to drivers? Comparing smartphones and Google Glass
(Elsevier, 2018-07)Background" Head-up and wearable displays, such as Google Glass (TM), are sometimes marketed as safe in-vehicle alternatives to phone-based displays, as they allow drivers to receive messages without eye-off-the-road ... -
Dogmatism and moral conviction in individuals: injustice for all
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)Scientific study of dogmatism began over fifty years ago with the establishment of the first scale and its criterion related validity. Now measured by a more psychometrically sound scale dogmatism has been linked to ... -
The drift toward problem behavior during the transition to adolescence: The contributions of youth disclosure, parenting, and older siblings
(John Wiley and Sons, 2012)Prospective associations of mothers’ parenting processes, youth disclosure, and youth problem behavior were examined in a longitudinal design following 244 adolescent sibling dyads over a 3-year period. For both siblings, ... -
Drinking behaviors of women in four occupational groups
(Routledge, 1992)Questions about alcohol consumption, social and work contexts, and negative consequences related to alcohol use were asked of forty-nine academics, 27 physicians, 15 attorneys, and 169 business women. The majority of the ... -
Driver distraction: Effects of text entry methods on driving performance
(2012-10)This research investigates the effect of cell phone interface design on simulated driving performance. The effects of three text message conditions (no text, touch screen keyboard, physical keyboard) on lateral vehicle ... -
Driving habits of the visually impaired
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Duration and mutual entrainment of changes in parenting practices engendered by behavioral parent training targeting recently separated mothers
(American Psychological Association, 2013-06)Parent management training (PMT) has beneficial effects on child and parent adjustment that last for 5 to 10 years. Short-term changes in parenting practices have been shown to mediate these effects, but the manner in which ...