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Exploring the use of a private social network to reduce isolation among independent living residents
(Oxford University Press, 2015-11)Researchers have reported that older adults’ use of computers is associated with reduced depression, and isolation (Cotten, et al., 2014; Czaja et al. 2014 ). These studies involved conventional software such as Facebook. ... -
Exploring transformational leadership
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)While leadership development programs have a variety of intended outcomes, personal transformation is a common outcome across most of these programs. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the process ... -
Exploring website gist through rapid serial visual presentation
(Springer Nature, 2019-11-20)Background: Users can make judgments about web pages in a glance. Little research has explored what semantic information can be extracted from a web page within a single fixation or what mental representations users have ... -
Extending the Task-Technology Fit model to e-textbook usage for students and instructors
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)Companies are starting to produce more and more textbooks in electronic format, which means users, students and instructors, are starting to use this new technology. Many models already exist to explain the factors that ... -
Factor structure of the Assessment of Qualitative and Structural Dimensions of Object Representations (AOR) scale
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-11-02)The Assessment of Qualitative and Structural Dimensions of Object Representations assessment instrument (AOR; Blatt, Chevron, Quinlan, Schaffer, & Wein, 1992) is one measure of parental representations used in the literature ... -
Factor structure of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire in a clinical sample
(Guilford Publications Inc, 2013-09)None of the published factor analyses of the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire Negative (ATQ-N; Hollon & Kendall, 1980) have been with adult clinical populations. To address this omission, we examined the factor structure ... -
Factor structure of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory scales in psychiatric inpatients
(Elsevier, 2012-05-10)This study examined the factor structure of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) Personality Patterns and Clinical Syndromes scales in 331 individuals undergoing short-term hospitalization in a Midwestern ... -
Factors associated with early marijuana initiation in a criminal justice population
(Elsevier B.V., 2017-01)Purpose: Initiation of marijuana during adolescence is associated with negative outcomes and is more common among those with criminal justice involvement. We sought to determine demographics, psychosocial factors, mental ... -
Factors associated with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants eating healthy foods and engaging in exercise
(2005-05)As barriers to engaging physical activities or consuming healthy foods increase, the frequency of reported exercise and consumption of healthy foods decreases. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument that ... -
Factors contributing to the survival of self-help groups
(Springer, 2002-06)Despite the growing utilization of self-help groups, there have been only a handful of studies that have examined the factors that contribute to their survival. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that ... -
Factors linked to future neuropsychology referral practices among medical residents
(Wichita State University, 2022-07)Neuropsychologists receive most of their patient referrals from neurologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians (Sweet et al., 2015). It is consequently important to understand how to facilitate these providers’ ... -
The failure of biogenetic analysis in psychology: Why psychology is not a biological science
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Many define psychology as a biological science and emphasize brains and genes as major determinants of behavior. Instead, it is argued here that psychology is a unique biopsychosocial science able to stand on its own. ... -
Family dysfunction and suicide: Risk in a community corrections sample
(Hogrefe Publishing, 2016-11)Background: When comparted with the general population, the suicide rate in correctional populations is elevated. While predictors of suicide are well researched in jail and prison populations, much less work has been done ... -
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKs)
(Elsevier, 2012-06-29)Objective: To pilot test the Text Reminders for Immunization Compliance in Kids (TRICKs) program to evaluate its feasibility and potential to increase immunization coverage. Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT). ... -
Financial stress: How older adults' health is affected
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)This study investigated the impact financial stress has on the quality of older adults' physical and mental health. Current economic trends and rapidly aging populations give rise to a number of possibilities for aging ... -
Firearms safety
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Despite the fact that many people are unintentionally killed or injured in firearms-related incidents each year in the USA, there has been little research conducted on firearms safety. The current study addresses this issue ... -
First look: Examining the horizontal grid layouts using eye-tracking
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)Past eye-tracking literature has shown that users typically scan information on a traditional text-based web layout. It is widely known as the "F-shaped" pattern, and evidence of this pattern is inevitable within search ... -
Flux VR: The development and validation of a heuristic checklist for virtual reality game design supporting immersion, presence, and flow
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Virtual reality (VR) gaming is a rapidly-growing field in both technology and adoption (eMarketer, 2019). However, because the technology is relatively new, there is a lack of guidance on what constitutes good design and ... -
The formal and informal support networks of HCBS clients and their well-being
(Oxford University Press, 2015-11)Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) clients are growing in number as states increasingly provide care in non-institutional settings. In some states, like the one in which the present study was conducted, HCBS clients ... -
Foster care and college: the educational aspirations and expectations of youth in the foster care system
(Sage Publications, Inc., 2013-09)Despite an overall increase in college attendance, low-income youth and particularly those in the foster care system are less likely to attend college (Wolanin, 2005). Although youth in foster care report high educational ...