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Peer deviancy training and peer coercion: dual processes associated with early-onset conduct problems
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-03)The prospective relationships of conduct problems and peer coercion and deviancy training during kindergarten (mean age = 5.3 years) to overt and covert conduct problems in third-fourth grade were examined in a sample of ... -
Peer relationships of young children: affiliative choices and the shaping of aggressive behavior
(Routledge, 1997-06)Examined the occurrence of selective peer affiliation, and its impact on the development of aggressive behavior in four classrooms serving 72 preschool-age, high-risk boys and girls. Children classified as aggressive and ... -
Perceived credibility of government health information
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)For decades, the government has been a leading provider in health information for family physicians and the medical community. Only recently, however, have most people gained the ability to read government findings and ... -
Perceived stress, substance use, and mental health issues among college students in the Midwest
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-08-20)Perceived stress and mental health on college campuses is a major concern. College students are under a tremendous strain. This study was designed to measure the perceived stress among Whites and Nonwhites using the Perceived ... -
Perception during use of force and the likelihood of firing upon an unarmed person
(Nature Research, 2021-06-25)Stress can impact perception, especially during use-of-force. Research efforts can thus advance both theory and practice by examining how perception during use-of-force might drive behavior. The current study explored the ... -
Perception over personality in lethal force: Aggression, impulsivity, and big five traits in threat assessments and behavioral responses due to weapon presence and posture
(Scholarly Publishing Collective, 2022-07-01)The use of lethal force is a combination of threat perception and individual judgment that sometimes warrants a behavioral response. This simplified description implicates perceptual factors and individual differences in ... -
Perceptions of campus authorities: Institutional responses, fairness, and bystander action
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-02-11)Objective: This study is an examination of college students’ bystander behaviors in relation to several exosystem factors related to their institution, including trust in their college’s support systems, perceived procedural ... -
Perceptions of community, social capital, and how they affect self-reported health: a multilevel analysis
(Elsevier, 2017-11)Objectives: The link between social capital and self-reported health has been widely explored. On the other hand, we know less about the relationship between social capital, community socioeconomic characteristics, and ... -
Perceptual anticipation in a shoot/don't shoot task
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)Signal Detection Theory (SDT) has been applied to examine expertise-related differences in perceptual judgments of deceptive and non-deceptive movements in sport (e.g., handball, soccer). Deceptive actions in sport-related ... -
Perceptual cues and imagined viewpoints modulate visual search in air traffic control displays
(Sage, 2009-10)Planview air traffic displays depict latitude and longitude of aircraft graphically via display position but depict altitude alphanumerically via data tags. Operators must integrate both graphical and alphanumeric information ... -
Perceptual–cognitive expertise in law enforcement: An object-identification task
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2022-05-22)The few perceptual–cognitive expertise and deception studies in the domain of law enforcement have yet to examine perceptual–cognitive expertise differences of police trainees and police officers. The current study uses ... -
Performance differences as a function of stimulus-response compatibility with rapid serial visual presentation and spatially distributed presentation styles
(Ammons Scientific Ltd., 1996-04)A means of presenting information temporally has been developed from the basic research on reading. Temporal displays allowed for faster processing speeds by reducing the number of saccades normally required to process ... -
A person-centered care intervention for geriatric certified nursing assistants
(Oxford University Press, 2013-08)Purpose: To pilot test a multicomponent intervention to increase certified nursing assistants' (CNAs) awareness of person-centered care. To establish the feasibility of implementing an intervention involving videotaped ... -
Person-centered caregiving instruction for geriatric nursing assistant students: development and evaluation
(Slack, 2008-08)This research describes the development and evaluation of a 2-hour program that taught geriatric nursing assistant students person-centered caregiving skills. The person centeredness of caregiving skills among students who ... -
Personalizing senior caregiving via videotaped biographies
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Pet owners' views of pet behavior problems and willingness to consult experts for assistance
(Routledge, 2008-01)Prior research has found that dog obedience training and the receipt of advice regarding companion animal (pet) behavior reduce the risk of nonhuman animal relinquishment to an animal shelter and increase human-companion ... -
Physical health promotion in consumer run organizations
(Wichita State University, 2009-12)There are large disparities in physical health within psychiatric population. These disparities are made greater by the poor health behaviors of the psychiatric population in general. Change in health behaviors is aided ... -
Physician individual differences related to willingness to use a computer-based DSS
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)Computer-based diagnostic support systems (DSS)s have been shown to reduce medication errors and treatment costs, aid in diagnosis, and assist in preventative medicine. While a large number of physicians have access to ... -
Police expertise and use of force: using a mixed-methods approach to model expert and novice use-of-force decision-making
(Springer, 2020-01-24)Improving police use-of-force training is methodologically difficult. By providing a method for identifying the “expert” response to any given scenario, and by triangulating multiple methods, we aim to contribute towards ... -
Positive youth development among African American adolescents: examining single parents as a factor
(Routledge, 2011-10)Over the past few decades researchers have begun to examine the importance of understanding positive youth development and the many contexts in which youth find themselves. The social contexts in which adolescent development ...