Browsing Psychology by Author "Wichita State University. Department of Psychology"
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The ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition to detect malingering
Schoenberg, Mike R.; Dorr, Darwin, 1940-; Morgan, C. Don (American Psychological Association, 2003-06)This study investigated the ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition (MCMI-III) to discriminate students malingering psychopathology (n = 106) from bona fide psychiatric inpatients (n = 202). ... -
After the decade of the brain: now what?. Review of: the new phrenology: the limits of localizing cognitive processes in the brain
Greenberg, Gary (Elsevier BV, 2002-05) -
Age differences in visual search for feature, conjunction, and triple-conjunction targets
Humphrey, Darryl G.; Kramer, Arthur F. (American Psychological Association, 1997-12)The authors examined the ability of younger and older adults to search for targets defined by single features (feature search), conjunctions of 2 features (conjunction search), and conjunctions of 3 features (triple-conjunction ... -
Approaching psychotherapy of the personality disorders from the Millon perspective
Dorr, Darwin, 1940- (Routledge, 1999-06)Millon's integrative model for a clinical science begins with a theory that is consistent with current knowledge, establishes a taxonomy for classification, develops a coordinated assessment system, and develops and ... -
Arrests of women for driving under the influence
Shore, Elsie R.; McCoy, Marcia L.; Toonen, Lynn A.; Kuntz, E. J. (Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1988-01)Police records of arrests of women in Wichita, Kansas for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol for a 5-year period (1980-1984) were studied. The proportion of arrests of women increased from 10.6 to 14.5% of total ... -
Assessing the health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of African Americans attending church: a comparison from two communities
Lewis, Rhonda K.; Green, B. Lee (Springer, 2000-06)Public health officials and researchers continue to be increasingly concerned about the health of populations of color, especially African Americans. A survey was administered in African American churches in two communities ... -
An assessment of the needs of mutual-help groups
Meissen, Gregory J.; Gleason, David F.; Embree, M. G. (Springer New York LLC, 1991-06)Assessed the needs of mutual-help groups in relation to how self-help clearinghouses can best assist. Most important problems centered on member involvement, attendance and recruitment, lack of public awareness, and finances. ... -
Attitudes of AA contact persons toward group participation by persons with a mental illness
Meissen, Gregory J.; Powell, Thomas J.; Wituk, Scott A.; Girrens, Kathy; Arteaga, Shirley (American Psychiatric Publishing, 1999-08)Alcoholics Anonymous groups are underused by persons with the dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance use disorder, and mental health professionals are cautious about referring them to AA because of fears that the ... -
Binary recursive partitioning: background, methods, and application to psychology
Merkle, Edgar C.; Shaffer, Victoria A. (John Wiley & Sons, 2011-02)Binary recursive partitioning (BRP) is a computationally intensive statistical method that can be used in situations where linear models are often used. Instead of imposing many assumptions to arrive at a tractable statistical ... -
Child impulsiveness-inattention, early peer experiences, and the development of early onset conduct problems
Snyder, James J.; Prichard, Joy; Schrepferman, Lynn M.; Patrick, M. Renee; Stoolmiller, Mike (Springer New York LLC, 2004-12)The conjoint influence of child impulsiveness-inattention (I/I) and peer relationships on growth trajectories of conduct problems was assessed in a community sample of 267 boys and girls. I/I reliably predicted teacher- ... -
Childhood anxiety and depressive symptoms: trajectories, relationship, and association with subsequent depression
Snyder, James J.; Bullard, Lisha Marie; Wagener, Alexandra L.; Leong, Pek Kuan; Snyder, John; Jenkins, Melissa (Routledge, 2009-11)The development of child anxiety and depressive symptoms from mean ages 5.3 to 9.3 years was examined in a community sample of 133 girls and 134 boys, using parent and teacher ratings. Reliable individual differences in ... -
Comparative psychology, a new perspective for the 21st century: up the spiral staircase
Greenberg, Gary; Partridge, Ty; Weiss, Emily; Pisula, Wojciech (John Wiley & Sons, 2004-01)This article responds to the continuing obituaries for Comparative Psychology. We understand the field to be a general psychology, a way of understanding the origins of all behavior of all species. We outline a methodological ... -
Contextual factors related to the drinking behaviors of American business and professional women
Shore, Elsie R.; Batt, S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 1991-02)American women in business and professional occupations (n = 453) completed a survey that included questions on alcohol use, drinking context, and work and other activities. Spouses' and best friends' consumption and ... -
The contribution of parental discipline, parental monitoring, and school risk to early-onset conduct problems in African American boys and girls
Kilgore, Kim; Snyder, James J.; Lentz, Chris (American Psychological Association, 2000-11)The association of parental discipline and monitoring with the early conduct problems of 123 boys and girls was assessed in a highly disadvantaged, African American sample. Prospective analyses indicated that, after earlier ... -
The contribution of parents and siblings to antisocial and depressive behavior in adolescents: a double jeopardy coercion model
Compton, Kristi L.; Snyder, James J.; Schrepferman, Lynn M.; Bank, Lew; Shortt, Joann Wu (Cambridge University Press, 2003)A dual coercion model of family processes associated with the development of antisocial and depressive behavior during adolescence was assessed, using an at-risk sample of families and children. Consistent with the model, ... -
Contribution of peer deviancy training to the early development of conduct problems: mediators and moderators
Snyder, James J.; McEachern, Amber D.; Schrepferman, Lynn M.; Just, Christy L.; Jenkins, Melissa; Roberts, Shani Roshelle; Lofgreen, Ashton (Elsevier, 2010-09)Three variables were tested as moderators of the relationship between peer deviancy training and child antisocial behavior in a longitudinal study of 267 boys and girls from ages 5.3 to 9.3 years. Deviancy training was ... -
The contributions of ineffective discipline and parental hostile attributions of child misbehavior to the development of conduct problems at home and school
Snyder, James J.; Cramer, Ann; Afrank, Jan; Patterson, Gerald R. (American Psychological Association, 2005-01)Data were collected in a longitudinal study of 134 boys and 132 girls and their families during kindergarten and first grade. Four hours of parent-child interaction were coded to ascertain parent discipline practices. A ... -
Deviancy training and association with deviant peers in young children: ocurrence and contribution to early-onset conduct problems
Snyder, James J.; Schrepferman, Lynn M.; Oeser, Jessica; Patterson, Gerald R.; Stoolmiller, Mike; Johnson, Kassy A.; Snyder, Abigail (Cambridge University Press, 2005)The relationships of deviant talk and role taking during peer interaction, association with deviant peers, and growth in overt and covert conduct problems during kindergarten and first grade were examined in a community ... -
Differences between parish nurses and parish nurse associates: results of a statewide survey of an ecumenical network
Mosack, Victoria A.; Medvene, Louis J.; Wescott, JoVeta (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 ... -
The disutility of the hard-easy effect in choice confidence
Merkle, Edgar C. (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 ...