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Development of the standardized supervisee framework as a novel approach to supervision training.
(American Psychological Association, 2021-05-01)The standardized patient model is a high-quality method of training and assessment of clinical competencies, and with some modifications it could provide a useful approach for training and assessing supervisory competency. ... -
Parenting & children’s psychological adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Routledge, 2021-05-17)Empirical data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with school-aged children is limited. We used a cross-sectional, descriptive design to examine pandemic-related family impacts and whether impacts varied ... -
Head, shoulders, chest : Does mounting location affect visibility of key information in police bodyworn-camera footage ?
(Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2021-04-01)Body-worn cameras are becoming commonplace in law enforcement. Much of the research related to them focuses on whether the cameras affect police officer behavior and the number of citizen complaints against police. Relatively ... -
Normal cognitive test scores cannot be interpreted as accurate measures of ability in the context of failed performance validity testing: A symptom- and detection-coached simulation study
(Routledge, 2021-05-16)Introduction: While use of performance validity tests (PVTs) has become a standard of practice in neuropsychology, there are differing opinions regarding whether to interpret cognitive test data when standard scores fall ... -
Investigating visual crowding of objects in complex real-world scenes
(SAGE Publications, 2021-04-28)Visual crowding, the impairment of object recognition in peripheral vision due to flanking objects, has generally been studied using simple stimuli on blank backgrounds. While crowding is widely assumed to occur in natural ... -
Increased volumes of lobule VI in a valproic acid model of autism are associated with worse set-shifting performance in male Long-Evan rats
(Elsevier, 2021-08-15)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a skewed sex-based diagnostic ratio. While males are at a higher risk for ASD, it is critical to understand the neurobiology of the disorder to develop ... -
Emotional reactivity and police expertise in use-of-force decision-making
(Springer, 2021-03-19)Given the vast amount of evidence showing the substantial influence of emotion on decision-making, we examined emotionality—a person’s emotional reactivity to a stimulus—in police use-of-force decision-making between a ... -
Comparison of night vision technology for close-quarters combat operations: how field of view impacts live-fire scenarios
(Springer, 2020-10-24)As early as the Vietnam War, the United States Military has employed various forms of night vision goggles (NVGs) to enhance warfighter capability under low light conditions. In recent years, the most common form of NVGs ... -
More isn’t always better: when metacognitive prompts are misleading
(Springer, 2020-09-29)Accurate metacognitive monitoring improves performance in a variety of naturalistic contexts. However, the laboratory contexts used to study metacognition differ from naturalistic environments in important ways. Specifically, ... -
Vagal suppression buffers against the negative effects of psychological inflexibility on parenting behaviors in combat deployed fathers
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-09-16)Objective: Vagal suppression is a parasympathetic physiological indicator of emotion regulation and social engagement behaviors, often measured via heart rate variability. Experiential avoidance reflects psychological ... -
Examining the link between facial affect recognition and violent offending: A comparison between web-recruited volunteers with histories of violent and non-violent offending
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2020-08-03)Background: The link between facial affect recognition and criminal justice involvement has been extensively researched, yet there are virtually no data on the capacity for facial affect recognition in post-incar+cerated ... -
Assessing alternative text presentation and tablet device usage for low vision leisure reading
(Springer, 2020-07-10)We conducted 3 studies to learn about elements of satisfaction for leisure reading in low vision. Study 1 focused on alternative reading formats such as scrolling text and rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP). Study 2 ... -
Depression and sleep quality among Chinese college students: The roles of rumination and self-compassion
(Springer, 2020-07-20)A large number of studies have examined the association between depressive symptoms and sleep quality, however, the psychological mechanism underlying the association remains nebulous. Using moderated mediation analysis, ... -
Is procrastination related to low-quality data?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-07-03)While it is easy to assume that university students who wait until the last minute to complete surveys for their class research requirements provide low-quality data, this issue has not been empirically examined. The goal ... -
How does student activism drive cultural campus change in the UK and US regarding sexual violence on campus?
(SAGE, 2020-04-27)Using policy frameworks and author expertise to identify relevant literature, four academics and two student-activist-authors, critically review literature upon student activist responses to sexual violence on campus. We ... -
Impact of prenatal education on breastfeeding initiation among low-income women
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2020-05-14)To determine whether participants in the Baby Talk prenatal education program were more likely to initiate breastfeeding than nonparticipants. -
Psychological flexibility in depression relapse prevention: processes of change and positive mental health in Group-Based ACT for residual symptoms
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-03-27)Relapse rates following a depressive episode are high, with limited treatments available aimed at reducing such risk. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a cognitive-behavioral approach that has gained increased ... -
Push, pull, or push–pull? An alarm cue better guides sea lamprey towards capture devices than a mating pheromone during the reproductive migration
(Springer, 2020-03-16)Widespread interest in the development of environmentally safe management actions has prompted research into the use of sensory cues to manipulate the movements of invasive species. The push–pull approach, for which ... -
Retrospective cohort study of a novel acceptance and commitment therapy group intervention for adolescents implemented in integrated primary care
(Elsevier, 2020-04)To address limited access to behavioral health services in primary care, we conducted a preliminary effectiveness study of a novel acceptance and commitment therapy group treatment implemented within pediatric integrated ... -
Effects of mobile computer terminal configuration and level of driving control on police officers’ performance and workload
(SAGE, 2020-03-09)Objective: The objective of this study was to assess police officers’ performance and workload in using two mobile computer terminal (MCT) configurations under operational and tactical driving conditions. Background: Crash ...
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