• Experiential avoidance and its effect on post deployment marital communication and adjustment 

  Schmidt, Nicole (Wichita State University, 2016-07)

  Research on the adjustment of over two million Americans deployed to Middle Eastern conflicts since 2001 has indicated high rates of mental illness in returning veterans, although the adjustment of family members – ...

• A facet level analysis of the concurrent and construct validity of the MCMI-III Grossman Facet Scales using the MMPI-2-RF specific problems scales as the criterion 

  Leiker, Ryan Allen (Wichita State University, 2016-07)

  Both the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) are well established assessment instruments that were developed to help ...

• The association of externalizing and internalizing problems with trajectories of indirect and direct peer victimization and perpetration 

  Lohman, Erin Elizabeth (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  A community sample of 167 elementary school students was evaluated in order to examine the relationship between trajectories of indirect and direct peer victimization and perpetration with externalizing and internalizing ...

• Exploring the impact of using a private social network on independent living residents' social isolation and loneliness 

  Ofei-Dodoo, Samuel (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Older adults are often on the wrong side of the digital divide. However, recent Pew surveys suggest that they may be closing the gap. Fifty-nine percent of adults over 65-years-of-age are online. Computer use by older ...

• Working memory capacity modulates the effects of noise on speech recognition for non-geriatric adults 

  Jansen, Samantha D. (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Understanding spoken communication in noisy environments is a task a majority of the world's population takes part in each day. This process is called speech perception. An individual's auditory, visual, and cognitive ...

• Examining adolescents' pathways to success: Understanding the academic aspirations and expectations of middle school youth 

  LoCurto, Jamie (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Educational aspirations and expectations have grown throughout the years, yet discrepancies between the two concepts still exist, especially between Black and White youth. Using Self-Efficacy Theory, the purpose of this ...

• Extending the Task-Technology Fit model to e-textbook usage for students and instructors 

  Jardina, Jo Rain (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 ...

• Show me the value: Exploring preventive health service use among emerging adults 

  Maryman, J'Vonnah (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  Emerging adults exhibit characteristics dissimilar to other culturally constructed age groups such as adolescents and older adults. Access to healthcare amongst emerging adults has improved, as a result of the Affordable ...

• A sociotechnical systems-based analysis of documentation workflow in a pediatric emergency department 

  Fouquet, Sarah (Wichita State University, 2016-05)

  The pediatric emergency department is a complex, interdisciplinary setting that requires highly skilled individuals to perform under intense time pressure despite numerous interruptions. The task of documentation consumes ...

• Perceived credibility of government health information 

  Voegeli, Christopher D. (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 ...

• Gamified low-prevalence vigils 

  Miranda, Andrew T. (Wichita State University, 2015-12)

  The vigilance decrement has been a well-studied human factors problem since World War II (Mackworth, 1948). A more recently discovered and fundamentally similar problem is the low-prevalence effect in visual search (e.g., ...

• Self-compassion as a resiliency factor against the induction of dysphoric mood 

  Carrasquillo, Nakisha (Wichita State University, 2015-12)

  Self-compassion’s relationship to psychological well-being is an emerging area of scientific investigation. Previous research suggests self-compassion has a buffering effect against depression that is partially mediated ...

• Ethnic identity, well-being and health among college students 

  Stowell, David J. (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  Ethnic identity has been shown to be a protective factor against negative mental health outcomes for people of color. As health disparities persist, and the demographics of the United States continue to change and become ...

• Specific parenting practices and the relationship with bullying outcomes in middle school students 

  Sinclair, Ryan Thomas (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  This research attempted to better understand predictors of bullying-related outcomes in middle school students. In particular, this research considered more proximal contextual factors that are generally ignored in ...

• Linking the psychopathology five scales of the MMPI-2-RF to the personality pattern and clinical syndrome scales of the MCMI-III: a study of concurrent and construct validity 

  Walsh, Sydney (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  The MMPI, published in 1943, considered for years the gold standard for objective personality assessment, was revised in 1989 and published as the MMPI-2. In 1991, a revised version of the MMPI-2 was published which included ...

• What a drag it is getting old: Awareness and appraisal of age related change in white men born between 1946 and 1955 

  Wright, Rosemary (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  This study used interpretive phenomenological analysis to examine the experience of age-related change of a sample of white men born during the first half of the baby boom. The specific research questions asked (a) the ...

• The relationship between steering control and coherent motion performance under deteriorated conditions 

  Nguyen, Bobby T. (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  Driving is primarily a visual task that involves processing visual information over space and time (e.g., motion perception). Previous research has shown that such spatial and temporal processing becomes much more difficult ...

• The determinants of quality of life in a sample of older adults living in independent living communities 

  Smith, Rachel A. (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  Quality of life is an important factor that affects both the physical and mental well-being of older adults. However, there is much debate over what elements make up quality of life. The CASP-19 is a theoretically-based ...

• The social support networks of older adults in continuing care retirement communities 

  Nilsen, Kari M. (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  The goal of the current research was to apply previously developed methods of assessing social support networks, social isolation, and perceived quality of relations with a relatively unstudied population: Independent ...

• Exploring the applicability of selection, optimization, and compensation model to the personal goals of nursing home residents 

  Runyan, Amanda M. (Wichita State University, 2015-05)

  Selection, optimization, and compensation theory (SOC) is a major theoretical framework through which human development has been studied. It is a process-oriented model that provides accounts for how gains are maximized ...

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