Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°: An Innovative Measure of Executive Functions (open access)

Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°: An Innovative Measure of Executive Functions

This article evaluates a 360° version of an ecologically valid assessment called the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT).
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Serino, Silvia; Baglio, Francesca; Rossetto, Federica; Realdon, Olivia; Cipresso, Pietro; Parsons, Thomas D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biological Factors Contributing to the Development of Homosexuality: A Systematic Review of the Literature (open access)

Biological Factors Contributing to the Development of Homosexuality: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Paper explores theories about the possible biological causes of homosexuality in people.
Date: 2017
Creator: Maciel, Idalia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic impact of ME/CFS: Individual and societal costs (open access)

The Economic impact of ME/CFS: Individual and societal costs

This article discusses the economic impact of Myalgic Encephalopathy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by examining the direct and indirect costs to the individual and to society.
Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: Jason, Leonard A.; Benton, Mary C.; Valentine, Lisa M.; Johnson, Abra & Torres-Harding, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Coping on the Physical and Mental Health of Abused Women (open access)

The Effect of Coping on the Physical and Mental Health of Abused Women

Paper describes the results of a study examining the effects of coping mechanisms on the mental health symptoms of women in abusive relationships.
Date: 2004
Creator: Chase, Amanda L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structural equation modeling of the associations between amygdala activation, personality, and internalizing, externalizing symptoms of psychopathology (open access)

Structural equation modeling of the associations between amygdala activation, personality, and internalizing, externalizing symptoms of psychopathology

Article examining how amygdala activation to facial expressions was linked with self-report of personality traits and clinical interviews of internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology. Structural equation modeling results revealed direct associations of amygdala activation with personality trait expression, as well as indirect associations (though personality) with symptoms of psychopathology.
Date: July 14, 2020
Creator: Neumann, Craig S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
People who Expect to Enter Psychotherapy are Prone to Believing that They Have Forgotten Memories of Childhood Trauma and Abuse (open access)

People who Expect to Enter Psychotherapy are Prone to Believing that They Have Forgotten Memories of Childhood Trauma and Abuse

Article discussing people who expect to enter psychotherapy being prone to believing that they have forgotten memories of childhood trauma and abuse.
Date: July 8, 2010
Creator: Rubin, David C. & Boals, Adriel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Integration of Emotions in Memories: Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (open access)

The Integration of Emotions in Memories: Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Article on the integration of emotions in memories and cognitive-emotional distinctiveness and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Date: October 21, 2010
Creator: Boals, Adriel & Rubin, David C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360° (open access)

An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°

This article's aim was to compare the efficiency of the Picture Interpretation Test 360° (PIT 360°) with traditional measures on executive dysfunction in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and Healthy Controls (HC). Overall, the PIT 360° was concluded to be a quick, sensitive, and ecological tool that captures real-world executive dysfunction in PwMS. This engaging measure is sensitive for the detection of executive deficits since the early phases of the disease.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Realdon, Olivia; Serino, Silvia; Savazzi, Federica; Rossetto, Federica; Cipresso, Pietro; Parsons, Thomas D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Women’s Mental and Physical Health After Ending Violent Relationships (open access)

Changes in Women’s Mental and Physical Health After Ending Violent Relationships

Paper examines the sustained negative effects on mental and physical health for women who have exited violent relationships.
Date: 2005
Creator: Sergio, Jessica A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memory and Coping with Stress: The Relationship Between Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness, Memory Valence, and Distress (open access)

Memory and Coping with Stress: The Relationship Between Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness, Memory Valence, and Distress

Article on memory and coping with stress and the relationship between cognitive-emotional distinctiveness, memory valence, and distress.
Date: June 17, 2008
Creator: Boals, Adriel; Rubin, David C. & Klein, Kitty
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents (open access)

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

Article examining the psychometric properties of the self-report version of Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in a sample of community adolescents in mainland China. Findings provide preliminary evidence for the four-factor structure of the PSCD and support for the utility of the self-report PSCD for measuring psychopathic traits and CD in Chinese adolescents.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Luo, Jie; Wang, Meng-Cheng; Neumann, Craig S.; Hare, Robert D. & Salekin, Randall T.
System: The UNT Digital Library