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UNT Wellness Initiative

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out, the Symposium on Well-Being. In this presentation, the author discusses the importance of quality of life to achieve happiness and wellness.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Vosvick, Mark A. & Williamson, Celia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inverted Social Reward: Associations between Psychopathic Traits and Self-Report and Experimental Measures of Social Reward (open access)

Inverted Social Reward: Associations between Psychopathic Traits and Self-Report and Experimental Measures of Social Reward

This article describes two studies of individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits. Study 1 explores what aspects of social reward are associated with psychopathic traits, and Study 2 administers these measures to a new group of participants along with two experimental tasks investigating monetary and social reward value.
Date: August 27, 2014
Creator: Foulkes, Lucy; McCrory, Eamon J.; Neumann, Craig S. & Viding, Essi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Smoking Cessation Treatments Associated with Suicidality Risk? An Overview (open access)

Are Smoking Cessation Treatments Associated with Suicidality Risk? An Overview

This article explores the relationship between smoking cessation interventions and suicidality and explore common treatments, their associated risks, and effectiveness in promoting smoking reduction and abstinence.
Date: January 27, 2016
Creator: Penberthy, J. Kim; Penberthy, J. Morgan; Harris, Marcus R.; Nanda, Sonali; Ahn, Jennifer; Martinez, Caridad Ponce et al.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fearful Faces do Not Lead to Faster Attentional Deployment in Individuals with Elevated Psychopathic Traits (open access)

Fearful Faces do Not Lead to Faster Attentional Deployment in Individuals with Elevated Psychopathic Traits

This article discusses a gaze-cueing experiment in which the predictivity of a gaze-cue was manipulated to assess the degree to which individuals with elevated psychopathic traits can use contextual information.
Date: June 30, 2017
Creator: Hoppenbrouwers, Sylvo S.; Munneke, Jaap; Kooiman, Karen A.; Little, Bethany; Neumann, Craig S. & Theeuwes, Jan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions About the Role of Race in the Job Acquisition Process: At the Nexus of Attributional Ambiguity and Aversive Racism in Technology and Engineering Education (open access)

Perceptions About the Role of Race in the Job Acquisition Process: At the Nexus of Attributional Ambiguity and Aversive Racism in Technology and Engineering Education

This article explores the role of race in the negative job acquisition outcomes of African American graduates of a federally funded multi-institution doctoral training program.
Date: 2015
Creator: Niemann, Yolanda F. & Sánchez, Nydia C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions (open access)

Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions

This article assesses high-school teacher connectedness following participation in Outward Bound (OB) excursions.
Date: June 27, 2017
Creator: Turke, Shani Rose; Caldas, Stephanie; KÃ¥gesten, Anna; Parsons, Jennifer; Ahn, Ji Young & Winch, Peter
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content Analysis of Expressive Writing Narratives About Stressful Relational Events Using Interpersonal Decentering (open access)

Content Analysis of Expressive Writing Narratives About Stressful Relational Events Using Interpersonal Decentering

Article from a study completed using secondary analysis of data from two studies of expressive writing about stressful relational events to first describe the relations of word use to social-cognitive maturity of role-taking using Feffer’s Interpersonal Decentering scoring system and then to test hypotheses about active processing of relational information versus event closure. This is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published article.
Date: March 4, 2013
Creator: Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Austin, Heather L. & Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanisms of the Formation and Involuntary Repetition of Trauma-Related Flashback: A Review of Major Theories of PTSD (open access)

Mechanisms of the Formation and Involuntary Repetition of Trauma-Related Flashback: A Review of Major Theories of PTSD

This article is a review of the major theories of PTSD. The clinical and nonclinical implications of the psychological explanations of trauma-related flashback, ideas of further explorations in the theories of PTSD, and directions of future research of the prevention and treatment of PTSD are presented.
Date: 2019
Creator: Zhu, Wenzhen; Sun, Qiwu; Wang, Ming & Liu, Jing
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Motivational Climates, Mindsets, and Goal Orientations to Grit in Male Adolescent Soccer Players (open access)

The Relationship of Motivational Climates, Mindsets, and Goal Orientations to Grit in Male Adolescent Soccer Players

This article examines the relationships of the perceived motivational climate created by coaches (task-involving vs. ego-involving), athletes’ mindset (growth vs. fixed) and goal orientation (task vs. ego), to their grit. within the framework of achievement motivation theory.
Date: August 8, 2018
Creator: Albert, Erin; Petrie, Trent A. & Moore, Whitney G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Mental Aerobics Training on Older Adults (open access)

The Impact of Mental Aerobics Training on Older Adults

This article investigates the impact of mental aerobics on older adults. Findings support the conclusion that MA can be an effective intervention in improving older adults’ affectivity, everyday task self-efficacy, and self-rated health.
Date: May 1, 2015
Creator: Hayslip, Bert; Paggi, Kay & Caballero, Daniela
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differentiating Predators from Protectors: The Role of Psychopathic Traits in the Shooting of Unarmed Black Men captions transcript

Differentiating Predators from Protectors: The Role of Psychopathic Traits in the Shooting of Unarmed Black Men

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Sandeep Roy presents his research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Roy, Sandeep
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: a systematic review protocol (open access)

The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: a systematic review protocol

Article contains a a systematic review and meta-analysis of the reliability of changes in response to stress to measures of inflammation in saliva.
Date: May 2, 2019
Creator: Slavish, Danica & Szabo, Yevette Z.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Current Behavioral and Psychosocial Interventions for HIV/AIDS

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on AIDS. This presentation discusses recent directions in psychosocial research on HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Date: December 1, 2011
Creator: Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): What is it and what causes it?

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home. The author has a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on innovative approaches to understanding and treating PTSD. In this presentation, the author discusses PTSD and other responses to trauma and stress.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mind Over Body: Predictors of Perceived Health in the Gay Community

This poster examines the relevance of mindfulness training as a method to reduce anxiety in gay men.
Date: April 8, 2010
Creator: Lopez, Eliot; Vosvick, Mark A. & DeSena, Thomas
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trauma, Maladaptive Coping and Self-Esteem in Gay Men and Lesbians

This poster examines the relationship between trauma and maladaptive coping strategies in the self-esteem of gay men and lesbians.
Date: April 7, 2010
Creator: O'Neal, Katie; Vosvick, Mark A.; Deaton, Kyle & Chng, Chwee-Lye
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forgiveness of self: A link between control and resiliency

This poster investigates the extent to which forgiveness of self mediates the relationship between sense of control and resilience.
Date: March 20, 2013
Creator: Miller, James & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forgiveness of Self, HIV-Related Stigma and Social Support: Correlates of Psychological Quality of Life in HIV+ Adults

This poster examines the relationship between forgiveness, stigma and social support on psychological quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Palmer, Sarah; Stem, Wiley; Guerrero, A. J. & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

HIV-Related Stigma, Forgiveness and Resilience: A Mediation Analysis

This poster tests a model wherein resilience acts as a mediator between forgiveness and one's perception of stigma.
Date: March 20, 2013
Creator: Lopez, Eliot & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Human Spirit: Anxiety, Spirituality, and Depression in HIV+ Adults

This poster examines the relationships between anxiety, spirituality, and depression in persons living with HIV.
Date: August 12, 2010
Creator: Deaton, Kyle & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Positive States of Mind, Loneliness, and Anger: An Exploration of Resilience in the LGBT Community

This poster examines the association between positive states of mind, loneliness, anger, and resilience in LGBT individuals.
Date: August 12, 2010
Creator: Logan, Mandy Alene; Catalano, Denise E.; Vosvick, Mark A. & Chng, Chwee-Lye
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library