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Acculturation to African Culture Exerts a Large Effect on Neuropsychological Measures

Poster examining the association of acculturation with test performance on a neuropsychological battery. It was presented at the 9th Annual Psychology Research Fair held at the University of North Texas in 2019.
Date: 2019
Creator: Braggs, Princess; Ikanga, Jean; Howard, Christopher & Stringer, Anthony Y.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adult Attachment Styles and Psychological Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Religious Coping (open access)

Adult Attachment Styles and Psychological Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Religious Coping

Undergraduate thesis examining the moderating role of religious coping on the associations between romantic attachment and psychological symptoms among 86 heterosexual, married couples with children aged 8-11. Spouses completed a demographic questionnaire, the Brief RCOPE (Pargament et al., 1998), the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (Brennan et al., 1998), and the Symptom Assessment-45 (Maruish, 1996, 1998). Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (Kenny et al., 2006), multilevel modeling examined both within-person (actor) and dyadic (partner) influences between spouses.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Martinez, Stephanie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Alzheimer's Disease and Potential Benefit of Music Therapy: A Work in Progress

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses a research project on Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the potential benefit of music therapy.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Noll, Lindy & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Anger Within an HIV+ Population in Relation to Stigma and Anxiety

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on anger within a human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV+) population in relation to stigma and anxiety.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Pierson, Mark & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Presentation
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
Arsenic exposure, AS3MT polymorphism, and neuropsychological functioning among rural dwelling adults and elders: a cross-sectional study (open access)

Arsenic exposure, AS3MT polymorphism, and neuropsychological functioning among rural dwelling adults and elders: a cross-sectional study

This article aims to examine the link between low-level arsenic exposure and cognitive functioning, and the potential role of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP A35991G, rs10748835) of the AS3MT gene in modifying this link.
Date: March 12, 2014
Creator: Edwards, Melissa; Hall, James R.; Gong, Gordon & O'Bryant, Sid E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Associations Between Psychopathy and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale in Incarcerated Males: A Combined Latent Variable- and Person-Centered Approach (open access)

Associations Between Psychopathy and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale in Incarcerated Males: A Combined Latent Variable- and Person-Centered Approach

Article describes study which sought to replicate and extend current knowledge on the relevance of emotion regulation (ER) for psychopathy, focusing on a sample of incarcerated adult males.
Date: December 4, 2019
Creator: Garofalo, Carlo; Neumann, Craig S. & Mark, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The assumption of a reliable instrument and other pitfalls to avoid when considering the reliability of data (open access)

The assumption of a reliable instrument and other pitfalls to avoid when considering the reliability of data

This article helps researchers avoid common pitfalls associated with reliability including incorrectly assuming that measurement error always attenuates observed score correlations, different sources of measurement error originate from the same source, and reliability is a function of instrumentation.
Date: April 12, 2012
Creator: Nimon, Kim F.; Zientek, Linda Reichwein & Henson, Robin K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autobiographical Memories for Very Negative Events: The Effects of Thinking about and Rating Memories (open access)

Autobiographical Memories for Very Negative Events: The Effects of Thinking about and Rating Memories

Article on autobiographical memories for very negative events and the effects of thinking about and rating memories.
Date: February 1, 2010
Creator: Rubin, David C.; Boals, Adriel & Klein, Kitty
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Benzodiazepines and their Effects on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on benzodiazepines and their effects on cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Reichenberger, David A. & Taylor, Daniel J.
Object Type: Poster
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
Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

This article describes the first-ever multiethnic referent sample that spans community-based and clinic-based populations for implementation of an Alzheimer's disease blood screen.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

Article describes study examining the positive and negative predictive values of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) blood test if implemented in primary care.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Caring for Yourself as a Caregiver

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. In this presentation, Bert Hayslip, Regents Professor in the Department of Psychology, will discuss caregiving for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: Hayslip, Bert
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the positive and negative effects of classical conditioning on a person's psyche.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Aldridge, Lauren & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cognitive Impairment Among World Trade Center Responders: Long-Term Implications of Re-Experiencing the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (open access)

Cognitive Impairment Among World Trade Center Responders: Long-Term Implications of Re-Experiencing the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

This article examines the association between World Trade Center (WTC)-related post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairment in WTC responders.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Clouston, Sean A.P.; Kotov, Roman; Pietrzak, Robert H.; Luft, Benjamin J.; Gonzalez, Adam; Richards, Marcus et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collaborative Filtering for Brain-Computer Interaction Using Transfer Learning and Active Class Selection (open access)

Collaborative Filtering for Brain-Computer Interaction Using Transfer Learning and Active Class Selection

Article discussing collaborative filtering for brain-computer interaction using transfer learning and active class selection.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: Wu, Dongrui; Lance, Brent J. & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges (open access)

Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges

This article investigates the comparability of potential Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers across blood fractions and assay platforms.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Lista, Simone; Rissman, Robert A.; Edwards, Melissa; Zhang, Fan; Hall, James R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population (open access)

The construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population

This article tests the four-factor model of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - Revised empirical construct of psychopathy in a Chilean prison population by using instruments that supply different types of data.
Date: October 2, 2014
Creator: León Mayer, Elizabeth; Folino, Jorge O.; Neumann, Craig S. & Hare, Robert D.
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

Correlates of Vitality in HIV+ Adults: Perceived Social Support and Life Regard

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the correlates of vitality in HIV positive adults and perceived social support and life regard.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Nguyen, Yen; Chng, Chwee-Lye; Vosvick, Mark A. & Perales, Marissa
Object Type: Presentation
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

Denial, Daily Hassles and Distress in HIV Positive Individuals

This poster uses social cognitive theory to model the relationship between health distress, denial, and daily hassles faced by HIV individuals.
Date: March 9, 2011
Creator: Gomez, Brooke; DeSena, Thomas; Miller, James; Deaton, Kyle; Ridings, John & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Denial, Daily Hassles, and Health Distress in HIV Positive Individuals

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on denial, daily hassles, and distress in HIV positive individuals.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Gomez, Brooke; DeSena, Thomas; Miller, James; Deaton, Kyle; Ridings, John & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library