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Identifying possible contingencies during descriptive analyses of severe behavior disorders
(Wiley Online Library, 2001-08)Contingencies of reinforcement involve, in part, relations between behavior and subsequent environmental events. In this study we observed 11 individuals with developmental disabilities and severe behavior problems while ... -
Identity Synthesis as a Pathway Linking Parenting and Emerging Adults’ Internalizing Problems
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2019-01-11)Objectives The present study examined identity synthesis as a linking pathway in the association between perceived parenting (autonomy support, dependency-oriented psychological control, and achievement-oriented psychological ... -
Idiographically-determined versus standard absorption periods in alcohol administration studies
(Wiley, 2010-03-10)BACKGROUND Effects of alcohol vary depending on blood alcohol level and limb. Some researchers use standard absorption periods (SAPs) to determine when post-drinking experimental protocols should begin. Others use an ... -
The impact of age on the validity of psychosis-risk screening in a sample of help-seeking youth
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-04)Self-report screening instruments offer promise in furthering early identification of at-risk youth, yet current efforts are limited by false positive rates. Identifying moderators of accuracy is a potential step towards ... -
The Impact of Criminal Record Stigma on Quality of Life: A Test of Theoretical Pathways
(Wiley, 2020-08-10)Across multiple stigmatized groups, research suggests that stigma may negatively impact individual wellbeing. This impact often occurs through a sequential pathway that includes perceiving societal stigma, a diminished and ... -
INCENTIVIZING ATTENDANCE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE FOR PTSD IN OPIOID USE DISORDER PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
(American Psychological Association, 2017-04-17)OBJECTIVE To determine whether contingent monetary incentives increase opioid use disorder patients’ attendance to Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy and whether attendance is associated with improvement in posttraumatic ... -
Indirect Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Sexual Risk-Taking: The Roles of Subjective and Physiological Sexual Arousal
(Springer Nature, 2008-04-23)Three experiments supported the idea that alcohol fosters sexual risk-taking in men and women, in part, through its effects on sexual arousal. In Experiment 1, increasing alcohol dosage (target blood alcohol levels of .00, ... -
Individual Differences and Psychosis-Risk Screening: Practical Suggestions to Improve the Scope and Quality of Early Identification
(Frontiers Media S.A, 2019-02-14)Approaches to identifying individuals at clinical high-risk (CHR) for psychosis currently do not carefully weigh considerations around individual differences. Effective identification depends on awareness of factors beyond ... -
The Inventor as Observer
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Keep it simple: streamlining book illustrations improves attention and comprehension in beginning readers
This study used eye-tracking to examine whether extraneous illustration details—a common design in beginning reader storybooks—promote attentional competition and hinder learning. The study used a within-subject design ... -
The Knife and the Pumpkin
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Latina mothers’ engagement in children’s math learning in the early school years: Conceptions of math and socialization practices
(Elsevier, 2019-01)This study addressed the important role that the home plays just prior to or at the start of formal schooling, in facilitating children’s math learning. Although research on home influences is a burgeoning area, there has ... -
Longitudinal effects of maternal love withdrawal and guilt induction on Chinese American preschoolers’ bullying aggressive behavior
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-01-10)Bullying has been understudied among preschool children, especially those from Chinese American families. Previous research has also neglected the dimensional effects of psychological control on child bullying development. ... -
Looking Around
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Mand compliance as a contingency controlling problem behavior: A systematic review
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-09-02)Bowman et al. (1997) described a dynamic contingency in which severe problem behavior was evoked by adult noncompliance with a variety of child mands, which occurred at high rates, and was reinforced by adult compliance ... -
Manipulating Establishing Operations to Verify and Establish Stimulus Control during Mand Training
(Wiley Online Library, 2007-12)Acquisition of verbal behavior is a major goal of interventions for children with developmental disabilities. We evaluated the effectiveness of manipulation of an establishing operation for functional discriminated mands. ... -
Marijuana use and health behaviors in a US clinic sample of patients with sickle cell disease
(PLOS, 2020-07-14)Abstract Introduction As marijuana use becomes more common, it is essential clinicians understand the relationship between marijuana use and health behaviors. Methods Using a retrospective cohort of adolescents and ... -
The Measure of Sickle Cell Stigma: Initial findings from the Improving Patient Outcomes through Respect and Trust study
(SAGE, 2014-07-04)Research about the influence of stigma on health outcomes in sickle cell disease is limited. We administered the recently developed Measure of Sickle Cell Stigma to 262 patients in the United States. The Measure of Sickle ... -
A Mingled Yarn
(Otter Bay Books, 2015)