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          Predicting Sexual Interest in Children Among a Community Sample of Men and Women 

          Author(s):Parker, Leah J.
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          This study will investigate how developmental experiences in childhood may predict sexual interest in children (SIC) reported by a community sample. A secondary analysis was conducted on the data collected during the ...
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          Political Divide: A Terror Management Perspective on Polarization in America 

          Author(s):Darrell, Alexander Purcell
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          According to Terror Management Theory politics represent a unique aspect of one’s cultural worldview. The current study hypothesized that derogation by politically dissimilar others would represent an existential threat. ...
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          Impact of Co-Verbal Gestures on Speech Fluency for Object Descriptions, The 

          Author(s):Goring, Sara Anne
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          The current experiment examined the impact of co-verbal gestures on speech fluency for a description task. Previous research has shown that the speech and co-verbal gesture systems interact (Chieffi, Secchi, & Gentilucci, ...
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          SUICIDE AMONG OLDER ADULTS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY AND SELF-ESTEEM ON THWARTED BELONGINGNESS, PERCEIVED BURDENSOMENESS, AND SUICIDAL IDEATION 

          Author(s):Eades, Allison
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Suicide among older adults is a global public health concern. The interpersonal psychological theory of suicide (IPTS) has demonstrated that Thwarted Belongingness (TB) and Perceived Burdensomeness (PB) are significant ...
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          Comorbidity of Personality Disorders in a Prison Sample 

          Author(s):Sutton, Courtney Elyse
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Many of the personality disorders are listed as comorbid in the various DSMs comorbidity is present in the majority of clinical disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth edition (APA, 2013) ...
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          Link Between Mental Illness and Television and News Media: The Criminal Justice Consequences, The 

          Author(s):Bunn, Amy Leighann
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          This meta-analysis explores the link between mental illness, television and news media in relation to the criminal justice system. Through a systematic review of 19 scholarly articles this study highlights themes present ...
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          Physical Attractiveness and Resource Acquisition: Attentional Cues for Long-Term Mate Selection 

          Author(s):Morgan, Laura Kathleen
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Evolutionary and sociocultural perspectives have sought to explain the process through which human mate preferences shape the current idealizations of the most desirable traits in a prospective mate. While both of these ...
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          Transitioning to College: The Role of Learning and Wellness Strategies During Freshman Year 

          Author(s):Al-Tabaa, Nadia Michelle
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          The transition to college is difficult for many students. It is during freshman year when students are the most likely to drop out of college. In this study, freshmen who were labeled as at-risk of dropping out of ...
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          Mortality Salience, Women in Power, and Rape Myth Acceptance 

          Author(s):Halvorson, Nicolette
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          The goal of the present study is to use Terror Management Theory (TMT) as a vehicle for understanding rape myth acceptance. Terror management posits that knowledge of one’s mortality can create overwhelming terror. However, ...
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          Towards Community Cloud Trustworthiness 

          Author(s):Alotaibi, Ahad
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Alotaibi, Ahad Saad (M.S, Computer science) Towards Community Cloud Trustworthiness Thesis directed by Associate Professor Edward Chow. In this thesis we presented an authorization system for community cloud. We ...
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          Exploring the Listening Phenomenon: The Effects of Receiver Apprehension and Communication Competence on Listening Style 

          Author(s):Fletcher, Jordyn Gunn
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          This study examined the relationships between receiver apprehension and listening style, as well as communication competence and listening style. The researcher conducted a quantitative survey of college students from two ...
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          Camouflage in the Classroom: An Empirical Comparison of Veteran College Students with Their Traditional and Nontraditional Counterparts 

          Author(s):Norelli, Nicole
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Student veterans are a unique and growing segment of the college population, and there is very little quantitative research on their perceptions, needs, and characteristics. This study empirically tested themes from ...
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          Synthesis of 1H-1,2,3-triazoles:Studies on Selective Reduction of Ester Substituents 

          Author(s):Butler, Christopher R.
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          This work is the first thorough study of the regioselective reduction of esters of 1H-1,2,3-triazoles with sodium borohydride in methanol. It was found that C5 esters were reduced much faster than C4 esters, making this ...
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          Prediction of Recidivism in 3,015 Male Inmates with the Coolidge Correctional Inventory, The 

          Author(s):Walsh, Aimee E.
          Date Submitted:2016-08
          Previous literature has established that repeat criminal offenders frequently have higher rates of personality disorders than un-incarcerated populations. Correlation, standard multiple regression, hierarchical multiple ...

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