Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Limke, Alicia, 1979-"
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A functional role of Facebook : psychological and social needs.
Ferrell, Jason D. (2011)Two studies were conducted to investigate motivations to use Facebook. In Study 1, data from 87 participants were used to determine which psychological (e.g., competence, autonomy, and relatedness) and social (e.g., ... -
Arguing against yourself : exploring the relationship between conflicting episodic memories.
Jent, Kelly Chrismer (2015)The current study is an attempt to evaluate how participants' memory is altered by information either congruent or incongruent to their original testimony. False memory research consistently shows that exposure to post-event ... -
Bystander intervention programming at metropolitan universities.
Martinez, Adrienne M. (2015)The current study reviews the responsibilities and benefits of institutions in receipt of federal funding to provide bystander education as a primary prevention program to students per current federal regulations and ... -
Civilian social network degradation and views on psychological treatment among police officers.
Badzinski, Nicholas R. (2011)Thirty-five current police officers were recruited for a study on their social network composition and attitudes toward psychological assessment and treatment. This study was based around the idea of an us versus them ... -
Confession rates : does persuasion resistance time reduce them?.
Dugger, Karissa (2017)Confessions are given every day in criminal investigations across the country; countless are true confessions, but there are many false confessions as well. This study focused on participants' personality assessments and ... -
Crossing the blue line : law enforcement personality, coping, and stress over time.
Engelhard, Margaret (2018)162 police officers completed measures of personality, coping style, job stress, and attachment. Officers also provided information about their work experience including years of experience, past and current assignments, ... -
Defensive reactions to masculinity threat.
Cotner, Chad M. (2012)Compensatory behavior are defined as behaviors that are intended to make up for a perceived lack of competency in a particular area. The present studies investigated how men compensate for perceived masculinity threats. ... -
Distance in relationships as a moderator of relationship characteristics on relationship outcomes.
Bratcher, Tristan (2017)Distance in dating relationships has become more prevalent now than ever before as people begin relationships while geographically close, but at times are forced to move for myriad reasons (e.g., school, employment, personal ... -
Evaluating a smartphone mindfulness intervention's effectiveness at reducing anxiety and worry.
Abbott, Deah (2018)There are effective treatments for anxiety and worry symptoms, but there are also many barriers to receiving traditional treatments. A smartphone mindfulness intervention may circumvent many barriers to treatment. This ... -
Female attraction to male muscle mass across the menstrual cycle.
Hurst, Ashalee C. (2011)The current project investigated female attraction to male muscle mass across the menstrual cycle. On four separate occasions in a five week period, female participants rated the attractiveness of images of male bodies. ... -
First impressions : the effect of perceived micro-expressions on the attitudes of others.
Brand, Savannah N. (2012)Research concerning facial expressions indicates that humans are capable of detecting and interpreting subtle and fleeting expressions, even without conscious effort. In this proposed study, the researchers examined whether ... -
Gaming relationship to social psychology and micro-expressions.
Durning, Kiersten (2016)With increasing popularity in society, gaming has become a common influence in most individuals' lives. Psychology as a field is generating a demand for research and a better understanding of how gaming has contributed to ... -
Gaymers unite! : attachment and online social support for lesbian, gay, and bisexual gamers.
Everson, Adam T. (2018)Research on the links between attachment insecurity, nondisclosure of sexual orientation, and negative identity of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals suggests that attachment insecurity may be associated with ... -
Interest and motivation in learning with application for college education.
Olmstead, Cassandra (2018)This study examined the role that interest plays in the motivation to learn. The study consisted of three phases. In the first phase participants completed an online survey to determine their interest in either sports or ... -
Personality and situational correlates of false confessions.
Schrantz, Kathryn (2014)Personality correlates, such as the need to belong, unstable self-esteem, and insecure-anxious attachment style may predict false confessions and internalization. Study 1 examined the influence of these personality correlates. ... -
Physiological measures of anti-social behavior within psychopathy.
Chaliawala, Kruti (2016)The purpose of the current study was to utilize new physiological measures associated with psychopathy and criminal behavior. Research has demonstrated a link between psychopathy and criminal behavior (Douglas, Vincent, & ... -
Social perception and implicit self-esteem.
Rose, James M. (2012)Three experiments investigated whether implicit self-esteem was influenced by various perceptual stimuli. It was predicted that positive comments, performance, and feedback would lead to high implicit self-esteem, whereas ... -
Texting and tapping : a dynamical approach to multitasking.
Silasi-Mansat, Crina D. (2011)Jobs in various work fields (e.g., flying airplanes; Helmreich, 2000) require a high ability to successfully handle more than one task at a time, or to multitask. Researchers usually explain multitasking by having priorities ...