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

Description: 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
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Cognitive Impairment Among World Trade Center Responders: Long-Term Implications of Re-Experiencing the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Description: 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.
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

Description: 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.
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

UNT Wellness Initiative

Description: 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
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Are Smoking Cessation Treatments Associated with Suicidality Risk? An Overview

Description: 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.
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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The Effects of the Processing of Positive Memories Technique on Posttrauma Affect and Cognitions Among Survivors of Trauma: Protocol for a Daily Diary Study

Description: This article describes the protocol for a study that will examine the daily-level impacts of Processing of Positive Memories Techniques (PPMT) in a trauma-exposed, nonclinical community sample. The authors found that PPMT could be an additional therapeutic tool for clinicians to help clients reduce posttraumatic distress in their everyday lives.
Date: January 12, 2024
Creator: Greene, Tayla; Contractor, Ateka A.; Dicker-Oren, Sheila Daniela; Fentem, Andrea & Sznitman, Sharon R.
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Exploring User Perceptions of a Mobile App for Religious Practices

Description: This study explores the usage patterns of USA subscribers of an online religious/spiritual application and the associations of app usage with physical health, mental health, spiritual health, and well-being outcomes. This research is an initial examination of how religious-based apps may be associated with self-reported improvements in physical, mental, and spiritual health outcomes.
Date: February 15, 2024
Creator: Laird, Breanne; Van Tongeren, Daryl R.; Hook, Joshua N.; Do, Bridgette; Hall, Todd & Huberty, Jennifer
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Beyond Traits and States: Interpersonal Decentering Is Also Activated Social Information Processing

Description: Article drawing on a process-focused model of interpersonal decentering's causal validity, the authors manipulated activation experimentally, comparing decentering scores from expressive writing essays under standard instructions (activation condition) versus control instructions, then correlated decentering scores with use of activated language. With condition controlled, both decentering scores correlated significantly with greater proportions of present-tense verbs, positive emotion words, a… more
Date: October 22, 2021
Creator: Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Shamji, Jabeen F.; Straup, Madison L. & Boals, Adriel
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Sleep in College Students

Description: In this University Scholars Day keynote address, Dr. Daniel J. Taylor presented the preliminary results from two of his recently completed studies in the Sleep Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Taylor, Daniel J.
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Partner: UNT Honors College
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Key Challenges and Some Guidance on Using Strong Quantitative Methodology in Education Research

Description: Article reviews several common areas of focus in quantitative methods with the hope of providing guidance on conducting and reporting quantitative analyses. The review addresses causal inferences, measurement issues, handling missing data, testing for assumptions, dealing with nested data, and providing evidence for outcomes.
Date: November 13, 2020
Creator: Henson, Robin K.; Stewart, Genéa & Bedford, Lee A.
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Partner: University of North Texas
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Bayesian Time-Series Models in Single Case Experimental Designs: A Tutorial for Trauma Researchers

Description: Article discusses the utility of SCED data for trauma research, provides recommendations for addressing challenges specific to SCED approaches, and introduces a tutorial for two Bayesian models—the Bayesian interrupted time-series (BITS) model and the Bayesian unknown change-point (BUCP) model—that can be used to analyze the typically small sample, autocorrelated, SCED data.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Contractor, Ateka A.; Caldas, Stephanie & Batley, Prathiba Natesan
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Fearful Faces do Not Lead to Faster Attentional Deployment in Individuals with Elevated Psychopathic Traits

Description: 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
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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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

Description: 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.
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Positive memory intervention techniques: a scoping review

Description: This article is a review that examines and summarises the available knowledge base on intervention techniques focused on positive memories. This review serves as a quick reference guide to help professionals’ access to descriptions and information on empirical evidence of positive memory techniques, improving their therapeutic arsenal to enhance well-being and therapeutic outcomes in their patients.
Date: June 10, 2021
Creator: Miguel-Alvaro, Alejandro; Guillén, Ana I.; Contractor, Ateka A. & Crespo, María
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Using an Adjunctive Treatment to Address Psychological Distress in a National Weight Management Program: Results of an Integrated Pilot Study

Description: Article examining weight loss and physical functioning of obese veterans with comorbid psychological symptoms when participating in weight management programs. The MOVE! program aims to increase healthy eating and physical activity to promote weight loss in obese veterans. Adequately addressing psychological barriers is necessary to maximize outcomes in MOVE! for veterans with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. This study examined the preliminary outcomes of administering the Healthy Emotions and I… more
Date: July 30, 2020
Creator: Evans-Hudnall, Gina; Odafe, Mary O.; Johnson, Adrienne; Armenti, Nicholas; O'Neil, Jennifer; Lawson, Evan et al.
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Memory in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms

Description: Article on memory in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Rubin, David C.; Boals, Adriel & Berntsen, Dorthe, 1962-
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Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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