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Aberrant Salience Inventory: A meta-analysis to investigate its psychometric properties and identify screening cutoff scores

Description: Article describes how the Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) is a useful tool to measure salience abnormalities among the general population. The authors claim that there is strong clinical and scientific evidence that salience alteration is linked to psychosis.
Date: May 26, 2023
Creator: Merola, Giuseppe Pierpaolo; Boy, Ottone Baccaredda; Fascina, Isotta; Pecoraro, Vincenzo; Falone, Andrea; Patti, Andrea et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Evidence and reporting standards in N-of-1 medical studies: a systematic review

Description: Article describes how authors examined publications of medical N-of-1 trials to examine whether they meet the evidence standards and the criteria for demonstrating evidence of a relation between an independent and an outcome variable per the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards for SCEDs. The authors also examined the appropriateness of the data analytic techniques in the special context of N-of-1 designs.
Date: July 18, 2023
Creator: Batley, Prathiba Natesan; McClure, Erica B.; Brewer, Brandy; Contractor, Ateka A.; Batley, Nicholas John; Hedges, Larry Vernon et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Psychometric properties of the Trauma Checklist 2.0 and its predictive utility of felony re-offending among high-risk juvenile offenders

Description: Article describes how incarcerated youth are characterized by particularly high rates of childhood trauma, a significant risk factor for outcomes including risky behaviors and recidivism. The authors examined relationships between TCL 2.0 scores, measures of psychopathology, and psycopathic traits in a sample of incarcerated male juvenile offenders.
Date: September 21, 2023
Creator: Shold, Jenna N.; Maurer, J. Micahel; Reynolds, Brooke L.; Gullapalli, Aparna R.; Allen, Corey H.; Edwards, Bethany G. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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How Might Indices of Happiness Inform Early Intervention Research and Decision Making?

Description: Article discusses how the child-caregiver relationship is the foundation for which intervention occurs. The purpose of this study is to explore how researchers and clinicians might collect direct data on IOH to assess the acceptability of an intervention.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Amarie, Carnett; Neely, Leslie; Chen, Meng-Ting; Cantrell, Katherine; Santos, Erin & Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Elucidating the role of negative parenting in the genetic v. environmental influences on adult psychopathic traits

Description: Article states that though adult psychopathic traits emerge from both genetic and environmental risk, no studies have examined etiologic associations between adult psychopathic traits and experiences of parenting in childhood, or the extent to which parenting practices may impact the heritability of adult psychopathic traits using a genetically-informed design. Utilizing a genetically-informed design, the authors found that both genetic and non-shared environmental factors contribute to the eme… more
Date: August 12, 2021
Creator: Dotterer, Hailey L.; Vazquez, Alexandra Y.; Hyde, Luke W.; Neumann, Craig S.; Santtila, Pekka; Pezzoli, Patrizia et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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The association between posttraumatic disorder symptoms and addictive behaviours in Macao within a sample of female Filipino migrant workers: a network analysis

Description: Article describes how Filipino migrant workers in Macao are vulnerable to posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) symptoms and addictive behaviours due to trauma histories, postmigration stressors, and access to alcohol and gambling venues. The current study investigated differential relations between PTSD symptoms and addictive behaviours in a polytrauma exposed sample of Filipino domestic workers in Macao(SAR), China.
Date: March 3, 2023
Creator: Mou, Ngai Lam; Lei, Wai Kit; Balaji, Suvasini; Contractor, Ateka A.; Latkin, Carl A. & Hall, Brian J.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Health, Psychological and Demographic Predictors of Depression in People with Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis

Description: Article examining the differences in predictors of depression among individuals with fibromyalgia (FM) and osteoarthritis (OA) using a range of health, demographic, and psychological variables.
Date: March 14, 2022
Creator: Van Dyne, Angelina; Moy, Jason; Wash, Kalila; Thompson, Linda; Skow, Taylor; Roesch, Scott C. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Content Analysis of Expressive Writing Narratives About Stressful Relational Events Using Interpersonal Decentering

Description: 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
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
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Mechanisms of the Formation and Involuntary Repetition of Trauma-Related Flashback: A Review of Major Theories of PTSD

Description: This article is a review of the major theories of PTSD. The clinical and nonclinical implications of the psychological explanations of trauma-related flashback, ideas of further explorations in the theories of PTSD, and directions of future research of the prevention and treatment of PTSD are presented.
Date: 2019
Creator: Zhu, Wenzhen; Sun, Qiwu; Wang, Ming & Liu, Jing
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Structural equation modeling of the associations between amygdala activation, personality, and internalizing, externalizing symptoms of psychopathology

Description: Article examining how amygdala activation to facial expressions was linked with self-report of personality traits and clinical interviews of internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology. Structural equation modeling results revealed direct associations of amygdala activation with personality trait expression, as well as indirect associations (though personality) with symptoms of psychopathology.
Date: July 14, 2020
Creator: Neumann, Craig S.
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.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Mortality salience, effort, and cardiovascular response to a bar-press challenge: Remarkably nuanced effects of a death prime on heart performance

Description: Article is a study that presented participants with a bar-pressing challenge relevant to their identity after having exposed them to a prime that made their mortality more or less salient. This study adds substantively to a new line of support for terror management theory and documents the predictive utility of a proposed blended analysis of associated effort processes.
Date: July 29, 2020
Creator: Reza, Ariel; Whitted, Melissa; Wright, Rex A. & Mlynski, Christopher
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Maternal serum concentration of anti-Müllerian hormone is a better predictor than basal follicle stimulating hormone of successful blastocysts development during IVF treatment

Description: Article is a study that aims to identify actionable clinical and culture characteristics of IVF treatment that influence blastocyst developmental rate, with the goal of acquiring optimal success.
Date: October 12, 2020
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.; Herrington, Richard; Sadruddin, Sheela; Barnett, Brian; Ku, Lowell; Havemann, Dara et al.
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
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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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.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Psychopathy and emotion dysregulation: More than meets the eye

Description: Article examines associations between self-reported emotion regulation (ER) and psychopathy.
Date: June 8, 2020
Creator: Neumann, Craig S.; Garofalo, Carlo; Kosson, David S. & Velotti, Patrizia
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents

Description: Article examining the psychometric properties of the self-report version of Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in a sample of community adolescents in mainland China. Findings provide preliminary evidence for the four-factor structure of the PSCD and support for the utility of the self-report PSCD for measuring psychopathic traits and CD in Chinese adolescents.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Luo, Jie; Wang, Meng-Cheng; Neumann, Craig S.; Hare, Robert D. & Salekin, Randall T.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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The Relationship of Motivational Climates, Mindsets, and Goal Orientations to Grit in Male Adolescent Soccer Players

Description: This article examines the relationships of the perceived motivational climate created by coaches (task-involving vs. ego-involving), athletes’ mindset (growth vs. fixed) and goal orientation (task vs. ego), to their grit. within the framework of achievement motivation theory.
Date: August 19, 2019
Creator: Albert, Erin; Petrie, Trent A. & Moore, Whitney G.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Triarchic or Septarchic? - Uncovering the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure’s (TriPM) Structure

Description: This article describes a study conducted to test the structure of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) via exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings suggest that the three original TriPM factors do not optimally represent the conceptual model underlying the TriPM.
Date: January 23, 2020
Creator: Roy, Sandeep; Vize, Colin; Uzieblo, Kasia; Van Dongen, Josanne D. M.; Miller, Joshua; Lynam, Donald et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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The perils of untested assumptions in theory testing: A reply to Patrick et al. (2020)

Description: This article is a comment responding to a critique by Patrick et. al (2020) of the authors' recent study that raised questions regarding the three-factor model of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM). The reply demonstrates additional problems with the three-factor TriPM model and shows that the seven-factor model out-performs the three-factor model in predicting correlates of psychopathy.
Date: September 7, 2020
Creator: Roy, Sandeep; Vize, Colin; Uzieblo, Kasia; Van Dongen, Josanne D. M.; Miller, Joshua D.; Lynam, Donald R. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item Response Theory Analyses

Description: This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire (PRBQ) using item response theory to examine (a) item analysis (b) person fit, and (c) differential item functioning (DIF) across gender-based groups and two different samples.
Date: July 30, 2021
Creator: Batley, Pathiba Natesan; Contractor, Ateka A.; Weiss, Nicole; Compton, Sidonia E. & Price, Matthew
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social 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
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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