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Dementia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Long-Term Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)The present study reports on the rate of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Israelis and Palestinians. A treatment efficacy study was proposed to determine whether the cause of dementia in elderly Israeli and ... -
Dementia: A Study on the Severity of Dementia and Visuospatial Examinations in the WAIS-R
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Dementia is a state of cognitive decline, specifically dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT) is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. The severity of dementia can range from normal functioning to severely ... -
Depression, Glutamate, and Ketamine: A Brave New World in Antidepressant Medications
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Chronic stress causes abhorrent neuroplasticity in the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex (PFC) in both animal models and humans. Studies have shown that this can result in depression. Current antidepressant ... -
Desire as an Independent Construct Related to the ABCs of Personality Inventories
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Personality psychology seeks to predict, explain, and describe individual variations in behavior. Personality is described as consistent and coherent patterns across time and space of affect, behavior, cognition and ... -
Developing Skills in Parents to Educate Young Adolescents about Early Sexual Activity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Early adolescent sexual activity has increased throughout the nation at an exceeding rate: 47.8% of all teenagers report having sexual intercourse, 10% report having sex before the age of 13 years, and 14.9% of teens report ... -
Differences in Children With and Without Attachment Objects from a Hoarding Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The present study aimed to determine in what other ways children with attachment objects differ from those without attachment objects. -
Differences In Oral Narrative Scores of African-American and Caucasian Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Examining possible racial differences between African American children and Caucasian children in Oral Narrative Assessment scores Oral narrative skills are highly predictive of literary skills which AA children have ... -
Distracted Driving: How In-Car Media Use May Affect Driving Ability
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Distracted driving is a significant cause of motor vehicle accidents, especially due to multi-tasking and cell phone use. Research has found that the use of cell phones, especially that of texting and talking, can be ... -
Diversity and Discrimination at Kalamazoo College
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)It was hypothesized that staff members at Kalamazoo College would report experiences of discrimination and harassment due to race, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. All staff members were asked to take ... -
Does Training Schematic Representation Improve Ability to Solve Math Word Problems?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The current study examines the effect of schematic representation training on math word problem solving by developing and administering a training module. First, math word problem solving ability was measured using a short ... -
Economic and Educational Factors Influence Mate Selection from an Evolutionary Psychology Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2007)Evolutionary Psychologist, Robert Trivers (1972) postulates that males and females possess a certain amount of resources that can be invested in offspring, thus, giving the offspring a better chance in surviving. ... -
The Effect of Behavioral Feeding Treatment on Mother-Child Attachment in Children with Feeding Disorders
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)Many individuals are apprehensive to pursue treatment for their children because of a belief that treatment techniques negatively affect the caregiver-child attachment relationship. The purpose of this study is to determine ... -
The Effect of Gender Role Norms on Feelings about Virginity Status in Women
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Women conform to perceived gender norms by acting ‘feminine’ and men, ‘masculine’. Furthermore, women and men are influenced by sexual norms, such as the sexual double standard. This implies that men should engage in, ... -
Effect of Internalized Heterosexism on Sexual Affect
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Internalized heterosexism has been associated with psychological distress, feelings of rejection, shame, and sexual guilt. Surveys soliciting information about participants’ attitudes toward homosexuality and sexual affect, ... -
The Effect of Minority Status on Mental Health Perceptions: The Intersectionality Between Race and Mental Health
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2023)Racial minorities are less likely to receive quality and appropriate accessibility to mental health resources. This study focuses on how the previous factors may affect an adolescent's perception of mental health and ... -
Effect of Performance Success on Alcohol Consumption of College Athletes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)The proposed study would determine the effects of a successful or unsuccessful athletic outcome on the alcohol consumption of Division III, male and female, student athletes. Drawing from gender differences in ... -
The Effect of Profanity and Taboo Gesture on Pain
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2022)Swearing increases pain tolerance possibly because of its connection to aggression. However little research has explored if taboo gestures produce a similar effect. Our experiment was a 2 (Valence: Taboo vs Neutral) x ... -
THE EFFECT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON ADOLESCENTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISORDER
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)This study was conducted to determine whether the effect of responsibility on on-task and off-task behaviors for students with ADHD within a Therapeutic Day School. The adolescent students (N = 7) earned points for on-task ... -
Effect of Students’ Classroom Location on Amount of Teacher Attention
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This study examined whether students’ arrangement in the classroom (i.e., their location) would have an effect on teacher attention (i.e., would the teacher give more or less attention to certain areas of the room?). Using ... -
Effective Teaching Techniques for Children with Autistic Disorder in Individual Swimming Lessons
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)The current study aimed to find if teaching techniques used for children with Autistic Disorder (AD) can be extended to one-on-one teaching outside of a traditional classroom setting, but rather in a swimming pool. The ...
