A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2019
The Resistance to Change-Beliefs Scale: Validation of a New Measure of Conservative Ideology, Katherine R.G. White, Dakota Kinney, Rose H. Danek, and Charles Harben
The Strategy Project: An Exploration of Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning in an Introductory Psychology Course, Valerie Whittlesey and Hillary Steiner
Submissions from 2018
Using a Contrast Illusion to Teach Principles of Neural Processing, Ebony M. Glover
The accumulation of stereotype-based self-fulfilling prophecies, Stephanie Madon, Lee Jussim, Max Guyll, Heather Nofziger, Elizabeth R. Salib, Jennifer Willard, and Kyle C. Scherr
Systematic assessment of food item preference and reinforcer effectiveness: Enhancements in training laboratory-housed rhesus macaques, Allison L. Martin, Andrea N. Franklin, Jaine E. Perlman, and Mollie A. Bloomsmith
Replication and extension of long-term implicit memory: Perceptual priming but conceptual cessation, David B. Mitchell, Corwin L. Kelly, and Alan S. Brown
A comparative study of American and Chinese college students’ motives for food choice, Sharon M. Pearcey and Ginny Q. Zhan
Circus Arts Therapy Shows Clinical Benefits, Lauren Taglialatela and Circus Arts Institute
Submissions from 2016
Effective Patient-Provider Communication in Pediatric Obesity, April Idalski Carcone, Angela J. Jacques-Tiura, Kathryn E. Brogan Hartlieb, and Tim Martin
Effects of Reiki With Music Compared to Music Only Among People Living With HIV, V. Doreen Wagner, Marie Bremner, Barbara Blake, and Sharon Pearcey
The Price of Strength: Black College Women's Perspectives on the Strong Black Woman Stereotype, Lindsey M. West, Roxanne A. Donovan, and Amanda R. Daniel
Evaluating the Invariance of the Multigorup Ethnic Identity Measure Across Foreign-Born, Second-Generation and Later-Generation College Students in the United States, Stevie C. Yap, M. Brent Donnellan, Seth J. Schwartz, and Byron L. Zamboanga
Mate Preferences Among Young People: US and China., Ginny Q. Zhan
Submissions from 2015
The Relationship of Individual- and Community-level Sociocultural and Neighborhood Factors to the Mental Health of Ethnic Groups in Two Large U.S. Cities, Saul G. Alamilla, Marc A. Scott, and Diane Leslie Hughes
Estrogen and Extinction of Fear Memories: Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment, Ebony M. Glover, Tanja Jovanovic, and Seth Davin Norrholm
Gender Biases in (Inter) Action: The Role of Interviewers' and Applicants' Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes in Predicting Women's Job Interview Outcomes, Ioana M. Latu, Marianne Schmid Mast, and Tracie L. Stewart
An Examination of the Disparity between Self-identified versus Legally-identified Rape Victimization: A Pilot Study, Dorothy F. Marsil and Corinne McNamara
Remembrances of Hannelore Wass, Betty L. Siegel
Cortical Configuration by Stimulus onset Visual Evoked Potentials (SO-VEPs) Predicts Performance on a Motion Direction Discrimination Task, Bojan Zalar, Tim Martin, and Voyko Kavcic
Submissions from 2014
Double Invisible Displacement Understanding in Orangutans: Testing in Non-Locomotor and Locomotor Space, Suma Mallavarapu, Tara S. Stoinski, Bonnie M. Perdue, and Terry L. Maple
An Examination of Referential and Affect Specificity with Five Emotions in Infancy, Nicole G. Martin, Lindey Maza, Savannah J. McGrath, and Amber E. Phelps
Fear Load: The Psychophysiological Over-Expression of Fear as an Intermediate Phenotype Associated with Trauma Reactions, Seth Davin Norrholm, Ebony M. Glover, Jennifer S. Stevens, and Negar Fani
A Meta-analytic Test of Redundancy and Relative Importance of the Dark Triad and Five-factor Model of Personality, Ernest H. O'Boyle, Donelson R. Forsyth, George C. Banks, and Paul A. Story
Submissions from 2013
Provider Communication Behaviors that Predict Motivation to Change in Black Adolescents with Obesity, April Idalski Carcone, Sylvie Naar-King, Kathryn E. Brogan, and Terrance Albrecht
Relationships Among Identity, Perceived Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms in Eight Ethnic-Generational Groups, Roxanne A. Donovan, Que-Lam Huynh, Irene J. K. Park, Su Yeong Kim, Richard M. Lee, and Emily Robertson
Evidence‐Based Teaching: Tools and Techniques That Promote Learning in the Psychology Classroom, Dana S. Dunn, Bryan K. Saville, Suzanne Baker, and Pam Marek
Interobserver agreement of the German translation of the Motivational Interviewing Sequential Code for Observing Process Exchanges, Wolfgang Hannöver, Carola Blaut, Christina Kniehase, and Tim Martin
Post-DSAEK Optical Changes: A Comprehensive Prospective Analysis on the Role of Ocular Wavefront Aberrations, Haze, and Corneal Thickness, Holly B. Hindman, Krystel R. Huxlin, Seth M. Pantanelli, Christine L. Calan, Ramkumar Sabesan, Steven S.T. Ching, Brooke E. Miller, Tim Martin, and Geunyoung Yoon
The Role of the Self-fulfilling Prophecy in Young Adolescents' Responsiveness to a Substance Use Prevention Program, Stephanie Madon, Max Guyll, Kyle C. Sherr, Jennifer Willard, Richard Spoth, and David L. Vogel
Can Black‐and‐White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata) Solve Object Permanence Tasks?, Suma Mallavarapu, Bonnie M. Perdue, Tara S. Stoinski, and Terry L. Maple
An Examination of Referential and Affect Specificity with Five Emotions in Infancy, Nicole G. Martin, Lindey Maza, Savannah J. McGrath, and Amber E. Phelps
A Meta-Analytic Review of the Dark Triad–Intelligence Connection, Ernest H. O'Boyle, Donelson Forsyth, George C. Banks, and Paul A. Story
Submissions from 2012
Teaching Ethically: Challenges and Opportunities, Eric R. Landrum and Maureen McCarthy
Visual Cortical Activity Reflects Faster Accumulation of Information from Cortically Blind Fields, Tim Martin, Anasuya Das, and Krystel R. Huxlin
Toward a More Equitable Model of Authorship, Maureen A. McCarthy
Treating Students as Early-Career Professionals: The Ethics of Teaching, Maureen McCarthy and Eric R. Landrum
The Prevalence of Stalking Among College Students: The Disparity Between Researcher- and Self-identified Victimization, Corinne L. McNamara and Dorothy Marsil
Teaching Ethically: Ongoing Improvement, Collaboration, and Academic Freedom, Thomas Pusateri
When Diagnosing ADHD in Young Adults Emphasize Informant Reports, DSM Items, and Impairment, Margaret H. Sibley, William E. Pelham Jr., Elizabeth M. Gnagy, James G. Waxmonsky, Daniel A. Waschbusch, Karen J. Derefinko, Allison C. Garefino, Brooke S. G. Molina, Brian T. Wymbs, Dara E. Babinski, and Aparajita B. Kuriyan
Diagnosing ADHD in Adolescence, Margaret H. Sibley, William E. Pelham Jr., Brooke S. G. Molina, Elizabeth M. Gnagy, Daniel A. Waschbusch, Allison C. Garefino, Aparajita B. Kuriyan, Dara E. Babinski, and Kathryn M. Karch
Characteristics of Successful Undergraduate Psychology Programs, Michael Stoloff, Nicholas A. Curtis, Megan Rodgers, JoAnne Brewster, and Maureen McCarthy
Ethically Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research, Elizabeth V. Swenson and Maureen McCarthy
An Investigation of Self-Assessment Bias in Mental Health Providers, Steven Walfish, Brian McAlister, Paul O'Donnell, and Lambert Michael
Brain Games as a Potential Nonpharmaceutical Alternative for the Treatment of ADHD, Stacy C. Wegrzyn, Doug Hearrington, Tim Martin, and Adriane B. Randolph
The Accumulating Effects of Shared Expectations, Jennifer Willard, Stephanie Madon, Max Guyll, Kyle C. Scherr, and Ashley Buller
Submissions from 2011
Tough or Tender: (Dis)Similarities in White College Students' Perceptions of Black and White Women, Roxanne Donovan
Understanding Faculty Reluctance to Assess Teaching and Learning, Dana S. Dunn, Maureen McCarthy, Suzanne C. Baker, Jane S. Halonen, and Stacy Boyer
Developing an Online Curriculum in Psychology: Practical Advice from a Departmental Initiative, Jeffrey L. Helms, Pam Marek, Christopher Randall, Daniel T. Rogers, Lauren Taglialatela, and Adrienne L. Williamson
To the Internet and Beyond: Surveying the Active Learning Universe, Beth R. Kirsner, Clayton L. Teem II, and Laura B. Underwood
Self-fulfilling Prophecies: Mechanisms, Power, and Links to Social Problems, Stephanie Madon, Jennifer Willard, Max Guyll, and Kyle C. Scherr
Self‐fulfilling Prophecies: Mechanisms, Power, and Links to Social Problems, Stephanie Madon, Jennifer Willard, Max Guyll, and Kyle C. Scherr
What Happened to the First “R”?: Students' Perceptions of the Role of Textbooks in Psychology Courses, Pam Marek and Christopher N. Andrew
The Structure of Client Language and Drinking Outcomes in Project MATCH, Tim Martin, Paulette J. Christopher, Jon M. Houck, and Theresa B. Moyers
Embedded Assessment: A Measure of Student Learning and Teaching Effectiveness, Maureen McCarthy, Daniel M. Niederjohn, and Theodore N. Bosack
Assessment of Differential Learning by Topic in Introductory Psychology, Corinne L. McNamara, Adrienne L. Williamson, and Terrence D. Jorgensen
Ethical Challenges in the Undergraduate Context: Navigating the Ethical Landscape, Daniel M. Niederjohn, Maureen McCarthy, and Eric R. Landrum
Self-Verification as a Mediator of Mothers’ Self-Fulfilling Effects on Adolescents' Educational Attainment, Kyle C. Scherr, Stephanie Madon, Max Guyll, Jennifer Willard, and Richard Spoth
Dimensions of Acculturation: Associations With Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students From Immigrant Families, Seth J. Schwartz, Robert S. Weisskirch, Byron L. Zamboanga, Linda G. Castillo, Lindsay S. Ham, Que-Lam Huynh, Irene J. Park, Roxanne Donovan, Su Yeung Kim, Michael Vernon, Matthew J. Davis, and Miguel A. Cano
Differences in Self- and Other-Induced Mu Suppression Are Correlated with Empathic Abilities, C. Chad Woodruff, Tim Martin, and Nick Bilyk
International Faculty's Perceptions of Their Professional Experiences: Results from a Recent Survey, Ginny Qin Zhan and May Hongmei Gao
Submissions from 2010
Developing Scientific Reasoning Skills in Beginning and Ending Students, Suzanne C. Baker, Maureen McCarthy, Jane S. Halonen, Dana S. Dunn, and G. William Hill IV
Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Major: Research, Cases, and Recommendations, Dana S. Dunn, Bernard C. Beins, Maureen McCarthy, and G. William Hill IV
Undergraduate Education in Psychology: All's Well That Begins and Ends Well, Dana S. Dunn, Bernard C. Beins, Maureen McCarthy, and G. William Hill IV
The Capstone Course in Psychology as Liberal Education Opportunity, Dana S. Dunn and Maureen McCarthy
Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals, Jeffrey L. Helms and Daniel T. Rogers
A Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis of White Matter Asymmetries in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), William D. Hopkins, Jared P. Taglialatela, Talia Nir, Natalie M. Schenker, and Chet C. Sherwood
Desired Outcomes of an Undergraduate Education in Psychology From Departmental, Student, and Societal Perspectives, Eric R. Landrum, Bernard C. Beins, Mukul Bhalla, Karen Brakke, Deborah S. Briihl, Rita M. Curl-Langager, Thomas Pusateri, and Jaye Jang Van Kirk
Psychology Students Today and Tomorrow, Linh Nguyen Littleford, William Buskist, Susan M. Frantz, Dennis B. Galvan, Robert W. Hendersen, Maureen McCarthy, Melanie C. Page, and Antonio E. Puente
The Undergraduate Psychology Major: An Examination of Structure and Sequence, Michael Stoloff, Maureen McCarthy, Lizbeth Keller, Veronika Varfolomeeva, Joanna Lynch, Kara Makara, Samantha Simmons, and Whitney Smiley
'Doc, There's Something I Have To Tell You': Patient Disclosure to Their Psychotherapist of Unprosecuted Murder and Other Violence, Steven Walfish, Jeffrey E. Barnett, Krista Marlyere, and Robert Zielke
Coping With Racism: What Works and Doesn't Work for Black Women?, Lindsey M. West, Roxanne Donovan, and Lizabeth Roemer
Submissions from 2009
A Palatable Introduction to and Demonstration of Statistical Main Effects and Interactions, Andrew N. Christopher and Pam Marek
Identification and Measurement of Core Competencies in Professional Psychology: Areas for Consideration, Roxanne A. Donovan and Allison N. Ponce
Development and Validation of a Measure of Interpersonal Strengths: The Inventory of Interpersonal Strengths, Robert L. Hatcher and Daniel T. Rogers
The Perception of Elder Sexual Abuse in the Courtroom, Emily C. Hodell, Jonathan Golding, John A. Yozwiak, Gregory Bradshaw, Terri L. Kinstle, and Dorothy F. Marsil
Structural Relations among Negative Affect, Mate Value, and Mating Effort, Beth Randi Kirsner, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, and W. Jake Jacobs
Dealing With Diversity Issues in the Classroom: A Survey of the STP Membership, Loreto R. Prieto, Valerie Whittlesey, Diane Herbert, Carlota Ocampo, Allison Schomburg, and Dominicus So
The Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals and Outcomes, Thomas Pusateri, Jane S. Halonen, Bill Hill, and Maureen McCarthy
Objectivity in Evaluations for Assisted Suicide: Appreciating the Role of Relational and Intrapsychic Components, Daniel T. Rogers and Daniel M. Niederjohn
"Them Ol' Nasty Lesbians"—Queer Memory, Place, and Rural Formations of Lesbian, R. Ugena Whitlock
Mediational Effects of Sensation Seeking on the Age and Financial Risk-Taking Relationship, Kevin L. Zabel, Andrew N. Christopher, Pam Marek, Mareike B. Wieth, and Jacqueline J. Carlson
Submissions from 2008
Protestant Ethic Ideology: Its Multifaceted Relationships with Just World Beliefs, Social Dominance Orientation, and Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Andrew N. Christopher, Keith L. Zabel, Jason R. Jones, and Pam Marek
Mindless Eating as a Predictor of Body Mass Index, Heather J. Lemoine and Maureen McCarthy
Hearsay Testimony in Elder Abuse Cases: A Gray Area at Best, Dorothy F. Marsil and Andre Kehn
Hearsay Testimony in Elder Abuse Cases: A Gray Area at Best, Dorothy F. Marsil and Andre Kehn
Beginning and Endings: A Reprise, Maureen McCarthy
Neurotransmission, Sharon M. Pearcey
Cultural identity of Chinese professionals in the United States: Descriptive data from a recent survey, Ginny Q. Zhan
Submissions from 2007
Perceptions of Elder Physical Abuse in the Courtroom: The Influence of Hearsay Witness Testimony, Emily E. Dunlap, Jonathan M. Golding, Emily C. Hodell, and Dorothy F. Marsil
Quality Benchmarks in Undergraduate Psychology Programs, Dana S. Dunn, Maureen McCarthy, Suzanne Baker, Jane S. Halonen, and G. William Hill IV
Effects of Colon Cancer Risk Counseling for First-Degree Relatives, Karen Glanz, Alana D. Steffen, and Lauren Taglialatela
Analysis of the Components of the Miranda Warnings, Jeffrey L. Helms
Bridging the Gap between Academic Gerontology and the Educational Needs of the Aging Network, Barbara C. Karcher and Valerie Whittlesey
Using the Online Psychology Laboratory (OPL) to illustrate the Concept of Implicit Attitudes, Pam Marek
Boys and girls: Chinese future teachers' expectations, Ginny Q. Zhan, Monika Stojek, and Hong Qian
Submissions from 2006
Beliefs about One’s Own Death, Personal Insecurity, and Materialism, Andrew N. Christopher, Kansie Drummond, Jason R. Jones, Pam Marek, and Kelli M. Therriault
Developing and Presenting Auditory Demonstrations: Two Sound Editor Programs, Michael J. Firment
Religiosity, Religious Doubt, and the Need for Cognition: Their Interactive Relationship with Life Satisfaction, Kristopher J. Gautheir, Andrew N. Christopher, Mark I. Walter, Ronney Mourad, and Pam Marek
Differences in the Prongs of the Miranda Warnings, Jeffrey L. Helms and Candace Holloway
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology: A Psychology Teacher's Best Friend, G. William Hill IV