In the experimental analysis of behavior, response allocation is typically studied under concurrent interval schedules, with two response alternatives, in a static environment. The natural environment of the unfettered organism, however, is dynamic insofar as even frequently vis…
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My dissertation consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I show across three different settings that an individual's history of experiencing persistent processes can impact their beliefs. First, I examine analyst forecasts of earnings and show that forecasters who have …
The subject of my research is influenced by the social conditions imposed by the COVID-19 environment. I investigate how to increase contact with relatives and commemorate life when a funeral is not allowed because of the pandemic. How to mourn for loved ones when relatives are …
This study used a generic qualitative design to examine African Americans’ help-seeking behaviors and to obtain a deeper understanding of how they conceptualize their experience of help-seeking. Previous studies have shown that although African Americans experience unique proble…
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this project is to determine if patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a different oral health experience compared to healthy patients.
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to understand the impact that client's suicide has on mental health professionals' lives, both personally and professionally. The study's central question was: What is the influence that spirituality/religions have on th…
Juveniles diagnosed with conduct disorder have a history of exhibiting severe maladaptive behaviors. Understanding the contributing factors which influence the mood and behavioral components of conduct disorder would aid in the efficacy of addressing such behaviors. This dissert…
Research indicates that 80% of the population will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime, and yet less than 20% will develop a trauma-related diagnosis subsequent to the event (Breslau et al., 2014; Kilpatrick et al., 2013). In the resiliency literature, post-trauma res…
In the current study, we conducted a brief assessment within a multielement design to identify motivating operations (MOs) that increased or decreased the value of negative reinforcement for children with a history of challenging behavior when presented with tasks or demands. Fo…
Emerging adults are at high risk for excess weight gain. Unfortunately, few weight gain prevention interventions have shown efficacy in this age group. Weight suppression, traditionally defined as the difference between highest lifetime weight and current weight, is a robust pre…
Individuals in leadership roles in the military are in unique and complex positions to make the most ethical decisions to protect the mission and fellow soldiers on deployments. These difficult decisions may negatively impact the career of a soldier but are essential to fulfil t…
Research indicates that yoga and its practices serve as an effective intervention to reduce anxiety ladened comportments and behavioral dysregulation in students who present with a history of aggression and acute emotionality. Thus, this analytic research design examined why the…
Over the past several decades, research in animal models has advanced our understanding of the neurobiological underpinnings of substance use disorders. Influences on drug abuse liability are broad and multifaceted, and include environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors. A hi…
Alcohol use remains a major public health concern and economic burden. Extant literature suggests that young adulthood is a particularly high-risk developmental period for heavy drinking. Given this, it is imperative to understand possible risk and protective factors for heavy d…
Morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) among African American men (AAM) in the U.S. surpasses that of all cancers combined (AHA, 2019). AAM in Jackson, Mississippi, have the highest prevalence of cardiac disease and mortality in the United States compare…
The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of a statistically significant correlation between emotional intelligence and servant leadership behaviors in Southern Baptist associational leaders. The focus of this study was on the relationship between self-reported em…
Positional bias is a pattern of responding to a specific location that can be influenced by response effort and/or prior learning history. Within the contexts of preference assessments, positional bias create additional variables that make ascertaining true preferences within a …
Research on sentencing outcomes have concentrated on disparities between gender and race with a range of influences in legal decision making. This study was an examination of whether the same form of sentencing inconsistency is found with offenders who were convicted of drug off…
This study examined the role of eschatological motivation in relation to ethical leadership through a socio-rhetorical analysis of the eight eschatological pericopae in 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 10; 2:12, 19; 3:13; 4:13-18; and 5:1-11, 23, as found in biblical literature. The researc…