Psychological assessment is essential for the purposes of diagnosis and case conceptualization, design and implementation of therapeutic interventions, and referral decisions for adjunctive services. The development of assessment tools that are culturally appropriate and meet th…
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The purpose of the current investigation was to further develop the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (PMIR) that was constructed based on previous research and to assess its relevance, reliability and validity as a scientific tool for the study of the psychology of…
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is unfortunately a frequent form of child maltreatment. In light of recent allegations against religious institutions, literature on Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (ASCSA) perpetrated clergy is expanding. The present study reports on the psycholog…
The present study investigates the difference between trauma-related symptoms and Trauma Symptom Inventory- 2nd edition (TSI-2) scale scores for adult survivors of child sexual assault (ASCSA) perpetrated by clergy and non-clergy groups. The present study broadened the definitio…
Binge drinking and non-suicidal self-injury are significant health-risk behaviors that are often initiated during adolescence and contribute to a host of negative outcomes later in life. Selective prevention strategies are targeted toward individuals most at-risk for developing …
This dissertation details the development and validation of the CARS Political Viewpoints Scale (PVS). The construct is defined as preferences about how society should be organized, how power in society should be allocated, the goals that society should aim to achieve, and the m…
Psychological assessment represents a core competency and a highly specialized skill in professional psychology that is central to the identity of many practicing psychologists. However, more research is needed on the quality of assessment training that psychology doctoral stude…
Neural systems do not exist in stasis; rather the brain is composed of an ever-evolving ensemble of neural networks that are responsible for changes in behavior and cognition across the lifespan. However, our understanding of these processes in the field of developmental neuroim…
Locus of control (LOC) has moved from experimental and clinical psychology, where it originated, to many other subfields including health and religion. Currently, the psychometric evidence for God Health Locus of Control (God HLOC) measures’ reliability and validity is relativel…
Recent advances have been made to measure suicidal thoughts implicitly using the Death Implicit Association Test (D-IAT). This measure is promising, but the D-IAT has some methodological flaws, one of which is that it relies solely on reaction time to map cognitive indecisivenes…
Personality is a social and organizational construct with a substantial history and discourse. One particular area in personality that is of interest is gender differences in personality. Gender differences have been found on scales measuring various aspects of personality, such…
The general problem addressed in this study is the failure of male juvenile clients in sex offender treatment programs to take responsibility for their offending behaviors and therefore treatment is required to assist them in addressing this. The purpose of this mixed method stu…
This study presents the results of factors that contribute to deconversion from Christianity. The common themes revealed by the data include “explicating themes of judgmental,” “can no longer relate,” “people of the church do not understand ideas,” etc. About 689 participants (m…
The majority of people around the world report wanting “the good life.” But how do they achieve it? Most research in well-being science operationalizes “the good life” as subjective well-being, which is comprised of positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction. This p…
Religiosity is an oft-studied construct with few consistent findings. There are many reported physical and psychological health benefits to religiosity (such as being at lower risk for depression), in addition to deleterious effects, such as: being positively linked to increased…
Historical use of psychological assessments in South Africa has led to racially and culturally biased results. Currently the use of personality assessments in South Africa still raises some controversies as the use of personality assessments in contexts other than those for whic…
The APA's 2017 multicultural guidelines task psychologists with the aspirational goal of understanding the nuances of historical and contemporary systems of power, privilege, and oppression. Scholars such as Helms (1984) demonstrated the critical need to readjust psychology's fo…
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between risk of problematic substance use (RPSU) and six research variables: subjective happiness, resilience, physical activity, acculturation (i.e., heritage culture identification and mainstream culture identifi…