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…
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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…
Nos últimos anos, têm sido vários os estudos que sugerem que bons hábitos de leitura e que a escolha do papel para a leitura são fatores que influenciam o desempenho em leitura e o desempenho académico. Assim, o grande objetivo deste estudo foi o de avaliar a relação entre os há…
Bu çalışmada, kimlik biçimlenme süreçlerinin psikolojik iyi oluşa olan etkisi öyküsel kimlik modeli yaklaşımı çerçevesinde ele alınmıştır. Araştırma problemin daha bütüncül ve detaylı bir şekilde incelemek için açımlayıcı sıralı desene göre yapılandırılan mevcut araştırma nicel …
The purpose of this study is to conduct a psychometric investigation of the Attachment to God Inventory (AGI; Beck & McDonald, 2004) using a national sample of socioeconomically and religiously diverse young adults commonly referred to as millennials (i.e., persons born between …
Research establishing the Rorschach's utility with cultural populations is important to ensure proper use of the test with those cultural groups. Findings from a previous study examining the utility of the Rorschach with Iranian Americans, indicates that Exner's Comprehensive Sy…
Although nations with a dominant worldview of individualism are a minority in the world as a whole, most psychological models are generated based on research conducted in these countries. Existing models and measures of well-being tend to have an individualistic, Western cultura…
Models of wellness first emerged in the seventies and these focused on optimal living and lifestyle choices that promoted health and well-being. These models led to the development of assessment tools like Testwell and Five Factor Wellness Inventory (5F-Wel); two of the tools fr…
The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) was to ensure independent board practices. However, it is unknown whether structural changes alone to the boards of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can result in independent board behavior. SOA's intent is to prevent future erroneous gro…
High prevalence of physical inactivity in Saudi Arabia is a major public health problem that contributed to the increasing lifestyle-related diseases. Thus, interventions to promote and increase exercise are necessary. The Transtheoretical model demonstrated significant impacts …
This study investigated whether an intervention measurably contributed to the self-regulatory processes underlying undergraduate students' learning. The Rasch model was first applied to Dynamic and Active Learning Inventory Revised (DALI-R; Iran-Nejad & Chissom, 1992) data to ex…
Most current religious measures have been geared toward Christian populations while few tools have been developed for Orthodox Jews. The Comprehensive Religiosity Scale of Orthodox Judaism (CRS-OJ) is a 76-item assessment tool that was created to be the first multi-dimensional s…
As members of the United States Military return stateside from the combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, an increasing number of veterans exposed to combat are reporting symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as other significant detrimental impacts on their ab…
Although self-regulated learning has been identified as important for students in academic settings, the construct of teacher self-regulation is less well understood. The literature on teacher self-regulation is reviewed in this dissertation, identifying the weaknesses of studie…
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…