Browsing Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations by Subject "Clinical psychology."
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A clinical trial for fear of flying using biofeedback and virtual reality
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)The present study examined an experimental behavioral therapy protocol using virtual reality for fear of flying (FOF) in comparison to the existing treatment protocol of exposure therapy. The experimental design was a ... -
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HOMELESS AND DOMICILED ALCOHOLIC MEN
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A comparative study of the self-development models of Mahler and Stern
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)The developmental perspectives of Margaret Mahler and Daniel Stern compellingly encapsulate inherent paradoxes and points of interaction among schools of thought about the dialectics between individuality and connection ... -
A COMPARISON OF TREATED AND UNTREATED PATIENTS WITH THE HYPERSOMNIA SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (TRACHEOSTOMY)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)A retrospective take-home questionnaire study was conducted in forty obese male sleep apneics aged 30 to 70. Each patient had sufficiently severe hypersomnia-sleep apnea syndrome (HSA) pathology to warrant a tracheostomy, ... -
A COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA
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A CYBERNETIC ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
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A longitudinal analysis of comorbid psychiatric illness in eating disorder patients
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)Previous research has illustrated that anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are associated with considerable amounts of psychiatric comorbidity. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of comorbid ... -
A neuropsychological perspective of OCD subtypes
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2004)The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a relationship between symptom subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and performance on a group of neuropsychological tests. A group of 62 adults with ... -
A pharmacobehavioral intervention to reduce child cancer distress
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)This study evaluated the efficacy of a combined behavioral and pharmacologic/topical anesthetic (EMLA) intervention, as compared with the topical anesthetic alone, in reducing children's distress during venipuncture ... -
A PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ANTISOCIAL OFFENDERS
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A PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1982)The purpose of this study was to determine the psychological characteristics which differentiate preadolescent girls (aged 10-13) with Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP) from preadolescent girls without RAP. The study investigated ... -
A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CHLORPROMAZINE (THORAZINE)
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A PSYCHOSOMATIC APPROACH TO GILLES DE LA TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
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A STUDY OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SADOMASOCHISM AND NARCISSISM
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1983)This dissertation deals with some of the interrelationships among phenomena of aggression, masochism, and narcissism. The theoretical and some of the experimental literature on aggression is reviewed, as is the more clinical ... -
A STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN ON SIMILARITY TASKS: ABSTRACT VERSUS CONCRETE THOUGHT PROCESSES IN VERBAL, PICTORIAL, AND REAL OBJECT SITUATIONS
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A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF FANTASY TO THE REDUCTION OF AGGRESSION
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A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMOR AND INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM AREAS
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A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL POWER AND STATUS ENVY THEORIES OF IDENTIFICATION
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1968)