Browsing Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations by Subject "Developmental psychology."
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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 linguistic errors in autistic and DLD preschoolers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)This exploratory study investigated similarities and differences in the language of autistic and developmental language disordered (DLD) preschoolers. It was hypothesized that both groups would display similar types of ... -
A controlled study of sensation awareness and verbal disclosure
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)This study investigates the proposition that distinguishing, describing and disclosing internal experience facilitates self-regulatory capacity. It is particularly suggested that distinctness of sensation experience and ... -
A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF INFANT INITIATION OF COMMUNICATION
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1983)This study investigated the development of social communication in infancy, from two weeks of age to six weeks of age, in a sample of seven infants who were observed at two, four, and six weeks. The infant's active initiation ... -
A DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY OF REVERSIBILITY IN WORD ASSOCIATIONS (MEMORY ORGANIZATION, MNEMONICS, COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)The current study investigates the ability of children to use reversible operations in memory. Specifically, the study tested children's ability to generate or recall information from opposite orders than the common or ... -
A novel swept-parameter transient visual evoked potential technique
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1997)The visual evoked potential (VEP) is a noninvasive electrophysiological measure of the visual system's response to deliberate visual stimulation. Conventional methods of recording transient evoked responses are impractical ... -
A preventive intervention with 'at-risk' premature infants: Its effects on development
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1989)This aim of this study was to study a research intervention in low social class premature infant sample. The intervention consisted of giving the mothers of the premature infants soft baby carriers in which to carry them. ... -
A psychoeducational intervention for pediatric residents: Pediatric pain
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)This study assessed the effectiveness of an experimental psychoeducational intervention designed to teach pediatric residents about behavioral and nonpharmacological methods for pediatric pain control. The need for effective ... -
Academic Performance and Social/Emotional Competence in Adolescence
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2011)Academic Performance and Social/Emotional Competence in Adolescents This study investigated the connections among students' emotional intelligence, academic affect, academic coping, and overall school achievement; while ... -
ADAPTATION VARIABLES FOR WOMEN DURING SEPARATION AND DIVORCE (STRESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, ADULT DEVELOPMENT, SELF ESTEEM, MOTHERS)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1986)The focus of this study was the relationship of self-esteem, social support, age, and additional demographic variables with multiple dimensions of adaptation to life for women recently divorced and/or separated. Eight ... -
Adolescent boundary structure and dream content
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)Hartmann (1991) recently developed the Boundary Questionnaire which measures the structure of one's ego boundaries. Hartmann, Elkin, & Garg (1991) demonstrated that boundary structure was a significant predictor of several ... -
Adolescent separation-individuation and borderline psychopathology
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)The relationships between separation-individuation difficulties, the presence of borderline personality disorder, and specific parent and family factors were examined. It was predicted that adolescents with borderline ... -
Adolescents' perceptions of how their parents shape their friendships
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2003)This study explored adolescents' perceptions of how their parents shape their friendships. Specifically, parents' messages about friendships were examined, and how these messages related to adolescents' relationships with ... -
AGGRESSION IN BOYS: FATHERS' ROLE IN AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SONS
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1981)This study examined the aggressive and assertive behaviors of father present (FP) and father absent (FA) boys in nursery schools. It was posited that the FA boys would show greater aggression and less assertion than the ... -
An investigation of speed of visual information processing in infants
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)The study was designed to examine: (1) the relationship between an indirect measure of speed of processing, namely fixation length, and a more direct measure of speed of processing, namely learning rate, and (2) the ... -
ANALYSIS OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)Five types of neurophysiological intervention for cerebral palsy were analyzed and compared using evaluative criteria based on the literature. It was concluded that each originator of an approach developed his or her ... -
Assessing adolescent vulnerability to cult affiliation
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1987)This study focuses on the issue of adolescent vulnerability to joining cults by investigating whether representative characteristics of cults members are identifiable in adolescents prior to group joining, and further, ... -
Attachment, negative affect, and suicidal ideation among adolescents
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)This study examined the relationships between dimensions of attachment, negative affective traits (anxiety, hostility, and depression), and severity of suicidal ideation in sixteen-to-eighteen-year-old adolescents. The ... -
Basketball, resiliency, and aggression in inner city male adolescents
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2007)This study examined connections among basketball-related resilience, aggression and psychological risk status in a group of 117 8th grade and high school aged elite-level, inner-city male basketball players. It was expected ... -
BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE INTERDEPENDENCE: CUMMINS AND BEYOND
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)Hispanic school children have long been influenced by bilingualism. That these children need to attain skills in English has been generally agreed upon; however, the controversy centers on whether L1 is to be maintained ...