Faculty Publications
Publications written by faculty and staff in the Department of Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa.
Submissions from 2015
Neuroticism and Cortisol: The Importance of Checking for Sex Differences, M. Catherine DeSoto and Manuel Salinas
The Complexity Of Cross-Cultural Variation: Values In Guatemala And The U.S., Sara Estrada-Villalta and Nicholas Terpstra-Schwab
Impact Of A Passive Social Marketing Intervention In Community Pharmacies On Oral Contraceptive And Condom Sales: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Karen B. Farris, Mary L. Aquilino, Peter Batra, Vince Marshall, and Mary E. Losch
Factors Contributing to Faculty Research Misconduct, Anita Gordon and Helen Harton
University Faculty Perceptions of Research Practices and Misconduct, Anita Gordon and Helen Harton
Perceptions of research misconduct: Pilot data from a national survey, Anita M. Gordon and Helen Harton
University faculty perceptions of research practices and misconduct, Anita M. Gordon and Helen Harton
Big Opportunities or Big Problems?: Participants’ Views on Big Data, Helen Harton, Michael Mintz, and Kristin Broussard
Adhd Symptoms In American Indian/Alaska Native Boys And Girls, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, Jami Bartgis, and David G. Thomas
Cheating Resistant Pedagogies: Applying Insights from “Cheating Lessons” in the Classroom, Martha Reineke, Kim Baker, Lisa Brodersen, and Timothy Adamson
Submissions from 2014
Mentoring And Facilitating Professional Engagement As Quality Enhancement Strategies: An Overview And Evaluation Of The Family Child Care Partnerships Program, Ellen Abell, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Robin I. Putnam, and Ellaine B. Miller
Hyperbolic Discounting: Value and Time Processes of Substance Abusers and Non-Clinical Individuals in Intertemporal Choice, Jiuqing Cheng and Claudia González-Vallejo
Network Structure Moderates Intergroup Differentiation Of Stereotyped Rumors, Nicholas DiFonzo, Jerry Suls, Jason W. Beckstead, Martin J. Bourgeois, Christopher M. Homan, Samuel Brougher, Andrew J. Younge, and Nicholas Terpstra-Schwab
Rational and moral perceptions of research misconduct, Anita M. Gordon
Rational Choice and Moral Decision-Making in Research, Anita M. Gordon
Associations Among Eating Regulation And Body Mass Index, Weight, And Body Fat In College Students: The Moderating Role Of Gender, Sareen S. Gropper, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Denali C. Lord, Kevin W. Huggins, Karla P. Simmons, and Pamela V. Ulrich
Diagnostic Reliability Of Mmpi-2 Computer-Based Test Interpretations, Hina Pant, Brian J. McCabe, Mark A. Deskovitz, Nathan C. Weed, and John E. Williams
The Effects Of Emergent Norms And Attitudes On Recycling Behavior, Nicholas Schwab, Helen C. Harton, and Jerry G. Cullum
Constructivist Approaches To Moral Education In Early Childhood, Betty Zan and Carolyn Hildebrant
Submissions from 2013
Driving Anger And Metacognition: The Role Of Thought Confidence On Anger And Aggressive Driving Intentions, Kevin L. Blankenship, Sundé M. Nesbit, and Renee A. Murray
Experience Sampling Methods for Work-Family Research: A Review and Research Agenda, Adam Butler, Zhaoli Song, and Remus Ilies
"Wow, That Was Funny": The Value Of Exposure And Humor In Fostering Campaign Message Sharing, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Erica L. Spies, Christie Boxer, Kristina M. Scharp, and Mary E. Losch
Ignoring The Forest And The Trees: Vaccine Antigen Study Is Overmatched, M. Catherine Desoto
Professional Opinion on the Question of Changes in Autism Incidence, M. Catherine DeSoto and Robert T. Hitlan
Stimulant Medication Use In College Students: Comparison Of Appropriate Users, Misusers, And Nonusers, Cynthia M. Hartung, Will H. Canu, Carolyn S. Cleveland, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Melissa J. Mignogna, David A. Fedele, Christopher J. Correia, Thad Leffingwell, and Joshua D. Clapp
Further Validation Of A Single-Item Measure Of Social Identification, Stephen Reysen, Iva Katzarska-Miller, Sundé M. Nesbit, and Lindsey Pierce
Dwelling On 'Road Rage': The Effects Of Trait Rumination On Aggressive Driving, Kyle A. Suhr and Sundé Nesbit
Does The Disorder Matter? Investigating A Moderating Effect On Coached Noncredible Overreporting Using The Mmpi-2 And Pai, Carlo O.C. Veltri and John E. Williams
Submissions from 2012
Preschoolers’ Daytime Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Nightime Sleep, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Lori Elmore-Staton, Mona El-Sheikh, and Brian Vaughn
Associations Between Preschoolers' Daytime and Nighttime Sleep Parameters, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Lori Staton, Mona El-Sheikh, Brian E. Vaughn, and W. Justin Dyer
Prevalence Of Problem Gambling In Iowa: Revisiting Shaffer's Adaptation Hypothesis, Donald W. Black, Brett McCormick, Mary E. Losch, Martha Shaw, Gene Lutz, and Jeff Allen
The Contribution Of Previous Contact And Personality Traits To Severe Mental Illness Stigma, Seth A. Brown
Segmenting Audiences And Tailoring Messages: Using The Extended Parallel Process Model And Cluster Analysis To Improve Health Campaigns, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Knute D. Carter, and Mary Losch
Ambivalence, Communication And Past Use: Understanding What Influences Women's Intentions To Use Contraceptives, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Erica L. Spies, and Mary Losch
Temporal Discounting in Heroin-dependent Patients: No Sign Effect, Weaker Magnitude Effect, and the Relationship with Inhibitory Control, Jiuqing Cheng, Yanhong Lu, Xiaodong Han, Claudia González-Vallejo, and Nan Sui
Synthetic Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Increase The Risk Of Developing Autism, M. Catherine Desoto and Robert T. Hitlan
Sex Differences In The Manifestation Of Adhd In Emerging Adults, David A. Fedele, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, and Will H. Canu
Preliminary Examination Of A Cartoon-Based Hostile Attributional Bias Measure For Urban African American Boys, Stephen S. Leff, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Gagan S. Khera, Brooke Paskewich, and Abbas F. Jawad
Psychometric Properties Of A Primary Care Mental Health Screening Tool For Young Children, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, and David A. Fedele
The Influence Of Just-World Beliefs On Driving Anger And Aggressive Driving Intentions, Sundé M. Nesbit, Kevin L. Blankenship, and Renee A. Murray
Predicting Aggressive Driving Behavior From Anger And Negative Cognitions, Sundé M. Nesbit and Judith C. Conger
Submissions from 2011
Children’s Sleep, Skin Conductance Level and Mental Health, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla and Mona El-Sheikh
Children's Internalizing Symptoms: The Role of Interactions Between Cortisol and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Mona El-Sheikh, J. Benjamin Hinnant, and Stephen A. Erath
Unlocking The Condoms: The Effect On Sales And Theft, Daniel Ashwood, Karen B. Farris, Shelly Campo, Mary L. Aquilino, and Mary Losch
Standardized Measures For Substance Use Stigma, Seth A. Brown
Academic Demands Are Associated With Reduced Alcohol Consumption By College Students: Evidence From A Daily Analysis, Adam B. Butler, Desiree Spencer, and Kama Dodge
When My Country Is At War: Issue Importance And Interpersonal Influence Lead Iraq War Attitudes To Cluster Within Social Networks, Jerry G. Cullum, Bradley M. Okdie, and Helen C. Harton
Brief Report: Presence Of A Dog, Pet Attachment, And Loneliness Among Elders, Elaine M. Eshbaugh, John W. Somervill, Justina H. Kotek, Elizabeth Perez, Kayla R. Nalan, Claire E. Wilson, and Quinn T. Bullis
Renewed Application Of An Old Method Improves Detection Of Coronary Ischemia: A Higher Standard Of Care, Richard M. Fleming, Gordon M. Harrington, Riaz Baqir, Scott Jay, Sridevi Challapalli, Kayla Avery, and Jim Green
Disruptive Behaviors And Aggression, C. M. Hartung, E. K. Lefler, and D. A. Fedele
The Role Of Racial Markers In Race Perception And Racial Categorization, Otto H. MacLin and M. Kimberly MacLin
Promoting Family And School Success For Children With Adhd: Strengthening Relationships While Building Skills, Jennifer A. Mautone, Elizabeth K. Lefler, and Thomas J. Power
Individual-Level Predictors Of Perceived Safety: Data From An International Sample, Shelly A. McGrath and Stacilyn Chananie-Hill
Evaluation Of Cognitive Responses To Anger-Provoking Driving Situations Using The Articulated Thoughts During Simulated Situations Procedure, Sundé M. Nesbit and Judith C. Conger
Submissions from 2010
Contribution of Snacking to Older Adults' Vitamin, Carotenoid, and Mineral Intakes, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla, Claire A. Zizza, and Kathy Jo Ellison
Implementing A Brief Hallucination Simulation As A Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Strategy, Seth A. Brown
An Examination Of Two Brief Stigma Reduction Strategies: Filmed Personal Contact And Hallucination Simulations, Seth A. Brown, Yolanda Evans, Kelly Espenschade, and Maureen O'Connor
College Student Employment And Drinking: A Daily Study Of Work Stressors, Alcohol Expectancies, And Alcohol Consumption, Adam B. Butler, Kama D. Dodge, and Eric Faurote
Caution, The Use Of Humor May Lead To Confusion: Evaluation Of A Video Podcast Of The Midwest Teen Sex Show, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Erica L. Spies, and Mary Losch
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies And Improving Contraceptive Use Among Young Adult Women In A Rural, Midwestern State: Health Promotion Implications, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Erica L. Spies, and Mary Losch
Sorting Out The Spinning Of Autism: Heavy Metals And The Question Of Incidence, Mary Catherine deSoto and Robert T. Hitlan
Testosterone Fluctuations In Young Men: The Difference Between Interacting With Like And Not-Like Others, M. Catherine DeSoto, Robert T. Hitlan, Rory Sean Deol, and Derrick McAdams
Testosterone Fluctuations in Young Men: The Difference Between Interacting With Like and Not-Like Others, M. Catherine DeSoto, Robert T. Hitlan, Rory-Sean S. Deol, and Derrick McAdams
Fhrww Stress Spect Protocol Reduces Radioactive Dosage And Increases Ischemia Detection, Richard M. Fleming and Gordon M. Harrington
Preliminary Examination of a New Mental Health Screener in a Pediatric Sample, Elizabeth K. Lefler and Cynthia M. Hartung
Halo Effects in Ratings of ADHD and ODD: Identification of Susceptible Symptoms, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, Ashley B. Tempel, Monica L. Armendariz, Benjamin A. Sigel, and Carolyn S. Little
The 'Bookshelf Illusion' - A Real-World Zöllner-Type Illusion?, Otto H. MacLin and Dwight J. Peterson
Face Recognition In Context: A Case Study Of Tips On A Call-In Crime TV Show, Otto H. MacLin, Ryan Tapscott, and M. Kimberly Maclin
Perceptual Identification And The Cross-Race Effect, Jessica L. Marcon, Christian A. Meissner, Michael Frueh, Kyle J. Susa, and Otto H. MacLin
Who Cares About Being Gentle? The Impact Of Social Identity And The Gender Of One's Friends On Children's Display Of Same-Gender Favoritism, Rachael D. Robnett and Joshua E. Susskind
Young Women's Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Related To Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Erica L. Spies, Natoshia M. Askelson, Emma Gelman, and Mary Losch
Submissions from 2009
Do Job Demands Undermine Parenting? A Daily Analysis Of Spillover And Crossover Effects, Brenda L. Bass, Adam B. Butler, Joseph G. Grzywacz, and Kirsten D. Linney
Personality And Non-Suicidal Deliberate Self-Harm: Trait Differences Among A Non-Clinical Population, Seth A. Brown
Workplace Flexibility, Self-Reported Health, And Health Care Utilization, Adam B. Butler, Joseph G. Grzywacz, Susan L. Ettner, and Bo Liu
Ockham's Razor And Autism: The Case For Developmental Neurotoxins Contributing To A Disease Of Neurodevelopment, M. Catherine DeSoto
College Student Retention: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs And Purpose In Life Among College Students, S. Joseph Dewitz, M. Lynn Woolsey, and W. Bruce Walsh
Work, Family, And Health: Work-Family Balance As A Protective Factor Against Stresses Of Daily Life, Joseph G. Grzywacz, Adam B. Butler, and David M. Almeida
The Influence Of Workplace Exclusion And Personality On Counterproductive Work Behaviours: An Interactionist Perspective, Robert T. Hitlan and Jennifer Noel
Antecedents Of Gender Harassment: An Analysis Of Person And Situation Factors, Robert T. Hitlan, John B. Pryor, Matthew S. Hesson-McInnis, and Michael Olson
Contrast Sensitivity in Children With and Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms, Elizabeth Lefler, Jami Bartgis, Cynthia M. Hartung, and David G. Thomas
Extension of a Social Skills Intervention Program for School-Age Children to the Head Start Population, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, and Douglas J. Scambler
Effects of a Social Skills Intervention Administered in Mixed Diagnostic Groups for Children with Peer Relationship Problems, Elizabeth K. Lefler, Cynthia M. Hartung, Douglas J. Scambler, Melanie C. Page, Maureen A. Sullivan, Monica L. Armendariz, Jill C. Isenberg, and Christina M. Warner
The Effect Of Defendant Facial Expression On Mock Juror Decision-Making: The Power Of Remorse, M. Kimberly MacLin, Corynn Downs, Otto H. MacLin, and Heather M. Caspers
Adaptation to Racial Content of Emergent Race Faces: Gradient Shift or Peak Shift?, M. Kimberly MacLin, Otto MacLin, and Dwight Peterson
Social Psychophysics: Using Psychophysics To Answer "Social" Questions With Psychopro, Otto H. MacLin, M. Kimberly MacLin, Dwight Peterson, Osman Chowdhry, and Priyanka Joshi
Psychopro 2.0: Using Multidimensional Scaling To Examine The Perceptual Categorization Of Race, Otto H. MacLin, Dwight J. Peterson, Cody Hashman, and Nick Flach
Communication Networks, Nicholas G. Schwab and Martin J. Bourgeois
Handling A Dog By Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Calming Or Exciting?, John W. Somervill, Ashley M. Swanson, Renee L. Robertson, Marissa A. Arnett, and Otto H. MacLin
Submissions from 2008
Commentary on Special Section on “Bidirectional Parent–Child Relationships”: The Continuing Evolution of Dynamic, Transactional Models of Parenting and Youth Behavior Problems, Dilbur D. Arsiwalla and Gregory S. Pettit
Practical Advice For Conducting Ethical Online Experiments And Questionnaires For United States Psychologists, Kimberly A. Barchard and John Williams
Emotional Reactions To Simulations Of Auditory Hallucinations, Seth A. Brown
Factors And Measurement Of Mental Illness Stigma: A Psychometric Examination Of The Attribution Questionnaire, Seth A. Brown
The Reality Of Persecutory Beliefs: Base Rate Information For Clinicians, Seth A. Brown
The Green Acres Effect: The Need For A New Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign Tailored To Rural Audiences, Shelly Campo, Natoshia M. Askelson, Tracy Routsong, Lorrie J. Graaf, Mary Losch, and Holly Smith
Concerning Blood Mercury Levels And Autism: A Need To Clarify [2], Catherine M. DeSoto and T. Robert Hitlan
A Reply To Soden Et Al.: Your Data Shows Autistic Children Have Higher Levels Of Heavy Metals, M. Catherine DeSoto
What Is The Relationship Between Myocardial Perfusion Imaging And Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors And Markers Of Inflammation?, Richard M. Fleming and Gordon M. Harrington
Requivalent, Meta-Analysis, And Robustness: An Empirical Examination Of Rosenthal And Rubin's Effect Size Indicator, Andrew R. Gilpin
Religion And Health Connection: A Study Of African American, Protestant Christians, Melvin E. Gonnerman, Gene M. Lutz, Michele Yehieli, and Bruce K. Meisinger
Work-Family Conflict, Joseph G. Grzywacz and Adam B. Butler
