Browsing Psychology by Author "Everhart, D. Erik"
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AN INITIAL STUDY OF THE EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF SYMPTOMS AND SEQUELAE OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Zurlinden, Taylor E (East Carolina University, 2021-11-15)Almost 3 million Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are reported in the United States annually, however this number is believed to be a significant underestimation of the true occurrence of TBIs. Although TBIs occur frequently, ... -
AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY OF THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SUBJECTIVE SLEEP QUALITY
Watson, Eric (East Carolina University, 2016-12-06)Background: Disordered sleep is a national health issue affecting an estimated 50-70 million US adults. The documented consequences of disordered sleep include impaired daily function, increased risk for chronic health ... -
ANXIETY AND FEAR IN RELATION TO SLEEP AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN A SAMPLE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Winters, Andrea R (East Carolina University, 2019-12-12)Long-term poor sleep contributes to the development and maintenance of chronic disease and physical and mental health challenges. Researchers have sought to understand the myriad of factors that influence sleep behavior, ... -
A BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING INTERVENTION (SIESTA) FOR ADOLESCENT SLEEP : EFFECTS ON NEUROCOGNITION AND SLEEP-RELATED BEHAVIOR
Moran, Alicia M. (East Carolina University, 2013)Several studies have described sleep characteristics of adolescents, concluding that adolescent sleep lacks duration, quality, and consistency. Due to behavioral, environmental and biological changes, adolescents tend to ... -
Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening, Heart Rate Variability, and Emotion Regulation
Loveless, James P. (East Carolina University, 2015)Recent findings have uncovered another layer of complexity with regards to the psychophysiology of emotion. Higher resting blood pressures have been shown to be related to increased difficulties with appraising and ... -
Detecting Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening: An Exploration of Emotional Dampening at Different Levels of Emotion Processing
Loveless, James P. (East Carolina University, 2017-07-05)Background: Cardiovascular emotional dampening is the phrase used to describe the inverse relationship between blood pressure and emotional responsivity. The emotional dampening literature is limited, but the phenomenon ... -
The Effects of Emotional States and Traits on Time Perception
Lehockey, Katie A. (East Carolina University, 2012)Background: Leading models of time perception share an important element of Scalar Expectancy Theory known as the internal clock, containing specific mechanisms by which the human mind is able to experience time passing ... -
Electroencephalographic (EEG) and Personality Correlates of Anger, Hostility, and Aggression
Watson, Eric (East Carolina University, 2014)Background: Anger, Hostility, and Aggression have been thought of as major influencing factors of numerous negative health behaviors. To date, research has focused on identifying various personality types in effort to ... -
Eyes Open, Eyes Closed: Exploring the Cognitive and Neurophysiological Features of Sleep and Physical Activity
Nicoletta, Alexandra (East Carolina University, 2021-11-19)Background: Poor sleep has been linked to negative health outcomes across the lifespan while physical activity has been explored as a protective factor for health. Research examining sleep and neuropsychological functioning ... -
Individual Differences in Error Related Processing of Expectancy Violations
Highsmith, Jonathan M. (East Carolina University, 2012)Electrophysiological investigations of brain processing of feedback reveal that the anterior cingulate cortex is important in monitoring for behavioral errors. The feedback related negativity (FRN) is an event related ... -
Personality Correlates of Compliance with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Sleep Apnea
Moran, Alicia M. (East Carolina University, 2010)Unlike many chronic illnesses with less than optimal treatment efficacy, the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), is extremely efficacious. However, treatment compliance ... -
PREDICTING TREATMENT ADHERENCE FROM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVORIAL ACTIVATION (BAS) AND BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION (BIS) SYSTEMS
Lehockey, Katie A. (East Carolina University, 2014)Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic sleep disorder with a demanding and complex treatment regimen. Even though continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly effective treatment for OSA, approximately ... -
The Relationship between Neuropsychological Measures of Executive Functioning and Anxiety with Neurophysiological Markers of Cognitive and Affective Control
Highsmith, Jonathan M. (East Carolina University, 2014)With cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) centrally positioned as the dominant model in the psychosocial treatment of mental disorders, research investigating biomarkers of dysfunctional cognitive processing may aid our ... -
The Influence of Potentially Morally Injurious Experiences on the Stigma of Seeking Professional Mental Health Care Among Service Members and Veterans
Griffith, Ashley M (East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)Background: Moral injury, or the engagement in or witnessing of an act that violates a person’s moral code, has undergone increased research in the past decade, especially as it applies to service members and Veterans. ...