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The Influence of Dental Anxiety on Oral Hygiene Practices
The present study explored the effects of dental anxiety on frequency of brushing and flossing. Results indicate that dental anxiety is associated with frequency of flossing but not brushing. Dental professionals may consider implementing anxiety reducing techniques and further emphasize to patients the value of flossing on a daily basis. Michael A. DeDonno Barry University
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Investigating the (Neglected) Role of Personality in Testing
Institutional accountability assessments are common in higher education, and most have no personal consequences for students. Importantly, research has shown that in low-stakes testing environments, test-taking motivation is related to test performance (i.e., lower motivation is associated with lower test performance — e.g., Wolf & Smith, 1995). Liu, Bridgeman, and Adler’s (2012) recent work showed that the addition of personal consequences in a low-stakes testing environment increased both students’ test-taking motivation and student’s test performance.
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A Stimulus/traits-organism-response (S/T-O-R) Model of Job Satisfaction
Over the years, situational and dispositional influences on job satisfaction has attracted much attention in the field of organizational behavior. Past research has yielded evidence that situational characteristics or environmental stimuli (S) affect job satisfaction (S-R model); and that personality traits (T) can be also a significant source of the emotional response (T-R model).
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He’s Just Not That Into Me: Rejection Influences Women’s Risky Sexual Decision Making
Given the significant consequences involved in women’s choices to have unprotected sex, empirical research designed to understand the in-the-moment factors influencing women’s risky sexual decision-making has become crucial. For the present study, we employed Downey and Feldman’s Rejection Sensitivity Model (RSM; 1996) as a theoretical base to examine how a woman’s exposure to potentially rejecting cues from a romantic partner can influence her in-the-moment intentions to have unprotected sex with him, as a function of her intrapersonal level of rejection sensitivity.
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Hey, Can You Watch My Stuff? A Study of Change Blindness During Real World Interactions
Many people fail to notice if someone is replaced by another during an interaction. Is change blindness reduced when individual identity is more important — e.g., when someone requests that you watch his or her belongings? Most participants do not notice when a different individual returns to retrieve even valuable belongings. Karen Yu, Audrey Cooney, Alexandra Ginsburg, Jack Kelle, Sarah Kelly Sewanee: The University of the South
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A Family Affair
APS has been a family affair for us over the years. When the girls were little, they would come along for the ride. Since 2009, though, they have been active participants. To emphasize the “Psychology as a Hub Science” approach proposed by former APS President John Cacioppo, we combine Kristin’s expertise in systems engineering, Karen’s expertise in communications and social media, and mom’s expertise in psychology to collaborate on research projects. In general, we are interested in capturing first impressions using quantitative methods.
