Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Kristin Neff. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Springfield College, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Title from title screen. Jeffery S. Ashby, committee chair; Kenneth B. Matheny, Greg Brack, T. Chris Oshima,committee members. Electronic text (86 p.) : digital PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 14, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-75).

El presente estudio analiza la correlación entre la empatía y el razonamiento moral prosocial en una muestra de 105 estudiantes de psicología de una universidad privada de Lima, con edades correspondientes entre los 17 y los 28 años. El razonamiento moral prosocial es medido mediante el test Una Medida Objetiva del Razonamiento Moral Prosocial (PROM-R) elaborado por Carlo, Eisenberg y Knight en 1992; mientras que la empatía se evalúa a través del Índice de Reactividad Interpersonal (IRI) creado por Mark Davis en 1980, ambos test adaptados para la presente investigación. Los resultados obtenidos indican de forma general que existe una correlación positiva significativa entre ambos constructos estudiados, correlacionando de forma significativa los niveles Estereotipado e Internalizado del razonamiento moral prosocial con los factores Toma de Perspectiva, Fantasía y Preocupación Empática, pertenecientes a la empatía. Además, no se evidencia diferencias significativas con respecto al sexo para el razonamiento moral prosocial, mientras que en la empatía existen únicamente diferencias significativas de acuerdo al sexo en la subescala Fantasía. The present study examines the correlation between empathy and prosocial moral reasoning in a sample of 105 psychology students from a private university in Lima, with corresponding ages between 17 and 28 years old. The prosocial moral reasoning is measured by the test Prosocial Moral Reasoning Objective Measure (PROM-R) developed by Carlo, Eisenberg and Knight in 1992; while empathy is evaluated through the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) created by Mark Davis in 1980, both tests adapted to the present investigation. The general results indicates that there is a significant positive correlation between both constructs studied, correlating significantly the levels Stereotyped and Internalized of the prosocial moral reasoning with the factors Perspective-Taking, Fantasy and Empathic Concern, belonging to empathy. No significant difference was found in regard to sex for prosocial moral reasoning, while in empathy exists only significant differences according to sex in the Fantasy subscale.

M.A. (Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

Thesis supervisor: Judy Polumbaum. Includes bibliographic references (p. 232-241).

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The purpose of this study was to come to an understanding of the meaning and experience of community for undergraduate students at a research-intensive university. It was assumed that exploring community bounded by disciplinary affiliation would be a valuable approach to understanding this phenomenon within the context of the researchintensive university. In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 third year Psychology students pursuing either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree, and a survey designed to explore key aspects of interviewees' experiences was administered to a larger cohort of such students. Students' experiences were examined through the lens of constitutive and individualistic community frameworks, and ideal and actual experiences were compared. The results of this study show that a focus on disciplinary affiliation was a useful approach to understanding the meaning of community. Results document the significant influences of disciplinary affiliation on community membership and belonging. This exploration revealed that issues of community membership, involvement, and belonging were longitudinal processes that entailed complex patterns of participation and modes of exclusion that were influenced by students' aspirations and obligations as well as structural characteristics of the Psychology department and of the research-intensive university.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the influence of cultural factors, such as self-construal, and social beliefs, on coping for U.S. and Chinese college students. Data from 325 U.S. and 321 Chinese college students were used for the analyses. It was found that independent self-construal, beliefs in reward for application and social complexity predicted task-oriented coping and self-regulation for both the U.S. and Chinese students. It was also found that beliefs in both fate control and social cynicism were associated with avoidance and emotion-focused coping in both groups. These two patterns of relationships were also observed across gender in each sample. Differences were also noted between the two countries. For the U.S. students, independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal contributed equally to task-oriented coping and self regulation, whereas for the Chinese students, only independent self-construal predicted these coping strategies. Moreover, religiosity was associated with emotion-focused coping and self regulation for the Chinese participants, while this pattern was not found in the U.S. student sample. The results of this study support the transactional model of coping. Consistent with previous findings, significant associations were found between three of the cultural variables (independent self-construal, beliefs in social complexity, and reward in application) and taskoriented coping. In contrast to prior research, the current study indicates that both independent and interdependent self-construal predicted task-oriented coping for the U.S. students. This contradicts Lam and Zane’s (2004) findings which suggested that these two dimensions of selfconstrual affect coping differently. Moreover, the current study found associations in the U.S. sample between self-construal, social beliefs, and coping dimensions which were originally identified in Chinese populations (i.e., self-regulation and help seeking). Similarly, the current research illuminated relationships in the Chinese sample between self-construal, social beliefs, and coping dimensions which were originally identified in the West (i.e., task-oriented and emotion-oriented coping). These findings suggest that current conceptualizations of coping in the West and China may not fully capture important aspects of coping in these two cultures. These results were discussed in relation to past findings in the literature, as well as the cultural contexts of the U.S. and China. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services