Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2004. / Abstract. "In an attempt to bolster active family interaction, the Big Idea Foundation ... designed a set of activities based on the principles of experiential education"--Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-38).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed April 4, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)-- San Diego State University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 20-23). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.A.)-- San Diego State University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 20-23).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-80).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Regent College, Vancouver, BC, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-157).

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Psychology, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Psychopathy and alexithymia are disorders with many conceptual similarities. For example, Factor 1 of the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991) contains items like shallow affect and lack of empathy, which seem to map on to the construct of alexithymia. Additionally, both psychopaths and alexithymics display striking differences from others in their use of language, especially affective language. The two areas of interest in the present study were (a) occurrence and co—occurrence of psychopathy and alexithymia in a sample of female inmates, and (b) the relationship between affective language and these two disorders. Psychopathy and alexithymia were assessed in 37 women offenders incarcerated in a Burnaby Correctional Centre, using the PCL-R and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale ( TAS; Taylor, Ryan & Bagby, 1985). Each subject was presented with a short written scenario designed to elicit an emotional response, and asked to describe the feelings of the characters in the story. Their taped responses were analyzed for measures of affect. Base rates of both disorders were comparable to those in similar samples, ( 30% of the inmates were diagnosed as psychopathic; 33% as alexithymic) but the coxnorbidity rate was only 8%. There was a significant correlation between alexithymia scores and PCL—R Factor 2 scores — the factor assessing antisocial behaviour. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the TAS and PCL-R were both predictive of violence. This relationship between the PCL-R and violence is well substantiated; that the TAS also predicts violence is a newer finding. Alexithymics spoke more slowly, used fewer total words overall and fewer affective words, and displayed less emotion in their voices than did nonalexithymics. Psychopaths could not be identified by any vocal measures except a slight tendency to speak faster than nonpsychopaths. Although both disorders are characterized’ by affective impoverishment, the verbal expressions of affect were very different in psychopaths and alexithymics. The psychopaths were adept at convincing raters of an emotional investment they did not feel; alexithymics could not disguise their lack of appropriate emotional response. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

The current study utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the factor-to-factor relations and temporal associations between disturbances in negative affect (NA) and positive symptoms of psychosis (PP). Data were drawn from a large, public-domain data set (MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study). A dimensional approach was used to conceptualize and identify latent variables of NA (depression, anxiety, and guilt) and PP (hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder) among individuals with a diagnosis of primary psychotic disorder. Results showed that anxiety, guilt, and depressed mood modeled an NA latent variable, and that hallucinations and unusual thought content modeled a PP latent variable. As predicted, results revealed strong, significant cross-sectional (synchronous) associations between NA and PP at each measured time-frame, suggesting that NA and PP occurred concurrently within the sample. Contrary to predictions, no significant cross-lagged effect between NA and PP was identified (10 weeks and 20 weeks respectively).

Orientador: Dolores Cristina Gomes Galindo / Resumo: Esta tese tem por objetivo relacionar o Apadrinhamento Afetivo com a Roda de Capoeira Nação Cultural, localizada no Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo, Brasil. O Apadrinhamento Afetivo do tipo informal compôs com as múltiplas deficiências experienciadas tanto pela pesquisadora como pelos demais participantes da Roda de Capoeira. Com inspiração na obra Borderlands: the new mestiza, de Gloria Anzaldúa, deu-se um processo de escrita marcado por estados fronteiriços de existência, originando a mestiçagem desta produção. A partir daí, percebeu-se a formação de três Rodas: a Roda dos Enjeitados, a Roda de Capoeira e a Roda da Academia, e tais rodas contribuíram, com suas curvas e entrelaçamentos, na composição da espiral dos mestiços. Este processo de Apadrinhamento Afetivo Informal se mostrou consistente enquanto estratégia de afirmação da vida, e tal abordagem, composta por muitas mãos, braços, próteses, pernas, cadeiras de rodas e vozes, pôde contribuir para a construção de um olhar inovador sobre o Apadrinhamento Afetivo e a deficiência. / Resumen: Esta investigación tiene por objetivo relacionar el Apadrinamiento Afectivo y la Rueda de Capoeira “Nacion Cultural” que ocorrió en un pueblo del Valle del Ribeira, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Con inspiración en la obra Borderlands: the new mestiza, de Gloria Anzaldúa, se dio la mescla narrativa a partir de la relación de apadrinamiento entre los miembros de la Rueda de Capoeira y las escritas distintivas de la investigadoray tanbiem a la vivencia comunitaria sobre la discapacidad. La experiencia de la Rueda se ha ampliado para tres ruedas diferenciadas, la Rueda de Los Rechazados, La Rueda de Capoeira, la Rueda de la Universidad. En el proceso de escrita de las limitaciones impuestas por estados fronterizos de existencia, se percibe que el Apadrinamiento Afectivo Informal y las escritas se abren como metodologías de afirmación de la vida, haciendo, con la participación de las tres ruedas,la espiral de los mestizos. Tales metodologías, hechas com muchas manos, brazos, prótesis, piernas, sillas de ruedas y voces, construyeron tecnologías circulares de la diversidad, con el afecto conectando e invitando a la nueva vision de la Discapacidad y el Apadrinamiento. / Abstract: This research aims to relate Godmothers/Godfathers and the Wheel of Capoeira “Cultural Nation” in a municipality of the Ribeira Valley, state of São Paulo, Brazil. With inspiration in the work "Borderlands: the new mestiza", by Gloria Anzaldúa, narrative from the sponsorship relations between the members inside the Wheel of Capoeira and the researcher inside the disability’s world. The experience of Wheel has been solved in three kinds of wheel–Refused ́s Wheel, Capoeira ́s Wheel, University ́s Wheel-and extended to the community experience of disability. In the process of writing the limitations imposed by border states of existence, it is perceived that Affective Sponsorship and odd narratives as life affirmation methodologies, spiraling the mestizo’s loop and building the concept about Informal Godfathering. Such methodologies, composed of between many hands, arms, prothestics, legs, wheelchairs and voices, have an affect on viewaboutDisability and Godfathering. / Doutor