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Description:: Missing data are often described as an annoyance in research and generally presented as a source of error or bias during analysis. To this end, methods that center on planned missingness are an underappreciated and powerful tool that can actually be used to improve data collection and the validity of...
Keyword:: Temperament, Cognitive ability, Simulations, Interests, Environmental pollution, and Missing data designs
Subject:: Geographic information science and geodesy, Personality psychology, and Behavioral psychology
Creator:: Dworak, Elizabeth M.
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16095 and etdadmin_upload_903324

Description:: The prevalence of obesity within the US continues to rise, and many individuals elect to involve supportive others in their weight loss. Social support is generally helpful in weight management, but its mechanisms are less understood. One construct that deserves further attention is homophily, or the notion that “birds of...
Keyword:: Weight Loss, Homophily, Behavior Change, Social Support, Intervention, and Obesity
Subject:: Behavioral sciences, Behavioral psychology, and Clinical psychology
Creator:: Hoffman Marchese, Sara
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 10/07/2021
Date Created:: 2021-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_838140 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15672

Description:: Multiteam systems (MTSs), or teams of teams, have recently become a standard for collaboration—ranging from traditional office teams to those setting a course for Mars. Although leadership is often identified as a critical lever for effective MTS functioning and success, there is little research to inform the question of how...
Keyword:: Leadership, Training, and Multiteam Systems
Subject:: Social psychology, Behavioral psychology, and Communication
Creator:: Niler, Ashley
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15188 and etdadmin_upload_755209

Description:: People evidence behaviors that engender hope for future behavior change, but also evidence this hope when there is no reason to believe that any behavior change will occur. For example, prior research suggests that temporal factors make people susceptible to change their minds over time, and a confluence of cognitive...
Keyword:: cognitive heuristic, temporal cognition, cognitive bias, luck, cognition, and decision-making
Subject:: Cognitive psychology, Behavioral sciences, and Behavioral psychology
Creator:: Salomon-Amend, Meghan Maureen
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_668035 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14710

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