The educators of the Department of Psychology at Messiah frequently publish and present quality scholarship in their field and in the context of their vibrant Christian faith.

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Submissions from 2021

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PTSD Perceptions in U.S. Military Members and Their Families: A Qualitative Study, Jennifer L. Thomson

Submissions from 2019

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Pedagogical Perspectives on Counselor Education: An Autoethnographic Experience of Doctoral Student Development, A Elliott, B. M. Salazar, B. L. Dennis, Lynn Bohecker, T. Nielson, K. LaMantia, and D. M. Kleist

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First-Year Counselors-in-Training and Perceptions of the Group Environment, L. G. Vereen, Lynn Bohecker, A. H. Elliott, K. LaMantia, H. N. Martinez, and N. Burrow

Submissions from 2018

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Godspeed: Counselor Education Doctoral Student Experiences From Diverse Religious and Spiritual Backgrounds, A. M. Anekstein, Lynn Bohecker, T. Nielson, and H. Martinez

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United We Stand: Narrative Study to Aid the Counseling Profession in Developing a Coherent Identity, S. J. Eissenstat and Lynn Bohecker

Submissions from 2017

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The Idea of Calling Presented in Light of High-Impact Practices in a General Education Course and Beyond, John I. Bechtold

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Spirituality and Religion: The Ninth CACREP Core Curriculum Area, Lynn Bohecker, R. Schellenberg, and J. Silvey

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Research and Scholarship in Group Work: Scope and Emergent Themes Over 20 Years, L. G. Vereen and Lynn Bohecker

Submissions from 2016

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Increasing Students’ Empathy and Counseling Self-Efficacy Through a Mindfulness Experiential Small Group, Lynn Bohecker and E. A. Doughty Horn

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A Mindfulness Experiential Small Group to Help Students Tolerate Ambiguity, Lynn Bohecker, L. G. Vereen, P. C. Wells, and C. C. Wathen

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Perceived Relationship With God Moderates the Relationship Between Social Comparison and Body Appreciation, K. J. Homan and Valerie A. Lemmon

Submissions from 2015

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The Career Development of Adolescent Mothers: A Review of 25 Years of Professional Literature, Heather H. Barto, S. F. Lambert, and P. E. Brott

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Ally Development Through Feminist Pedagogy: A Systemic Focus on Intersectionality, K. LaMantia, H. Wagner, and Lynn Bohecker

Submissions from 2014

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Mindfully Educating Our Future: The MESG Curriculum for Training Emergent Counselors, Lynn Bohecker, C. Wathen, P. Wells, B. M. Salazar, and L. G. Vereen

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Attachment to God and Eating Disorder Tendencies: The Mediating Role of Social Comparison, K. J. Homan and Valerie A. Lemmon

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Region-Specific Contribution of the VTA to Heroin-Induced Conditioned Immunomodulation, Lee Hutson, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, Timothy Saurer, Christina Lebonville, Rita Fuchs, and Donald Lysle

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The Religious Roots of Ernest L. Boyer's Educational Vision: A Theology of Public Pietism, D. Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen

Submissions from 2013

Religion’s return to higher education: A Primer, Douglas Jacobson and Rhonda Jacobson

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Heroin-induced conditioned immunomodulation requires expression of IL-1β in the dorsal hippocampus, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, Christina Lebonville, Lee Hutson, Rita Fuchs, and Donald Lysle

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Morphine prevents the development of stress-enhanced fear learning, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, Christina Lebonville, and Donald Lyslea

Submissions from 2012

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Tradition-enhanced university education and Six questions about religion for every Baptist-related university, Douglas Jacobson and Rhonda Jacobson

Submissions from 2011

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Formation in the Classroom, F. Glennon, D. Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, J. J. Thatamanil, A. Porterfield, and M. E. Moore

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Ventral tegmental area-basolateral amygdala-nucleus accumbens shell neurocircuitry controls the expression of heroin-conditioned immunomodulation, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, Rita Fuchs, and Donald Lysle

Submissions from 2010

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Dopamine D1 receptors within the basolateral amygdala mediate heroin-induced conditioned immunomodulation, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson and Donald Lysle

Submissions from 2009

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African American English: Implications for School Counseling Professionals, N. L. Day-Vines, Heather H. Barto, B. L. Booker, K. V. Smith, J. Barna, B. S. Maiden, L. Zegley, and M. T. Felder

Submissions from 2008

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Online Shopping as Foraging: The Effects of Increasing Delays on Purchasing and Patch Residence, D. A. Hantula and Diane Brockman

Religion and higher education: Historic, personal, and public, Douglas Jacobson and Rhonda Jacobson

Review of M. E. Marty, The mystery of the child., Rhonda Jacobson

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Book Review Essays, Richard A. Stevick

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Conditioned effects of heroin on proinflammatory mediators require the basolateral amygdala, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson and Donald Lysle

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The many faces of stereotype threat: Group- and self-threat, D. Wout, Henry A. Danso, J Jackson, and S. Spencer

Submissions from 2007

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Perceptions of immigrants: Modifying the attitudes of individuals higher in social dominance orientation, Henry A. Danso, A. Sedlovskaya, and S. H. Suanda

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Vanity, variety, vision: Protestant universities and the American experience, Douglas Jacobson and Rhonda Jacobson

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Stereotype threat impacts college athletes’ academic performance. Current Research in Social Psychology, M. Jameson, R Diehl, and Henry A. Danso

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Conditioned effects of heroin on nitric oxide expression are susceptible to extinction and latent inhibition, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson and Donald Lysle

Submissions from 2005

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A Response to the Pneuma Essays on Faith and Scholarship, D. Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen

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Pentecostalism and the Academy, D. Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen

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Human peripheral CD2-/lo T cells: an extrathymic population of early differentiated, developing T cells, Matthew Loza, Patrizia Luppi, Kerstin Kiefer, Eric Martin, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, and Bice Perussia

Submissions from 2004

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Noradrenergic responses of peripheral organs to cyclophosphamide in mice, Jonathan Karp, Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson, and Christopher Gentile

Submissions from 2003

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Applied behavioral economics and consumer choice, Diane Brockman and D. A. Hantula

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Optimal foraging online: Increasing sensitivity to delay, Diane Brockman, D. A. Hantula, and C L. Smith

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Cyclophosphamide induces dose- and time-dependent elevations in spleen norepinephrine levels of BALB/c mice, Jonathan Karp and Jennifer L. Szczytkowski-Thomson

Submissions from 2002

Evolutionary mating strategies and the consumption of clothing, Diane Brockman

Superior test performance: Reasserting group dominance under threat of competition from outgroup members, Henry A. Danso

Submissions from 2001

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Black experimenters and the intellectual test performance of White participants: The tables are turned, Henry A. Danso and V. M. Esses

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Adult generativity and the socialization of adolescents: relations to mothers’ and fathers’ parenting beliefs, styles, and practices, M. W. Pratt, Henry A. Danso, M L. Arnold, and J E. Norris

Submissions from 1997

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The Role of Parental Religious Fundamentalism and Right-Wing Authoritarianism in Child-Rearing Goals and Practices, Henry A. Danso, B. Hunsberger, and M Pratt

Submissions from 1995

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Effects of Short-Term Volunteer Experience on Self-Perceptions and Prosocial Behavior, Richard A. Stevick and J. A. Addleman

Submissions from 1991

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Importance of Decision and Postdecision Dissonance: A Return to the Racetrack, Richard A. Stevick, Kaylen A. Martin, and Lynndell Showalter

Submissions from 1990

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Comparing survey results of volunteer and randomly-selected subjects, Richard A. Stevick, James H. Barnes, and Sandra G. Orke

Submissions from 1989

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Memory for Implied Versus Directly Stated Advertising Claims, R. J. Harris, M. L. Trusty, John I. Bechtold, and L. Wasinger

Submissions from 1987

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“The Psychology of Mass Communication” Course, R. J. Harris and John I. Bechtold

Submissions from 1986

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Language in Advertising: A Psycholinguistic Approach, R. J. Harris, R. E. Sturm, M. L. Klassen, and John I. Bechtold

Submissions from 1984

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Response Differences and Preferences for All-Category-Defined and End-Defined Likert Formats, P. N. Dixon, M. Bobo, and Richard A. Stevick

Submissions from 1982

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Urban-Rural Differences in Social Interest and Altruistic Behavior, P. N. Dixon and Richard A. Stevick

Submissions from 1980

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Locus of Control and Behavioral Versus Self-Response Measures of Social Interest, Richard A. Stevick, Paul N. Dixon, and Welborn K. Willingham

Submissions from 1979

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The effect of incompetence in self-disclosure on interpersonal attraction, Richard A. Stevick