The Influence of Emotion Regulation and Neural Cognitive Control on Distress Tolerance

Tolerance of negative emotions has been associated with transdiagnostic negative mental health outcomes. Theory and research implicate emotion regulation and cognitive control as factors in tolerance of negative emotions. But their unique contributions to tolerance of negative emotions and interdependency have been unclear due to methodological limitations. This study aimed to explicate cognitive and emotional factors affecting distress tolerance in a non-clinical sample of emerging adults. Undergraduate psychology students completed self-report measures of emotion regulation ability and tolerance of negative emotions. The N2 ERP component elicited by a Go-NoGo task was also used as a neurophysiological marker of cognitive control with larger mean difference amplitudes indicating greater cognitive control. Age correlated significantly with tolerance of negative emotions and cognitive control and was included as a covariate. Individuals with high emotion regulation ability were found to have greater tolerance of negative emotions. Larger mean N2 difference amplitudes predicted greater tolerance of negative emotions before age was added to the model, but was no longer significant when age was included as a covariate. No significant interactive effects were found between emotion regulatory ability and cognitive control predicting tolerance of negative emotions. These findings suggest that emotion regulation training may be the most appropriate target to increase tolerance of negative emotions. Future studies should increase power and assess emotional salience and temporal dynamics of self-regulation to further clarify the mechanism of these relationships

Conduct disorder questionnaire

Conduct disorder is characterized by a pattern of rule violation in which the rights of those associated with the individual and society are violated. Frequently there are many problems at home, school, and within the community. Without early diagnosis and treatment these problems escalate. Many different techniques and assessment tools have been used to identify these individuals. Most rely on collateral informants, such as parents and teachers. Others are time consuming or not developed to specifically identify conduct disorder. The Conduct Disorder Questionnaire was developed by the author to address these issues. The questionnaire is a brief, easily scored self-report measure to identify individuals with a conduct disorder diagnosis. Two samples of adolescents were used to evaluate the questionnaire. Two hundred and eighty-three individuals with no mental health diagnosis comprised the non-diagnosed group and 47 individuals with a conduct disorder diagnosis comprised the diagnostic group. The questionnaire had good split-half internal reliability (Alpha .91). Content validity was established by deriving the items from the DSM-IV for conduct disorder. Concurrent validity was established by correlating diagnostic group membership with scores on the Conduct Disorder Questionnaire. The analysis yielded a moderate significant correlation of.47. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are addressed

Results of investigations on an 0.015-scale 140A/B configuration of the Rockwell International space shuttle orbiter (model 49-O) in the NASA/Ames Research Center 3.5-foot hypersonic wind tunnel (OA36)

The results of wind tunnel tests of the 140A/B configuration components are reported for the fuselage, canopy, elevons, bodyflaps, pods, engine nozzles, rudder, vertical tail, and wing. The test facility, and data reduction procedures are described. Test results for each component are graphed, and tabulated source data are included

Promising Practices in E-Supervision: Exploring Graduate Speech-Language Pathology Interns’ Perceptions

E-supervision has a potential role in addressing speech-language personnel shortages in rural and difficult to staff school districts. The purposes of this article are twofold: to determine how e-supervision might support graduate speech-language pathologist (SLP) interns placed in rural, remote, and difficult to staff public school districts; and, to investigate interns’ perceptions of in-person supervision compared to e-supervision. The study used a mixed methodology approach and collected data from surveys, supervision documents and records, and interviews. The results showed the use of e-supervision allowed graduate SLP interns to be adequately supervised across a variety of clients and professional activities in a manner that was similar to in-person supervision. Further, e-supervision was perceived as a more convenient and less stressful supervision format when compared to in-person supervision. Other findings are discussed and implications and limitations provided

Reference Sediment Selection in the Lower Mississippi Delta

Floodplain deposition has been a critical part in the evolution of Arkansas\u27 Delta ecoregion, and because ofits high potential for such events, this region is highly enriched and extremely fertile. Historically, water quality in the area has been the subject ofscientific study, and as a result littlehas been published on the effects of underlying sediment with associated benthic communities. Sediment analysis is critical to many of the ongoing aquatic studies because ofits significance as both a habitat for benthic organisms and a sink for contaminants. Seven rivers and one creek within the Delta ecoregion were examined for water chemistry, sediment characterization, and sediment toxicity to determine survival and growth of Chironomus tentans. Greatest midge growth occurred insediment collected from Black River site A; additionally, those sediments were high in silt content (\u3e80%) and supported high midge survival. The results of combined characterization and biological test methods indicated that the Black River (site A) was the sediment that met criteria set by the researchers and was suitable to use as a reference control sediment forfuture Delta toxicity testing

A study of Columbian scholarship and morals

Thesis (B.A.) in History--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-82)Microfiche of typescript. [Urbana, Ill.]: Photographic Services, University of Illinois, U of I Library, [1993]. 2 microfiches (87 frames): negative. s1993 ilun