Psychology Department

Faculty Scholarship

Dr. Elizabeth Hennon has been very active during the last year in developing publications.  Examples of her fine work are found below.

Publications:

With University of Evansville Students

With Kappos, A., (2006, April). Eyewitness memory: A comparison of written and verbal misinformation on recall of an observed event. Poster presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

 With Emmons, J., Tenbarge, B., Tombaugh, S., Schimmel, R., & Sims, J. (2006, April). Comparing alcohol consumption between students involved in social Greek organizations versus unaffiliated students. Poster presented at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Recent Publications

Parish, J. B., Hennon, E. A.*, Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (in press). Children with autism illuminate the role of social intention in word learning. Child Development.

 Roberts, J. E., Price, J., Barnes, E., Burchinal, M., Nelson, L., Hennon, E. A.*, Moskowitz, L., Edwards, A., Malkin, C., Anderson, K., Misenheimer, J., & Hooper, S. R. (in press). Receptive vocabulary, expressive vocabulary, and speech production of boys with fragile X syndrome in comparison to boys with Down syndrome. American Journal on Mental Retardation.

 Roberts, J. E., Hennon, E. A.*, Dear, E., Anderson, K., & Vandergrift, N. A. (2007). Expressive language during conversational speech in boys with fragile X syndrome. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 112, 1-17.

 Brady, N., Skinner, D., Roberts, J., & Hennon, E. A. (2006). Communication in young children with fragile X syndrome: A qualitative study of mothers’ perspectives. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15, 353-364.

 Burchinal, M., Roberts, J., Zeisel, S., Hennon, E. A., & Hooper, S. (2006). Social risk and protective child, parenting, and child care factors in early elementary school years. Parenting: Science and Practice, 6, 79-113.

 Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R., Hennon, E. A., Maguire, M., & Sootsman, J. (2006). O modelo “emergentista de coalizão da aprendizagem de palavras: Uma maneira de se pensar na psicologia do desenvolvimento/The Emergentist Coalition model of word learning: A new mode of thinking in developmental psychology. In L. M. S. Corrêa (Ed.). Aquisição da Linguagem e Problemas do Desenvolvimento Lingüístico/ Acquisition of Language and Problems of Linguistic Development. Rio de Janeiro: Editora da PUC-Rio.

 Pruden, S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M., & Hennon, E. A.* (2006). The birth of words: Ten-month-olds learn words through perceptual salience. Child Development, 77, 266-280.

 Zajac, D. J., Roberts, J. E., Hennon, E. A., Harris, A. A., Barnes, E. F., & Misenheimer, J. (2006). Articulation rate and vowel space characteristics of young males with fragile X syndrome: Preliminary acoustic findings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1-9.

Recent Publications by Dr. Mark Kopta primarily in the area of psychotherapy research.  Several are done with students

 

Lutz, W., Lowry, J.L., Kopta, S.M., Einstein, D., & Howard,K.I. (2001).  Prediction of dose-response relations based patient characteristics.  Journal of Clinical Psychology,57, 889-900.    

 

Kopta, S.M. (2001).  See past the evil monsters of today. Special commentary on the 9/11 tragedy published in the Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2001.

 

Kopta, S.M. & Lowry, J.L. (2002).  The dosage model in

psychotherapy.  In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of psychotherapy.  New York:  Academic Press.

 

Kopta, S.M., & Lowry, J.L. (2002).  Psychometric evaluation of the Behavioral Health Questionnaire-20:  A brief instrument for assessing global mental health and the three phases of psychotherapy outcome.  Psychotherapy Research, 12, 413-426.

 

Kopta, S.M. (2003).  The dose-effect relationship in psychotherapy:  A defining achievement for Dr. Kenneth Howard.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 727-733.

 

Green, J.L., Lowry, J.L., &  Kopta, S.M. (2003).  College students versus college counseling center clients:  What are the differences?  Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 17, 25-37.

 

Recent Publications by Dr. William Weiss primarily in the area of Police Selection. Several are done with students

Weiss, W.U., Zehner, S. Davis, R., Rostow, C. & DeCoster-Martin, E. (2005). Problematic police performance and the Personality Assessment Inventory. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 20, No. 1, 16-20

Weiss, W.U., Rostow, C., Davis, R., & DeCoster-Martin, E. (2004). The Personality Assessment Inventory as a selection device for law enforcement personnel.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 19, No. 2, 23-29.

With DeCoster-Martin, E., Davis, R.D. & Rostow, C.D. (2004)  Compulsive traits and police officer performance.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 19, No. 2, 64-71.

Weiss, W.U., Davis, R., Rostow, C., & Kinsman, S. (2003). The MMPI-2 L scale as a tool in police selection.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.  18, No. 1, 57-60.

Weiss, W.U., Johnson, J., Serafino, G., & Serafino, A. (2001).  A three year follow-up of the performance of state police academy graduates using the MMPI-2.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 16, No. 1, 51-55.

Weiss, W.U., Serafino, G., & Serafino, A. (2000).  A study of the interrelationships of several validity scales used in police selection.  Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 15, No. 1, 41-44.