Browsing by Author "French, Kimberly, committee member"

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Rethinking rudeness: the nuanced impact of workplace e-mail incivility on cognitive performance
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2025) Goldman, Chloe B., author; Fisher, Gwenith, advisor; French, Kimberly, committee member; Henle, Chris, committee member; Rhodes, Matthew, committee member
This research builds on prior work examining the relationship between perceived incivility in workplace e-mail and task performance. This study proposed attribution theory and self-determination theory as helping to explain the widely supported negative relationship between incivility and performance. The study design was between-subjects and implemented experimental vignette methodology (EVM) to determine if exposure to an uncivil e-mail impacted perceptions of blame attribution and thwarted fundamental needs as well as subsequent performance on a working memory task. Results based on a sample of 411 working adults recruited on Prolific reveal that, contrary to ample evidence indicating that incivility is detrimental to performance, the incivility-performance relationship appears to be more nuanced than the literature suggests. Findings introduce additional complexity to the experience of incivility: they provide evidence that the level of perceived rudeness might moderate how incivility relates to performance and that some responses, such as external attribution and thwarted relatedness, might even be advantageous to task performance. This work has important implications for how applied psychologists study incivility and understand it in terms of its influence on objective cognitive performance.
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The scientific rigor of parental alienation studies: a quality assessment of the peer reviewed research
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2024) Marsden, Joshua, author; Harman, Jennifer, advisor; French, Kimberly, committee member; Bright, Charlotte, committee member; Tompkins, Sarah Anne, committee member
Parental Alienation (PA), a form of family violence, has negative outcomes for children and parents. Despite being a generative field of science, some critics contest the validity of PA research. Utilizing the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) and building upon the Harman et al. (2022) systematic review, a comprehensive assessment of 155 studies published up to March of 2023 was conducted to examine the quality of empirical, peer-reviewed PA research. The findings indicate a consistent high level of scientific rigor in PA research, irrespective of when a study was published. The robust quality of PA research addresses several PA criticisms. By addressing concerns regarding the legitimacy of PA research meeting scientific rigor, evaluating the quality of empirical PA methodology will provide further insights regarding said scientific validity, further aiding the decision-making process for family court systems and policy makers.