Publications by authors named "J M Cassady"

Background: Adopting a person-centered approach to coping potentially allows researchers to explore the multifaceted nature of the construct. However, this increasingly adopted approach also has limitations. Namely, employing cluster or latent profile analysis to investigate coping through a person-centered lens often brings a lack of generalizability and subjectivity in interpreting the generated profiles.

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Research on achievement emotions and behaviors has routinely demonstrated connections to student performance. This study approaches the work from a perspective of greater integration of multiple variables and examines potential nonlinear relationships among intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive test anxiety, academic self-handicapping, and student performance. Using structured equations modeling and generalized additive modeling, our results confirm better predictions of student performance when using both multivariate and curvilinear analyses.

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Purpose Of Review: A single genetic diagnosis, especially from the analysis of a limited number of genes, may not signal the end of a diagnostic odyssey. When a patient with a genetic syndrome presents with symptoms that are not usually associated with their disease phenotype, additional genetic testing is warranted.

Recent Findings: Although multiple co-existing genetic diagnoses may sound unlikely, many recent studies and case reports have demonstrated that this scenario is more common than expected.

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Heat stress has negative impacts on pork production, particularly in the grow-finish phase. During heat stress events, the feeding behavior of pigs is altered to reduce heat production. Several different systems have been developed to study feeding behavior.

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Student motivational profiles and self-regulated learning strategies are significant influences on overall academic success in university settings. Test anxiety has been repeatedly linked to maladaptive learning strategies and ineffective motivational frameworks. However, the results in the field have been inconsistent with respect to the precise interactions among these variables.

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