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I hypothesized that attitudes towards technology would moderate the relationship between the need for cognition and resilience. Results indicated a small to moderate positive relationship (r = .318) between the need for cognition and resilience, however there was no relationship between attitudes towards technology and need for cognition (r = .04) or resilience (r = -.05). Moderation analysis resulted in a significant model (F (3, 345) = 14.17, p < .001), but the interaction effect was insignificant (b = -.002, 95% CI [-.01, .01], p = .63), suggesting no moderating relationship.","abstract_html":"To challenge the medical model view of disability, this study will be focused on positive characteristics of individuals with disability that enable optimal human functioning, specifically how the need for cognition and attitudes towards technology relate to resilience in individuals with disability. 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Moderation analysis resulted in a significant model (F (3, 345) = 14.17, p &lt; .001), but the interaction effect was insignificant (b = -.002, 95% CI [-.01, .01], p = .63), suggesting no moderating relationship.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Carpenter, Daniel Joseph"],"institution":"University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Shelton, Jill T.","Walker, Ruth; Frazier, Leslie D.","College of Arts and Sciences"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":null,"date_issued":"","date_published":null,"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:47:21Z","subjects":["Assistive computer technology","People with disabilities--Psychology","Resilience (Personality trait)--Psychological aspects","Self-help devices for people with disabilities","Technology and people with disabilities"],"languages":["English","eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/1002","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Shelton, Jill T.","Walker, Ruth; Frazier, Leslie D.","College of Arts and Sciences"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Carpenter, Daniel Joseph"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2025-05-01T07:00:00Z"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","Chattanooga (Tenn.)"]},{"key":"dc:relation","label":"Dc Relation","values":["Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Masters theses","Text"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Assistive computer technology","People with disabilities--Psychology","Resilience (Personality trait)--Psychological aspects","Self-help devices for people with disabilities","Technology and people with disabilities"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English","eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/1002"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Dept. of Psychology","M. 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