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Published research in journals of medicine, psychology, education, and business.

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2024

  1. Brown, R. S., Sr., & McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2024). Truth, meaning, and attachment in healing combat post-traumatic stress disorder. In Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Vol. 2 (pp. 205–214). Springer.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., & Levinson, J. (Eds.). (2024). Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Vol. 2. Springer.

2023

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2023). From the meaning of meaning to the power of purpose: Finding the heart of a living logotherapy. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 46(1), 48–75.

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    McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2024). From meaning to purpose: Finding the heart of a living logotherapy. In Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Vol. 2 (pp. 379–396). Springer.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2023). Updating an old paradigm: Nature, nurture, and the noëtic. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 46(2), 20–28.

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    McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2024). Nature, nurture, and the noëtic: Addressing flawed assumptions of Galton's paradigm. In Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Vol. 2 (pp. 371–377). Springer.

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2016

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2016). Meaning as the bridge from crumbling traditions of the past to a future of freedom: Frankl's contribution to peace and purpose. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 39, 15–21.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2016). Meaning “until the last breath”: Practical applications of logotherapy in the ethical consideration of coma, brain death, and persistent vegetative states. In A. Batthyány (Ed.), Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Vol. 1 (pp. 365–376). Springer.

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2010

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., Slate, J. R., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2010). Transcending the quantitative–qualitative divide with mixed methods research: A multidimensional framework for understanding congruence and completeness in the study of values. Counseling and Values, 55(1), 46–62.

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2006

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2006). Examining unproven assumptions of Galton's nature–nurture paradigm. American Psychologist, 61, 177–178.

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2005

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2005). Schiavo: Life is about choices. XV World Congress of Logotherapy, Dallas, June 2005. Portions in The Birmingham News, 3 April 2005, and The Tampa Tribune, 1 April 2005.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., & Onwuegbuzie, A. (2005). The MANTRA II study. The Lancet, 366(9499), 1769.

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2004

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., & Foust, K. M. (2004). Electronic plagiarism as a college instructor's nightmare: Prevention and detection. Journal of Education for Business, 79(3), 186–190.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., Wetzstein, C. J., & Hunter, G. R. (2004). Resistance training is associated with improved mood in healthy older adults. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 98, 947–957.

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2003

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2003). Beyond the maze and out of the maelstrom: Imaging the future of eidetic imagery. Journal of Mental Imagery, 27(3–4), 219–222.

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  2. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2003). Integration of logotherapy into a lifespan human development course. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 26(2), 95–101.

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2001

  1. Bamman, M. M., Shipp, J. R., Jiang, J., Gower, B. A., Hunter, G. R., Goodman, A., McLafferty, C. L., Jr., & Urban, R. J. (2001). Mechanical load increases muscle IGF-I and androgen receptor mRNA concentrations in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 280(3), E383–E390.

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  2. Hunter, G. R., Wetzstein, C. J., McLafferty, C. L., Jr., Zuckerman, P. A., Landers, K., & Bamman, M. M. (2001). High resistance versus variable resistance training in older adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(10), 1759–1764.

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  3. McLafferty, C. L., Jr., & Kirylo, J. D. (2001). Prior positive psychologists proposed personality and spiritual growth [Comment]. American Psychologist, 56(1), 84–85.

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2000

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (2000). Technology revolution = education evolution. The Kappa Delta Pi Record, 37(Fall), 22–25.

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1997

  1. McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (1997). Spirituality in three theories of psychology: A qualitative study (Doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia). Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 03b: 1567.

1993

  1. Durbin, C. G., & McLafferty, C. L., Jr. (1993). Attitudes of anesthesiology residents toward critical care medicine training. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 77(3), 418–426.

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