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- Title
- Doula Care in California during COVID-19: The Impacts of Social Distancing on a High-Touch Helping Profession.
- Author
- Lisenbee, Jodie
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Birth doula care was uniquely impacted by hospital visitor restriction policies enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Doulas were classified as "non-essential" personnel and thus generally excluded from providing in-hospital childbirth sup...
- Title
- EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
- Author
- Godly-Reynolds, Erin
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...
- Title
- EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF VALENCE AND AROUSAL ON PAIN PERCEPTION USING VIRTUAL REALITY MOOD INDUCTION
- Author
- Porter, Anne
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Psychology
- Description
- Virtual reality (VR) distraction has successfully decreased chronic and acute pain perception in clinical and experimental settings, but the precise elements of VR that optimize distraction have not been fully explored. Research has suggested that...
- Title
- EXPLORING PERPETUATING FACTORS BY WHICH PERCEIVED STRESS CONTRIBUTES TO POOR SLEEP QUALITY: THE ROLE OF PRE-SLEEP AROUSAL, BEHAVIORS, AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
- Author
- Mason, Christine
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Clinical psychology
- Description
- Young adults are the fasting growing but least understood at-risk group reporting poor sleep. Stress and developmental processes related to the transition to college may negatively alter sleep quality and sleep patterns that continue into adulthoo...
- Title
- Effects of Growth Mindset and Belongingness Messaging in an Online Classroom
- Author
- Hall, Ryan
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Education
- Description
- This paper examines how growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be applied to instruction in an online classroom to improve student outcomes. Research has shown that growth mindset and belongingness messaging can be used to improve student ...
- Title
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Stress as a Screening Tool in Voir Dires: Assessing its Effects on Cognition and the Ability to Render Competent Verdicts
- Author
- Lynch, Kalyne
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Prior research has primarily focused on the usefulness of bias scales in voir dires (Kassin & Wrightsman, 1983; Jones et al., 2015), yet studies have additionally shown that jurors experience psychosocial stress (NCSC, 1998; Bornstein et al., 2005...
- Title
- Examining interactions of perfectionism and dispositional mindfulness on perceived stress
- Author
- Papay, Kimberly
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Personality
- Description
- The main purpose of the study was to examine if perfectionism (both evaluative concerns perfectionism (ECP) and personal strivings perfectionism (PSP)) and dispositional mindfulness interact to predict perceived stress. Regression analyses indicat...
- Title
- Examining the Associations Among Physical Activity Counseling, Self-Efficacy, and Physical Activity Behavior
- Author
- Snapper, Leslie
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Social sciences
- Description
- Physical activity is associated with a myriad of health benefits, yet rates of physical activity among adults in the United States remain low and traditional medical interventions often don’t address activity behavior. Despite evidence supporting ...
- Title
- Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
- Author
- Siegal, Rachel
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education and state
- Description
- School security measures (SSMs), which include school resource officers (SROs), security cameras, and metal detectors, are used in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States (Musu-Gillette et al., 2019) and can cost school syste...
- Title
- Examining the factor structure of two subscales of the Independent Living Scales (ILS) in a clinical sample and a college sample.
- Author
- Johnson, Ashley
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Clinical psychology
- Description
- This study examined the factor structure of the Independent Living Scales in two subscales of the measure, Managing Money (MM) and Health and Safety (HS), that have been recommended as most valid for predicting competency adjudications (Quickel & ...
- Title
- Exploring Folk and Traditional Medicine Practices and Self-Care Among Mexican-Americans with Diabetes
- Author
- Villanueva, Michael
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) is high among minority populations. In the United States, approximately 1 in 10 Hispanic individuals face this burden. A subgroup of these Hispanic individuals, Mexican-Americans, is disproportionately affected...
- Title
- Exploring the Neurocorrelates of Virtual Reality Immersion Using EEG Frequency Decomposition Analysis
- Author
- Granson, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Cognitive psychology, Neurosciences
- Description
- Immersion is a psychological state resulting in the sensation of being enveloped in another reality or environment and is commonly experienced while using interactive media such as videogames. The goals of the present thesis project were to (a) te...
- Title
- Exploring the Role of Binge Eating and Psychological Correlates in the Context of Excess Gestational Weight Gain
- Author
- Palmer, Brooke
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Women’s health behaviors during pregnancy have long-lasting effects for both mother and child. One common consequence of health-compromising behaviors is excess gestational weight gain (GWG), or gaining more weight than recommended by the Institut...
- Title
- Full metal jacket: The effect of combat exposure on emotion processing within working memory.
- Author
- Alverio, Tabitha
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is experienced by approximately 10 to 20% of service members and veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. To mitigate the effects of trauma experience on service members and their families, it is impor...
- Title
- Gendered Antecedents of Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors
- Author
- Sargent, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior
- Description
- While much is known regarding important outcomes of Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB), little research exists regarding possible antecedents. The present study applies a gender lens to establishing antecedents of FSSB using Social Role...
- Title
- HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
- Author
- Simmons, Alexander
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Agriculture, Developmental psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Recent theory and findings suggest that even while enduring adverse social circumstances such as poverty, Black male youth exhibit strengths that can aid in their development. Some frameworks maintain that youth strengths can be fostered through i...
- Title
- How long can they stand it? Examining the effectiveness of reflexology and a passive relaxation intervention in improving health outcomes in workers who stand
- Author
- Kavanagh, Kathryn
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Many jobs require workers to stand for prolonged periods of time while performing their job duties. Prolonged standing at work has been linked to negative health outcomes, particularly musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) and fatigue. Reflexology is one...
- Title
- Improving Improv: Effects of Interpersonal Coordination on Music Improvisation
- Author
- Williams, Tevin
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- Previous research has shown that rigidity in interpersonal coordination (too muchalignment) is negatively associated with creativity as measured by ratings of aesthetic appeal. In this study, we examine the signatures of music improvisation follow...
- Title
- Indoor Air Quality, Sleep Quality and Next-Day Cognitive Performance
- Author
- Zendels, Philip
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Atmospheric science, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- Sleep is important for numerous regulatory processes of health and cognition and sleep impairments can lead to impairments in these outcomes. Sleep and breathing disorders such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) have been well documented in impairin...
- Title
- Intersectionality of Identity and HIV-Related Stigma
- Author
- Lovato, Laura
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology, Government policy, Psychology
- Description
- The impact of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention, treatment, and the well-being of people living with HIV (PLWH) is well established within the existing literature. HIV-related stigma experiences are compounded by intersections of identity, in t...