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Title: Sleep duration, sleepiness, obesity, and risk for hypertension in young adolescents: A mediation model
Author: Peach, Hannah
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Inadequate sleep has been identified as a risk factor for a variety of health consequences. Short sleep durations and daytime sleepiness, an indicator of insufficient sleep and/or poor sleep quality, have been identified as risk factors for hypert...

Title: Social skills at first acquaintance: Moderators of the relationship between self-and other-ratings of social skills
Author: Voss, Emily
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Social skills are an important aspect of interpersonal interaction in the workplace. While much of the current research focuses on self-reports of social skills, how others view social skills is also important. I explored the relationship between ...

Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND SELF-REPORTED MENTAL HEALTH STATUS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Author: Gigler, Margaret
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Mental health
Description: Mental illness is a critical public health issue, as it is not only one of the most common causes of disability, but also carries a high disease burden with regards to physical health and premature mortality. Despite the high prevalence and its ac...

Title: Take a step back: Examining regulatory strategies in the face of future threats
Author: Etzel, Lena
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a maladaptive coping mechanism associated with numerous clinical disorders, and may represent an attempt to avoid unpleasant internal experiences (e.g., anxiety). Worry, a type of RNT associated with uncertain...

Title: Targeting reward and regulatory pathways to increase physical activity: Development of a guided imagery intervention
Author: Mitchell, Alexis
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Social sciences, Clinical psychology
Description: Physical activity provides numerous health benefits. However, many individuals are chronically underactive and have difficulty maintaining regular physical activity. Physical activity interventions may benefit from integrative, experimental approa...

Title: The Effects of an Expressive Writing Intervention on Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth
Author: Groleau, Jessica
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Traumatic experiences are highly prevalent, and their consequences potentially severe. As such, there is a pressing need for the development of novel interventions which may ameliorate the negative consequences of trauma and promote positive outco...

Title: The Influence of Culture and Acculturation on Binge Eating Disorder in Latina Women
Author: Vela, Alyssa
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: The goal of this study was to gain an improved understanding of binge eating disorder (BED) in Latina women by creating a rich description of their symptoms and related experiences, while also considering the influence of culture and acculturation...

Title: The Influence of Religious Centrality on One's Experience of Traumatic Life Events
Author: Brightman, Alexis
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Religion, Spirituality
Description: Posttraumatic growth is the positive psychological change that may occur as the result of coping with disruption of one’s core beliefs, following the experience of a traumatic event. Some trauma survivors report a change in how they relate to othe...

Title: The Link Between Youth Secrecy and Maternal Compassionate and Self-Image Goals
Author: Perry, Jasmine
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Youth secrecy toward their parents is related to negative outcomes including delinquency, conduct problems, depression, and anxiety. Secrecy literature tends to take one of two perspectives on the causes of youth secrecy: youth motivations for kee...

Title: The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Choice and Posttraumatic Growth
Author: Orejuela Davila, Ana
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is the experience of positive psychological change that may occur in the aftermath of a traumatic event. Previous research has extensively examined the cognitive underpinnings of PTG, yet the role of emotion regulation (...

Title: The Relationship Between Self-Verification and Emotion Regulation
Author: Glass, Shaina
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Self-verification is a form of confirmation bias in which people seek feedback that is consistent with existing self-views, and which is believed to be a factor in the persistence of affective disorders. While prior research shows that cognitive b...

Title: The Role of Overvaluation of Shape and Weight in Latinas with Binge Eating Disorder
Author: Palmer, Brooke
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food while experiencing a sense of loss of control. Binge eating behavior occurs in all ethnic/racial groups, yet the majority of research has focused on...

Title: The Role of Perceived Stress Reactivity in the Relationship among Race, Discrimination, and Heart Rate Variability
Author: Price, Brittany
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Despite having a greater risk for developing chronic health conditions like cardiovascular disease, overall African Americans have been found to have higher, healthier heart rate variability (HRV) compared to European Americans. This study sought ...

Title: The Role of Social Support During Post-Deployment Reintegration in the Army National Guard
Author: Day, Magin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Social psychology, Psychology, Military art and science
Description: The main purpose of the study was to investigate the role military and civilian social support may play in moderating the relationship between stress and mental and physical health during post-deployment reintegration among Army National Guard (AR...

Title: The association between pre-kindergarten teachers' use of classroom strategies and students' social-emotional development
Author: Simmons, Caitlin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education
Description: Considerable research has documented the effects that high-quality preschool programs can have on children’s early learning and cognitive development, including language, literacy, reading and math skills (Magnuson, Meyers, Ruhm, & Waldfogel, 2004...

Title: The influence of emotion regulation on psychological distress and physiological functioning following a romantic breakup
Author: Roos, Lydia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Cognitive psychology, Psychophysiology
Description: Being in a romantic relationship confers better psychological wellbeing and physical health than being single; however, relationship dissolution can be psychologically stressful, and separation and divorce have been linked to an array of poor heal...

Title: They said what? How to communicate effectively with advocates
Author: Strompolis, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Communication, Political science, Psychology
Description: With effective communication, nonprofit organizations engaged in policy and advocacy work can have a positive impact on the constituents served by the organization, on the advocates working with the organization, and on social issues in general. E...

Title: USING PRE-KINDERGARTEN DATA TO PREDICT STUDENTS’ KINDERGARTEN PERFORMANCE
Author: Tynan, Jacqueline
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Psychology
Description: As support mounts for the use of pre-kindergarten (pre-k) to promote academic achievement, there is increased need to understand the nature of pre-k’s effects and the key elements of effective pre-k programming. The present study used a short-term...

Title: Using metacognitive guidance to facilitate “active learning” in ADHD
Author: Padro, Meagan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Modern education, at all levels, is shifting to active learning techniques. Active learning requires students to engage in meaningful learning activities and continuously monitor what they are doing. Research on active learning techniques in the c...

Title: Weight and social norms: Predicting palatable food intake in first-year college women
Author: Hardin, Abigail
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Weight gain in first year university students may be of particular concern in the development of lifelong overweight or obesity. Both Social Facilitation Theory and the Norms Matching Approach have been invoked to explain the augmentation of calor...