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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...

Title: Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Biopsychosocial Intervention
Author: Ray, Jenna
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences, Psychobiology
Description: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has made a striking impact on western health systems (Andrews et al., 2005). It is a costly illness psychologically, socially, physiologically, and economically. A common complementary treatment for IBS is the practi...

Title: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX: YOUNG ADULT DATING RELATIONSHIPS AND DEPRESSION AS RELATED TO PARENTAL RELATIONAL FACTORS
Author: Camp, Courtney
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Recent research has shown that adolescents who engage in sexual intercourse exhibit more depressive symptoms, including suicidal ideation and intent, than do adolescents who do not engage in sexual intercourse. Research has also shown that individ...

Title: Lived experiences of nurses on a burn unit related to secondary traumatic stress.
Author: Shearer, Lindsay
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Psychology
Description: Nursing is a large and growing profession. Nurses provide a critical service to patients and families, often in highly stressful work environments (McGibbon, Peter, & Gallop, 2010; Theme Filha, Costa, & Guilam, 2013). The stressful nature of nursi...

Title: Looking at the Positive: The Stress-Buffering Role of Cognitive Reappraisal Ability on Risk Factors for Disease
Author: Sagui, Sara
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Stress contributes to poor health outcomes; importantly, a stress reaction begins with the negative appraisal of a situation. The ability to use cognitive reappraisal, an emotion regulation strategy that involves reinterpreting an initial appraisa...

Title: Looking at the Silver Lining:Posttraumatic Growth in Young Breast Cancer Survivors
Author: Triplett, Kelli
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Oncology
Description: This study examined negative and positive experiences reported by a sample of young breast cancer survivors (N = 87; ages 25-45) at approximately 12 months post-diagnosis. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted including utilization ...

Title: Maternal Well-Being During Gestation: Examining the Role of Pregnant Embodiment
Author: Mooney, Jan
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: The transitional state of gestation is marked by rapid physiological shifts, at the intersection of sense of self and dominant societal discourses about pregnancy and motherhood. As a result, the experience of the body during pregnancy (i.e., preg...

Title: Navigating the Insider-Outsider Divide: Understanding the Socialization Experiences of Contract Workers
Author: Beveridge, Chelsea
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Management, Communication, Psychology
Description: Contractors have unique employment arrangements, but previous research has often grouped them into samples with other contingent workers. As such, research specific to contract workers is relatively sparse and focused on This dissertation focused ...

Title: ONLINE MINDFULNESS INTERVENTION FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS: ADHERENCE AND EFFICACY
Author: Forbes, Leila
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Social sciences
Description: The impact of stress and other psychological variables on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) prognosis, treatment response, and functional level is well established. However, typical IBD treatment focuses on the physiological pathology of the diseas...

Title: PARENT READINESS TO CHANGE CHILD WEIGHT BEHAVIOR: THE ROLE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS AND PERCEPTION OF RISK
Author: Basquin, Cecily
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Background: Parents play a key role in shaping their child’s healthy weight behavior, yet even child weight interventions that incorporate parents can have limited success due to low participation, low completion rates, and poor program compliance...

Title: PATHWAYS TO COPING WITH EXTREME EVENTS: A STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AND FOUR TYPES OF RUMINATION
Author: Greene, Taryn
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: This study investigated the degree to which cognitive flexibility (CF) is related to rumination as part of the overall coping process. We sought to test four hypotheses concerning the relationship between global CF and four specific types of rumin...

Title: POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AND BIOMARKERS OF CHRONIC STRESS AMONG COMBAT VETERANS OF OPERATIONS ENDURING AND IRAQI FREEDOM
Author: Blevins, Cara
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a significant public health problem, representing the leading cause of death in U.S. military combat Veterans. Following deployment, combat Veterans are at an increased risk for CVD due to chronic in-theater expos...

Title: PUNK ROCK AS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY: AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF MEMBERSHIP IN A MUSIC-BASED SUBCULTURE
Author: Palamaro Munsell, Eylin
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Psychology, Area studies
Description: Adolescence is often viewed as a tumultuous time. As teens grow more independent, social interaction with peers becomes increasingly important, and friendships with peers are associated with numerous positive outcomes. However, along with teens' e...

Title: Parent and Adolescent Contributions to Family Hardiness in the Wake of a Natural Disaster
Author: McMillan, Iris
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Researchers have typically focused on individuals’ abilities to respond to natural disasters, while family processes post-disaster have received far less attention. Yet a family may be more than a sum of its parts and little is known about how the...

Title: Perceived Racial Discrimination’s Association With Procedural Justice as Moderated by Organizational Efforts to Support Diversity: A Replication and Extension of Triana & García (2009)
Author: Oshana, Adoril
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Racial-ethnic minorities (i.e., those who do not identify as White alone, not Hispanic or Latinx) compose about 40% of the U.S. population. Social justice initiatives resulted in the government providing protections for such minorities in the work...

Title: Perceived Work Ability for Employees with Mental Illness: The Roles of Symptom Severity, Anticipated Discrimination, and Internalized Stigma
Author: Bardwell, Tarya
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Working adults with mental illness must navigate stigma and impairment in the workplace, and these factors may affect their perceived ability to continue working in their current job. Using appraisal theory and the why try model, the current study...

Title: Physician Implementation of Gender-Affirmative Care Recommendations: Improving Patient Safety and Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
Author: McComas, Megan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences, Medicine
Description: Compared to their cisgender counterparts, transgender, and gender diverse youth (TGDY) disproportionately experience an increased risk for poor patient safety and healthcare disparities. TGDY report poorer mental and physical health and lower rate...

Title: Posttraumatic Growth Among African American Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Roles of Spirituality, Locus of Control, and Self-Concept
Author: Hill, Lisa
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Research has suggested that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can hinder normal cognitive, social and emotional development. Research has also suggested that CSA contributes to higher levels of pathology than other traumatic experiences. Rates of victi...

Title: Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates
Author: Riffle, Olivia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Description: As emerging adults, college students are beginning to craft a life narrative that provides purpose and direction, part of which is the identification and pursuit of a meaningful career. It may even include a calling, a sense of being summoned to a...

Title: Potential Barriers to Women's Leadership Self-efficacy
Author: Robinson, Aspen
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Education, Psychology
Description: Many organizations are employing women at a higher rate than seen in previous years, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. In this paper, I examine factors that may influence an individual’s perceived capabilities of being a le...