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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: Examination of Sleep Quality and ADHD Symptomatology on College Students' Academic Performance
Author: Chen, Michelle
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Education, Higher, Psychology
Description: College students frequently struggle to obtain a sufficient amount and quality of sleep. National Sleep Foundation (NSF) guidelines recommend that young adults aged 18 to 25 obtain 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night – a goal that less than 50% of stu...

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: 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: The Role of Formal and Informal Social Support on Depression for Individuals Living with HIV Disease
Author: Bloomer-Clouse, Amanda
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Mental health, Medical sciences
Description: The current literature on depression within HIV populations shows poorer outcomes for these individuals than those in the general population. To further these studies, I performed an analysis looking at the effects of formal and informal social su...