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Title: Posttraumatic Growth and Suicide in Veterans: The Impact of Mental Health Stigma and Interpersonal Needs
Author: Blevins, Cara
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Over the past 20 years, suicide rates within the US military have increased at unprecedented rates. According to Joiner’s (2005) Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS), perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness are direct r...

Title: Development and Initial Validation of a Comprehensive Model of Forgiveness Following Interpersonal Conflict
Author: D'Angelo, Amanda
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Psychological research on forgiveness has become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. However, there remain significant gaps in the theory guiding this research. This dissertation developed and tested a comprehensive model of the st...

Title: Exercise-based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for co-morbid insomnia and depression
Author: Daley, Kristin
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology, Psychophysiology
Description: The present study introduces a new treatment modality for comorbid insomnia and depression that combines cardiovascular exercise and elements of cognitive behavioral treatment: Exercise Based Cognitive Therapy (EBCT). While simultaneously performi...

Title: MATERNITY EXPERIENCE OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS
Author: Day, Magin
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: The goal of this study was to investigate the lived experience of pregnant active duty service members (ADSMs). In-depth interviews with 30 women ADSMs in the US Air Force were conducted and the bioecological framework was used to examine emerging...

Title: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk-Taking Behaviors in College Students: Early Maladaptive Schemas, and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation as Possible Mediators.
Author: Dickie, Daniel
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are pervasive problems in the United States today. As many as 85% of adults report experiencing at least one adverse childhood experience (Crandall et al., 2020), and experiencing just one ACE significantly inc...

Title: Cognitive Control of Attention, Emotion, and Memory: An ERP Study
Author: Eyer, Joshua
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Cognitive psychology, Clinical psychology
Description: Unwanted retrieval of negative memories can be problematic for many clinical populations. The Think/No-Think (T/NT) task (Anderson & Green, 2001) is a new paradigm for studying cognitive control during cued recall. In this task participants view a...

Title: YOUTH VOICE AND PERCEIVED CONTROL IN TREATMENT FOR YOUTH IN A SYSTEM OF CARE
Author: Huggins, Sasha
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Clinical psychology
Description: Empowering clients in the mental health system is a principle for providing care that has developed in response to the once standard approach in which individuals had little to no voice and choice in their treatment plans and were served in very r...

Title: Understanding deliberate self-harm among college women: Applying feminist theory to the affect regulation model
Author: Hypes, Annada
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: This study examined potential contributors to self-harm behavior (DSH) among college women aged 18-25 years (N = 447). A model explaining DSH lifetime history among young women was tested, bridging feminist thought with the affect regulation model...

Title: A comparative analysis of pro-anorexia versus pro-recovery Instagram images through the lenses of objectified body consciousness and positive body image conceptual frameworks
Author: Jafari, Nadia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Mental health, Clinical psychology
Description: Instagram (IG) is a social media application that allows users to upload personal images in a public forum by including a searchable link (e.g. hashtag) along with a posted image. An IG community devoted to a pro-recovery (i.e., #anarecovery) pers...

Title: World Assumptions, Posttraumatic Growth, and Contributing Factors in a Population of New Nurses
Author: Jesse, Michelle
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: This multi-site study assessed newly licensed, newly hired nurses to determine whether their professional experiences contribute to the development of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and well-being. Also, how world assumptions, coping, social support, ...

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: Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Growth Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Rumination and Self-Disclosure.
Author: Lindstrom, Cassie
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Clinical psychology
Description: The current study examined posttraumatic growth (PTG), the experience of positive change following a traumatic event, in a sample of traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors. The focus was on the role of rumination and self-disclosure about trauma i...

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: Cyber Victimization and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Emerging Adults
Author: McComas, Megan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Clinical psychology, Developmental psychology
Description: Experiences of cyber aggression victimization in emerging adulthood have been shown to be associated with host of negative psychological health concerns (i.e., depression, anxiety, loneliness, substance use, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts)...

Title: PREDICTORS OF BINGE EATING BEHAVIOR AND PERCEIVED HEALTH: SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK COLLEGE MEN
Author: Minnick, Alyssa
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Obesity is a significant public health concern that is associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes and approximately 41% of college men are overweight or obese. Given the impact of obesity in this population, research should focus o...

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: Posttraumatic Growth And Race-Based Trauma Among African Americans
Author: Orejuela Davila, Ana
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Racism is a prevalent and chronic stressor that can cause profound physical and psychological consequences on its targets. Cultural models of stress posit that sociocultural factors (such as racial identity and racial socialization) influence the ...

Title: Using the Racial Context of Origin Lens to Understand Health Differences Among Black People in the United States
Author: Price, Brittany
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: Studies assessing health disparities in the United States primarily compare White and Black individuals without accounting for the heterogeneity within racial groups. The present study utilizes the racial context of origin framework to identify po...

Title: Repair Following Healthcare Institutional Betrayal
Author: Richie, Fallon
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology, Health services administration
Description: Institutional betrayal is a type of betrayal trauma that occurs when an organization or system perpetrates wrongdoing through acts of omission or commission, against individuals who depend on that system. Originally applied to systems responding t...

Title: MOVEMENT AS A COPING STRATEGY FOR STRESS
Author: Ridenhour, Morgan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology
Description: This study explores the use of non-strenuous movement, such as stretching and fidgeting, as a coping mechanism for stress. Prominent sources such as American Psychological Association (APA) recommend the use of movement to manage stress (APA, 2017...