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Title: Broadened Horizons: Nature Walks and Reflective Thinking in the Context of Scarcity
Author: Azra-Lewis, Paisley
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Walking in nature has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on cognitive and emotional wellbeing by restoring attention and increasing positive affect. Both of these factors are in turn linked to increases in flexible, reflective thinking ("...

Title: EFFECTS OF FEMININITY IDEOLOGIES AND SEXUAL SELF-CONCEPT ON HPV VACCINATION INTENTIONS: AN EXPLORATORY EXTENSION OF EXISTING HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODELS
Author: Roof, Katherine
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Public health, Psychology
Description: Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a group of over 100 different types of related viruses currently infecting 79 million Americans, making it the most pervasive sexually transmitted infection in the United States (American Cancer Society [ACS], 201...

Title: EXPLORING THE IMPACTS OF SELF-COMPASSION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY ON BURNOUT AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF: A MODERATOR ANALYSIS OF THE JOB DEMANDS-RESOURCES FRAMEWORK AND A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED FIELD TRIAL OF A BRIEF SELF-GUIDED ONLINE INTERVENTION
Author: Fiery, Mallory
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Management, Psychology
Description: Compassion fatigue is a serious concern among individuals in the helping professions, including animal welfare. Current interventions for compassion fatigue are time-consuming, expensive, and not well understood. Similarly, the role of personal re...

Title: Examining how regular meditation practice influences the neural oscillatory activity associated with refocusing attention after a mind wandering episode.
Author: Fix, Spencer
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Neurosciences
Description: Introduction. Mind wandering (MW) has become a topic of interest in neuroscience research, particularly because of its tendency to interrupt goal directed behavior and negatively impact mental and physical health. Several brain networks have been ...

Title: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (HAART) MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV IN THE U.S.
Author: Witt, Brian
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Epidemiology, Medical sciences
Description: Background: In the U.S., the number of individuals living with HIV aged 50 years and older has been consistently increasing. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiological data, researchers estimated that in 2015, more than half ...

Title: Feasibility and acceptability of a Body Kindness guided self-help intervention for emerging adult women
Author: Rogers, Courtney
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Based on the extant literature, new and innovative strategies for preventing the development of disordered eating in emerging adulthood appear to be an important area of future focus. This study examined the effects of a GSH intervention for the p...

Title: Health services use for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the developing country of Barbados
Author: Bushelle-Edghill, Jennifer
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Medical sciences
Description: Objective: This research examined hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for the population of Barbados during 2003-2008. I examined differences in ACSH rates for females and males at the parish and population levels over ...

Title: INTEGRATION OF PROPHYLAXIS PROTOCOL IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN
Author: Dalton, Cynthia
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing, Queer studies
Description: ABSTRACTCynthia Denise Dalton. Integration of pre-exposure protocol in men who have sex with men. (Under the direction of DR. JUDY CORNELIUS).In the United States, men who have sex with men (MSM) remains the highest group infected with HIV. Truvad...

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: 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: THE ROLE OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND INFLAMMATION IN DEPRESSION DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERITY A DECADE LATER
Author: Alessi, Maria
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Mental health, Psychobiology
Description: Lower heart rate variability (HRV) and higher inflammation are indices of dysregulated stress physiology associated with current depression (e.g., diagnosis, depressive symptoms) and potentially related to depression development. Given the increas...