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- Title
- A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
- Author
- LaPorte, Thomas
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...
- Title
- Beliefs About Alcohol Among College Students in Fraternities: Effect of a Targeted Education Intervention
- Author
- Sheeler, Cory
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- Alcohol use is a significant problem on college campuses. Greek men in college fraternities consume alcohol in higher quantities and with increased frequency, which can result in negative health outcomes. The purpose of this project was to determi...
- Title
- Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health
- Author
- Peach, Hannah
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examin...
- Title
- Conceptual Refinement of the Phenomenon of Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Author
- Krinner, Lisa Maria
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health
- Description
- Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful and/or traumatic events that happen during the first 18 years of a person’s life. Researchers estimate that at least 50% of the U.S. adult population have experienced at least one ACE. Consequence...
- Title
- Development of a preventive mental health intervention tailored for first-generation college students
- Author
- Burgess, Charles
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- To close the achievement gap between first and continuing generation students, several interventions that specifically target first-generation students have been designed and delivered in a variety of settings. These interventions are typically in...
- Title
- Diagnostic and Psychosocial Predictors of Excessive Exercise Use among Adolescents with Symptoms of Anorexia or Bulimia
- Author
- Alexander, Darcy
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- This study examined the ability of several diagnostic and psychological indicators to predict the use of excessive exercise as a weight loss or compensatory behavior for adolescent patients with symptoms of anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa...
- Title
- Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
- Author
- Porter, Anne
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Video game players report using video games for stress reduction, but previous studies have found mixed results when examining stress and video games, and fail to comprehensively measure all relevant psychological, emotional, and physiological str...
- Title
- Examining the Role of Stress Reactivity and Emotion Regulation Ability in Behavioral and Physical Health
- Author
- Sagui-Henson, Sara
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Social sciences
- Description
- Obesity is a serious and costly societal issue that, combined with other biobehavioral risk factors, contributes to chronic cardiometabolic illnesses. Stress reactivity is posited as a causal mechanism in the development of obesity and cardiometab...
- Title
- Frameworks for Ascribing Meaning: An Examination of Adolescents' Lived Experiences of Illness
- Author
- Winford, Eboni
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The importance of religion and spirituality (R & S) in adults' experiences of illness is well established. Findings range from lower reported levels of distress following diagnoses of illnesses to adults' use of these existential frameworks to und...
- Title
- Function Matters: Examining Body Functionality as a Dimension of Body Image Among Women With and Without Disabilities
- Author
- Thomas, Erin
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health
- Description
- Body image is defined as the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions a person has about their body. Body image disturbance is an increasingly important public health issue due to its documented associations with maladaptive health behaviors and dimini...
- Title
- Identifying Health and Mental Health Needs and Facilitating Access to Care among Youth in Foster Care
- Author
- Hogan, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Mental health, Social service
- Description
- Youth placed in foster care typically confront a host of health and mental health conditions and related concerns. To address these potential health challenges early, federal legislation stipulates the need to develop case plans and coordinate the...
- Title
- Internalized Sleep Culture: A novel construct, or an expansion of sleep attitudes? Construct conceptualization, scale development, and initial validation
- Author
- Ruggiero, Aria
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Sleep health is an important aspect of an individual’s overall health; however, it is often overlooked. Despite the promotion of healthy sleep practices, many individuals have competing demands that interfere with sleep (e.g., work, socializing, s...
- Title
- Nursing Comfort with End-of-Life Care of Patients and Families
- Author
- Mason, Megan
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing
- Description
- Background: Majority of Americans are faced with mortality in the acute care setting and require excellent care in order to maintain comfort, quality, and dignity at the end-of-life (EOL). Nurses play a large role in palliative and EOL care. Curre...
- Title
- THE EFFECT OF ANGER RUMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING SELF-ANGER AND OTHER-ANGER
- Author
- Myers, Charlsie
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease have led to a profusion of research into its etiology. With only 50% of the variance in risk associated with traditional risk factors, research has begun to focus more on...
- Title
- THE INFLUENCE OF WEIGHT CYCLING AND CHRONIC OBESITY EXPOSURE ON SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
- Author
- Hardin, Abigail
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Psychophysiology
- Description
- Pediatric obesity is a growing public health concern while cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death among women. As a result, research is seeking to illuminate the links among obesity and chronic diseases in later life, and whe...
- Title
- The Effects of Coaching on Teachers' Use of Function-Based Interventions for Students with Severe Disabilities
- Author
- Bethune, Keri
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of coaching on special education teachers' implementation of function-based interventions with students with severe disabilities through the use of a delayed multiple baseline across participan...
- Title
- Understanding and identifying risk factors for individuals experiencing negative psychological outcomes following social media use: A statistical analysis among women without a history of an eating disorder.
- Author
- Hayes, Marie
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- As the use of social media for accessing health information becomes increasingly more nuanced and commonplace, as does our understanding of the impacts on users. Using social media to access health information has increased in popularity, and rese...
- Title
- What information matters? Using policy capturing to understand legal and psychological decisions about civil competency
- Author
- Quickel, Emalee
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Law
- Description
- Civil competency, or one's ability to manage one's own affairs, is an under-researched legal construct that impacts individuals, families and communities. The legal decisions surrounding civil competency seek to balance one's autonomy and safety, ...