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- Title
- A Lifestyle Intervention for Women with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes and Disordered Eating
- Author
- Vela, Alyssa
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Rates of type 2 (T2) diabetes continue to rise in the United States and around the world, with growth to epidemic proportions largely attributed to health behaviors such as poor diet, overeating, and lack of physical activity. T2 diabetes manageme...
- Title
- Bicultural Context and Metabolic Health
- Author
- Rodriguez Diaz, Michelle
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Clinical psychology
- Description
- Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are among the leading causes of death in the United States (NCHS, 2016), making the metabolic syndrome (MetS) an important target for research and intervention. In addition, there seems to be a disproportionate ...
- 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
- Correlates, Predictors, and Consequences of Family Weight Talk among School-Aged Children
- Author
- Gadaire, Cecily
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Parents play a key role in the establishment of health habits among children, and as many as 60% of parents report talking regularly with their child about health and weight (Lydecker et al., 2018). This health and weight related discourse, known ...
- Title
- Development and Initial Validation of a Measure of Internalized Diet Culture
- Author
- Morris, Victoria
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Social sciences--Research
- Description
- Scholars argue that a unique diet culture exists in Westernized nations which conflates health outcomes and moral character, by attaching morality to food choices, eating and exercising behaviors, and physical appearance. Several seemingly separat...
- 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
- EXPLORING NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE AND COMFORT AS HEART FAILURE EDUCATORS IN A NON-CARDIAC ACUTE CARE ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO PROVIDING AN ONLINE LEARNING MODULE
- Author
- Ware, Nicole
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Nursing, Health education, Health services administration
- Description
- ABSTRACT NICOLE PHAY WARE. Exploring nurses’ knowledge and comfort as heart failure educators in a non-cardiac acute care environment prior to providing an online learning module (Under the direction of DR. CHARLENE WHITAKER-BROWN)Heart Failure (H...
- Title
- Examining interactions of perfectionism and dispositional mindfulness on perceived stress
- Author
- Papay, Kimberly
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Personality
- Description
- The main purpose of the study was to examine if perfectionism (both evaluative concerns perfectionism (ECP) and personal strivings perfectionism (PSP)) and dispositional mindfulness interact to predict perceived stress. Regression analyses indicat...
- 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
- 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
- Perfect people, perfect environment: Applying Person-Environment Interaction theory to examine the impact of Instagram use on health-related psychological outcomes among perfectionists
- Author
- Papay, Kimberly
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Personality
- Description
- Perfectionism was once thought to be a detrimental personality trait that impacts health and psychological outcomes in negative ways. However, modern conceptualizations demonstrate that this trait is multidimensional and that impacts on outcomes ...
- Title
- Process and development of a culturally adapted healthy lifestyle manual for overweight and obese Latina women with binge eating disorder.
- Author
- Phimphasone, Phoutdavone
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Clinical psychology
- Description
- Obesity remains one of the greatest public health threats in the 21st century, increasing the risk for many chronic illnesses, including Type 2 diabetes and CVD, with economic costs associated with treatments for obesity reaching $147 billion/year...
- 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...
- 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
- The Influence of Culture and Acculturation on Binge Eating Disorder in Latina Women
- Author
- Vela, Alyssa
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The goal of this study was to gain an improved understanding of binge eating disorder (BED) in Latina women by creating a rich description of their symptoms and related experiences, while also considering the influence of culture and acculturation...
- Title
- Treating type 2 diabetes using shared medical appointments: Patient satisfaction and perspectives
- Author
- Milling, Sandra
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- In the U.S., more than 30 million people are living with diabetes. Given the scope of the problem, it is necessary to identify effective, lower cost alternatives to individual medical appointments for diabetes care. Shared medical appointments (SM...
- 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
- 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...