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 ("...
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...
This dissertation aimed to develop a comprehensive model of scarcity. While socioeconomic factors partially explain these disparities, the traditional indicators used in most of the literature fail to fully capture the relationship between SES and...
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...
College undergraduate students traditionally reduce their engagement in physical activity during college, despite the negative health consequences sedentary behavior has been linked to. Mobile health (mhealth) interventions have become increasingl...
Discrimination is a salient and chronic stressor for many minoritized racial and ethnic groups and has numerous consequences for both mental and physical health. However, less research has focused on how discrimination affects Middle Eastern and N...
Physical activity is associated with a myriad of health benefits, yet rates of physical activity among adults in the United States remain low and traditional medical interventions often don’t address activity behavior. Despite evidence supporting ...
The burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) is high among minority populations. In the United States, approximately 1 in 10 Hispanic individuals face this burden. A subgroup of these Hispanic individuals, Mexican-Americans, is disproportionately affected...
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...
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...
Perceived scarcity is a relatively new construct conceptualized to be a subjective indicator of perceived resource availability that captures factors previously unaccounted for by traditional, objective indicators of socioeconomic status (SES). Li...
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...
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...