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Title: "Showing up every day": A grounded theory of military veterans' resolution of trauma
Author: Riffle, Olivia
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Clinical psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to conduct an explication of the construct of resolution in the context of posttraumatic growth, or positive psychological and life changes resulting from the struggle with a highly stressful or traumatic experience. ...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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...

Title: Meal Patterns, Binge Eating, and BMI Among Latinas
Author: Thomas, Colleen
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology, Area studies
Description: The underrepresentation of ethnically diverse women in the binge eating literature contributes to the false assumption that eating disorders are less prevalent among these women. This thesis represents the first known study examining a sample of e...

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: Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates
Author: Riffle, Olivia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Psychology, Clinical psychology
Description: As emerging adults, college students are beginning to craft a life narrative that provides purpose and direction, part of which is the identification and pursuit of a meaningful career. It may even include a calling, a sense of being summoned to a...

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: 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...