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- Title
- A BROKEN HEART: THE IMPACT OF PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART SURGERY ON PARENTS' WELLBEING AND PARENTING
- Author
- McWhorter, Linda
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- According to the pediatric medical traumatic stress model, pediatric medicalexperiences can create posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in pediatric patients and intheir parents and siblings. While the impact of traumatic medical experiences has b...
- Title
- A CULTURALLY ADAPTED INTERVENTION TO TREAT BINGE EATING IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITH BINGE EATING
- Author
- Scott, Tamara
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Binge eating (BE), a specific type of overeating, is characterized by a pattern of consuming unusually large amounts of food in a discrete period of time combined with a sense of loss of control. Although research suggests similar rates of binge e...
- Title
- A Grounded Theory Study of Posttraumatic Growth and Wisdom in a Sample of Oncology Nurses
- Author
- Vishnevsky, Tanya
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences, Oncology
- Description
- This study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine the degree to which oncology nurses report posttraumatic growth (PTG) and wisdom as a result of caring for patients. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 30 oncology nurses; interviews...
- Title
- A Grounded Theory Study of the Meaning of Career Success
- Author
- Frear, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior, Management, Psychology
- Description
- The purpose of this research was to examine the concept of career success as discussed by career actors and to develop theory about the construct of career success. I used grounded theory methodology with constant comparative analysis (Glaser & St...
- Title
- A Meta-Analysis of HPWS and Organizational Commitment: Examining National Culture as a Moderator
- Author
- Long, Wendy
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Enhancing organizational commitment remains a critical issue for organizations worldwide. In extant literature, the relationship between high-performance work system (HPWS) and organizational commitment (OC) remains inconclusive. First, this paper...
- Title
- A New Approach to Promote Employee Engagement: One-on-one Meetings Between Managers and Direct Reports
- Author
- Flinchum, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Management
- Description
- Organizations often struggle to engage their workforces despite various known benefits and predictors of employee engagement. The current study examined a new approach to promote employee engagement—1:1 meetings between managers and direct reports...
- Title
- ANOTHER BATTLE, ANOTHER HURDLE: HOW PARENTS CREATE MEANING FROM RAISING A CHILD WITH AUTISM
- Author
- Basalik, Debra
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Psychology
- Description
- The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is increasing (CDC, 2016). Research studies have focused on either medical treatments and therapeutic interventions for this disorder, or the trauma of the diagnostic process. Scholarship, however,...
- Title
- An Examination of Family and Health Risks and Services on Permanency Outcomes for Multisystem Youth
- Author
- Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaimelee
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Multisystem youth, or youth involved with the juvenile court and child welfare systems, are a high-need population about which research is still-emerging. These youth tend to experience considerable adversity and risk across domains (e.g., health ...
- Title
- An Examination of Skip-Level Meetings and their Relationship with Job Embeddedness
- Author
- Zebroski, Micaela
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Organizational behavior, Psychology
- Description
- A growing body of research documents the importance of studying job embeddedness in order to predict turnover, or conversely, why employees stay at their jobs. However, little is known about how meetings—one of the most time-consuming practices at...
- Title
- An evaluation of an intervention for HPV risk reduction among college-aged women
- Author
- Sweeney, Jocelyn
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Health education
- Description
- The goal of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a group intervention in reducing risk in relation to human papillomavirus (HPV) among sexually active, college-aged women. Using a randomized design, the current study examined the effectiv...
- Title
- And I'm Hungry Like the Mom: Influences on Appetite During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Author
- Mooney, Jan
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Medical sciences, Psychophysiology
- Description
- Maternal eating patterns during pregnancy and the first year postpartum contribute to short and long-term maternal and child health outcomes. Food choices result from an interaction between individual-level appetite and the diversity and quantity ...
- Title
- Assessing the Feasibility, Acceptability, Preliminary Efficacy, and Anticipated Clinical Practice Implementation of a Mindful Eating Smartphone Application: A Mixed Methods Analysis Among Undergraduate Women with Binge Eating and Clinical Experts.
- Author
- Jafari, Nadia
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Women's studies, Psychology
- Description
- Mental health applications (mHealth apps) are developed to bolster the utility and convenience of smartphones to stimulate behavior change, although many mHealth apps lack strong empirical support. Undergraduate women are daily app users and a hig...
- Title
- Assimilation & Accommodation: Cognitive Processes Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation After Infidelity
- Author
- O'Connor, Victoria
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- This study aimed to integrate elements of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) into the developmental pathway theorized to underlie posttraumatic growth (PTG). PTG theory posits that positive psychological changes can result from the struggle to res...
- Title
- Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
- Author
- Lyerly, Jordan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...
- Title
- Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
- Author
- Hartsell, Haley
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Psychology, Health education
- Description
- Communication scholars have investigated medical error and apology discourse over the last 20 years. However, despite the previous research on this topic, little is known about what factors (i.e., controllability, emotional response, and error sev...
- Title
- Behavioral Displays of Femininity: Does Apologizing Undercut Perceptions of Women at Work?
- Author
- Hahn, Karli
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to test whether behavioral displays of femininity negatively affect perceptions of women’s leadership skills, competence and promotability and, therefore, impede progress towards gender parity. This study aimed to add...
- Title
- Breaking The Stigma: Uncovering Factors Behind Mistrust Towards Individual With Addiction Histories.
- Author
- Flores Martínez, Iván
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health, Psychology
- Description
- In contemporary society, individuals with substance abuse histories face a multitude of challenges that extend far beyond the physical and psychological effects of addiction. As they embark on the path of recovery and strive for reintegration into...
- 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
- Building Healthy Communities: An Exploration of a Place-based Initiative, Participant Characteristics, and Preliminary Outcomes
- Author
- Tynan, Jacqueline
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Public health, Psychology
- Description
- Decades of discriminatory housing policies have resulted in geographic segregation, forcing low-income minorities into areas of concentrated poverty (Massey & Kanaiaupuni, 1993; Stoloff, 2004). Areas of concentrated poverty are typically marked by...
- Title
- Can posttraumatic growth protect the mental and physical health of prostate cancer survivors?
- Author
- Addington, Elizabeth
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Oncology
- Description
- Due to high incidence and survival rates of prostate cancer, mental and physical health outcomes of prostate cancer survivors are important public health issues. Some men with prostate cancer experience positive psychological changes known as post...