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The CHAMPS Study: Cardiovascular Health Associations with Mindfulness, Physical Exercise and Stress Appraisals
(2017-01-06)
Cardiovascular functioning at baseline and during reactivity to acute stressors has been shown to be a significant predictor of future cardiovascular health. Research has indicated that cardiovascular functioning can be ...
The Neurodynamics of Working Memory During a Stress Induced State
(2017-01-11)
Purpose: Currently the mechanisms the brain uses for various processes are not well understood; the bio-electrical system is complex. The purpose of the current study is to measure the electrical activity of the brain ...
Emotion Inhibition and Relationship Satisfaction in the Context of the Communal Coping Model
(2016-08-22)
Pain is highly costly in terms of its economic, psychological, and social impact. The biopsychosocial approach to pain serves as a framework to explain aspects of the “pain experience” that cannot be accounted for by purely ...
Are Disgust Sensitivity, Self-Disgust and Negative Affect Related to Disordered Eating?
(2016-11-18)
Disordered eating behaviors are non-pathological forms of abnormal eating that may develop into physical and mental health disorders. More specifically, disordered eating has been shown to precede eating pathology. Disordered ...
Effect of Knowledge on Evaluations of Palliative Care as an Appropriate Treatment Intervention
(2020-08-05)
Palliative care is a treatment approach specifically designed to help patients and caregivers manage the physical, psychological, and social burdens that accompany chronic or life-threatening diseases. Despite the research ...
The Effects of Nutritional Knowledge and Food Labels on Eating Behavior in the Context of Negative Affect
(2016-09-15)
Purpose: Obesity is a growing issue worldwide, putting individuals at risk for various diseases including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke. The causes of obesity are multifaceted, however the present study ...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Insomnia
(2020-08-09)
Insomnia is a sleep-wake disorder characterized by difficulty initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or falling back asleep. The main psychotherapeutic treatment for insomnia is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia ...
What's On Your Mind: Reactivity and Helping Behaviors Towards Depressed Facebook Users
(2016-09-12)
Objective: Depression affects people world-wide, but what happens when people express depression online? The current study examined online and offline reactivity as well as likelihood to help depressed Facebook users in ...
Prediction Of Clinical Diagnosis From A Brief Parent Report: Validation of Behavioral Summary Scales
(2011)
Objective: The current study examined the ability of the Behavioral Summary, which is the short form of the Personality Inventory for Children, second edition (PIC-2) as a tool for differentiating behavioral disorders of ...