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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Physical health outcomes"”.
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The Effect of Perceived Discrimination and Weekly Stress on Physical Health Outcomes in African American and Hispanic/Latina Women: Health Is Power Study
Background: Reducing health disparities has become a national objective, and psychological factors, such as racial discrimination and weekly stressors, are thought to contribute to them. The purposes of this study are (1) to determine the association between weekly stressors and racial …
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A dyadic study examining the association between attachment security and physical health in monogamous, heterosexual couples
… examined the relationship between attachment and health, it has rarely been investigated via dyadic means. Much of this research focuses on mental health, rather than physical health outcomes. Further, attachment style is often assessed as being stable over time and relationships, when in fact, …
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Mindfulness training in Physical Health: how might changes in emotional experience and/or regulation be implicated?
… are living longer in the presence of chronic physical illnesses and mental-health conditions, mindfulness training may represent a useful supplementary treatment approach. Rapidly increasing research has documented the ability of mindfulness-based interventions to improve health outcomes. …
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Microaggressions and Health Outcomes for Latina/o Americans: Understanding the Influences of External Characteristics and Psychological Resources
… society. These include disparities in mental and physical health outcomes. Previous research makes a convincing argument for perceived discrimination being associated with these poor health outcomes. Scholars propose that the manifestation of discrimination has changed over the decades from a …
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Intrapersonal Grief as a Clinical Entity Distinct from Depression: Does It Exist Among a Medically Ill Parkinson's Disease Population?
… factor in the patient's emotional and physical functioning following illness. Currently, many assume that grief and depression are part of the same condition within the medical context. However, it may be that symptoms conceptualized as grief in the bereavement literature can be …
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The biobehavioral family model: Testing eudaimonic well-being as an additional mediator
… contributing to how family relationships affect physical health outcomes for adults. This study highlights the need for therapeutic interventions to improve resilience at both the individual and family level, and emphasizes the need for increased collaboration between medical and mental health …
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The relationship between cultural identification, emotional regulation, mental health and tobacco use and Native Americans
… meaningful categories in terms of predicting health outcomes for Native Americans. These groupings consist of White Identification, Native American Identification and an Integration of these identifications. These cultural identification groups were then used to predict both psychological and …
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A DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL OF VICTIMIZATION: RELATIONS AMONG TEMPERAMENT, PEER VICTIMIZATION, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND HEALTH PROBLEMS
… PEER VICTIMIZATION, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND HEALTH PROBLEMS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Lisabeth F. DiLalla, Ph.D. Youth who are victimized by their peers are more likely to develop symptoms of psychopathology and health problems in adolescence and adulthood. Also, temperamental traits of behavioral …
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Using minority stress and the theory of planned behavior to predict the intentions to seek psychological help among sexual minority individuals
… individuals are at a greater risk for mental health problems compared to heterosexual individuals. This health disparity has been attributed to unique, chronic, and excessive social stressors, or “minority stress,” which has been linked to poor mental and physical health outcomes for this …
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Associations Between Benefit Finding, Disease Severity, Positive Affect, and Health Outcomes Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation
… as a buffer to minimize the effects of stress on health outcomes. The literature is mixed regarding relationships between BF and mental and physical health outcomes within a variety of illnesses, which may be partly due to missing moderator or mediator variables. Therefore, using secondary data …
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Emotional responsivity in people high and low in trait positive affect
… Affect (TPA) experience better mental and physical health outcomes than individuals low in TPA. The current study examined emotional responsivity in forty-five undergraduates who scored either high or low in trait positive affect. Participants' reactions to emotional stimuli were assessed …
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Sources of Sexual and Romantic Education: Associations with Sexual Minority Men’s Sexual Experiences and Romantic Relationship Quality
… experience a variety of poorer mental and physical health outcomes, including those related to sexual and romantic quality, relative to heterosexual individuals (Beaulieu et al., 2017; CDC, 2021). These poorer romantic, sexual, and psychological outcomes may be attributable in part to …
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Gender, Race, Marriage, and Health in Later Life
Research on health in old age finds gender and racial differences in physical and mental health and points to several social factors that can influence health in later life, including marriage. However, it remains unclear whether the health impacts of marriage differ between men and women or across …
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The Effect of Social Media on the Normal Sleeping Patterns of Adolescents (10-19) in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review
… have emerged regarding its effect on sleep health—an essential component of adolescent development. The primary objective of this study is to critically analyze existing research on how social media influences sleep behaviors, identify key contributing factors, and evaluate associated mental …
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New daters’ acute physiological responses to a standardized stressor : do nonadaptive hormone responses forecast romantic breakups?
… on the link between stress and relationship outcomes has focused almost exclusively on marital relationships. With this in mind, the current study explored associations between general stress responses (i.e., reactivity and recovery) to a psychosocial stressor and nonmarital breakup status. …
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Barriers to physical health care in persons with severe mental illness: a facility based mixed method study in Ethiopia
… (SMI) face barriers that contribute to poor physical health outcomes. However, these barriers have not been systematically investigated in Ethiopia. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine barriers to care for physical co-morbidities among SMI patients. It achieves this by: i) estimating …
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Being Alone: Social Disconnection in Adolescence
… that loneliness strongly predicts mental and physical health outcomes. Despite being one of the loneliest age groups, adolescents report higher social media use than any other demographic. However, the relationship between digital social interactions and loneliness is unclear. While digital …
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I Lost My Family: Grief, Loss, and Identity Formation of Adopted and Fostered American Indian Individuals
… numerous losses that can lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes. Studies addressing American Indian experiences of grief, loss, and identity development are scarce and are limited to small samples utilizing qualitative methods. Grounded in identity theory and ambiguous loss theory, this …
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Caregiver connect: a mobile application for stress tracking anddelivering support for dementia caregivers
… Additionally, this population aso endures worse physical health outcomes than non-caregivers. In response to the complex challenges of dementia caregivers, this study presents thedesign and deployment of a specialized mobile application tailored to address their specific needs. The platform is a …
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Sedentary Behaviour and Health among Young People
… of sedentary behaviour on obesity and other physical health outcomes among young people; and (3) examine the influence that individual, social, and environmental factors have on the sedentary behaviour of young people. Six manuscripts addressed these objectives. Manuscript one assessed the …
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