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Showing 1 to 20 of 228 for “"Psychiatric and Mental Health"”.
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A comparison of attention bias paradigms related to insomnia
… has been reported as a factor in initiating and maintaining sleep disturbance. In this study, three paradigms (Flicker, Posner, and Stroop) were used in comparison to further investigate the role of attentional biases in Primary Insomnia. Participants (n=117) were split into good sleepers and …
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Sexism and how it mediates the relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance
Rape is a significant social and health problem in the United States with around 17.7 million women being forcibly raped at some time in their lives. While a rape-supportive culture and victim blame are concepts that aid in explaining rape, understanding societal held ideas about rape and …
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Can positive self-talk alter one's happiness?
… explore the possibilities of positive self-talk and the effect it can have on people and their happiness level. In this study there were a total of thirteen subjects who attended classes to exam their self-talk and develop skills in using positive self-talk. The subjects took a pretest to …
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A study in religious worldview and subjective well-being
… the relationship between religious worldview and multiple measures of subjective well-being, including: the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (Chamberlain & Haaga, 2001a), the Orientations to Happiness Questionnaire (Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005), the Subjective Happiness Scale …
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Proposing the mindful check-in: a brief mindfulness exercise
<p>This study investigated the effectiveness and adherence rate of the mindful check-in compared to a traditional mindfulness exercise. This study compared the effects of a traditional mindful breathing exercise and a no-treatment control condition to the mindful check-in on measures of …
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Experiences of African American Male Veterans Accessing Mental Health Treatment
… than Non-Hispanic whites (National Center for Health Statistics, 2018). Previous studies found African Americans use mental health services less than other race/ethnicities. Additionally, African American males are less likely to seek help for mental health issues regardless of the severity and …
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Do mindfulness, rumination or social problem-solving factors predict distress?
Depression and anxiety continue to be prevalent concerns, with lifetime prevalence rates of 41% for depressive symptoms and 15% for anxious symptoms. Reputable studies confirm that high self-reported mindful awareness and social problem solving are both individually related to a lower severity of …
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Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among disaster relief volunteers
… doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and aid workers. The purpose of this study was to further understand the prevalence of STS in disaster relief volunteers. Thirty-five former and current volunteers for various disaster relief organizations filled out a survey about their experience, …
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Are your parents to blame? Disentangling temperament, parenting style, and schemas in the development of depressive symptoms
… Jeffrey Young's Schema Theory (1990; 2003) and its influence in understanding the etiological factors related to depressive symptoms. It was hypothesized that there would be significant interactions between parenting and temperament traits. It was also hypothesized that The Defectiveness and …
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Impulsivity traits as determinants for smoking behavior
The notion that smoking is in direct relation to the character trait of impulsivity is widely agreed upon. This study examines the individual character traits of the UPPS-P impulsivity scale that comprise the construct of impulsivity as they relate to cigarette smoking. This study seeks to …
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An exploratory investigation of teacher job satisfaction and involvement in extracurricular programming
… secondary teachers' overall job satisfaction and satisfaction specific to extracurricular programming involvement, (b) ascertain whether extracurricular involvement affects overall job satisfaction, and (c) identity the factors that are most influential over teachers' satisfaction specific to …
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Interpersonal control in dating relationships: how is it affected by trust in one's partner and adult attachment style?
… each year treating victims of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. A majority of college women (up to 75 percent) reported having experienced psychological or emotional abuse. These acts are intended to demean, criticize, and dominate one's partner. Control is one facet of psychological …
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Preferences for systems of psychotherapy and beliefs about the causes of depression
… behavioral activation therapies, both cognitive and problem-solving therapy are preferred treatments. Additionally, the current work incorporated factors that may influence the preferences measured. Specifically, a person's beliefs about the causes of depression may better explain preferences. …
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Assessing risk factors and levels of functioning across the continuum of psychosis
Schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders are often associated with impairments in social and general functioning. It has been proposed that there may be underlying factors such as personality traits or cognitive abilities that contribute to one's psychosis proneness, or levels of …
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The victimization-substance relationship: an examination of nonconsensual sexual experiences and post-assault substance use
… at elevated risk of experiencing revictimization and engaging in post-NSE substance use. Though the risk of college women experiencing NSEs has been well-established, high school women have been mostly overlooked in the literature, especially in relation to revictimization pathways. Substance use …
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Treatment of anxiety using manualized protocol: a case study
… female with comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Social Phobia. The client voluntarily participated in outpatient individual psychotherapy offered in a private counseling facility. The client's psychosocial assessment is presented and the literature on empirical treatment and developing …
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The development and initial validation of the Glassboro Inventory for Twelve-Step (GIFTS)
… the GIFTS was positively correlated with the AAI and all four positive psychology measures. The GIFTS also appears to be particularly attuned to quality of life rather than time abstinent, as indicated by its predictive relationship with positive psychology constructs.
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