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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Vulnerability Factors"”.
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Early family environments and vulnerability factors associated with borderline personality disorder
Childhood trauma experiences (sexual abuse, physical abuse, witnessed violence, and early separation experiences) and family environment characteristics were assessed via questionnaire from a sample of depressed borderline (N=17) and depressed nonborderline (N=19) female inpatients. Significantly …
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Sexual aggression and victimization among college students in Brazil : prevalence and vulnerability factors
… may start early. Identifying the magnitude and factors that increase the chance for the onset and persistence of sexual victimization are the first steps for prevention efforts among this group. Using both cross-sectional and prospective analyses, this study examined the prevalence of, and …
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Age and sex as vulnerability factors for methamphetamine use and its neurobehavioral consequences
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01
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Does Exercise Prevent Exacerbation of Anxiety-Related Vulnerability Factors Following An Analogue Stressor: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… explains that stressors interact with vulnerability factors to influence the development of anxiety-related disorders (Monroe & Simmons, 1991); therefore, modifying vulnerability factors before a stressor occurs may reduce or prevent anxiety. Researchers have observed significant …
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BEYOND THE FIRE LINE: A COMMUNITY HEALTH VULNERABILITY INDEX AND ANALYSIS OF POST FIRE RECOVERY IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
… through the construction of a community health vulnerability index. Individual vulnerability factors (i.e. age, social isolation, educational attainment) percentages were established at the block group level utilizing the 2016-2020 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey. The …
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Resilience of auxiliary nurses caring for intellectually disabled patients
… as well as on protective mechanisms and vulnerability factors that influence their resilience when caring for these patients. Design: The research project followed a qualitative descriptive inquiry approach. The population comprised of auxiliary nurses caring for patients with …
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The moderating effects of executive functioning on the relationship between life stress and depression
… responses to life stress can vary depending on vulnerability factors, such as ability to regulate emotions. Studies have demonstrated that emotion regulation involves executive functioning abilities. Executive functioning is not only associated with cognition, but also emotional and behavioral …
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THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO WEIGHT-BASED DEROGATORY MEDIA ON BODY IMAGE AND ANTI-FAT ATTITUDES
… weight-related teasing were tested as potential vulnerability factors, but were not significant as moderators. Additionally, participants in the experimental condition reported lower anti-fat attitudes than women in the control condition. This is the first study to find adverse effects of …
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A multi-method study identifying the barriers and solutions to meeting the physical and psychological health needs of young people involved in or vulnerable to sexual exploitation
… sexually exploited young people. Psycho-social vulnerability factors undermine health and impact on health seeking behaviour.
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Modeling Extreme Heat Risk in Urban Areas Using Computer Vision and Data Analysis
… segmentation techniques to extract relevant risk factors from aerial scene images, and we incorporate additional heat hazard and heat vulnerability factors from publicly available land surface temperature, building, and socioeconomic datasets. As a proof of concept, this research focuses on …
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Strontium in Drinking Water: Assessing Strontium as a Drinking Water Contaminant in Virginia Private Wells
… areas and populations most vulnerable. Physical factors such as rock type, rock age, and fertilizer use have been linked to elevated strontium concentrations in drinking water. Meanwhile, social factors such as poverty, poor diet, and adolescence also increase social vulnerability to health …
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Birth Trauma: A mixed-methods investigation
… earlier work concentrated on prevalence and risk factors of clinically significant trauma, recent research focuses on the large group of women who experience childbirth as traumatic but do not necessarily meet the threshold for PTSD. This thesis comprises a mixed-methods design to investigate …
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A web of vulnerability and harms: caring for women who use spice in prison
… Spice harms within a web of complex vulnerability factors which exacerbate material, constructed, discursive and affective harms. Vulnerabilities to harms are produced and mediated via policy strategies, interventions, and drug practices in the gendered prison space. Current …
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An Examination of Moderators of Use of Violence by Adolescents
… being alive at age 25) operate as protective or vulnerability factors for those adolescents at risk for violence. The conceptualization of this study was based on the framework of the compensatory and protective vs. vulnerability models. As hypothesized, a strong relationship between exposure to …
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Resiliency and Risk in Native American Communities: A Culturally Informed Investigation
… and empirically investigates resiliency and vulnerability factors within two Native American communities. The primary factors under consideration are related to American Indian psychosocial factors. This project is an exploratory investigation of pathology and wellness for understudied …
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Resiliency and Risk in Native American Communities: A Culturally Informed Investigation
… and empirically investigates resiliency and vulnerability factors within two Native American communities. The primary factors under consideration are related to American Indian psychosocial factors. This project is an exploratory investigation of pathology and wellness for understudied …
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The role of perceived nonshared environment and personality traits in the etiology of bulimia nervosa
Both environmental and genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of Bulimia Nervosa (BN). A number of critical environmental factors in the development of BN are not shared by family members; specifically, perceived nonshared environmental factors (e.g., differential parent-child …
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Performance-Based Coastal Engineering Framework
… frameworks generally neglect time-varying factors, do not explicitly consider potential cascading-effects, and miss the opportunity to leverage evidence – in the form of data – as it becomes available. To address these gaps, this thesis proposes the first performance-based framework …
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FACTORS AFFECTING RATES OF SOCIAL BUFFERING IN JUVENILE RHESUS MACAQUES (Macaca mulatta)
… this study identifies genetic and experiential vulnerability factors for social buffering. Furthermore, it adds to our knowledge of how behavioral displays are used during social buffering.
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Vulnerability to substance dependence
… and illustrates the importance of other factors (e. g. age, sex and mood status) on this association. lmpSS could mediate the genetic influence on addiction; the DRD4 gene variant predisposed individuals to heroin and nicotine dependence, but not alcohol dependence. Therefore, the …
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