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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"college-aged women"”.
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Determinants Of Bone Mineral Density In African-American And Caucasian College-Aged Women
… Some researchers suggest that African-American women fracture at a lower rate when compared to Caucasians with the same bone mineral density (BMD). However, when African-American women do fracture, they have higher mortality and morbidity rates. Data regarding risk factors and prevalence of low …
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Effect of isokinetic resistance training on ulnar stiffness in young, college-aged women
… will increase ulnar bending stiffness in young women. Forty-nine women aged 19.9 ± 1.7 yrs, trained their nondominant arm either concentrically or eccentrically in the Isokinetic modality on the Biodex® system III 3d/wk for 32 wks. The dominant arm served as the control limb (untrained). …
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Breast Cancer in the Media: Agenda-Setting and Framing Effects of Prevalent Messages on College-Aged Women
… effects of breast cancer media messages on young women, a population that has the potential to make lifestyle changes early enough to prevent the disease. Based on framing and agenda-setting theories, a web survey focused on the relationships between the characteristics of prevalent breast cancer …
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Mechanical Response Tissue Analysis: Inter- and Intra-trial Reliability in Assessing Bending Stiffness of the Human Tibia in College Aged Women
… and intra-reliability of tibial EI, 22 healthy women (X + SD: 20.8 + 1.8 yr) were assessed twice daily for three non-consecutive days. Each daily session consisted of five repeated trials. The ulnar EI protocol of McCabe et al. [J Bone and Mineral Res. 1991;6(1):53-59] was adapted to assess …
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Can a Manipulated Mind Alter Matter? : The Effects of Verbal Feedback on Self-Efficacy, Exercise Intention, and Exercise Behaviour among Low-Active College-Aged Women
… physique anxiety (SPA) as a moderator. Female college infrequent exercisers (n = 66) were randomly assigned into one of three groups (high-efficacy [HE], low-efficacy [LE], or control) and asked to complete several questionnaires at baseline. The HE and LE groups were provided with positive and …
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The mother of all dissatisfaction: Consequences of mother-daughter relationships on body dissatisfaction
… methods study utilized two separate samples of women during respective quantitative and qualitative phases. During the quantitative phase, college aged women participants completed measures related to body image, body dissatisfaction, and mother-daughter closeness. Moderation analyses revealed …
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Female Representation Matters: The Identification of Young Women with the Embodied Ecological Ethē of Public Female Role Models
This research project sought to find out if college-aged women have public female role models (PFRM) and how the former group identified with the latter. Over the last two hundred years, women and men in the U.S. have worked to improve the current standing of women in society. Today, women continue …
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Body image in overweight and obese women: The influence of age, ethnicity, perceived attractiveness, and romantic partners
Research regarding women's body image has been limited by focusing on normal weight college-aged women. The purpose of this study was to examine how ethnicity, age, and perceived attractiveness impact overweight and obese women's body image within heterosexual romantic partnerships. Five hundred …
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The effect of the victim-offender relationship and pre-assault intoxication on PTSD symptom severity
College-aged women are at an increased risk for experiencing non-consensual sexual contact (i.e. sexual assault) relative to the general population. Women who endure a sexual assault are at an increased risk for developing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Intoxication by drugs and/or alcohol …
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Innovative Interventions for Disordered Eating: A Pilot Comparison Between Dissonance-Based and Yoga Interventions
… and binge eating disorder, is prevalent among college-aged women. To date, few interventions have successfully reduced risk factors related to disordered eating. One promising intervention utilizes principles of cognitive dissonance to reduce thin-ideal internalization among women at risk for …
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What college women know, think, and do about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine
… vaccine (Gardasil®) was approved for girls and women aged 9 to 26. However, the national vaccine uptake rate among young women has been low. HPV vaccine mandatory proposals have also been met with controversy. Some advocacy groups have voiced concerns about whether receipt of HPV vaccine might …
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Perception of Resistance as a Predictor of Self-Blame in College Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault
… sexual assault and feelings of self-blame in college aged women. The literature has shown that self-blame has uniformly negative effects on a victimized woman's emotional and psychological health, including poor adjustment, and higher levels of sexual dissatisfaction, depression and global …
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No More Baby Steps: Preventing Unintended Pregnancies of Los Angles Minorities and Adolescents
… they remain high among minority and young women. Contraceptive usage, a leading protective factor for unintended pregnancies, has been found to vary greatly by age and ethnicity. These two projects aimed to decrease unintended pregnancy rates through increasing patient knowledge of …
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A Qualitative Study of College Cadet Women's Leadership Identity Development in a Military Training Environment
… each branch of military avail every position to women (Pellerin, 2015). Given this and the dearth of literature on women's leader development in military environments, it was imperative to research if and how these environments shape and influence leadership development among college aged women. …
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Intimate partner violence: The lived experience of single women
… was to examine, interpret, and understand single women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The study sought to find out if differences existed between the experiences of single women with IPV and other groups of women who have previously been studied. The question that guided the …
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Psychological characteristics related to bulimia in early and late adolescent females
… of bulimia has focused on characteristics of college-aged women, with those findings forming a basis for treatment planning with younger, adolescent women. While research in recent years has begun to examine those characteristics specifically related to bulimia in adolescence, there has been a …
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Pathways to C-Suite: The Role of Women Cultivating Senior Leadership Among Other Women
… been slow progress over the past four decades, women are still underrepresented in C-suite organizational positions. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the role that other women, both personal and professional, have had in the career trajectories of a sample of women who …
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Effect of Endurance Arm Training on Selected Components Which Influence the Oxygen Uptake During Arm and Leg Exercise
… which define the oxygen uptake. Thirty-eight college aged women participated in the study with 19 subjects serving in the experimental training group and 19 in the control group. A one-way analysis of covariance was used to examine the relation of the Fick Equation components and oxygen …
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Influence of Deliberate Peer-to-Peer Interactions on First-Generation College Students’ Educational Outcomes
<p>First-generation college students are first in their families to go to college and may not have the resources to help them navigate a college setting. They have parents who have not received a four-year degree, which diminishes the amount of knowledge they accumulated to help them navigate a …
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