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The Influence of Parenting and Acculturative Stress on Parental Feeding Style and Pediatric Obesity for Latino Families
(2015)
Pediatric obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. Previous research has
shown that parenting factors related to stress and parental feeding style impact child BMI,
and that Latino families are especially at ...
Attachment and Shame-Coping Style: A Relationship Mediated by Fear of Compassion?
(2015-08-04)
Theorists have proposed that shame is a predominant emotion presented in
psychotherapy. Research has focused on shame proneness; less is known about how one
copes with shame. Research suggests the best antidotes for shame ...
Examination of Victim and Perpetrator Blame in Date Rape Scenarios and Exploration of Ambivalent Sexism Subtypes as Predictors of Male and Female Rape Myths among a Sample of College Students
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
Rape has stereotypically been considered a crime involving a female victim and a male perpetrator. In reality, rape is a traumatic event that is both experienced and perpetrated by men and women. Previous research has ...
Transforming Words Into Action: Factors Predicting Social Justice Engagement Among Psychology Doctoral Students
(2014-09-26)
Increasing our understanding about factors that predict social justice advocacy engagement
can aid educators in choosing learning approaches that promote both personal and
institutional change (Goodman et al., 2004). The ...
Mindfulness and Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in College Students: The Moderating Role of Sleep Quality
(2014)
Inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity, and poor sleep quality have become increasingly
common in college student populations, placing students at greater risk of being
overweight or obese in adulthood. Researchers ...
Sikh Men Post 9/11: Visible Markers of Religion, Perceived Religious Discrimination, and Career Barriers
(2015)
The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (9/11) stand out as a monumental event that is marked as a sad day in our society’s recent history and an even scarier reality of religious discrimination for ...
The examination of safe sex message appeals, sex, and emotional responses on college students’ condom use attitudes, intentions, and self-efficacy
(2013-11-26)
Inconsistency in the sexual risk prevention literature indicated that there was a need for additional research identifying factors that will increase safe sex behaviors; particularly, condom use, in young adults. The present ...
The Effects of Altruism Education on Middle School Students’ Attitudes Toward Victims of Bullying and Intent to Prosocially Intervene
(2014)
Bullying among young people is a problem that affects communities throughout the world.
Its negative effects can be both immediate and long-term, for both the victims and the
perpetrators. Despite increased attention to ...
The Objectification and Blame of Revenge Porn Victims
(2020)
The current study sought to explore the relationship between objectification and victim blame in cases of revenge porn across cases in which the victim was sexually diverse (i.e., bisexual, lesbian, straight). Participants ...
The Relations Among Outness, Authenticity, and Well Being for Bisexual Adults
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
Outness, a proximal minority stressor for sexual minority people, demonstrated inconsistent
relationships with well-being. A possible explanation for these varied findings is that
characteristics of one’s sexual minority ...
The Impact of Islamic Religiosity on Perceived Discrimination, Coping, and Psychological Outcomes
(2022)
The present study examined the moderating effects of Islamic religiosity on the relationship between racial-ethnic discrimination, religious prejudice, environmental prejudice, religious coping, perceived stress, and Islam’s ...
Second chance: the paradox of felony convictions
(2021)
Every year hundreds of thousands of individuals with felony convictions are released into the community with the expectation that those re-entering society will be “successful” upon re-entry. Society tells persons with ...