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Vicarious Racism Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Disease Activity: The Black Women’s Experiences Living with Lupus (BeWELL) Study
(2018-04-23)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by Black-White disparities in severity, which in part are associated with group differences in exposure to psychosocial stress. Among salient sources of stress are those ...
Front Porches and Freeways: Does Rural or Urban Residence Matter for Couple Relationship Education Outcomes?
(2017-07-27)
The purpose of this study was to advance explorations of the possible differential effects of rural versus urban residence and income on individuals’ couple relationship outcomes following participation in a couple ...
Key Personality Traits and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in First and Second Year College Students: Detangling Antecedent from Consequence
(2018-04-24)
Background. Studies have consistently shown that low constraint and high negative emotionality are associated with higher levels for alcohol use and greater alcohol related problems. Less research has examined associations ...
Individual Mental Health and Couple Functioning: Exploring Changes among Couple Relationship Education Participant Outcomes
(2018-07-20)
The current study uses a randomized control trial design to test the efficacy of two couple relationship education (CRE) programs in a diverse sample of 722 couples. Taking theoretical assumptions from Hammen’s (1991) ...
Adjusting Clinical Fee Scales: First Session Intake Fees Moderating Couple’s Total Number of Sessions Attended in Couple’s Therapy
(2019-08-09)
Psychotherapy research has acknowledged the importance of examining attrition in therapy. However, researchers consistently neglect to look to the effect of additional fees beyond the every session fee for services on ...
Adolescent Perceived Parenting as a Moderator of the Be SAFE Bullying Prevention Program: Examining the Influence of Parenting on Adolescent Program Outcomes
(2017-07-27)
Evaluations of universal bullying prevention programs often find modest effects on adolescent bullying outcomes. It may be advantageous for those in bullying research to test differential effects of program outcomes via ...
Language Style Matching and Older Adult's Marital Satisfaction
(2017-08-03)
Poor marital communication is a leading reason that couples seek therapy. Because of its importance in marriage, marital communication is one of the most studied aspects of relational functioning. In fact, recent works ...
Too Stressed to Sleep: Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity and Sleep in Adolescents
(2019-09-27)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate relations between autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity across its parasympathetic and sympathetic branches and multiple sleep parameters in adolescence. Participants ...
The Influence of Anxiety and Mindfulness on Relationship Quality: An Investigation of Comparative and Dyadic Effects
(2018-07-20)
The primary concern of all social scientists is to better quantify domains of human functioning in order to elucidate pathways for the effective pursuit of human flourishing. Relationship functioning has been consistently ...
Family Functioning and Children's Sleep Schedule, Quality and Quantity
(2008-09-09)
Although sleep problems are prevalent in U.S. children, very little is known about family variables associated with children’s sleep disruptions. The objective of this study is to examine children’s sleep quality and ...