To date, low rates of patient compliance have made it impractical to study whether regular exercise can contribute to positive outcomes in women with substance use disorders (SUD). One robust strategy for promoting and maintaining behavior change is contingency management (CM). …
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Obesity has been identified as a chronic disease in immigrant minority populations, contributing to an increased risk of high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and other chronic diseases. Prior to this study, it was unknown whether im…
The emotion of anger has become an increasingly important part of clinical assessment. Weak theoretical conceptualizations of anger and poor psychometric assessment instruments have lead DiGiuseppe and Tafrate (2007) to propose a new model of disturbed anger and to develop the A…
AIMS: To investigate to what extent sex work history, perception on certain diseases, self- perceived control over becoming infected by HIV and protective actions including condom use consistency influence self-perceived risk for HIV among brothel-based female sex workers (FSWs)…
Wars and armed conflicts on the African continent since the latter half of the 20th century have resulted in the displacement of millions of people. Many are internally displaced; others have become refugees and immigrants on and off the continent. Post-war development research …
The present study utilized an emotional Stroop task, a social desirability scale, a normative protection measure, three explicit questionnaires, and an open-ended writing sample in order to assess participants explicit, as well as implicit bias towards the three major western re…
In the present dissertation I tested the hypothesis that discontinuous hormone replacement paradigms that maintain endogenous-like hormone release profiles are more effective than constant release regimens at maintaining male sexual behavior (MSB) in castrated male hamsters. Fur…
Low demand for index insurance in several recent pilot programs has created a puzzle for development economists and policy makers concerned with enhancing farmers risk management capacity in low-income economies. Chapter 1 contributes to the resolution of this puzzle by providin…
The phenomenal financial expansion of the last decades has been characterised by an exacerbation of systemic instability and an increase in the frequency of financial crises, culminating in the recent meltdown in the US financial sector. The literature on financial crises has de…
INTRODUCTION: South Asians are a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. Despite improvements in the care of coronary artery disease over the last half century, the prevalence remains disproportionately high in this population. Much of this is felt to due to the early ac…
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationships among child cognitive development, provision of care to the child, and the child's iron status through the use of quantitative and qualitative data. Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia remain widespread problems t…
The need related behavioral dynamics that are revealed in self-determination and academic motivation research control factors which pinpoint and examine settings that facilitate self-motivation and well-being. This study examined differences in motivational and self-determinatio…
Job satisfaction is the key contributor to an organization's gain, quality, and revenue. Lack of job satisfaction can lead to employee retention issues, reduced productivity, and in the end, decline of the company. The present study examined the relationship between leadership a…
Sleep disturbances are a core and salient feature of PTSD and can maintain or exacerbate associated symptoms. Recent research demonstrates that cognitive-behavioral sleep-focused interventions improve sleep disturbances as well as PTSD symptoms. The present study is a randomized…
The dangers of texting while driving has been clearly reported in distracted driving studies. People generally see texting while driving a dangerous behavior but they do it. A new line of research in the area of driving distraction is concerned with why people do risky behavior …
Although there is a large literature on marital satisfaction, little attention has been paid to the study of ethnic minorities or to couples in long-term marriages. In the present study, 20 first generation Iranian American couples who were in first marriages of long duration (M…
Breast cancer patients have a high incidence of co-morbid chronic insomnia which frequently persists into survivorship. The mechanism behind this insomnia is poorly understood, yet maladaptive responses to the sleep disturbance resulting from an acute stressor are implicated in …
This research explores the lived experience of Navy Hospital Corpsmen (medics) who have served in combat with U.S. Marine Corps units in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. It uses interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine both the lived experiences and the derived meaning of…
About half a million youth - between the ages of 7 and 17 - roam the streets of major urban centers in Bangladesh, overcoming unprecedented challenges to survive. They experience overwhelming poverty, dangerous living conditions, daily hassles and threats to their safety, and in…