Youth behavior problems have increased in prevalence in Scandinavian countries. Functional Family Therapy (FFT) has been shown to be an effective intervention across diverse populations and international contexts. The current study examines the effectiveness of FFT within a Dani…
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Family functioning is predictive of youth recidivism in Singapore. However, there is a lack of family based interventions for youth offenders on community probation. Evidence-based family interventions developed in Western populations, such as Functional Family Therapy (FFT), ha…
Background There is interest in the possibility of indicated prevention of psychosis. There is a strong case for using psychological approaches to prevent transition to psychosis in high-risk patients. Aims To identify individuals at high risk of transition to psychosis, and psy…
Purpose: The aim of the current study was to describe and compare endocrine therapy-related symptoms and quality of life in female cancer survivors taking aromatase inhibitors, tamoxifen, and no endocrine therapy, and to evaluate the effect of an exercise intervention on these s…
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to Medicaid programs and required them to provide essential health benefits, which can include prevention services. This study assesses the costs and benefits to using Medicaid funding to implement a well-known evidence-based program, Func…
The purpose of this project was to equip select pastors of Birmingham Metro Baptist Association (BMBA) churches in need of revitalization with a tool to promote humility. The project involved the implementation of a forty-day, workbook-style devotional intervention designed to p…
Background: Postpartum depression is highly prevalent among women and a lack of partner support is a strong risk factor for PPD. Partner support has been shown to decline significantly during the transition to parenthood. The primary objective of this pilot randomized controlled…
A standard practice in the sociological and comparative politics literature is to interpret ethnicity broadly as identity cleavages deriving from non-class categories such as language, religion, race and caste. In recent decades, conflicts between ‘ethnic’ communities, i.e., gro…
Sexual minorities experience mental and physical health disparities in comparison to heterosexual individuals due to minority stress (Branstrom et al., 2016; Kerridge et al., 2017; Meyer, 2003). Positive psychology interventions have improved mental and physical health (Antoine …
This thesis focuses on the potential for comprehensive, scientific, public health evaluations to affect policy development by conducting a retrospective literature investigation of studies and evaluations published in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Using Ricci et al.’s Disa…
This thesis focuses on the experience of voice hearing and effects on mental health and wellbeing. It is composed of two separate papers: a systematic literature review and an empirical paper.
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a highly prevalent chronic disease and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States (US) and in West Virginia (WV), a mostly rural Appalachian state. West Virginia has the highest prevalence of diabetes …
This thesis studies the temporal profile of the impact of systemic banking crises on suicide rates using a panel from 53 countries between 1980 and 2016. A methodology developed by Oscar Jordà in 2005, the Local Projections, was used to measure this impact.
This study sought to examine how graduates of the "at-risk youth" category experience their selfhood years after they populated this category. The sample comprised adults who had been removed from their homes in their youth by court order or at the local welfare department's rec…
A conservação dos carnívoros é considerada prioritária devido à importância destes para os ecossistemas e à ameaça séria de extinção que enfrentam em todo o mundo. Jaguares (Panthera onca) e pumas (Puma concolor), os maiores felinos do Brasil e das Américas, estão em declínio de…
The First World War marked the end of the era of empires, followed by postwar accords which divided up territory into newly formed states. As a result of this new order, numerous ethnic groups found themselves under new regimes with new set of rolls. The research in hand seek to…
La spiritualité peut avoir plusieurs impacts positifs sur la santé mentale et physique des individus (Koenig, 2008), être un élément central dans le processus de rétablissement (Holloway et Moss, 2010; Lietz et Hodge, 2013) et constituer un important mécanisme d’adaptation face …
This work attempts to determine the exchange rate policy objectives of monetary authorities in emerging markets and analyze the instruments used to achieve them. The introductory chapter discusses a wide range of issues related to exchange rate policy, exchange rate regimes, and…
There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) among manual material handling (MMH) workers. However, limited investigations have been undertaken among one large group of workers using a particular MMH method called traditional posterior load carriage (PLC). Such l…