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The problem. The problem of the study was to investigate the relationship of self-esteem, depression, control over destiny, anxiety, preoccupation with self, identity stability, independence versus dependence, well-being, body image, occupational status, future aspirations, and …
Previous research has demonstrated a relationship between the constructs of family stability and adjustment and has provided evidence for a model in which self-regulatory behavior, namely self-control, mediates the relationship between family stability and adjustment. The presen…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a significant mental health problem currently facing the United States Armed Forces. Researchers have suggested that approximately 15% of returning Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans meet diagnosti…
Naturally motivated behaviors, such as female sexual behavior, activate neural circuits that in turn mediate the rewarding aspects of the behavior. Activation of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system by repeated sexual experience leads to long-term changes in behavioral, cellula…
The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience and meaning of personal spirituality following spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify the relationship of personal spirituality and suffering in these patients. The research questions for this study of personal spi…
Introduction: Comorbidity between asthma and psychiatric disorders is reported to have a significant impact upon illness management factors such as asthma control, functional status, and utilization of medical services. Both anxiety sensitivity and psychological acceptance are a…
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are a common comorbidity in veterans seeking treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). However, little is known regarding the mutual influence of PTSD and CMP in this population. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data…
Drug addiction is primarily a disease of the brain's reward system. The resulting compromise in reward sensitivity traces its roots to the striatal “reward circuitry”, where excess dopamine is released by the acute administration of the drug of abuse; chronic use is in turn asso…
Waterpipe tobacco smoking has become increasingly popular in the past decade, yet no studies examined personality predictors of its use. This study is the first to assess impulsivity as a potential correlate for waterpipe tobacco smoking use and frequency. 43.2% reported ever us…
Stimulus-elicited (phasic) skin conductance responses (SCRs) to indifferent stimuli have often been employed to examine abnormalities in orienting (allocation of attention) in studies of schizophrenia. Most previous studies have examined phasic activity only during habituation p…
This study is a qualitative phenomenological study that focused on exploring the experiences of Title IV-E participants of how well the Title IV-E program prepared them to cope with work related stress and burn out. Psychological stress and coping theory framework was used to un…
Social scientists from many disciplines have examined trust, including trust between those with different religious affiliations, emotional antecedents of trust, and physiological correlates of trust. However, little is known about how all of these factors intersect to shape tru…
Having a child diagnosed with a severe illness is difficult for any parent. However, when the illness is a mental disorder, the symptoms are often masked as rebellious reactions, which can be interpreted as a lack of self-discipline brought on by poor parenting skills. This nega…
A primary goal of vision is to identify objects rapidly and efficiently. Successful object and scene recognition results from the integration of both feed-forward and feedback processes that correspond a two-dimensional retinal image to a representation of its content stored in …
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive interruptions in respiration during sleep, which causes excessive daytime sleepiness (Bassiri & Guilleminault, 2000). Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly effective treatment for OSA (American T…
The influx of displaced persons to refugee camps within the Middle East presents a challenge to mental health professionals due to the elevated mental health symptom burden and substantial mental-health stigma within these communities. Individual-level interventions using “gold-…
Following social defeat, male hamsters exhibit behavioral changes characterized by a breakdown of normal territorial aggression and an increase in submissive/defensive behaviors in the presence of a non-aggressive intruder (NAI). We have termed this phenomenon conditioned defeat…
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood. Age-inappropriate daytime and nighttime locomotor overactivity and disturbed sleep have been well documented in ADHD. This study's objective was to examine the relati…