Severe life events increase the risk for major depression, and depression is associated with disrupted sleep. However, the impact of life stress on sleep has not been explored in individuals with unipolar depression. This project examined the proposed association between stressf…
The war on terror after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, continues to include ongoing efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries in which the military serve and protect. Active-duty members of the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard continue to serve i…
This study examines the question of whether subjective attitudes to climate change play a significant part in the determination of local authorities’ policy and actions on climate change mitigation; whether the personal views of council members and officers about climate change,…
This dissertation studies the collaborative efforts between World Vision Ethiopia (WVE) and Wisdom Micro financing Institution, S.C. (WISDOM) to provide caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Ethiopia with microfinance. Because of the millions of new OVCs being …
Other research on conversion to Judaism has investigated who converts, why they do so, and what the outcome of conversion is in terms of religious observance, Jewish identity, ethnicity, and success in forming Jewish family life. This qualitative project focused on the "process"…
The primary purpose for this study was to provide self-reports on the personal and social experience of Assyrian-Iranian refugees and their issues of displacement from Iran, acculturation, and adjustment to their new social environment in the U.S. This research analyzed the expe…
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychosocial and cultural variables affecting adolescents living with parent(s) infected with the AIDS virus in selected states (Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, & Rivers) of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. This study compares the ex…
Psychology of eating
This study used the university discussion-based seminar with the aim of exploring and improving students' experiences of face-to-face group work in Higher Education. The purpose was to devise a pedagogic strategy to address the communicative barriers that extant research and lit…
Dementia incidence is rising as our population is ageing. There is growing evidence for the protective effect of physical activity against cognitive decline. However, there are inconsistent results across studies despite the large number of high quality trials. The role of psych…
This study explored the experiences, psychosocial needs and how best to address them after prostate cancer treatment for Black African/Black Caribbean men and their partners in England. Cancer statistics in the United Kingdom show that Black African and Black Caribbean men have …
This dissertation examines how the urban poor in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) cope with trauma and rebuild their lives in a new post-war state and economy. The dissertation is based on twenty months of fieldwork with relief agencies and their beneficiaries. I carried out p…
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing condition associated with significant patient morbidity and mortality. Patients suffering from OUD have an increased risk of death from suicide, HIV, infectious disease, and trauma, among other causes. Patients suffering from OUD …
The aim of this research was to understand the construct of equanimity as a psychological construct. An Explanatory Sequential Design was used in this research which is a type of Mixed Methods Design. The first phase of the study consisted of the analysis of equanimity as concep…
