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Self-injury is a growing public health concern that impacts individuals of all ages, genders, and racial-ethnic backgrounds. While research on self-injury has primarily been conducted from a psychological and clinical perspective, this dissertation takes a social psychological a…

The literature review revealed co-morbidity between adverse childhood experiences, adult psychopathology and alcohol dependence, although causality was questionable due to multiple variables. The current study used 54 clients at the acute end of the spectrum of severe alcohol de…

The impact of familial relationships, as both protective and risk factors, on the development and treatment of eating disorders (ED) is a frequent topic of research (Cordero & Israel, 2009; Enten & Golan, 2009). However, Parental Gender Disappointment (PGD) as related to ED is o…

The purpose of this research is to explore the Impact of Marital Stress among Nigerian immigrant Couples in the U.S. The focus is on two dimensions: mainly, the study is intended to examine the effect of acculturative stress and the lack of the use of professional marital counse…