Browsing UMBC Psychology Department by Title
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A randomized controlled trial of the effects of working memory training in methadone maintenance patients
(Elsevier, 2015-08-24)Objective Working memory impairment in individuals with chronic opioid dependence can play a major role in cognitive and treatment outcomes. Cognitive training targeting working memory shows promise for improved function ... -
Reading and singing to preemies helps parents feel comfortable with their fragile babies
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Reduced GAP-43 mRNA in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex of Patients with Schizophrenia
(Oxford University Press, 2001-02-01)Schizophrenia has been associated with anatomical and functional abnormalities of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which may reflect abnormal connections of DLPFC neurons. We measured mRNA levels of growth-associated ... -
Relations of Executive Function and Physical Performance in Middle Adulthood: A Prospective Investigation in African American and White Adults
(Oxford Academic, 2020-01-29)Objectives Previous studies in older adults found robust associations between executive functions (EF) and physical performance, as well as sociodemographic variation in physical performance decline. To examine these ... -
Religious Coping and Hospital Admissions Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
(Springer Nature, 2010-09-02)Although a well-established literature implicates religiosity as a central element of the African American experience, little is known about how individuals from this group utilize religion to cope with specific health-related ... -
Removing the Filters
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Risky Sex: Interactions among Ethnicity, Sexual Sensation Seeking, Sexual Inhibition, and Sexual Excitation
(Springer Nature, 2012-02-14)Rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, vary across ethnic minority groups, yet few studies have evaluated sexual risk behaviors and their psychological correlates to determine if risk and protective factors ... -
Rock Piles and Cathedrals
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Saluting from the Shore
(Otter Bay Books, 2013) -
Saved by Imagination and Humor
(Otter Bay Books, 2017) -
A Scratch on the Wall
(Otter Bay Books, 2012) -
The Selective Shield of Due Process: Analysis of the U.S. Department of Education's 2020 Title IX Regulations on Live Cross‐Examination
(Wiley, 2020-09-26)The U.S. Department of Education (DoE) released new Title IX regulations in May 2020, including the requirement that postsecondary institutions conduct live hearings with direct cross‐examination for sexual misconduct ... -
Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease and Cognitive Impairment: Another Health Disparity for Women?
(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019-09-24)Although the number of Americans dying of cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to increase since 2010 after decades of decrease, advances in the management of CVD have led to increased longevity among both women and men, ... -
Sexual Abuse History, Alcohol Intoxication, and Women’s Sexual Risk Behavior
(Springer Nature, 2009-09-01)We examined potential differences in women’s likelihood of sexual risk taking in a laboratory setting based on alcohol intoxication and sexual abuse history. Participants (n = 64) were classified as sexually non-abused ... -
Sexual Communication, Sexual Goals, and Students’ Transition to College: Implications for Sexual Assault, Decision-Making, and Risky Behaviors
(Project MUSE, 2010-05-24)A qualitative study was conducted to understand college students’ experiences and perceptions of sexual communication and sexual goals, and how they were affected by the transition from high school to college. Participants ... -
Sexual Orientation Identity, Race/Ethnicity, and Lifetime HIV Testing in a National Probability Sample of U.S. Women and Men: An Intersectional Approach
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2019-09-05)Purpose: We examined differences in lifetime human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in relation to both sexual orientation identity and race/ethnicity among U.S. women and men. Methods: We used 2013–2017 National ... -
Sociodemographic disparities in corticolimbic structures
(PLOS, 2019-05-09)This study sought to examine the interactive relations of socioeconomic status and race to corticolimbic regions that may play a key role in translating stress to the poor health outcomes overrepresented among those of ... -
Sociodemographic patterns of pain in an urban community sample: an examination of intersectional effects of sex, race, age, and poverty status
(International Association for the Study of Pain ( IASP), 2020-01-07)Pain disparities based on race, sex, age, and socioeconomic status have been well documented. This study aimed to examine interactions among these sociodemographic factors on self-reported bodily pain in an urban community ... -
Souls and Senses
(Otter Bay Books, 2017)