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5 math skills your child needs to get ready for kindergarten
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A CULTURALLY GUIDED EXAMINATION OF PARENTING AND PRESCHOOLERS’ SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES
(2021-01-01)This dissertation project sought to examine unique patterns in Asian American mothers’ socialization goals, the determinants (i.e., racial discrimination) that undermine their socialization practices (i.e., psychologically ... -
A Mediated Model of Predictors of Treatment Engagement Among Heroin, Cocaine, and Marijuana Users
(2009-01-01)The importance and efficacy of formalized treatment for drug abuse and dependence, combined with high attrition rates in drug treatment settings, emphasize the need for research to help understand what factors influence ... -
A Multi-Method Approach to Examine Predictors and Outcomes of Muslim American Adolescents? Social Identities
(2020-01-01)The Muslim American population is the fastest growing and one of the most discriminated against religious groups in the United States. The current socio-political climate poses profound developmental challenges for Muslim ... -
A MULTI-METHOD EXPLORATION OF KOREAN IMMIGRANT PARENTING AND CHILDREN?S SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES IN THE U.S.
(2020-01-20)This dissertation project aimed to clarify pathways toward young Korean immigrant children?s socioemotional and behavioral adjustment by exploring associations among predictors of parenting, parenting behaviors and practices, ... -
A Multimethod Examination of the Associations between Parenting Styles and Self-Regulation among Ethnically Diverse Emerging Adults
(2020-01-01)Self-regulation refers to individuals’ capacity for managing and regulating their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in response to contextual demands to enable goal-oriented actions. Parents play a significant role in ... -
Abnormal cholecystokinin mRNA levels in entorhinal cortex of schizophrenics
(Elsevier, 1998-01-05)Limbic cortical regions, including anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), prefrontal cortex (PFC) and entorhinal cortex (ERC), have been implicated in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. Glutamate projection neurons connect ... -
Academic Socialization in the Homes of Black and Latino Preschool Children: Research Findings and Future Directions
(Springer International Publishing, 2018)This chapter provides an overview of what is known about how Black and Latino families prepare their young children for school and what remains to be understood. It provides a synthesis of research presented in this volume, ... -
Acculturative Stress and Body Dissatisfaction among Asian American Women
(2020-01-20)The purpose of this study is was to examine the association between acculturative stress and body dissatisfaction among Asian American female emerging adults using the tripartite influence model. Participants (N = 102) ... -
Advancing home visiting coaching competence
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Affective priming in major depressive disorder
(Frontiers, 2012-10-05)Research on cognitive biases in depression has provided considerable evidence for the impact of emotion on cognition. Individuals with depression tend to preferentially process mood-congruent material and to show deficits ... -
Alcohol and Erectile Response: The Effects of High Dosage in the Context of Demands to Maximize Sexual Arousal
(American Psychological Association, 2011-08-31)Although drinking is often associated with men's sexual activity, basic questions about alcohol's effects on men's sexual arousal remain unanswered. Inconsistencies in findings from studies examining subjective and ... -
Alcohol consumption and alcohol home delivery laws during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-04-26)Background: Alcohol consumption in the U.S. is a public health problem that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Relatedly, many states have responded to COVID-19 by relaxing their alcohol laws, making it possible ... -
Alcohol Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of US Adults
(MDPI, 2020-12-09)Emerging but limited evidence suggests that alcohol consumption has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed: (1) whether drinking behaviors changed during the pandemic; and, (2) how those changes were ... -
Ambivalence about Marijuana Use: A Potential Facilitator of Information Processing and Changes in Attitudes and Intentions Resulting from Anti-Drug Messaging
(2020-01-20)In recent years, rates of marijuana use in the United States have increased, and along with that increase in use, attitudes about marijuana have become more accepting and perception of a risk of harm has decreased (Cerd� ... -
AMPA receptor binding in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics and controls
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Amphetamine-induced c-fos mRNA expression is altered in rats with neonatal ventral hippocampal damage
(National Institute of Health, 1996-08)To further characterize the mechanisms underlying enhanced dopamine-related behaviors expressed during adulthood in rats with neonatal excitotoxic ventral hippocampal (VH) damage, we studied the expression of c-fos mRNA ... -
An examination of health disparities legislation: The relationship of research language and legislator characteristics to bill progression and legislative behaviors
(2022-01-01)Health disparities are a serious public health issue that disproportionately affect individuals from traditionally marginalized and oppressed populations, such as racial/ minorities. For instance, African Americans ... -
An Exploration of Dispositional Mindfulness and the Mechanisms of Pain Processing in Children
(2019-01-01)Cognitive load has been shown to affect subjective pain experiences for adults, however the current study is the first to examine the effect of cognitive load on distraction effectiveness for children. Additionally, ...