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Psychology Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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DETERMINANTS OF GENERAL WELL-BEING IN BLACK MALES WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Over the last decades, considerable attention has been directed towards examining the well-being of people living with chronic illness. The presence of one or more chronic illnesses challenges their quality of life and ... -
OBJECTIVELY MEASURED SLEEP CHARACTERISTICS OF OLDER ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Older adults commonly experience disturbed sleep such as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep. Older adults who experience impaired sleep are at increased risk for cognitive decline or developing Alzheimer’s disease ... -
INTEREST GROUP SESSION—MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE AND AGING: INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN DEFINING HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND OUTCOMES AMONG DIVERSE OLDER ADULTS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Social determinants of health (SDoH) are conditions in which individuals live, learn, work, and play. Specifically, they are influenced by the distribution of resources, money, and power, and have significant implications ... -
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG OLDER ADULTS FROM NORTHERN INDIA
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Global data show a significant increase in the number of adults 65+ years of age in India. Despite this increase, there is a dearth of available resources to adequately service their mental health needs. Data indicate that ... -
EXAMINING SEX DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Research has demonstrated sex-associated differences in physical activity and its benefits on cognition in older adults. The present study explored differential associations between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity ... -
MULTIMORBIDITY IN OLDER ADULTS: CAN DISEASE CLUSTER PREDICT DEPRESSION SEVERITY?
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is positively correlated with depression severity among older adults. However, few studies have compared depression outcomes by disease cluster. ... -
ACTIGRAPH’S LOW-FREQUENCY EXTENSION FILTER FOR ESTIMATING WRIST-WORN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER ADULTS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Advancements in body-worn activity devices make them valuable for objective physical activity measurement. Research-grade monitors utilize software algorithms developed with younger populations using waist-worn devices. ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD DANGER ON OLDER ADULTS’ FUNCTIONAL STATUS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Social isolation is often associated with smaller social networks, bereavement, and chronic health problems. In addition, underserved neighborhoods, without the resources and social support of other areas, may further ... -
What’s Right With Men? Gender Role Socialization and Men’s Positive Functioning
(SAGE Publications, 2018-10-12)This study explored relations between conformity to masculine norms, gender role conflict, hope, and psychological well-being among a sample of 389 men from a university, with a predominantly White student body, located ... -
Variability of Pain Outcomes and Physical Activity Among a Diverse Sample of Older Men: Is It More Than Just Race?
(SAGE Publications, 2019-09-27)There is a compendium of data documenting the increasing number of older adults. This suggests the continued need to understand identified health outcomes across domains of pain and physical activity, particularly among ... -
Effects of multimodal synchrony on infant attention and heart rate during events with social and nonsocial stimuli
(Elsevier, 2018-11-13)Attention is a state of readiness or alertness, associated with behavioral and psychophysiological responses, that facilitates learning and memory. Multisensory and dynamic events have been shown to elicit more attention ... -
A longitudinal study of infants' early speech production and later letter identification
(Public Library of Science, 2018-10-10)Letter identification is an early metric of reading ability that can be reliability tested before a child can decode words. We test the hypothesis that early speech production will be associated with children's later ... -
Effects of self- and partner’s online disclosure on relationship intimacy and satisfaction
(Public Library of Science, 2019-03-04)Most research on the effects of disclosure on close relationships have been done using offline disclosure. However, disclosure done online has disparate features and thus its effects on relationships may also differ. In ... -
The depressogenic potential of added dietary sugars
(Elsevier, 2019-10)Added sugars are ubiquitous in contemporary Western diets. Although excessive sugar consumption is now robustly associated with an array of adverse health consequences, comparatively little research has thus far addressed ... -
Anger Inhibition Moderates the Link Between Parental Psychological Control and Peer Victimization
(Wayne State University Press, 2018-07-01)Studies examining the link between psychological control and peer victimization are limited. The current study extends knowledge of the role of parental psychological control in predicting children's experiences of peer ... -
Links Between Stressful Life Events and Proactive and Reactive Functions of Aggression
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-01)Recently, more attention has been devoted to understanding how stressful life events might relate to proactive and reactive aggression. Findings suggest that stressful life events are more strongly linked to reactive, than ... -
The (Parental) Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: A Multifactorial Model of Parent Factors in Pediatric Chronic Pain
(Elsevier, 2019-07-01)Parents play a critical role in children's experience of, and recovery from, chronic pain. Although several parental factors have been linked to child pain and functioning, these factors are typically examined in isolation ... -
Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory – Clinician Rated Version (EPSI-CRV)
(2019-10-18)The Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory – Clinician Rated Version (EPSI-CRV) is a semi-structured interview that was designed to assess dimensional constructs of eating-disorder psychopathology and generate current Diagnostic ... -
General Well-Being in Adult Black Males With Chronic Illness
(SAGE Publications, 2019-06-27)As individuals age, they witness a decline in physical health and functional capacities. The presence of one or more chronic illnesses challenges their quality of life and general well-being, thus, impacting their abilities ... -
HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks
(SAGE Publications, 2019-06-27)There is an emerging population of older adults living with HIV, and among them, Black older adults experience the greatest burden of the disease. This is a growing public health concern, as older adults are disproportionately ...