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Rape trauma: a study of preferred rape disclosure methods and factors influencing psychological outcomes in rape victims
(2011-11-23)
RAPE TRAUMA: A STUDY OF PREFERRED RAPE DISCLOSURE METHODS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN RAPE VICTIMS
CARRIE M. CARRETTA
Dissertation under the direction of Professor Sheila H. Ridner, PhD, RN, FAAN
This ...
Stress, Negative Cognitive Style, and Coping as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in Children of Depressed Parents
(2010-04-08)
Stress, negative cognitive style, and coping were studied as predictors of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents at risk for depression. This study examined 166 children and adolescents (ages 9 to 15) of depressed ...
Development and Initial Validation of Adolescent Responses to Body Dissatisfaction
(2011-08-01)
One community sample (N = 607) of youths generated self-reported responses to body dissatisfaction, from which the Adolescent Responses to Body Dissatisfaction (ARBD) inventory was constructed. A second similar sample (N ...
Relations among Symptom Severity, Coping, and Parenting in Depressed and Non-depressed Parents
(2012-07-26)
Depressed parents tend to exhibit impaired parenting, although the specific mechanisms underlying this relation are not well understood. Past research has shown that depressed adults use less adaptive coping strategies ...
Parental Depression, Economic Disadvantage, and the Dual Process Model of Responses to Stress in Children
(2009-03-30)
Previous research has shown that both having a parent with depression and economic disadvantage are chronically stressful and lead to poorer outcomes in children and adolescents, but these stressors have never been studied ...
Stress reactivity and regulation in young adults at varied risk for depression
(2011-06-28)
This study examined cortisol reactivity and regulation to a psychosocial stress task in 102 young adults, ages 18 to 31 (mean age = 22.97, SD = 3.87), at varied risk for depression (56 remitted depressed, 46 never depressed). ...
Coping as a Mediator in a Preventive Intervention for Children and Adolescents of Parents with Depression
(2009-12-17)
The present study examined changes in coping as a mediator of the efficacy of a preventive intervention program for children and adolescents of parents with a history of depression. Changes in coping as a mediator were ...
Effects of Acute and Chronic Stress on Attention and Psychobiological Stress Reactivity in Women
(2012-08-12)
The current study investigated the role of chronic stress in alterations in automatic attentional and stress reactivity processes that may affect vulnerability to mental and physical illness in women. Participants were ...