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Risks and barriers: African Americans’ reluctance to seeking mental health treatment
(4/28/2020)
Minimal research exists in reference to African American families and their willingness to attend therapy. The focus of this research study was to determine the reasons African Americans are skeptical to participate in ...
An Evidence-Based Assessment Tool for Estimating Future Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A 7-Year Follow-Up Study
(Journal of Women's Health, 2020-04-17)
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects up to one in three women across the world. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common outcome. Many, but not all, women suffer long after they first sought help ...
An exploration of African American men's experience with perinatal loss
(4/24/2020)
The purpose of this study was to explore how African American men experience perinatal loss. As there is currently little to no research on how African American men address the emotional expressiveness, barriers they have ...
Teens' experiences with sexting: A grounded theory study
(6/25/2020)
Easy access to social networking sites and smartphones has allowed the Internet to play an increasingly central role in the exploration and expression of adolescent sexuality. Online sexual behavior in turn has played a ...
The Vietnamese translation of the attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help scale (ATSPPH): A psychometric study
(6/12/2020)
The current researcher developed a Vietnamese translation of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPH; Fischer & Turner, 1970) and examined its psychometric properties. The ATSPPH was ...
Diet quality, inflammation and affective reactivity in mental health
(1/20/2021)
There is growing evidence for the influence of diet, inflammation and affective reactivity on mental health. It is important to consider whether diet quality impacts expression of anxiety and depression symptoms. Inflammation ...
An exploration of the experiences of caregivers raising children with a cystic fibrosis diagnosis and the relationship between anxiety, depression, and quality of life: An online exploratory mixed-methods study
(4/30/2021)
This online mixed-methods study was designed to explore, analyze, expand upon the lived experiences of caregivers raising children with cystic fibrosis and the connection to the systemic influences contributing to their ...