Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 322
The Behavioral immune system and attitudes toward COVID-19
(12/15/2020)
The Behavioral Immune System acts as the first line of defense against harmful pathogens. One of the primary functions of this system is the emotion of disgust. It compels individuals to adopt socially conservative attitudes ...
RhoA and Rac1 prenylation: Effects on serine/threonine signaling for actin polymerization
(1/9/2020)
RhoA and Rac1 are small guanosine triphosphates (GTPases) that regulate cytoskeletal rearrangements, cell polarity and axon guidance and signaling pathways. Alteration of the subcellular localization or activation of Rho ...
Black parents’ perceptions of involvement in their children’s schooling during middle childhood within the U.S. Virgin Islands
(11/11/2020)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to phenomenologically explore Black parents’ perceptions of involvement in their children’s schooling within middle childhood in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Billingsley’s Black family ...
The Yamuleé Effect: Social dance, pedagogy, and performance of an Afro-Diasporic salsa dance company in the Bronx and beyond
(8/3/2020)
Popularized commercial representations of salsa have shaped familiar stereotypes of this Latin dance form as well as of the people who participate in it. In doing so, these commercial representations of salsa often erase ...
Occupational therapy in acute care: Predictors of occupational competence and hospital readmission
(5/19/2020)
PURPOSE: This dissertation explored predictors of occupational competence and hospital readmission for individuals with chronic health conditions in acute care. It also investigated occupational therapists’ perspectives ...
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 ...
How the utilization of occupational therapy in end-of-life care is determined
(11/19/2020)
Aging with chronic illness and dying of a terminal disease are complicated and arduous processes. Occupational participation at the end-of-life may offer means to cope, co-exist with dying, and live with purpose and quality ...
How are we doing? The psychosocial history-taking practices of physical therapists when evaluating adults with chronic pain
(3/23/2020)
Chronic musculoskeletal pain is the most frequently treated disorder by physical therapists (PTs). The biopsychosocial model (BPS) model, a holistic, integrative model is one of four constructs that informs physical therapy ...
Modeling nurse-entry success by integrating student characteristics with gateway course performance
(2/5/2020)
Decades of undergraduate retention research has uncovered common predictors of student success and methods, such as early-alert intervention, that promote persistence among academically at-risk students. This study addresses ...
Questioning the myth: Examining factors that impact help-seeking among South Asian Americans
(7/16/2020)
South Asian Americans represent a rapidly growing segment of the United States (U.S.) population. Psychologists are called to better address the needs of minority populations, expanding beyond the traditional Western scope ...