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This study examined facets of mindfulness as mediating the associations between anxious and avoidant attachment with sleep disturbances. In addition, the study tested whether the indirect links between anxious and avoidant attachment and...
Background: Nighttime eating, particularly before bed, has received considerable media attention in recent years. The common thought was to avoid caloric intake post-dinner and pre-sleep due to worries of weight gain and a negative...
Homelessness is a complex issue that impacts families in many ways. One pathway of addressing homelessness among families has been the use of transitional housing programs. Previous research demonstrates the importance of social support...
Introduction. A growing body of evidence suggests a strong relationship between age-related declines in muscle mass, strength, and power with impaired cognitive function. To mitigate these effects, current recommendations consist of...
Stress is a prevalent and concerning reality for families, and when stressors are long lasting or severe, they can lead to a crisis. The ABC-X Model of Family Stress proposes that experienced stressors lead to family outcomes of...
There is an increase in the diagnosis of mental illness in the inmate population within correctional facilities in the United States. Most of these inmates are male, and many of them are fathers of minor children. Although fathers are...
Food allergy is a globally recognized health problem, which is estimated to affect 8% of children and 10% of adults in the USA. Within the USA, 90% of the food allergies are due to peanut, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, egg, milk, wheat, ...
Background: Until recently, consuming nutrients close to sleep was believed to have negative impacts on body composition and overall health. However, recent work from our laboratory and others has demonstrated that a low calorie snack, ...
This qualitative case study of five couples in which one spouse has Alzheimer's disease in the early stage, and the other spouse is a caregiver, investigated including both spouses in couple interview sessions which included using...
The African immigrant population in the U.S. has roughly doubled every year since 1970 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). The increase in African immigrant families in the U.S. coincides with a rise of African immigrant families interacting...
Although cognition declines with age, cancer may increase that decline, either through cancer treatment or decreased quality of life (QOL) accompanied with increased anxiety and depression. Cross-sectional research shows that more active...
The goal of this dissertation was to advance understanding of family financial socialization in Black families by documenting specific content socialized, how (implicit or purposive) that content was socialized, and the relation of such...
The Effects of Twelve Weeks of Whole-Body Vibration Training and Low-Intensity Resistance Exercise Training on Arterial Function, Muscle Strength, and Physical Performance in Dynapenic Postmenopausal Women
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the modern world, markedly in postmenopausal women. Increased arterial stiffness, measured as increased pulse wave velocity (PWV), and endothelial dysfunction are large...
Cancer of the esophagus has a high mortality rate of greater than 82% within five years of diagnosis. There is little difference in mortality rate between the two main subtypes of esophageal cancer (EC), esophageal squamous cell cancer ...
Osteoporosis is characterized as a disease of low bone density and increased fragility, which results in more than 8.9 million fractures annually, approximately one fracture every three seconds. Although osteoporosis is mainly present in...
Breast cancer survivors (BCS) encounter side effects from cancer treatments that negatively affect muscular strength and body composition, particularly the loss of lean mass. Studies have shown that resistance training (RT) can maintain...
Effects of Consuming Cottage Cheese or Casein Protein Beverage Before Sleep on Morning Appetite and Resting Energy Expenditure in Active, Collegiate-Aged Women
BACKGROUND: There is a window of opportunity for the overnight period where pre-sleep protein intake yields favorable benefits. Previous studies report that dietary protein consumption prior to sleep is fully digested and absorbed by the...
The presence of misbranding and undeclared allergenic residues was the number one cause of food recalls in the United States, between 2012 to 2016. In this study, parvalbumin was used as a model to study the matrix effect on...
The Relationship between Protein Intake on Factors Associated with Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Health in Individuals with Pre-and Type 2-Diabetes
Background and Significance: The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and pre-diabetes continues to increase. Many individuals are not aware of having the disease or early stages of the disease, pre-diabetes, until symptoms...
Purpose. The primary purpose was to determine the effect of sleep time on performance during a 3-day multistage ultra-endurance triathlon (stage 1: 10km swim, 144.8km bike; stage 2: 275.8km bike; stage 3: 84.4km run). Methods. Eighteen...
Background: Athletes regularly compete in temperatures ranging from well below 0° Celsius (C) to those exceeding human body temperature (37°C). The lack of current understanding regarding the individual and interactive influences of...
PURPOSE: Diving operations may require personnel to be immersed for extended periods while breathing compressed air or 100% O2. The main objective of this study was to investigate the physiological effects of single and repetitive diving...
Justification: Different porcine blood proteins have been widely used as emulsifier, binder and/or colorant in processed foods. However, misusage of porcine blood ingredients, such as mislabeling and substitution, can cause religious...
As much as 10% of the US population will experience at least one bout of depression within their lifetime. It has been reported that an increased time spent with major depressive disorder (MDD) results in a decreased volume in the...
Establishing stable, high quality romantic relationships is an important developmental task during emerging adulthood with prognostic significance for future relationship development such as marriage (Fincham & Cui, 2011). Studies...
Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women in the United States. Although survival rates have improved following diagnosis, breast cancer survivors (BCS) must contend with the negative effects of the disease and...
Background Chronic diseases are prevalent among African Americans (AA) with the likelihood increasing with aging and in postmenopausal women. Diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia are the major risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
Suggestions from the self-determination theory and extant literature suggest the fulfillment of basic psychological needs (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness) is necessary for well-being and to prevent ill-being. Autonomy is the...
Adolescent depression is a common health problem. Despite the cost of treatment for adolescent depression continually increasing, the majority of adolescents who experience a depressive episode will experience another episode before the...
While the number of children born in cohabiting unions has greatly increased, studies have shown that cohabiting unions are significantly less stable than married unions and that the unions instability is negatively associated with the...
The study focused on testing a web-based parenting course called FosterParentCollege.com (FPC) Culturally Competent Parenting for parents who were fostering or adopting children transracially. Transracial parenting means parents who have...
Background and Significance: The prevalence of type II-diabetes mellitus is increasing in the United States (U.S.) and was estimated to affect 29.1 million Americans in 2012. Several factors including genetics, insulin resistance, and...
Previous studies investigating the effects of high altitude (1500 – 3500 m) exposure on energy balance demonstrate various physiological adaptations that support negative energy balance, such as increases in resting metabolic rate and...
The main active ingredient in herbicide formulations on the market today is glyphosate. Glyphosate is applied to the majority of crops in the food industry. However, claims regarding glyphosate's toxicity and role in human diseases, such...
BACKGROUND: Frailty syndrome is a geriatric medical condition characterized by diminished muscular strength and endurance, weight loss, and weakened physiologic function. Frailty syndrome tends to manifest itself amongst morbidities and, ...
Despite contributing to our understanding of substance use among maltreated adolescents, research on this link has been limited by reductionist thinking and methods that do not accurately address the heterogeneity within these two...
Introduction. Overparenting is a parenting practice defined as parents being overly involved in their young adult children's lives by providing excessive assistance and exerting developmentally inappropriate control. Research conducted...
Background: Female aesthetic athletes strive to attain an ideal body image for their sports. Dancers in particular pose an addition issue in that they are performing artists and are often not considered athletes. The physical demands...
The U.S. emerging adult population has been increasingly considered at-risk of developing stress-related mental health problems (e.g., depression). Thus, it is important to address the potential causes of these steady increases in...
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death among all age-related diseases. One potential way to attenuate aging is to reduce the accumulation of aging cells, also called senescent cells. Our lab previously reported that zinc overload...
In the United States (US), farm-raised shrimp accounts for ~80% of the total shrimp market share. Farmed shrimp are cultivated as monoculture and are susceptible to infections. The aquaculture industry is dependent on the application of...
Introduction. Aging involves in a series of deterioration including: brain shrinkage (e.g. loss of neurons and plasticity) and declines in cognitive and physical functions (e.g. memory loss, reduced gait and balance, and loss of muscle...
Alcohol misuse and overuse has become a critical issue in the United States; however, the majority of intervention work has focused on the individual struggling with the addiction rather than including loved ones and family members in...
Background: Skeletal muscle is highly responsive to exercise training stresses, resulting in specific performance improvements based on the type of training undertaken (66, 119). Among all the variations of exercise training there are...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces acute alterations in cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation and cerebral artery contractility, which increases the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, as well as ischemic and hemorrhagic...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate factors that contribute to the social adjustment to college for gifted emerging adults. Specifically, perceived parental attachment, and social competence were included. Additionally, ...
BACKGROUND: The growth in popularity of women's soccer has led to an increased interest in the physical, physiological, and technical demands for these athletes. To meet these demands, optimal preparation and recovery are necessary. One...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an atherosclerotic condition characterized by narrowing of the arteries to the lower extremities. PAD patients experience ischemia (oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia) during activity and muscle reperfusion...
Family leisure is conceptualized as engagement and satisfaction with experiences that involve joint participation in activities with other family members during one’s free time. Although family leisure has been linked to family...
Introduction: Cold-induced changes in lactate kinetics are critically important for athletes, particularly those training and competing in the cold. Alterations in lactate production and/or clearance may result in altered blood lactate...
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