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  • Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

    Creator:
    Guyer, Amy M.
    Abstract:
    This study used a multi-method approach to explore factors associated with high and low depression in a sample of rural mothers living in poverty. From a sample of 117 women with very high or very low CES-D depression scores, 40 cases were randomly selected for in-depth qualitative analysis. Qualitative comments...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Depression is one of the most significant mental health risks for women, especially younger women of

  • Longitudinal changes in stress-related growth : relations with stress severity and depressive symptoms

    Creator:
    Bi, Xiaoyu
    Abstract:
    Studies on the positive effects of stress, called stress-related growth (SRG), are increasing, and there are a variety of contradictory theoretical models and findings in the literature. This dissertation compared several of these models in two studies, using two waves of data from the Davis Longitudinal Study, a study of...
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    Dissertation
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    physical (for review, see Cohen, Janicki-Deverts, & Miller, 2007) as well as mental health (for review

  • Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

    Creator:
    Bolkan, Cory R.
    Abstract:
    Grounded in life span theory, this study explored how personal goals (as measured by possible selves) related to depressive symptoms in older adults. Possible selves represent individuals' ideas of what they would like to become (hoped-for selves) and what they are afraid of becoming (feared selves). Possible selves are also...
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    Dissertation
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    Portable Mental Status Questionnaire 106 Geriatric Depression Scale - Shortened Version 107 Demographic

  • Personality traits and mental health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups : Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

    Creator:
    Lee, Soyoung Choun
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    A consistent research question in caregiving is why caregivers show individual differences in their abilities to manage stress. This study focuses on the personality traits of spouse caregivers to assess individual differences which enable them to adapt to their particular caregiving situation. Previous research has established concurrent relationships between personality...
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    Masters Thesis