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  • Linguistic Characteristics of Health Anxiety from Online Discourse

    Creator:
    McBride, Christopher G.
    Abstract:
    Health anxiety prevalence is increasing (Tyrer et al., 2019). Health anxiety is a preoccupation or overestimation of the serious physiological symptoms that cause significant distress (Salkovskis & Warwick, 2001). Those with health anxiety may endure significant suffering, intense misery, and for some health anxiety leads to suicide (Tyrer & Tyrer...
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    . Thank you also to Janet Nishihara, Ph.D., for being willing to be my Graduate Council Representative

  • The Impact of Weight and Gender Biases in Professional Counseling: Two Analogue Studies

    Creator:
    Trujillo, Amelia A.
    Abstract:
    The dominant theme in the literature indicates an increase of weight bias as the weight of the average Americans rises (e.g., Andreyeva, Puhl, & Brownell, 2008; Fryar, Kruszon-Moran, Gu, & Ogden, 2018). Both weight and gender biases can lead to acts of social injustice. The majority of the studies show...
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    . Janet Nishihara. Thank you for your time, support, and invaluable feedback. A special thank you to