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Creator:: Kang, Sungrok
Abstract:: We examined how the experiences of World War II and Korean War veterans, including prewar, warzone, and postwar factors, affected PTSD symptoms in later life. This dissertation consists of two studies. In Study 1, four different hypotheses from a lifespan approach were examined (King et al., 1996): stress evaporation (only...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: attention were associated with beneficial mental health outcomes (Bokszczanin, 2008). Seifer (2003

Creator:: Schure, Marc B.
Abstract:: Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: health trends are even greater among older American Indians. However, despite greater

Creator:: Mawdsley, Jennifer Renee
Abstract:: This study explored factors that lead to adaptation among married women in the military during the stressor of deployment. The Double ABCX Model of Family Stress and Adaptation (McCubbin & Patterson, 1 983a, 1 983b, 1 983c) provided a strong theoretical model for this study, on which the empirical model...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1999-2000 United States Air Force Community Needs Assessment was analyzed using Structural Equation

Creator:: Phibbs, Sandi Cleveland
Abstract:: Having excess weight carries a negative social stigma in the U.S. Previous research has shown that experiencing stigma has negative physical and mental health consequences. Few studies have examined how experiencing weight stigma might act as a barrier to engaging in healthy behaviors among older adults. The purpose of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: !Health!Behaviors!Among!Older!Adults.! ! ! ! Abstract approved

Creator:: Wu, Chenkai
Abstract:: Retirement is one of the most important transitional events in later life. Despite a large body of research examining the impacts of retirement on health, questions still remain regarding the relationship between retirement timing and subsequent health and survival. Previous research examining the existence, direction, and magnitude of the relationship...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Longitudinal Study among Older Adults in the United States. Abstract approved

Creator:: Rodriguez, Alham F.
Abstract:: Previous reports on the state of the Latino/a-focused mental health literature suggest that the quantity of Latino/a-focused articles within the mental health field continued to be disproportionate to the growing percentage of Latino/as in the United States (Liang, Salcedo, Rivera, & Lopez, 2009). As such, Latino/a mental health experiences, needs,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Mental Health of Latinos/as in the United States: A Multisystemic Examination. Abstract approved

Creator:: Schumer, Jean Ellen
Abstract:: The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 3 The most recent survey on mental health problems of prisoners suggests that 56% of state

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