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Title: A Grounded Theory Study of Posttraumatic Growth and Wisdom in a Sample of Oncology Nurses
Author: Vishnevsky, Tanya
Date Created: 2013
Description: This study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine the degree to which oncology nurses report posttraumatic growth (PTG) and wisdom as a result of caring for patients. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 30 oncology nurses; interviews...

Title: A Grounded Theory Study of Posttraumatic Growth and Wisdom in a Sample of Oncology Nurses
Author: Vishnevsky, Tanya
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences, Oncology
Description: This study utilized a grounded theory approach to examine the degree to which oncology nurses report posttraumatic growth (PTG) and wisdom as a result of caring for patients. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 30 oncology nurses; interviews...

Title: A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
Author: LaPorte, Thomas
Date Created: 2016
Description: Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...

Title: A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
Author: LaPorte, Thomas
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...

Title: An Examination of Family and Health Risks and Services on Permanency Outcomes for Multisystem Youth
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaimelee
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Multisystem youth, or youth involved with the juvenile court and child welfare systems, are a high-need population about which research is still-emerging. These youth tend to experience considerable adversity and risk across domains (e.g., health ...

Title: An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
Date Created: 2017
Description: Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...

Title: An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
Date Created: 2017
Description: Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...

Title: An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
Author: Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...

Title: Assessing the Predictive Sensitivity of Early Childhood Screening Variables to Improve Pre-K Eligibility Decisions
Author: Gadaire, Andrew
Date Created: 2018
Description: High-quality early childhood education, such as pre-kindergarten (pre-k) can help children develop the academic and social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school. Pre-k can be especially important for students at risk of starting elementa...

Title: Assessing the Predictive Sensitivity of Early Childhood Screening Variables to Improve Pre-K Eligibility Decisions
Author: Gadaire, Andrew
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, Developmental psychology
Description: High-quality early childhood education, such as pre-kindergarten (pre-k) can help children develop the academic and social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school. Pre-k can be especially important for students at risk of starting elementa...

Title: Building Healthy Communities: An Exploration of a Place-based Initiative, Participant Characteristics, and Preliminary Outcomes
Author: Tynan, Jacqueline
Date Created: 2020
Description: Decades of discriminatory housing policies have resulted in geographic segregation, forcing low-income minorities into areas of concentrated poverty (Massey & Kanaiaupuni, 1993; Stoloff, 2004). Areas of concentrated poverty are typically marked by...

Title: Building Healthy Communities: An Exploration of a Place-based Initiative, Participant Characteristics, and Preliminary Outcomes
Author: Tynan, Jacqueline
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Public health, Psychology
Description: Decades of discriminatory housing policies have resulted in geographic segregation, forcing low-income minorities into areas of concentrated poverty (Massey & Kanaiaupuni, 1993; Stoloff, 2004). Areas of concentrated poverty are typically marked by...

Title: Caregivers’ Role in Youth Functioning Among Bereaved Caregiver-Child Dyads
Author: Carter, Taylor
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: This study explored indicators of caregiver functioning, the caregiver-child relationship, and child functioning among bereaved youth (aged 6 to 13 years) and their caregivers attending peer support programming at two grief centers (n = 56 caregiv...

Title: Determining Children’s ‘Best Interests’ in High-conflict Custody Cases: Examining Program Processes in Custody Advocacy
Author: Salim, Khalil
Date Created: 2019
Description: In recent years, family courts have made increasing use of advisors and/or advocates (e.g., forensic psychologists, social workers, best interest attorneys, guardian ad litems, etc.) in determining outcomes in child custody disputes. Evidence sugg...

Title: Determining Children’s ‘Best Interests’ in High-conflict Custody Cases: Examining Program Processes in Custody Advocacy
Author: Salim, Khalil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: In recent years, family courts have made increasing use of advisors and/or advocates (e.g., forensic psychologists, social workers, best interest attorneys, guardian ad litems, etc.) in determining outcomes in child custody disputes. Evidence sugg...

Title: EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
Author: Godly-Reynolds, Erin
Date Created: 2019
Description: Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...

Title: EVALUATING A PRENATAL, BREASTFEEDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO’S INFLUENCE ON PROTECTIVE RESOURCES, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND BREASTFEEDING OUTCOMES
Author: Godly-Reynolds, Erin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Barring major medical conditions (e.g., HIV), breastfeeding is widely recognized as the healthiest feeding option for babies. In the United States, approximately three out of every four mothers initiate breastfeeding; however, less than one in fiv...

Title: Equipping parents to support their children’s education: The effects of Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program
Author: Gadaire, Andrew
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, Psychology
Description: Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program aims to equip parents to support their children’s education at home and at school by increasing parents’ educational engagement, promoting parenting best practices, developing families’ social capital...

Title: Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
Author: Siegal, Rachel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education and state
Description: School security measures (SSMs), which include school resource officers (SROs), security cameras, and metal detectors, are used in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States (Musu-Gillette et al., 2019) and can cost school syste...

Title: Examining the Reliability and Validity of the Second Version of the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Tool (VISPDAT) for Single Adults
Author: Salim, Khalil
Date Created: 2020
Description: Many communities use the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Tool (VI-SPDAT) to determine which individuals and/or households experiencing homelessness are most vulnerable and therefore prioritized for the limited housing resources...