Low-income, ethnically diverse mothers face acute and chronic stress, putting them at risk for experiencing parenting difficulties and psychological symptoms (Nam, Wikoff, & Sherraden, 2015). Parental self-efficacy has been identified as a potential buffer against parenting distress and linked to...
AbstractThere are an estimated two million veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) and many are expected to attend higher education institutions as troops return home and take advantage of the available education benefits. Whether college campuses...
Nonmedical prescription stimulant (NPS) use, or taking an unprescribed stimulant (e.g., Adderall), with the goal of enhancing academic performance is an understudied and growing problem among college students. Despite numerous health risks, using NPS to study is common on campuses with lifetime...
The current study explored the relationships among racial discrimination, depression and racial identity in a sample of 82 African American middle school students. The World Health Organization (WHO) cites depression as the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Exposure to...
In recent years the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased, particularly among middle-aged men. It is not surprising that rates are increasing because weight loss is a challenging endeavor, often characterized by setbacks or failures. Research shows that the way in which individuals...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health concern with one out of every four women in the US surviving violence perpetration from a relationship partner (Black et al., 2011). IPV in the family context has detrimental effects on both parents and children in terms of physical...
While the negative health effects of racism and racial discrimination — a manifestation of racism that results in the unfair treatment of people of color on the basis of race — are empirically well-documented in psychology, a critical limitation of this body of research is that it mainly focuses...
The auditory system enables animals to perceive and react to the acoustic stimulus abundant in the world, from social communication with vocalization to threatening signals from predators. Located in the midbrain, the inferior colliculus, especially its central nucleus, is considered a major...
As obesity continues to remain an epidemic, health behavior researchers are tasked with finding cost-effective, wide-reaching, and efficacious interventions to decrease obesity risk. One such approach that researchers can take is to manipulate highly prevalent forms of social influence, including...
Suicide is a serious concern among Asian American adolescents. It was the leading cause of death among Asian males ages 14-18 in 2015, and it was the second leading cause of death among Asian females in this age group. Given that Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic community in...