Mexican American women; Body image; Self Concept; Hispanic Americans; Acculturation
The current study extended prior research examining the impact of acculturation on body satisfaction while integrating possible mediating variables for a sample of Mexican American women. Specifically, the study examined the relationships among...
Myelomeningocele is the most common and most severe form of spina bifida, affecting the brain and spinal cord of millions of children. Children of Hispanic background have the highest prevalence rate of this condition. Despite this fact, research...
Research has suggested that psychopathic characteristics exist along a continuum extending into the normal population (Andershed, Gustafson, Kerr, & Stattin, 2002; Ross, Lutz, & Bailley, 2004; Williams, Paulhus, & Hare, 2007). Individuals high in...
Perihematomal edema causes major neurologic deterioration following
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), mainly resulting from the disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by multiple mediators, including inflammatory mediators and thrombin. The...
Central Nervous System -- Growth and Development; Embryonic Development; Kidneys -- Growth and Development; Eye -- Growth and Development; Extremities -- Growth and Development
Lmx1b, a LIM homeodomain transcription factor is necessary for limb, kidney, eye, and central nervous system development. Lmx1b knockout (KO) mice display; abnormal limb dorsalization with distal ventral-ventral limbs, nephropathy, ocular...
Alterations in brain metals homeostasis and particularly brain iron overload have been postulated to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, contributing to oxidative stress and neuronal injury; however, the source of this iron is not clear and may...
This dissertation reports a survey of water quality, algal biodiversity, and toxin production in Southern California lakes, ponds, bays, and lagoons along the California coastline, in five counties from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Samples were...
Many birds communicate via a diverse set of vocalizations, but the contexts, roles, and structure of their varied songs and calls may change with age, differ between sexes, and vary temporally and geographically. In New World orioles, most tropical...
Child Abuse, Sexual -- Psychology; Depression; African Americans; Caucasians
According to the theory of Fundamental Assumptions, childhood sexual abuse survivors have more depressive symptoms as a consequence of disrupted assumptions relating to optimism and mastery (Janoff-Bulman, 1992). This study tested whether positive...
Psychology; Decision Making -- Moral and ethical aspects; Decision Making -- ethics
The current American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA Ethics Code) states that a multiple relationship is established between a psychotherapist and a client when they engage in a relationship...
