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Female Athlete Triad and Bone Stress Injuries
Get PDFThe Female Athlete Triad is still an ongoing and developing diagnosis that analyzes low energy availability, and its impact on menstrual dysfunction and bone mineral density in women. Through researching I analyzed what the Female Athlete Triad was, how it impacts our body and performance, and specifically how it relates to bone stress injuries. It was found that athletes with low energy availability are more likely to develop menstrual dysfunction, leading to low bone mineral density due to the negative impacts that both low energy availability and menstrual dysfunction have on important hormones. With low bone mineral density and compensations to the body’s normal mechanism for bone repair, bone stress injuries are expected and more likely to occur. Furthermore, when looking at sport-specific cases the Female Athlete Triad was found to be prevalent in lean and endurance-based sports but is not limited to any sport and can be found in any female athlete. Prevention and treatment of the Female Athlete Triad will vary case to case based on the source of low energy availability but comes downs to an increase in nutritional intake so that it meets the athletes’ energy expenditure needs both physically and physiologically
The New American Conspiracism: The Conspiracy Mentality And The Consequences For American Democracy
Get PDFThis research is at the forefront of a developing field of inquiry into the psychological impacts of an American media environment plagued with mis- and disinformation. Many have suggested that we have entered a post-truth era and this phenomenon will have disastrous consequences for the stability of American democracy. However, few have empirically tested these notions. This research seeks to fill part of this gap in knowledge by analyzing a survey with over 8,000 participants to bring empirical evidence to bear on these assertions. Through an assessment of the effects of a conspiracy mentality (or one’s proclivity to endorse and believe in conspiracy theories), this research indicates this monological belief system produces negative consequences for pro-democratic attitudes. On an individual-level, the conspiracy mentality influences anti-democratic attitudes toward political opponents, government and knowledge-producing institutions, the electoral process, various democratic norms and values, and justifications for political violence. The repercussions of a citizenry inundated with unsubstantiated claims of government conspiratorial conduct are evaluated and reviewed