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Three Unidentified Girls
No full textPhotograph: Portrait of of three young girls sitting on a bench. Undated.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/eartha_images/2292/thumbnail.jp
Unidentified Building
No full textPhotograph: Unidentified brick building. Private property,No Trespassing sign outside the front of the building. Undated.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/eartha_images/2294/thumbnail.jp
Thank You Card From Merry Hearts Club
Full text linkCard: Thank you from The Merry Hearts Club, Eartha M. M. White, President. Undated
News Clipping, Made Colonel in Chicago
Full text linkNewsclipping: Clipping with an image of Eartha M. M. White regarding her appointment as Colonel by General M. M. Bethune of National Defense Office, The Wands. Undated
Food allergies and quality of life in older adults: Development of a food allergy questionnaire
No full textThe United States is experiencing a rapid increase in the number of older adults, yet there is a lack of research on food allergies in this demographic. While there are survey instruments available to study food allergies and quality of life, none of these are tailored to the unique needs of elderly individuals. This study aims to create and validate an on-line survey instrument specifically designed for older adults, focusing on their quality of life in the context of food allergies. The survey will be used to establish a food allergy severity score and a quality-of-life score, enabling comparison between respondents with food allergies and those without. This tool will be invaluable for shaping dining policies in elder care facilities and for guiding future research involving older adults
The effects of personalization on homelessness stigma
No full textGiven the negative stereotypes surrounding individuals who are homeless (Weng & Clark, 2018), the current study investigated how personalization influences attitudes. Participants in Study 1 (N = 321, MAge = 20.5, 84% female, 61% White) were randomly assigned to a general or personalized vignette about a man experiencing homelessness. Participants rated their impressions towards the man (i.e., endorsement of social proximity and economic aid and perceptions of dangerousness and blameworthiness), personality traits, and general attitudes of homelessness. Independent samples t-tests indicate participants had more favorable views towards the man when exposed to personal information. Pearson correlations suggest impressions were more related to general attitudes towards the homeless than personality. Study 2 added images to the vignettes and examined potential mediators in predicting social proximity and economic aid. Using a 2x3 between subjects design, participants (N = 309, MAge = 25.97 years, 78.7% female, 65.2% White) were randomly assigned to either the personalized or generalized vignette about an individual experiencing homelessness. This was paired with an image of a man with a clean or unkempt appearance. The no picture conditions were used as controls. A 2x3 ANOVA revealed there were no interactions of the conditions, however the main effects of written and image conditions indicated more favorable views when exposed to personal information and with no image. Mediational analyses suggest dangerousness, blame, and situational empathy mediated the relationship between conditions and social proximity and economic aid. Our findings suggest stigma surrounding individuals experiencing homelessness can be reduced through personalization. Future research should further investigate how visual stimuli of individuals experiencing homelessness influences people’s perceptions of them
The gut-brain axis: Investigating the effects of diet, physical activity, and prior adversity on anxiety via autonomic nervous system
No full textPrevious literature has highlighted a bidirectional relationship between the gut and brain called the gut-brain axis (de Punder & Pruimboom, 2015; Hill et al., 2008; Leistner & Menke, 2020). The current study aimed to investigate directional relations between different stressors (e.g. poor diet, vigorous activity, and prior adversity) and anxiety and how interactions with gut issues and autonomic dysfunction may impact these relationships. Based on previous literature, we examined (a) physical activity and diet as moderators of stress and anxiety as well as stress and GI symptoms, (b) GI symptoms as a mediator between various predictors (i.e., diet, stress, physical activity, prior adversity) and anxiety, and (c) GI symptoms and perceived stress as serial mediators for various stressors to anxiety. We also explored whether GI symptoms and autonomic reactivity serially mediate the relationship between stress and anxiety. We recruited our sample from university students (n = 177) and a Jacksonville, Fl community participant pool (n = 32) who answered survey questions regarding demographics, diet quality, physical activity, prior adversities, stress, autonomic reactivity, and anxiety. Key findings included: (a) vigorous activity was a significant moderator of the relationship between stress and GI symptoms; (b) GI symptoms significantly mediated the relationship between stress and anxiety as well as prior adversity and anxiety; (c) stress and GI symptoms were significant serial mediators of the relationship between diet quality and anxiety as well as prior adversity and anxiety; and (d) GI symptoms and autonomic reactivity were significant serial mediators of the relationship between stress and anxiety. Our findings suggest that factors such as diet and physical activity levels should be considered when examining gut-brain relations specific to stress, anxiety, and GI symptoms. Future research should investigate directionality of these relationships more clearly through longitudinal study designs, especially given the bidirectional nature of the gut-brain axis