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Pain Catastrophizing, Pain Intensity and Perceived Injustice Do Not Predict HRV in Acute Pain
Get PDFBACKGROUND: The nature of chronic pain conditions is well documented, with systemic biological, psychological and social factors interacting in an emergent fashion. Autonomic nervous system dysregulation, reflected as decreased heart rate variability (HRV), is suggested to be a biomarker of systemic dysfunction. Previous research has demonstrated correlations between numerous chronic pain disorders and diminished HRV.
PURPOSE: To determine the relationship between pain and HRV in the acute phase of pain, and to examine the predictive value of psychosocial variables on HRV. This study is meant to enhance our sense of how early in the pain experience decreased HRV may occur.
METHODS: 94 subjects completed a survey on an iPad as HRV was collected through a Polar H10 chest strap. The Pain Catastrophization Scale and Injustice Experience Questionnaire were used to measure thoughts and behaviors regarding pain. Multiple linear regression was used to test if average pain intensity, total PCS and total IEQ scores were able to predict HRV.
RESULTS: The overall regression was not statistically significant (R2 = .037, p = .348) and none of the variables contributed significantly to the prediction model. Perceived injustice and catastrophizing demonstrated moderate correlation to each other but no other correlations were found.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite the correlations between diminished HRV and these variables in chronic pain, the relationship appears to be different in acute pain. The younger and more active characteristics of this sample may be influencing HRV, along with the mechanical nature of the musculoskeletal injuries
Do the ‘Write’ Thing: Utilizing Spike Lee to Read the Word and World
Get PDFCollege writing is an essential skill by which college students should begin to craft and construct their academic voices as they see and interpret the world around them in a scholarly setting. At the same time, as a result of varying phenomena, students have struggled to articulate themselves in written form, often performing what some describe as ‘writing apprehension\u27. In an effort to explore these phenomena, I developed a first-year seminar that allowed for both the concepts of race, ethnicity, identity, and writing to come together in an academic setting as a way to have students understand identity and its complexities with specific regard to race as well as develop their voice as a scholar. This course served not only as a first-year seminar to acclimate students to the college academic process, but also to introduce students to the field of Ethnic Studies as an academic discipline. As a way by which to engage college writing, I employed the life and works of actor and director Shelton “Spike” Lee. Lee is an Academy Award-winning director noted for his works centered on discussions of race and identity in America. Lee’s works are often heralded as visual works of racial commentary. Through the exploration of his works and focusing primarily on one of his most notable works, Do the Right Thing, students were able to engage with race, identity, writing, and literacy as a transition into their college writing career. The course objectives were to lessen the fears that are often associated with the process of writing and discussions around race
Identifying the Threat to Museveni’s Manufactured Legitimacy: The Puzzle of Uganda’s 2021 Elections
Get PDFIdentifying Critical Marine Foraging Habitat of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in South Puget Sound
Get PDFHuman impacts are increasingly affecting the conservation status of many of the world’s species, particularly those less capable of adapting to rapidly changing environments. Seabirds are one of the most endangered groups of birds in the world due to the synergistic impacts of climate change, pollution, human disturbance, bycatch, and overfishing. Marbled Murrelets (MAMUs; Brachyramphus marmoratus) are small diving seabirds currently listed as Endangered by Washington State and Threatened by the federal government. As such, their habitat selection and population distribution are two important metrics by which to measure their response to altered environmental conditions, including their habitat-use patterns. Despite their protected status, MAMU populations continue to decline, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. While the marine distribution and habitat use patterns of MAMUs in most of WA have been well studied, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding marine habitat use in the South Puget Sound
Associations Between Otitis Media and Social Development and Behavior
Get PDFDoreen Hunt, MA, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist at Children\u27s Therapy of Woodinville, an outpatient pediatric clinic. She served as the primary collaborator with three University of Puget Sound occupational therapy (OT) doctoral students to address the research question, How are chronic ear infections (otitis media) in early childhood associated with children\u27s behavioral outcomes and social development? A literature review identified 29 relevant articles which led to establishing themes of social skills, attention and behavior. Strong evidence indicates an association between chronic ear infections and social skills. However, due to mixed evidence, no clear associations could be found between chronic ear infections and attention or behavior. The authors identify a need for more rigorous studies in future research about the developmental impacts chronic ear infections may have on children. Knowledge translation for this project included delivering an in-service presentation to therapists at the collaborator\u27s clinic, and creating two handouts, one for clinic practitioners and another accessible version for client families. Pre- and post-presentation surveys were administered to compare practitioner knowledge before and after the presentation regarding the impacts chronic ear infections may have on children\u27s social development and behavior. The handouts will be available within the clinic moving forward for informing employees and affected families. Future emphasis should be placed on increasing OT\u27s role in addressing potential behavioral and social impacts children may experience due to chronic ear infections
The Oregon Trail is a Loop: Video Games and the Rebuilding of Racist Structures in Education
Get PDFIn the latter half of the 20th century, American public education underwent sweeping changes that not only remade oppressive structures but reconfigured the underlying ideologies that served as the foundation for systemic oppression since this country’s inception. Conceptions of race, racial subjectivity, and neoliberal capitalism as it relates to education mutated over this period, looping the progressive trail blazed by the Civil Rights movement back onto itself. The story of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) serves as a coherent narrative that tracks how institutional reconfiguration of race (demonstrated through the games they authored) entwined with the privatization of education (a process MECC underwent as it transitioned from public agency to private company) to produce the era we find ourselves in. That is, an era where market solutions to inequality trap education in a recursive loop and present the only means of escape as moving backwards. Coming to understand how these foundational concepts evolved is key to pushing forward once again
Out of Labor, Not Out of Love
No full textPassages programming at Puget Sound is constantly being tweaked and readjusted, but the focus is less emphasized on creating range and accessibility, but rather visibility to what students don’t “typically” see from Puget Sound before their arrival. There are efforts made towards this of course, through granting students more exposure to the Tacoma area, assuring that it is not just composed of trees and greenery. However, these efforts do not mark a same acknowledgment to the experience and leveling with the students who do come from the area. What my research seeks to do, is to illuminate any potential barriers in access to this programming, whether this be from financial to resource-based and takes the backgrounds of students into account. My experience at Puget Sound contrasts in its own unique way to that of my peers, but the shared knowledge and resource in relation to what the “outdoors” really means is what I seek to provide insight of. Alongside overarching themes found from direct surveying with peers, I plan to help create a source of knowledge for future coordinators and programming leaders to understand and have in making decisions with a lens that supports and historicizes the stories from students of color
Pursuing Racial Equity in Suburban High Schools: How Informal School Leaders Rise to the Challenge of Addressing Racial Inequity
Get PDFThis qualitative study examines the experiences of three informal teacher leaders in diversifying suburban high schools as they developed strategies to address racial inequity at their schools. Each participant in this study represented a distinct racial identity (Asian-American, Latino, white) with varying degrees of personal and professional race consciousness and positionality at their schools. Our study is framed by Banks (2014) theory of multicultural education, which suggests that schools must attend to five elements of school culture and practice in order to practice authentic multicultural education. With support from university faculty, the teacher leaders identified culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive curriculum strategies to address the problem of inequitable learning conditions in their schools. We found that informal leaders in schools represent an often untapped resource who can energize and guide colleagues in targeted equity strategies that support broader macro-level diversity, equity and inclusion programs. This study explores the steps that three diversifying suburban schools took to demonstrate a commitment toward racial equity for BIPOC students, and how informal teacher leaders navigated the work with administration, colleagues, students, and community. We hope in this study to shed light on the commitments, policies, and practices that schools might develop to reflect a more democratic, inclusive learning environment for all students but particularly for BIPOC students and especially in places where they represent the minority in the school and do not feel that their voices are heard
