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umsllibraries | Posts | 2020-08-23
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umsllibraries | Reels | 2023-06-27
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Gonorrhea: Tragic Effects on Women
Get PDFGonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection. In the United States, women have a higher rate of being affected with gonorrhea than men. It\u27s also more common for women that are the ages of 24 and younger that are being affected with gonorrhea. In this project, it will discuss the tragedies that women face while having gonorrhea. Women with gonorrhea often face serious health problems such as PID, if the infection is not treated. If the woman has an active infection of gonorrhea while pregnant, the infection can pass to the newborn at birth. Women with gonorrhea also struggle to get treatment because of the areas they live in or having low income
American Literatures After 1865
Get PDFThis work was created as part of the University Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
A web version of this text can be found at https://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/ala1865/.
This book is an anthology of American Literatures After 1865, a new revision of the open educational resource entitled Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present. It contains works that have been newly introduced to the public domain and provides direct links to reading materials that can be borrowed for free from Archive.org
How relationship-maintenance strategies influence athlete burnout: Mediating roles of coach–athlete relationship and basic psychological needs satisfaction
Get PDFIntroduction: Athlete burnout has many potential negative effects on athletes’ sporting performance and careers. Maintaining and promoting the coach–athlete relationship to meet athletes’ basic psychological needs is one way to reduce burnout. Existing studies of the correlation between coach-athlete relationships and athlete burnout have mainly focused on the coaches’ leadership style, with little attention given to relationship-maintenance strategies and the mechanism of athlete burnout from the athletes’ perspective. Methods: Using an online survey of 256 adolescent athletes, we explore the relationship between relationship-maintenance strategies and athlete burnout, including the potential mediating effects of the coach–athlete relationship and basic psychological needs satisfaction. Results: (1) Athletes’ relationship-maintenance strategies negatively predicted athlete burnout. (2) Besides the direct effect, we found evidence to support three mediation paths: (a) the coach–athlete relationship, (b) basic psychological needs satisfaction, and (c) both as serial mediators. Discussion: These findings enhance understanding of the mechanism of athlete burnout, demonstrating the influence of factors beyond the coach’s role. The study also provides a theoretical basis for practical intervention by coaches, athletes, and sports organizations to reduce athlete burnout by focusing on athletes’ perspectives
The Reign
No full textThe Reign is a novel set in a fictional world where, after a cosmic event, those living on the continent of Fieldry’s genetics are altered, creating three new sub-species: the Demis, Anir, and Sentil. Some believe those who are Reign Touched were blessed by the Gods, whereas others cannot forget or forgive the violent afflictions caused by the Demis during the events of the Reign. The story follows our main protagonist Ashryn and a cast of characters who find themselves confronted with two mysteries; the Keeper, a monstrous man, whose true identity remains unknown, and his mission to rid Fieldry of its Demi population by any means, and the sudden disappearance of one of Ashryn’s closest childhood friends. The novel deals with themes of friendship, oppression, love, found family, acceptance, and the will to fight against an unjust world.
Note: This thesis is under a author requested embargo until 2223, after which it will become available in accordance with end of expected copyright protection. This embargo year is intentional and not an error
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Negative Emotions in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Get PDFPain may signal a life-threatening heart problem, particularly for a person with living with congenital heart disease (CHD). Aims of the current study were to describe pain and its distribution, and to test a theoretical framework for poor outcomes including the independent and combined impact of medical and psychological risk among 106 outpatients (46% female) with CHD. Our sample represented a wide-range of pain experiences, and included both tails of the distribution (i.e., quartiles), SF-36 Pain Scale IQR = 32.5, R 22.5–100. About one-third reported persistent, at least moderately intense pain interfering with daily life. Univariate tests showed poorer pain correlated with advanced age but not heart defect complexity. Findings from multivariable regression analyses showed advanced age, anxiety, depression, but not cardiac fear, accounted for independent variance, and the final equation accounted for 46.4% of variance in pain outcomes, F(10, 77) = 5.70, p = .001, f2 = .85. Cardiac fear augmented age–pain and anxiety–pain associations. For the anxiety–pain association, cardiac fear augmented pain when anxiety was at or below sample mean; at high anxiety, pain did not vary across cardiac fear (i.e., identical). The final equation and its error and fit estimates met acceptable predictive performance standards when submitted to cross-validation using bootstrapping, 95% CI for BCa R2 [0.2272, 0.5584]. Poorer pain outcomes were driven by advanced age and negative affect. Findings show poorer pain outcome may be due, in part, to advancing age and emotional factors, and cardiac fear may underlie these associations
The Association of Social Media Use and Psychiatric Diagnoses Among Missouri College Students
Get PDFIntroduction: “Many college students experience significant mental health difficulties, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating these concerns (Sonet al., 2020). Mental health is significantly impacted by social media use, and this relationship has become increasingly complex after the COVID-19 pandemic (Haddad et al., 2021).” Research shows that depression, eating disorders, and anxiety are associated with more time spent on social media (Alam et al., 2021; Khan et al., 2019; Reighm et al., 2019; Sansha et al., 2017; Sidani et al., 2016). To follow-up on this research and assess the relationship between social media usage and psychiatric diagnoses among Missouri college students, we hypothesized that undergraduate students diagnosed with psychiatric disorders within the past year are spending more hours on social media per week.
Methods: Cross-sectional data from 2022 were obtained from the Missouri College Health Behavior Survey (MACHB), a retrospective, self-report survey administered to undergraduate students at several universities in Missouri. Descriptive statistics were examined for social media use and the frequency of reported past-year diagnoses. A multiple regression model in SPSS was conducted to examine the effect of past-year diagnoses of anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD/ADHD/ODD, sleep issues, and eating disorders on the average hours spent on social media per week. Results: The diagnosis of anxiety within the past year significantly predicted greater weekly use of social media (M = 19.30, SD = 17.90), compared to those without anxiety (M = 17.32, SD = 15.89), B = 2.06, p = .003. Students with PTSD spent significantly less time (M = 17.16, SD = 18.07) using social media than those not diagnosed (M = 18.09, SD = 16.54), B = -2.32, p = .029.nSimilarly, those with OCD/ADD/ADHD spent less time on social media (M = 17.28, SD = 16.68) than students not diagnosed (n = 3,264, M = 18.15, SD = 16.65), B = -1.68, p = .031. Past-year diagnoses of depression, eating disorders, and chronic sleep issues were not associated with social media use. Discussion: Students diagnosed with anxiety in the past year spend more time on social media than those who were not, consistent with previous research (Alam et al., 2021; Bettman et al., 2020; Maras et al., 2015; Riehm et al., 2019; Shensa et al., 2017; Vannucci et al., 2017). Contrary to hypotheses and prior research (Alam et al., 2021; Bettman et al., 2020; Khan et al., 2019; Maras et al., 2015; Riehm et al., 2019; Shensa et al., 2017), past-year OCD/ADD/ADHD and PTSD diagnoses were associated with less time spent on social media. However, viewing sensitive content on social media and experiencing cyber bullying has been found to elicit PTSD symptoms (McHugh et al. (2018), which can potentially help explain less time spent on social media among those diagnosed with PTSD. No associations were found between social media usage and eating disorders, major depressive disorder, or chronic sleep issues, despite some research highlighting associations with these disorders (Alam et al., 2021; Bettman et al., 2020; Khan et al., 2019; Maras et al., 2015; Riehm et al., 2019; Shensa et al., 2017; Sidani et al., 2016). Future research may include investigating the impact of social media usage on symptoms of anxiety disorders to determine directionality of the association. Additionally, Faulhaber et al. (2023) found that limiting social media use was associated with statistically significantly decreased anxiety compared to pretreatment. Further research testing various treatment approaches to decrease time spent on social media among individuals diagnosed with anxiety. References:
Alam, M. K., Ali, F. B., Banik, R., Yasmin, S., & Salma, N. (2022). Assessing the mental health condition of home-confined university level students of Bangladesh due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Public Health, 30(7), 1685–1692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01542-w
Bettmann, J.E., Anstadt, G., Casselman, B. et al. Young Adult Depression and Anxiety Linked to Social Media Use: Assessment and Treatment. Clin Soc Work J 49, 368–379 (2021). https://doi-org.ezproxy.umsl.edu/10.1007/s10615-020-00752-1.
Faulhaber, M. E., Lee, J. E., & Gentile, D. A. (2023). The Effect of Self-Monitoring Limited Social Media Use on Psychological Well-Being. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 4(2: Summer 2023). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000111.
Haddad, J. M., Macenski, C., Mosier-Mills, A., Hibara, A., Kester, K., Schneider, M.,... & Liu, C. H. (2021). The impact of social media on college mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational review of the existing literature. Current psychiatry reports, 23, 1-12.
Khan, A., Uddin, R., & Lee, E.-Y. (2021). Excessive recreational Internet use was associated with poor mental health in adolescents. Acta Paediatrica, 110(2), 571–573. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15528
Maras, D., Flament, M. F., Murray, M., Buchholz, A., Henderson, K. A., Obeid, N., & Goldfield, G. S. (2015). Screen time is associated with depression and anxiety in Canadian youth. Preventive medicine, 73, 133–138. https://doi-.org.ezproxy.umsl.edu/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.01.029.
McHugh, B.C., Wisniewski, P., Rosson, M.B. and Carroll, J.M. (2018), When social media traumatizes teens: The roles of online risk exposure, coping, and post-traumatic stress , Internet Research, Vol. 28 No. 5, pp. 1169-1188. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-02-2017-0077.
Riehm, K. E., Feder, K. A., Tormohlen, K. N., Crum, R. M., Young, A. S., Green, K. M., Pacek, L. R., La Flair, L. N., & Mojtabai, R. (2019). Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth. JAMA Psychiatry, 76(12), 1266. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.2325
Shensa, A., Escobar-Viera, C. G., Sidani, J. E., Bowman, N. D., Marshal, M. P., & Primack, B. A. (2017). Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study. Social Science & Medicine, 182, 150–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.061
Sidani, J. E., Shensa, A., Hoffman, B., Hanmer, J., & Primack, B. A. (2016). The Association between Social Media Use and Eating Concerns among U.S. Young Adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(9), 1465–1472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2016.03.021
Son, C., Hegde, S., Smith, A., Wang, X., & Sasangohar, F. (2020). Effects of COVID-19 on college students\u27 mental health in the United States:Interview survey study. Journal of medical internet research, 22(9), e21279.
Vannucci, A., Flannery, K. M., & Ohannessian, C. M. (2017). Social media use and anxiety in emerging adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 207, 163–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.04
Engagement in Mental Health Research: The Role of Mental Health Awareness and Perceived Intervention Stigma in Clinical Research Engagement Among African American Faith Communities
Get PDFThe dearth of participation in clinical research by marginalized racial and ethnic groups is a commonly cited limitation of research studies. To better understand research engagement among marginalized groups, this study proposed a mixed methods design examining the roles of mental health awareness and perceived intervention stigma on the capacity to engage in clinical research among a sample of African American faith community members. The primary aims were to: 1) examine the associations between and predictive roles of mental health awareness and perceived intervention stigma on clinical research engagement; 2) evaluate the moderating role of perceived intervention stigma; and 3) examine focus group transcripts for themes delineating facilitators and barriers to clinical research engagement. The final sample included 143 African American faith community members (Mage = 51.02, SD = 17.20; 76% female). Mental health awareness was negatively correlated with perceived intervention stigma (r = -.17) and likelihood of participating in clinical research was influenced by the interaction of mental health awareness and perceived intervention stigma (β = .08). Moderation results revealed a negative relationship between mental health awareness and clinical research at lower levels of perceived intervention stigma, a B = -.32. Qualitative findings supported the significant role played by mental health awareness and stigma in influencing community likelihood of participating in clinical research. Transcripts provided additional data outlining how research could be improved to address longstanding issues of cultural mistrust and exploitation of marginalized groups by research entities