Reciprocity of self-disclosure in school aged children

Researchers (i.e., Altman & Taylor, 1973) have found that a principle of reciprocity guides self-disclosures in adults. The present study explored the question of whether, and if so, at what age the principle of reciprocity guides children's self-disclosures. In the study, children from kindergarten, grades 2, 4 and 6 were shown three videotapes of child initiators disclosing information about themselves that varied in intimacy level. After viewing each tape, the child was asked to send a message to the stimulus children on topics varying in intimacy. It was found that children in sixth grade engaged in reciprocity of self-disclosure. They responded with more high intimacy level disclosures to the child initiators who provided high intimacy disclosures, than to the child initiators who made low intimacy level disclosures. They also made more high intimacy disclosures to the child initiator who provided medium stimuli, than to the ones who provided low intimacy disclosures. The latter finding was interpreted as indicating that a fully differentiated reciprocity of self-disclosure was acquired later in development

Swimming and All-Cause Mortality Risk Compared With Running, Walking, and Sedentary Habits in Men

Swimming, water jogging, and aqua aerobics are lifetime physical activities that provide many health benefits comparable to those of walking and running. Research on the association between swimming and mortality is scarce, however. To evaluate the association between different types of physical activity and all-cause mortality, we studied 40,547 men age 20-90 years who completed a health examination during 1971 – 2003. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the relative risks according to physical activity exposure categories. A total of 3,386 deaths occurred during 543,330 man-years of observation. After adjustment for age, body-mass index, smoking status, alcohol intake, and family history of cardiovascular disease, swimmers had 53%, 50%, and 49% lower all-cause mortality risks than did men who were sedentary, walkers, or runners, respectively (p \u3c 0.05 for each). Additional adjustment for baseline prevalent diseases did not change the inverse association between different activities and all-cause mortality. In conclusion, swimmers have lower mortality rates in comparison with those who were sedentary, walkers, and runners

Comparison of the Health Aspects of Swimming With Other Types of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle Habits

Swimming, water jogging, and aqua aerobics may provide health benefits to the general population as well as patients with chronic diseases. Research on the health benefits of aquatic exercise in comparison with activities such as running and walking is scarce, however. The goal of this study was to evaluate characteristics of participants in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study and to compare health habits and physiological characteristics among swimmers, runners, walkers, and sedentary women and men in order to evaluate the health benefits of swimming compared to other types of physical activity. Participants were 10,518 women and 35,185 men ages 20-88 years who completed a health examination during 1970 and 2005. Differences in the distribution of selected characteristics between swimmers and those participating in other types of activities (sedentary, runners, or walkers) were tested using logistics regression for proportion and ANOVA for continuous variables. The principal findings of this report are that swimming, as well as walking and running, has health benefits compared with a sedentary lifestyle

How to Use Common Technologies to Minimize Perceptual Biases When Grading Essays: A Five-Step Process

Evaluation of student performance is an important component of higher education course work and a major dimension of Ignatian pedagogy. However, the process of grading essay exams (a popular assessment method in both the liberal arts and technical programs) naturally brings the threat of several perceptual biases that harm grading validity and consistency. Thus, we sought a method to collect and organize essay tests to minimize identification bias (make student authors anonymous to the grader) and randomize grading order to minimize systematic error (related to always grading the same students first or last). Specifically, in this paper, we describe a step-by-step innovative approach that uses multiple common computer technologies (NetSupport School, Word, DOS, and Excel) to prepare, administer, and grade essay examinations submitted by students. Within the Appendix, we describe the steps and how to use these common tools, but within the paper, we offer general guidelines to apply our methods using whatever software or technologies schools are currently using. The discussion section presents limitations to our described method, offers ideas of modifications that may meet the same goals, and recommends future research directions

Exile Vol. VII No. 2

EDITORIAL 4 The Catcher (woodcut) by Wilford Baumes 6 The Littlest Orphan (story) by Clark Blaise 7-17 Dead Tree (poem) by Christine Cooper 17 Two Poems by Janet Tallman 18-19 Untitled (pen and ink drawing) by Virginia Piersol 20 The Monkey (story) by Nancy Schieber 21-24 To Kandinsky (poem) by Linda Chase 24 Athena (line etching) by Virginia Piersol 25 Visions of Peanut Chocolates (poem) by Linda Chase 26 The Second Day of Summer (story) by Neil J. Weintraub 27-39 Great Exploitations (poem) by Linda Chase 40 Awarded the semi-annual EXILE-Denison Bookstore Writing Prize: The Littlest Orphan by Clark Blaise 7-1

Time Management Strategies for Research Productivity

Researchers function in a complex environment and carry multiple role responsibilities. This environment is prone to various distractions that can derail productivity and decrease efficiency. Effective time management allows researchers to maintain focus on their work, contributing to research productivity. Thus, improving time management skills is essential to developing and sustaining a successful program of research. This article presents time management strategies addressing behaviors surrounding time assessment, planning, and monitoring. Herein, the Western Journal of Nursing Research editorial board recommends strategies to enhance time management, including setting realistic goals, prioritizing, and optimizing planning. Involving a team, problem-solving barriers, and early management of potential distractions can facilitate maintaining focus on a research program. Continually evaluating the effectiveness of time management strategies allows researchers to identify areas of improvement and recognize progress

Challenges to Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Substance Use in Primary Care Settings at Rowan-Virtua

Background and Purpose: Implementing the SBIRT model for substance use in a primary care setting has many benefits including normalizing conversations about alcohol and other substance use into patients’ visits, thereby reducing harm, reducing consumption and its negative impact, and promoting system changes to overcome barriers to treatment access. The full scope of the current SBIRT project involves the recruitment, hiring, training, and integration of health educators in 9 primary care sites throughout South Jersey, as well as a project supervisor serving as implementation lead and liaison to medical and administrative staff at all 9 primary care sites. Initial barriers to implementation within sites included challenges regarding work-flow between providers, CMA’s, and health educators (integration-of-care challenges between allied health professionals from varying disciplines); and variations in administrative processes across 9 different primary care settings serving diverse patient demographics. Challenges to implementation with personnel included unexpected loss of key project personnel and changeover in project leadership. Additionally, legalization of medical and recreational cannabis in the state of New Jersey has made implementation of the grant (as written) challenging, as cannabis remains a Schedule 1 substance at the federal level and is included in the writing of this federally funded grant as an illicit substance. Due to Covid, a decrease of in-person visits in primary care settings as well as the normalization of telehealth visits have challenged the Health Educators’ ability to see potential pre-screen-positive patients. This lower volume of in-person patients has also subsequently resulted in more efficient processing of patient visits, affording less time to incorporate health education and brief intervention within each patient visit. There is a distinct need to develop a protocol for intervention with telehealth patients who screen positive for SBIRT services. Strategies for addressing these challenges, future directions of the project, and lessons learned will also be presented. References: Kamath, C. C., Kelpin, S. S., Patten, C. A., Rummans, T. A., Kremers, H. M., Oesterle, T. S., Williams, M. D., & Breitinger, S. A. (2022). Shaping the Screening, Behavioral Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Model for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in the COVID-19 Era. In Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 97, Issue 10, pp. 1774–1779). Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.07.006 Substance Abuse Overview 2021 Statewide - NJ.GOV. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2023, from https://nj.gov/humanservices/dmhas/publications/statistical/Substance%20Abuse%20Overview/2021/statewide.pd Moore, Ramey PhDa; Purvis, Rachel S. PhDa; Hallgren, Emily PhDa; Reece, Sharon MD, CCFPa; Padilla-Ramos, Alan MDa; Gurel-Headley, Morgan BSb,c; Hall, Spencer MAd; McElfish, Pearl A. PhD, MBAa,*. “I am hesitant to visit the doctor unless absolutely necessary”: A qualitative study of delayed care, avoidance of care, and telehealth experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicine 101(32):p e29439, August 12, 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/MD.000000000002943

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Using mixture models to characterize disease-related traits

We consider 12 event-related potentials and one electroencephalogram measure as disease-related traits to compare alcohol-dependent individuals (cases) to unaffected individuals (controls). We use two approaches: 1) two-way analysis of variance (with sex and alcohol dependency as the factors), and 2) likelihood ratio tests comparing sex adjusted values of cases to controls assuming that within each group the trait has a 2 (or 3) component normal mixture distribution. In the second approach, we test the null hypothesis that the parameters of the mixtures are equal for the cases and controls. Based on the two-way analysis of variance, we find 1) males have significantly (p < 0.05) lower mean response values than females for 7 of these traits. 2) Alcohol-dependent cases have significantly lower mean response than controls for 3 traits. The mixture analysis of sex-adjusted values of 1 of these traits, the event-related potential obtained at the parietal midline channel (ttth4), found the appearance of a 3-component normal mixture in cases and controls. The mixtures differed in that the cases had significantly lower mean values than controls and significantly different mixing proportions in 2 of the 3 components. Implications of this study are: 1) Sex needs to be taken into account when studying risk factors for alcohol dependency to prevent finding a spurious association between alcohol dependency and the risk factor. 2) Mixture analysis indicates that for the event-related potential "ttth4", the difference observed reflects strong evidence of heterogeneity of response in both the cases and controls