Understanding Social Anxiety Symptoms Through Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most prevalent and chronic psychological disorders among college students. Previous literature has shown that emotion regulation (ER) difficulties are relevant to the maintenance and aggravation of SAD. Within SAD, ER research has exclusively explored intrapersonal (within person) ER difficulties. However, interpersonal (between two or more people) ER difficulties have not been explored as a potential factor contributing to the intensity of social anxiety symptoms. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to examine the use of interpersonal ER strategies in SAD symptoms among college students. In the current study, students in psychology courses were screened for the presence of elevated social anxiety symptoms using a SAD screener, and eligible students were invited via email to complete an online set of questionnaires. Participants were 294 undergraduate students at the University of Mississippi who completed an online battery of questionnaires examining social anxiety symptoms, intrapersonal ER difficulties, and interpersonal ER difficulties. Consistent with the literature, intrapersonal ER difficulties were significant in the prediction of SA symptoms. However, counter to the study’s hypotheses, interpersonal ER difficulties did not significantly contribute to the model of SA symptoms. Findings are consistent with previous literature that ER difficulties are associated with the intensity of SA symptoms. Future studies should further examine interpersonal ER difficulties among SA symptoms with dyad-based behavioral measures, EMA, or test hypotheses in a clinical sample

Chronic self-Injury and suicidality in borderline personality disorder and Its treatments

This study examines the ethical considerations and ways of treating chronic suicidality in people with Borderline Personality Disorder. A sample of 62 clinicians working in the mental health field was surveyed. As predicted, the degree held by the participant, the type of organization the participant worked for, their occupation/title, type of treatment modality and years of experience were all related to how they responded to the questions on the survey. Unexpectedly, the sex of the participant was also related to how participants responded

Growth of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as an indicator of density-dependence in the Chena River

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2012In management of Pacific salmon, it is often assumed that density-dependent factors, mediated by the physical environment during freshwater residency, regulate population size prior to smolting and outmigration. However, in years following low escapement, temperature may be setting the upper limit on growth of juvenile chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha during the summer rearing period. Given the importance of juvenile salmon survival for the eventual adult population size, we require a greater understanding of how density-dependent and independent factors affect juvenile demography through time. In this study we tested the hypotheses that (1) juvenile chinook salmon in the Chena River are food limited, and (2) that freshwater growth of juvenile chinook salmon is positively related with marine survival. We tested the first hypotheses using an in-situ supplemental feeding experiment, and the second hypothesis by conducting a retrospective analysis on juvenile growth estimated using a bioenergetics model related to return per spawner estimates from a stock-recruit analysis. We did not find evidence of food limitation, nor evidence that marine survival is correlated with freshwater growth. However, we did find some evidence suggesting that growth during the freshwater rearing period may be limited by food availability following years when adult escapement is high.Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiativ

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD: THEORIES OF \u3cem\u3eNOBLESSE OBLIGE\u3c/em\u3e IN CAROLINGIAN FRANCIA

This thesis argues that conceptions of commerce in the Carolingian era were intertwined with the discourse of ethics, and that concepts of the Carolingian ‘economy’ may be profitably illuminated by consideration of pre-modern ethical and social categories. I explore a pre-modern pattern of personhood that framed persons in terms of political rôles, and exchange in terms of the interactions of those rôles. In moral letters addressed to counts and kings, ethical counsel about greed for each lay rôle was grounded in particular geographic spaces and historical moments, creating a rich valence of specific meanings for greed and charity. I examine letters in which Paulinus of Aquileia, Alcuin of York, Jonas of Orléans, and Dhuoda of Uzés treated the greed of counts, and those in which Smaragdus of St. Mihiel, Sedulius Scottus, and Hincmar of Rheims treated that of kings. In each letter’s definition of greed are found interactions with specific elements exchanged, and correlative meanings of greed far from limited to the ‘love of silver’, but also not wholly vague and spiritualized. Greed and largesse constituted the language in which Carolingian writers discussed economic exploitation, tyranny, plunder, investment, credit, and noblesse oblige

Don’t Let Me Fall: Implementing the Use of Assistive Standing Device with Functional Task Specific Training Can Improve Safety of Transfers in a 65 Y/O Woman with Primary Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Report

The purpose of this case report is to describe improvements of a novel functional training program in a patient diagnosed with PLS.https://soar.usa.edu/flsaspring2017/1016/thumbnail.jp

Compounding vulnerabilities: Syndemics and the social determinants of disease in the past

Objective: This article explores the theory and utility of a syndemic approach for the study of disease in the past. Syndemic principles are examined alongside other theoretical developments within bioarchaeology. Two case studies are provided to illustrate the efficacy of this approach: Tuberculosis and vitamin D deficiency in 18th and 19th century England, and malaria and helminth infections in Early Medieval England. Materials: Public health studies of present syndemics, in addition to published bioarchaeological, clinical and social information relating to the chosen case studies. Methods: The data from these two historical examples are revisited within a syndemic framework to draw deeper conclusions about disease clustering and heterogeneity in the past. Results: A syndemic framework can be applied to past contexts using clinical studies of diseases in a modern context and relevant paleopathological, archaeological, and historical data. Conclusions: This approach provides a means for providing a deeper, contextualised understanding ancient diseases, and integrates well with extant theoretical tools in bioarchaeology Significance: Syndemics provides scholars a deep-time perspective on diseases that still impact modern populations. Limitations: Many of the variables essential for a truly syndemic approach cannot be obtained from current archaeological, bioarchaeological, or historical methods. Suggestions for further research: More detailed and in-depth analysis of specific disease clusters within the past and the present, which draws on a comprehensive analysis of the social determinants of health

Shovel Test Pit Paperwork of Transect 17 from Burns (8BR85)

This document contains the field notes taken during phase 1 survey for transect 17

Shovel Test Pit Paperwork of Transect 10 from Quarterman (8BR223)

This document contains the field notes taken during phase 1 survey for transect 10