Sex Differences in Attributions to Positive and Negative Sexual Scenarios in Men and Women With and Without Sexual Problems: Reconsidering Stereotypes

People with sexual problems are more likely to attribute negative sexual experiences to themselves, in contrast to sexually functional individuals who attribute negative sexual experiences to external factors such as the circumstance or partner. We investigated attribution patterns in 820 men and 753 women, some of whom reported an orgasmic problem, to assess differences between the sexes and those with and without an orgasmic difficulty. Specifically, using an Internet-based approach, we compared attribution responses to four sexual scenarios, one representing a positive sexual experience and three representing negative sexual experiences. Women were more likely to attribute positive outcomes to their partner than men. Women were also more likely to attribute negative outcomes to themselves than men, but they more readily blamed their partner and circumstances for negative outcomes than men as well. Those with orgasmic problems were less willing to take credit for positive outcomes and more willing to accept blame for negative outcomes. Interaction effects between sex and orgasmic problems further highlighted differences between men’s and women’s attribution patterns. These results are interpreted in the context of traditional notions that men’s attributions tend to be more self-serving and women’s attributions more self-derogatory

The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Muscle Recovery and Performance

Facilitating muscle recovery in trained individuals is essential, as it allows for a quicker return to activity without reduction in performance. Many proposed modalities have been studied but have not shown consistent effectiveness. A relatively new modality, whole-body vibration (WBV) has been shown to increase strength and power outcomes and recently has been shown to decrease perceived pain associated with muscle soreness. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effects of WBV following exercise induced muscle damage over a period of 72 hours in recreationally trained females. Participants were randomly selected into either the control group or the WBV group. There were three familiarization visits and four testing visits lasting about 45mins each. During every testing visit, all dependent variables were assessed 3 times (pre, post1, post2) in the following order: vertical jump, maximal voluntary isometric strength, interpolated-twitch, muscle activity, pressure pain threshold (PPT), range of motion (ROM), thigh circumference, and pain on movement. On visit 4, pre assessments were taken folloby 4, 40% front loaded, sets to repetition failure during split squats to induce muscle damage. This was folloimmediately by WBV or control (rest) and the measurement of dependent variables. Following a 10 minute rest, measurements were reassessed. Visits 5-7 were replications of visit 4 with the exclusion of the damage protocol. Each dependent variable was measured by a 2x12 (group x time) mixed factor ANOVA. Significant (p\u3c0.05) main effects for group were found for twitch torque up to 24hr post, with control being greater than WBV. No significant main effects for group were found for all other variables. There were significant main effects for time from 0Pre to 24Pre and 48Pre in all PPT measures, active ROM, and muscle pain on movement. Significant (p\u3c0.05) main effects for time were found for vertical jumping variables, indicating jumping performance declined following muscle damage. A significant (p\u3c0.05) main effect for group was found for normalized peak EMG during jumping, indicating the control group exhibited greater muscle activity than the WBV group. Significant (p\u3c0.05) main effects for time were found for muscle contractile properties, indicating a change in muscle contractile properties following muscle damage. These results indicate that WBV does not aid in alleviating muscle pain or symptoms, vertical jump performance and voluntary muscle contractile properties following exercise induced muscle damage with further research needed in clinical and/or athletic populations

Strategic Analysis of LifeLoop, LLC: Current Positioning and Recommendations for Future Growth

LifeLoop is a senior living software company that has the potential to gain market share in a new and growing industry. By making changes to current processes, business level strategy, and corporate level strategy, the company can grow organically, faster. LifeLoop must make these strategic changes to areas of marketing and sales processes now as the industry is changing life cycle stages; the company’s movement in this window of opportunity is critical to their future success. These findings outline where LifeLoop is currently positioned and the first steps needed to grow and develop into a reputation of excellence that will provide reoccurring revenue in the coming months. By implementing a differentiated strategy, outlined in this research, LifeLoop will become more competitive and profitable

Faculty Learning Community: Approaches to Teaching in Kinesiology

This is a syllabus for our new course in the kinesiology department for the semester system for KINE 3200, Principals of Human Movement. This course will go over basic mechanical principles and their application in the study of human movement and an introduction to basic principles of biomechanics. Specifically, this course is designed to provide an advanced analysis of human functional anatomy, with primary emphasis being placed on the articular, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. We developed a course outline related to specific joints (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, trunk and spine), our plan is to go over each section with content and have the students go into a weight room to practice movements in whichever module we are in and then create videos of them doing movements to present to the class. The course will also have quizzes and exam for assessment of content

J.M. Dabbs to Professor Silver, 5 June 1959

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