Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations
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Objective Electrophysiological Assessment of Neural Functioning in Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Control Participants.
(New York, NY: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Yeshiva University., 2020-08)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system with an unpredictable course. The heterogenous nature of the disease course and unpredictable nature of clinical exacerbations ... -
White Matter Tract Integrity and Sexual Dimorphisms: A Mulitmodal Imaging Study of Dual-Task Walking in Older Adults.
(NY: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Yeshiva University., 2020-03)Evidence of higher-order cortical control of locomotion is well-established and using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) we have demonstrated a key functional role of the Pre- Frontal Cortex (PFC) in gait. ... -
Development and Validation of the Incapacity Status Scale—Revised: a Novel, Multi-Dimensional Patient-Reported Measure of Disability in Multiple Sclerosis.
(NY: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Yeshiva University., 2019-09)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with a wide variety of symptoms affecting patients’ functioning and quality of life. Because of the heterogeneous clinical profile, existing methods of assessing disability and incapacity ... -
Maternal depressive symptoms, asthma management self-efficacy, patient-healthcare provider relationship, and asthma management in children.
(NY: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Yeshiva University., 2020-06)Background: The presence of depressive symptomology in female primary caregivers of children with asthma has been shown to impact child asthma outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research related to the underlying ... -
A Genetics-First Approach to the Identification of Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Sensory Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
(NY: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Yeshiva University., 2020-01)Introduction: Single-locus forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) offer opportunities to explore gene-specific neural and behavioral responses. The current study evaluates Phelan- McDermid syndrome (PMS), ADNP, and FOXP1 ... -
The Relationship between Asthma Illness Beliefs, Child Anxiety and Symptom Perception among Latino and African American Pediatric Asthma Patients
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Background: Research supports that caregiver illness representations and accuracy of symptom perception have direct effects on illness outcomes in pediatric asthma. There is little research, however, about child illness ... -
Emotion Recognition, Cognitive Function, Functional Outcome and the Transient Visual Evoked Potential in Schizophrenia
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Background: Individuals with schizophrenia demonstrate deficits in early-stage visual processing, emotion processing, neurocognition, and daily function. Previous studies explored a limited subset of interactions among ... -
Cogniphobia in Migraine: Examination of the Construct Validity of the Cogniphobia Scale for Headache Disorders (CS-HD)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Introduction: Cogniphobia is the fear and subsequent avoidance of cognitive exertion, which is believed to cause or exacerbate headache. The objective of the current study was to provide support for the construct validity ... -
Is a Change in Perception of Socioeconomic Status Related to the Economy Associated with Depression?
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Background: Socioeconomic status (income, education and occupation) can be measured subjectively via a self-report instrument. Recently, subjective socioeconomic status (SES) has shown to be more predictive of negative ... -
Psychosocial and Demographic Factors Underlying Cardiovascular Risk in Chinese Americans
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Objective: To examine how stress, social capital, and socioeconomic status are related to cardiovascular risk in Chinese American immigrants. Methods: 2,069 first-generation immigrants from mainland China were recruited ... -
Feasibility and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the Treatment of Depression in Multiple Sclerosis
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)INTRODUCTION: Depression is a prevalent and debilitating symptom of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), affecting cognitive and social functioning, as well as overall quality of life. It is often untreated or inadequately treated ... -
Mindfulness Practice and Perceived Stress: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Migraine
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2017)Objective: To examine the relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress, at both group and individual levels. Participants and Methods: 38 participants with a diagnosis of migraine were recruited through headache ... -
Illness Specific Self-Esteem in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Background: Prior research provides support for a unique diabetes-specific domain of self-esteem in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM). Little is known about the correlates of diabetes specific self-esteem or its ... -
The Relationship Between Psychosocial Stressors and Cigarette Smoking Among Latino/a and African American Adults with Psychiatric Illness
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Introduction Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. While overall smoking prevalence among adults in the US has decreased, smoking disparities persist within certain groups, such as individuals ... -
Daily Perceived Stress and Sleep Duration in Chronic and Episodic Migraine
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2017)Objective: Migraine is a prevalent neurologic disorder, and can be episodic (EM), < IS headache days / month, or chronic (CM), ≥ 15 headache days / month. Perceived stress and poor sleep duration are plausible migraine ... -
Executive Functioning, Cigarette Smoking, and Medication Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Purpose. Many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are cigarette smokers, more than three times the rate of smoking in the general population, and smoking has been associated with poor medication adherence in PLWH. Smoking ... -
Optical Coherence Tomography of the Retina in Schizophrenia: Relationships with Visual and Perceptual Function
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Background: Visual perceptual impairments are well established in schizophrenia, ranging from deficits in basic visual discrimination to abnormalities in higher-level visual integration. Recent research has identified ... -
Exploring Electrophysiological Correlates of Cognitive Functions: A Visual Evoked Potential Study
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Introduction: While the functional neuroanatomy of cognition at a structural level has been well studied, understanding the underlying neural mechanisms that support specific cognitive abilities is a relatively new field ... -
HbO2 Variability During Walking and Walking While Talking in Older Adults
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Evidence that mobility and cognition are interrelated is robust, especially in older adults. Functional neuroimaging studies of gait have shown that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and related neural circuitry sub-serve gait, ... -
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Four-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention for the Treatment of Pain Catastrophizing in Multiple Sclerosis
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2018)Chronic pain is highly prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS) populations, frequently difficult to treat, negatively interferes with numerous areas of functionality and health, and is under-treated and under-studied in MS. ...
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