Browsing Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations by Subject "Obstetrics."

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    • Factors influencing follow -up care of abnormal Pap smears 

      Caban, Arlene (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)
      The current study is part of a larger retrospective study evaluating National Cancer Institute Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) among participants ...

    • Psychological adjustment to human papillomavirus in university females 

      Loeb, Julie Lauren (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
      The HPV (Human Papillomavirus) literature is in need of investigations beyond risk factors for transmission and viral physiology, and toward the emotional consequence of receiving a positive diagnosis. The present study ...

    • Religious devotion and the psychosocial sequelae of infertility 

      Jacobson, Hadassa T. Billet (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2003)
      Clinical research has repeatedly revealed a range of psychosocial symptoms in infertile women, including elevated depression, anxiety, and loneliness. While recent research has explored the interactions of spirituality and ...

    • Stress appraisal and coping in mothers of premature and at-risk infants 

      Feldman-Reichman, Sara R. (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)
      A study of the way a mother copes with the stress and birth of a premature and at risk infant was undertaken. Stress was viewed from a transactional point of view, and thus the interplay of the stressful event on the ...

    • The preventive screening paradigm: Development and empirical application 

      Glazer, Meredith S. (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
      A five-tenet theoretical framework designed to explain cancer screening behavior was developed, operationalized and applied to examine cervical cancer screening in a secondary data analysis of 500 women. The primary purpose ...