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Psychological predictors of regular walking by sedentary older women
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1993)
Predictors of change in physical activity over two years were examined in a community sample of 67 sedentary, older women (mean age = 71, SD = 6.9). The study contained three hypotheses. The first stated that sedentary, ...
Cognitive deficits and depression in a spinal cord injured population
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1990)
Earlier studies researching brain trauma injury concomitant with spinal cord injury have focused either on establishing the incidence of cognitive deficits or on demonstrating the presence of depression. The purpose of ...
Psychological and neuroendocrine correlates of cardiac arrhythmias
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1992)
The relationship of psychological, neuroendocrine and cardiac risk factors contributing to arrhythmia vulnerability was investigated in patients presenting for electrophysiology studies (EPS). The study was designed to ...
The blood pressure response to daily stress in normotensive female nurses
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)
Blood pressure variability as it relates to the psychological and behavioral correlates of stress may be an important risk factor in the development of hypertension in women as they assume more diverse roles in both the ...
Assessment of smoking relapse
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)
Using a random assignment, prospective design, this study tested a model of smoking relapse by examining the effects of a programmed cue exposure on subsequent relapse latency and withdrawal among recently abstinent smokers. ...
The role of illness uncertainty and intrusiveness in multiple sclerosis
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive disease that is often experienced as an uncertain and intrusive illness. A path model was utilized to examine the direct effects of illness uncertainty and intrusiveness ...
Psychopathology and epilepsy: Comparing the left and right hemispheres
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)
The relative roles of the cerebral hemispheres in the control of emotion are controversial. Depression, hypomania, psychosocial adjustment, minor daily stress, and aspects of personality were evaluated as a function of a ...
Cognitive dysfunction in type II diabetes during hypoglycemia
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
This study examined the effects of hypoglycemia upon cognitive function and symptom reporting using 6 adult NIDDM patients and 5 demographically matched non-diabetic study participants. Using an insulin infusion system, ...
Spatiotemporal electrophysiology of intra- and interhemispheric visuomotor integration: Relations with behavior
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1999)
Ipsimanual and contramanual simple reaction time (RT) elicited by unilateral visual stimuli are often conceptualized in terms of a fastest route between visual system activation and motor output. Indices of brain function ...
A controlled study of sensation awareness and verbal disclosure
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)
This study investigates the proposition that distinguishing, describing and disclosing internal experience facilitates self-regulatory capacity. It is particularly suggested that distinctness of sensation experience and ...