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- Impact of gender and age on confrontation naming and linguistic facility in aging populations.
- Creator
- Gonzalez, Katherine, Rosselli, Monica, Velez-Uribe, Idaly
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Word retrieval often presents a problem for aging populations. The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is a prevalent neuropsychological exam that uses word retrieval to reveal relevant information leading to a diagnosis of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This study investigated the effects of age and gender on a confrontation naming test. Confrontation naming was assessed using the Boston Naming Test. The sample included 538 participants (185 males, 383 females) individuals...
Show moreWord retrieval often presents a problem for aging populations. The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is a prevalent neuropsychological exam that uses word retrieval to reveal relevant information leading to a diagnosis of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This study investigated the effects of age and gender on a confrontation naming test. Confrontation naming was assessed using the Boston Naming Test. The sample included 538 participants (185 males, 383 females) individuals residing in South Florida. Participants were divided into two groups, a high cognitive functioning and a low cognitive functioning group, based on the participant’s scores on the mini mental state examination (MMSE). Results did support the hypothesis that age has a significant effect on confrontational naming test ability in both cognitive groups. Conversely, the anticipation that gender would play a role on performance on the BNT for either group was not supported by the results.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005018
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Epidemiology of alcohol use among Florida college students.
- Creator
- Keim, Carley, Gonzalez, Paz B., Avila, R.R., Rosselli, Monica
- Abstract/Description
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When considering the evolving nature of problematic drinking, it is important to continually assess its prevalence throughout various demographics. Our goal was to analyze significant demographical data from a longitudinal pilot study measuring drinking behavior relative to inhibitory functioning among the young adult college population. Post hoc analyses revealed that when comparing African Americans (M=19.40, SD=±3.286) to European Americans (M=15.75, SD=±2.173) and Hispanics/Latinos (M=16...
Show moreWhen considering the evolving nature of problematic drinking, it is important to continually assess its prevalence throughout various demographics. Our goal was to analyze significant demographical data from a longitudinal pilot study measuring drinking behavior relative to inhibitory functioning among the young adult college population. Post hoc analyses revealed that when comparing African Americans (M=19.40, SD=±3.286) to European Americans (M=15.75, SD=±2.173) and Hispanics/Latinos (M=16.06, SD=±2.886), African Americans reported a significantly older age of drinking onset. ANOVA analyses revealed men and European Americans to consume significantly more alcohol than others. The age at which one began drinking significantly predicted numerous drinking behaviors: average number of drinks consumed, b=-.35, t(47)=-2.56, p < .05; largest number of drinks consumed per occasion, b=-.43, t(48)=-3.26, p < .01. Conversely, older age of one’s first binge drinking experience significantly predicted future frequent drinking behaviors.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005026
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Bilingualism Characteristics in Second Generation Latin American Immigrants.
- Creator
- Ortega, Alexandra, Rosselli, Monica
- Abstract/Description
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This study examined the linguistic characteristics of a sample of second-generation Latin American immigrants and a control group of English monolinguals. Participants included both males and females from 18-40 years old. For all the bilingual participants L1 was Spanish but they had been schooled mostly in English (L2). The examined language domains included: grammatical and semantic judgment, vocabulary, reading, writing, and fluency of both L1 and L2. It was observed that L2 significantly...
Show moreThis study examined the linguistic characteristics of a sample of second-generation Latin American immigrants and a control group of English monolinguals. Participants included both males and females from 18-40 years old. For all the bilingual participants L1 was Spanish but they had been schooled mostly in English (L2). The examined language domains included: grammatical and semantic judgment, vocabulary, reading, writing, and fluency of both L1 and L2. It was observed that L2 significantly overwrote L1, becoming the dominant language. Grammatical judgment as well as reading and writing became more accurate, vocabulary was larger, and fluency was greater in English than in Spanish. Interference from English to Spanish in reading, writing and vocabulary was significant, whereas interference in the opposite direction was minimal. Two questions are discussed: the switch of the dominant language from L1 to L2 and the language profile in each one of the two languages.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005033
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Associations Between Alcohol and Drug Use Among Collegiate Young Adults: Preliminary Findings.
- Creator
- Gonzalez, Brianna, Paz, Andres L., Keim, C.A., Avila, R.R., Rosselli, Monica
- Abstract/Description
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The current study aims to examine correlates between binge drinking behavior with licit and illicit drug use among college students. Thirty-seven undergraduates (6 male) completed questionnaires concerning alcohol consumption throughout the one month duration of the study. Participants performed three cognitive computer tasks at both baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2) assessment. At T2 participants also filled out a drug usage questionnaire. This study stems from a larger longitudinal pilot...
Show moreThe current study aims to examine correlates between binge drinking behavior with licit and illicit drug use among college students. Thirty-seven undergraduates (6 male) completed questionnaires concerning alcohol consumption throughout the one month duration of the study. Participants performed three cognitive computer tasks at both baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2) assessment. At T2 participants also filled out a drug usage questionnaire. This study stems from a larger longitudinal pilot study. Strong correlations were found for increased cigarette use: the number of drinking days reported, r (34) = .442, p =.007, as well as non-binge drinking days and marijuana use, r (34) =.465, p =.004. Cigarette smokers were more likely than not to partake in multiple drinking behaviors. Marijuana was found to be used more on days in which binge drinking did not occur alluding to a preference to smoke rather than drink excessively while smoking marijuana.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005019
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Arithmetic and language proficiency in Spanish/English billinguals.
- Creator
- Perez, G., Nishat, Towhid, Rosselli, Monica
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361163
- Subject Headings
- Bilingualism, Arithmetic
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Cross-Lingustic Analysis of Language Effects on Personality Measures in Spanish-English Bilinguals.
- Creator
- Gonzalez, Katherine, Velez-Uribe, Idaly, Rosselli, Monica, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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The Big Five inventory is a 44-item scale that classifies participants based on five dimensions of personality with versions available in English and Spanish. Previous studies have found differences in BFI dimensions of Spanish-English bilinguals. We asked if Spanish-English bilinguals described themselves differently when answering in different languages. The present study investigated how Spanish-English bilinguals are classified when answering the BFI in both languages. In a cross...
Show moreThe Big Five inventory is a 44-item scale that classifies participants based on five dimensions of personality with versions available in English and Spanish. Previous studies have found differences in BFI dimensions of Spanish-English bilinguals. We asked if Spanish-English bilinguals described themselves differently when answering in different languages. The present study investigated how Spanish-English bilinguals are classified when answering the BFI in both languages. In a cross-linguistic design, we assessed a sample of Spanish-English bilinguals. We hypothesized that we would find that bilinguals would score significantly different in both languages in the dimensions of extraversion and conscientiousness, with English scores being expected to be significantly higher than Spanish scores. Results revealed significantly different scores in Spanish and English in all five dimensions of the BFI. These results emphasize the issue of language in psychological evaluations, with the possibility of language dependence skewing the results for bilingual patients.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005193
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
