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MALE/FEMALE DIFFERENCES IN GENDER IDENTITY ANXIETY - AS REFLECTED BY PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS MEASURED ON A POLYGRAPH
Title
MALE/FEMALE DIFFERENCES IN GENDER IDENTITY ANXIETY - AS REFLECTED BY PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS MEASURED ON A POLYGRAPH.
Creator
WAGNER, JUDITH CHURCHMAN, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Thirty-two males and females were tested for differences in their physiological responses to gender identity questions. The responses were recorded with a polygraph and scored to give an operationally defined measure of anxiety, labeled gender identity-anxiety. Gender-sensitive questions were divided into same-sex and cross-sex questions, and nongender questions were used for comparison. Two sex role orientation tests, the Bern Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Attitudes toward Women Scale ...
Show moreThirty-two males and females were tested for differences in their physiological responses to gender identity questions. The responses were recorded with a polygraph and scored to give an operationally defined measure of anxiety, labeled gender identity-anxiety. Gender-sensitive questions were divided into same-sex and cross-sex questions, and nongender questions were used for comparison. Two sex role orientation tests, the Bern Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) were administered to determine if a conservative sex role orientation was associated with higher gender identity anxiety scores. Both males and females exhibited some anxiety to same-sex questions. Males demonstrated greater anxiety to cross-sex questions than did females. The BSRI did not predict, but the AWS did predict anxiety scores. Implications for the theory of femiphobia are discussed.
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Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14306
Subject Headings
Sex differences (Psychology), Anxiety
Format
Document (PDF)
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S CLIMATE CHANGE: ANALYZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE ANXIETY (CCA) IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Title
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S CLIMATE CHANGE: ANALYZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE ANXIETY (CCA) IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
Creator
Mascheri, Megan M., Polsky, Colin, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
South Florida is at the frontlines of climate change impacts. Facing increases in heat waves, flooding, and intensity of storms, climate change has direct detriments on the residents of this region. This research examines the evidence of Climate Change Anxiety (CCA) within Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. Using the CCA instrument developed by Susan Clayton and Bryan Karazsia in 2020, this study replicates analyses of variables conducted in prior research on the national...
Show moreSouth Florida is at the frontlines of climate change impacts. Facing increases in heat waves, flooding, and intensity of storms, climate change has direct detriments on the residents of this region. This research examines the evidence of Climate Change Anxiety (CCA) within Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. Using the CCA instrument developed by Susan Clayton and Bryan Karazsia in 2020, this study replicates analyses of variables conducted in prior research on the national level. This research found South Floridians are experiencing moderate levels of anxiety caused by climate change. Additionally, significant relationships exist between CCA and newly examined variables such as family situations, politics, and sociological perceptions. Sociological perceptions such as identities described in Dan Kahan’s Cultural Cognition Theory help us understand how having different views of society and life may alter how an individual is affected by CCA.
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Date Issued
2024
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014470
Subject Headings
Climate change, Florida, South, Anxiety
Format
Document (PDF)
INHIBITORY CONTROL PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF PREADOLESCENT ANXIETY AND RESTING-STATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Title
INHIBITORY CONTROL PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF PREADOLESCENT ANXIETY AND RESTING-STATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY.
Creator
Shanok, Nathaniel A., Jones, Nancy Aaron, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
The aim of this study was to further examine the relationship between anxiety, inhibitory control (IC), and brain functioning (electroencephalogram) in a critical age-range for social and emotional development (8-12-year-olds). Depression was a secondary focus but was included in the analyses given the common anxiety/depression overlap. Additionally, the participants (N = 42) were assigned to 4 weeks of either an emotional training program (Emotional gFocus), a neutral training program ...
Show moreThe aim of this study was to further examine the relationship between anxiety, inhibitory control (IC), and brain functioning (electroencephalogram) in a critical age-range for social and emotional development (8-12-year-olds). Depression was a secondary focus but was included in the analyses given the common anxiety/depression overlap. Additionally, the participants (N = 42) were assigned to 4 weeks of either an emotional training program (Emotional gFocus), a neutral training program (Neutral gFocus), or a waitlisted control and were tested using cognitive, neurophysiological, and mood measures. Hierarchical regression models revealed that IC accuracy scores were significantly and negatively related to anxiety levels as indicated by the Screening For Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED), as well as depression levels (using the Child Depression Inventory (CDI)), controlling for age and gender. Additionally, increased resting-state right lateral frontal alpha asymmetry was predictive of increased anxiety as well as depression levels. To evaluate the intervention effects, a series of Multivariate Analyses of Covariance (MANCOVA) and contrast tests were conducted to determine if group differences existed from pre-to-post for any of the measures of interest. Overall, the emotional and neutral training conditions showed similar reductions in anxiety and depression compared to the waitlist condition. Both the emotional and neutral conditions also facilitated significant improvements in IC accuracy compared to the control. Minimal pre-to-post power and asymmetry changes occurred in frontal and parietal regions; however, a lateral frontal leftward activity shift was found in the emotional training group. These findings further demonstrated a relationship between IC and anxiety and showed preliminary evidence that training IC has the potential to mitigate negative emotional functioning in adolescents. Future research is necessary to determine the importance of emotional training versus neutral as well as whether longer training intervals will be needed to facilitate a long-term impact.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013486
Subject Headings
Preadolescents, Preteens, Anxiety, Neurophysiology, Inhibitory control
Format
Document (PDF)
FEMIPHOBIA AS MEASURED BY GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANXIETY SCORE INCREASES FOLLOWING CROSS GENDER BEHAVIOR INSTRUCTION
Title
FEMIPHOBIA AS MEASURED BY GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANXIETY SCORE INCREASES FOLLOWING CROSS GENDER BEHAVIOR INSTRUCTION.
Creator
MCFARLAND, SAMUEL PERRY, JR., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
To test for gender differences in anxiety scores, forty male and forty female college students between the ages of seventeen and thirty were administered the Spielberger State Personality Inventory (SPI) before and after observing a gender-specific task demonstration. Subjects observed the task with or without opposite-gender persons present. Males in the cross-gender task showed larger increases in anxiety and anger scores than males assigned to a same-gender task, while females showed...
Show moreTo test for gender differences in anxiety scores, forty male and forty female college students between the ages of seventeen and thirty were administered the Spielberger State Personality Inventory (SPI) before and after observing a gender-specific task demonstration. Subjects observed the task with or without opposite-gender persons present. Males in the cross-gender task showed larger increases in anxiety and anger scores than males assigned to a same-gender task, while females showed decreases in anxiety and anger scores. Within the male cross-gender task, those tested with females present showed greater increases than those tested without females. Analyses involving two Semantic Differentials revealed the influence of gender and observed task on self-ratings of feelings and the attribution of feelings to opposite-gender persons.
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Date Issued
1987
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14395
Subject Headings
Anxiety--Testing, Sex differences (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)
A proposal for the investigation of the relationships among panic disorder and locus of control, learned helplessness, and anxiety sensitivity
Title
A proposal for the investigation of the relationships among panic disorder and locus of control, learned helplessness, and anxiety sensitivity.
Creator
Rafkin, Amanda, Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361343
Subject Headings
Panic Disorder, Locus of control, Helplessness, Learned, Anxiety sensitivity
Format
Document (PDF)
A MINDFULNESS MEDITATION INTERVENTION TO DECREASE STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION AMONG MEDICAL AND PREMEDICAL STUDENTS
Title
A MINDFULNESS MEDITATION INTERVENTION TO DECREASE STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION AMONG MEDICAL AND PREMEDICAL STUDENTS.
Creator
Smith, Bridget Statler, Bloom, Jennifer, DeDonno, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology, College of Education
Abstract/Description
The challenges inherent in pursuing a medical education can leave many students at risk of experiencing stress and burnout. Premedical and medical students have been found to experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression (Fang et al., 2010; Niemi & Vainiomaki, 2006; Vitaliano, Russo, Carr, & Heerwagen, 1984). The sources of stress for premedical and medical students include academic obligations, the financial burden of paying for medical school, and family relationships. If...
Show moreThe challenges inherent in pursuing a medical education can leave many students at risk of experiencing stress and burnout. Premedical and medical students have been found to experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression (Fang et al., 2010; Niemi & Vainiomaki, 2006; Vitaliano, Russo, Carr, & Heerwagen, 1984). The sources of stress for premedical and medical students include academic obligations, the financial burden of paying for medical school, and family relationships. If excessive stress is left untreated it can result in negative health risks such as depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, and other physiological distress disorders. There are proven ways to reduce the stress levels of students, including eating well, exercise, and peer support. Mindfulness meditation is also known to be a useful method for lowering perceived stress and improve academic performance. This study investigated how participation in a 7-week mindfulness meditation intervention impacts the perceived stress, depression, and anxiety levels of premedical and medical students. Self-regulation theory (Fiske & Taylor, 1991; McClelland et al., 2018) was used as the theoretical framework for this study to indirectly discover if mindfulness meditation is a practice that can improve students’ ability to calm themselves when facing high stress situations and to focus their thoughts on a goal.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013415
Subject Headings
Medical students, Stress & Anxiety, Depression, Mindfulness--methods, Meditation
Format
Document (PDF)
Patterns of stress reactivity to a common stressor in school-aged children: do differences in temperament, anxiety, and affect drive HPA habituation?
Title
Patterns of stress reactivity to a common stressor in school-aged children: do differences in temperament, anxiety, and affect drive HPA habituation?.
Creator
Corbett, Maria L., McGruder, Tami, Gilkes, Crystal, Jones, Nancy Aaron, Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361920
Subject Headings
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, Stress, Temperament in children, Anxiety in children
Format
Document (PDF)
THE EFFECTS OF MINDFULNESS TRAINING ON BDNF LEVELS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND STRESS LEVELS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Title
THE EFFECTS OF MINDFULNESS TRAINING ON BDNF LEVELS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND STRESS LEVELS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Creator
Bosso, Kathryn B., Brigman, Greg, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Counselor Education, College of Education
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this randomized control study was to examine the effects of the use of a mindfulness smartphone app on student self-reported levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, and serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The sample included college students enrolled in courses at a university in South Florida. Forty-four students were randomly allocated to either the mindfulness app group (n = 22) or the control group (n = 22). Participants in the mindfulness app group...
Show moreThe purpose of this randomized control study was to examine the effects of the use of a mindfulness smartphone app on student self-reported levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, and serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The sample included college students enrolled in courses at a university in South Florida. Forty-four students were randomly allocated to either the mindfulness app group (n = 22) or the control group (n = 22). Participants in the mindfulness app group were instructed to complete a guided meditation on the app for 10 minutes per day for 5 weeks. Participants in the control group were offered the intervention after the 5-week protocol ended. A pretest-posttest design was used to investigate the effects of the mindfulness app intervention on self-reported levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, in addition to serum level BDNF.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013452
Subject Headings
College students, Mindfulness (Psychology), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
Format
Document (PDF)
Fear and anxiety: A cross-cultural analysis
Title
Fear and anxiety: A cross-cultural analysis.
Creator
Kofler, Angelika., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Lynn M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
Abstract/Description
American and Austrian subjects responded to the questionnaire used in the "International Survey on Emotion Antecedents and Reactions" with regard to anxiety and fear, the Self-Monitoring Scale, and the Social Desirability Scale. As hypothesized, results show differences between the two emotions and between the two countries with regard to antecedents, recency, duration, intensity, body symptoms, expressive and verbal reactions, control, expectation, level of unpleasantness, evaluation of...
Show moreAmerican and Austrian subjects responded to the questionnaire used in the "International Survey on Emotion Antecedents and Reactions" with regard to anxiety and fear, the Self-Monitoring Scale, and the Social Desirability Scale. As hypothesized, results show differences between the two emotions and between the two countries with regard to antecedents, recency, duration, intensity, body symptoms, expressive and verbal reactions, control, expectation, level of unpleasantness, evaluation of appropriateness, effect on goals, coping responses and causal attributions. Findings also support the hypothesis that social norms prescribe a taboo on anxiety--but not on fear--that is stronger for Americans than for the Europeans in this sample. In addition, the potential of the Social Desirability Scale and the Self-Monitoring Scale and its factors to identify cultural informants was explored and found promising. High scorers on social desirability appear to reflect normative attitudes. High self-monitors show potential as indicators of normative behavior.
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Date Issued
1995
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15187
Subject Headings
Emotions--Cross-cultural studies, Anxiety--Cross-cultural studies, Fear--Cross-cultural studies
Format
Document (PDF)
INFORMATION LITERACY: A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS FOR FLORIDA COLLEGE LEARNERS
Title
INFORMATION LITERACY: A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS FOR FLORIDA COLLEGE LEARNERS.
Creator
Sacharow, Sherrie Blisko, Sembiante, Sabrina, Vaughan, Michelle, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
Abstract/Description
Information literacy is an extracurricular area that continues to grow in its impact on college learners in Florida today. Colleges with large English learner populations face additional challenges to equip their students with the tools and mindset needed to successfully complete college assignments. This quantitative study used responses to questionnaires to examine learner beliefs. Learner volunteers who were entry level college composition students participated by answering two...
Show moreInformation literacy is an extracurricular area that continues to grow in its impact on college learners in Florida today. Colleges with large English learner populations face additional challenges to equip their students with the tools and mindset needed to successfully complete college assignments. This quantitative study used responses to questionnaires to examine learner beliefs. Learner volunteers who were entry level college composition students participated by answering two questionnaires. Data were gathered from those responses and tested statistically to observe learner beliefs chosen on a Likert-type scale. Tests of symmetry and t-tests looking at pre and post information literacy instruction belief choices indicated small measures of learner anxiety. Further, anxiety indicators were more pronounced for U.S. native learners than for non-natives. This is likely due to U.S. native familiarity with libraries and information literary skills and practices commonly used in their U.S. environment. Library anxiety reduction strategies recommended in the literature reviewed include collaboration between content instructors and faculty librarians along with layering or specializing library instruction sessions. Additionally, scaffolding devices such as readily available electronic resource use guides and relationships with faculty and faculty librarians are suggested. Overall, learners anticipate research tasks with a bit of anxiety but largely they expect to be successful. Noting the growth of skills needed to verify and vet information, it is a positive point to note measurable learner-voiced confidence.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013411
Subject Headings
Information literacy, Academic librarians, Libraries and colleges, English language--Study and teaching--Florida, Library anxiety
Format
Document (PDF)
American cultural constructions of the gynecological experience
Title
American cultural constructions of the gynecological experience.
Creator
Provenzano, Julie L., Florida Atlantic University, Harris, Michael S.
Abstract/Description
This thesis research asks why many American women feel uncomfortable going to the gynecologist. In order to investigate this phenomenon, thirty-one women were interviewed regarding their experiences at the gynecologist and their perceptions of their genitals. Using a medical anthropology framework to determine what factors facilitate negative feelings associated with gynecological examinations, the participants' responses were analyzed with regards to cultural influences. It was found that a...
Show moreThis thesis research asks why many American women feel uncomfortable going to the gynecologist. In order to investigate this phenomenon, thirty-one women were interviewed regarding their experiences at the gynecologist and their perceptions of their genitals. Using a medical anthropology framework to determine what factors facilitate negative feelings associated with gynecological examinations, the participants' responses were analyzed with regards to cultural influences. It was found that a paradox exists between American cultural constructions of women's genitals and the biomedical structure of a gynecological examination. Since American women are culturally ingrained with a notion of privacy and sexuality regarding their genitals, revealing them to a stranger within a medical setting can become a highly-charged emotional situation. Ultimately, this paradox is never fully resolved, perpetuating the cultural construction of a gynecological examination as an inherently negative and problematic experience.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13401
Subject Headings
Gynecological examination--Psychological aspects, Anxiety--Prevention, Generative organs, Female--Examination, Physical diagnosis--Psychological aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Effects of adolescent stress on depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors and hippocampal mossy fibre-CA3 remodeling in the novelty-seeking phenotype
Title
Effects of adolescent stress on depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors and hippocampal mossy fibre-CA3 remodeling in the novelty-seeking phenotype: implications for epigenetic regulation of the BDNF gene.
Creator
Oztan, Ozge., Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science
Abstract/Description
Experimentally naive rats show variance in their locomotor reactivity to novelty, some displaying higher (HR) while others displaying lower (LR) reactivity, associated with vulnerability to stress. LRHR phenotype is proposed as an antecedent to the development of stress hyper responsiveness. Results presented here show emergence of antidepressive-like behavior following peripubertal-juvenile exposure to chronic variable physical (CVP) and chronic variable social stress (CVS) in HR rats, and...
Show moreExperimentally naive rats show variance in their locomotor reactivity to novelty, some displaying higher (HR) while others displaying lower (LR) reactivity, associated with vulnerability to stress. LRHR phenotype is proposed as an antecedent to the development of stress hyper responsiveness. Results presented here show emergence of antidepressive-like behavior following peripubertal-juvenile exposure to chronic variable physical (CVP) and chronic variable social stress (CVS) in HR rats, and depressive-like behavior following CVP in the LRs. The antidepressive-like behavior in HR rats was accompanied by increased levels of acetylated Histone3 (acH3) and acetylated Histone4 (acH4) at the hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) P2 and P4 promoters respectively. This effect may mediate increased mossy fibre (MF) terminal field size, particularly the suprapyramidal mossy fibre projection volume (SP-MF), in the HR animals following both stress regimens. These findings show that chronic variable stress during adolescence induces individual differences in molecular, neuromorphological and behavioral parameters between LRs and HRs, which provides further evidence that individual differences in stress responsiveness is an important factor in resistance or vulnerability to stress-induced depression and/or anxiety.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360950
Subject Headings
Rats as laboratory animals, Anxiety in adolescence, Depression in adolescence, Stress (Psychology), Cellular signal transduction, Hippocampus (Brain), Physiology, Genetic regulation, Gene expression
Format
Document (PDF)