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- Children's perceptions of caregiving by depressed mothers.
- Creator
- Martin, Elizabeth Anne, Florida Atlantic University, Perry, David G.
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis examined maternal caregiving as a function of maternal depression. Subjects were 184 fourth through seventh grade children and their mothers. Mothers' depression classification was determined by scores on a depression inventory. Both children and mothers responded to questionnaires developed to measure parenting style. Children also completed a peer nomination inventory to measure adjustment in the peer group. It was hypothesized that depressed mothers would be perceived as more...
Show moreThis thesis examined maternal caregiving as a function of maternal depression. Subjects were 184 fourth through seventh grade children and their mothers. Mothers' depression classification was determined by scores on a depression inventory. Both children and mothers responded to questionnaires developed to measure parenting style. Children also completed a peer nomination inventory to measure adjustment in the peer group. It was hypothesized that depressed mothers would be perceived as more likely to engage in negative parenting behaviors and less likely to exhibit positive caregiving. Similarly, it was expected that children with depressed mothers would exhibit greater internalizing/externalizing behavior problems in the peer group. Results were the reverse of those expected, with children of depressed mothers perceiving less use of aversive caregiving behaviors, and more positive interaction. Maternal depression was unrelated to measures of internalizing and externalizing behaviors.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15173
- Subject Headings
- Mother and child, Depressed persons
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- Document (PDF)
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- The one way out : an answer to hard times.
- Creator
- Nearing, Scott
- Date Issued
- 1932
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/368823
- Subject Headings
- Depressions --1929 --United States., Marxian economics.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cardiac patterns during another infant’s cry sound in neonates of depressed mothers.
- Creator
- Cotler, Joseph, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361285
- Subject Headings
- Newborn infants, Children of depressed persons, Empathy
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION INDUCED STATE DEPENDENCY OF A HEART RATE RESPONSE.
- Creator
- GREENWOOD, PAMELA MARGARET, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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To investigate dissociated (state dependent) learning of a classically conditioned heart rate response, 24 rats were trained either normally or under cortical spreading depression (CSD). Testing in extinction for experimentals was carried out over two days with Ss experiencing a reversal of state (i.e., depressed or non-depressed) in the first extinction and then returned to the learning state on the second extinction. Results indicated that all groups learned in a comparable fashion....
Show moreTo investigate dissociated (state dependent) learning of a classically conditioned heart rate response, 24 rats were trained either normally or under cortical spreading depression (CSD). Testing in extinction for experimentals was carried out over two days with Ss experiencing a reversal of state (i.e., depressed or non-depressed) in the first extinction and then returned to the learning state on the second extinction. Results indicated that all groups learned in a comparable fashion. Experimental groups demonstrated no retention of the learned response on the first extinction, but extinguished normally on the second extinction when Ss were returned to the cortical state present during training. These results are consistent with an explanation of symmetrical dissociation. Control ~s which experienced the same state over all days demonstrated a predicted lack of dissociation. The theory of subcortical state specific retrieval was proposed to account for these data as well as results of studies reporting dissociation with other agents to relate dissociation phenomena to a single underlying process.
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- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13527
- Subject Headings
- Spreading cortical depression, Dissociation (Psychology), Conditioned response
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EEG in 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers.
- Creator
- Diego, Miguel Angel, Florida Atlantic University, Jones, Nancy Aaron
- Abstract/Description
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EEG was examined in 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Similarly, the EEG spectra showed a developmental increase in absolute power and a decrease in lower frequency and increase in higher frequency components. Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater 8Hz lower 3Hz relative power and greater left frontal...
Show moreEEG was examined in 348 1-week, 1-month and 3-month-old infants of depressed and non-depressed mothers. Both the percentage of infants exhibiting spectral peaks and the frequency in Hz at which those peaks were exhibited increased with age. Similarly, the EEG spectra showed a developmental increase in absolute power and a decrease in lower frequency and increase in higher frequency components. Infants of depressed mothers exhibited greater 8Hz lower 3Hz relative power and greater left frontal EEG log-absolute power than infants of non-depressed mothers. This profile was specially marked across a narrow frequency range which shifted from 3--9Hz to 4--9Hz by 3-months. Evaluation of 4 different asymmetry indices revealed that while both the log-absolute difference and the absolute ratio asymmetry indices best differentiated infants of depressed from infants of non-depressed mothers, the absolute ratio asymmetry index appeared to minimize within group variability. The significance of these findings are discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12945
- Subject Headings
- Electroencephalography, Children of depressed persons, Pediatric neurology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interview with Barbara Cheslick – ca. 2004.
- Creator
- Cheslick, Barbara (Interviewee), Wilcox, Gina (Interviewer)
- Date Issued
- 2004-02-22
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT76774
- Subject Headings
- Depressions --1929 --United States, World War, 1939-1945, Kentucky, Depressions --1929 --Kentucky, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history, Great Depression, 1929-1939
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- Set of related objects
- Title
- Contingent tolerance to the anorexigenic effects of amphetamine.
- Creator
- Wolgin, David L., Carlton, Peter L.
- Date Issued
- 1971-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/228490
- Subject Headings
- Psychopharmacology--Research., Appetite depressants., Amphetamines--Physiological effect.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Long-term retention of tolerance to amphetamine hypophagia following cessation of drug injections and feeding tests.
- Creator
- Wolgin, David L., Hughes, Katherine M.
- Date Issued
- 2001-10
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/228747
- Subject Headings
- Psychopharmacology--Research., Amphetamines--Physiological effects., Appetite depressants.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Loss of tolerance to amphetamine-induced hypophagia in rats: homeostatic readjustment vs. instrumental learning.
- Creator
- Wolgin, David L., Hughes, Katherine M., Popi, Lavinia
- Date Issued
- 1999-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/228632
- Subject Headings
- Psychopharmacology--Research., Appetite depressants., Amphetamines--Physiological effects.
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- Document (PDF)
- 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
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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.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013415
- Subject Headings
- Medical students, Stress & Anxiety, Depression, Mindfulness--methods, Meditation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cardiac patterns during another infant's cry sound in neonates of depressed mothers.
- Creator
- Cotler, Joseph, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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Past research indicates there is a link between physiological responses and adaptive social responses to another individual's distress. Scholars have theorized that humans may be predisposed, both physiologically and behaviorally to responding to others, especially those who are in distress. Maternal depression has been associated with dysregulated emotional development and may possibly affect the physiological and behavioral responses of a neonate. The present research examined the...
Show morePast research indicates there is a link between physiological responses and adaptive social responses to another individual's distress. Scholars have theorized that humans may be predisposed, both physiologically and behaviorally to responding to others, especially those who are in distress. Maternal depression has been associated with dysregulated emotional development and may possibly affect the physiological and behavioral responses of a neonate. The present research examined the relationship between neonates' physiological and behavioral responses to naturally generated (compared to artificial) stimuli of other neonates, as well as the role of maternal depression in the responses. Specifically, heart rate, heart period, and heart period variability were measured to assess the newborns' reaction to cries generated by both other newborns and digitally modulated sources. This study found that newborns of depressed mothers had higher heart period variability and showed less behavioral distress when hearing the cry of another infant.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360769
- Subject Headings
- Heart sounds, Auscultation, Human physiology, Depression in children, Prevention
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Contribution of Depression to the Diagnosis of MCI and Dementia in a Culturally Diverse Sample of the United States.
- Creator
- Lang, Merike K., Rosselli, Monica, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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Depression is associated with higher severity of memory disorders and has been shown to predict lower levels of cognitive functioning in those diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia. Yet, little is known about this association cross-culturally, particularly between Hispanics and European Americans. This study demonstrates that although levels of depression differed significantly across diagnostic group, Hispanics and European Americans were similar in levels of depression...
Show moreDepression is associated with higher severity of memory disorders and has been shown to predict lower levels of cognitive functioning in those diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia. Yet, little is known about this association cross-culturally, particularly between Hispanics and European Americans. This study demonstrates that although levels of depression differed significantly across diagnostic group, Hispanics and European Americans were similar in levels of depression at each diagnosis. However, only for the European American group did depression levels predict lower scores in confrontational naming and semantic memory. Additionally, exploratory analyses of the entire sample demonstrated that lower depression predicted less likelihood of MCI or dementia diagnoses. This could indicate that there is a need for intervention and treatment of depression, in particular for later stages of MCI and dementia, that should be culturally catered to individual ethnicities.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013004
- Subject Headings
- Depression, Mild cognitive impairment, Dementia--United States
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Older Hispanics Explanatory Model of Depression.
- Creator
- Sadule-rios, Nohemi, Tappen, Ruth M., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Abstract/Description
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Researchers have reported a high prevalence of depression among older Hispanics in the United States when compared to other ethnic groups. Cultural variations in the perception of depression sometimes make it difficult to recognize the disorder resulting in older Hispanic patients not being diagnosed and not receiving appropriate treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore older Hispanics’ explanatory model of depression and identify culture-specific factors that may help in the...
Show moreResearchers have reported a high prevalence of depression among older Hispanics in the United States when compared to other ethnic groups. Cultural variations in the perception of depression sometimes make it difficult to recognize the disorder resulting in older Hispanic patients not being diagnosed and not receiving appropriate treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore older Hispanics’ explanatory model of depression and identify culture-specific factors that may help in the recognition and treatment of depression. A mixed-method design that combined qualitative and quantitative methods was used. Fifty participants were interviewed using Kleinman’s Explanatory Models ethnographic approach with a vignette variation, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Cross Cultural Measure of Acculturation (CCMA). The findings suggest that this group of older Hispanics did not recognize depression as an illness but rather as the result of life stressors and personal weaknesses. People who experience depressive symptoms were described as being crazy, bored, worried, or having a problem of the nerves. These culturally coded terms may confound diagnosis among many Hispanics who find depression an unacceptable and shameful condition. This cultural pattern seemed to prevail among low and high-acculturated individuals which may complicate the diagnosis of depression by health care providers. This study highlights the complexity and diversity of this group of older Hispanics’ conceptual model of depression. The results of this study will contribute to nursing care by providing additional information that will help professionals when working with Hispanic patients with depression. Findings expand our understanding of older Hispanics (high and low-acculturated, depressed and non-depressed) groups’ conceptualization of depression and can be used to inform the adaptation of culturally relevant approaches to better serve the Hispanic community in this country.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004055
- Subject Headings
- Depression in old age, Ethnopsychology, Hispanic Americans -- Mental health
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS & EXPRESSING EMOTIONS: EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIVENESS IN CHILDREN WITH PARENTS WHO EXPERIENCE DEPRESSIVE SYMTPOMS.
- Creator
- Salley, Jenna, Jones, Nancy Aaron, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Children learn from their parents’ emotional expressions because one’s parents are the main source of social information, especially on an emotional level. Depression hinders the parents’ ability to express these emotions, in turn, hindering the child’s ability to identify and express emotions as they get older. Parents self-reported their everyday depressive symptoms and were placed into two depressive categories: high and low. By means of a story-telling paradigm, each parent read 2 stories...
Show moreChildren learn from their parents’ emotional expressions because one’s parents are the main source of social information, especially on an emotional level. Depression hinders the parents’ ability to express these emotions, in turn, hindering the child’s ability to identify and express emotions as they get older. Parents self-reported their everyday depressive symptoms and were placed into two depressive categories: high and low. By means of a story-telling paradigm, each parent read 2 stories to their child, one positively and one negatively valanced. This study looked at the parent-child dyadic interaction, as well as behavioral patterns of interactions in both children and parents. Parents’ depressive symptoms affected their ability to be expressive during emotionally valenced situations. Parent-child pairs also had less dyadic unity when depressive symptoms were prevalent. Depressive symptoms in the parent also led to the child expressing fewer relevant emotions and having lower comprehension of emotions. The findings suggest that depressive symptoms in the parents, even at a subclinical level, not only affect the parents’ emotional expressivity but also leads to weaker emotional processing skills in their preschoolers.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014113
- Subject Headings
- Depression, Emotions, Parent and child, Emotions in children
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Alpha Coherence in Infants of Depressed Mothers.
- Creator
- Chassin, Victoria, Jones, Nancy Aaron, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Prior research on neurophysiology of infants of depressed mothers commonly has focused on EEG power and asymmetry. Whether infants of depressed mothers show differences in coherence is undetermined. This study examined the development of EEG alpha coherence in infants of mothers with various degrees of depression. Also investigated was the normative development of alpha coherence in infancy. The relationship between maternal depression and infant coherence was analyzed at different infant...
Show morePrior research on neurophysiology of infants of depressed mothers commonly has focused on EEG power and asymmetry. Whether infants of depressed mothers show differences in coherence is undetermined. This study examined the development of EEG alpha coherence in infants of mothers with various degrees of depression. Also investigated was the normative development of alpha coherence in infancy. The relationship between maternal depression and infant coherence was analyzed at different infant ages, from 1-12-months-old. There were significant effects of maternal depression on infant coherence between frontal-occipital regions, frontal-parietal regions, and central-parietal regions, in 1-month-olds. There were also significant maternal depression effects in central-parietal coherence in 1-3-month-olds and 3-6-month-olds. Differences were in the right hemisphere and were generally characterized by lower coherence in infants whose mothers had higher depression. Infants whose mothers had lower depression demonstrated age-related decreases in coherence, but infants of more highly depressed mothers did not show age-related differences.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014224
- Subject Headings
- Electroencephalography, Mother and infant, Children of depressed persons, Alpha coherence
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Interview with Doris Barbato – ca. 2008.
- Creator
- Barbato, Doris (Interviewee), Shafer, Joseph (Interviewer)
- Date Issued
- 2008-02-15
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT75650
- Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945, Depressions --1929 --United States, Orphanages -- United States, Great Depression, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
- Format
- Set of related objects
- Title
- Our children cry for bread.
- Creator
- Van Veen, Sadie
- Date Issued
- 1933
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332803
- Subject Headings
- Children -- United States., Children -- Soviet Union., Depressions -- 1929 -- United States., Children -- Nutrition.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- 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
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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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- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013452
- Subject Headings
- College students, Mindfulness (Psychology), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ethnicity, Gender and Pain Interference’s Influence on Depression Among Older Adults with Osteoarthritis.
- Creator
- Garrido, Jacinto J., Dunphy, Lynne M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Abstract/Description
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The leading cause of disability among older adults is osteoarthritis (OA) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). Chronic pain associated with arthritis interferes with daily living among older adults and has been related to depression (Zanocchi et al., 2008). Research suggests that ethnicity and psychosocial factors may influence health outcomes of older adults with arthritis who are experiencing chronic pain and depression (Im, Guevara, & Chee, 2007; Wilson et al., 2014)....
Show moreThe leading cause of disability among older adults is osteoarthritis (OA) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). Chronic pain associated with arthritis interferes with daily living among older adults and has been related to depression (Zanocchi et al., 2008). Research suggests that ethnicity and psychosocial factors may influence health outcomes of older adults with arthritis who are experiencing chronic pain and depression (Im, Guevara, & Chee, 2007; Wilson et al., 2014). The influence of ethnicity on depression among older adults with OA experiencing chronic pain is the phenomenon of interest for this study. Chronic pain that interferes with activities of daily living gives rise to disability, followed by potential episodes of depression. This currently is impacting the quality of life for older adults with OA. The aim of this study was to gain new insight regarding the relationship and predictive factors for depression between pain interference, gender, and ethnicity among older adults with OA pain and depression. This study examined the research question, “Does ethnicity, gender, and pain interference predict depression among older adults with osteoarthritis?” This study was a secondary analysis of existing data from the National Institute of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (Park, McCaffrey, Newman, Cheung, & Hagen, 2014) study titled, The Effect of Sit ‘N’ Fit Chair Yoga on Community-Dwelling Elders with Osteoarthritis. A descriptive retrospective correlational design was utilized to investigate factors that predict depression. Statistical analysis included multiple linear regression and analysis of variance. The study sample (n = 104) consisted of community-dwelling older adults ages 65 years or older with osteoarthritis. Findings indicated that (1) ethnicity, gender, and pain interference did predict depression; (2) there were no significant difference in depression between Hispanics and non-Hispanics while controlling for pain interference; and (3) there was statistically significant differential interaction with depression when pain interference increased, with Hispanics reporting higher levels of depressions as pain interference increased, as compared to non-Hispanics. The new knowledge gained from this study may help guide healthcare providers in developing effective alternative approaches for improving health outcomes of mismanaged ethnically diverse older adults with OA.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004959, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004949
- Subject Headings
- Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Osteoarthritis--Alternative treatment., Chronic pain., Depression in old age., Ethnicity., Gender.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Integrity and reflections of the past: a phenomenographic analysis.
- Creator
- Rio, Germina Emily Risos., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Abstract/Description
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The graying of America as a sociological and health care phenomenon continues to dictate the demand for creative and innovative interventions that can directly influence the quality of life of nursing home residents. Creative Reminiscence is a program that fosters the active reliving of the past through narration, such as in story-telling, and the use of creative art expression to uncover meaningful life events or valuable life experiences. The purpose of this study was to investigate and...
Show moreThe graying of America as a sociological and health care phenomenon continues to dictate the demand for creative and innovative interventions that can directly influence the quality of life of nursing home residents. Creative Reminiscence is a program that fosters the active reliving of the past through narration, such as in story-telling, and the use of creative art expression to uncover meaningful life events or valuable life experiences. The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the meaningful life events elicited by the experience of Creative Reminiscence using a phenomenographic approach. Existing (archived) data-transcribed interviews, poetry and painting on planters that were obtained from 20 participants of the Creative Reminiscence program entitled Le Jardin de Sante were analyzed. Five variations of meaningful memories evoked by Creative Reminiscence were identified. These are described as follows: (a) memories that rejuvenate the elder's sense of connectio n; (b) memories that revive the elder's sense of love and intimacy; (c) memories that restore the elder's sense of being; (d) memories that reassert the elder's sense of control; and (e) memories that reinstitute the elder's sense of purpose. In a caring interaction with Creative Reminiscence, the nursed are able to transcend, moving back in time (past) to appreciate segment(s) of their lives, with triumphs and disappointments that give meaning to their inner conflict/human struggle (present), and integrate a sense of confidence and acceptance of their lives to sustain well-being and a sense of wholeness. This research highlights the similarities and differences in the description of memories by the nursing home residents evoked during Creative Reminiscence., The results of the study support Erikson's notion of the circular nature of the life cycle, wherein there is an inherent need at the last stage of life to re-integrate ascendant psychosocial themes.Taking into account the meaning that nursing home residents ascribe to their experiences provided data on strategies nurses and caregivers can use effectively to help these elders transcend despair. Further research is recommended using a more diverse sample and in more diverse geographical locations. Current standardized instruments may be revised to quantify effects on the ascendant psychosocial themes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/177012
- Subject Headings
- Aging, Psychological aspects, Memory in old age, Analysis, Nursing, Philosophy, Depression in old age, Research, Reminiscing in old age
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- Document (PDF)