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Mediators of the Relationship between Depression and Medication Adherence among HIV Positive Substance Users
(2012)
Medication adherence is of utmost importance in predicting health outcomes across numerous chronic conditions, particularly HIV/AIDS. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV/AIDS requires high levels of ...
PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS: ATTACHMENT STYLE, OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS, NEED FOR THERAPY, SESSION DURATION, AND THERAPIST HELPING SKILLS IN INTAKE SESSIONS
(2011)
The present study investigated client attachment style, outcome expectations, need for therapy, intake duration and therapist helping skills associated with psychotherapy engagement. Intake sessions of 16 adults (8 ...
Preliminary Trial of a Behavioral Activation-Enhanced Smoking Cessation Program among Substance Users with Elevated Depressive Symptoms in Residential Treatment
(2012)
Individuals with elevated depressive symptoms and substance use disorders (SUDs) have particular difficulties quitting smoking and few treatments benefit these individuals. The current study compared five session BA-enhanced ...
Motivation and Effort in Individuals with Social Anhedonia
(2012)
The current study sought to better understand differences in motivation and effort in individuals with social anhedonia. Social anhedonia is a core negative symptom and one of the strongest predictors for the development ...
Parental Depression, Parenting, and Cortisol Reactivity in Preschoolers
(2011)
This study systematically examined individual differences in stress sensitivity as a vulnerability marker for depression in young children. We collected five salivary cortisol samples from 142 preschool-age children who ...
Schizophrenia-spectrum Behavior and Peer Responses to Individuals with Social Anhedonia
(2012)
Individuals with social anhedonia experience difficulties in several domains including social interaction, cognition, psychophysiological abnormalities, and poor long-term functional outcomes. These individuals also exhibit ...
PATERNAL ADHD, PARENTING, AND CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS: POTENTIAL MECHANISMS.
(2012)
Parental factors, specifically psychopathology and parenting, robustly predict negative developmental outcomes among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Indeed, emergent findings have linked ...
The Effects of Mood and Stress on Cardiovascular Responses
(2011)
The "reactivity hypothesis" posits that elevations in cardiovascular reactivity may increase the risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events over time. Negative emotions and stress may exacerbate cardiovascular ...
Parsing Hedonic Capacity in Schizotypy: A Multi-Method Assessment of Consummatory and Anticipatory Pleasure
(2012)
This study was an attempt to examine anhedonia (or a reduced capacity to experience pleasant emotion) in individuals with elevated schizotypy. Anhedonia deficits in schizophrenia have been well-documented in studies utilizing ...
An Examination of the Pathways of Depressive Symptoms and Heavy Drinking from Adolescence to Adulthood
(2011)
This study examined the dynamic interaction of heavy alcohol use and depressive symptoms at three points over a time period of 11 years from adolescence to adulthood using a subset of data from the nationally representative, ...