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Response To A Political Critique And Personal Attack Against A United Nations Report That Presented New Evidence About Prostitution As A Cause And Consequence Of Violence Against Women And Girls, Reem Alsalem

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, Its Causes and Consequences, responses to the false and unfounded accusations and personal attacks on her Report on Prostitution and Violence Against Women presented before the 56^th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, 2024. I presented new evidence regarding the relationship between violence against women and girls and prostitution. Using human rights law, the Report described how prostitution is a system of abuse, exploitation, and violence against women and girls. The Report’s goal was to clarify concepts and terminology, …

Childhood Sexual Abuse Among Asian American Adults: Prevalence, Cultural Barriers, And Mental Health Implications, Kruti S. Chaliawala, Liliana Rojas-Guyler

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Childhood sexual abuse represents a significant public health concern, particularly within minority populations, where adversities and complications are prevalent but understudied. This study aims to investigate the mental health of Asian American childhood sexual abuse survivors and explore the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among Asian adults. A secondary analysis of the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data was conducted, including a final sample of 1,894 Asian adults (0.16% of the total sample size of N = 401,958). Among these participants, 16.8% (n = 1,894) reported experiencing CSA. The most common forms of abuse were inappropriate touching …

Respuesta A Una Crítica Política Y A Un Ataque Personal Contra Un Informe De Las Naciones Unidas Que Presenta Nueva Evidencia Sobre La Prostitución Como Causa Y Consecuencia De La Violencia Contra Las Mujeres Y Las Niñas, Reem Alsalem

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Reem Alsalem, Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, sus causas y consecuencias, responde a las acusaciones falsas y infundadas y a los ataques personales sobre su informe sobre Prostitución y Violencia contra la Mujer, presentado ante la 56ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra, 2024. Presenté nueva evidencia sobre la relación entre la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas y la prostitución. Utilizando el derecho de los derechos humanos, el informe describe la prostitución como un sistema de abuso, explotación y violencia contra las …

Cultural Consensus Modeling To Identify Culturally Relevant Reasons For And Against Suicide Among Black Adolescents, Ryan M Hill, Danielle Busby, Jennifer L Brown, Eric Sumlin, Estefania Fernandez, Carla Sharp

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: The development of evidence-based treatments relies on accurate theoretical frameworks sensitive to the lived realities of the populations from which they are derived. Yet, the perspectives of Black youth are vastly underrepresented in extant theories of suicidal behavior. Cultural Consensus Modeling provides an evidence-based approach for developing a culturally informed understanding of suicide risk among Black youth.

Method: Participants were 50 Black adolescents (Mage = 16.20 years; 76.0% male) who completed Phase 1 of a Cultural Consensus Modeling study. Participants freely listed reasons for suicide and reasons for living among similar peer Black youth. Responses were synthesized and coded …

Exploring Reciprocal Links Between Early Adolescent Coping And Internalizing Symptoms, Caitlyn Mytelka, Sarah C Narendorf, Elizabeth Baumler, Chiara Acquati, Jeff R Temple

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: The rising prevalence of depression and anxiety among adolescents is a public health concern. Early adolescence is a key developmental period to reduce risks for internalizing symptoms through primary prevention programs, yet additional research is needed on modifiable factors, such as coping skills, to target to mitigate risk factors. Therefore, we investigated the reciprocal link between coping style and internalizing symptoms among a racially/ethnically diverse sample of early adolescents (n = 1273) from 12 middle schools over 1 year.

Methods: We leveraged a longitudinal data set of a cluster, randomized trial of a preventive intervention from 12 middle schools …

Validation Of A Brief Food Parenting Measure For Fathers: A Test Of Factorial Validity, Measurement Invariance, Internal Reliability, And Concurrent Validity, Brian K. Lo, In Young Park, Melissa Mcternan, Yilin Wang, Alejandra Cantu-Aldana, Brent A. Mcbride, Katherine W. Bauer, Jess Haines, Kirsten K. Davison

School of Medicine Publications

Fathers are underrepresented in food parenting research partly due to the lack of succinct, theory-informed, and father-mother equivalent food parenting measurement tools. To address this, we 1) tested the factorial validity of a brief food parenting measure utilizing a subset of items from the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) to represent coercive control, structure, and autonomy support, 2) assessed the extent to which the brief tool works similarly in fathers and mothers (i.e., measurement invariance), and 3) evaluated its internal reliability and concurrent validity. Participants included 1071 fathers of children aged 2–6 years and 487 of their co-parents (mothers) from …

Decolonizing Psychology As A Scientific And Ethical Necessity, Heidi Keller

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

The starting point of this paper is the colonial heritage of mainstream psychology, and particularly of developmental psychology. The dominant paradigm is still the assumption of universality of theories and findings that originate in research from and with a tiny part of the world’s population. Associated is the neglect, even ignorance, concerning existing anthropological, cultural, and psychological ethnographic research from different communities across the globe, which demonstrate that the so-called WEIRD science (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) is different in many respects from the multitude of existing cultural patterns, representing an outlier in a statistical sense. The paper presents a …

Advisor Satisfaction To Support Online Student Retention, Erica K. Whiddon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, the researcher explored the relationship between satisfaction with academic advising and online student retention. Online student retention is a critical issue in the context of increasing competition for students in higher education institutions. The specific problem was that online students have lower retention rates, and the reasons students typically select online degree programs are also the reasons they drop out of their degree programs. The purpose was to identify whether students’ reported satisfaction with their advisors mediated the relationship between the existence of external personal life factors and retention. A quantitative nonexperimental causal-comparative and correlational research design …

Voices From The Field: Mental Health Therapists' Perceptions Of Collaboration With Child Protective Services Workers, Tamara P. Fields

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The child welfare system in the United States requires collaboration across various agencies in the provision of services. Although collaboration between mental health therapists and state agencies is fundamental when the goal is to provide quality care and achieve positive outcomes for families involved with Child Protective Services (CPS), the system is characterized as complicated and fragmented. Using Bronstein’s 2003 model of interprofessional collaboration to understand the dynamics of collaboration between mental health therapists and CPS workers in Texas, this qualitative descriptive research study described mental health therapists’ perceptions of collaborating with CPS workers in delivering therapy services to CPS-involved …

The Eviction Crisis Is Rampaging: Time To Implement Diversion Programs, Rachel Elliott

Journal of Dispute Resolution

More than 7.6 million renters face the threat of eviction annually.1 In early February 2023, Ivy Hany was at risk of being part of this statistic again.2 Years ago, when Ivy was 19, she and her siblings were forced out of their home into a homeless shelter.3 Now, at 53, she was terrified of becoming homeless again.4 Ivy owed her landlord $2,184.75; she would be evicted if she did not pay.5 Fortunately, Ivy had the option of mediation

Resilience And Coping: A Qualitative Analysis Of Cognitive And Behavioral Factors In Adults With Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Hannah E Cho, Whitney S Shepherd, Gianna M Colombo, Andrew D Wiese, W Conor Rork, Kristin M Kostick, Dianne Nguyen, Members Of The Bbdc, Chaya N Murali, Marie-Eve Robinson, Sophie C Schneider, Justin H Qian, Brendan Lee, V Reid Sutton, Eric A Storch

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Purpose: The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate resilience among adults with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI).

Materials and methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 adults with OI. Transcripts were coded and subsequently abstracted, yielding themes specific to resilience and coping. Interview guides covered broad topics including pain challenges specific to OI, mental health issues related to OI, and priorities for future interventions for individuals with OI.

Results: Participants described resilience in the context of OI as the ability to grow from adversity, adapt to challenges resulting from OI-related injuries, and find identities apart from their condition. Psychological coping …

Trajectories Of Supportive Care Needs For People Who Travel To Receive Cancer Treatment: A Longitudinal Study In Australia, Susannah K. Ayre, Elizabeth A. Johnston, Michael Ireland, Sonja March, Jeff Dunn, Suzanne Chambers, Belinda C. Goodwin

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Objective: To describe trajectories of change in unmet supportive care needs over a two-year period among people diagnosed with cancer and assess whether these trajectories vary as a function of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Methods: This analysis used data from a longitudinal study of people in Queensland, Australia who travelled largely from regional and remote areas to metropolitan centres to receive cancer care (N = 784). Supportive care needs were measured at baseline, then at 3-, 12-, and 24-month post-baseline across five domains (‘psychological’, ‘physical and daily living’, ‘health systems and information’, ‘patient care and support’, ‘sexuality’) using the Supportive …

What Does Randomization Do?, Michael A. Lewis

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

In the health and social sciences, when it comes to causal inference, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard. The justification for granting RCTs this status is the claim that random allocation to different treatment groups addresses the problem of confounding variables by ensuring that any differences in observed outcomes across treatment groups can be attributed only to differences in treatment. I contend that this is a misunderstanding of what random allocation does and that once we see where this argument goes wrong, it becomes clear that the difference, concerning causal inference, between a single observational study versus …

Enhancing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy In Teaching And Learning For White Faculty: Can Professional Development Help?, Isabelle Jenkins

International Journal of Transformative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Pedagogies traditionally used by faculty in U.S. higher education tend to center white students and their success, simultaneously disregarding the learning strengths of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) may align better with BIPOC students; however, white faculty use of CRP is limited and/or superficial. Therefore, professional development for CRP is needed to enhance and deepen the teaching and learning practices of white faculty. Using a multiple case study method, this study examines how white faculty from a diverse range of disciplines understand and enact CRP, focusing on the role of professional development in …

A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis On The Effect Of Nature Exposure Dose On Adults With Mental Illness, Joanna Ellen Bettmann, Elizabeth Speelman, Annelise Jolley, Tallie Casucci

Faculty and Staff Works

Time spent in nature leads to significant physical and mental benefits, but research is mixed on how much time in nature is necessary to affect change in adults' mental health. This meta-analysis aimed to answer the question: what effect does length and interval of nature dosage have on adults with mental illness? The authors defined nature exposure as an experience in nature lasting at least 10 minutes and taking place in an actual natural setting. Because some studies indicated single experiences of exposure to nature (one-time) while others utilized multiple exposures to nature (interval), these studies were separated to determine …

02-06-25 Hsc Committee Meeting Agenda, Patricia Serna

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

02-06-25 HSC Committee Meeting Agenda

The Student Movement Volume 109 Issue 12: Flames And Frost From Coast To Coast, Marco Sciarabba, Alyssa Caruthers, Ember Clark, Melanie Webb, Addison Randall, Melissa Moore, Rod Olofernes, Lexie Dunham, Madison Vath

The Student Movement V. 109 (2024-2025)

HUMANS

AULA Creates Second Home for Members, Marco Sciarabba

What Will the Next Four Years Look Like?, Alyssa Caruthers

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Shifting the Focus: Celebrity Coverage & California Wildfires, Ember Clark

2025 Oscars Nominations: Wildfires, Controversies, and Charity, Melanie Webb

Dragons, Guitars, and Stories: The Wind Symphony Performs on Feb. 1, Addison Randall

NEWS

Annual AUSA Sabbath, Melissa Moore

IDEAS

No Snow Days for You, Rod Olofernes

PULSE

Winter Miscommunications, Lexie Dunham

LAST WORD

A Journal Entry (Or Whatever You Want It To Be, I Really Don't Care), Madison Vath

The Role Of Social Support In Protecting Against Perinatal Depression Among Egyptian Women, Radwa Raafat Abdelshafi

Theses and Dissertations

Perinatal Depression (PND) is a global public health issue affecting many women as they transition to motherhood, and carrying detrimental consequences for both mothers and infants. Research in low and middle-income countries shows higher PND prevalence rates than in high-income and Western countries. In addition, social support has been shown to strongly protect or reduce the impact of PND. This study aimed to address a gap in research on PND in Egypt, and to build an understanding of the social support ecological system of new mothers. A survey was conducted with 81 first-time middle-class mothers living in Greater Cairo between …

Celebrating Achievements As Digital Rituals Among Indonesian Youth On Social Media, B.J. Sujibto, Malikatun Natiqoh, Kafhaya Nuzulanisa, Saras Wati Widodo

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

Youth and social media are increasingly intertwined, as their socio-cultural trajectories accelerate digital connectedness and intensify the contestation of diverse identities. Posting on social media has thus become a ritualized practice. This article explores how Indonesian university students construct identities by sharing achievement stories and success narratives on Instagram. Using qualitative data, it examines the experiences of students who have excelled in academic competitions. The study identifies two key typologies behind such posts. Firstly, personal determinism, aimed at self- reward and self-branding. Secondly, social motivation, focused on inspiring peers and building supportive networks to achieve academic success. These typologies reflect …

Using Graphic Memoirs In A Counseling Children And Adolescent Course: A Phenomenological Arts-Based Study, Timothy Schoonover, Emily Horton, Kailey Bradley

Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Graphic memoirs in learning environments can facilitate deep educational processes, such as dismantling stigma and biases. There is limited research on the use of graphic memoirs in counselor education. This arts-based phenomenological investigation explored 26 CITs’ experiences with a graphic memoir assignment in a counseling children and adolescent course. There were four themes and one subtheme identified: (a) understanding the Deaf experience and advocacy, (b) professional growth and counseling insights, (c) personal reflection and connection, and (d) educational impact and engagement and one subtheme of using bibliotherapy and creative activities in counseling practice. Discussion and implications for counselor educators are …

Site Supervisor Roles And Responsibilities: Counseling Programs’ Written Expectations, Justin D. Lauka, Amanda Mccarthy, Steven Moody, Minna Yoo

Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Site supervisors play a vital role in training clinical mental health counseling (CMHC) students during their field work. While clear roles and responsibilities for site supervision is a professional and ethical requirement, the scope of these expectations remains ambiguous. This article provides baseline empirical data on the expectations of sites and site supervisors communicated through field experience handbooks of CACREP-accredited CMHC programs. The authors completed a qualitative content analysis that resulted in three key categories including Site and Site Supervisor Administrative Expectations, Clinical Supervision, and Site/Program Interaction. Implications for counseling programs and future research are discussed.

Grief Education In Accredited Counseling Programs: Tools For Integrating Grief Counseling Concepts Into The Cacrep Foundational Counseling Curriculum, Nicole A. Stargell, Emily T. Smith, Gary W. Mauk

Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Counselors working in a wide variety of settings should be competent in providing grief counseling. The current CACREP (2024) standards include grief education under lifespan development, but grief education can be woven throughout all eight domains of the foundational counseling curriculum. This article explains the foundational grief counseling concepts of attachment theory, the dual process model of grief, meaning-making theory, and adaptive grieving styles. Included in this article are suggestions for infusing these foundational grief counseling concepts into each of the eight CACREP foundational counseling curriculum areas.

“I Feel As Though I Would Not Be Able To Empathize”: Intersectionality And Counselor Intergroup Anxiety, Krista M. Malott, Edward Wahesh, Tina Paone, Amber S. Haley, Alexis Mcclatchy

Teaching and Supervision in Counseling

Researchers applied a thematic analysis in this study to examine the nature of master-level counseling students’ (N = 19) intergroup anxiety (IA), a form of bias characterized by an anxious response to others based on negative views of that person’s identity (Stephan, 2014). Students cited stronger IA reactions toward persons with multiple identity traits (i.e., intersectionality). Traits chosen varied widely, some being dominant (e.g., White, male, able-bodied), and others, minoritized in nature (e.g., Black, Muslim, disabled). Thematic explanations for IA reactions varied, including a fear of client judgement, prior negative experiences with persons of certain traits, limited knowledge of clients’ …

Graduate School Newsletter Winter 2024-2025, Sandra Spiroff, Martha Caroline Helms

Newsletters of the Graduate School

No abstract provided.

Young Carers In Early Childhood— How Are Young Carers Represented In Broader Literature And What Factors Influence Dominant Representations Of Young Carers In Early Childhood In The Uk?: Scoping Review, Carly Ellicott, Alyson Norman, Helen Lloyd

School of Psychology

Contextualization of young carers in early childhood is complex. Biopsychosocial impacts of young caregiving are receiving growing interest, yet the voice and experience of society's youngest carers (0-5 years) remain absent from the literature. This scoping review explores representation of young carers in their early years (0-5 years), presented as part of a broader program of PhD research undertaken by the lead author. Aiming to influence systematic change in the way young carers are perceived and supported in society, further research is recommended. This will serve to better inform whole family support strategies in the context of young carer policy …

Representasi Budaya Multikulturalisme Pada Diaspora Maroko Di Belanda Dalam Film Meskina (2021), Fairuz Rahimah, Barbara Elisabeth Lucia Pesulima

Multikultura

This study analyzes the representation of multiculturalism within the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands based on the film Meskina (2021) by Daria Bukvic. The research question in this study is how multiculturalism is represented through the lives of the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands in the film Meskina (2021). This study using a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the representation of multiculturalism in the film. Meskina, a romantic comedy film, portrays the dynamics of the Moroccan diaspora community in the Netherlands, particularly focusing on millennial women or the second generation living amid Dutch multiculturalism, as seen from the perspective of …

The Construction Of The Image Of The “Ideal Wife” In Intercultural Marriages: A Case Study On The Youtube Video “Younger Singapore Men Looking For Vietnam Brides, Li Jie

International Review of Humanities Studies

This study explores the process of constructing the image of the “ideal wife” in intercultural marriages, using the video Younger Singapore Men Looking for Vietnam Brides as a case study. It analyzes the economic and cultural motivations of Singaporean men in choosing Vietnamese wives. By applying Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity and Henri Tajfel’s social identity theory, the study examines how Vietnamese brides are symbolized as the “ideal partner” and how this phenomenon reflects modern gender role conflicts and identity reconstruction. Through an analysis of interviews in the video and relevant comments, the research reveals the dynamic interaction between …

Emotional Ecosystems: Understanding The Relationship Between Family Interactions And Anxiety Among Cancer Caregivers, Keisha White Makinde, Jacquelyn J Benson, Kyle A Pitzer, Maysara Mitchell, Debra Parker Oliver, George Demiris, Karla T Washington

2020-Current year OA Pubs

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have challenged the assumption that families are invariable sources of support for cancer caregivers, noting that relationships with family members can have both positive and negative effects on caregiver well-being. This study expands upon prior literature to examine the relationship between cancer caregivers' perceptions of the quality of their family interactions and their symptoms of anxiety.

METHODS: We employed secondary analysis of baseline data from a multisite randomized clinical trial of an intervention for cancer caregivers conducted at 3 large academic palliative care clinics. We performed linear regression analyses to analyze the relationship between caregivers' perceptions of …

The Pulse, 2000, V10 N3, Summer, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Dreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.

The Pulse, 1995, V5 N3, Summer, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Dreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.