UNT Wellness Initiative

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out, the Symposium on Well-Being. In this presentation, the author discusses the importance of quality of life to achieve happiness and wellness.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Vosvick, Mark A. & Williamson, Celia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Current Behavioral and Psychosocial Interventions for HIV/AIDS

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on AIDS. This presentation discusses recent directions in psychosocial research on HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Date: December 1, 2011
Creator: Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The roles of stress, self-distraction and behavioral disengagement: Perceived stigma in HIV-positive individuals

Paper on denial, daily hassles, and health distress in HIV positive individuals. The authors' findings are important from a therapeutic perspective, and suggest that experiencing hassles and choosing to use denial as a coping strategy are associated with more health distress.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Gomez, Brooke; Chng, Chwee-Lye & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sleep in College Students (open access)

Sleep in College Students

In this University Scholars Day keynote address, Dr. Daniel J. Taylor presented the preliminary results from two of his recently completed studies in the Sleep Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Taylor, Daniel J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): What is it and what causes it?

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home. The author has a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on innovative approaches to understanding and treating PTSD. In this presentation, the author discusses PTSD and other responses to trauma and stress.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic impact of ME/CFS: Individual and societal costs (open access)

The Economic impact of ME/CFS: Individual and societal costs

This article discusses the economic impact of Myalgic Encephalopathy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by examining the direct and indirect costs to the individual and to society.
Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: Jason, Leonard A.; Benton, Mary C.; Valentine, Lisa M.; Johnson, Abra & Torres-Harding, Susan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Welcome Home: Reintegration of Veterans and Families

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Coming Home and discusses the reintegration of veterans and families. The author directs the Family Attachment Lab and is conducting the Student Veteran Research Project. In this presentation, she discusses the family relationships of veterans after deployment.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Riggs, Shelley A.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Caring for Yourself as a Caregiver

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. In this presentation, Bert Hayslip, Regents Professor in the Department of Psychology, will discuss caregiving for Alzheimer's and dementia patients.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: Hayslip, Bert
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fear of Developing Dementia

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The presenter discusses his research into the fear of dementia.
Date: February 28, 2013
Creator: Page, Kyle S.; Hayslip, Bert & Wadsworth, Dee
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memory and Coping with Stress: The Relationship Between Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness, Memory Valence, and Distress (open access)

Memory and Coping with Stress: The Relationship Between Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness, Memory Valence, and Distress

Article on memory and coping with stress and the relationship between cognitive-emotional distinctiveness, memory valence, and distress.
Date: June 17, 2008
Creator: Boals, Adriel; Rubin, David C. & Klein, Kitty
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
People who Expect to Enter Psychotherapy are Prone to Believing that They Have Forgotten Memories of Childhood Trauma and Abuse (open access)

People who Expect to Enter Psychotherapy are Prone to Believing that They Have Forgotten Memories of Childhood Trauma and Abuse

Article discussing people who expect to enter psychotherapy being prone to believing that they have forgotten memories of childhood trauma and abuse.
Date: July 8, 2010
Creator: Rubin, David C. & Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memory in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms (open access)

Memory in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms

Article on memory in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the properties of voluntary and involuntary, traumatic and non-traumatic autobiographical memories in people with and without PTSD symptoms.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Rubin, David C.; Boals, Adriel & Berntsen, Dorthe, 1962-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autobiographical Memories for Very Negative Events: The Effects of Thinking about and Rating Memories (open access)

Autobiographical Memories for Very Negative Events: The Effects of Thinking about and Rating Memories

Article on autobiographical memories for very negative events and the effects of thinking about and rating memories.
Date: February 1, 2010
Creator: Rubin, David C.; Boals, Adriel & Klein, Kitty
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Integration of Emotions in Memories: Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (open access)

The Integration of Emotions in Memories: Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Article on the integration of emotions in memories and cognitive-emotional distinctiveness and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Date: October 21, 2010
Creator: Boals, Adriel & Rubin, David C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The impact of GPX1 on the association of groundwater selenium and depression: a project FRONTIER study (open access)

The impact of GPX1 on the association of groundwater selenium and depression: a project FRONTIER study

Article on the impact of GPX1 on the association of groundwater selenium and depression.
Date: January 4, 2013
Creator: Johnson, Leigh A.; Phillips, Jack A.; Mauer, Cortney; Edwards, Melissa; Balldin, Valerie Hobson; Hall, James R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collaborative Filtering for Brain-Computer Interaction Using Transfer Learning and Active Class Selection (open access)

Collaborative Filtering for Brain-Computer Interaction Using Transfer Learning and Active Class Selection

Article discussing collaborative filtering for brain-computer interaction using transfer learning and active class selection.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: Wu, Dongrui; Lance, Brent J. & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extension of the Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization with Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Women (open access)

Extension of the Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization with Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Women

Article on the extension of the behavioral model of healthcare utilization with ethnically diverse, low-income women.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Keenan, Lisa A.; Marshall, Linda L. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Coping Strategies, Depression and Perceived Stress in HIV+ Individuals

This poster discusses how a complex view of coping can facilitate understanding of how patients adapt to HIV and help guide researchers in the development of interventions that fit the specific disease course.
Date: August 10, 2006
Creator: Martin, Luci A.; Vosvick, Mark A. & Smith, Nathan Grant
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Psychosocial Factors Associated with the Self-Efficacy of Managing HIV/AIDS

This poster explores the relationship of depression, stress, and sleep quality with self-efficacy in Complementary and Alternative Medicines users living with HIV/AIDS.
Date: August 10, 2006
Creator: Moss, Chelsea & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Spirituality and Psychological Quality of Life in HIV+ Adults

This poster examines how people living with HIV/AIDS use spiritual beliefs to interpret the meaning of or perhaps appraise illness in such a way that it has a strong positive association with higher levels of psychological quality of life.
Date: August 10, 2006
Creator: Mc Kelroy, Joshua L. & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trauma, Dispositional Forgiveness, and Depression in People Living with HIV/AIDS

This poster examines how therapeutic interventions to identify and address symptoms of trauma, as well as to promote forgiveness of unpleasant experiences, would be associated with lower rates of depression in people living with HIV/AIDS.
Date: March 22, 2006
Creator: Scherbarth, Andrew J.; Ranucci, Melissa B. & Vosvick, Mark A.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Disclosure, Stress, and Depression's Relationship to Negative Self-Image in People Living with HIV/AIDS

This poster examines the relationships between disclosure, stress, self-image, and depression in people living with HIV/AIDS.
Date: February 13, 2005
Creator: Schickedanz, Jason; Vosvick, Mark A.; Chng, Chwee-Lye; Ranucci, Melissa B. & Hilborn, Robert S.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mind Over Body: Predictors of Perceived Health in the Gay Community

This poster examines the relevance of mindfulness training as a method to reduce anxiety in gay men.
Date: April 8, 2010
Creator: Lopez, Eliot; Vosvick, Mark A. & DeSena, Thomas
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trauma, Maladaptive Coping and Self-Esteem in Gay Men and Lesbians

This poster examines the relationship between trauma and maladaptive coping strategies in the self-esteem of gay men and lesbians.
Date: April 7, 2010
Creator: O'Neal, Katie; Vosvick, Mark A.; Deaton, Kyle & Chng, Chwee-Lye
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library