OBJECTIVE We tested whether a brief cognitive behavioral (CB) group and bibliotherapy prevention reduce major depressive disorder (MDD) onset, depressive symptoms, and secondary outcomes relative to brochure controls in adolescents with self-reported depressive symptoms when school personnel recruit participants and deliver the intervention. METHOD Three hundred seventy-eight adolescents (M a...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated undergraduates'awareness about stroke, the effects of an educational intervention and the difference of measuring tests between recognition and recall. METHODS We chose a convenient sample from two classes. One of the classes, the recognition group, was tested by a close-ended questionnaire with multiple choices. The other class, the recall group, was tested ...

This study tested a brief web-based, family-involvement health promotion program aimed at drug use, physical activity, and nutrition for adolescent girls, aged 10 to 12 years, who reside in public housing. Separately, girls (n=67) and their mothers (n=67) completed baseline measures online. Following baseline, 36 randomly assigned mother-daughter dyads jointly completed a 3-session, health prom...

PROBLEM The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's [NIOSH] National Occupational Research Agenda (DHHS Publication No. 96-115) reports that approximately 50% of miners will experience hearing loss by age 50, compared to only 9% of the general population. The present investigation examines three antecedents believed to be associated with miner's use of hearing protection. METH...

OBJECTIVE Children with leukemia and their families face a long period of medical treatment and uncertainty about the future. These families may suffer from short- and long-term emotional problems. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of supportive psychotherapy on the anxiety of mothers whose children suffer from leukemia. MATERIALS & METHODS The current research were perfor...

Considering the importance of the vertical jump in several sports, an optimal warm-up protocol may help athletes perform at their maximum level. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potentiating effects of different levels of external resistance (weighted vest) during box jumps on vertical jump performance. Twenty resistance trained men (age 22.45 +/- 1.73 years, height 176.83 +/- 6...

Nonresident African American (AA) fathers sometimes face challenges to achieving satisfaction with their parenting skills, which may inhibit their motivations for parenting. Studies have found that residential history of fathers is associated with parental involvement; however, current fatherhood programs rarely consider the influence of different residential history on fathering. In the curren...

The Transcendental Meditation program was examined as a possible solution to the difficult problem of inmate rehabilitation. Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered to prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution at Lompoc, California, twice before and twice after they learned the Transcendental Meditation technique. At the final testing they were also administered a S...

The purpose of this research study was to determine the effects of cyber bullying training on middle school students and parents. The study used a pretest-posttest control group design. The participants were 26 parents of middle school students and 56 middle school students. The study was comprised of a comprehension test in which adult and student participants were graded according to the perc...

MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. *Cognitive Restructuring; Comparative Analysis; Educational Research; Higher Education; *Instructional Effectiveness; *Interactive Video; Multisensory Learning; Outcomes of Education; Pretests Posttests; Public Speaking; *Speech Instruction; Undergraduate Students This paper reviews experimental research on the pedagogical effects of three immediate instruction programs ...