This study examined the responses to the question “I have too much fat on my body.” Female participants were divided into groups by their perception of their body fat and then the body fat percentage and BMIs were compared between groups.
Our lab has conducted multiple experiments examining the effects of personality on the ability to process stress, which has been demonstrated to differentially require right hemisphere resources. We have consistently found sex differences across…
Fifty-two romantic couples independently reported on the same incidents of aggression in their relationship in order to examine agreement. Agreement ranged from nonexistent (e.g., get attention) to substantial (i.e., alcohol/drugs). Partner…
A summary of the planning, development, implementation, and experiences of a Nursing travel study course offered in May 2016. The travel opportunity allowed NURS 398 students to visit Great Britian for an engaged look at nursing education, culture,…
As women seek information about their breastfeeding choices online, they encounter a wide range of messages about breastfeeding that influence their decisions in multiple ways. In addition to the tenor of the information they seek, though, they are…
Women writing and reading about mothering in weblogs are contributing to an ongoing process of developing new cultural definitions of motherhood, definitions that are both individual and also political and communal in nature. As women publish these…
Women have always written about mothering, but as they have begun to write weblogs exploring maternal identity, their ways of writing are evolving as a result of the use of this new technology, beginning an exciting redefinition of textual…