The purpose of the present study is to examine group differences between Hispanic adolescent females participating in a mental health focused obesity intervention and those in a treatment-as-usual (control) condition on Body Mass Index (BMI), self-esteem, coping strategies, and binge eating symptoms. The intervention teaches skills useful in managing emotions and situations impacting weight. Treatment-as-usual entails attending weight management clinic appointments. Participants will be obese Hispanic adolescent females attending a weight management clinic at a children's hospital in Texas. BMI will be taken and self-report questionnaires addressing self-esteem, coping strategies, and binge eating symptoms will be completed by participants pre- and post-intervention. Analysis of covariance, controlling for scores pre-intervention, will be utilized to examine group differences. It is hypothesized that participants in the ACES PLUS condition will demonstrate greater gains in self-esteem, coping strategies, and decreased binge eating symptoms and BMI relative to their treatment as usual counterparts. Implications for future research include additional focus on skills-building addressing psychosocial challenges faced by obese adolescent females in the treatment of pediatric obesity within this population. / text

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [413]-440).

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The higher occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and sub-threshold autistic traits in males, relative to females, has been consistently documented in the literature (e.g., Fombonne 2003, 2005). In addition to potential biogenetic mechanisms, there is some evidence suggesting that differences in the behavioral manifestation of ASD symptoms and co-occurring psychopathology may play a role in the differential prevalence of ASD in males and females (e.g., Holtmann, Bolte, and Poustka, 2007; Lai et al., 2011; Solomon, Miller, Taylor, Hinshaw, and Carter, 2012). In this two-phase study, we sought to examine potential gender differences in the relationship between behaviorally defined ASD traits and observable social impairment and co-occurring psychopathology, in a non-clinical sample of young adults. It was hypothesized that gender would moderate the relationship between ASD traits and observed social impairment and co-occurring psychopathology, such that ASD traits would be related to greater levels of observed social impairment for males, and that ASD traits would be related to greater levels of co-occurring psychopathology for females. In Phase I, 1039 undergraduate students participated in an online survey on general psychopathology and ASD traits. From this sample, a subgroup (n = 79) completed Phase II, an in-lab study that included a clinical interview and behavioral observation. ASD traits were not predictive of observed social impairment over and above the effects of social anxiety in this sample, regardless of gender. Although males and females in the sample did not differ on severity of ASD traits, when controlling for the effect of social anxiety, females were rated as more socially competent than males. ASD traits more strongly predicted screening positive for mood disorders in females than in males. Implications regarding ASD traits, as related to social impairment and co-occurring psychopathology in females are discussed. / Ph. D.

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In recent years, there has been a growing acceptance of sexual behavior as a legitimate area of research. An impetus for research utilizing erotic visual stimuli was supplied by the Presidential appointment of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1963). Research into the effects of erotic visual stimuli has typically employed male subjects (Neiger, 1966). The paucity of adequate research has not been a deterrent to the formulation of strong opinions regarding the nature of female sexuality. The present research has focused on female responses to visual representations of the nude male figure.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.