To counter the negative effects of viewing unrealistically thin and attractive models in beauty fashion advertisements, some companies depict women with larger bodies their advertisement campaigns. Previous experimental evidence suggests may feel more satisfied own immediately after advertisements featuring these models. The current study aimed to extend findings by examining moderating role trait body discrepancies presence objectifying advertising slogans advertisements. A sample 202...

This paper describes the development of a new psychoeducational universal prevention resilience program ( https://strong.fsu.edu ) designed to complement existing mental health services at large public university. The first set descriptive data (n = 229) from project's student surveys is discussed.A voluntary and anonymous online questionnaire was used determine attitudes toward program.A majority participants (more than 80%) perceived website be credible, rating it as believable,...

Objective To investigate the effects of an online wellness intervention on college students’ self-efficacy, intentions to seek help, general resilience and whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) act as a moderating variable. Participants: Three-hundred eighty-two undergraduate students. Method: Students were assigned two conditions: treatment or control. The group participated in designed enhance student wellness, control did not. Both groups completed questionnaire. Results: exposed...

Every year, millions of Americans get sick from foodborne illness and it is estimated half all reported instances occur at restaurants. To protect the public, regulators are encouraged to conduct restaurant inspections disclose reports consumers. However, inspection reporting format inconsistent typically contains information unclear most consumers who often misinterpret results. Additionally, increasingly searching for this in a digital context. Limited research explores as communication...

Abstract College students report high psychological distress, mental health problems and anxiety. Research indicates that faculty staff can help support these in crisis, but there is limited trauma-informed training for higher education professionals who are not counselors. This study explored an evidence-based online program designed to faculty/staff members facilitate well-being resilience among college students. To test the training, a systematic evaluation was conducted. Prior completing...

Increasingly, practitioners are using artificial intelligence (AI) to strategically monitor and respond crises. However, there is little evidence indicating whether a crisis response, disclosed as AI-scripted, will be accepted by stakeholders what effects the disclosure may have on message credibility, attribution of responsibility, acceptance, organizational reputation. Using Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), this 2 (type crisis) x (presence or absence AI label) online...

This study explored how college freshmen, particularly those affected by health inequities, are COVID-19 and whether they would use a university-created online wellness intervention for help.Nine-hundred eighty-nine freshmen at large southeastern university.Students responded to an survey regarding their anxiety, worry, number of life disruptions, perceived resilience the during pandemic (June mid-September 2020).During COVID-19, Latinx, Black, women non-heterosexual students reported...

News outlets recurrently publish stories depicting restaurants in a negative light by using vivid exemplars based on reporter's personal testimony rather than detailing food safety reports. This magnifies the most severe violations and may impact public's perception of issue as well influence behavioral intentions. Using exemplification theory, between-subject experiment (N = 286) revealed that participants exposed to with testimonies considered risks be higher declared being less likely eat...

The current study evaluated the impact of an interactive website on first-year students' self-efficacy and intentions to engage in self-help behaviors. After initial visit site, students randomly assigned a high-exposure condition were directed content additional two time. Low-exposure groups not instructed re-visit site. Students group intended significantly more behaviors (e.g., yoga, journaling) than those low-exposure group. Self-efficacy did differ by condition, however, for color,...

Lessons From a Student Resilience Project Karen Oehme (bio), Ann Perko Michelle Altemus Elizabeth C. Ray Laura Arpan and James Clark (bio) University educators struggle to provide effective assistance students for the transition college life (Center Collegiate Mental Health, 2019). Like many other institutions, Florida State University, population 42,000, has grappled with how best help meet these challenges. In 2018, university administration requested new customized approach: universal...

An experiment tested whether user-generated pro-environmental messages (UGC) enhanced environmental self-identity among message creators. Participants were randomly assigned to create a about saving energy, view with similar content ostensibly created by others, or irrelevant messages. Those who their own had greater post-message than those in the other two conditions. Additionally, intentions save energy near future conditions, and behavioral positively correlated self-identity....