A5075482568- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Media Influence and Health
- Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
- Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
Temple College
2022
Temple University
2022
University of Oregon
2018-2021
University of Portland
2018
This study sheds new light on the role of identity in virtual environments when representation self is support disabled individuals and potential impact their work opportunities. It widely understood that who live with disability often experience a lifetime bullying, exclusion, marginalization rejection. They workplace bias discrimination. Yet, they can create an embodiment environments, results be extraordinarily powerful – even life-changing. research builds nearly decade ethnographic 3D...
Viewing idealized social media images may negatively impact women’s self-esteem, yet the underlying mechanisms and vulnerable female groups remain under-investigated. This online experiment applied a posttest-only, between-subjects design to examine interaction effects of viewing #fitspiration #thinspiration Instagram images, body mass index, perceived weight on self-esteem ( N = 221) via appearance comparison. A moderated mediation analysis (MMMA) shows significant for fitspiration...
Applying the sociocultural theory and objectification theory, this experiment examined indirect effects of inspirational Instagram images (i.e., fitspiration thinspiration) on young women’s sexual attitudes. A post-test only between-subjects design with three experimental conditions fitspiration, thinspiration, control images) was conducted female college students ( N = 221). The results supported revealing that viewing led to higher appearance comparison greater body dissatisfaction,...
Organ donation disparities among ethnic minorities have persisted for decades, especially Asian Americans (AAs). AAs represent a substantial proportion of the national transplant waitlist but historically had lowest organ rate in United States. Community based and culturally tailored (CBCT) interventions are needed to increase donor designation within AA communities. In collaboration with local organizations representatives partners, we developed linguistically video using family appeal...
High turnover rates among child welfare workers, including caseworkers and supervisors, can be attributed to negative attitudes perceptions about work (NAPW). Our study aimed (a) explore how workers' demographic characteristics, professional attributes, their narratives are related NAPW (b) extract themes from these understand needs concerns. In 2022, a statewide online survey was conducted active supervisors in large Midwestern state. This survey, combining standardized scales an open-ended...
RapidVax was developed in January 2021 to provide COVID-19 vaccination across Temple University’s College of Public Health (CPH). The scale-up phase the project an inter-professional effort develop specific messaging about and delivered communities Philadelphia, esepcially vaccine-hesitant individuals marginalized groups with limiteded access health services. Emphasizing community engagement, evidenced-based message designs, vaccine delivery, has resulted 1,542 within CPH Temple, 2,685...
In two studies (combined N=2,044 with online U.S.-based participants from Amazon Mechanical Turk via CloudResearch), we tested theory-based methods intended to increase COVID-19 vaccine intentions. First and in the absence of choice, test benefit offering a single option informing about that only vs multiple options and, second, pleasure having choice (compared its absence). Study 1, conducted December 10-17, 2020 prior emergency use authorization for any vaccine, reported greater likelihood...
Background: People are increasingly turning to online communities, such as message boards, for health decision making. Isotretinoin (Accutane), an acne medication, was one of the most discussed board topics among young adults in a recent large-scale analysis. While use boards purposes is ubiquitous, research analyzing content through theoretical lenses less so. This study seeks help close gap communication literature by lens belief model (HBM). The results may provide better understanding...
Marketers often use message strategies that appeal to planetary and health concerns. However, there is some indication nostalgia may play a role in consumers’ organic food decisions. This study examines the effectiveness of nostalgia-themed versus non-nostalgia environment-themed advertising on attitudes toward ad, brand, purchase intentions using as green marketing context. A two-group controlled experiment (N= 302) found support for hypotheses nostalgia-appeals elicit more favorable...