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Polymorphic variability in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with susceptibility to severe anaemia in Kenyan children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malariaJohn M Ong'echa
Centre for Global Health Research, University of New Mexico Laboratories of Parasitic and Viral Diseases, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
BMC Genet 12:69. 2011..0 g/dL), circulating IL-12p40/p70 levels, and longitudinal clinical outcomes in Kenyan children (n = 756) residing in a holoendemic falciparum malaria transmission area were investigated...- A preliminary analysis of the perceived risks of misusing multiple substances, trait anxiety, and approval motivationJ B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Psychol 131:501-11. 1997..The results discussed in light of their implications for alcohol and drug education... - Psychosocial predictors of dental anxietyJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Health Psychol 14:53-9. 2009..Possible strategies for reducing both thought suppression and exaggerated levels of internal health locus of control were discussed... - Sample size determination for health psychology interventions with binomially distributed outcomesJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Health Psychol 15:871-5. 2010..Advantages of the conditional binomial method are discussed and user-friendly software is presented... - Sensation seeking and alcohol use: a meta-analytic reviewJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
Addict Behav 31:1383-401. 2006..Novel statistical methodologies for analyzing the association between sensation seeking and alcohol use were proposed and recommendations for future research were suggested... - Combating substance abuse with ibogaine: pre- and posttreatment recommendations and an example of successive model fitting analysesJames B Hittner
College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 36:191-9. 2004..Finally, in order to facilitate future quantitative reviews, the authors recommend that a minimum set of patient- and treatment-related variables be included in all ibogaine publications involving human participants... - Residential status moderates the association between gender and risky sexual behaviorJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Health Psychol 15:634-40. 2010..The casual sex frequency for females did not vary as a function of residential status. The importance of studying the link between college-based environmental variables and risky sexual behavior was emphasized... - A Monte Carlo evaluation of tests for comparing dependent correlationsJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Gen Psychol 130:149-68. 2003..J. Dunn and V. A. Clark's (1969) z and E. J. Williams's (1959) t have the best overall statistical properties. The findings extend and refine previous simulation research and as such, should have greater utility for applied researchers... - Novel methods for analyzing multifaceted personality scales: sense of coherence and depression as an exampleJ B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Psychol 134:199-209. 2000..Worked examples of both techniques are provided, using a dataset on sense of coherence and depression. Finally, relevant computer programs for implementing the aforementioned techniques are noted... - Primary prevention of alcohol misuse: overview and annotated bibliographyJ B Hittner
College of Charleston, South Carolina 29424, USA
Subst Use Misuse 33:2131-78. 1998..The practice of simultaneously reporting multiple substance misuse outcomes has made it difficult to interpret the specific effects that primary prevention programs have had on alcohol misuse per se... - Factorial invariance of the 13-item Sense of Coherence scale across genderJames B Hittner
College of Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Health Psychol 12:273-80. 2007..There was little evidence in support of latent factor mean equivalence across gender. Explanations for the lack of factor mean equivalence were discussed and recommendations for future research were suggested... - Typology of emergent eating patterns in early childhoodJames B Hittner
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
Eat Behav 12:242-8. 2011..Four emergent eating patterns were identified. How these subgroups of children differ in later weight and health trajectories warrants research... - Normative perceptions in relation to substance use and HIV-risky sexual behaviors of college studentsS R Bon
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Psychol 135:165-78. 2001..These findings suggest that HIV-prevention programs for college students should aim to correct overinflated perceptions of other students' high-risk sexual behavior... - On the relation between power and reliability of difference scoresKim May
Psychology Department, College of Charleston, SC 29424 0001, USA
Percept Mot Skills 97:905-8. 2003.... - Gender label and perceived infant emotionality: a partial replication of a classic studyFaye B Steuer
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 963 Lakeview Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, USA
Psychol Rep 107:139-44. 2010..Results were discussed in light of inconsistent results among other gender-labeling studies and relevant methodological, historical, and theoretical issues... - Reliability and validity of gain scores considered graphicallyKim May
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
Percept Mot Skills 111:399-406. 2010..By identifying the situations in which gain scores can be reliable and valid, findings inform researchers when gain scores should or should not be used... - Responses to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: experience of an indirect traumatic event and its relationship with perceived benefitsRhonda Swickert
Department of Psychology, College of Charleston, 57 Coming Street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
J Psychol 140:565-77. 2006..These findings help to elucidate understanding of the development of perceived benefits in response to indirectly experienced events... - A psychosocial resilience model to account for medical well-being in relation to sense of coherenceKenneth E Hart
Centre for Psychological Intervention and Research, Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
J Health Psychol 11:857-62. 2006..Our findings provide preliminary evidence to suggest that a favorable balance between psychosocial 'protective' and 'risk' factors may, in part, help explain why people with a strong SOC enjoy high levels of medical well-being...