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| A T PanterSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Integrating a family-focused approach into child obesity prevention: rationale and design for the My Parenting SOS study randomized control trialDianne S Ward
Department of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Public Health 11:431. 2011..Research is needed to explore intervention strategies that engage families with young children and motivate parents to adopt behaviors that will foster healthy weight development...
Trainee characteristics and perceptions of HIV/AIDS training qualityA T Panter
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Eval Health Prof 23:149-71. 2000..Greater understanding about participant characteristics can provide clues about how these training experiences are perceived and processed and may inform decision making about instructional HIV/AIDS curricula...
Healthcare provider characteristics and perceived confidence from HIV/AIDS educationA T Panter
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 14:603-14. 2000..These results suggest that HIV/AIDS training programs may be targeted broadly-to a wide range of healthcare providers of diverse backgrounds-with little or no impact on overall levels and changes in provider confidence...
Assessing tobacco beliefs among youth using item response theory modelsA T Panter
Department of Psychology, CB 3270, Davie Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 68:S21-39. 2002..Implications and challenges in the use of these methods for tobacco onset research and for assessing the developmental trajectories of smoking among youth are discussed...
It matters how and when you ask: self-reported race/ethnicity of incoming law studentsA T Panter
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3270, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 15:51-66. 2009..These findings support the continued study of specific combinations of multiracial groups, fluidity of multiracial identities, and context effects that influence race/ethnicity self-categorizations...
Corticosteroids' effect on the height of atopic dermatitis patients: a controlled questionnaire studyMeghan W Thomas
UNC CH School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 26:524-8. 2009..The overall height of children examined in this survey who were treated with topical corticosteroids appears to be unaffected...
Free-response self-discrepancies across, among, and within FFM personality dimensionsA R Hafdahl
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 3270, USA
J Pers 68:111-51. 2000..Methodological alterations influenced self-discrepancy findings negligibly. Initial evidence for PBSD construct validity and predictive specificity is presented, and the approach's implications, advantages, and extensions are discussed...
Factors associated with potentially inappropriate drug utilization in a sample of rural community-dwelling older adultsSusan J Blalock
School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7360, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 3:168-79. 2005..The Beers criteria are often used to identify such medications. Past research has documented that use of Beers drugs is common among older adults...
An item factor analysis and item response theory-based revision of the Everyday Discrimination ScaleBrian D Stucky
Department of Psychology, L L Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 17:175-85. 2011..Our results indicate that the revised-EDS is unidimensional, with minimal differential item functioning, and retains predictive validity consistent with the original scale...
The relationship between spirituality and depressive symptoms: testing psychosocial mechanismsMahyar Mofidi
US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:681-8. 2007..The link between spirituality and depressive symptoms is indirect. The relationship is mediated by optimism, volunteering, and social support. Findings present research and practice implications...
Spirituality and depressive symptoms in a racially diverse US sample of community-dwelling adultsMahyar Mofidi
Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:975-7. 2006..Spirituality appears to be a psychosocial resource against depressive symptoms, although the results must be confirmed in longitudinal investigations...
