Examining the Dimensionality, Internal Consistency, and Invariance of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) Across Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Caretaking Status.

This study investigates the performance of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) across diverse demographic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing a large, generalizable U.S.

Working with Survivors of Sex Trafficking: Mental Health Implications.

Human trafficking is one of the largest criminal enterprises in the world, generating an estimated $150 billion in illegal profits annually. Sex trafficking is the most common form of human trafficking, and survivors experience significant physical, emotional, and sexual trauma that places them at increased risk of poor health outcomes. As sex trafficking continues to disproportionately impact the physical and mental health of individuals belonging to marginalized groups, a multidisciplinary approach to combat trafficking will require collaboration between health services, law enforcement, and social services.

The COVID-19 pandemic impacts psychiatric outcomes and alcohol use among college students.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed fundamental challenges on nearly every area of life.

Objective: The purpose of the current study was to expand on the literature on the impact of the pandemic on college students by a) examining domains of impact of the pandemic on psychiatric and alcohol outcomes and b) controlling for pre-pandemic outcomes.

Method: Participants included 897 college students (78.

Unpacking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: identifying structural domains.

: The novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is a collective crisis that imposed an abrupt and unprecedented impact on college students, as universities were closed with little warning. Paired with the challenges associated with physical distancing (e.g.

Development and evaluation of the red flag campaign for the primary prevention of sexual and dating violence on college campuses.

Sexual and dating violence (SV/DV) on college campuses is a pervasive problem with far-reaching implications for public health. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a widely disseminated SV/DV primary prevention program, the Red Flag Campaign (RFC). An online survey was administered to 203 freshmen at a southeastern US university, of whom 82% reported exposure to the RFC in the previous month.

Alcohol Use and Sexual and Physical Assault Victimization Among University Students: Three Years of Follow-Up.

The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of sexual and physical assault among university students and its association with alcohol use. The research is part of a wider cohort study (Spit for Science) at a large public university in the United States. The follow-up data include the first two cohorts (2011, 2012; = 5,170).

A Thematic Analysis of the Impact of as a Tool for Sexual Violence Prevention.

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of an educational documentary, (), as a sexual violence prevention tool. is a short (i.e.

Effects of social support on the association between precollege sexual assault and college-onset victimization.

Objective: This study examined the moderating and mediating effects of perceived social support on the association between precollege sexual assault (SA) and college-onset SA.

Participants: A representative sample of 6,132 undergraduates.

Methods: The PLUM procedure in SPSS was used to test the moderation model, with individual regressions conducted in a hierarchical fashion.

A Tour of Autonomic Reflex Activity Relevant to Clinical Practice.

The reflex arc is the functional unit allowing the human body to continuously, and unconsciously, adapt to its internal and external milieus. We review a broad range of autonomic reflexes controlling blood pressure, ensuring tissue oxygenation, and otherwise acting in concert to maintain homeostasis. Normal activity, pathophysiologic insult, and pharmacologic impairment of this reflex activity are discussed, with special consideration to the care of the anesthetized patient.

Functional analysis of basic transcription element (BTE)-binding protein (BTEB) 3 and BTEB4, a novel Sp1-like protein, reveals a subfamily of transcriptional repressors for the BTE site of the cytochrome P4501A1 gene promoter.

The Sp1-like family of transcription factors is emerging as an integral part of the cellular machinery involved in the control of gene expression. Members of this family of proteins contain three highly homologous C-terminal zinc-finger motifs that bind GC-rich sequences found in the promoters of a diverse number of genes, such as the basic transcription element (BTE) in the promoter of the carcinogen-metabolizing cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) gene. In the present study, we report the molecular and functional characterization of BTE-binding protein (BTEB) 4, a novel ubiquitously expressed member of the Sp1-like proteins family.