Publications by authors named "Adams Clark"

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  • The study investigates the impact of institutional betrayal on trauma symptoms among campus sexual assault survivors, highlighting how ineffective institutional responses can worsen a survivor's distress.
  • It examines the concept of institutional courage, which refers to supportive and transparent actions by institutions, and how it relates to the mental health outcomes of survivors.
  • Findings suggest that while institutional betrayal typically increases trauma symptoms, high levels of institutional courage can mitigate this negative effect, indicating that fostering institutional courage can be beneficial for survivors.
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DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a response frequently exhibited by perpetrators of wrongdoing after being confronted or held accountable for their harmful behaviors. Consistent with the original conceptualization of DARVO as a strategy used by sex offenders to deflect blame and responsibility, sexual violence survivors report experiencing DARVO from their perpetrators following an assault. The purpose of the current study was to extend research on the connections between DARVO and sexual violence.

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Workplace sexual harassment is associated with negative psychological and physical outcomes. Recent research suggests that harmful institutional responses to reports of wrongdoing-called institutional betrayal-are associated with additional psychological and physical harm. It has been theorized that supportive responses and an institutional climate characterized by transparency and proactiveness-called institutional courage-may buffer against these negative effects.

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Background: Effective emotion regulation abilities are essential for engaging in positive, validating parenting practices. Yet, many parents report difficulties with both emotion regulation and positive parenting, and these difficulties may in part be the result of parents' own childhood experiences of invalidation. Building upon prior literature documenting the intergenerational transmission of invalidation and emotion dysregulation, the present study examined the associations between these constructs and a specific parenting practice - parental apology - that can be conceptualized as a type of validating parenting practice.

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Individuals are dependent on institutions (e.g., universities, governments, healthcare systems) to protect their safety and advocate for their needs.

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Most mammals sniff to detect odors, but little is known how the periodic inhale and exhale that make up a sniff helps to improve odor detection. In this combined experimental and theoretical study, we use fluid mechanics and machine olfaction to rationalize the benefits of sniffing at different rates. We design and build a bellows and sensor system to detect the change in current as a function of odor concentration.

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  • EMRs are used less in psychiatry due to stigma around mental health; this study focuses on patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who often have psychiatric issues and their willingness to share medical information.* -
  • Survey results show MS patients are more willing to share non-psychiatric medical info than psychiatric info, but those with psychiatric disorders were generally more willing to share their records electronically despite stigma.* -
  • The study highlights that self and societal stigma significantly impact patients' willingness to share information, emphasizing the need for tailored EMR implementation in populations with high psychiatric comorbidities.*
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Germinal studies have described the prevalence of sex-based harassment in high schools and its associations with adverse outcomes in adolescents. Studies have focused on students, with little attention given to the actions of high schools themselves. Though journalists responded to the #MeToo movement by reporting on schools' betrayal of students who report misconduct, this topic remains understudied by researchers.

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Many people believe that rape is always perpetrated by a stranger and involves vaginal intercourse. To clarify perceptions of rape that do not follow traditional beliefs, participants were presented with a vignette that described a rape in which the marital status and sexual act were manipulated. Participants were then asked to assess the incident's severity and the victim's responsibility.

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  • The study compares the Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment (DANA), an electronic cognitive test, with the traditional Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive disorder.
  • It involved 17 inpatient subjects at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who took both tests repeatedly over time to monitor cognitive changes.
  • Results showed a strong relationship between DANA and MMSE scores, particularly when ignoring high MMSE scores, indicating that DANA is a more sensitive and valid tool for assessing cognition in this clinical setting.
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Menstruation has long been viewed as an important aspect of women's health. However, scholars and healthcare providers have only recently begun to recognise that transgender men and people with masculine gender identities also menstruate, thus little is known about their attitudes toward and experiences with menstruation. A sample of masculine of centre and transgender individuals with a mean age of 30 years was recruited online to complete measures of attitudes toward menstruation and menstrual suppression and to answer exploratory questions about their experiences managing menstruation.

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