Publications by authors named "Alison Aylward"
One function of disgust is to act as a pathogen-avoidance system preventing contact with substances harbouring disease-causing organisms. Avoiding pathogens, however, requires systems for their detection. Whereas previous research on disgust has focused on visual and olfactory detection cues, one largely overlooked modality is touch.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies proposed that the physical activity and quality of life (QoL) relationship may not be entirely direct but mediated through other variables; however, few studies have examined these relationships in diverse population's older adults.
Purpose: This study aims to examine the roles of self-efficacy and mental health difficulties in the physical activity and QoL relationship and to determine if demographic characteristics alter these relationships.
Methods: One hundred ninety-six older adults completed measures of physical activity, self-efficacy, mental health difficulties, and QoL.
Two experiments examined participants' responses to simulated news reports of terrorist attacks. Participants were told that a nondemocratic nation had sponsored strikes on military and cultural or educational sites in the United States. Participants in both experiments reacted more conflictually to terrorist attacks on military sites than to those on cultural or educational sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Experimental and epidemiologic studies suggest that soy may promote weight loss.
Aim Of The Study: The goal of this study was to examine the relation of soy intake with body weight over the lifespan of women with Caucasian, Japanese, and Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Methods: We assessed the relation between lifetime soy consumption and body mass index (BMI) among 1,418 women in Hawaii.