Publications by authors named "F Hamagami"
The Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) Inventory is a standardized and widely used scale that enables researchers to measure coping responses of persons in relation to stressors. The psychometric properties of this scale, however, have not been assessed for communities in Hawai'i. This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Brief COPE for diverse women from a rural community on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResilience has conventionally focused on an individual's ability to overcome adversity. Recent research expands on this definition, making resilience a multi-dimensional construct. Native Hawaiians experience health disparities compared to the general population of Hawai'i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccelerated longitudinal designs (ALDs) are designs in which participants from different cohorts provide repeated measures covering a fraction of the time range of the study. ALDs allow researchers to study developmental processes spanning long periods within a relatively shorter time framework. The common trajectory is studied by aggregating the information provided by the different cohorts.
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- The study investigates the connection between adolescent depression and educational achievement using long-term data from high school students in Hawai'i.
- It employs various advanced statistical methods to analyze how depression influences academic performance over time, with a focus on differences across gender and ethnic groups.
- The findings indicate that depression negatively impacts academic achievement rather than the reverse, while also highlighting the need for improved methodologies in future research.