Contextualizing linguistic acculturation and alcohol use among Hispanic college students in the social digital environment.

Objectives: Linguistic acculturation is a predictor of alcohol use among Hispanic college students, but existing linguistic acculturation measures do not capture language use in the social digital context (e.g., social media).

Denial, Attention-Seeking, and Posting Online While Intoxicated: Three Key Predictors of Collegiate Sadfishing.

Sadfishing, or the exaggeration of one's emotional state online to generate sympathy, is a maladaptive behavior that can negatively affect mental health. A better understanding of the characteristics of individuals who sadfish could inform tailored interventions to decrease sadfishing and improve quality of life. However, to date, the phenomenon of sadfishing remains understudied.

The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Malevolent Creativity in Young Adulthood.

Background: Childhood trauma may increase the risk of antisocial behavior in young adulthood. Our study examined the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the specific antisocial behavior of malevolent creativity (MC), the application of original ideas to purposely harm others, often to gain an unfair advantage through manipulation, threat, or harm.

Methods: We surveyed college students ( = 524; 78% women) on demographics, ACEs, empathy, social support, coping, general creativity, and malevolent creativity.

Women who pre-game: A study of stress and alcohol use in female collegiate predrinkers.

This study examined the relationship between stress and pre-gaming (i.e., drinking prior to going out to an event) in female college students.

GFP-related chromophores: photoisomerization, thermal reversion, and DNA labelling.

Due to the pronounced effect of the confined environment on the photochemical properties of 4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone (HBI), a GFP-related chromophore, imidazolidinone and imidazothiazolone analogues have been studied as fluorescent probes. Their photoisomerization and their thermal reversion were studied under 365-nm-irradiation, resulting in observation of an enthalpy-entropy compensation effect. Theoretical studies were carried out to shed light on the thermal reversion mechanism.