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J Int Neuropsychol Soc
December 2024
Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), Flushing, NY, USA.
Objective: Research examining (MCI) criteria in diverse and/or health-disparate populations is limited. There is a critical need to investigate the predictive validity for incident dementia of widely used MCI definitions in diverse populations.
Method: Eligible participants were non-Hispanic White or Black Bronx community residents, free of dementia at enrollment, with at least one annual follow-up visit after baseline.
J Eval Clin Pract
February 2025
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea.
Rationale: As the global population ages, there is a growing need for tools to assess lifestyle factors that impact the health and quality of life of older adults. The Yonsei Lifestyle Profile (YLP), originally developed in South Korea, is a comprehensive tool for evaluating key lifestyle domains. However, cultural and linguistic differences between countries necessitate the adaptation of such tools for use in diverse populations.
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December 2024
Department of Psychological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, United States.
Cognitive abilities are closely related to social emotional competences (SEC). These abilities are important foundations in order to adapt to school, interact with peers and adults, as well as to navigate the wider socio-cultural context in which one develops. Further, young children are also acquiring and deepening their language and preliteracy skills which are important for later academic learning.
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December 2024
Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair, Ethics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Introduction: The first class at USUHS took its initial course in medical ethics in 1977. I directed this course until recently when COVID first emerged. In this piece, I review what these students were taught during the last 5 of 8 class sessions involving the military, genetic, reproduction, student ethics, and the Holocaust.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As cultural contexts have gained increasing relevance in medical decision-making, the current mainstream definition of autonomy is insufficient. A viable alternative framework, relational autonomy posits that agents' actions are influenced by and embedded in society and culture rather than occurring in isolation. To test the concept's applicability, we examine whether Asian Americans in the study's sample operationalize relational autonomy as a decisional approach in hypothetical scenarios about organ donation, a practice for which there is considerably lower enthusiasm compared to other racial groups in the US.
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