Displaying items by tag: department of psychology

Running around town trying to get holiday tasks crossed off the list may mean jaywalking to save time. But one UAB expert says this should be avoided at all times.
A UAB study shows early maturing in adolescent girls can increase aggressive and delinquent behavior.

“Arrive Alive: Stop the Texts – Stop the Wrecks!” to be held June 24.

Drowning is the leading cause of injury, death in young children; a UAB expert shared simple steps to prevent accidents.

Researchers at UAB measure an increase in grey matter in the brains of children with cerebral palsy after treatment with CI therapy.

Goodin, director of the UAB Biobehavioral Pain Research Lab, is a clinical health psychologist who specializes in pain-related behavioral medicine.

Schwebel, director of the UAB Youth Safety Lab, researches the prevention of unintentional injuries of children and adolescents.

She was hired as a joint faculty member in 2011 through a partnership between UAB and Glenwood.

UAB study finds lack of traumatic brain injury education among military veterans; movies and TV dramas spread misinformation.

UAB researchers report that making odd food mixtures brings drug-like emotions to binge eaters, potentially hampering treatment of eating disorders.

Novel research at UAB finds that an optimistic personality style affects the amount of pain reported by people with osteoarthritic disease.

Visiting jolly old Saint Nick for that prized photo of your kids on his lap can be fun, but if your children are apprehensive, one UAB psychologist has advice on how to help them.

UAB study finds college students surfing mobile Internet while crossing street more than twice as likely to be hit or have a close call.

UAB researchers find spiritual coping a predictor of mental health in chronically ill youth; recommend clinicians assess spirituality.

Despina Stavrinos also directs UAB's Translational Research for Injury Prevention Lab.

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