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Prioritizing Protection by Face Masks during COVID-19: The Application of Customer Open Innovation
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-02-17)This research investigated consumers’ purchase intention and preferences for face masks during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was used as the theoretical framework. Empirical data (with ... -
The HOME Study: Understanding How College Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution Coped with Food Insecurity in a Pandemic
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-10-21)College students represent a unique population of adults, who may be more likely to experience food insecurity due to their transient circumstances, limited access to resources, and increased educational expenses. But ... -
The Effects of Knowledge Types on Consumer Decision Making for Non-Toxic Housing Materials and Products
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-10-05)This study explored how different types of consumer knowledge (exposure, subjective knowledge, and objective knowledge) predict perceptions (benefits, severity, and barriers) and behavioral intention to choose non-toxic ... -
Designing for Multilevel Behavior Change: A Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Mexican-Heritage Families in South Texas Border Communities
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-09-26)Fathers significantly influence family functioning, as coparents and partners, and must be part of family-based approaches to behavioral health interventions or programs. But little is known regarding how to support Latino ... -
Parental Perceptions of Coaching
(Oxford Brookes University Business School, 2018-02)Family Life Coaching (FLC) is an emerging approach to serving families that blends family science and coaching psychology. While family life coaching is growing, there is limited research on the perceptions of families ... -
Evaluation of Juntos 4-H: A Wraparound Program Helping Latinx High Schoolers Succeed
(Clemson University Press, 2020-04)Preprogram and postprogram surveys of 241 Latinx 4-H youths from five counties in North Carolina provided a snapshot of their experiences in the Juntos 4-H program. The study findings demonstrate that Juntos 4-H has positive ... -
Creating Programs to Help Latino Youth Thrive at School: The Influence of Latino Parent Involvement Programs
(Clemson University Press, 2011-02-01)Parent involvement programs can play an essential role in the academic success of Latino youth. This article reports the effectiveness and evaluation of two new Extension programs that help Latino parents become more ... -
Ethnic Variations in the Connection Between Work-Induced Family Separation and Turnover Intent
(Sage, 2010-05-01)Using conservation of resources theory, this study examines the role of resources in the relationship between work-induced family separation and workers’ intentions to leave their employment and how these relationships ... -
Ethnic-Racial Socialization, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Depressive Symptoms in Korean Adolescents in the United States and China
(Springer, 2021-10-19)The United States and China are top two receiving countries of Korean immigrants in modern history. Minority families in ethnically-racially diverse societies, such as the US and China, use various ethnic-racial socialization ... -
The HOME Study: Understanding How College Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution Coped with Food Insecurity in a Pandemic
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-10-21)College students represent a unique population of adults, who may be more likely to experience food insecurity due to their transient circumstances, limited access to resources, and increased educational expenses. But ... -
Neighborhood, Peer, and Parental Influences on Minor and Major Substance Use of Latino and Black Adolescents
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-03-31)Self-report survey data were collected from 797 adolescents (47.2% Latino, 52.8% Black) in North Carolina. Path analyses were conducted to examine relationships between youth perceptions of maternal and paternal monitoring, ... -
Improvements in Evaluating Grids for Basic Living Infrastructure: The Case of Gwangjin District in Seoul, South Korea
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-01-15)The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status and needs of infrastructure for basic life in Gwangjin district in Seoul, South Korea. In this study, we examined whether the national minimum standard was satisfied ... -
Boomers’ Intention to Choose Healthy Housing Materials: An Application of the Health Belief Model
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-09)This study aims to understand the decision-making process of healthy housing material selection of boomers who were born between 1946 and 1964 in the United States within the Health Belief Model (HBM) framework incorporating ... -
Latino Fathers as Catalistas (Agents of Change): Strategies to Support Latino Fathers in Childhood Obesity Prevention
(Elsevier, 2021-03)Latino children are disproportionately affected by childhood obesity. Prior research has encouraged father engagement to bolster prevention efforts and outlined general strategies for father recruitment, engagement, and ... -
Cultural Orientation Gaps within a Family Systems Perspective
(National Council on Family Relations, 2019-12)The intersection of a family's heritage culture and new mainstream cultural norms results in person-to-person differences in values, beliefs, and behaviors, particularly among immigrant families. These differences often ... -
The Four Domain Food Insecurity Scale (4D-FIS): Development and evaluation of a complementary food insecurity measure
(Oxford University Press, 2020-12)The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Security Survey Module (FSSM) is a valuable tool for measuring food insecurity, but it has limitations for capturing experiences of less severe food insecurity. To develop and ... -
Transmission of Cultural Values Among Mexican-Origin Parents and their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Offspring
(John Wiley & Sons, 2015-06)The integration of the U.S. and Mexican culture is an important process associated with Mexicanorigin youths’ adjustment and family dynamics. The current study examined the reciprocal associations in parents’ and two ... -
Effects of a Standardized Phenolic-Enriched Maple Syrup Extract on β-Amyloid Aggregation, Neuroinflammation in Microglial and Neuronal Cells, and β-Amyloid Induced Neurotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans
(Springer, 2016-11)Published data supports the neuroprotective effects of several phenolic-containing natural products, including certain fruit, berries, spices, nuts, green tea, and olive oil. However, limited data are available for ... -
Prospective Relations among Low-Income African American Adolescents' Maternal Attachment Security, Self-Worth, and Risk Behaviors
(Frontiers Media, 2017-01)This study examined prospective mediating relations among mother-adolescent attachment security, self-worth, and risk behaviors, including substance use and violence, across ages 13–17 in a sample of 901 low-income African ... -
Neighborhood and School Ethnic Structuring and Cultural Adaptations Among Mexican-Origin Adolescents
(American Psychological Association, 2017-03)The ethnic and racial structuring of U.S. neighborhoods may have important implications for developmental competencies during adolescence, including the development of heritage and mainstream cultural orientations. In ...
