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Multiple psychological frameworks have been developed to conceptualize how people internalize colonial logics about their cultural identity and culture, and how these logics in turn influence their psychological wellbeing. The extant literature has also offered various empirically supported frameworks to understand the role colonialism may have on the cultural identity and psychological wellbeing of Puerto Ricans, a community still enduring colonial oppression. This study analyzes cultural control as a mechanism of internalized colonialism, or more specifically, what messages Puerto Ricans internalize about their culture. The current qualitative research involved individual phone interviews with 12 self-identified Puerto Ricans living in Arizona and Florida. This study used qualitative thematic analysis of the transcripts, and hypothesized that Puerto Rican participants will internalize colonial logics. This study contributes to the foundational understanding of Puerto Ricans’ perception of culture, so a more complete framework can be utilized by clinicians who provide therapy to this unique and understudied population.
ContributorsKasad, Karishma (Author) / Capielo Rosario, Cristalís (Thesis advisor) / Truong, Nancy (Committee member) / Bludworth, James (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Activity in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system tends tocovary amongst romantic partners. Studies of interpersonal physiology suggest that
romantic partners possess the ability to influence each other’s physiological states, which
may be observable through systematic covariation in partners’ physiological activity (i.e.,
physiological synchrony). However, very few studies have directly tested physiological
synchrony across conversation contexts, which is a notable gap in the literature given that
social context may modulate the implications of physiological synchrony on relational
functioning. Using electrodermal skin conductance as a measure of autonomic activity,
this study used multilevel vector autoregressive modeling to test for time-lagged
physiological synchrony across different-gender romantic partners while they discuss 1) a
mutual stress and 2) a topic of mutual enjoyment. Strong carryover (i.e., autoregressive)
effects were observed in both female and male partners in both conversations.
Unidirectional time-lagged synchrony was observed in the mutual stress conversation,
with female skin conductance preceding and predicting male skin conductance, on
average. No time-lagged synchrony effects were observed in the enjoyment conversation,
on average. Across both conversations, physiological synchrony varied greatly between
each couple. Findings prompt future studies to further explore physiological synchrony
using multiple physiological indicators to identity couple-specific dynamics.
ContributorsLeon, Gabriel Aaron (Author) / Randall, Ashley K (Thesis advisor) / Bludworth, James (Committee member) / Burleson, Mary H (Committee member) / Duran, Nicholas D (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Depression has been found to be a major problem for young adults in college, with multiple studies indicating high prevalence rates for this population. College students struggling with depression suffer from various consequences, including academic impairment and suicidal ideation, with suicide being a leading cause of death for people in the typical age range for undergraduates. Grounded in cognitive behavior theory and humanistic theory, this study examined the intra and interpersonal factors related to depression among undergraduates. Specifically, the interrelations between friend social support, sense of belonging to the college, mattering to friends, hope, and depressive symptoms were explored. Sex and number of close friends were controlled for, as the literature also showed evidence of their significant relations to depression. The sample consisted of 177 undergraduates between the ages of 18 and 25 from a large southwestern university. Participants responded to an online survey. While participants represented a diverse range of ethnicities, the majority were White. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that hope and sense of belonging to the college negatively predicted depressive symptoms. Furthermore, through zero-order correlations, it was found that friend social support, sense of belonging to the college, mattering to friends, and hope were all positively correlated with each other. Implications for prevention and clinical practice include the roles that counselors, college personnel, and students play in the battle against depression.
ContributorsTang, Edwin (Author) / Robinson Kurpius, Sharon E (Thesis advisor) / Kinnier, Richard (Committee member) / Bludworth, James (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021