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Stressful Life Events and Use of Physician Services Among the Elderly: The Moderating Role of Pet Ownership by Siegel, Judith M

“…The physician utilization behavior of 938 Medicare enrollees in a health maintenance organization was prospectively followed for 1 year. With demographic…”
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First-Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: A Potential Alternative Source of Emergency Medical Assistance Following a Natural Disaster by Kano, Megumi, Siegel, Judith M., Bourque, Linda B.

“…Basic first‐aid skills can be useful in treating minor injuries that commonly result from natural disasters in the United States. Yet there has been…”
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A Worksite Obesity Intervention: Results From a Group-Randomized Trial by Siegel, Judith M, Prelip, Michael L, Erausquin, Jennifer Toller, Kim, Sonia A

“…We used a participatory process to develop an obesity intervention appropriate for elementary school personnel. A randomized controlled trial included 16…”
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Psychological Distress Following Urban Earthquakes in California by Bourque, Linda B., Siegel, Judith M., Shoaf, Kimberley I.

“…During and following a disaster caused by a natural event, human populations are thought to be at greater risk of psychological morbidity and mortality…”
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Racial and ethnic health disparities: evidence of discrimination's effects across the SEP spectrum by D'Anna, Laura Hoyt, Ponce, Ninez A., Siegel, Judith M.

“…Objectives. Perceived discrimination is a psychosocial stressor that plays a role in explaining racial/ethnic disparities in self-reported physical and mental…”
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Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health by Bourque, Linda B., Siegel, Judith M., Kano, Megumi, Wood, Michele M.

“…The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina;…”
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Body image, perceived pubertal timing, and adolescent mental health by Siegel, Judith M., Yancey, Antronette K., Aneshensel, Carol S., Schuler, Roberleigh

“…Purpose: To examine the impact of gender, racial-ethnic group, and perceived pubertal timing on body image and adolescent mental health. Method: A three-stage,…”
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Emotional Injury and the Northridge, California Earthquake by Siegel, Judith M

“…The probability of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or experiencing an emotional injury as a result of the Northridge, California earthquake was…”
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Body Image Change and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms by Siegel, Judith M.

“…Gender differences in adolescent depressive symptoms are substantially reduced when body image is statistically controlled. The current investigation examines…”
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Challenges in improving fitness: results of a community-based, randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention by Yancey, Antronette K, McCarthy, William J, Harrison, Gail G, Wong, Weng Kee, Siegel, Judith M, Leslie, Joanne

“…This study tested the efficacy of an 8-week culturally targeted nutrition and physical activity intervention on body composition. A randomized,…”
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Fighting cancer with fitness: Dietary outcomes of a randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention in healthy African–American women by McCarthy, William J, Yancey, Antronette K, Harrison, Gail G, Leslie, Joanne, Siegel, Judith M

“…Abstract Objectives. This study tested the efficacy of an 8-week, culturally targeted community-based nutrition and physical activity promotion intervention,…”
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Attributions for Negative Life Events and Depression: The Role of Perceived Control by Brown, Jonathon D, Siegel, Judith M

“…Although perceptions of control occupied a central role in the development of learned helplessness theory, recent helplessness research has not considered…”
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Correlation of obesity with elevated blood pressure among racial/ethnic minority children in two Los Angeles middle schools by McCarthy, William J, Yancey, Antronette K, Siegel, Judith M, Wong, Weng Kee, Ward, Andriette, Leslie, Joanne, Gonzalez, Eloisa

“…To identify anthropometric and fitness correlates of elevated blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and glycated hemoglobin, we examined anthropometric and…”
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Exercise as a Buffer of Life Stress: A Prospective Study of Adolescent Health by Brown, Jonathon D., Siegel, Judith M.

“…The hypothesis that physical exercise provides benefits to individuals under periods of life stress has rarely been subject to empirical verification. This…”
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Assessing the impact of life changes: Development of the Life Experiences Survey by Sarason, Irwin G, Johnson, James H, Siegel, Judith M

“…Describes the development of a new instrument, the Life Experiences Survey (LES), for the measurement of life changes. The LES is a 57-item self-report measure…”
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Surviving Two Disasters: Does Reaction to the First Predict Response to the Second? by Siegel, Judith M., Shoaf, Kimberley I., Afifi, Abdelmonem A., Bourque, Linda B.

“…Respondents (N = 414) studied after a California earthquake were recontacted 4 years later to determine if their prior experience with a disaster impaired or…”
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Adolescent Depressed Mood in a Multiethnic Sample by Siegel, Judith M, Aneshensel, Carol S, Taub, Bonnie, Driscoll, Anne K, Cantwell, Dennis P

“…The impact of race/ethnicity on depressed mood among adolescents and whether pubertal development influences depressed mood was studied with 877 adolescents,…”
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The Multidimensional Anger Inventory by Siegel, Judith M

“…Previous research suggests that anger has important social and health consequences, particularly cardiovascular health. The pathogenic aspects of anger have…”
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Sexual Assault and Mental Disorders in a Community Population by Burnam, M. Audrey, Stein, Judith A, Golding, Jacqueline M, Siegel, Judith M, Sorenson, Susan B, Forsythe, Alan B, Telles, Cynthia A

“…In a cross-sectional probability survey of 3,132 household adults representing two Los Angeles communities, lifetime diagnoses of nine major mental disorders…”
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Overweight and Depressive Symptoms among African-American Women by Siegel, Judith M, Yancey, Antronette K, McCarthy, William J

“…Background. In a national survey, a correlation between overweight and depression was explained by dieting and poor health. This study examines overweight and…”
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