Special issue on Latino physical health: Disparities, paradoxes, and future directions.

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Ruiz ◽  
Belinda Campos ◽  
James J. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Directions

Physical Health Disparities and Stigma: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Body Weight

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Dovidio ◽  
Louis A. Penner ◽  
Sarah K. Calabrese ◽  
Rebecca L. Pearl
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

This chapter reviews evidence of stigma and differences in physical health between members of dominant social groups and select disadvantaged social groups (defined by race, sexual orientation, and weight) and considers the direct and indirect ways that stigma can contribute to these differences in health. The goal of this chapter is to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between stigma and health disparities for members of these groups. It considers how enacted, anticipated, and internalized stigmas influence, to varying degrees, health and health disparities experienced by Blacks, sexual minorities, and people with overweight or obesity. The chapter concludes by suggesting promising future directions for research. The new insights provided by this theoretical understanding can lead to interventions that reduce stigma as well as help members of these (and other) stigmatized groups better cope with the stigma they confront in their lives and thus realize better psychological and physical health.

Policing and Political Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200272110130
Author(s):  
Kristine Eck ◽  
Courtenay R. Conrad ◽  
Charles Crabtree
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Conflict Processes ◽  
State Security ◽  
New Research ◽  
Conflict Research

The police are often key actors in conflict processes, yet there is little research on their role in the production of political violence. Previous research provides us with a limited understanding of the part the police play in preventing or mitigating the onset or escalation of conflict, in patterns of repression and resistance during conflict, and in the durability of peace after conflicts are resolved. By unpacking the role of state security actors and asking how the state assigns tasks among them—as well as the consequences of these decisions—we generate new research paths for scholars of conflict and policing. We review existing research in the field, highlighting recent findings, including those from the articles in this special issue. We conclude by arguing that the fields of policing and conflict research have much to gain from each other and by discussing future directions for policing research in conflict studies.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Exploring the Versatility of Motivational Interviewing

2021 ◽  
pp. JCPSY-D-21-00004
Author(s):  
Yasmine Omar
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Great Risk ◽  
Exposure Therapy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Motivational Interventions ◽  
Campus Policy

Evidence indicates that motivation early in treatment is critical to treatment outcome, and motivational interviewing (MI) has addressed this finding by helping individuals work through ambivalence about change. Not only has it demonstrated improvements in treatment outcome across treatment populations and settings, it has been adapted with success into brief motivational interventions. This special issue explores the use of MI with populations at great risk for ambivalence in therapy, including college students violating campus policy, individuals who have been trafficked, and individuals in exposure therapy. The papers further highlight the versatility of MI-based interventions, as well as their limitations, that may help inform future directions for adapting MI as we move toward digital and web-based interventions.

Comments on the special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-212
Author(s):  
Paul McGhee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sense Of Humor ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The Brain

Abstract This article includes comments on each contributing author’s article in this special issue of Humor. The articles represent an assessment of McGhee’s research, work on practical applications or influence in the following areas: 1) the development of children’s humor, 2) construction and validation of the Sense of Humor Scale (SHS), 3) usefulness of specific subscales of the SHS, including “playfulness” and “laughing at yourself,” 4) development and evaluation of the 7 Humor Habits Program—a training program for learning to use humor to cope with stress, 5) humor’s impact on physical health and emotional well being, 6) impact on the field of nursing, and 7) humor and the brain. McGhee provides here his response to each contributed article.

Psychological Well-Being and Physical Health: Associations, Mechanisms, and Future Directions

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalba Hernandez ◽  
Sarah M. Bassett ◽  
Seth W. Boughton ◽  
Stephanie A. Schuette ◽  
Eva W. Shiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Psychological Well Being

A paradigm shift in public health and medicine has broadened the field from a singular focus on the ill effects of negative states and psychopathology to an expanded view that examines protective psychological assets that may promote improved physical health and longevity. We summarize recent evidence of the link between psychological well-being (including positive affect, optimism, life meaning and purpose, and life satisfaction) and physical health, with particular attention to outcomes of mortality and chronic disease incidence and progression. Within this evolving discipline there remain controversies and lessons to be learned. We discuss measurement-related challenges, concerns about the quality of the evidence, and other shortcomings in the field, along with a brief discussion of hypothesized biobehavioral mechanisms involved. Finally, we suggest next steps to move the field forward.

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