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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/infographics/2024-update-risk-factors-for-dementia/) 2024 Update: Risk factors for dementia
Aug 4th 2024, 14:44

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/s1697260024000498/) Chronic academic stress improves attentional control: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence
Aug 4th 2024, 14:21

Publication date: July–September 2024
Source: International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 24, Issue 3
Author(s): Mingming Qi, Ru Gai, Yuxi Wang, Heming Gao
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/identifying-facilitators-and-barriers-to-the-uptake-of-medication-for-opioid-use-disorder-in-washington-dc-a-community-engaged-concept-mapping-approach/) Identifying facilitators and barriers to the uptake of medication for opioid use disorder in Washington, DC: A community-engaged concept mapping approach
Aug 4th 2024, 14:12

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/14647001241254804/) Towards a theory of reproductive debt
Aug 4th 2024, 13:03

Feminist Theory, Ahead of Print. This article builds on existing feminist critiques of transnational debt regimes and austerity politics in order to theorise a new conception of reproductive debt. This involves critiquing debt burdens imposed upon people who reproduce, as a consequence of global restructuring programmes, cuts to social services and the increasing financialisation of reproduction. In place of individualised obligations to financial lenders, I argue that we all owe an infinite debt to those who reproduce, in order to ensure that reproduction is possible when desired and that its necessary conditions – social, cultural and environmental – are supported. This theory of reproductive debt draws on the 1970s Wages for Housework movement, feminist literature on reproductive labour and Kathi Weeks’ post-work politics. It also explores Patty Chang’s video exhibition Milk Debt, which was inspired by David Graeber’s discussion of the Chinese Buddhist tenet of ‘milk debt’: the infinite kindness of mothers, exemplified by the practice of breastfeeding, which can never be repaid. Recognising the negative impacts of environmental damage and histories of slavery and colonialism on reproduction, reproductive debt is understood as an infinite, non-quantifiable obligation that is the basis for our shared existence on this planet.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/monographs-edited-collections/practising-social-work-research-case-studies-for-learning-third-edition/) Practising Social Work Research: Case Studies for Learning, Third Edition
Aug 4th 2024, 12:46

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/the-association-between-self-rated-health-number-of-family-members-and-cognitive-function-in-community-dwelling-older-adults-mediating-role-of-depression/) The association between self-rated health, number of family members, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults: Mediating role of depression
Aug 4th 2024, 12:14

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/meta-analyses-systematic-reviews/effects-of-different-parameters-of-tai-chi-on-the-intervention-of-chronic-low-back-pain-a-meta-analysis/) Effects of different parameters of Tai Chi on the intervention of chronic low back pain: A meta-analysis
Aug 4th 2024, 12:09

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/00131644241256626/) Studying Factorial Invariance With Nominal Items: A Note on a Latent Variable Modeling Procedure
Aug 4th 2024, 12:08

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. A latent variable modeling procedure for studying factorial invariance and differential item functioning for multi-component measuring instruments with nominal items is discussed. The method is based on a multiple testing approach utilizing the false discovery rate concept and likelihood ratio tests. The procedure complements the Revuelta, Franco-Martinez, and Ximenez approach to factorial invariance examination, and permits localization of individual invariance violations. The outlined method does not require the selection of a reference observed variable and is illustrated with empirical data.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/soundless-voices-silenced-selves-are-auditory-verbal-hallucinations-in-schizophrenia-truly-perceptual/) Soundless voices, silenced selves: are auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia truly perceptual?
Aug 4th 2024, 11:48

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/s12888-024-05868-z/) Midlife stress-related exhaustion and dementia incidence: a longitudinal study over 50 years in women
Aug 4th 2024, 11:48

Abstract

Backgrounds
Cognitive problems are common symptoms among individuals with stress-related exhaustion. It is still unknown whether these individuals are at a higher risk of developing dementia later. This study aims to examine the relationship between midlife stress-related exhaustion and dementia incidence.

Methods
A population sample of 777 women (aged 38, 46, 50 and 54 years) without dementia at baseline was followed over 50 years, from 1968 to 2019. Stress-related exhaustion was based on information from the psychiatric examination in 1968/69. Information on dementia incidence between 1968 and 2019 was obtained from neuropsychiatric examinations, key-informant interviews, and hospital registry. Dementia was diagnosed according to the DSM-III-R criteria. A subgroup of non-demented women (n = 284) was examined for cognitive functions by the Gottfries-Bråne-Steen scale 24 years after baseline.

Results
Stress-related exhaustion in midlife was associated with higher risk for development of dementia before age 75 (Hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval: 2.95 and 1.35–6.44). The association remained after adjustment for age, major depression, and anxiety disorder. Mean age of dementia onset was younger for women with stress-related exhaustion than women without stress (mean ± SD, 76 ± 9 vs. 82 ± 8 . p = 0.009). Women with stress-related exhaustion in midlife still showed more cognitive impairments 24 years later compared with women without stress (Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval: 2.64 and 1.15–6.06).

Conclusions
We found that women with stress-related exhaustion in midlife were at a higher risk to develop dementia at relatively younger age. These women showed persistently lower cognitive functions over years even without dementia. Present study results need to be interpreted with caution due to small sample size and should be confirmed in future studies with larger sample size. Our study findings may imply the importance of long-term follow-up regarding cognitive function among individuals with stress-related exhaustion.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/15570851241260912/) We are all Sentenced: The Lived Experience of Mothers With an Adult Incarcerated Daughter
Aug 4th 2024, 11:06

Feminist Criminology, Ahead of Print. The vast majority of research on the impact of familial incarceration focuses on its effect on children, even though one in eight adults in the United States has had a child in prison. While some studies have examined the lived experiences of mothers with an incarcerated adult son, no research has explored the effect of an adult daughter’s incarceration on their mother. Using in-depth interviews with four mothers who have adult daughters in prison, this study finds that these mothers were significantly affected by their daughter’s incarceration. They experience painful emotions, face significant barriers and challenges, and highlight the pressing need for mental health services. Along with other prior works, our findings can be used to inform policy and clinical recommendations for those working with and advocating for incarcerated populations and their impacted loved ones.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/podcasts/forward-without-fear-native-hawaiians-and-american-education-in-territorial-hawaii-1900-1941/) Forward Without Fear: Native Hawaiians and American Education in Territorial Hawai’i, 1900-1941
Aug 4th 2024, 11:03

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/guidelines-plus/preventing-dengue/) Preventing Dengue
Aug 4th 2024, 10:43

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/7713442/) A Policy Analysis of the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelans in Colombia: Normalising Exceptionality using Humanitarian Discourses
Aug 4th 2024, 10:10

Abstract
The Venezuelan crisis has led to over three million people crossing into Colombia. One strategy to address this situation is the Temporary Protection Statute (TPS), aimed at granting migrants legal status and responsibilities without providing them refugee status. Critics argue that portraying this solution as humanitarian might undermine its role as a protective measure. Additionally, there is a lack of understanding of the TPS as a political tool and the problems it aims to tackle. Using a Post-structural Policy Analysis (PPA), this article unpacks the TPS as a political device and the driving forces behind its development. Through text analysis and qualitative semi-structured interviews, the PPA reveals how the TPS in Colombia can be seen as a multifaceted legal and political tool bridging short-term humanitarian needs (primarily protection, healthcare, and labour market access) and long-term development practices (such as integration through ensuring economic, social, and environmental rights), within a complex political landscape hindering long-term solutions. Its legal text epitomises political drivers and discourses shaping migration governance and international protection. This study also shows PPA’s effectiveness in revealing these political factors and the policy-problem-making justifying the TPS as a solution, and offers case-based insights to enhance comparative migration studies.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/after-private-equity-takes-over-hospitals-they-are-less-able-to-care-for-patients-top-medical-researchers-say/) After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less able to care for patients, top medical researchers say
Aug 4th 2024, 10:09

After private-equity firms acquire hospitals, the facilities’ assets and resources diminish significantly, leaving the facilities less equipped to care for patients, according to a new study by physician researchers at the University of California at San Francisco, Harvard Medical School and the City University of New York’s Hunter College. Above: Steward Health Care announced this month that it was closing Nashoba Valley Medical Center, in Ayer, Mass., west of Boston.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/7726779/) Functional Transitions among Older Adults in Rural China: Examining the Differential Roles of Care from Daughters’ and Sons’ Families
Aug 4th 2024, 10:09

Abstract
Objectives
Informal care provided by adult children is of great importance for older adults’ well-being in China. This paper investigates and compares the functional transitions among older adults living in rural areas who receive care from daughters’ and from sons’ families.
Method
This study utilizes the ‘Well-being of Elderly Survey in Anhui Province’ (WESAP), from 2001 to 2021. Our sample included 2,797 individuals aged 60 years or over. Functional status was based on the activities of daily living (ADLs) and the instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). We employed a random-effects ordered logit model to examine the functional transitions among the older adults.
Results
Receiving care from daughters’ families is significantly associated with a lower likelihood of functional decline compared to receiving care from sons’ families in rural China. The advantage associated with daughter care becomes more pronounced among older individuals with a severe functional difficulty compared to those with a mild or moderate functional difficulty. The difference is prevalent among older adults aged 75 and above, with less wealth or multiple chronic diseases, or who live alone. Furthermore, among those with severe functional difficulties, the daughter advantage is more significant for fathers as compared to mothers.
Discussion
Nowadays, daughters’ families can provide high-quality informal care, often surpassing that offered by sons’ families. This daughter advantage becomes even more significant among older adults who have a higher need for family care, such as those with severe disabilities and limited financial resources.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/dq240614c-eng-htm/) Pathways indicators for registered apprentices in Canada, 2022
Aug 4th 2024, 10:08

Apprenticeship training programs play a vital role in cultivating the knowledge and expertise of tradespeople, who are integral to Canada’s workforce. The lockdowns and closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impeded the ability of apprentices to fulfill their program requirements, which include in-class study and on-the-job training, thereby delaying their certification. 
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/for-our-own-good-how-the-psychology-of-nudging-pushes-us-to-make-healthier-choices-and-raises-ethical-dilemmas/) For our own good: how the psychology of ‘nudging’ pushes us to make healthier choices – and raises ethical dilemmas
Aug 4th 2024, 10:08

In essence, a “nudge” involves any manipulation of the decision-making environment that steers people’s behaviour in a direction beneficial to them, but without restricting their options or limiting their freedom of choice in any way.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/meta-analyses-systematic-reviews/effectiveness-of-mhealth-interventions-to-improve-pain-intensity-and-functional-disability-in-patients-with-hip-or-knee-osteoarthritis-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis/) Effectiveness of mHealth interventions to improve pain intensity and functional disability in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aug 4th 2024, 10:06

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/high-sti-burden-among-a-cohort-of-adolescents-aged-12-19-years-in-a-youth-friendly-clinic-in-south-africa/) High STI burden among a cohort of adolescents aged 12–19 years in a youth-friendly clinic in South Africa
Aug 4th 2024, 09:44

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/funding/hud-awards-over-30-million-to-connect-public-housing-residents-to-employment-and-education-helping-bridge-the-wealth-gap/) HUD Awards Over $30 Million to Connect Public Housing Residents to Employment and Education, Helping Bridge the Wealth Gap
Aug 4th 2024, 09:37

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/video/human-rights-defenders-story-oscar-calles-from-venezuela/) Human rights defender’s story: Óscar Calles, from Venezuela
Aug 4th 2024, 09:29

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/14733250241262062/) A method worth telling: Using story completion to understand social work responses to discriminatory abuse
Aug 4th 2024, 09:14

Qualitative Social Work, Ahead of Print. Story completion methods have not yet been used in social work research, but the method has significant potential in this area. This paper reports on findings of a qualitative story completion study, which set out to understand professional responses to discriminatory abuse in English safeguarding adults practice. Fifty-six social worker and social care worker participants responded to a ‘story stem’, which refers to the opening lines of a story, continuing a story they choose to tell in response. In this instance, the story stem introduces a fictional scenario involving a social worker who is visiting an adult who has experienced discriminatory abuse. Story completion was chosen because it does not require self-report and this was useful given the under-reporting of discriminatory abuse. Story completion is appropriate for studying taboo or sensitive topics because it is less exposing, producing stories rather than accounts of one’s practice. Story completion also allowed contrast and comparison across different characteristics that might be targeted in discriminatory abuse, spotlighting divergent responses to discrimination based on transgender identity, race and mental ill-health. Dramaturgical narrative analysis was used to make sense of the resulting stories and three narratives were identified: anxious allies, affirmative advocates and administrative assessors. There were a small number of outliers who did not complete stories based on the guidelines provided. The results suggest workforce development needs in relation to discriminatory abuse. The article concludes with a reflection on the ways in which social work research can draw on story completion methods in the future.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/clinical-trials/personalise-antidepressant-treatment-for-unipolar-depression-combining-individual-choices-risks-and-big-data-petrushka/) Personalise Antidepressant Treatment for Unipolar Depression Combining Individual Choices, Risks and Big Data (PETRUSHKA)
Aug 4th 2024, 09:01

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/the-machinery-of-government-for-a-mentally-healthier-nation/) The ‘machinery of government’ for a mentally healthier nation
Aug 4th 2024, 08:22

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/15381927241252928/) Understanding Academic and Athletic Transfer Patterns for Latina/o College Athletes
Aug 4th 2024, 08:12

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Ahead of Print. Using the Student Athlete Climate Dataset, this paper examined factors associated with Latina/o college athletes’ intent to transfer for academic and athletic reasons. This study offers insight regarding how gender, NCAA Division, and geographic location can influence Latina/o college athletes’ decision to transfer. In addition, the roles of faculty members and head coaches were significant in Latina/o college athletes’ intent to transfer for athletic reasons.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/working-from-home-is-forcing-social-workers-out-of-job-study-reports/) Working from home is forcing social workers out of job, study reports
Aug 4th 2024, 07:38

After Covid regulations required working from home, the practice has continued for many social workers. Many authorities have closed local offices as part of cost-saving cuts, forcing more staff to work from home and hot-desk when in the office. Social workers told the researchers they felt increased isolation as a result of working from home, as well as reporting difficulties in reaching colleagues or managers for support, and an absence of the team camaraderie found in an office.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/14680173241258925/) Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature
Aug 4th 2024, 07:13

Journal of Social Work, Ahead of Print. SummaryIn the few social work publications dedicated to exploring phenomenological philosophical concepts, embodiment or the lived body, promoted especially by phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, seems to have received special attention. Roughly, and according to a phenomenological philosophical perspective, the lived body signifies a mind–body unity that is believed to constitute acts of human perception, including social perception. This article aims to critically appraise three accounts of embodiment in social work literature, focusing on issues of application for the sake of clarifying the value and relevance of applied phenomenology in social work practice. After providing an overview of the reception of phenomenology in the social work literature, and introducing the three cases to be explored and their respective application of Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the lived body, the article discusses Merleau-Ponty’s own view on phenomenology, followed by a critical discussion of the three cases.FindingsAn applied phenomenology of embodiment turns out to be an ambiguous proposal, while simultaneously posing a challenge to the common-sense notion of professional reflection in face-to-face interaction between professional and client. The value of applying a phenomenology of embodiment to social work practice must arguably correspond to the question of how the lived body of the professional is disclosed reflectively in the encounter with other bodies, rather than simply how professionals adopt a theory to make sense of bodily experience at work.ApplicationsThis article contributes to clarifying the social situatedness of professional reflection, while also strengthening the case for phenomenological social work by exploring issues of application.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/10983007241249513/) School Teams’ Reported Implementation of Family–School Partnerships in PBIS: Current Practices and Opportunities for Growth
Aug 4th 2024, 07:11

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Ahead of Print. Despite the potential benefits of integrating family–school partnerships into school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), many barriers persist that limit a school’s ability to engage in meaningful family–school partnerships. These barriers to implementation suggest the importance of understanding the extent to which school teams can overcome these obstacles and promote family–school partnerships in PBIS. The present study adds to the literature by evaluating school teams’ reported implementation of different recommended practices in family–school partnerships in PBIS. Specifically, school teams in the U.S. state of Massachusetts (N = 79) participating in a 3-year PBIS implementation training program completed a survey (65% response rate) where they reported the extent to which they were implementing family–school partnership practices in PBIS across a variety of domains. Findings suggest relative strengths (i.e., communication, resources) and opportunities for growth (i.e., shared decision-making) in schools’ implementation of family–school partnership strategies in PBIS. We also found school characteristics related to increased enrollment and greater racial diversity of the student body posed additional challenges for school staff in ensuring high fidelity implementation of family–school partnership strategies in PBIS. We end with suggestions for researchers and practitioners to boost implementation of key features of family–school partnerships in PBIS via equitable and culturally responsive implementation strategies.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/00131644241255109/) Enhancing the Detection of Social Desirability Bias Using Machine Learning: A Novel Application of Person-Fit Indices
Aug 4th 2024, 07:08

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print. Social desirability bias (SDB) is a common threat to the validity of conclusions from responses to a scale or survey. There is a wide range of person-fit statistics in the literature that can be employed to detect SDB. In addition, machine learning classifiers, such as logistic regression and random forest, have the potential to distinguish between biased and unbiased responses. This study proposes a new application of these classifiers to detect SDB by considering several person-fit indices as features or predictors in the machine learning methods. The results of a Monte Carlo simulation study showed that for a single feature, applying person-fit indices directly and logistic regression led to similar classification results. However, the random forest classifier improved the classification of biased and unbiased responses substantially. Classification was improved in both logistic regression and random forest by considering multiple features simultaneously. Moreover, cross-validation indicated stable area under the curves (AUCs) across machine learning classifiers. A didactical illustration of applying random forest to detect SDB is presented.
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