Jessica Gall Myrick

TL;DR: Results support the claim that feelings of hope in response to fear appeals contribute to their persuasive success, testing hypotheses with two existing data sets collected within the context of sun safety messages.

TL;DR: Results point to certain personality types being more strongly associated with Internet cat consumption and support a conceptual model arguing that the happiness gained from viewing Internet cats can moderate the relationship between procrastination motives, guilt, and enjoyment.

TL;DR: A typology is proposed that situates this type of support in an SNS-based open cancer community based on the type (informational or emotional) and the direction (expression or reception) of support.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors survey professors who have taught MOOC courses to understand how MOOCs are perceived by instructors and find that most MOOC professors are experienced faculty members with relatively little prior experience teaching online, and that they are divided about the purpose of MOOC in the institutional landscape of higher education.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that, generally, the early months of the U.S. COVID-19 experience were characterized by a modest negative impact on mental health, and positive mental health was associated with the adoption of coping strategies, especially those that were forward-looking, and with greater adherence to national health-protection guidelines.