Bowling Green State University

About: Bowling Green State University is a education organization based out in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 8315 authors who have published 16042 publications receiving 482564 citations. The organization is also known as: BGSU.

Adolescents' Physical Aggression Toward Parents in a Clinic-Referred Sample

Abstract: Physical aggression directed toward parents by their adolescents is a serious issue both practically and scientifically. In contrast to the extensive literature on other forms of aggression within families (e.g., marital violence, child physical abuse) as well as youth aggression construed broadly, a major gap exists in our knowledge of youth-to-parent physical aggression (YPA). In this study, we analyzed data on three forms of physical aggression (YPA, interparental, and parent-to-youth) from 232 mother–adolescent dyads drawn from a database of families referred for the clinical treatment of emotional and behavioral problems in their adolescent children. Analyses indicated that YPA is prevalent (57% by sons and 49% by daughters in 1 year) and significantly likely to co-occur with interparental and parent-to-youth aggression in the family. Follow-up analyses suggested important sex differences in these relations.

Purification and Developmental Analysis of the Major Anionic Peroxidase from the Seed Coat of Glycine max.

Abstract: We show that the majority of peroxidase activity in soybean (Glycine max var Williams 82) seeds is localized to the seed coat. A single isozyme is responsible for this activity and has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by successive chromatography on DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow, concanavalin A-Sepharose, and Sephadex G-75. The peroxidase exhibits a pl of 4.1, an apparent molecular mass of 37 kilodaltons, and has properties characteristic of a glycoprotein. The enzyme begins to accumulate approximately 21 days after anthesis and continues to do so throughout the maturation of the seed coat where it can represent at least 5% of the soluble protein in dry seed coats. Due to its localization in the seed, we propose that this isozyme may play a role in the hardening of the seed coat.

Intrinsic religiousness, religious coping, and psychosocial competence: A covariance structure analysis.

Abstract: A causal model was proposed in which the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and psychosocial competence is mediated by religious coping styles. The model asserts that the correlation between intrinsic religiousness and competence is suppressed due to differential mediation by collaborative and deferring religious coping styles. A covariance structure analysis using LISREL was utilized to test the model. A nested model comparison was conducted to assess the possible effects of two response bias variables: indiscriminate proreligiousness and social desirability. Multiple paperand-pencil measures of all the variables except the response biases were included in a survey administered to church attenders chosen from the mailing list of two midwestern churches through a stratified, random sampling procedure. A total sample of 108 was obtained. The covariance structure analysis provided support for the validity of the measures. The nested model comparison failed to support the importance of response bias for explaining the relationships between the religiousness and competence variables. Substantial support was obtained for the inconsistent mediation hypothesis.

Predictors of the number of under-five malnourished children in Bangladesh: application of the generalized poisson regression model

Abstract: Malnutrition is one of the principal causes of child mortality in developing countries including Bangladesh. According to our knowledge, most of the available studies, that addressed the issue of malnutrition among under-five children, considered the categorical (dichotomous/polychotomous) outcome variables and applied logistic regression (binary/multinomial) to find their predictors. In this study malnutrition variable (i.e. outcome) is defined as the number of under-five malnourished children in a family, which is a non-negative count variable. The purposes of the study are (i) to demonstrate the applicability of the generalized Poisson regression (GPR) model as an alternative of other statistical methods and (ii) to find some predictors of this outcome variable. The data is extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2007. Briefly, this survey employs a nationally representative sample which is based on a two-stage stratified sample of households. A total of 4,460 under-five children is analysed using various statistical techniques namely Chi-square test and GPR model. The GPR model (as compared to the standard Poisson regression and negative Binomial regression) is found to be justified to study the above-mentioned outcome variable because of its under-dispersion (variance < mean) property. Our study also identify several significant predictors of the outcome variable namely mother’s education, father’s education, wealth index, sanitation status, source of drinking water, and total number of children ever born to a woman. Consistencies of our findings in light of many other studies suggest that the GPR model is an ideal alternative of other statistical models to analyse the number of under-five malnourished children in a family. Strategies based on significant predictors may improve the nutritional status of children in Bangladesh.

The Role of Attachment in Predicting Spiritual Coping with a Loved One in Surgery

Abstract: Research has examined the relationship between spiritual coping and adjustment and found that individuals employ spirituality in coping in various ways. However, the reasons that individuals choose certain strategies remains unclear. The current project examined whether spiritual coping mediates the relationship between attachment to God and adjustment for individuals (N = 155) waiting for a loved one undergoing inpatient surgery. Results from the present study indicated that attachment to God was differentially related to spiritual coping activities and styles. In turn, spiritual coping was associated with the adjustment to the surgery vigil. Data were analyzed through path analysis of models for each of the outcome variables (Religious Outcome, General Outcome, Stress-Related Growth, and General Health Questionnaire). Attachment to God was predictive of spiritual coping, which, in turn, was predictive of adjustment. Attachment to God provides a useful framework for understanding why individuals choose particular coping strategies.