Lynn A. Rossy

• Ph.D. Clinical Psychlogy
• University of Missouri

Abstract Purpose. To examine the efficacy of a novel intervention for problematic eating behaviors and body dissatisfaction. Design. Participants enrolled in the intervention or wait-list comparison group and were assessed at pre- and post-10 weeks. Setting. Midwestern university. Subjects. 124 female employees or partners/spouses. Intervention. Ea...

Purpose To examine the efficacy of a novel intervention for problematic eating behaviors and body dissatisfaction. Design Participants enrolled in the intervention or waitlist comparison group were assessed at pre and post 10 weeks. Setting Midwestern university. Subjects One hundred twenty-four female employees or partners/spouses. Interventio...

Reviews Mindfulness and Psychotherapy edited by C. K. Germer, R. D. Siegel and P. R. Fulton (see record 2005-07373-000 ). In the past 10 years, mindfulness has moved from a largely unknown concept and practice among therapists to a visible and emerging field of study. "Paying attention in a particular way-on purpose, in the present moment, and nonj...

Reports of gender differences in depressive symptoms are one of the most pervasive findings in the literature. In addition, women are frequently reported to be more emotionally sensitive than men. However, the paradox of women being more emotionally responsive and yet at greater risk for psychopathology is still to be unraveled. In the present stud...

To better understand relations between personality and anxiety in general, and personality differences between compulsive checkers and nonchecking anxious individuals in particular, the current study was conducted. Participants included a nonclinical undergraduate sample of 36 compulsive checkers, 33 nonchecking anxious controls and 33 nonchecking...

To evaluate and compare the efficacy of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). This meta-analysis of 49 fibromyalgia treatment outcome studies assessed the efficacy of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment across four types of outcome measures-physical status, self-report of FMS symptoms, psycho...

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the processes of autonomic nervous system control of the heart in high fit and low fit men and women by examining indices of vagally mediated cardiac control. There were 40 participants (19 women and 21 men) classified as either high fit or low fit on the basis of scores from the University of Houston Non-...

Deceased heart period variability has been associated with cardiac events and depressive symptoms; however, the results of studies are not unequivocal. We hypothesize that gender differences in the various study samples may have contributed to the lack of uniformity of findings. Time and frequency domain measures of heart period variability during...

To develop a protocol for determining when an individual is adequately trained to locate the tender points relative to fibromyalgia in an exam. The error distance for each tender point was established by polling individuals with experience in conducting tender point exams. Bayesian statistical methods were employed to form a protocol for determinin...

Objective. To develop a protocol for determining when an individual is adequately trained to locate the tender points relative to fibromyalgia in an exam. Methods. The error distance for each tender point was established by polling individuals with experience in conducting tender point exams. Bayesian statistical methods were employed to form a pro...

Typescript. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-65). Microfilm.