ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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- 5 Arizona State University
- 1 Belyea, Michael
- 1 Bruening, Meredith
- 1 Bucko, Agnes
- 1 Capaldi Phillips, Elizabeth
- 1 Chan, Shu-Min
- 1 Chen, Angela Chia-Chen
- more
- 1 Chen, Yufei
- 1 Dodgson, Joan
- 1 Gunnerson, Hannah Marie
- 1 Hekler, Eric
- 1 Homer, Judith
- 1 Johnston, Carol
- 1 Kassing, Jeffrey
- 1 Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek
- 1 Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam
- 1 Robinson-Kurpius, Sharon
- 1 Tasevska, Natasha
- 1 Todd, Michael
- 1 Vargas, Perla A
- 1 Wagner, Melissa C.
- 1 Whisner, Corrie
- 1 Youngstedt, Shawn
- 5 English
- BMI
- 2 Nutrition
- 2 Psychology
- 1 Added sugar
- 1 Body Image
- 1 College freshmen
- 1 Counseling psychology
- more
- 1 Depression
- 1 Depressive mood
- 1 Dietary Supplements
- 1 Gender
- 1 Nursing
- 1 PROP
- 1 Physical Activity
- 1 Physiology
- 1 Substance Use
- 1 Taiwanese adolescents
- 1 added sugar
- 1 diet
- 1 healthy adults
- 1 healthy lifestyle behaviors
- 1 healthy lifestyle beliefs
- 1 obesity
- 1 overweight
- 1 patterns
- 1 sugar
- 1 taster-type
- 1 total energy
- 1 weight loss
- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
Two studies were conducted to test a model to predict healthy lifestyle behaviors, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI) in Taiwanese adolescents by assessing their physical activity and nutrition knowledge, healthy lifestyle beliefs, and perceived difficulty in performing healthy lifestyle behaviors. The study drew upon cognitive behavioral theory to develop this study. The pilot study aimed to test and evaluate psychometric properties of eight Chinese-version scales. The total sample for the pilot study included 186 participants from two middle schools in Taiwan. The mean age was 13.19 for boys and 13.79 for girls. Most scales including Beck Youth Inventory …
- Contributors
- Chan, Shu-Min, Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, Belyea, Michael, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
Given the continued increase in obesity rates in the United States, there has been growing research regarding factors related to obesity. Researchers have examined biological factors, such as set point theory, as well as various psychological factors such as motivation, self-efficacy, and eating styles. Taster-type, defined as how an individual experiences the perception of taste (particularly bitterness), is a recent area of research that has explored the potential relationship between this phenomenon and obesity. The current study examined whether taster-type impacted weight loss, along with secondary measures of BMI, waist circumference, and food neophobia, as well as taster-type’s impact on …
- Contributors
- Wagner, Melissa C., Robinson-Kurpius, Sharon, Capaldi Phillips, Elizabeth, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
Dietary supplement (DS) use among adults is on the rise. This growing trend in DS use mirrors the quick and exponential growth of the fitness industry. The fitness industry focuses on the “appearance of health”, although some individuals focus on their appearance over and above their health. As a result of this focus on appearance, certain aspects of this unregulated industry promote unhealthy standards of beauty and an increase in negative body image, and influences at-risk youth to engage in dangerous practices such as extreme diet and exercise routines, or the misuse of dietary supplements. All of these factors have …
- Contributors
- Bucko, Agnes, Vargas, Perla A, Kassing, Jeffrey, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017
Although many studies have looked into the relationship between depression and eating behaviors, most have not looked into the interaction between depressive mood, weight status, and eating behaviors; specifically the consumption of added sugars. This longitudinal study examined the relationship between depressive mood and added sugar consumption among college freshmen, and how weight status play a role in this relationship. A web-based survey assessing depressive mood score and added-sugar foods consumption, and height and weight measurements were obtained. A total of 511 participants (aged 18.5±0.4 years; 70.5% females) were recruited at Arizona State University from August 2015 through January 2016. …
- Contributors
- Chen, Yufei, Bruening, Meredith, Hekler, Eric, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017
Background: Higher intake of carbohydrates in the evening and later eating times has been associated with higher total energy intake (TEI)1-3 and higher risk of being overweight or obese.1,4 Though existing evidence indicates a link between added sugars intake and increased body mass index (BMI), the effect of daily patterns of added sugars intake on TEI and BMI is unknown. Research on added sugars has relied on self-report dietary assessments with limited days of dietary data, resulting in unreliable estimates. The purpose of this thesis was to describe patterns of added sugars consumption, and to investigate the relationship between dietary …
- Contributors
- Gunnerson, Hannah Marie, Tasevska, Natasha, Johnston, Carol, et al.
- Created Date
- 2019