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What is Measured in National Accounts?
In: International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1375
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Demand-Supply Imbalance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Fiscal Policy
In: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis REVIEW
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Demand-Supply Imbalance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Fiscal Policy
In: FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2022-19
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Fiscal Policy and Excess Inflation During COVID-19: A Cross-Country View
In: FEDS Notes No. 2022-07-15-1
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Demand-Supply Imbalance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Fiscal Policy
In: International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1353
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Testing Young Adults' Reactions to Facebook Cues and Their Associations with Alcohol Use
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 54, Heft 9, S. 1450-1460
ISSN: 1532-2491
Asian Americans respond less favorably to excitement (vs. Calm)- Focused physicians compared to European Americans
Despite being considered a "model minority," Asian Americans report worse health care encounters than do European Americans. This may be due to affective mismatches between Asian American patients and their European American physicians. We predicted that because Asian Americans value excitement (vs. calm) less than European Americans, they will respond less favorably to excitement-focused (vs. calm) physicians. Method: In Study 1, 198 European American, Chinese American, and Hong Kong Chinese community adults read a medical scenario and indicated their preference for an excitement-focused versus calm-focused physician. In Study 2, 81 European American and Asian American community college students listened to recommendations made by an excitementfocused or calm-focused physician in a video, and later attempted to recall the recommendations. In Study 3, 101 European American and Asian American middle-aged and older adults had multiple online encounters with an excitement-focused or calm-focused physician and then evaluated their physicians' trustworthiness, competence, and knowledge. Results: As predicted, Hong Kong Chinese preferred excitement-focused physicians less than European Americans, with Chinese Americans falling in the middle (Study 1). Similarly, Asian Americans remembered health information delivered by an excitement-focused physician less well than did European Americans (Study 2). Finally, Asian Americans evaluated an excitement-focused physician less positively than did European Americans (Study 3). Conclusions: These findings suggest that while physicians who promote and emphasize excitement states may be effective with European Americans, they may be less so with Asian Americans and other ethnic minorities who value different affective states.
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Asian Americans respond less favorably to excitement (vs. calm)-focused physicians compared to European Americans
OBJECTIVES: Despite being considered a "model minority," Asian Americans report worse health care encounters than do European Americans. This may be due to affective mismatches between Asian American patients and their European American physicians. We predicted that because Asian Americans value excitement (vs. calm) less than European Americans, they will respond less favorably to excitement-focused (vs. calm) physicians. METHOD: In Study 1, 198 European American, Chinese American, and Hong Kong Chinese community adults read a medical scenario and indicated their preference for an excitement-focused versus calm-focused physician. In Study 2, 81 European American and Asian American community college students listened to recommendations made by an excitement-focused or calm-focused physician in a video, and later attempted to recall the recommendations. In Study 3, 101 European American and Asian American middle-aged and older adults had multiple online encounters with an excitement-focused or calm-focused physician and then evaluated their physicians' trustworthiness, competence, and knowledge. RESULTS: As predicted, Hong Kong Chinese preferred excitement-focused physicians less than European Americans, with Chinese Americans falling in the middle (Study 1). Similarly, Asian Americans remembered health information delivered by an excitement-focused physician less well than did European Americans (Study 2). Finally, Asian Americans evaluated an excitement-focused physician less positively than did European Americans (Study 3). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that while physicians who promote and emphasize excitement states may be effective with European Americans, they may be less so with Asian Americans and other ethnic minorities who value different affective states.
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Facebook Use During a Stressful Event: A Pilot Evaluation Investigating Facebook Use Patterns and Biologic Stress Response
In: Bulletin of science, technology & society, Band 34, Heft 3-4, S. 94-98
ISSN: 1552-4183
Purpose: The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine whether Facebook use affects biological response to stress and to characterize participants' use of Facebook during a stressful event. Methods: College students completed a modified Trier Social Stress Test including video recording. Participants were randomly assigned to the Facebook group or control group (no preparatory materials). Pulse and salivary cortisol were measured and compared using t tests. Trained coders assessed videos for 13 common Facebook actions and categorized them as purposeful (tool based) or nonpurposeful (distraction); pulse was compared between groups using Fisher's exact test. Results: Of 41 participants, 14 (36%) were male and 36 (88%) were Caucasian, mean age was 19.6 ± 1.4 years; 19 participants were randomized to the Facebook group. Comparing Time 1 and Time 3, there were no significant differences in cortisol or pulse change between the Facebook group and the control group. However, males in the control group had a mean pulse reduction of −3.5 ± 0.2 bpm between baseline and Time 3; males in the Facebook group had a mean pulse increase of 10 ± 8.6 bmp ( p = .01). Overall, 58.8% of videos were categorized as primarily tool based. Participants who primarily demonstrated distracted use of Facebook had higher than average pulse rates at Time 3 (mean 85.1 vs. 73.6 bpm, p = .03). Discussion: Male Facebook users and participants who demonstrated distracted Facebook use showed increased biologic signs of stress during a stressful event. Some college students may find Facebook use detrimental to performance in stressful situations, but this may vary by gender and type of use.
Asian Americans respond less favorably to excitement (vs. calm)-focused physicians compared to European Americans
In: Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 1-14
ISSN: 1939-0106
Qualitative Assessment of Barriers to Buprenorphine Access: The Role of Pharmacies
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, S. 1-9
ISSN: 1532-2491