Perry M Nicassio
Biographic Data
| ID | 107026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Perry M Nicassio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Perry M |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicassio |
| SIGNATURE | NICASSIO P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Governors State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acculturation and Health Beliefs of Mexican Americans Regarding Tuberculosis Prevention
Social Support Measurement and Intervention
Professor of Psychology, and Director, Clinical PhD and Health Psychology Programs, and Associate Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, California School of Professional Psychology-San Diego 10455 Pomerado Road San Diego, CA 92131 Email: [email protected]
Chronic Life Stress Alters Sympathetic, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Responsivity to an Acute Psychological Stressor in Humans
OBJECTIVE: Life stress is hypothesized to alter the dynamic regulation of the autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune systems. This study examined the effects of antecedent chronic life stress on psychological and physiological responsivity after acute challenge with a psychological stressor. METHOD: Using a within-subject mixed design, male volunteers with (N = 12) and without chronic life stress (N = 11) were administered a 12-minute laboratory s…
Emigration Stress and Langltage Proficiency as Correlates of Depression in a Sample of Southeast Asian Refugees
This research evaluated a stress management, coping skills model of adjustment in the analysis of depression in a sample of Laotian refugees living in the southeastern United States. Stressful events and experiences during emigration and a lack of English proficiency were associated with depressive symptoms, while demographic variables and social support were not. English proficiency also significantly reduced the impact of acculturative stressor…
The Psychosocial Adjustment of the Southeast Asian Refugee
This article summarizes the clinical and research literature on the psychosocial adjustment of the Southeast Asian refugees in the United States and proposes the adoption of theoretical models that may be helpful in explaining individual differences in adjustment processes. Available evidence indicates that depression and stress-related symptoms are commonly found in refugees, whereas age, English proficiency, and socioeconomic indicators have be…
Psychosocial Correlates of Alienation
The major purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between several measures of psychosocial adjustment and social alienation in a sample of Indochinese refugees residing in the United States. Based on interviews with 460 Indochinese heads of households, the results indicated that alienation was negatively related to socioeconomic status, English proficiency, the number of American acquaintances and friends, and refugees' self-p…
Progressive relaxation, EMG biofeedback and biofeedback placebo in the treatment of sleep‐onset insomnia
This paper describes a study in which progressive relaxation, EMG frontalis biofeedback, and a biofeedback placebo manipulation were compared in the treatment of severe insomnia with 40 chronically sleep‐disturbed adult patients. Progressive relaxation and EMG biofeedback led to significant reductions in both reported sleep‐onset latency and depressive symptomatology. However, when compared individually with the biofeedback placebo group, neither…
The Role of Personality in Intercultural Communication
This paper discusses the value of integrating the construct of personality into the study of intercultural communication. Heretofore, intercultural communication researchers have analyzed the communication process almost exclusively from the perspectives of the cultures represented by the communicators and have not given sufficient theoretical or empirical attention to the unique characteristics of the communicators as influencing the communicati…
Social class and family size as determinants of attributed machismo, femininity, and family planning
The power of suggestion
This experiment was conducted in an attempt to replicate and delimit the reverse placebo effect found by Storms and Nisbett in insomniacs. It was predicted that the reverse placebo effect would obtain when the pills' effects were described as affecting arousal (as in Storms and Nisbett's study) but that a direct suggestion effect would result when the pills were described as directly affecting sleep onset latency. Results indicated that direct su…
Psychosocial Correlates of Alienation
The major purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between several measures of psychosocial adjustment and social alienation in a sample of Indochinese refugees residing in the United States. Based on interviews with 460 Indochinese heads of households, the results indicated that alienation was negatively related to socioeconomic status, English proficiency, the number of American acquaintances and friends, and refugees' self-p…
The Psychosocial Adjustment of the Southeast Asian Refugee
This article summarizes the clinical and research literature on the psychosocial adjustment of the Southeast Asian refugees in the United States and proposes the adoption of theoretical models that may be helpful in explaining individual differences in adjustment processes. Available evidence indicates that depression and stress-related symptoms are commonly found in refugees, whereas age, English proficiency, and socioeconomic indicators have be…
The power of suggestion
This experiment was conducted in an attempt to replicate and delimit the reverse placebo effect found by Storms and Nisbett in insomniacs. It was predicted that the reverse placebo effect would obtain when the pills' effects were described as affecting arousal (as in Storms and Nisbett's study) but that a direct suggestion effect would result when the pills were described as directly affecting sleep onset latency. Results indicated that direct su…
Acculturation and Health Beliefs of Mexican Americans Regarding Tuberculosis Prevention
The Role of Personality in Intercultural Communication
This paper discusses the value of integrating the construct of personality into the study of intercultural communication. Heretofore, intercultural communication researchers have analyzed the communication process almost exclusively from the perspectives of the cultures represented by the communicators and have not given sufficient theoretical or empirical attention to the unique characteristics of the communicators as influencing the communicati…
Social class and family size as determinants of attributed machismo, femininity, and family planning
The power of suggestion
This experiment was conducted in an attempt to replicate and delimit the reverse placebo effect found by Storms and Nisbett in insomniacs. It was predicted that the reverse placebo effect would obtain when the pills' effects were described as affecting arousal (as in Storms and Nisbett's study) but that a direct suggestion effect would result when the pills were described as directly affecting sleep onset latency. Results indicated that direct su…
Social class and family size as determinants of attributed machismo, femininity, and family planning
The Role of Personality in Intercultural Communication
This paper discusses the value of integrating the construct of personality into the study of intercultural communication. Heretofore, intercultural communication researchers have analyzed the communication process almost exclusively from the perspectives of the cultures represented by the communicators and have not given sufficient theoretical or empirical attention to the unique characteristics of the communicators as influencing the communicati…
Progressive relaxation, EMG biofeedback and biofeedback placebo in the treatment of sleep‐onset insomnia
This paper describes a study in which progressive relaxation, EMG frontalis biofeedback, and a biofeedback placebo manipulation were compared in the treatment of severe insomnia with 40 chronically sleep‐disturbed adult patients. Progressive relaxation and EMG biofeedback led to significant reductions in both reported sleep‐onset latency and depressive symptomatology. However, when compared individually with the biofeedback placebo group, neither…
Psychosocial Correlates of Alienation
The major purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between several measures of psychosocial adjustment and social alienation in a sample of Indochinese refugees residing in the United States. Based on interviews with 460 Indochinese heads of households, the results indicated that alienation was negatively related to socioeconomic status, English proficiency, the number of American acquaintances and friends, and refugees' self-p…
The Psychosocial Adjustment of the Southeast Asian Refugee
This article summarizes the clinical and research literature on the psychosocial adjustment of the Southeast Asian refugees in the United States and proposes the adoption of theoretical models that may be helpful in explaining individual differences in adjustment processes. Available evidence indicates that depression and stress-related symptoms are commonly found in refugees, whereas age, English proficiency, and socioeconomic indicators have be…
Emigration Stress and Langltage Proficiency as Correlates of Depression in a Sample of Southeast Asian Refugees
This research evaluated a stress management, coping skills model of adjustment in the analysis of depression in a sample of Laotian refugees living in the southeastern United States. Stressful events and experiences during emigration and a lack of English proficiency were associated with depressive symptoms, while demographic variables and social support were not. English proficiency also significantly reduced the impact of acculturative stressor…
Chronic Life Stress Alters Sympathetic, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Responsivity to an Acute Psychological Stressor in Humans
OBJECTIVE: Life stress is hypothesized to alter the dynamic regulation of the autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune systems. This study examined the effects of antecedent chronic life stress on psychological and physiological responsivity after acute challenge with a psychological stressor. METHOD: Using a within-subject mixed design, male volunteers with (N = 12) and without chronic life stress (N = 11) were administered a 12-minute laboratory s…
Social Support Measurement and Intervention
Professor of Psychology, and Director, Clinical PhD and Health Psychology Programs, and Associate Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, California School of Professional Psychology-San Diego 10455 Pomerado Road San Diego, CA 92131 Email: [email protected]
Acculturation and Health Beliefs of Mexican Americans Regarding Tuberculosis Prevention
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Acculturation (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)