Thomas M Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 1359155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas M Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas M |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | WOLF T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1740-4442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Community-Based Research Approach to Develop Chronic Wasting Disease Outreach with Tribal Communities
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal and contagious neurological disease of cervid populations across North America. Collaborative efforts between government agencies, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders are necessary to minimize CWD prevalence, spread, and impacts on animal and human health and well-being. However, critical information related to CWD epidemiology, management, and animal and human health risks was not effectively reac…
Let Nature Take Its Course
The establishment of a collaborative surveillance program with indigenous hunters to characterize primate health in Southern Guyana
The consumption of primates is integral to the traditional subsistence strategies of many Indigenous communities throughout Amazonia. Understanding the overall health of primates harvested for food in the region is critical to Indigenous food security and thus, these communities are highly invested in long‐term primate population health. Here, we describe the establishment of a surveillance comanagement program among the Waiwai, an Indigenous com…
Can Co-Grazing Waterfowl Reduce Brainworm Risk for Goats Browsing in Natural Areas
Great ape health watch
The Gombe Ecosystem Health Project
Infectious disease outbreaks pose a significant threat to the conservation of chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) and all threatened nonhuman primates. Characterizing and mitigating these threats to support the sustainability and welfare of wild populations is of the highest priority. In an attempt to understand and mitigate the risk of disease for the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania, we initiated a long‐term health‐monitoring program in…
Spider Monkey Cotton”
Exploring Risk for Echinococcosis Spillover in Northern Minnesota Tribal Communities
An Ethnographic Approach to Characterizing Potential Pathways of Zoonotic Disease Transmission from Wild Meat in Guyana
Syndromic Surveillance of Respiratory Disease in Free-Living Chimpanzees
Socioecological correlates of clinical signs in two communities of wild chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Disease and other health hazards pose serious threats to the persistence of wild ape populations. The total chimpanzee population at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, has declined from an estimated 120 to 150 individuals in the 1960's to around 100 individuals by the end of 2013, with death associated with observable signs of disease as the leading cause of mortality. In 2004, we began a non-invasive health-monitoring program in the two habituated c…
Integrating Ethnography and Hunting Sustainability Modeling for Primate Conservation in an Indigenous Reserve in Guyana
Summarizing US Wildlife Trade with an Eye Toward Assessing the Risk of Infectious Disease Introduction
The aim of this study was to characterize the role of the USA in the global exchange of wildlife and describe high volume trade with an eye toward prioritizing health risk assessment questions for further analysis. Here we summarize nearly 14 years (2000–2013) of the most comprehensive data available (USFWS LEMIS system), involving 11 billion individual specimens and an additional 977 million kilograms of wildlife. The majority of shipments conta…
Noninvasive Tuberculosis Screening in Free-Living Primate Populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania
The risk of tuberculosis transmission to free‐ranging great apes
Target Cities as an Effective Solution to the Special Problems of Treatment and Recovery in the City of Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulle
A Four-year Study of Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, Social Support, and Perceived Mistreatment in Medical Students
The goal of this study was to examine anxiety, depression, loneliness, social support, and perceived mistreatment at 4 time points over the course of the 4 years of undergraduate medical education, beginning in 1991. Representative samples of medical students completed a battery of questionnaires at freshman orientation (111 of 189 students = 59 percent), end of the first year (114 of 182 students = 63 percent), end of the second year (96 of 189 …
The process of coping with a gross anatomy exam during the first year of medical school
A total of 42 freshman medical students were evaluated before a major exam, after the exam and before grades were announced and after grades were announced. They completed measures relating to mood, emotions, coping, social support and stakes. Significant time and academic performance differences were found in many domains
Needs Assessment for a Health-Promotion Program in a Medical Center
232 students surveyed responded more favorably to health-promotion components involving the “body” than those that concern the “mind.”
Relationship of Hassles, Uplifts, and Life Events to Psychological Weil-Being of Freshman Medical Students
Hassles, uplifts, and life events were related to psychological well-being with a representative sample of 55 (of 179) freshman medical students. Students were sent measures of hassles, uplifts, and affect-moods measures for 9 consecutive months and a measure of life stress at the beginning and middle of the school year. The hassles measure was found to be a better predictor of concurrent and subsequent negative mood than was the life stress meas…
Hassles and Uplifts during the Freshman Year of Medical School
New Hassles and Uplifts Scales were administered monthly for 9 mo. to a representative sample of 55 (of 180) freshman medical students. Hassles most frequently reported related to academic-social concerns and uplifts to hedonic concerns. No significant sex differences were found
Lifestyle Characteristics during Medical School
A comprehensive questionnaire on lifestyle was completed by 58 of 184 freshmen, 104 of 181 sophomores, 108 of 183 juniors, and 40 of 183 seniors about midway through the fall semester. Generally, seniors exercised most frequently, slept more hours per night, consumed fewer drinks containing caffeine, wore seat belts a higher percentage of the time, and had a greater number of friends they felt close to than did other students. The level of stress…
Factor Analytic Study of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale'
A factor analysis of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was conducted with a biracial sample of children over a wide age range. The Scale was analyzed for 368 10 to 17 year old students in a rural community. Three factors had sufficient item loadings to be interpretable. They were related to Personal Control and Helplessness, Achievement and Friendship, and Luck. These three factors corresponded to the three dimensions ident…
Assessment of Relationship among Measures of Social Competence and Cognition in Educable Mentally Retarded-Emotionally Disturbed Students
The social competence and cognition of 26 black and one white mentally retarded-emotionally disturbed special education students from lower socioeconomic families were assessed. Deviant behavior, as measured by teachers, was negatively related to self-concept. Self-concept related positively to reading and arithmetic. Sociometric ratings by teachers, aides, and students relating to school work, behavior, and popularity were positively interrelate…
Measures of Deviant Behavior, Activity Level, and Self-Concept for Educable Mentally Retarded-Emotionally Disturbed Students
Measures of deviant behavior, activity level, and self-concept were obtained from a sample of 39 mentally retarded-emotionally disturbed special education students. They were predominantly black and came from lower socioeconomic families. Means and standard deviations as well as intercorrelations for the three measures are reported. Measures of test-retest (about six months) and interrater (teacher-aide) reliability are also reported. Compared to…
Effects of live modeled sex-inappropriate play behavior in a naturalistic setting
Integrating Ethnography and Hunting Sustainability Modeling for Primate Conservation in an Indigenous Reserve in Guyana
Effects of televised modeled verbalizations and behavior on resistance to deviation
A developmental investigation of televised modeled verbalizations on resistance to deviation
A Four-year Study of Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, Social Support, and Perceived Mistreatment in Medical Students
The goal of this study was to examine anxiety, depression, loneliness, social support, and perceived mistreatment at 4 time points over the course of the 4 years of undergraduate medical education, beginning in 1991. Representative samples of medical students completed a battery of questionnaires at freshman orientation (111 of 189 students = 59 percent), end of the first year (114 of 182 students = 63 percent), end of the second year (96 of 189 …
Self-Concept, Locus of Control, Goal Blockage, and Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children and Adolescents
Four measures that are hypothesized to be correlates of cardiovascular risk factor variables were tested in children and adolescents. A psychosocial questionnaire, including Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and three additional measures (self-concept, locus of control, and goal blockage), was administered to 384 ten- to 17-year-old students in a biracial public school. White scored higher than did blacks on Type A behavior, and Type A behav…
Spider Monkey Cotton”
A developmental investigation of televised modeled verbalizations on resistance to deviation
Effects of live modeled sex-inappropriate play behavior in a naturalistic setting
Effects of televised modeled verbalizations and behavior on resistance to deviation
Influence of Age and Sex of Model on Sex-Inappropriate Play
Boys and girls were exposed to a same- or opposite-sex live older or younger model who made verbal statements about the appropriateness of selecting a sex-inappropriate toy for the children. 55 boys and 55 girls with a mean age of 6.1 yr. were randomly assigned to one of five conditions. A 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design, with sex of S (male or female), sex of model (male or female), and status of model (older or younger) was used. In addition, boys a…
Modification of Self-Disclosing Behaviors Through Modeling and Vicarious Reinforcement
Modeling techniques were used to model moderate disclosure to high and low disclosers. Eighty female undergraduates (40 low disclosers and 40 high disclosers) listened to a model select items that were rated as moderate disclosures for discussion. Two modeling conditions were employed; in one condition the model was reinforced by the E (vicarious reinforcement), in the second condition the model was not reinforced. Two control conditions, one wit…
Measures of Deviant Behavior, Activity Level, and Self-Concept for Educable Mentally Retarded-Emotionally Disturbed Students
Measures of deviant behavior, activity level, and self-concept were obtained from a sample of 39 mentally retarded-emotionally disturbed special education students. They were predominantly black and came from lower socioeconomic families. Means and standard deviations as well as intercorrelations for the three measures are reported. Measures of test-retest (about six months) and interrater (teacher-aide) reliability are also reported. Compared to…
Self-Concept, Locus of Control, Goal Blockage, and Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children and Adolescents
Four measures that are hypothesized to be correlates of cardiovascular risk factor variables were tested in children and adolescents. A psychosocial questionnaire, including Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and three additional measures (self-concept, locus of control, and goal blockage), was administered to 384 ten- to 17-year-old students in a biracial public school. White scored higher than did blacks on Type A behavior, and Type A behav…
Factor Analytic Study of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale'
A factor analysis of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was conducted with a biracial sample of children over a wide age range. The Scale was analyzed for 368 10 to 17 year old students in a rural community. Three factors had sufficient item loadings to be interpretable. They were related to Personal Control and Helplessness, Achievement and Friendship, and Luck. These three factors corresponded to the three dimensions ident…
Assessment of Relationship among Measures of Social Competence and Cognition in Educable Mentally Retarded-Emotionally Disturbed Students
The social competence and cognition of 26 black and one white mentally retarded-emotionally disturbed special education students from lower socioeconomic families were assessed. Deviant behavior, as measured by teachers, was negatively related to self-concept. Self-concept related positively to reading and arithmetic. Sociometric ratings by teachers, aides, and students relating to school work, behavior, and popularity were positively interrelate…
Lifestyle Characteristics during Medical School
A comprehensive questionnaire on lifestyle was completed by 58 of 184 freshmen, 104 of 181 sophomores, 108 of 183 juniors, and 40 of 183 seniors about midway through the fall semester. Generally, seniors exercised most frequently, slept more hours per night, consumed fewer drinks containing caffeine, wore seat belts a higher percentage of the time, and had a greater number of friends they felt close to than did other students. The level of stress…
Hassles and Uplifts during the Freshman Year of Medical School
New Hassles and Uplifts Scales were administered monthly for 9 mo. to a representative sample of 55 (of 180) freshman medical students. Hassles most frequently reported related to academic-social concerns and uplifts to hedonic concerns. No significant sex differences were found
Relationship of Hassles, Uplifts, and Life Events to Psychological Weil-Being of Freshman Medical Students
Hassles, uplifts, and life events were related to psychological well-being with a representative sample of 55 (of 179) freshman medical students. Students were sent measures of hassles, uplifts, and affect-moods measures for 9 consecutive months and a measure of life stress at the beginning and middle of the school year. The hassles measure was found to be a better predictor of concurrent and subsequent negative mood than was the life stress meas…
Needs Assessment for a Health-Promotion Program in a Medical Center
232 students surveyed responded more favorably to health-promotion components involving the “body” than those that concern the “mind.”
The process of coping with a gross anatomy exam during the first year of medical school
A total of 42 freshman medical students were evaluated before a major exam, after the exam and before grades were announced and after grades were announced. They completed measures relating to mood, emotions, coping, social support and stakes. Significant time and academic performance differences were found in many domains
A Four-year Study of Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, Social Support, and Perceived Mistreatment in Medical Students
The goal of this study was to examine anxiety, depression, loneliness, social support, and perceived mistreatment at 4 time points over the course of the 4 years of undergraduate medical education, beginning in 1991. Representative samples of medical students completed a battery of questionnaires at freshman orientation (111 of 189 students = 59 percent), end of the first year (114 of 182 students = 63 percent), end of the second year (96 of 189 …
Target Cities as an Effective Solution to the Special Problems of Treatment and Recovery in the City of Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulle
The risk of tuberculosis transmission to free‐ranging great apes
Noninvasive Tuberculosis Screening in Free-Living Primate Populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Summarizing US Wildlife Trade with an Eye Toward Assessing the Risk of Infectious Disease Introduction
The aim of this study was to characterize the role of the USA in the global exchange of wildlife and describe high volume trade with an eye toward prioritizing health risk assessment questions for further analysis. Here we summarize nearly 14 years (2000–2013) of the most comprehensive data available (USFWS LEMIS system), involving 11 billion individual specimens and an additional 977 million kilograms of wildlife. The majority of shipments conta…
Socioecological correlates of clinical signs in two communities of wild chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Disease and other health hazards pose serious threats to the persistence of wild ape populations. The total chimpanzee population at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, has declined from an estimated 120 to 150 individuals in the 1960's to around 100 individuals by the end of 2013, with death associated with observable signs of disease as the leading cause of mortality. In 2004, we began a non-invasive health-monitoring program in the two habituated c…
Integrating Ethnography and Hunting Sustainability Modeling for Primate Conservation in an Indigenous Reserve in Guyana
Syndromic Surveillance of Respiratory Disease in Free-Living Chimpanzees
An Ethnographic Approach to Characterizing Potential Pathways of Zoonotic Disease Transmission from Wild Meat in Guyana
Exploring Risk for Echinococcosis Spillover in Northern Minnesota Tribal Communities
Can Co-Grazing Waterfowl Reduce Brainworm Risk for Goats Browsing in Natural Areas
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