Joe Tomaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4087743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joe Tomaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joe |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomaka |
| SIGNATURE | TOMAKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 224 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Psychosocial Factors Predict Mask-Wearing
Determinants of mask-wearing during a pandemic range from the personal to the political. Using a repeated measures design, we examined psychosocial predictors of self-reported mask-wearing 3 times during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed surveys at baseline (summer 2020), 3 months (fall 2020), and 6 months (winter 2020-2021). The survey assessed the frequency of mask-wearing and psychosocial predictors from various …
Transportation Matters
This Health Impact Assessment (HIA) informed the decision of expanding public transportation services to rural, low income communities of southern Doña Ana County, New Mexico on the U.S./Mexico border. The HIA focused on impacts of access to health care services, education, and economic development opportunities. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from surveys of community members, key informant interviews, a focus group with commun…
Gender Differences in Physical Activity and Related Beliefs Among Hispanic College Students
This study investigated gender differences in physical activity (PA) and social-cognitive theory (SCT) variables among Hispanics. Students ( N = 298) completed measures assessing levels of PA and variables derived from SCT. Men reported greater PA than women. Men also reported having greater self-efficacy for PA, greater perceived ability to set Goals and make Plans for PA, and greater Expectancies that PA would produce psychological effects (e.g…
Correlates of Condom Use Among Somali and Ethiopian Immigrants in the U.S
Weight Goals, Perceptions, and Practices Among Hispanic and Anglo College Females
This study explored the weight management practices, rates overweight and obesity, perceptions of body weight, and weight management goals in a large sample ( N = 467) of Hispanic ( n = 421) and Anglo ( n = 46) female college students on the U.S.-Mexico border. Women self-reported their height and weight, weight perceptions, and weight management goals and practices. About one third of the sample was overweight and many reported using weight mana…
Risk and Protective Factors Among High School Students on the US/Mexico Border
The Relation of Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Social Support to Disease Outcomes Among the Elderly
The results demonstrate the importance of social variables for predicting disease outcomes in the elderly and across ethnic groups
Development of the Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scales (Ipvas) With a Predominantly Mexican American College Sample
Although instruments that estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) are available, few include potential predictors of violent behaviors such as beliefs and attitudes. The main purpose of this study was to develop a measure of attitudes toward various forms of IPV. The secondary purpose was to examine Mexican American and non-Hispanic White college students’ attitudes toward IPV. Data from a sample of 333 predominantly Mexican Am…
Associations among the Big Five, emotional responses, and coping with acute stress
The Association of Coping to Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes
Patterns of emotion-specific appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during an ongoing emotional episode
The authors examined emotion-specific patterns of appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during real ongoing emotional episodes. In this study, 109 participants performed a neutral opinion-expression task, where a confederate elicited anger, shame, or pride using verbal and nonverbal behavior. The authors assessed cognitive appraisals, emotional reactions, coping, outcomes (state self-esteem and outcome satisfaction), and cardiovascular…
Assertiveness predicts threat and challenge reactions to potential stress among women
In this study assertiveness as a moderator of stress reactions among women was examined. Specifically, the experimenters examined how high and low assertive women cognitively appraised, affectively and physiologically responded to, and behaviorally coped with the stress of giving an impromptu speech. High assertive women appraised the speech stressor as challenging, whereas low assertive women appraised the stressor as threatening. High assertive…
Cognitive and physiological antecedents of threat and challenge appraisal
Cognitive appraisal theories of stress and emotion propose that cognitive appraisals precede physiological responses, whereas peripheralist theories propose that physiological arousal precedes cognitive processes. Three studies examined this issue regarding threat and challenge responses to potential stress. Study 1 supported cognitive appraisal theory by demonstrating that threat and challenge cognitive appraisals and physiological responses cou…
The Biopsychosocial Model of Arousal Regulation
Effects of justice beliefs on cognitive appraisal of and subjective physiological, and behavioral responses to potential stress
This study investigated the moderating role of just world beliefs on stress and coping processes. Ss high and low in belief in a just world were asked to perform a potentially stressful laboratory task, which was repeated once. Cognitive appraisals and subjective, autonomic, and behavioral responses were recorded for each of the two tasks. The results supported a stress-moderating effect for just world beliefs. Individuals high in just world beli…
Attitude accessibility as a moderator of autonomic reactivity during decision making
Attitude functionality was assessed in 2 experiments examining attitude accessibility as a moderator of physiological responses during decision making. In Study 1, experimental Ss but not controls rehearsed attitudes toward novel objects (abstract paintings). Subsequently, all Ss made rapid preference judgments for pairs of the paintings. In Study 2, attitudes were rehearsed by all Ss toward 1 of 2 mutually exclusive sets of abstract paintings. D…
Subjective, physiological, and behavioral effects of threat and challenge appraisal
The applicability of R. S. Lazarus and S. Folkman's (1984) cognitive appraisal model of stress was examined in 3 laboratory experiments involving the repeated performance of active (Studies 1, 2, and J) and passive (Study J) coping stress tasks (P. A. Obrist, 1981). Threat appraisals of upcoming coping tasks were positively related to Ss' self-reported task stress. Cardiac reactivity during active coping stressors was related positively to challe…
Affect intensity and cardiac arousal
Relationships between affect intensity and basal, evoked, and perceived cardiac arousal were investigated in 3 experiments. Affect intensity was assessed using Larsen and Diener's (1987) Affect Intensity Measure (AIM). Cardiac arousal was evoked with exercise in the 1st study and with mental arithmetic in the 2nd and 3rd. Perceived cardiac arousal was measured under optimal conditions using a standard heartbeat discrimination procedure. Women as …
Presence of human friends and pet dogs as moderators of autonomic responses to stress in women
Presence of human friends and pet dogs as moderators of autonomic responses to stress in women
The Relation of Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Social Support to Disease Outcomes Among the Elderly
The results demonstrate the importance of social variables for predicting disease outcomes in the elderly and across ethnic groups
Cognitive and physiological antecedents of threat and challenge appraisal
Cognitive appraisal theories of stress and emotion propose that cognitive appraisals precede physiological responses, whereas peripheralist theories propose that physiological arousal precedes cognitive processes. Three studies examined this issue regarding threat and challenge responses to potential stress. Study 1 supported cognitive appraisal theory by demonstrating that threat and challenge cognitive appraisals and physiological responses cou…
Subjective, physiological, and behavioral effects of threat and challenge appraisal
The applicability of R. S. Lazarus and S. Folkman's (1984) cognitive appraisal model of stress was examined in 3 laboratory experiments involving the repeated performance of active (Studies 1, 2, and J) and passive (Study J) coping stress tasks (P. A. Obrist, 1981). Threat appraisals of upcoming coping tasks were positively related to Ss' self-reported task stress. Cardiac reactivity during active coping stressors was related positively to challe…
Effects of justice beliefs on cognitive appraisal of and subjective physiological, and behavioral responses to potential stress
This study investigated the moderating role of just world beliefs on stress and coping processes. Ss high and low in belief in a just world were asked to perform a potentially stressful laboratory task, which was repeated once. Cognitive appraisals and subjective, autonomic, and behavioral responses were recorded for each of the two tasks. The results supported a stress-moderating effect for just world beliefs. Individuals high in just world beli…
Patterns of emotion-specific appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during an ongoing emotional episode
The authors examined emotion-specific patterns of appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during real ongoing emotional episodes. In this study, 109 participants performed a neutral opinion-expression task, where a confederate elicited anger, shame, or pride using verbal and nonverbal behavior. The authors assessed cognitive appraisals, emotional reactions, coping, outcomes (state self-esteem and outcome satisfaction), and cardiovascular…
Development of the Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scales (Ipvas) With a Predominantly Mexican American College Sample
Although instruments that estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) are available, few include potential predictors of violent behaviors such as beliefs and attitudes. The main purpose of this study was to develop a measure of attitudes toward various forms of IPV. The secondary purpose was to examine Mexican American and non-Hispanic White college students’ attitudes toward IPV. Data from a sample of 333 predominantly Mexican Am…
Attitude accessibility as a moderator of autonomic reactivity during decision making
Attitude functionality was assessed in 2 experiments examining attitude accessibility as a moderator of physiological responses during decision making. In Study 1, experimental Ss but not controls rehearsed attitudes toward novel objects (abstract paintings). Subsequently, all Ss made rapid preference judgments for pairs of the paintings. In Study 2, attitudes were rehearsed by all Ss toward 1 of 2 mutually exclusive sets of abstract paintings. D…
Assertiveness predicts threat and challenge reactions to potential stress among women
In this study assertiveness as a moderator of stress reactions among women was examined. Specifically, the experimenters examined how high and low assertive women cognitively appraised, affectively and physiologically responded to, and behaviorally coped with the stress of giving an impromptu speech. High assertive women appraised the speech stressor as challenging, whereas low assertive women appraised the stressor as threatening. High assertive…
Affect intensity and cardiac arousal
Relationships between affect intensity and basal, evoked, and perceived cardiac arousal were investigated in 3 experiments. Affect intensity was assessed using Larsen and Diener's (1987) Affect Intensity Measure (AIM). Cardiac arousal was evoked with exercise in the 1st study and with mental arithmetic in the 2nd and 3rd. Perceived cardiac arousal was measured under optimal conditions using a standard heartbeat discrimination procedure. Women as …
Weight Goals, Perceptions, and Practices Among Hispanic and Anglo College Females
This study explored the weight management practices, rates overweight and obesity, perceptions of body weight, and weight management goals in a large sample ( N = 467) of Hispanic ( n = 421) and Anglo ( n = 46) female college students on the U.S.-Mexico border. Women self-reported their height and weight, weight perceptions, and weight management goals and practices. About one third of the sample was overweight and many reported using weight mana…
Presence of human friends and pet dogs as moderators of autonomic responses to stress in women
Affect intensity and cardiac arousal
Relationships between affect intensity and basal, evoked, and perceived cardiac arousal were investigated in 3 experiments. Affect intensity was assessed using Larsen and Diener's (1987) Affect Intensity Measure (AIM). Cardiac arousal was evoked with exercise in the 1st study and with mental arithmetic in the 2nd and 3rd. Perceived cardiac arousal was measured under optimal conditions using a standard heartbeat discrimination procedure. Women as …
Attitude accessibility as a moderator of autonomic reactivity during decision making
Attitude functionality was assessed in 2 experiments examining attitude accessibility as a moderator of physiological responses during decision making. In Study 1, experimental Ss but not controls rehearsed attitudes toward novel objects (abstract paintings). Subsequently, all Ss made rapid preference judgments for pairs of the paintings. In Study 2, attitudes were rehearsed by all Ss toward 1 of 2 mutually exclusive sets of abstract paintings. D…
Subjective, physiological, and behavioral effects of threat and challenge appraisal
The applicability of R. S. Lazarus and S. Folkman's (1984) cognitive appraisal model of stress was examined in 3 laboratory experiments involving the repeated performance of active (Studies 1, 2, and J) and passive (Study J) coping stress tasks (P. A. Obrist, 1981). Threat appraisals of upcoming coping tasks were positively related to Ss' self-reported task stress. Cardiac reactivity during active coping stressors was related positively to challe…
Effects of justice beliefs on cognitive appraisal of and subjective physiological, and behavioral responses to potential stress
This study investigated the moderating role of just world beliefs on stress and coping processes. Ss high and low in belief in a just world were asked to perform a potentially stressful laboratory task, which was repeated once. Cognitive appraisals and subjective, autonomic, and behavioral responses were recorded for each of the two tasks. The results supported a stress-moderating effect for just world beliefs. Individuals high in just world beli…
The Biopsychosocial Model of Arousal Regulation
Cognitive and physiological antecedents of threat and challenge appraisal
Cognitive appraisal theories of stress and emotion propose that cognitive appraisals precede physiological responses, whereas peripheralist theories propose that physiological arousal precedes cognitive processes. Three studies examined this issue regarding threat and challenge responses to potential stress. Study 1 supported cognitive appraisal theory by demonstrating that threat and challenge cognitive appraisals and physiological responses cou…
Assertiveness predicts threat and challenge reactions to potential stress among women
In this study assertiveness as a moderator of stress reactions among women was examined. Specifically, the experimenters examined how high and low assertive women cognitively appraised, affectively and physiologically responded to, and behaviorally coped with the stress of giving an impromptu speech. High assertive women appraised the speech stressor as challenging, whereas low assertive women appraised the stressor as threatening. High assertive…
Associations among the Big Five, emotional responses, and coping with acute stress
The Association of Coping to Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes
Patterns of emotion-specific appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during an ongoing emotional episode
The authors examined emotion-specific patterns of appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during real ongoing emotional episodes. In this study, 109 participants performed a neutral opinion-expression task, where a confederate elicited anger, shame, or pride using verbal and nonverbal behavior. The authors assessed cognitive appraisals, emotional reactions, coping, outcomes (state self-esteem and outcome satisfaction), and cardiovascular…
Development of the Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scales (Ipvas) With a Predominantly Mexican American College Sample
Although instruments that estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) are available, few include potential predictors of violent behaviors such as beliefs and attitudes. The main purpose of this study was to develop a measure of attitudes toward various forms of IPV. The secondary purpose was to examine Mexican American and non-Hispanic White college students’ attitudes toward IPV. Data from a sample of 333 predominantly Mexican Am…
Risk and Protective Factors Among High School Students on the US/Mexico Border
The Relation of Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Social Support to Disease Outcomes Among the Elderly
The results demonstrate the importance of social variables for predicting disease outcomes in the elderly and across ethnic groups
Weight Goals, Perceptions, and Practices Among Hispanic and Anglo College Females
This study explored the weight management practices, rates overweight and obesity, perceptions of body weight, and weight management goals in a large sample ( N = 467) of Hispanic ( n = 421) and Anglo ( n = 46) female college students on the U.S.-Mexico border. Women self-reported their height and weight, weight perceptions, and weight management goals and practices. About one third of the sample was overweight and many reported using weight mana…
Correlates of Condom Use Among Somali and Ethiopian Immigrants in the U.S
Gender Differences in Physical Activity and Related Beliefs Among Hispanic College Students
This study investigated gender differences in physical activity (PA) and social-cognitive theory (SCT) variables among Hispanics. Students ( N = 298) completed measures assessing levels of PA and variables derived from SCT. Men reported greater PA than women. Men also reported having greater self-efficacy for PA, greater perceived ability to set Goals and make Plans for PA, and greater Expectancies that PA would produce psychological effects (e.g…
Transportation Matters
This Health Impact Assessment (HIA) informed the decision of expanding public transportation services to rural, low income communities of southern Doña Ana County, New Mexico on the U.S./Mexico border. The HIA focused on impacts of access to health care services, education, and economic development opportunities. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from surveys of community members, key informant interviews, a focus group with commun…
Psychosocial Factors Predict Mask-Wearing
Determinants of mask-wearing during a pandemic range from the personal to the political. Using a repeated measures design, we examined psychosocial predictors of self-reported mask-wearing 3 times during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed surveys at baseline (summer 2020), 3 months (fall 2020), and 6 months (winter 2020-2021). The survey assessed the frequency of mask-wearing and psychosocial predictors from various …
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works)