Linda Larkey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4787818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Larkey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Larkey |
| SIGNATURE | LARKEY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7681-6813 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mind–body therapy for cardiometabolic risk in U.S. middle-aged Black adults
Background: In the U.S., Black adults do not achieve the same life expectancy as their White counterparts, and this is attributable in large part to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Mind-body therapy (MBT) interventions demonstrate improvements in cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors that promote CVD, with increased feasibility and acceptability in the general population. Less known is the feasibility, acceptability, and evidence of…
Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women
Weight gain and related adverse changes in body composition are prevalent among midlife and older women and contribute to chronic disease (e.g., type 2 diabetes, hypertension, depression). Tai Chi (TC) and Qigong (QG), forms of Meditative Movement, demonstrate improved physical/psychological symptoms and body composition. Using a standardized TC/QG protocol, we explored pre/post intervention differences in percent body fat and factors related to …
Startup and implementation costs of a colorectal cancer screening tailored navigation research study
Community-Engaged Use of Cultural Narratives to Create HIV Prevention Stories for African American Women
Authentic stories harvested and produced from and for a culture-specific population is a critical consideration for narrative health promotion
Metacommunication process during a 3-day digital storytelling workshop for patients recovering from hematopoietic cell transplantation
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze metacommunication during the digital storytelling (DST) workshop process for patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Methods: HCT survivors who had undergone transplant within the past 2 years were recruited at a cancer center in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. Participants ( M age = 51.5 years) attended a 3-day DST workshop telling and creating digital stories a…
Health-seeking behaviors and health information gathering in older Mexican American males
Evidence suggests that men's health disparities are linked to attitudes and beliefs toward health promotion and risk reduction, participation in high-risk behaviors, and limited health care access and use influenced by socioeconomic challenges. However, we know less about the specific factors related to health disparities in older Mexican American males. The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural. social, environmental, and gender fact…
Self-Reported Physical Activity Patterns Among Low-Income Latina Women in Arizona
GCC Women
Perimenopausal obesity is a particular problem in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This study examined the culturally specific views of perimenopausal GCC women, and the causes and processes of midlife weight gain using a qualitative descriptive design with semistructured interviewing and content analysis. Constructs derived from the health belief model and Kleiman's explanatory model were used to identify and sort themes into conceptual…
Interventions for Spousal Bereavement in the Older Adult
The loss of a spouse is a significant psychological and physical health issue for older adults, the fastest growing age group in the United States. A search was performed to review publications over the last 20 years examining the effect of interventions on grieving processes for older bereaved spouses. Nine publications met inclusion criteria and were critically reviewed. Study designs, populations, and outcomes measured varied widely. All inter…
A Model of Effects of Narrative as Culture-Centric Health Promotion
Health promotion interventions designed for specific cultural groups often are designed to address cultural values through culturally adapted messages. Recent trends in health promotion incorporate narrative theory, locating culture within the narratives of cultural members, and suggesting that narrative may provide a central, grounded medium for expressing and shaping health behavior. We suggest that culturally grounded narratives are a natural …
Toward an Organizational Perspective on Identifying and Managing Formal Gatekeepers
A comparative study of African American and European American ethnic identity
Conversational improvement strategies for interethnic communication
This paper reports a comparative study of the relationship between communication issues and conversational improvement strategies for African Americans and European Americans. Based on a model of interethnic communication developed in previous research (Hecht, Larkey, & Johnson, 1992; Hecht, Ribeau, & Alberts, 1989; Hecht, Ribeau, & Sedano, 1990), a sample of African Americans and European Americans were asked to describe conversations with indiv…
Love Ways and Relationship Quality in Heterosexual Relationships
This study reports the creation of the Love Ways Inventory and an investigation of the relationship between the subjective experience of romantic love and relationship quality. Based on the results of two previous studies, items were written to measure the various ways people experience love. Factor analyses resulted in five factors: intuitive love, secure love, traditional romantic love, committed love and companionate love. These `love ways' we…
What's in a Name
African Americans have experienced several shifts in the predominant terms used to describe their ethnic identity in the past several decades. A current taxonomy of African American labels and associated meanings for those labels was developed as a result of this study. The dominant terms, Black and African American, expressed different views of ethnic identity, with Black generally providing a sense of unity and acceptability and African America…
African American and European American Perceptions of Problematic Issues in Interethnic Communication Effectiveness
African American and European American perceptions of interethnic communication effectiveness were compared. Interethnic communication was conceptualized as a problematic event (perceptually organized into communication issues). Hypotheses proposed that ethnic identity would predict conversational issues which, in turn, would predict satisfaction. Nine issues salient to communication were derived from previous research: powerlessness, stereotypin…
Conversational improvement strategies for interethnic communication
This paper reports a comparative study of the relationship between communication issues and conversational improvement strategies for African Americans and European Americans. Based on a model of interethnic communication developed in previous research (Hecht, Larkey, & Johnson, 1992; Hecht, Ribeau, & Alberts, 1989; Hecht, Ribeau, & Sedano, 1990), a sample of African Americans and European Americans were asked to describe conversations with indiv…
Toward an Organizational Perspective on Identifying and Managing Formal Gatekeepers
African American and European American Perceptions of Problematic Issues in Interethnic Communication Effectiveness
African American and European American perceptions of interethnic communication effectiveness were compared. Interethnic communication was conceptualized as a problematic event (perceptually organized into communication issues). Hypotheses proposed that ethnic identity would predict conversational issues which, in turn, would predict satisfaction. Nine issues salient to communication were derived from previous research: powerlessness, stereotypin…
Love Ways and Relationship Quality in Heterosexual Relationships
This study reports the creation of the Love Ways Inventory and an investigation of the relationship between the subjective experience of romantic love and relationship quality. Based on the results of two previous studies, items were written to measure the various ways people experience love. Factor analyses resulted in five factors: intuitive love, secure love, traditional romantic love, committed love and companionate love. These `love ways' we…
What's in a Name
African Americans have experienced several shifts in the predominant terms used to describe their ethnic identity in the past several decades. A current taxonomy of African American labels and associated meanings for those labels was developed as a result of this study. The dominant terms, Black and African American, expressed different views of ethnic identity, with Black generally providing a sense of unity and acceptability and African America…
A comparative study of African American and European American ethnic identity
African American and European American Perceptions of Problematic Issues in Interethnic Communication Effectiveness
African American and European American perceptions of interethnic communication effectiveness were compared. Interethnic communication was conceptualized as a problematic event (perceptually organized into communication issues). Hypotheses proposed that ethnic identity would predict conversational issues which, in turn, would predict satisfaction. Nine issues salient to communication were derived from previous research: powerlessness, stereotypin…
What's in a Name
African Americans have experienced several shifts in the predominant terms used to describe their ethnic identity in the past several decades. A current taxonomy of African American labels and associated meanings for those labels was developed as a result of this study. The dominant terms, Black and African American, expressed different views of ethnic identity, with Black generally providing a sense of unity and acceptability and African America…
Conversational improvement strategies for interethnic communication
This paper reports a comparative study of the relationship between communication issues and conversational improvement strategies for African Americans and European Americans. Based on a model of interethnic communication developed in previous research (Hecht, Larkey, & Johnson, 1992; Hecht, Ribeau, & Alberts, 1989; Hecht, Ribeau, & Sedano, 1990), a sample of African Americans and European Americans were asked to describe conversations with indiv…
Love Ways and Relationship Quality in Heterosexual Relationships
This study reports the creation of the Love Ways Inventory and an investigation of the relationship between the subjective experience of romantic love and relationship quality. Based on the results of two previous studies, items were written to measure the various ways people experience love. Factor analyses resulted in five factors: intuitive love, secure love, traditional romantic love, committed love and companionate love. These `love ways' we…
A comparative study of African American and European American ethnic identity
Toward an Organizational Perspective on Identifying and Managing Formal Gatekeepers
A Model of Effects of Narrative as Culture-Centric Health Promotion
Health promotion interventions designed for specific cultural groups often are designed to address cultural values through culturally adapted messages. Recent trends in health promotion incorporate narrative theory, locating culture within the narratives of cultural members, and suggesting that narrative may provide a central, grounded medium for expressing and shaping health behavior. We suggest that culturally grounded narratives are a natural …
Interventions for Spousal Bereavement in the Older Adult
The loss of a spouse is a significant psychological and physical health issue for older adults, the fastest growing age group in the United States. A search was performed to review publications over the last 20 years examining the effect of interventions on grieving processes for older bereaved spouses. Nine publications met inclusion criteria and were critically reviewed. Study designs, populations, and outcomes measured varied widely. All inter…
Self-Reported Physical Activity Patterns Among Low-Income Latina Women in Arizona
GCC Women
Perimenopausal obesity is a particular problem in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This study examined the culturally specific views of perimenopausal GCC women, and the causes and processes of midlife weight gain using a qualitative descriptive design with semistructured interviewing and content analysis. Constructs derived from the health belief model and Kleiman's explanatory model were used to identify and sort themes into conceptual…
Health-seeking behaviors and health information gathering in older Mexican American males
Evidence suggests that men's health disparities are linked to attitudes and beliefs toward health promotion and risk reduction, participation in high-risk behaviors, and limited health care access and use influenced by socioeconomic challenges. However, we know less about the specific factors related to health disparities in older Mexican American males. The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural. social, environmental, and gender fact…
Community-Engaged Use of Cultural Narratives to Create HIV Prevention Stories for African American Women
Authentic stories harvested and produced from and for a culture-specific population is a critical consideration for narrative health promotion
Metacommunication process during a 3-day digital storytelling workshop for patients recovering from hematopoietic cell transplantation
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze metacommunication during the digital storytelling (DST) workshop process for patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Methods: HCT survivors who had undergone transplant within the past 2 years were recruited at a cancer center in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. Participants ( M age = 51.5 years) attended a 3-day DST workshop telling and creating digital stories a…
Startup and implementation costs of a colorectal cancer screening tailored navigation research study
Pilot study of tai chi and qigong on body composition, sleep, and emotional eating in midlife/older women
Weight gain and related adverse changes in body composition are prevalent among midlife and older women and contribute to chronic disease (e.g., type 2 diabetes, hypertension, depression). Tai Chi (TC) and Qigong (QG), forms of Meditative Movement, demonstrate improved physical/psychological symptoms and body composition. Using a standardized TC/QG protocol, we explored pre/post intervention differences in percent body fat and factors related to …
Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV
Mind–body therapy for cardiometabolic risk in U.S. middle-aged Black adults
Background: In the U.S., Black adults do not achieve the same life expectancy as their White counterparts, and this is attributable in large part to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Mind-body therapy (MBT) interventions demonstrate improvements in cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors that promote CVD, with increased feasibility and acceptability in the general population. Less known is the feasibility, acceptability, and evidence of…
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · African american (4 works)