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The association of caregiver stress and violence exposure to attachment organization and schema development during middle childhood: An urban perspective
(2003-05)This study investigated caregiver (N = 48) stress and exposure to violence in relation to children's (ages 8 to 12 years, N = 50) attachment representations and views of self, world, and future. Life stress was measured ... -
The Behavioral immune system and attitudes toward COVID-19
(2020-12-15)The Behavioral Immune System acts as the first line of defense against harmful pathogens. One of the primary functions of this system is the emotion of disgust. It compels individuals to adopt socially conservative attitudes ... -
Farmer’s progress: The trial-and-error path to a sustainable agricultural future
(2020-09-08)Alongside the growth in popularity of sustainable movements, the number of small farms continues to increase throughout the United States. Despite many obstacles, people from various backgrounds have transitioned to become ... -
Independent educational evaluations: What non-school based licensed psychologists have learned
(2020-11-02)The purpose of this study was to examine the essential experiences that licensed psychologists (LPs) had when conducting Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs). Three LPs participated in in-depth one on one semi-structured ... -
Dealing with missing data in the work environment at King Khalid University
(2020-09-08)This study is about missing data mechanisms developed by Rubin (1976), including missing data completely at random, missing data at random, and missing data not at random. This study utilizes a scenario at King Khaled ... -
Dealing with missing data in the work environment at King Khalid University
(2020-09-08)This study is about missing data mechanisms developed by Rubin (1976), including missing data completely at random, missing data at random, and missing data not at random. This study utilizes a scenario at King Khaled ... -
A content analysis of battering interventions: Development of a unified framework for treating relationally violent men
(2020-12-07)Men’s violence against women in the form of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been an ongoing concern worldwide. While awareness of IPV and interventions for survivors of IPV have grown over the last several decades, ... -
An exploratory factor analysis of the Woodcock-Johnson IV tests of cognitive abilities and tests of oral language for the 9- to 13- year old age range
(2020-11-24)Scientific understanding of the nature of intelligence has steadily evolved over the years; however, the past century has seen an explosion of research aimed at understanding the construction of intelligence, the relationships ... -
Attitudes among psychologists working with Borderline Personality Disorder
(2020-08-11)The purpose of the study is to provide a baseline for the attitudes of psychologists responding to patients identified as meeting criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). A review of the literature has indicated ... -
Mexican Americans' attitudes toward Mexican immigrants
(2020-09-08)This study aimed to determine the relationship between acculturation, ethnic and national identity, political ideology and partisanship, prejudice, and disgust within Mexican-Americans. Previous studies indicated that ... -
Handle With Care: A Pedagogical Theory of Touch in Teaching Dance Technique Based on Four Case Studies
(2002-12)The purpose of this study was to investigate how human touch may be used within a modern dance technique class to facilitate effective teaching and learning. This inquiry was based on two initial assumptions: (a) touch ... -
Dancing dolls and extended bodies: A posthuman exploration of lively objects in twentieth and twenty-first century ballets
(2020-04-27)This dissertation investigates the on-going theme of dolls and doll-like characters in Western ballets starting in nineteenth century France. It specifically analyzes French choreographer Maguy Marin’s Cendrillon (1985), ... -
Sexual orientation, heterosexism, and mutuality in friendship relationships between lesbian and heterosexual women
(2020-08-13)Women are socialized to base their self-worth on their ability to have meaningful relationships (Miller, 1986a; Miller & Stiver, 1997). However, in a patriarchal culture, they rarely find in their interactions with men the ... -
Biracial identity development: A study of colorism and racial invalidation
(2020-08-17)I examine the impact familial and social dynamics play in bi/multiracial (my term for non-monoracial people) women’s sense of their own racial identity. I argue for the need to reevaluate our understanding of colorism when ... -
Synthesis of doxorubicin-ablumin conjugates via cobalt coordination chemistry: The effect of reaction conditions on overall protein stability
(2020-07-23)Polymer-drug conjugates have become a common tool in therapeutics to reduce the chances of pharmacotoxicity, often seen in patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to enhance targeted drug delivery. The demand for more novel ... -
Affect and achievement: creating an optimal learning experience in mathematics
(2020-07-14)This paper is an analysis of cross-curricular studies about motivation, affect, and engagement in a classroom setting. We further determine appropriate tools for measuring student engagement and affect. Student self-efficacy ... -
Social, behavioral, and academic ramifications of video game playing in college
(2020-07-01)The purpose of this research project is to determine whether video game usage influences the psychological wellbeing of college students. Additionally, this project seeks to understand general technology usage habits among ... -
The social lives of Dementia caregivers
(2020-07-08)In the coming decades, there may not be enough professional caregivers to meet the needs of elderly and disabled persons; family and friends will take on more informal care roles than in the past, with great social impact, ... -
Casting our problems into space: Exploring the intersection of science fiction and possible worlds theory
(2020-07-06)Science fiction is a genre which is centered around the exploration of new or complex ideas within the unique testing landscape of the worlds imagined in these novels. Possible worlds theory is a subset of narrative theory ... -
Are you America? Pretty bias, totally infamous
(2020-06-23)This web based projected seeks to explore the way Sacha Baron Cohen's Show "Who is America?" disrupts our traditional understanding of performative and rhetorical practices.Through his encounters with his guests, Baron ...