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The Downfall Of Daniel Fitzpatrick: A Creative Short Story, Renee Horsley
The Downfall Of Daniel Fitzpatrick: A Creative Short Story, Renee Horsley
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Daniel grew up with humble beginnings in Starlight, Nebraska. His loving parents provided him and his four other siblings with as much as they could. Victoria grew up wealthy in a small town in Georgia but by fifth grade, Victoria would move to Starlight due to her father’s business proposition. Soon Daniel and Victoria’s worlds collided setting the way for the most epic and yet tragic love story to ever hit Starlight Nebraska. A creative short story that intertwines the disciplines of criminal justice, intergroup dialogue, psychology, and the law.
The Study Of A Generalized Fitness Education Program's Effect On Personality Traits, Garrett Schliep
The Study Of A Generalized Fitness Education Program's Effect On Personality Traits, Garrett Schliep
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This longitudinal study was to measure the influence of a generalized fitness education program on the percentile of individuals’ personality traits in college aged individuals. The personality traits are those determined in the Five Factor Model of Personality. The Five Factor Model of Personality is a beneficial tool used in exercise psychology that refers to a broad domain of personality traits often referred to as the “Big Five”. The findings reject the hypothesis that a fitness education program would shift an individual’s personality a statistically significant amount.
Behavior Outcomes Of Kindergarten Through Third-Grade Students Following An Exclusionary Consequence Or An In-School Alternative Consequence For Violent Or Aggressive Behavior At School, Amy E. Williams
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The purpose of this study was to compare the behavior outcomes of kindergarten (n = 20), first-grade (n = 20), second-grade (n = 20), and third-grade (n = 20) students in a large urban Midwestern school district returning to school after receiving out-of-school suspensions for violent and/or aggressive behaviors with the behavior outcomes of same school district kindergarten (n = 20), first-grade (n = 20), second-grade (n = 20), and third-grade (n = 20) students receiving non-exclusionary, in-school disciplinary alternatives for matched levels of violent and/or aggressive behaviors. The results of this study support the notion that school administrators and …
Effects Of Embedded And Direct Language Strategies On Prekindergarten Students' Cognitive And Social Emotional Development, Matthew L. Dominy
Effects Of Embedded And Direct Language Strategies On Prekindergarten Students' Cognitive And Social Emotional Development, Matthew L. Dominy
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The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of a standard of care embedded language strategies program utilized in combination with direct language strategy instruction on the measured expressive language, cognitive development, social emotional development, and language development of prekindergarten students attending three neighborhood Title I schools.
The Effect Of Varying Levels Of Reading Delimitations On The Ability Of Students With Disruptive Behavior Disorders Admitted To A Residential Treatment Center To Demonstrate Language-Based Pro-Social Behavior Replacement Skills, Tanya D. Wright.
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Group 1 students (n = 18) with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and co-occurring reading delimitations with measured reading comprehension scores greater than one standard deviation below the mean, pretest beginning compared to posttest ending 12-week behavioral treatment Core Behavior Occurrence measures were all observed in the direction of lower posttest mean scores and student core behavior improvement with eight of the 11 Core Behavior Occurrence measures (73%) found to be significantly different. Group 2 students ( n = 22) with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and co-occurring reading delimitations with measured reading comprehension scores equal to but not more than one standard deviation …
Breaking The Criminogenic Code: A Frame Analysis Of Neo-Nazi And Violent Jihadi Propaganda, William Travis Morris
Breaking The Criminogenic Code: A Frame Analysis Of Neo-Nazi And Violent Jihadi Propaganda, William Travis Morris
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This dissertation focuses on neo-Nazi and violent jihadi propaganda and its role in defining social boundaries. Frame analysis was used to gain a deeper understanding of how neo-Nazis and violent jihadis construct propaganda to neutralize objections and promote drift. Specifically, diagnostic and prognostic frames were analyzed for 10 "effective" propagandists and two "ineffective" propagandists in a comparative framework. This research uses a social psychological perspective, paying particular attention to the emotion of shame and advances the "violence as communication" model into "terrorism as criminogenic propaganda." Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyze how neo-Nazi and violent jihadi propagandists incorporate …
The Tipping Point To Terrorism: Involvement In Right-Wing Terrorist Groups In The United States, Anne M. Stacey Reeser
The Tipping Point To Terrorism: Involvement In Right-Wing Terrorist Groups In The United States, Anne M. Stacey Reeser
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This dissertation focuses on right-wing terrorism (RWT) in the United States perpetrated by adherents to the White Supremacist Movement (WSM). In depth case history data were collected using a variety of sources and analyzed on 66 federally indicted WSM terrorists representing 10 different terrorist organizations in the United States from 1980-2002. The primary means of analysis was a qualitative case analysis using narrative data to uncover what influences an individual to become involved in a terrorist group. Specifically, I analyzed the influences of: 1) structural components, 2) family dynamics, and 3) non-familial relationships on the involvement process. Results from this …
The Effect Of Varying Levels Of Reading Delimitations On The Ability Of Students With Disruptive Behavior Disorders Admitted To A Residential Treatment Center To Demonstrate Language-Based Pro-Social Behavior Replacement Skills, Tanya D. Wright
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Group 1 students (n = 18) with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and co-occurring reading delimitations with measured reading comprehension scores greater than one standard deviation below the mean, pretest beginning compared to posttest ending 12-week behavioral treatment Core Behavior Occurrence measures were all observed in the direction of lower posttest mean scores and student core behavior improvement with eight of the 11 Core Behavior Occurrence measures (73%) found to be significantly different. Group 2 students ( n = 22) with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and co-occurring reading delimitations with measured reading comprehension scores equal to but not more than one standard …
The Relationship Between Acculturation And Parental Involvement In Latino Parents., Casie Olsen
The Relationship Between Acculturation And Parental Involvement In Latino Parents., Casie Olsen
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Parental involvement has received a lot of attention for being a crucial part of a child's academic success. However, there are differences between the types of involvement seen in White, middle-class parents and types of involvement seen in Latino parents. These cultural differences, specifically acculturation to the dominant culture have had an impact on children's academic success. Unfortunately, there is little knowledge regarding the relationship between acculturation and the types of parental involvement seen in the Latino population. Therefore, the present research examines the relationship between acculturation and parental involvement in Latino parents by analyzing parent responses on questionnaires. Results …
The Effect Of Evaluator's Mood And Type Of Accountability On Performance Appraisal Evaluations: A Study Of The Affect Infusion Model, Jason E. Gerlt
The Effect Of Evaluator's Mood And Type Of Accountability On Performance Appraisal Evaluations: A Study Of The Affect Infusion Model, Jason E. Gerlt
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The purpose of this study was to test the theoretical framework of Forgas’ (1995) Affect Infusion Model on the extent to which mood and type of accountability (no, process, and outcome) influenced information search strategies and judgment outcomes. Information boards (e.g. Billings & Scherer, 1991; Payne, 1976) were utilized to examine the amount of information searched and the performance ratings made of hypothetical teaching assistants. A 2 (mood) X 3 (accountability) between-factors design was used to examine the data. Seventy four undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of six groups: positive mood/no-accountability, positive mood/ outcome accountability, positive mood/ process …
Adolescents' Perceptions And Interpretations Of Parental Control: Differentiated By Domain And Type Of Control, Fumiko Kakihara
Adolescents' Perceptions And Interpretations Of Parental Control: Differentiated By Domain And Type Of Control, Fumiko Kakihara
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In this study, early to middle adolescents’ perceptions and interpretations of psychological control and behavioral control were examined using quasi-experimental methods. A total of sixty-seven adolescents (M—14.25 years, SD = 1.66), consisting of 32 7th/8th graders (M= 12.69 years, SD = .69) and 35 10th/11th graders (M = 15.69 years, SD= .72) responded to hypothetical vignettes depicting everyday interactions between parents and an adolescent involving psychological versus behavioral control, manipulating the levels of control and authority domains. The adolescents were asked to indicate the degree to which the control depicted in the vignettes would indicate parental intrusiveness, their mattering to …
Views Of School Success Among Spanish-. And English-.Speaking Parents, Jessica Gregory-Wells
Views Of School Success Among Spanish-. And English-.Speaking Parents, Jessica Gregory-Wells
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As the diversity of American society continues to increase, schools are seeing an influx of children from different cultures. One of the fastest growing minority groups is the Latino population. Research shows that Latino children are at risk for underachievement in American schools; however, the reasons for this are still unknown. Many researchers have speculated that factors such as conflicting cultural value systems, differing academic values, and lower levels of acculturation vis-a-vis the dominant culture influence the underachievement of Latino children. In the present study, I investigate the views of both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking parents to determine whether they differ …
Home Literacy Environments And Emergent Literacy Skills Of English- And Spanish-Speaking Students., Megan M. Stroud
Home Literacy Environments And Emergent Literacy Skills Of English- And Spanish-Speaking Students., Megan M. Stroud
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Learning to read is a process that begins long before a child enters school. One of the most important things that parents can do to help their children prepare for school is to create home environments that promote literacy. The purpose of the present study was to examine kindergarten student's home literacy environments in relation to their emergent literacy skills. A home literacy environment questionnaire was administered to both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking parents of kindergarten students enrolled in a dual language program. The questionnaire was then compared to data collected on students' emergent literacy skills. Results of the study provide …
Attitude Accessibility And Education: Students' Reported Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities In Parochial And Public Schools., Janet L. Miller
Attitude Accessibility And Education: Students' Reported Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities In Parochial And Public Schools., Janet L. Miller
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Students' attitudes toward peers with disabilities may be influenced by a variety of factors. Two potential factors are curriculum of the school and integration of students with disabilities with nondisabled peers. Inclusion of students with disabilities in the regular classroom will increase experience and exposure. Further, a religious aspect of a curriculum may positively or negatively affect the reported attitudes of students in parochial schools. The purpose of the present study was to describe possible differences in curriculum and students' attitudes toward peers with disabilities in parochial and public schools. Elementary school children from parochial and public schools were interviewed …
The Impact Of Iq On Symptom Reduction In A Midwestern Residential Group Home Setting Using The Family Home Program, Robert G. Gehringer Jr.
The Impact Of Iq On Symptom Reduction In A Midwestern Residential Group Home Setting Using The Family Home Program, Robert G. Gehringer Jr.
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The purpose of this research project was to determine the impact of intelligence (IQ) measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition (WISC-III) on symptom reduction as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in a residential group home setting using the Family Home Program. IQ Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale scores were gathered from 539 youth who also had an admission as well as a departure CBCL assessment. The IQ scores ranged from 60 to 141. Four IQ groups were formed for each IQ scale, greater than 115, 101--115, 85--100, and less than 85. Data were …
Cross-Cultural Differences In The Perception Of Group Entitativity And Autonomy, Koichi Kurebayashi
Cross-Cultural Differences In The Perception Of Group Entitativity And Autonomy, Koichi Kurebayashi
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This research examined cross-cultural differences in group perceptions. Specifically, it examined the relative importance of the properties underlying perceived entitativity and the influence of entitativity on group autonomy beliefs among American and Japanese college students. Group properties were divided into two categories: essence properties and dynamic properties. Essence properties included similarities in group members’ physical characteristics, background, and personality traits. Dynamic properties included commonality in goals, outcomes, and cooperation among members. It was found that both American and Japanese people’s perceptions of entitativity were higher when essence and dynamic properties were high. However, essence properties were more strongly related to …
Can A Community Of Practice Be Established At Org X?, Kasturi Golla
Can A Community Of Practice Be Established At Org X?, Kasturi Golla
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Communities of Practice (CoP's) can preserve the knowledge of an organization by pooling together individuals who share the same goals and are determined to build their level of knowledge through 'innovative interaction'(Wenger, 1998). CoP's help organizations pool together their knowledge of value, keeping in mind the organization's business processes. This study was conducted in order to establish a CoP in the I/S department at Org X, by first identifying knowledge sharing barriers and the measures that could be taken to eliminate these barriers. This research is aimed at answering three primary questions: 1. What are the barriers that prevent employees …
The Effect Of A Dialogic Reading Intervention On The Emergent Literacy Skills Of Preschool Students, Alicia M. Domack
The Effect Of A Dialogic Reading Intervention On The Emergent Literacy Skills Of Preschool Students, Alicia M. Domack
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Seventeen children enrolled in a preschool for four-year-old children were separated into a dialogue reading intervention group and a control group. Dialogic reading involves making children active participants in the adult-child storybook reading process. Adults prompt children to talk about the book by asking questions. The intervention group received dialogic reading in small groups for six weeks. It was found that there was no significant improvement in emergent literacy skill in the intervention group as measured by the Developing Skills Checklist, but the children in the intervention group were actively engaged in the reading process a larger percentage of the …
The Implementation Of Reading Interventions In A Community Setting, Kimberly H. Bell
The Implementation Of Reading Interventions In A Community Setting, Kimberly H. Bell
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The study examined the effects on reading skills of phonological awareness and analogy-based interventions that were provided in a community setting. Children were assigned randomly to one of the two conditions. In the phonological awareness condition, children were taught to connect the sounds of speech with alphabet letters. In the analogy-based condition, children were taught to use familiar words to decode unfamiliar words. The results revealed significant overall improvement on three measures of reading skills. However, this improvement did not depend on whether the children received the analogy-based or phonological awareness intervention. The implications of this research for developing effective …
The Impact Of Explanations In Rejection Letters On Perceptions Of Fairness And Accountability, Troy A. Romero
The Impact Of Explanations In Rejection Letters On Perceptions Of Fairness And Accountability, Troy A. Romero
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The present study was designed to test Folger and Cropanzano’s (1998) Fairness Theory as it pertains to perceptions of fairness and accountability in rejection letters. This study was a partial replication of Gilliland, Groth, Baker, Dew, Polly and Langdon (2001), which examined the impact of Fairness Theory variations in rejection letters on perceptions of fairness, recommendation intentions, and reapplication behavior. Participants in this study were applicants rejected in the first stage of the selection process with a large, Midwest corporation. Perceptions of fairness and accountability were collected after receiving one of four versions of a rejection letter: the company’s standard …
Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Faculty At Taiwan's Higher Education Institutions, Yu-Ching Huang
Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Faculty At Taiwan's Higher Education Institutions, Yu-Ching Huang
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The purpose of the study was to determine faculty members' level of job satisfaction and organizational commitment and to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Two types of satisfaction were surveyed: intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Three types of commitment were surveyed: affective, normative, and continuance commitment. This study was delimited to faculty members at five institutes of technology in the Mid-Taiwan area.
The Influence Of Positive Performance Appraisal Ratings And Regulatory Focus On Motivation To Improve Or Maintain Performance, C. Allen Gorman
The Influence Of Positive Performance Appraisal Ratings And Regulatory Focus On Motivation To Improve Or Maintain Performance, C. Allen Gorman
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The present study was designed to test the anecdotal supposition that excellent performance appraisal ratings do not motivate employees to improve or maintain performance as much as good performance appraisal ratings. Self-regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997, 1998) predicts that high levels of motivation are induced either by failure under prevention focus or by success under promotion focus. Using a 2 x 2 completely randomized design, this study examined the effects of regulatory focus and performance appraisal ratings on motivation to improve or maintain performance. Research participation credit was used to manipulate regulatory focus, and bogus performance feedback was used to …
Organizational Justice, Organizational Citizenship, And Group Performance In An Educational Setting, Charles Peterson
Organizational Justice, Organizational Citizenship, And Group Performance In An Educational Setting, Charles Peterson
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Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is a widely researched topic in the psychology literature. However, the research has failed to provide strong support for one of the most central assumptions of OCB, the assumption that it increases organizational performance. Thirty-one groups of graduate students participated in this research, which attempted to demonstrate a link between OCB and group performance within a social exchange framework. Data were collected measuring the groups’ levels of perceived trust, justice, and OCB; instructors provided grades and ratings of the performance of the groups on various class projects completed throughout the semester. Although the sportsmanship OCB sub-dimension …
The Effects Of Scripts On Treatment Integrity, Kyle S. Hesser
The Effects Of Scripts On Treatment Integrity, Kyle S. Hesser
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The extent to which teachers carry out interventions as designed, called treatment integrity, is an important area that has recently received an increase in attention. Without treatment integrity, any behavior change that may occur cannot be confidently linked to the intervention. There have been few studies attempting to increase treatment integrity using scripts. Scripts are collaboratively developed step-by-step outlines of treatment components that aid the teacher in implementing the intervention. Two general education elementary teachers used scripts to implement an intervention and monitor treatment integrity. Student performance was moderately improved once the intervention was implemented. Scripts did not significantly change …
Children's Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities: The Effects Of Inclusion And Contact., Melissa E. Hall
Children's Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities: The Effects Of Inclusion And Contact., Melissa E. Hall
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Examining differences in attitudes is important in developing appropriate interventions to promote successful inclusion of children with disabilities into regular education classrooms. This study evaluated the effects of inclusion and contact on children's attitudes toward hypothetical peers with disabilities. One hundred children in the fourth and sixth grades were recruited from three inclusive schools in Nebraska and were administered the Peers Attitudes Toward the Handicapped scale. The classroom teachers reported on the amount of time that the child(ren) with disabilities spent daily in the regular education classroom, which was broken down into the amount of time spent in social and …
Phonemic Awareness And Preschool: Does One-On-One Instruction Improve Reading Readiness?, Jolene J. Johnson
Phonemic Awareness And Preschool: Does One-On-One Instruction Improve Reading Readiness?, Jolene J. Johnson
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Phonemic awareness and its connection to the early reading abilities of children was the focus of the following study. Of particular interest was the relationship between early reading interventions and the subsequent reading performance between early reading interventions and the subsequent reading performance of preschool children. The study examined the effectiveness of a one-on-one phonemic awareness program with preschool children. The program consisted of individual phonemic awareness instruction sessions for fifteen minutes, three times per week, for six weeks. The children were individually monitored over the course of the six-week intervention using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) …
Small Group Phonemic Awareness Instruction Within A Preschool Program, Kelly R. Branecki
Small Group Phonemic Awareness Instruction Within A Preschool Program, Kelly R. Branecki
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether directly teaching phonemic awareness (PA) to at risk children enrolled in a preschool program increases their phonemic awareness skills. This research also looked at differences in the children's skill level on PA tasks when they had instructions for 15 minutes three times a week or 30 minutes three times a week. The participants were 14 children enrolled in preschool who were eligible to enter kindergarten in the 2003-2004 school year. PA skills were measured weekly with the Onset Recognition Fluency subtest of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). …
Kids On The Block And Attitudes, Knowledge, And Acceptance Of Children With Disabilities., Amanda G. Johnson
Kids On The Block And Attitudes, Knowledge, And Acceptance Of Children With Disabilities., Amanda G. Johnson
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Kids on the Block (KOB) program in its ability to promote positive attitudes, knowledge, and acceptance of persons with disabilities. The KOB program was shown to elementary-aged students in grades I through 6. Children were asked to complete three separate measures one week before watching the KOB performance, one week after the performance, and four months later. Separate paired-sample t-tests were conducted comparing group means at pre-test to post test to determine immediate change. To determine long-term change, scores from pre-test were compared to scores at follow-up. Paired t-tests were conducted …
Assessing Language Using Play-Based Assessment In A Familiar Versus An Unfamiliar Context., Colleen Ryan Dupuis
Assessing Language Using Play-Based Assessment In A Familiar Versus An Unfamiliar Context., Colleen Ryan Dupuis
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In the last 30 years early childhood assessment has changed because of educational laws. Today, tests must do more than find children with delays; these tools must provide information about problems and lead to interventions. Because of public law younger children are being tested and assessing young children requires that new ways of measuring development be created. Developmental theory suggests that children can be assessed through play. Presently, the ability to assess language skills using play assessment was investigated. Both play in the home setting and play in an unfamiliar playroom was compared to a standardized test (MacArthur Communicative Development …
A Reinterpretation Of Historical Gender Bias And Women's Mental Health, Jacqueline Lindsay Novak
A Reinterpretation Of Historical Gender Bias And Women's Mental Health, Jacqueline Lindsay Novak
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This epistemological review suggests that gender stereotypes and oppression have occurred throughout history and reflects past and present portrayals of women, particularly, the reflection of stereotypes and oppression cause women to suffer mental health consequences in two ways. First, societal oppression reduces and enforces women to an inferior status, which promotes mental health suffering and consequences. Second, women suffer from biased assessments, diagnoses, and treatment via hierarchical relationships and gender stereotypes from professionals. Presently, women are maintained at this subordinate position due to a lack of people and policies enforcing health standards specifically for women.