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The Role Of Motivation And Cognition In Adults With Schizophrenia, Jaime Willard, Evangeline Abraham Apr 2019

The Role Of Motivation And Cognition In Adults With Schizophrenia, Jaime Willard, Evangeline Abraham

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Our work is based around the holistic nature of the field of occupational therapy. This evidence-based project initially began, at the request of our community partner, with the intention of finding one or more assessments that may help identify the cause of a lack of motivation among group home residents at Tri County Mental Health in Lewiston, ME who suffer from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental illness that is now diagnosed as a spectrum disorder. It is characterized by distortions in the perception of reality and impairments in cognition and motivation. Schizophrenia can be categorized into three …


Building Bonds On Teams: How Team Building Positively Impacts Young Athletes, Jennifer T. Mull-Brooks Ma Apr 2019

Building Bonds On Teams: How Team Building Positively Impacts Young Athletes, Jennifer T. Mull-Brooks Ma

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Creating positive team culture in youth sports cultivates players who feel a part of a strong, close-knit organization which escalates their level of play and their desire to play. In addition to this, teams that have positive team culture develop on-field cohesion and trust that allows for sport strategy to be executed in a way that promotes success for the team as a whole. The methods used in coaching to promote this are focused on developing leadership, positive reinforcement, and other non-punitive measures. Scholarly research on this topic is sparse therefore this qualitative study attempts to add to the existing …