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Faculty Attitudes And Behaviors Concerning Student Cheating, Rebecca Volpe, Laura Davidson, Matthew C. Bell Mar 2008

Faculty Attitudes And Behaviors Concerning Student Cheating, Rebecca Volpe, Laura Davidson, Matthew C. Bell

Psychology

The relationship between university faculty attitudes concerning student cheating and syllabus statements on academic integrity were evaluated to determine the relationship between faculty attitudes and their actual attempts to deter cheating rates through their syllabi. No relationship was found between attitudes about student cheating and the number of integrity-related syllabus statements, but this lack of relationship demonstrated an important inconsistency between faculty attitudes and behaviors: the amount of cheating that faculty believed happens does not correspond with written guidelines. In addition, faculty generally underestimated the levels of cheating in their classroom, particularly when faculty was on a non-tenured track. This …


The Development Of The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale: An Abbreviation Of Sprecher And Fehr’S Compassionate Love Scale, Jeong Yeong Hwang, Thomas G. Plante, Kathleen Lackey Feb 2008

The Development Of The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale: An Abbreviation Of Sprecher And Fehr’S Compassionate Love Scale, Jeong Yeong Hwang, Thomas G. Plante, Kathleen Lackey

Psychology

This purpose of this study is to develop a brief version of Sprecher and Fehr’s Compassionate Love Scale (2005). This was accomplished by administering the 21-item scale to college student participants and subsequently selecting five items for a brief version. The five items were selected based on the evaluation of high correlation coefficients between individual item responses and the overall total 21 questions from the original scale, the results of factor analysis, and items that had moderate means and high standard deviations. The correlation between the original and brief version is 0.96, while the internal reliability of the brief version, …


Incorporating Religious Practice In Marital Interventions: To Pray Or Not To Pray?, Kieran T. Sullivan, Benjamin R. Karney Jan 2008

Incorporating Religious Practice In Marital Interventions: To Pray Or Not To Pray?, Kieran T. Sullivan, Benjamin R. Karney

Psychology

Although couples seeking guidance frequently seek out a religious or spiritual counselor, empirically-based marital interventions seldom acknowledge religious and spiritual beliefs. Beach et al. have proposed that, at least for some couples, religious practice is an appropriate element of marital therapy and a potential agent for strengthening and improving marriages. In this commentary, we welcome the development of marital interventions that are sensitive to the beliefs and values of specific populations. At the same time, the suggestion that therapists intervene directly and participate in religious practices with their clients raises serious questions. Given religious doctrines that may not promote healthy …