Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Black And Hispanic Trends In Omaha And Nebraska Panel Discussion, David J. Drozd, Lissette Aliaga-Linares, Willie Barney

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

The demographic face of Nebraska is changing, as the population becomes more diverse. See the trends regarding educational attainment, unemployment, income/poverty, homeownership and other key factors for the state's two largest minority population groups. Learn how Omaha and Nebraska have recovered since the recession and how statistics for our local areas compare to minority population groups in other places. See the best way to calculate a state or top 100 metro area ranking on a specific measure and how you can easily compile figures by race to show disparities and how they have changed over time.

Information For Grant Writers Or Data Users, Katie Springer

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Statistical information for proposals and projects is needed frequently. This session is a must for those interested in a broad spectrum of data and information, covering how to find, interpret, organize, and utilize demographic and socio-economic data to support grant applications and other important work. Various governmental sources of such data will be highlighted. This session has been very popular and in high demand in the past.

Library Resources In The Digital Age, Katie Springer, James T. Shaw, Lissette Aliaga-Linares

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

When you need some information, your local library is a good place to start. Today's libraries may still have books and printed reference materials, but that's far from all they have to offer. From subscriptions to statistical databases, to tutorials and support in finding and accessing information, today's libraries offer a wealth of information in electronic and downloadable formats. This session, led by three experts in the field, will cover a powerful new program called Social Explorer, which allows users to access and map current and historical Census data (think American FactFinder but with data extending back further in time). …

Plenary Session: Best Practices In Working With Data, Jerry Deichert

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Data use has several aspects as you move a project from start to finish. Learning what data is available or the best to use, accessing it, compiling or organizing it, displaying it, presenting it, and sometimes answering questions about it are all parts of the process. This session will cover how to make the best decisions regarding the data, tips and tricks in data analysis, and common mistakes or pitfalls to avoid. Everyone will benefit from these key items discussed, learned from working on a variety of projects, to illustrate the do's and don't's of working with data.

Census Overview: Basics, Acs And Estimates, Jerry Deichert

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Unfamiliar with Census data or first time attending the conference? No problem -- start your day with this session designed for beginners or as a refresher to bring you up to speed. We will cover census concepts such as race versus ethnicity, geographic types, when to use data from each amjor census program, data accuracy versus timeliness tradeoffs, various data products designed to meet specific needs, and how population estimates are valuable now that we're moving further away from the 2010 Census year. It is highly recommended that those with limited past exposure with Census data and its many terms …

Migration Data And Brain Train Trends And Impacts Panel Discussion, Jennifer Zarek, David J. Drozd, Jill Heese

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Nebraska has historically suffered from a net outmigration of residents. In more recent decades, while the state has been able to achieve net inmigration overall, it still has net losses domestically with other states, specifically among non-Hispanic Whites and those with higher education. This has led to a shortage of skilled workers in key fields, an issue cited repeatedly as a top concern for area businesses and policy makers. See the numbers and trends, learn the strengths and weaknesses of various data sources and ways to analyze this issue, and the impacts that outmigration has. Our panel of experts includes …

Modeling And Predicting Serious Cwbs Using Improved Analytic Methods, Benjamin Thomas, Kyle Kercher

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Research seeking to study and prevent serious forms of employee misbehaviors has been stymied by low incident rates and non-normal responses. Polychoric (cf., Pearson) correlation -based analytic methods offer solutions to these kinds of data. This 2-study (N = 172; N = 454) research provides support for these analytic methods in building models that distinguish serious and minor CWBs.

Gender Identity And Self-Esteem Within The Contexts Of The Same-Sex Peer Group, Nation, And Group Individualism And Collectivism, Mithra H. Pirooz

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Adolescence is a period of development during which needs and relationships shift (Sebastian, Burnett, & Blakemore, 2008). Issues of gender also become more salient, and gender identity has been related to different areas of psychosocial adjustment, such as self-esteem (Egan & Perry, 2001). The current study examined predictors of self-esteem among early adolescents in the context of a multilevel model. We considered felt pressure to conform to gender norms, gender typicality, and gender satisfaction as individual-level predictors within the contexts of the same-sex peer group, nation, and group levels of individualism and collectivism. Multilevel modeling was employed to account for …

Self-Care Among Social Work Educators, Shelby Connett

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Self-Care Among Social Work Educators combines the results of several academic projects completed to understand the intersections of self -care practice and teaching methods among social work educators and presents them as complete work, highlighting themes present throughout the projects and providing recommendations for further efforts.

Is Poverty Colorblind? Implications Of Imagery Used By International Nongovernmental Organizations In The United States, Abhishek Bhati

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs) use images of the beneficiaries in their fundraising campaigns when soliciting donations. Often these images are negative and stereotype poor as victims and helpless. However, there is little empirical research to understand if such representation leads to stereotyping of the poor and subsequently contributes to racial biases. This paper aims at establishing this empirical link by answering the research question: Does the representation of beneficiaries by INGOs lead to stereotyping and racial biases. The study draws on data analysis of images from the 32 largest INGOs in the United States and experimental survey design to investigate …

Creativity In Two Types Of Violent Groups, Laramie Sproles

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Terrorism can be defined as a type of ideologically motivated violence that arises during asymmetrical conflict and has far-reaching psychological effects beyond the immediate target. This project seeks to isolate and examine one element of terrorism: ideologically-motivated violence. While malevolent innovation has been written about extensively over the past five years, little is known about correlates of creativity in actual violent individuals. At the broadest level, the current project focuses on personality profiles and creative problem solving of two different types of violent individuals. The goal of this study is to examine individual differences that characterize two types of violent …

Team Leadership Emergence And Team Outcomes, Ryan Royston

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Using sequential analysis, we observed how team problem solving and procedural communication differed by leadership (shared leadership, single leader, or leaderless). While all teams engaged in solution identification and elaboration, shared leader teams showed higher performance, and tended to draw more connections with solutions and engage in planning follow-up tasks.

Follow My Voice: The Future Of Phr Authentication, Jeanette M. Rose, Ryan Schuetzler, John R. Windle, Ann L. Fruhling

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

The current electronic personal health record (PHR) has low patient adoption [1]. Increasing use and adoption of the PHR will improve patient-centered care. Users often have difficulty remembering passwords or share them, giving multiple people access to one account.

Utilizing biometrics for authentication is becoming more common in our daily lives – think of the fingerprint sensor on a smartphone or retina scanners at high security corporations. The quickly evolving technology that runs our lives calls for incorporating biometric authentication into more systems. Using biometric authentication can ensure that passwords would not need to be remembered and that only the …

Effect Of Mindful Meditation And Gratitude Journaling On College Student Stress And Well-Being Overtime, Stephanie N. Hines, Lisa L. Scherer

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

College students are stressed out! Majority of students tend to use maladaptive mechanisms to cope with stress, which can potentially impact their academics and career planning. This study focused on the potential benefits of two mainstream Mindfulness Training interventions in reducing stress for college students. Specifically, Mindful Meditation and Mindful Gratitude Journaling were implemented into two separate conditions, in which data was collected from 30 Organizational Psychology students online who were randomly assigned to each condition. Students were required to answer a series of questionnaires at times one (pre-test) and times two (post-test) that measured demographics, levels of stress, and …

The Moderating Effects Of Structure In Evaluation Criteria On The Relationship Between Tolerance For Ambiguity And Idea Evaluation Accuracy, Vignesh Murugavel

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

This study examined how participant’s tolerance for ambiguity affected the accuracy of their evaluations of ideas. Structure in evaluation criteria was used as a moderating variable. Participants assessed 15 solutions to an ambiguous problem and evaluated the originality of the solutions under three experimental conditions. Participants were either given no structure, limited structure, or more structure for evaluating solutions. Participants were also given a measure of tolerance for ambiguity. Tolerance for ambiguity had no bearing solution evaluation accuracy for the quality of a solution in any condition. Tolerance for ambiguity was negatively related to originality evaluation accuracy in the no …

Contextual Fear Learning And Memory In Alternative Stress Coping Styles, Matthew R. Baker, Ryan Y. Wong

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Animals frequently must overcome stressors, and the ability to encode and recall these salient experiences is essential to an individual’s survival. Across many taxa, studies have documented two alternative stress coping styles (proactive and reactive) that differ in behavior, cognition, stress physiology, and underlying neuromolecular mechanisms. The role of stress in cognitive traits (e.g. learning and memory) has been well documented, however, the influence of an animal’s stress coping style on learning and memory capabilities is only beginning to be understood. Here, we developed a contextual fear learning paradigm to characterize learning and memory differences between proactive and reactive stress …