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The Influence Of Physical Activity On International Graduate Students’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study, Shuang Li, Sam Zizzi

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

International students face multiple challenges due to cross-cultural transition. Physical activity plays a significant role in maintaining health and well-being for college students. Little research has explored how international students’ physical activity interacts with their acculturation. Using a longitudinal qualitative approach with individual interviews and non-participant observation, the current study examined how physical activity interacted with new international students’ transition in the United States. Nine first-year international students who engaged in weekly physical activity were enrolled. Each individual was interviewed twice,in the middle (i.e., Jan and Feb) and at the end of their first academic year (i.e., May and June). …

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Cardiorespiratory Responses And Gender Differences Between Exercising On The Simply Fit Board And The Ab Rocket Twister, Karen Barrientos, Samantha Butterbaugh, Nicholas Chambers, Jamie Vandewerker, Jessica White

Undergraduate Research Posters 2017

One of the biggest problems in fitness is finding a workout method that is effective yet enjoyable. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to compare the Simply Fit Board and Ab Rocket Twister across genders and ultimately to determine which product is more enjoyable. METHODS: Heart rate, Rate of Perceived Exertion, ventilation, oxygen consumption, and total kilocalories were all measured on 21 males and 20 females while using the Simply Fit Board and Ab Rocket Twister for 10 minutes at 75% of their age predicted maximal heart rates. At post-testing, each subject completed the Perception of Exercise Experience questionnaire. …

An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of Brief Guided Meditation, Karen Barrientos, Samantha Butterbaugh, Nicholas Chambers, Jamie Vandewerker, Jessica White

Undergraduate Research Posters 2017

Meditation has many benefits for reducing stress and anxiety, by inducing a relaxation response. It is unclear how guided meditation compares to other forms of relaxation. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine if a guided meditation mp3 is as effective as other methods of relaxation. METHODS: Skin conductance and breaths per minute were measured on 30 male and female adults while reading, meditating, and watching a video, each on three different occasions. Prior to the study each participant rated their psychological state of being using questionnaire styled scales. A repeated measures ANOVA and a related measure nonparametric …

Go Skate!: The Physiological Responses And Perception Of Training On Inline Skates, Karen Barrientos, Samantha Butterbaugh, Nicholas Chambers, Jamie Vandewerker, Jessica White

Undergraduate Research Posters 2017

It is unclear how inline skate training affects the performance and enjoyment of other modes of exercises. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine if inline skating is an effective and enjoyable alternative method of exercise when compared to running and using the elliptical. METHODS: Each participant's functional movement, body composition, and efficiency in running, skating, and using the elliptical was assessed before and after the skate training program at 80% of each participant's age-predicted heart rate. The skate training program consisted of three 45-minute training sessions for 6 weeks. After all training and testing was completed each …

A Qualitative Exploration Of Former College Student-Athletes’ Wellness, Shane Warehime, Danae Dinkel, Abby Bjornson-Ramig, Ashley J. Blount

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

College student-athletes (SAs) may experience difficulties while transitioning from college, which could reduce their overall wellness. However, it is essential to understand positive transition experiences and outcomes, as this can guide future research and intervention efforts. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that led to higher levels of wellness in former SAs. Semi-structured interviews guided by the Indivisible Self Model were completed with former SAs (n = 12). Overall, participants displayed high levels of wellness - most prominently in terms of work and exercise. Many SAs perceived their current wellness was equal, if not better compared …

Analysis Of Factors Influencing The College Choice Decisions Of Ncaa Division Ii Elite Track And Field Athletes, Jon Lin, Lisa Paulson, Bryan Romsa, Hal J. Walker, Katelyn Romsa

Counseling and Human Development Faculty Publications

The student-athlete college selection process is a major decision impacting their future academic and athletic success. A better understanding of factors influencing this selection process will aid intercollegiate athletic programs in recruiting and retaining the highest caliber athletes possible. This study examined the factors influencing the college choice decisions of NCAA Division II elite track and field athletes across the United States. The participants were 320 athletes who represented 78 NCAA Division II institutions located in eight regions across the United States. This article discusses the most important factors involved in the college selection process of NCAA Division II elite …

Reducing The Rate Of Late Stage Breast Cancer Through Effective Health Communication: An Opinion Piece, Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: Health and illness are traditionally characterized and treated differently across various ethnic groups, which encourages American health systems serving these diverse populations to explore culturally competent and safe ways to effectively reduce illness within such populations. Certain ethnic groups of women in the United States (US) bear greater risk of late stage breast cancer because of various circumstances, which include but are not limited to a lack of insurance or underinsurance and discomfort with and/or resentment toward the US healthcare system. The dominant culture and the social aspects of the modern American health system often and most favorably serve …

Leveling The Playing Field: Assessment Of Gross Motor Skills In Low Socioeconomic Children To Their Higher Socioeconomic Counterparts, Megan M. Adkins, Matthew Bice, Danae Dinkel, John P. Rech

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Background: Fundamental movements (FM) of children influence the willingness to engage in physical activity (PA). Thus, proper FM skills are the foundation for a lifespan of PA. Objective: This study examined what factors may affect children’s PA in relation to FM pattern capabilities. Methods: The study examined the influence of SES when three low-income schools were provided additional PA opportunities on days PE was not taught. FM patterns in relation to object control (OC) and locomotor skill (LC) development were evaluated on K (n = 871), 1st (n = 893), and 2nd graders (n = 829) using the Test of …

Clinical Measures And Their Contribution To Dysfunction In Individuals With Patellar Tendinopathy, Hyunjae Jeon, Melanie L. Mcgrath, Neal Grandgenett, Adam B. Rosen

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Context: Patellar tendinopathy is prevalent in physically active populations and it affects their quality of living, performance of activity, and may contribute to the early cessation of their athletic careers. A number of previous studies have identified contributing factors for patellar tendinopathy however their contributions to self-reported dysfunction remain unclear.
Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to determine if strength, flexibility, and various lower extremity static alignments contributed to self-reported function and influence the severity of patellar tendinopathy.
Design: Cross sectional research design.
Setting: University Laboratory.
Participants: 30 participants with patellar tendinopathy volunteered for this study (age: 23.4±3.6 years, …

Missed School Days: A Correlational Study Between Children With Asthma And Presence Of School Nurses, Shea Brodeur, Caitlyn O’Connor, Rebekah Synowietz, Carrie Carson, Olubukola Goboze, Cierra Patterson

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Currently, there is a lack of research on the relationship between full-time nurse presence in schools and absenteeism among school-aged children with asthma. The purpose of this paper is to determine the correlation between the amount of time school-aged children are absent and the amount of time a school nurse is absent. A nonexperimental quantitative descriptive correlational study will be conducted with 14 randomly selected participating schools in the Chesapeake public school district. Each school will receive a questionnaire inquiring about the number of asthmatic children enrolled in the school, number of absences of said children, weekly hours the school …

Physical Miseducation: How Public Schooling In The Us Is Harmful To Students’ Bodily Well-Being, Rachel Fredericks

Scripps Senior Theses

This paper explores the history of physical education in the United States, as well as a general look into how public schooling affects how kids learn about and come to view their bodies. Theory and research by Michel Foucault, Elias Norbert, and Katy Bowman form the theoretical framework for this essay, and accounts of visits to a local elementary school to observe PE also grounds the work in present-day experiences. The work concludes that public schools in the US improperly teach students about how to listen to and care for their bodies.

Understanding And Promoting Parent-Child Sexual Health Communication, Shannon Phelps

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Parent-child sexual health communication (PCSHC) can have a positive impact on adolescents’ sexual health choices, outcomes, and capabilities for communicating with others about sexual health. Many parents are hesitant and feel unprepared for and uncomfortable with communicating about sexual health with their children. Other parental factors as well as child factors can impact the quality, frequency, coverage, and effectiveness of PCSHC. Some adolescent sexual health outcomes have improved, however, teen birth rates in the United States are elevated compared to other developed countries and half of all sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses are made to adolescents and emerging adults. This …

Instilling Positive Beliefs About Organ Donation: An Information Processing Approach, Gerardo Jose Moreira

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The number of those seeking a kidney donation in the United States continues to increase while the number of donors is not growing at the same rate (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services USDHHS, 2010). The lack of donations is more prevalent in low health literate communities which suffer from misinformation and ultimately negative beliefs toward organ donation. Thus, it is important to understand how marketing efforts can effectively change individuals' beliefs about organ donation.

Drawing on the Self-Determination Theory and Schema Theory, I proposed that the effectiveness of health education programs, which is to motivate individuals to be …

Gopher Fitstep Pro Accuracy When Measuring Steps And Moderate-To-Vigorous Physical Activity, Ali Brian, Justin A. Haegele

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

Background: The Gopher FITStep Pro (GFSP) is a commercially available objective physical activity monitor that records steps taken and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the GFSP for measuring steps taken in a guided walking condition and MVPA during planned fitness activities.

Method: University-aged participants (N = 35, M_age = 20) wore two GFSP (right and left side) pedometers and one ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer during both conditions.

Results: Paired samples t-tests determined that self-step counts in the guided walking condition were not significantly different …

2017-2018 Nursing Undergraduate Student Handbook, Morehead State University. Nursing Department.

Nursing Department Publications Archive

2017-2018 Undergraduate Student Handbook of the Department of Nursing at Morehead State University.

Therapeutic Breathing Techniques And Disparity Across Student Performance In English And Mathematics, Abha Gupta, Shana Pribesh, Norou Diawara

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This paper explores possible correlation between Therapeutic Breathing Techniques (TBT) and improved academic performance of low achieving students in elementary school. The intervention consisted of daily breathing exercises combining two forms of TBT, namely, deep breathing and alternate nostril breathing. A semester-long quantitative study with 85 second graders was conducted to investigate the impact of above intervention on English and mathematics scores. Following one semester of intervention, the gaps between the low and high achievers had narrowed and small but significant gain-scores were found for the low achievers who had practiced TBT. In contrast, in first and third grades, where …

Do Mother And Father Know Best?: California's Policies On Parental Consent For Sex Education, Jennifer Lehr

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis combines the disciplines of public policy analysis and anthropology to consider parental consent policies for sex education in California. After providing historical, political, and cultural context for sex education and the parental consent function, the thesis considers (1) the factors that inform parental perspectives on sex education, (2) if parents should be able to opt their children out of sex education, and (3) the discrepancy between the actual policies regarding parental consent and the way they are implemented. The thesis concludes with policy recommendations for improving the implementation of current California sex education policies.

Criticality In Physical Education Teacher Education: Do Graduating Standards Constrain And Or Inhibit Curriculum Implementation, Ian Culpan

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Over the last decade and a half, physical education curricula in New Zealand and Australia have had a strong socio-cultural-critical orientation, providing in depth opportunities for critical inquiry. This article suggests that trying to achieve a criticality maybe impeded and or constrained by present graduating teacher standards. In the discussion, it is highlighted that neither New Zealand nor Australia graduating teacher standards overtly suggest critical inquiry as a part of beginning teachers’ required knowledge, skills or dispositions. This could be a significant constraint on maximising the intent of the New Zealand and Australia physical education curricula. As a result, this …

การนำเสนอหลักสูตรรายวิชาพลศึกษาเพื่อเสริมสร้างความมีน้ำใจนักกีฬาของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย, นิศาชล ภาวงศ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพ ปัญหาและความต้องการจำเป็นของหลักสูตรรายวิชาพลศึกษาเพื่อเสริมสร้างความมีน้ำใจนักกีฬาของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย 2) เพื่อนำเสนอร่างหลักสูตรรายวิชา พลศึกษาเพื่อเสริมสร้างความมีน้ำใจนักกีฬาของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 525 คน แบ่งเป็น ครูพลศึกษาและผู้บริหาร โดยผู้วิจัยได้ส่งแบบสอบถามไป 180 ชุด ได้กลับคืนมา 140 ชุด คิดเป็นร้อยละ 77.78 โดยเป็นแบบสอบถามของผู้บริหาร 20 ชุด แบบสอบถามของครูพลศึกษา 120 ชุด และส่งแบบสอบถามให้นักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายจำนวน 450 ชุด ได้กลับคืนมา 385 ชุด คิดเป็นร้อยละ 85.56 เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยคือ แบบสอบถามความคิดเห็นและข้อเสนอแนะ พบว่า ได้ค่าดัชนีความสอดคล้องรวมของผู้บริการและครูพลศึกษาเท่ากับ 0.73 และได้ค่าดัชนีความสอดคล้องรวมของนักเรียนเท่ากับ 0.77 วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยใช้ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1) การจัดการเรียนรู้รายวิชาพลศึกษาเพื่อเสริมสร้างความมีน้ำใจนักกีฬาประกอบด้วย 4 ด้านคือ ด้านการกำหนดวัตถุประสงค์การเรียนรู้ ด้านการกำหนดเนื้อหาสาระการเรียนรู้ ด้านวิธีการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ ด้านการวัดและประเมินผลการเรียนรู้ สภาพ ปัญหาโดยรวมพบว่า ผู้บริหารมีสภาพ ปัญหาอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง เมื่อพิจารณาเป็นรายด้านพบว่า ด้านการกำหนดเนื้อหาสาระการเรียนรู้และด้านการวัดและประเมินผลการเรียนรู้ มีสภาพ ปัญหาอยู่ในระดับมาก ขณะที่ความต้องการจำเป็นในทุกด้านอยู่ในระดับมาก และ พบว่า ครูพลศึกษามีสภาพ ปัญหาโดยรวม อยู่ในระดับปานกลาง เมื่อพิจารณาเป็นรายด้านพบว่า ด้านการกำหนดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ และด้านการวัดและประเมินผลการเรียนรู้ มีสภาพ ปัญหาอยู่ในระดับมาก ขณะที่ความต้องการจำเป็นในทุกด้านอยู่ในระดับมาก และนอกจากนี้พบว่านักเรียนมีสภาพ ปัญหา และความต้องการจำเป็นในทุกด้านอยู่ในระดับมาก 2) การนำเสนอหลักสูตรรายวิชาพลศึกษาเพื่อเสริมสร้างความมีน้ำใจนักกีฬาประกอบด้วย จุดมุ่งหมายหลักสูตร โครงสร้างรายวิชา จุดประสงค์ของรายวิชาน้ำใจนักกีฬา กิจกรรมการเรียนการสอน สื่อการเรียนรู้/แหล่งการเรียนรู้ การจัดการเรียนการสอน คำอธิบายรายวิชา ประมวลรายวิชา และการวัดและการประเมินผล