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Circadian Rhythmicity Of Mood : An Exploratory Study, Mara Ashley Cohen Jan 2024

Circadian Rhythmicity Of Mood : An Exploratory Study, Mara Ashley Cohen

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

Human circadian rhythms are widely observed to fluctuate across the 24-hour circadian period, spanning cognitive, behavioral, and physiological domains. Circadian rhythm (CR) systems, particularly the sleep-wake cycle, are widely studied. Dysregulation of the sleep-wake cycle, common in shift work and mood disorders, diminishes mood regulation, resulting in increased negative mood or inappropriate mood responses. Although emotions have been investigated in the context of circadian variability in the sleep-wake cycle, circadian effects on emotional state per se have infrequently been examined. Previous studies suggest an increase in Positive Affect (PA) and decrease in Negative Affect (NA) as the day progresses, while …

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Astrocyte Ca2+ In The Dorsal Striatum Suppresses Neuronal Activity To Oppose Cue-Induced Reinstatement Of Cocaine Seeking, Navid S. Tavakoli, Samantha G. Malone, Tanner L. Anderson, Ryson E. Neeley, Artin Asadipooya, Michael T. Bardo, Pavel I. Ortinski Jan 2024

Astrocyte Ca2+ In The Dorsal Striatum Suppresses Neuronal Activity To Oppose Cue-Induced Reinstatement Of Cocaine Seeking, Navid S. Tavakoli, Samantha G. Malone, Tanner L. Anderson, Ryson E. Neeley, Artin Asadipooya, Michael T. Bardo, Pavel I. Ortinski

Psychology Faculty Publications

Recent literature supports a prominent role for astrocytes in regulation of drug-seeking behaviors. The dorsal striatum, specifically, is known to play a role in reward processing with neuronal activity that can be influenced by astrocyte Ca2+. However, the manner in which Ca2+ in dorsal striatum astrocytes impacts neuronal signaling after exposure to self-administered cocaine remains unclear. We addressed this question following over-expression of the Ca2+ extrusion pump, hPMCA2w/b, in dorsal striatum astrocytes and the Ca2+ indicator, GCaMP6f, in dorsal striatum neurons of rats that were trained to self-administer cocaine. Following extinction of cocaine-seeking behavior, the rats over-expressing hMPCA2w/b showed a …

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Rhythms That {Bind}: Emerging Through Dissonance, Tessa Hailu Jan 2024

Rhythms That {Bind}: Emerging Through Dissonance, Tessa Hailu

Dance (MFA) Theses

This thesis aims to interrogate systematic approaches to organization(s) and our innate desire for control to achieve a balanced “rhythmic” flow of life to ultimately preserve a sense of security. This investigation challenges the comforts of habits, routine, and order to push up against the binding effects of these predictable cycles that remain structured for reassurance. This research also considers what happens when one doesn’t have the choice to bind themselves TO safety but are otherwise bound BY rhythms of which they have no control. Taking into account our anatomical existence, the ecological systems in which we operate, and life’s …

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Examining The Relationship Between Puberty And Trauma Symptomatology, Justina M. Harsche Jan 2024

Examining The Relationship Between Puberty And Trauma Symptomatology, Justina M. Harsche

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study sought to examine the relation between puberty and trauma symptomatology in young adults. More specifically, does it matter what developmental period one is in when trauma occurs? Additionally, geographical region was examined as it relates to receiving and reporting mental health services and later trauma symptoms. Using data from 362 students at Georgia Southern University, multiple analyses were conducted. A Moderation Analysis where adverse events served as the predictor, trauma symptomatology as the outcome variable, and the developmental period in which the trauma occurred as the moderator was conducted. The interactions for this hypothesis were not significant. However, …

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The Influence Of Financial Literacy, Environmental Literacy, And Environmental Concern On Green Preferences Among Young Adults In Brunei Darussalam, Siti Rafhanah Binti Haji Nor Hasnul, Shaista Wasiuzzaman Jan 2024

The Influence Of Financial Literacy, Environmental Literacy, And Environmental Concern On Green Preferences Among Young Adults In Brunei Darussalam, Siti Rafhanah Binti Haji Nor Hasnul, Shaista Wasiuzzaman

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

This study aims to assess the green preferences in Brunei Darussalam among young adults evaluate the level of environmental and financial literacy among Brunei’s young adults and investigate the influence of financial literacy, environmental literacy and environmental con- cern on the green preferences of young adults in Brunei. A survey questionnaire was distrib- uted to youths between the ages of 15 to 40 years old, out of which 192 responses were gath- ered. Various statistical analyses were carried out to achieve the aims. It is found that green preferences were moderate among Bruneian young adults. Environmental literacy is found to …

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"The Only Disability In Life Is A Bad Attitude": A Quantitative Exploration Of The Impacts Of Inspiration Porn, Anna H. Burt, Megan Mccarty Jan 2024

"The Only Disability In Life Is A Bad Attitude": A Quantitative Exploration Of The Impacts Of Inspiration Porn, Anna H. Burt, Megan Mccarty

Modern Psychological Studies

Inspiration porn is a social media representation of visibly disabled individuals performing physical activities accompanied by short motivation captions meant to inspire viewers. Critics of inspiration porn hold that it misrepresents the reality of disability and negatively impacts disabled people. This study aimed to quantitatively explore the impacts of inspiration porn on various disability-related variables, as there is limited research on this topic. We hypothesized that exposure to inspiration porn would increase system justification and belief in a just world, decrease support for disability-related policies, and cause viewers to view disabled individuals as sources of inspiration. We also had several …

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Perceived Educational And Entertainment Value Of Positive And Negative Portrayals Of Racial Minority Characters In Films, Hallie Filan, Evan F. Edwards, Kate E. Hembree, Tammy Sonnentag Jan 2024

Perceived Educational And Entertainment Value Of Positive And Negative Portrayals Of Racial Minority Characters In Films, Hallie Filan, Evan F. Edwards, Kate E. Hembree, Tammy Sonnentag

Modern Psychological Studies

Racial/ethnic minority characters are increasing in films; yet, despite increasing representation, less than half (39.7%) of all films in 2020 cast a main character who was a racial/ethnic minority. Because media representations can perpetuate racial/ethnic stereotypes, the present study examined if negative (compared to positive) racial/ethnic representations of Black and Chinese characters (and their cultures) in films impact individuals’ evaluations of the educational and entertainment value of the content. One hundred and eight undergraduate students were randomly assigned to view scenes portraying African American and Chinese characters (and their cultures) positively or negatively from two popular animated films—The Lion King …

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Trafficking In Persons Survivors: A Systematic Review, Gavin C. Newberry Jan 2024

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Trafficking In Persons Survivors: A Systematic Review, Gavin C. Newberry

Modern Psychological Studies

This systematic review examines post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence in adult and child trafficking in persons (TIP) survivors through analysis of 17 studies, including cross-sectional, cohort, and retrospective studies, from PubMed and PTSDpubs. 4,738 participants yielded an overall median PTSD prevalence of 32.63% (IQR = 20.78–54.42). Age stratification revealed median prevalences of 26.45% in children and 31.87% in adult survivors. Sex stratification indicated 22.68% in males and 38.07% in females, aligning with documented sex differences in PTSD prevalence. Further stratification by trafficking type showed 41.60% in commercial sexual exploitation and 30.67% in labor exploitation survivors. Limitations include methodological heterogeneity and …

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Effects Of Gameplay Context On Visual Search Performance, Cecelia Stoll, Shannon Proksch Jan 2024

Effects Of Gameplay Context On Visual Search Performance, Cecelia Stoll, Shannon Proksch

Modern Psychological Studies

Games of all modalities have been found to improve different cognitive skills. This experiment examined the cognitive skills of visual attention and search, and explored whether different modalities of one game would have different effects on visual search abilities. Specifically, we asked whether playing a game alone or with a partner, or playing an analog or digital version of this game would have measurable effects on visual attention and search. Participants (N = 30) completed a visual search task before and after playing the card game SET in three different experimental conditions. SET was chosen because of its focus on …

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What Are We Most Curious About? Understanding The Relationship Between Curiosity And Marginal Knowledge, Alexis Lee Jan 2024

What Are We Most Curious About? Understanding The Relationship Between Curiosity And Marginal Knowledge, Alexis Lee

CMC Senior Theses

There are several competing theories about the relationship between curiosity and metacognitive judgment, or one’s assessment of their own knowledge. Novelty theories say that curiosity is highest for wholly unknown information; complexity theories say that curiosity is highest for moderately unknown information; and the Region of Proximal Learning (RPL) theory says that curiosity is highest for almost-known information. The present study aimed to address how curiosity differs within marginal knowledge (MK), memory content that is available but not accessible, across two experiments. In both experiments, participants responded to 100 short-answer general knowledge questions, selecting a phenomenological category to represent their …

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Comparing The Effects Of Choice And Performance Feedback On The Writing Fluency Outcomes Of Elementary Students, Collin M. Seifert Jan 2024

Comparing The Effects Of Choice And Performance Feedback On The Writing Fluency Outcomes Of Elementary Students, Collin M. Seifert

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Performance feedback is an effective intervention that improves the writing outcomes of elementary students. Although choice has been referred to as a powerful tool in improving the writing of students, little empirical research has been conducted that investigates the effectiveness of choice when implemented in a class-wide setting. Therefore, the current study used a randomized controlled trial design to compare the effects of performance feedback and choice on the writing fluency outcomes of 40 fourth-grade elementary students in one elementary school. Participants were randomly assigned to either a performance feedback condition (n = 20) or a choice condition (n = …

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Effects Of Dehumanization And Disgust-Eliciting Language On Attitudes Toward Immigration: A Sentiment Analysis Of Twitter Data, Katherine S. Wahrer, Cynthia J. Najdowski, John V. Passarelli Jan 2024

Effects Of Dehumanization And Disgust-Eliciting Language On Attitudes Toward Immigration: A Sentiment Analysis Of Twitter Data, Katherine S. Wahrer, Cynthia J. Najdowski, John V. Passarelli

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

Attitudes towards immigration have been shown to be driven by dehumanization and disgust. The more people dehumanize immigrants and the more disgusted they feel, the more negative attitudes they tend to have toward immigrants. However, little is known about how exposure to social media content that links dehumanization, disgust, and immigration influences users’ attitudes on this issue. This is important to consider because the majority of adults in the United States are on social media. We used Twitter data, machine learning, and sentiment analysis to investigate whether exposure to dehumanizing or disgust-eliciting tweets about immigration impacts users’ own sentiment toward …

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Discourses That Undermine Union Movements: A Multimodal Analysis Of Union-Busting Videos, Theresa A. Catalano, Julia Schleck Jan 2024

Discourses That Undermine Union Movements: A Multimodal Analysis Of Union-Busting Videos, Theresa A. Catalano, Julia Schleck

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Labor unions in the United States have experienced decades of decline, but recent years have seen a rebirth of union campaigns and successes. Because unions are once again becoming a threat to large companies, it is reasonable to assume that efforts to discourage organizing efforts will increase and become even more robust in the near future. Although traditionally, companies have worked to suspend union organizing through captive audience meetings in which unions were discussed via verbal or written modes, more recent means of reaching workers with anti-union messages incorporate a variety of communication strategies to get the message across. As …

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ผลของโปรแกรมกระตุ้นการรู้คิดต่อการรู้คิดและคุณภาพชีวิตในผู้สูงอายุไทยที่มีภาวะการรู้คิดบกพร่องเล็กน้อย, เพ็ญพิชชา ชูชื่น Jan 2024

ผลของโปรแกรมกระตุ้นการรู้คิดต่อการรู้คิดและคุณภาพชีวิตในผู้สูงอายุไทยที่มีภาวะการรู้คิดบกพร่องเล็กน้อย, เพ็ญพิชชา ชูชื่น

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษาวิจัยเชิงทดลองแบบสุ่มและมีกลุ่มควบคุมนี้ นี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของ CSP จำนวน 8 ครั้งต่อการรู้คิดและคุณภาพชีวิตในผู้สูงอายุไทยที่มีภาวะการรู้คิดบกพร่องเล็กน้อย (MCI) โดยมีผู้เข้าร่วมจำนวน 66 คน ถูกสุ่มแบ่งเป็นกลุ่มทดลอง (n=32) และกลุ่มควบคุม (n=34) โดยใช้แบบประเมินการรู้คิด ได้แก่ MMSE, CERAD, Color Trails Test และ Digit Span รวมทั้งแบบประเมินคุณภาพชีวิต QOL-AD มีการวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบหลัก (PCA) เพื่อรวบคะแนนแบบทดสอบการรู้คิดจำแนกตามโดเมลการรู้คิด ข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลพื้นฐานเปรียบเทียบด้วยการทดสอบไคสแควร์และ t-test และใช้การวิเคราะห์ความแปรปรวนร่วม (ANCOVA) เพื่อวิเคราะห์ผลลัพธ์หลักด้านการรู้คิดและผลลัพธ์รองด้านคุณภาพชีวิต ผลการวิจัย: หลังการให้โปรแกรมกระตุ้นการรู้คิด กลุ่มทดลองแสดงคะแนนการรู้คิดและคุณภาพชีวิตสูงกว่ากลุ่มควบคุมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ การวิเคราะห์ ANCOVA พบว่าตัวแปรกลุ่ม เพศ อายุ ระดับการศึกษา และคะแนนก่อนการทดลอง เป็นปัจจัยทำนายการเปลี่ยนแปลงของผลลัพธ์ได้อย่างมีนัยสำคัญ กลุ่มทดลองมีคะแนนการรู้คิดเพิ่มขึ้น (F(1, 58) = 4.75, p = .033, ηp² = .076) และคุณภาพชีวิตเพิ่มขึ้น (F(1, 58) = 6.05, p = .017, ηp² = .094) อย่างมีนัยสำคัญ สรุป: โปรแกรมกระตุ้นการรู้คิด (CSP) จำนวน 8 ครั้ง ช่วยส่งเสริมการรู้คิดและคุณภาพชีวิตในผู้สูงอายุไทยที่มีภาวะ MCI ได้อย่างมีนัยสำคัญ เมื่อเทียบกับกลุ่มควบคุม โดยใช้เครื่องมือประเมินทางประสาทจิตวิทยาและแบบประเมิน QOL-AD ที่ครอบคลุม

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อิทธิพลของความเชื่อว่าโลกมีความอันตรายต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิต โดยมีความเครียดเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน และอัตลักษณ์ทางสังคมและการสนับสนุนทางสังคมเป็นตัวแปรกํากับ : เปรียบเทียบในและนอกพื้นที่สาม จังหวัดชายแดนใต้, ซาร่า ซัตตาร์ Jan 2024

อิทธิพลของความเชื่อว่าโลกมีความอันตรายต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิต โดยมีความเครียดเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน และอัตลักษณ์ทางสังคมและการสนับสนุนทางสังคมเป็นตัวแปรกํากับ : เปรียบเทียบในและนอกพื้นที่สาม จังหวัดชายแดนใต้, ซาร่า ซัตตาร์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของความเชื่อว่าโลกมีความอันตรายต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิต โดยพิจารณาการรับรู้ความเครียดเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน และอัตลักษณ์ทางสังคมกับการสนับสนุนทางสังคมเป็นตัวแปรกำกับ กลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 214 คน แบ่งเป็นกลุ่มในและนอกพื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้เท่า ๆ กัน วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วย PROCESS Macro (Model 21) ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ความเชื่อว่าโลกมีความอันตรายส่งผลลบต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิตอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ (p<.001) ) โดยเฉพาะในกลุ่มนอกพื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้ ส่วนการสนับสนุนทางสังคมส่ง ผลบวกต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิตในกลุ่มที่อยู่ในพื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้ (p < .05) ขณะที่การรับรู้ความเครียดไม่ เป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน และไม่พบว่าอัตลักษณ์ทางสังคมหรือการสนับสนุนทางสังคมมีบทบาทเป็นตัวแปรกำกับอย่างมี นัยสำคัญ ข้อค้นพบชี้ให้เห็นว่า การสนับสนุนทางสังคมมีบทบาทสำคัญต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิตของประชาชนใน พื้นที่สามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้ จึงควรส่งเสริมการสร้างเครือข่ายทางสังคมในพื้นที่ดังกล่าว ขณะเดียวกันควรมี มาตรการเสริมสร้างความรู้สึกปลอดภัยให้กับประชาชนในพื้นที่นอกสามจังหวัดชายแดนใต้ เพื่อลดผลกระทบจาก ความเชื่อว่าโลกมีความอันตรายซึ่งอาจกระทบต่อความพึงพอใจในชีวิต

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Effect Of Video Game Playing On Character Strengths, Natdanai Iamwattanaseree Jan 2024

Effect Of Video Game Playing On Character Strengths, Natdanai Iamwattanaseree

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Character strengths have been widely studied in areas such as the workplace, education, and relationships. However, little research has explored the relationship between video games and character strengths, particularly from a causal perspective. This research aims to examine how playing action and adventure video games may influence character strengths, drawing on game and behavior change theories. The study includes two parts: a correlational study and a field experiment. The first study surveyed 597 participants using snowball sampling to explore the effects of different game genres on character strengths. Results showed that game genre significantly had a main effect on character …

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Identifying Mechanistic Pathways To Rigidity Associated With Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Traits Using A Novel Decision-Making Paradigm, Hannah L. Heintz Jan 2024

Identifying Mechanistic Pathways To Rigidity Associated With Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Traits Using A Novel Decision-Making Paradigm, Hannah L. Heintz

Theses and Dissertations

Cognitive and behavioral rigidity is observed across several mental disorders and is a defining characteristic of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), a highly prevalent and debilitating, yet understudied, disorder. In particular, treatments for OCPD are underdeveloped due to our poor understanding of the mechanisms leading to the disorder’s key feature of rigidity. Two related disorders, anorexia nervosa (AN) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), have shown distinct mechanistic pathways leading to symptoms of rigidity, indicating that this trait can arise as a result of a number of differentially impaired cognitive processes, each requiring unique interventions. To examine the relationship between symptoms of OCPD …

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Influencing Others: How Can We Benefit Society?, Caleb Roten Jan 2024

Influencing Others: How Can We Benefit Society?, Caleb Roten

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Understanding both how we perceive others and how others perceive us through social situations is vital for improving communication and thus improving relational connections. Successful interactions with people are crucial in many circumstances, especially in interview-type situations, due to the creation of cognitive biases upon such interactions. Whether the goal is to impress a hopeful romantic partner, interview for a job, negotiate a raise, interview for a scholarship, or any number of various reasons to strive for a successful social interaction, understanding how information about the people we meet and connect with is extremely important. Many cognitive examinations have been …

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The Effect Of State Anxiety On Working Memory Updating, Alexandra L. Mastrangelo Jan 2024

The Effect Of State Anxiety On Working Memory Updating, Alexandra L. Mastrangelo

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Anxiety impairs cognition by operating to alter processing efficiency. When anxiety impairs efficiency, the capacity of working memory (WM) is confined especially for individuals who concurrently experience higher levels of anxiety (Yang et al., 2018). The updating function is a crucial process that operates within WM to replace and modify older with novel information to carry out complex cognitive tasks. However, if interference accrues from previously learned information (known as proactive interference, or PI), removing information from WM becomes more difficult. Because the relationship between state anxiety (SA) and WM is less understood compared to trait anxiety (TA), this study …

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Pixels Or People: A Comparison Of The Differenital Effects Of Animated And Human Video Models On Exercise Behaviors For Hgh School Students With Intellectual Disability, Jade Alexis Fulkerson Jan 2024

Pixels Or People: A Comparison Of The Differenital Effects Of Animated And Human Video Models On Exercise Behaviors For Hgh School Students With Intellectual Disability, Jade Alexis Fulkerson

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Individuals with intellectual disabilities, with or without autism spectrum disorder, often require structured programming to facilitate acquisition of skills. Video modeling, an evidence-based strategy, offers a promising avenue for skill instruction. While research has demonstrated the effectiveness of human-modeled video interventions, limited research has been conducted into the efficacy of animated models. Addressing this gap, the present study employed an alternating treatments design to compare the effectiveness of human and animated models in teaching exercise behaviors to high school students with intellectual disabilities, with or without autism spectrum disorder. Results revealed variability among participants: one individual exhibited superior performance with …

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The Effects Of Hierarchical Training On The Emergence Of Emotion-Related Metaphors In Autistic Children, Katherine Lynch Jan 2024

The Effects Of Hierarchical Training On The Emergence Of Emotion-Related Metaphors In Autistic Children, Katherine Lynch

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

Recently, research on derived relational responding has increased in volume, along with the publication of assessments, curricula, and textbooks on this topic. The allure of engineering derived relations due to purported accelerated learning makes this topic interesting to researchers and practitioners. Recent reviews have examined types of verbal operants, and specific relational frames studied in this body of literature, but there is scarcity in terms of the instructional procedures and variations thereof, and there is little available to focus on single case design (SCD) evaluations of these procedures. Hierarchical training (HT) to produce derived relations between arbitrary stimuli has shown …

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Saving The World One Scrap At A Time: Identity Labeling As As Tool To Reduce Household Food Waste, Jamiela Bryant Jan 2024

Saving The World One Scrap At A Time: Identity Labeling As As Tool To Reduce Household Food Waste, Jamiela Bryant

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Food waste is a significant driver of climate change, and it threatens human and planetary health. In fact, the average American household discards between 30% - 40% of their edible food each week. Reducing food waste could divert material from landfills, where it contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Decreasing food waste would also mean that more of the planet’s resources could contribute to feeding the population. Social psychological research demonstrates the importance of values and identity in understanding and promoting proenvironmental behaviors, such as household food use and disposal. In this dissertation, I review the social psychological literature, focusing on …

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Environmentalism Among Older Adults: Investigating Predictors Of Pro-Environmental Behavior In Later Life, Ajit Singh Mann Jan 2024

Environmentalism Among Older Adults: Investigating Predictors Of Pro-Environmental Behavior In Later Life, Ajit Singh Mann

CGU Theses & Dissertations

Human actions are largely responsible for degradation of the natural environment, and environmental threats due to climate change are increasingly prevalent. Despite the immediate need to conserve the natural environment, the role of older adults in pro-environmental initiatives has largely been ignored. I conducted two studies to understand pathways for promoting pro-environmental behavior among older adults, with the goal of shedding light on older adults’ engagement in environmental action. In the first study, I investigated the indirect effect of age on pro-environmental behavior, through personal values and environmental concern, among a general sample (N=292). I considered the role of flow …

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The Unequal Distribution Of Social Risk For Black Men Across The Life-Span. A Novel Framework., Waleed Y. Sami Jan 2024

The Unequal Distribution Of Social Risk For Black Men Across The Life-Span. A Novel Framework., Waleed Y. Sami

Adultspan Journal

This conceptual overview offers a comprehensive overview of systemic pathways that negatively impact the mental health of Black Men throughout their lives. Our argument highlights the importance for counselors and mental health professionals to utilize a thorough social risk assessment that considers these pathways in order to effectively address the mental health needs of Black Men while fostering positive working relationships. This overview strongly advocates for the use of context and structural determinants when evaluating mental health symptoms. Without an appropriate understanding of social risk and determinants, counselors may inadvertently perpetuate disparities by decontextualizing symptomology, and reproducing racist discourse.

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An Exploration Of The Depictions Of Queerness In Yuri!!! On Ice, Kenneth Broughton Jan 2024

An Exploration Of The Depictions Of Queerness In Yuri!!! On Ice, Kenneth Broughton

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the show Yuri!!! On Ice, specifically its portrayal of gay men. It 1) explores the themes present in the work, with a focus on the depiction of queerness as a transformative force, 2) examines the audience’s opinion of the work via content analysis, and 3) discusses the representation of queer people within the work. The representation of gay men in the show is discussed within the larger framework of Western media, and I also provide context from histories of queer representation in both America and Japan, review common trope usage (both within the story and in Western …

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Expanded Transference: A Humanities Perspective On The Generative Core Of Ernest Becker's Theory Of Human Nature, Daniel Liechty, Jerry Piven Jan 2024

Expanded Transference: A Humanities Perspective On The Generative Core Of Ernest Becker's Theory Of Human Nature, Daniel Liechty, Jerry Piven

Faculty Publications - Social Work

The death anxiety thesis is widely considered to be Ernest Becker’s primary contribution to social theory and is associated with his most widely read book, The Denial of Death (1973). This essay suggests Becker is understood in a more sophisticated and nuanced way when his death anxiety thesis is situated in the context of his earlier work in the humanities and social sciences. The death anxiety thesis itself is one component of a much broader theoretical conceptualization of expanded transference, a constant thread through all of Becker’s writings from his doctoral dissertation through his final posthumously published works. Furthermore, the …

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An Examination Of An Online Program For Parents With Anxious Adolescents, Tracy Sciulli Jan 2024

An Examination Of An Online Program For Parents With Anxious Adolescents, Tracy Sciulli

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

The researcher conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate the effectiveness of an online parent coaching program in influencing parental beliefs about anxiety and enhancing parenting self-efficacy for managing adolescent anxiety. The researchers developed the piloted parenting program to determine whether a brief online intervention for parents could alter parental self-efficacy and beliefs about adolescent anxiety to bring about positive outcomes for adolescents undergoing treatment for anxiety. The team recruited parents of adolescents diagnosed with or receiving treatment for anxiety symptoms from Philadelphia Integrative Psychiatry for a pre-intervention and post-intervention study. The proposed parenting program aims to address the shortcomings in …

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Changes In Visual Scanning During Stimulus Equivalence Training, Katelyn Jones Jan 2024

Changes In Visual Scanning During Stimulus Equivalence Training, Katelyn Jones

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Stimulus equivalence-based training allows learners to gain new knowledge by deriving novel relations without being directly taught. This is an important skill that some individuals, especially in special populations, have as a deficit. One possible reason individuals may struggle with stimulus equivalence is a deficit in visual experience that promotes selective attention to stimulus properties. With the advancement of technology, visual tracking and visual scanning offers a means to assess visual behavior in detail while learning stimulus associations. Identifying individual differences, and deficits in visual scanning behavior should provide researchers with better means to design interventions, promoting appropriate visual scanning …

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Assessing The Effects Of Experimentally Contrived Negative Emotional Contexts On Affect, Willingness, And Impulsivity, Amanda Nicole Middleton Jan 2024

Assessing The Effects Of Experimentally Contrived Negative Emotional Contexts On Affect, Willingness, And Impulsivity, Amanda Nicole Middleton

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Emotions are a naturally occurring and unavoidable part of life. To investigate the role that negative emotional experiencing plays in transfer of stimulus function, relational behavior, and intervention effectiveness, this thesis combines and explores the implications of two manuscripts that examine the effects of negative emotional contexts. Specifically, the first chapter presents research demonstrating the ability of operant schedules of reinforcement and respondent relational training to result in acquired affective and willingness stimulus functions. A between groups design demonstrated that when paired with a frustration-inducing task, negatively valenced functions can be established for arbitrary stimuli, and when observational pairing was …

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Nature’S Relationship To Psychological Flexibility, Jake K. Sanders Jan 2024

Nature’S Relationship To Psychological Flexibility, Jake K. Sanders

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Acceptance and commitment therapy has defined and successfully discovered methods of increasing psychological flexibility. Various methods of increasing psychological flexibility could be used as interventions. Contact with nature, in various forms, has been shown to increase and be related to many physical and mental health benefits. These benefits include things like mindfulness and other aspects of psychological flexibility. The question arises whether or not contact with nature is related to increases in overall psychological flexibility. The current study involved administering a questionnaire comprised of multiple existing measures, to primarily a college sample of 349 students. The answers were statistically analyzed …

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