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Emotional Health And Weight Gain: A Prospective Study Of Middle-Aged Women, Ann Bahr Jun 2007

Emotional Health And Weight Gain: A Prospective Study Of Middle-Aged Women, Ann Bahr

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which risk of gaining weight or body fat is affected by emotional health in women. A secondary objective was to determine the influence of age, baseline weight and body fat, physical activity (PA), energy intake, and changes in PA and energy intake, on the relationship between emotional health and gains in weight and body fat. The study was a prospective cohort investigation over 20 months of 256 healthy, non-obese females (age: 35-45 y, BMI < 30 kg/m2). All subjects were assessed for several variables using objective measurements at baseline and again at 20 months. Emotional health was assessed using the General Well-Being Schedule. Body fat percentage was indexed using the Bod Pod. PA was measured objectively using MTI (CSA) accelerometers, and energy intake was measured using weighed, 7-day food records. The results of the study demonstrated that risk of gains in weight and body fat were no greater in depressed women compared to their counterparts. However, 171 (66.8%) subjects demonstrated less than positive (LTP) emotional health at baseline, and 37.4% of these subjects gained weight during the 20-month study. Conversely, 85 (33.2%) subjects had positive emotional health at baseline, but only 23.5% gained weight over the investigational period. With no variables controlled, women with LTP emotional health had 59% greater risk of weight gain over the study period than women with positive emotional health (RR 1.59, 95% CI = 1.04-2.44). Women with LTP emotional health were at no greater risk of gains in body fat percentage than women with positive emotional health (RR 0.96, 95% CI = 0.70-1.33). After adjusting for each potential confounder individually, risk of gaining weight or body fat did not change. However, after adjusting for all of the potential confounders simultaneously, risk of weight gain was weakened (RR 1.43, 95% CI = 0.93-2.21). These results seem to demonstrate that middle-aged women with LTP emotional health may be at increased risk of gaining weight compared to women with positive emotional health.

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Therapists' Perceived Influence Of Language: Second Language Spanish Speaking Therapists With Native Spanish-Speaking Clients, Cameron D. Mount Jun 2007

Therapists' Perceived Influence Of Language: Second Language Spanish Speaking Therapists With Native Spanish-Speaking Clients, Cameron D. Mount

Theses and Dissertations

Experiences of the bilingual client in therapy have received attention in the literature but accounts of the experience of the bilingual therapist are strikingly sparse. The purpose of this study was to focus on the bilingual therapist's perception of the impact of language on the therapeutic process. To achieve this goal, the researcher interviewed therapists who speak Spanish as a second language and work with native Spanish-speaking clients. Data analysis was completed using ethnographic research methods, which resulted in the emergence of three themes. The first theme included therapists' perceived obstacles to second-language therapy. Each of the participants in the …

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Earth Science Mini-Lessons: A Service-Learning Strategy For Improving Attitudes Toward Science Of Preservice Elementary Teachers, K. Thompson, B. R. Bickmore, Charles R. Graham, S. C. Yanchar Jun 2007

Earth Science Mini-Lessons: A Service-Learning Strategy For Improving Attitudes Toward Science Of Preservice Elementary Teachers, K. Thompson, B. R. Bickmore, Charles R. Graham, S. C. Yanchar

Faculty Publications

Science instruction in elementary school classrooms is frequently lacking in the United States. One factor that impacts the amount and quality of science instruction is teacher attitudes toward science. The Earth Science Mini-Lesson Project is a strategic program created to help improve preservice elementary school teachers' attitudes toward science in a one-semester college class. Students participating in this project create earth science mini-lessons on topics taken from the Utah Core Curriculum Standards and teach them to elementary students at a local Title I grade school. Attitude survey results from both semesters showed that this service-learning outreach program positively affected students' …

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Interactions Among Italian Preschool-Age Children: Aggression, Victimization, And Sociometric Status, Shawna J. Marshall Jun 2007

Interactions Among Italian Preschool-Age Children: Aggression, Victimization, And Sociometric Status, Shawna J. Marshall

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined social interactions between Italian preschoolers based upon sociometric status groupings. The sample consisted of 267 Italian preschoolers (mean age 64 months) taken from early childhood classrooms in southern Italy. Drawing on previous research, preschoolers' physical and relational aggression and physical and relational victimization as measured by peer nominations were analyzed. Structural equation modeling using Mplus was used to test the model, and SPSS 15 was used to run analyses of variance (ANOVAs) to examine the interaction between sociometric status and preschoolers' behaviors toward peers. Findings generally support previous research with American children as well as cross-cultural research …

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Patterns Of User Activity In The Blackboard Course Management System Across All Courses In The 2004-2005 Academic Year At Brigham Young University, Michael E. Griffiths Jun 2007

Patterns Of User Activity In The Blackboard Course Management System Across All Courses In The 2004-2005 Academic Year At Brigham Young University, Michael E. Griffiths

Theses and Dissertations

The following report discusses the use of the Blackboard Course Management in terms of overall patterns of activity as recorded in the Blackboard activity database across the whole campus of Brigham Young University during the 2004-2005 academic year. The report contains a set of data represented by tables and graphs that summarize activity, or clicks, in the Blackboard system performed by students, professors, and assistants. The clicks are summarized according to a number of different categories and criteria and analyzed to show interesting patterns of activity. The report is designed to show a general campus wide summary of Blackboard activity …

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Mission Propaganda: A Study Of Form, Colonial Attitudes, And Feminism In Maria Theresia Ledóchowska's Newspaper Publication, Jakob N. Jarvis Jun 2007

Mission Propaganda: A Study Of Form, Colonial Attitudes, And Feminism In Maria Theresia Ledóchowska's Newspaper Publication, Jakob N. Jarvis

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis examines Mission Propaganda, a newspaper-style publication distributed by the St. Peter Claver Sodalität, an association of nuns, lay-members, and subscribers founded by Maria Theresia Ledóchowska in 1894. The “sodality” was dedicated to supporting Catholic missionary work in Africa, and advocated for the liberation of African slaves. Ledóchowska used Mission Propaganda to encourage Europeans to support the African missions. She also used it to inform Europeans about African culture. She attempted to create a connection between the need for Catholic missionary work in Africa and the need for reform in Europe. She believed Europeans needed moral, religious, and social …

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Korean Collections Consortium Of North America: Ten Years And After, Hyokyoung Yi Jun 2007

Korean Collections Consortium Of North America: Ten Years And After, Hyokyoung Yi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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The Correlation Between The Eating Attitudes Test And Body Shape Questionnaire, Maren L. Kanekoa May 2007

The Correlation Between The Eating Attitudes Test And Body Shape Questionnaire, Maren L. Kanekoa

Theses and Dissertations

This research examined the relationship between eating attitudes and body image dissatisfaction using the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). Three cohorts of almost 2,000 undergraduate females from Brigham Young University were given the EAT and BSQ twice a year for two to four years, depending upon their year of entrance to BYU. The data collected were analyzed using correlational statistics. Results indicated that a high positive correlation between the EAT and BSQ existed across semesters and cohorts.

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The Development Of The Remarital Assessment Questionnaire For Divorced Persons (Raq-D), Derrel Jay Higgins May 2007

The Development Of The Remarital Assessment Questionnaire For Divorced Persons (Raq-D), Derrel Jay Higgins

Theses and Dissertations

The development of the Remarital Assessment Questionnaire for Divorced Persons (RAQ-D) is presented. Steps of development of the questionnaire are outlined: a review of remarital literature, interviews with remarried couples, the creation of a pool of items, review of the items by clinicians, and the development of a preliminary questionnaire. Data were collected through the internet. An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the data yielded scales relating to adjustment areas that are specific to remarital couples. The resulting scales exhibited acceptable level of internal consistency. Psychometric properties of the resulting scales are reported. Implications and recommendations of further development of the …

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Values In Family Therapy Practice And Research: An Invitation For Reflection, Stephen T. Fife, Jason B. Whiting Phd May 2007

Values In Family Therapy Practice And Research: An Invitation For Reflection, Stephen T. Fife, Jason B. Whiting Phd

Faculty Publications

Values have been shown to be a pervasive part of both marriage and family therapy (MFT) clinical practice and research. Yet, many therapists and researchers remain unclear about how values affect their work. This article examines the influence of Western philosophical assumptions and therapy traditions in light of current understandings of values in therapy. The influence of values in MFT research processes is similarly examined. Implications for how family therapy professionals can be more reflective and sophisticated in their understanding of values in clinical practice and scientific inquiry are discussed. Suggestions for addressing values in MFT training also are given.

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Do You Have The Time? Changes In And Implications Of Spouses' Time Together, Jeffrey P. Dew May 2007

Do You Have The Time? Changes In And Implications Of Spouses' Time Together, Jeffrey P. Dew

Faculty Publications

Many Americans say they do not spend enough time with their families. Social changes such as increased productivity expectations in the workplace and the movement of mothers into the paid labor force have added to the feeling that family time is scarce. Time is perceived to be an extremely rare commodity in the U.S., and families desire to spend more of it together.

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Economic Hardship And Children's Social Withdrawal In Romanian Families, Jennifer Denise Pearson Apr 2007

Economic Hardship And Children's Social Withdrawal In Romanian Families, Jennifer Denise Pearson

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the impact of perceived economic hardship on family processes and children's socially withdrawn (reticent) behaviors in Romania. The sample consisted of 121 Romanian mothers and fathers of 4-5 year old children, as well as children's kindergarten teachers. Drawing on Conger and colleagues' family stress model of economic hardship, the associations among mothers' and fathers' ratings of economic hardship, depression, marital conflict, psychologically controlling parenting, and teacher ratings of child social withdrawal were analyzed. Structural equation modeling using AMOS 7.0 was used to test the model. Findings generally support earlier studies with European American families, as well as …

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The Effect Of Inquiry-Based Learning In A Technical Classroom: The Impact On Student Learning And Attitude, Ian R. Hartman Apr 2007

The Effect Of Inquiry-Based Learning In A Technical Classroom: The Impact On Student Learning And Attitude, Ian R. Hartman

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the effect of inquiry-based instruction in technical undergraduate education. Specifically, the effect was measured along two dimensions: 1) the effect on student learning and, 2) student attitude towards subject matter. The researcher designed an inquiry-based instructional approach to encourage interaction between teacher and students and to help students take more responsibility for their learning. Three technical undergraduate classes participated in the study. Each class was divided into experimental and control groups. For the experimental group, a twice-a-week traditional lecture was replaced with a once-a-week inquiry-based question and answer session. Students in the control group were taught as …

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Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione Apr 2007

Reason: Christianity To Capitalism, Assunta M. Forgione

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

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Eating, Substance Use, And Body Image: A Comparison Of Latter-Day Saint And Non-Latter-Day Saint College Age Females, Monika Sandberg, Diane L. Spangler Apr 2007

Eating, Substance Use, And Body Image: A Comparison Of Latter-Day Saint And Non-Latter-Day Saint College Age Females, Monika Sandberg, Diane L. Spangler

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

This study examined differences between Latter-day Saint (LDS) and non-Latter-day-Saint (non-LDS) females in desire to engage in substance use and eating behaviors in response to negative emotion. Additionally, differences between LDS and non-LDS females regarding body image, as well as body image differences between LDS females residing inside Utah and outside Utah, were explored. Findings suggested that non-LDS females were more likely to experience increased urges to use substances in response to negative emotion than LDS females, consistent with LDS doctrine teaching the aviodance of substance use. LDS females also did not appear to substitute LDS-sanctioned eating behaviors for substance …

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A Brief Lds Faith-Based Dialogue For The Treatment Of Conditional Self-Worth, John M. Rector Apr 2007

A Brief Lds Faith-Based Dialogue For The Treatment Of Conditional Self-Worth, John M. Rector

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

This paper presents a sample dialogue which has been used effectively in psychotherapy with Latter-day Saint (LDS) clients who suffer from the belief that their worth as individuals is based on their preformance (i.e., "conditional self-worth"). The dialogue makes use of LDS theology and strategic questioning in order to dispute and ultimately replace the client's paradigm of conditional self-worth with beliefs in unconditional human worth. The dialogue is considered as one component of a larger religio-psychotherapeutic approach which has as its goal increasing flexible, rational thinking, including the belief that all human beings have unconditional worth.

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The Midlife Client, Patricia Evans Apr 2007

The Midlife Client, Patricia Evans

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

This case study explored the midlife physical, emotional, and role changes or a small sample of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to determine how they cope with midlife change, to examine their aging experience within the LDS Church community, and to discover how the LDS faith and church community helped them through the challenges of midlife. According to a qualitiative design, the researcher implemented in-depth interviews with 10 LDS women from three cohorts: ages 35-44, 45-54, 55-65. Three theoretical perspectives were used to frame the study: feminist, social constructionist, and narrative. A qualitiative matrix …

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Family Issues In Time Of War: A Chaplain's Perspective, Michael D. Howard, Ruth P. Cox Apr 2007

Family Issues In Time Of War: A Chaplain's Perspective, Michael D. Howard, Ruth P. Cox

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Military families experience many stressors that are similar to those of non-military families and others that are more common to military life. Stressors which are more common to military families include enduring forced periods of lengthly separation, raising a family with only one parent for extended periods, experiencing frequent forced moves, and being away from the extended family. In addition to these basic stressors are those associated with the harsh reality of war: personal injury, disability, and death. For these families, the future is very uncertain, as is the possibility of never seeing one another again. This paper explores the …

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The Greater Of Two Evils: Discovery Abuse In The Case Behind North Country, Lindsay Peterson Apr 2007

The Greater Of Two Evils: Discovery Abuse In The Case Behind North Country, Lindsay Peterson

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

No abstract provided.

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Establishing Shot: The Scope Of Mormon Cinema, Gideon O. Burton Apr 2007

Establishing Shot: The Scope Of Mormon Cinema, Gideon O. Burton

BYU Studies

Gideon O. Burton introduces the special issue dedicated to Mormon cinema by giving a brief overview of the other articles appearing in the issue and clarifying what Mormon cinema is: any film made by or about Mormons, from Church-produced movies used for teaching and training to YouTube segments; from student-made films to theatrically released movies. He also discusses the importance of film criticism in creating a quality Mormon cinema tradition.

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Toward A Mormon Cinematic Aesthetic: Film Styles In Legacy, Thomas J. Lefler, Gideon O. Burton Apr 2007

Toward A Mormon Cinematic Aesthetic: Film Styles In Legacy, Thomas J. Lefler, Gideon O. Burton

BYU Studies

Latter-day Saints aspire to movies that enhance, rather than undermine, their spiritual lives and that respect their religious convictions. However, discussion among Mormons about film tends to focus primarily on content—the presence of inappropriate content or the desire for more family-friendly subjects. Mormons are not alone in looking to film as a way of powerfully presenting religious themes and ideas. Biblical films, for example, have been a staple from the beginning of motion pictures. However, a film’s content is not its only religious dimension. Many films that portray ostensibly religious subjects, argues film theorist Michael Bird, “have too often erred …

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The Mormons. Produced By Helen Whitney., Brian Q. Cannon, Mario S. De-Pillis, Richard E. Bennett Apr 2007

The Mormons. Produced By Helen Whitney., Brian Q. Cannon, Mario S. De-Pillis, Richard E. Bennett

BYU Studies

The Mormons. Produced by Helen Whitney. Melbourne, Fla.: PBS Video, 2007

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Angie. Produced By The Tom Russell Family., Randy Astle Apr 2007

Angie. Produced By The Tom Russell Family., Randy Astle

BYU Studies

Angie. Produced by the Tom Russell family. Fit for the Kingdom, 2006

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Full Issue, Byu Studies Apr 2007

Full Issue, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Therapist Attachment, Client Attachment To Therapist, And Expected Working Alliance: An Analogue Study, Rachel E. Crook Lyon, Charles J. Gelso, Lane Fischer, Lynda R. Silva Apr 2007

Therapist Attachment, Client Attachment To Therapist, And Expected Working Alliance: An Analogue Study, Rachel E. Crook Lyon, Charles J. Gelso, Lane Fischer, Lynda R. Silva

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Forty-six therapists-in-training listened to an audiotape in which one of three client-attachment-to-therapist styles was portrayed (Secure, Preoccupied-Merger, Avoident-Fearful). Participants completed an expected working alliance inventory for working with the audiotape client, as well as a measure of their own attachment dimensions. Results indicated that client attachment styles predicted differences in expected working alliance ratings, with the Secure audiotape yielding significantly higher total working alliance ratings than either the Preoccupied-Merger of Avoidant-Fearful audiotapes. The client audiotapes yielded the same ratings when therapists' own attachment dimensions were statistically controlled for, suggesting that therapists did not impose their attachment dimensions when predicting working …

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The Therapeutic Value Of Experiencing And Expressing Gratitude, Vaughn E. Worthen, Richard L. Isakson Apr 2007

The Therapeutic Value Of Experiencing And Expressing Gratitude, Vaughn E. Worthen, Richard L. Isakson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Gratitude has recently received a significant amount of research attention in the emerging field of positive psychology. Gratitude interventions are being empirically validated and are showing great promise in enhancing life satisfaction, decreasing depression and anxiety, coping with adversity, facilitating relationships, building civic and moral aspirations and behaviors, and promoting physiological benefits as well. This article will tie the empirical literature to an LDS theology that has long taught and currently advoactes for the cultivation of gratitude as an essential component of a spiritually based, meaningful, and happy life. An empirical overview of the benefits of gratitude will be provided, …

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The Sixth Annual Lds Film Festival, January 17-20, 2007, Candy Eash Apr 2007

The Sixth Annual Lds Film Festival, January 17-20, 2007, Candy Eash

BYU Studies

The Sixth Annual LDS Film Festival, January 17–20, 2007. SCERA Center for the Arts, Orem, Utah

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Active Spectatorship: Spiritual Dimensions Of Film, Sharon Swenson Apr 2007

Active Spectatorship: Spiritual Dimensions Of Film, Sharon Swenson

BYU Studies

Menacing music signals something ominous. My three-year-old grandson, Gavin, looks up at me, and we hug each other closer under the quilt, shivering in anticipation. In the background is . . . something . . . and it’s getting closer and closer. What seemed like something small and close by is really something large and far away and getting closer by the second. Squeeze tighter; Gavin glances up at me and giggles, but I remain serious and calm, preparing for whatever might come. It’s a whale! Zooming toward us!

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Crime And Punishment: Does Punishment Work?, David J. Cherrington Apr 2007

Crime And Punishment: Does Punishment Work?, David J. Cherrington

Faculty Publications

Most analyses of punishment seem to assume that it plays a major role in shaping the behavior of people, whether they are children, students, employees, or ordinary citizens in the community. Some people argue that there is no justification for the use of punishment in any setting, even childrearing. A bill debated in the 2007 California state legislature that would make spanking illegal appears to be a move in this direction. Others believe that there are times when punishment is the most effective and timely way to change behavior and without it homes, schools, organizations, and societies would disintegrate. Does …

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Optimizing Product Variant Placement To Satisfy Market Demand, Jonathan Roger Parkinson Mar 2007

Optimizing Product Variant Placement To Satisfy Market Demand, Jonathan Roger Parkinson

Theses and Dissertations

Many companies use product families in order to offer product variants that appeal to different market segments while minimizing costs. Because the market demand is generally not uniform for all possible product variants, during the design phase a decision must be made as to which variants will be offered and how many. This thesis presents a new approach to solving this problem. The product is defined in terms of performance parameters. The market demand is captured in a preference model and applied to these parameters in order to represent the total potential market. The number and placement of the product …

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