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Individual Differences And Neural Correlates Of Emotion Reactivity And Regulation: Potential Intervention Targets In Depression, Ian James Kahrilas

Dissertations

Depression, Electroencephalography, Emotion reactivity, Emotion regulation

Burnout, Collective Efficacy, And The Social Network Of A Unit, Amy Kiefer

Dissertations

Burnout, Collective Efficacy, Social Network, Social Network Analysis

Consistency Of Sleep Across Development And Relations To Executive Functions; Applications To Emerging Adults Transitioning To College And Adolescents With Spina Bifida, Laura Nicholson

Dissertations

College Students, Development, Executive Functioning, Inhibition, Sleep consistency, Spina Bifida

The Impact Of Peer Supportive Accountability On Use Of A Mindfulness App In Depressed College Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Carol Hundert Gonzales

Dissertations

Depression, Mental Health App, Mindfulness, Supportive Accountability

Teaching Presence In Online Discussions: Relationship-Based Learning By Design, Mary Quest

Dissertations

Activity Theory, Community of Inquiry Model, Interaction Analysis Model, Online learning, Social Construction of Knowledge, Teaching Presence

Understanding Teacher Reported Experiences Of Trauma Professional Development/Training, Mayra Alejandra Gaona

Dissertations

trauma informed education, trauma informed practices, trauma informed schools, trauma professional development

A Longitudinal Study Of Pain In Youth And Young Adults With Spina Bifida: Three Studies Based On The Bio-Neuropsychosocial Model, Diana Margaret Ohanian

Dissertations

Family Functioning, Neuropsychology, Pain, Pain Coping, Psychological Adjustment, Spina Bifida

Assessing Nursing Student Engagement In Clinical And Simulation Experiences, Karrie Osborne

Dissertations

clinical education, nursing education, student engagement

Communicating Student Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Study Of Communication Effectiveness, Nicholas Branson

Dissertations

Assessment, Communicating evidence, Education, Evaluation, Higher education, Student outcomes

Distinct Roles For Free Fatty Acid Receptor 3 (Ffar3) In Vagal And Spinal Afferents Regulating Energy Balance And Glucose Homeostasis, Tyler M. Cook

Dissertations

energy balance, glucose homeostasis, gut-brain axis, microbiome, nutrient sensing, satiety

Effectiveness Of A Virtual Learning Environment On Pediatric Students’ Knowledge, Self-Confidence And Satisfaction With Learning Growth And Development Concepts, Laura Marie Robbins-Frank

Dissertations

growth and development, knowledge, pediatric nursing students, satisfaction, self-confidence, virtual learning environments

Influences Of Child And Caregiver-Directed Home Visitor Behaviors On Caregiver Engagement And Caregiver-Child Interactions, Mary Kienstra Frese

Dissertations

Home Visiting, Parent Support, Prevention

Predicting Asian American College Women’S Leadership Intention Using Social Cognitive Career Theory, Jeong-Eun Suh

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pupils Of The Pipeline: Exploring The Role Of School Discipline And Disciplinary Actors On Adolescent Psychosocial Functioning, Ogechi Onyeka

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Connecting School Climate And Trust: A Content Analysis Of Elements Of Trust In Student And Staff School Climate Surveys, Katherine Thyen

Master's Theses

This study aims to make a concrete connection between trust in schools and school climate. Research indicates that both trust and school climate can positively impact school experiences and performance for teachers and students, but no formal connection has been made between these two elements of schools. In order to answer this study’s research questions of “What differences in frequency and context of trust dimensions exist between student surveys and teacher surveys?” and “How are survey items related to trust dispersed across school climate domains?”, a directed qualitative content analysis was performed. School climate surveys administered to students and teachers …

The Role Of Institutions In Job Teleworkability Before And After The Covid-19 Pandemic, Peter Norlander, Chris Erickson

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The teleworkability of jobs – whether they can and will be performed remotely – has been increasingly contested in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. To explain which jobs are teleworkable and why, we emphasize the institutional context of a job, including differences among firms, union representation, professional licensing requirements, sector, and employment models. Using a novel dataset of job characteristics extracted from the text of a large sample of online job advertisements from 2010-2021, we examine various explanations for change in the availability of remote job opportunities. Prior to the pandemic, private sector, non-union, and unlicensed jobs lagged federal …

The War-Zone Mentality — Mental Health Effects Of Gun Violence In U.S. Children And Adolescents, James Garbarino

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Does gun violence affect the mental health of U.S. children? That question has the same answer as most inquiries about child and adolescent development: it depends. Rarely does a simple cause–effect relationship apply to the same degree to all children, and the same exposures may even have opposite effects on different children. Such variability is an essential truth of the “ecological perspective” on child and adolescent development. But from this perspective, consideration of gun violence’s effects on the mental health of young people highlights two issues among the many facing U.S. society: traumatic responses in children directly exposed to gun …

Water Insecurity, Self-Reported Physical Health, And Objective Measures Of Biological Health In The Peruvian Amazon, Paula S. Tallman, Shalean M. Collins, M. Pia Chaparro, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

ObjectivesThis study examines the associations between water insecurity, self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health among 225 Awajún adults (107 women; 118 men) living in the Peruvian Amazon, a “water-abundant” region.MethodsA survey, which included multiple measures of self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health such as blood pressure and nutritional and immune biomarkers.ResultsGreater water insecurity was associated with multiple measures of self-reported physical health, including higher incidence of reported diarrhea, nausea, back pain, headaches, chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, overall poor perceived health, and “being sick.” These symptoms align with the physical strain associated with water acquisition …

The Platformed Money Ecosystem: Digital Financial Platforms, Datafication, And Reimagining Financial Well-Being, Akon E. Ekpo, Jenna M. Drenten, Pia A. Albinsson, Sophia Anong, Samuelson Appau, Lagnajita Chatterjee, Charlene A. Dadzie, Margaret Echelbarger, Adriene Muldrow, Spencer M. Ross, Shelle Santana, Michelle F. Weinberger

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Digital financial platforms have become an integral part of consumers' lives–resulting in the datafication of everyday life and potential for uniquely impacting financial well-being. Extending previous transformative consumer research, we suggest financial well-being must center the ways digital financial platforms and their resulting data are increasingly enmeshed with financial decision making and consumption. Drawing on a theoretical lens of platformization, we propose the Platformed Money Ecosystem, which accounts for increased embeddedness of digital financial platforms within consumers' lives and the subtlety of how everyday life is transformed into data: producing data at the micro-level, monetizing data at the meso-level, and …

Experiences Of Covid-19 Pandemic-Related Stress Among Sexual And Gender Minority Emerging Adult Migrants In The United States, Edward J. Alessi, Michael P. Dentato, Vincent Sarna, Andrew Eaton, Shelley L. Craig, Shannon P. Cheung

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

There is a dearth of research that examines COVID-19-related stress among multiply marginalised individuals who are in the developmental phase of emerging adulthood. This qualitative study investigated how the intersection of emerging adulthood, sexual and gender minority (SGM) identity, and migrant status were reflected in the experiences of SGM individuals (n = 37; ages 20–25 years old) who migrated to various parts of the United States in the last 5 years. Data were collected online using semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis revealed that participants' developmental processes (e.g., identity exploration, building financial independence) were shaped by pandemic-related stressors, especially unemployment and financial …

The Role Of Recognition In Kelsen's Account Of Legal Obligation And Political Duty, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Kelsen’s critique of absolute sovereignty famously appeals to a basic norm of international recognition. However, in his discussion of legal obligation, generally speaking, he notoriously rejects mutual recognition as having any normative consequence. I argue that this apparent contradiction in Kelsen's estimate regarding the normative force of recognition is resolved in his dynamic account of the democratic generation of law. Democracy is embedded within a modern political ethos that obligates legal subjects to recognize each other along four dimensions: as contractors whose mutually beneficial cooperation measures esteem by fair standards of contribution; as autonomous agents endowed with equal rights; as …

Water Insecurity And Gender-Based Violence: A Global Review Of The Evidence, Paula S. Tallman, Shalean Collins, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich, Binahayati Rusyidi, Aman Kothadia, Stroma Cole

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

We reviewed the existing literature documenting the association between water insecurity and gender-based violence to (1) describe the characteristics and contexts of available studies, and (2) identify and classify documented gender-based violence across domains of water insecurity (access, affordability, adequacy, reliability, and safety). 18 peer-reviewed articles mentioned associations between water insecurity and gender-based violence. All studies were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and were published in English. The most common manifestation of the relationship between water insecurity and gender-based violence was an increased risk of sexual and physical violence for women who walked long distances to access water. …

Medical–Surgical Nurse Leaders' Experiences With Safety Culture: An Inductive Qualitative Descriptive Study, Lisa Harton, Lisa E. Skemp

Nursing: School of Nursing Faculty Publications and Other Works

The aim of this study is to describe safety culture as experienced by medical–surgical nurse leaders.BackgroundSafety culture remains a barrier in safer patient care. Nurse leaders play an important role in creating and supporting a safety culture.MethodsWe used an inductive qualitative descriptive study using semistructured interviews, document review and observations in a Midwestern community hospital in the United States.ResultsResults of the study are as follows: making sure nurses are keeping patients safe, making sure nurses have nursing interventions in place, expecting nurses to stop unsafe acts or escalate when they feel uncomfortable, making sure nurses have what they need to …

The Impact Of Mobile Technology-Delivered Interventions On Youth Well-Being: Systematic Review And 3-Level Meta-Analysis, Colleen Conley, Elizabeth B. Raposa, Kate Bartolotta, Sarah E. Broner, Maya Hareli, Nicola Forbes, Kirsten M. Christensen, Mark Assink

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Background: Rates of mental health problems among youth are high and rising, whereas treatment seeking in this population remains low. Technology-delivered interventions (TDIs) appear to be promising avenues for broadening the reach of evidence-based interventions for youth well-being. However, to date, meta-analytic reviews on youth samples have primarily been limited to computer and internet interventions, whereas meta-analytic evidence on mobile TDIs (mTDIs), largely comprising mobile apps for smartphones and tablets, have primarily focused on adult samples.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mTDIs for a broad range of well-being outcomes in unselected, at-risk, and clinical samples of …

Let's Start Talking: A Reflective Essay On Minority Students' Experiences In Academic Spaces, Publishing, And Journal Involvement, Ryan S.C. Wong, Kayla M. Martensen

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

Graduate student population is diversifying, but not enough intentional resources are given to support minority graduate students.The need to publish during graduate school in order to have a chance for an academic career generates inequalities. Publishers and editors need to be more intentional in creating paid positions and recruiting submissions from a diversity of graduate students.We encourage more minority students to share their stories and form interdisciplinary support groups beyond a single institution or country context.

The Effect Of Brand Crises On Endorser Reputation And Endorsement Portfolios, Clark D. Johnson, Brittney C. Bauer, Mark J. Arnold

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

We often hear about a brand dropping a celebrity after the endorser has negative publicity. However, endorsers are not the only ones who are responsible for negative news; many brands also generate negative publicity as well. The growing frequency of brand crises and the demonstrated relationship between brand‐ and endorser‐reputation begs the question: What impact might a severe brand crisis have on a celebrity endorser's reputation and endorsement portfolio? Study 1 finds that negative publicity only impacts the brand's moral reputation if internal locus attributions are made. In turn, moral reputation positively impacts attitudes toward the brand, endorser, and other …

The Inappropriate Use Of Juvenile Records In Immigration Discretion, Sarah Diaz, Lisa Jacobs

Center for the Human Rights of Children

No abstract provided.

Examining The Implementation Of Teacher–Child Interaction Training-Universal In Public Schools, Catherine Decarlo Santiago, Yvita Bustos, Susana Sosa, Roxanna Flores Toussaint, Sarah Gebhardt, David Stern

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Teacher–Child Interaction Training-Universal (TCIT-U) is a professional development program for teachers that promotes positive relational interactions and strengthens classroom management. This study examines the implementation of TCIT-U in a public school district to guide future implementation and sustainability. This study uses qualitative methods to examine the implementation of TCIT-U across preschool through second-grade classrooms in a suburban public school district in Illinois, United States. Eight teachers and five coaches participated in focus groups, while three administrators completed interviews. Qualitative data from focus groups and interviews are supplemented by quantitative data on satisfaction, teacher sense of efficacy, teacher observations, and …

Phishing For Fun, Madeline Moran, Anna Hart, Loretta Stalans, Eric Chan-Tin, Shelia Kennison

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Perform a phishing experiment to see how many people fall victim. This study was approved by the Loyola IRB

A Labeled Dataset For Investigating Cyberbullying Content Patterns In Instagram, Mara Hamlett, Grace Powell, Yasin N. Silva, Deborah Hall

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

As online communication continues to become more prevalent, instances of cyberbullying have also become more common, particularly on social media sites. Previous research in this area has studied cyberbullying outcomes, predictors of cyberbullying victimization/perpetration, and computational detection models that rely on labeled datasets to identify the underlying patterns. However, there is a dearth of work examining the content of what is said when cyberbullying occurs and most of the available datasets include only basic labels (cyberbullying or not). This paper presents an annotated Instagram dataset with detailed labels about key cyberbullying properties, such as the content type, purpose, directionality, and …