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The Benefits Of Dating Apps, Valeria Beltran Jan 2021

The Benefits Of Dating Apps, Valeria Beltran

2021

Online platforms such as Tinder, where one swipes through nearby potential partners until there’s a match, have completely taken over dating in the modern world. With its benefits and drawbacks, online dating has become more common over the years for users of all ages. Although many may focus on the negative sides of dating apps, there are plenty of positives that make the apps desirable to its users. The ability to find potential partners from one’s phone at any time while also determining what that relationship will entail before meeting face to face are both beneficial aspects of dating online. …


A Student Union For Today’S Students, Tena Bennett Jan 2021

A Student Union For Today’S Students, Tena Bennett

Ed.D. Capstone Reports

No abstract provided.


A Brighter Path To Their Future: Comparing The Illinois And Kentucky Juvenile Delinquency Procedures And Proposing A New Program In Illinois, Brook L. Vandeveer Jan 2021

A Brighter Path To Their Future: Comparing The Illinois And Kentucky Juvenile Delinquency Procedures And Proposing A New Program In Illinois, Brook L. Vandeveer

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In 1986, Kentucky began the Court Designated Worker Program. This program operates in every county of Kentucky and assists thousands of juveniles every year. The goal of this program is to keep juveniles out of the formal court system when possible, ensuring that small mistakes do not negatively impact their future. This article addresses the differences between Kentucky’s program and the current juvenile procedures in place throughout Illinois, and proposes the adoption of a program similar to Kentucky’s throughout the state of Illinois.


An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Parental Emotion Regulation On Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Kayla Shane, Karla Fehr, Mary Louise Cashel Jan 2021

An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Parental Emotion Regulation On Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Kayla Shane, Karla Fehr, Mary Louise Cashel

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Challenging The Dominant Representation Of Immigrant Latinas In The United States: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Personal Stories Of Latina Pioneers From The 1950-1970s, Scarlett Rodriguez Jan 2021

Challenging The Dominant Representation Of Immigrant Latinas In The United States: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Personal Stories Of Latina Pioneers From The 1950-1970s, Scarlett Rodriguez

Research Papers

The dominant representations of Latinx immigrants in the U.S. media do a disservice to the humanity of this group and overwhelmingly depict them in negative ways. This paper is an effort to counter these narratives and humanize the experiences of Latina immigrants. Specifically, it explores and analyzes four personal narratives from Latina women who migrated to the United States between 1950-1970s. The methodological approach in this report is qualitative and interpretive analysis, using open and axial coding. The author discusses how identities are constructed and shaped by the experiences of immigration, and connects it to extant research on power, coloniality, …


The Cognitive Power Of Analogies In The Legal Writing Classroom, Patricia Montana Jan 2021

The Cognitive Power Of Analogies In The Legal Writing Classroom, Patricia Montana

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

New law students traditionally learn better when they can connect what they are learning to a familiar non-legal experience. Analogies allow students to build on a familiar network of knowledge, making the learning more comfortable and the material more accessible. Integrating the use of analogies into the teaching of legal analysis and writing in a systematic way is a powerful teaching device. It is one that easily can break down the processes of legal research, analysis, and writing into simpler terms, thereby helping new law students understand, develop, and ultimately master these essential lawyering skills. This Article therefore proposes that …


Exploring Anxiety And The Different Types Of Disorders That Are Common In Todays Society, While Looking At The Most Effective Ways To Deal With Anxiety., Raysean Pugh Jan 2021

Exploring Anxiety And The Different Types Of Disorders That Are Common In Todays Society, While Looking At The Most Effective Ways To Deal With Anxiety., Raysean Pugh

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Case Study On The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise Program On Breast Cancer Survivors During And After Chemotherapy Treatment, John Kolade Jan 2021

Case Study On The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise Program On Breast Cancer Survivors During And After Chemotherapy Treatment, John Kolade

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Prebiotic Inulin-Type Fructans As A Potential Therapy On Functional Recovery In Juvenile Rats Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Nicholas Sanislo Jan 2021

Prebiotic Inulin-Type Fructans As A Potential Therapy On Functional Recovery In Juvenile Rats Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Nicholas Sanislo

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


If You're Reading This, Release The Tension In Your Shoulders: A Study Of Progressive Muscle Relaxation And Anxiety Relief For Injury Prevention In Athletes, Lindsey Honkomp Jan 2021

If You're Reading This, Release The Tension In Your Shoulders: A Study Of Progressive Muscle Relaxation And Anxiety Relief For Injury Prevention In Athletes, Lindsey Honkomp

Research Papers

The goal of this paper was to examine the impact of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) training in practice and athletic training sessions. PMR training as a way of decreasing anxiety and increasing readiness to play was examined in a sample of female collegiate soccer players. The specific hypothesis examined was that athletes who participated in long-term PMR training would report lower levels of cognitive and somatic anxiety and increased readiness to play compared to the control group. Participants were assessed on readiness to play and both cognitive/somatic anxiety using surveys previously found to determine these states of being. The surveys …


A Review Of Huperzine A Effects On Concussive Brain Injuries, Denver Luebbers Jan 2021

A Review Of Huperzine A Effects On Concussive Brain Injuries, Denver Luebbers

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Stop The Madness! An Examination Of Mental Health Stigma And Proposal To Implement Widespread Efforts For Its Reduction, Karon Donahue Dec 2020

Stop The Madness! An Examination Of Mental Health Stigma And Proposal To Implement Widespread Efforts For Its Reduction, Karon Donahue

Research Papers

Many people in the United States are affected by mental health conditions. Mental health stigma is a social problem characterized by negative representation in the media, numerous barriers to obtaining treatment, and feelings of shame for those affected by a mental health disorder. While there is evidence of positive outcomes to some anti-stigma campaigns, there has been a failure for these programs to become widespread, covering all parts of American society. This paper has been created to present recommendations for widespread initiatives at the federal and state level. Recommendations for training and sensitivity programs targeting places of employment and schools, …


Frames Of Error: Three Behavioral Approaches To Reducing Stigma Towards People With Disabilities, Rocco Giovanni Catrone Dec 2020

Frames Of Error: Three Behavioral Approaches To Reducing Stigma Towards People With Disabilities, Rocco Giovanni Catrone

Dissertations

What makes a person disabled is a much-debated topic with some focusing on the individuals impairments (putting the onus of disability on the individual) while others focus on how the environment (both architectural and social) exacerbates an individual’s impairments and creates the conceptualization of disability (putting the onus of disability on society). No matter how a person with a disability (PWD) is categorized, they are met with healthcare, education, and work disparities that are perpetuated both unintentionally and intentionally. This paper examines the various ways disability and subsequently stigma arises from a variety of viewpoints both within and outside the …


Disordered Eating Among Nonbinary Individuals, Marilyn Chung Dec 2020

Disordered Eating Among Nonbinary Individuals, Marilyn Chung

Dissertations

Research on influences of eating disorders have informed diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders, particularly for White cisgender women. A Perfect Biopsychosocial Storm is a theory of influences of disordered eating development: sociocultural influences of rigid body shape and size ideals, high rates of trauma and violence, experiences of objectification and sexualization, and biological changes (Maine & Bunnell, 2010). For transgender individuals, recent findings suggest disparities and negative mental health outcomes such as elevated prevalence of disordered eating, body image concerns, and self-reported disordered eating. For transgender men and women, researchers found that disordered eating may be related to attempts …


Documenting A Personal And National History: Echoes Of The Urban-Rural Divide In The Works Of Helga Gamboa, Sonja Gelin Dec 2020

Documenting A Personal And National History: Echoes Of The Urban-Rural Divide In The Works Of Helga Gamboa, Sonja Gelin

Honors Theses

This paper analyzes a series of vessels created by artist Helga Gamboa from 2003-2008. Gamboa, an Angolan artist, based in the United Kingdom, uses her work to recount the experiences of rural women during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002) and her own experience growing up in the capital during the final years of the Salazar-Caetano regime. Gamboa’s syncretic approach incorporates European tin-glazing and indigenous African hand-building techniques. Early Modern Portuguese and traditional Southern Angolan material culture also guide the artist. The resulting works document a lasting urban-rural divide among Angolan women, dating back to colonial policy, liberation struggles, and civil …


Coaching Yourself Through: Exploring The Relationship Between Positive Self-Talk And Resilience, Ian T. Mosier Dec 2020

Coaching Yourself Through: Exploring The Relationship Between Positive Self-Talk And Resilience, Ian T. Mosier

Theses

In this study, I investigated the relationship between positive self-talk, autonomy, and resilience in a sample of adults residing in America (n=177). Forty percent of American adults (n=1031) report daily stressors (Almeida, Wethington, & Kessler, 2002). Even comparatively minor life stressors can have a negative impact on one’s well-being over time (Almeida, 2005). Resilience, the ability to manage and recover from stress, may be an important factor in long-term health and well-being (Almeida, 2005). Positive self-talk has been identified as a possible target for resilience building interventions. However, positive self-talk appears to benefit some people more than others. One possible …


An Examination Of Meat Consumption As A Pro-Environmental Behavior And Its Weak Correlation To Delay Discounting, Sarah Parkinson Dec 2020

An Examination Of Meat Consumption As A Pro-Environmental Behavior And Its Weak Correlation To Delay Discounting, Sarah Parkinson

Theses

This study presented meat consumption as an environmentally relevant behavior (ERB) and examined how the delay to an environmental loss might affect peoples’ decisions to eat meat. Participants completed a delay discounting survey where they selected what percentage of meat they would eliminate from their diet based on varying delays to rising sea levels flooding of their neighborhood. After watching a brief educational video, participants completed the survey a second time to examine whether the video had any influence on discounting rates in the post-survey. Participants also completed the 27-Item Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ; Kirby & Marakovic, 1996) in order …


The Effect Of Nutritional Programming On Gut Microbiota In Broodstock And Progeny Fish, Samuel Patula Dec 2020

The Effect Of Nutritional Programming On Gut Microbiota In Broodstock And Progeny Fish, Samuel Patula

Theses

Aquaculture is currently the fastest growing animal production sector. Because the aquaculture sector is growing at rapid rates, certain materials for feed, specifically marine protein sources, are becoming increasingly expensive and unsustainable. To counteract the reliance on fishmeal (FM) and other marine protein sources in the industry plant protein (PP), specifically soybean meal (SBM), has been investigated to replace FM as a protein source. Unfortunately, SBM when given in high quantities (greater than 30%) has been shown to negatively affect fish performance including retarded growth, intestinal inflammation, reduction of spawn quality, as well as dysbiosis in the gut microbiome, most …


Preliminary Examination Of Methods For Identifying The Function Of Stealing, Brandon Ellis Mccord Dec 2020

Preliminary Examination Of Methods For Identifying The Function Of Stealing, Brandon Ellis Mccord

Dissertations

Because low rate, covert responses are hard to observe and measure (e.g., Azrin & Wesolowski, 1974; Henderson, 1981; Jeffery, 1969; Reid & Patterson, 1976; Seymour & Epston, 1989), well-controlled behavior analytic investigations of stealing have been rare. In fact, systematic investigations to experimentally determine stealing functions have been limited to two studies targeting food (Lambert et al., 2019; Simmons, Akers, & Fisher, 2019). The dearth of studies examining stealing functions, partly attributable to low rate and covertness, may be forestalling additional intervention studies. Given the likely futility of unsystematic attempts to observe naturally occurring instances of an infrequent, clandestine response, …


Citizens' Opinions Regarding A Checkout Bag Tax Proposal, Jorden Thomas Nov 2020

Citizens' Opinions Regarding A Checkout Bag Tax Proposal, Jorden Thomas

The Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute)

The need to address single-use plastic bag damage to our environment has grown exponentially across the globe. States and communities are taking legislative action to address the harm produced through the form of taxation and/or plastic bag bans. This paper provides insight into the contradictory evidence that is cited in favor or opposition to such legislation across the globe. Further, this paper seeks to determine the positions of Illinois citizens on their willingness to support a state-wide tax or ban on all plastic shopping bags received from retail establishments through the use of public opinion polling. Finally, the impacts of …


Suicide Prevention In Early Childhood, Terry Coniglio-Mcquay Nov 2020

Suicide Prevention In Early Childhood, Terry Coniglio-Mcquay

Research Papers

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Midwives In Reducing Motherhood Mortality: Implications For Illinois And Beyond, Morgan Christie Oct 2020

The Role Of Midwives In Reducing Motherhood Mortality: Implications For Illinois And Beyond, Morgan Christie

The Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute)

Over the past ten years, the United States has experienced an increase in its motherhood mortality rate. Advocates, researchers, and legislators have suggested that expanding the profession of midwifery may be one solution toward decreasing the rising motherhood mortality rates in America. This paper addresses the issue of midwifery, both nationally and within Illinois. Within the paper, a midwifery-led model of care is reviewed, as well as barriers to midwifery and legislation related to maternal healthcare. Public opinion polling was also conducted with Illinois voters to collect information on perceptions of midwifery. The paper further outlines policy recommendations for improving …


Conversations With Each Other: Love Songs To The Earth, Adrian M. Downey, Gonen Sagy Sep 2020

Conversations With Each Other: Love Songs To The Earth, Adrian M. Downey, Gonen Sagy

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

Conversation is a complicated, ever-changing, and dynamic space—a space which is foundational to both education and curriculum, broadly conceived. In this article, we continue our ongoing conversion through the notion of writing love songs to the Earth and to each other. Within the conversation, Gonen shares original poetry emergent from his lived experiences, while Adrian attends to Gonen’s poetry in prosaic response. In this, the socio-political moment of the Canadian movement toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, we view our relationship and our conversations as speaking back to the competitive languages of diasporic space and Indigenous place through an …


Lessons From Birds, Bones, And The Body, Alexandra Fidyk, Darlene St.Georges Sep 2020

Lessons From Birds, Bones, And The Body, Alexandra Fidyk, Darlene St.Georges

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

Written as a layered pictorial script, three images—Owl, Raven, and Hummingbird—beckoned the authors. Together, they explored neglected epistemologies in many disciplines within education, the arts and humanities to deepen their understanding of what it means to live in caring relation with an animated world. By tracking the Birds’ lineages and kinships through active imagination, amplification, and circumambulation, concealed patterns and associations reveal lessons for living more consciously with repressed and expressed feminine/androgyne energies. To be more conscious of both aids in the unfolding processes central to becoming, undoing, creativity, and pedagogy. Herein an ethical challenge arises: how might we honour …


A Contemplative And Artful Métissage Of Inquiry And Response, Jackie Mitchell, Nicholas Phillips, Robyn Trail, Susan C. Walsh, Barbara Bickel, Wendalyn Bartley, Medwyn Mcconachy Sep 2020

A Contemplative And Artful Métissage Of Inquiry And Response, Jackie Mitchell, Nicholas Phillips, Robyn Trail, Susan C. Walsh, Barbara Bickel, Wendalyn Bartley, Medwyn Mcconachy

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

In this mixed media métissage, we offer an exploration of artful and contemplative inquiry and response. We are a group of seven artist-researchers who engage with contemplative practices associated with various spiritual traditions, including spiritual feminist, Wiccan, Mi’kmaw, and Tibetan Buddhist, integral to all of which are beliefs about human interconnectedness with the energies of all sentient beings, the Earth, and beings in the spirit worlds. As artist-researchers, we engage with a range of arts disciplines including poetry, creative non-fiction, storytelling, sounding, visual art, filmmaking, and photography. Together, we invite the reader/listener/viewer--as co-creator—into the potentialities of our métissage: the narratives, …


Paying It Forward: A Gift Economy Of Poetry And Visual Art Images, Susan Gerofsky, Daniel Barney, Mira Gerard Sep 2020

Paying It Forward: A Gift Economy Of Poetry And Visual Art Images, Susan Gerofsky, Daniel Barney, Mira Gerard

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

As our world has changed rapidly and ineluctably with the COVID-19 pandemic, many are advocating an ethos of generosity and a gift economy, based on generative, creative offerings, as an alternative or balance to the excesses of a mainstream neoliberal exchange economy. What is the gift economy, and how does it entangle us in a fabric of mutual responsibility, obligation, creative practices and love, within the human and greater-than-human world? A Pay-It-Forward New Year's gift game amongst a group of artist/ educators, ongoing since 2014, gives rise to this meditation on the gift economy, based on Mauss, Hyde, Kimmerer, Vaughan …


Full Issue Artizein October 2020, Barbara Bickel, Darlene St.Georges Sep 2020

Full Issue Artizein October 2020, Barbara Bickel, Darlene St.Georges

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

Full PDF of the 2020 issue edited by Barbara Bickel with Guest Assistant Editor & Design by Darlene St. Georges


Content Variation In Jury Instructions For Fatal Police Use Of Force Trials Do Not Moderate The Effect Of Attitudes Toward Police On Verdicts, Chasity Lynn Ratliff Sep 2020

Content Variation In Jury Instructions For Fatal Police Use Of Force Trials Do Not Moderate The Effect Of Attitudes Toward Police On Verdicts, Chasity Lynn Ratliff

Dissertations

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OFChasity Ratliff, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, presented on June 22, 2020, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: CONTENT VARIATION IN JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR FATAL POLICE USE OF FORCE TRIALS DO NOT MODERATE THE EFFECT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLICE ON VERDICTSMAJOR PROFESSOR: Liana C. Peter-HageneWhen police officers are charged with illegal use of force, jurors’ pre-existing attitudes toward the police can shape how jurors interpret trial evidence: Was the officer just doing his job under high amounts of pressure while fearing for his life? Or did the officer abuse his power with …


A Case Study On The Impact That The Meet & Teach Program Has On Youth Through Experiential Learning, Evan Brown Sep 2020

A Case Study On The Impact That The Meet & Teach Program Has On Youth Through Experiential Learning, Evan Brown

Dissertations

Millions of students continue to struggle academically throughout K-12, which can harm student access and retention in higher education. Also, with arts continually being removed throughout the K-12 education curricula, students have a lack of support toward enhancing their hidden talents and skillsets. This study describes the impact that the Meet & Teach program had on youth through experiential learning in relation to developing and enhancing their skillset in media arts. The two research questions that guide this study are: (a) How does the Meet & Teach program support skill development for higher education through experiential learning? (b) In what …


Addressing The Needs Of Gifted And Talented Stem Students Through Holistic Thinking In An Honors Program, Noor Alrajhi Sep 2020

Addressing The Needs Of Gifted And Talented Stem Students Through Holistic Thinking In An Honors Program, Noor Alrajhi

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the Honors Program at a midwestern University addresses the needs of gifted and talented STEM students and developed their holistic thinking. Pink’s ideas about the holistic thinking were used to frame this study. Blending STEM gifted students’ needs and Pink’s senses were discussed in the literature review.This study utilized a mixed method approach to gain a better understanding of students’ perceptions about addressing their needs in Honors Program. An explanatory sequential design was employed for this study in which qualitative data were used to expand the understanding of …