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An Examination Of Perspectives On Community Poverty: A Case Study Of A Junior Civic Association, Monica Heimos Heimos

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Nonprofit organizations have become a necessary staple in the lives of people and communities experiencing poverty. Many of these organizations provide services that they think their communities need. The solutions and services these organizations provide are incumbent on what the organizations think causes poverty. Although the motivations behind these organizations have good intentions, their approach to poverty could further jeopardize people and communities by not providing proper or necessary services that have the ability to help people get out of poverty. To explore how organizational values and perspectives on poverty are operationalized, I examined one nonprofit grassroots organization in Tampa …

The Weekly Challenger, March 17, 2016, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The March 17, 2016, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Fear Conditioning And Extinction In Youth With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Joseph F. Mcguire, Scott P. Orr, Monica S. Wu, Adam B. Lewin, Brent J. Small, Vicky Phares, Tanya K. Murphy, Sabine Wilhelm, Daniel S. Pine, Daniel Geller, Eric A. Storch

Psychology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Fear acquisition and extinction are central constructs in the cognitive-behavioral model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which underlies exposure-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Youth with OCD may have impairments in fear acquisition and extinction that carry treatment implications. We examined these processes using a differential conditioning procedure.

METHODS: Forty-one youth (19 OCD, 22 community comparisons) completed a battery of clinical interviews, rating scales, and a differential conditioning task that included habituation, acquisition, and extinction phases. Skin conductance response (SCR) served as the primary dependent measure.

RESULTS: During habituation, no difference between groups was observed. During acquisition, differential fear conditioning was observed …

Usfsp Science Festival 2016, Usf Libraries

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Longitudinal Effects Of A Second-Order Multi-Problem Factor Of Sexual Risk, Marijuana Use, And Delinquency On Future Arrest Among Truant Youths, Richard Dembo, Jennifer Wareham, James Schmeidler, Ken Winters

Criminology Faculty Publications

Based on problem-behavior theory (Jessor & Jessor, 1977 Jessor, R., & Jessor, S. L. (1977). Problem behavior and psychosocial development: A longitudinal study of youth. New York, NY: Academic Press. [Google Scholar]), a second-order problem behavior model of delinquency, marijuana use, and risky sexual behavior over five waves was estimated among truant adolescents. The study also investigated the influence of the problem factor on future arrest charges and the effect of sociodemographics on problem behavior and future crime. Results confirm the existence of a second-order latent factor of problem behaviors. Problem behaviors predicted more future arrest charges. Age …

The Weekly Challenger, December 31, 2015, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 31, 2015, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, December 10, 2015, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 10, 2015, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, October 8, 2015, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The October 8, 2015, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, October 1, 2015, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The October 1, 2015, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

A Longitudinal Study Of Truant Youths ’ Involvement In Sexual Risk Behavior, Richard Dembo, Rhissa B. Robinson, Rocío Ungaro, Ken C. Winters, Lora Karas

Criminology Faculty Publications

Truant youths are likely to engage in a number of problem behaviors, including sexual risky behaviors. As part of a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded, prospective intervention project, a sample of truant youths' sexual risk behavior was tracked over five time points. Analyses of the data was informed by four objectives: (a) determine if a growth model parameterization was consistent with the youths' sexual risk behavior, (b) assess the impact of a brief intervention (BI) targeting substance use on their sexual risk behavior over time, (c) identify any sexual risk behavior subgroups, and (d) identify any differential, longitudinal effects …

Agenda And Reports, Finance Committee Meeting, Juvenile Welfare Board, March 18, 2015, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the March 18, 2015, meeting of the Finance Committee of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Myths And Miracles In Mexico City: Treatment Seeking, Language Socialization, And Identity Among Deaf Youth And Their Families, Anne Elaine Pfister

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation research investigates the experience of deafness among deaf youth, adults, and their families in Mexico City, Mexico. Deaf children cannot fully access the spoken languages of their hearing families and mainstream society. Hence, participating families embarked upon extensive treatment-seeking pilgrimages, encountering myths about deaf lifeways and the promise of miracle cures that formed Mexico City's cultural system for coping with childhood deafness. This ethnography uncovers persistent misconceptions in medical and mainstream discourse, including strong recommendations against exposure to sign language, which directly impacted participants' access to relevant communities of practice, the social networks that proved most significant to …

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board, March 12, 2015, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the March 12, 2015, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board, January 15, 2015, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the January 15, 2015, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Fear Conditioning And Extinction In Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Joseph F. Mcguire

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Fear conditioning and extinction are central in the cognitive behavioral model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which underlies exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Youth with OCD may have impairments in conditioning and extinction that carries treatment implications. The present study examined these processes using a differential conditioning paradigm. Forty-one youth (19 OCD, 22 community controls) and their parents completed a battery of clinical interviews, rating scales, and a differential conditioning task. Skin conductance response (SCR) served as the primary dependent measure across all three phases of the conditioning procedure (habituation, acquisition, and extinction). During habituation, no meaningful differences were observed between …

An Examination Of Coalition Functioning And Use Of Evidence-Based Practices: A Case Study Of Four Community Substance Abuse Coalitions, Nichole M. Snyder

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There has been a recent expansion of community-based coalitions to address issues related to youth substance use. Research on their overall effectiveness, however, has produced mixed results. Recommendations to improve coalition success have emphasized the high-quality implementation of evidence-based programs targeting specific community needs. Coalitions vary extensively, however, in their organization and functioning. In addition, the lack of a universally accepted theoretical framework to understand coalition functioning has led to inconsistencies in the coalition research and the specific constructs used to describe coalition functioning.

Purpose of the Study: To address these gaps, the current study used a case study approach …

Agenda And Reports, Finance Committee Meeting, Juvenile Welfare Board, July 9, 2014, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the July 9, 2014, meeting of the Finance Committee of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Attached as supplemental files are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes, Knowledge And Perceptions Of Barriers Among Juvenile Justice Professionals, Esther Chao Mckee

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This mixed methods study examined the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of barriers toward Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) among Florida Juvenile Justice Service Professionals (JJSP). Previous research established individual factors such as age, gender, years of professional experience and educational attainment are related to attitudes and perceptions of barriers among social service and mental health professionals, but scant research has been conducted among juvenile justice providers (Aarons 2004, 2010; Rubin & Parrish, 2007, 2012; Jette et al., 2003). Most individual factors were found to have no significant effect on attitude and knowledge scores within this population with exception of gender and major …

Negative Reinforcement In Infant Care Simulation: Alternative Caregiver Responses To Prevent Child Abuse, Miriam Tye

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted to replicate and extend previous research on infant caregiver behavior by demonstrating negative reinforcement of infant caregiver behavior in response to crying and teaching appropriate care responses under conditions of inconsolable crying. A computerized infant simulator was used to create a laboratory simulation of infant caregiving. In Study 1, participants were exposed to negative reinforcement conditions and an extinction condition. In the negative reinforcement condition, participants engaged in caregiving responses to escape from the cry. In the extinction condition, the cry was inescapable and two of three participants stopped engaging in the previously reinforced caregiving response. …

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board, April 10, 2014, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the April 10, 2014, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Resources Matter: The Role Of Social Capital And Collective Efficacy In Mediating Gun Violence, Jennifer Lynne Dean

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

This study explains how community activists make use of available social capital and collective efficacy while attempting to mediate gun violence. It specifically focuses on twelve in-depth interviews of activists' perspectives, processes and rationales to alleviate community gun violence, based on informal social control models. Findings suggest activists must establish trust and respect with youth they work with before mediation begins, which is established through similar life experiences or backgrounds. Once a strong bond is established with youth, activists identified five core processes to reduce violence: 1) improve the mindset, 2) provide life skills, 3) assist youth as their …

Script, 20th Annual Cooperman-Bogue Kidsfirst Awards Luncheon, March 20, 2014, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Reports and Publications

A script for the Cooperman-Bogue KidsFirst Awards luncheon hosted by the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County held on March 20, 2014, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board, March 13, 2014, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the March 13, 2014, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

The Weekly Challenger, January 9, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The January 9, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, December 19, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 19, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

An Exploration Of Threatened Harm As A Type Of Maltreatment And Its Relation To Recurrence Of Maltreatment, Roxann Mcneish

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There were no studies found in the literature that primarily focused on threatened harm as type of maltreatment. This study utilized Florida's child welfare administrative data to explore threatened harm as a type of maltreatment, particularly as a predictor of recurrence of maltreatment within six and 12 months for children who had a verified report of maltreatment in FY2005-2006. Threatened harm was examined in three ways; when it was reported as the only maltreatment, the initial maltreatment, and in situations where there was a prior report. The most prevalent acts of threatened harm were examined separately. It was examined as …

Agenda And Reports, Finance Committee Meeting, Juvenile Welfare Board, October 24, 2013, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda for the October 24, 2013, meeting of the Finance Committee of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Also included are previous meetings' minutes and documents to review before the meeting.

Minutes, Juvenile Welfare Board, October 10, 2013, Brian Aungst

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Minutes from the October 10, 2013, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board. Attached as supplemental files are an agenda, previous meetings' minutes, and documents to review before the meeting.

The Weekly Challenger, July 11, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

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The July 11, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, May 16, 2013, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The May 16, 2013, issue of The Weekly Challenger.