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Technologically Assisted Intervention (Tai): Are Clients Satisfied With Online Therapy?, Jennifer A. Morrow

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study examined the level of satisfaction reported by participants of a technologically assisted intervention study (TAI). TAI is a type of teletherapy done through online, live video conferencing. Satisfaction was examined at three different time points, post therapy, 3-months post therapy, and 6-months post therapy. Analyses examined if there were any changes in reported satisfaction over the three time periods. Participants received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targeted at reducing symptoms of mild to moderately severe depression. A satisfaction measure was developed for this study, and included quantitative and qualitative items which were analyzed to determine participants' level of satisfaction. …

Transforming Perspectives Through Service-Learning Participation: A Case Study Of The College Counts Program, James O. Peacock

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A case study has been conducted on the College Counts program, a well-integrated service-learning program, to examine the experiential learning of 10 former participants. It was the objective of this investigation to view the learning of 10 college students, through the lens of transformational learning, as they reflect on their experiences as participants in the College Counts program. Transformational learning theory was used as a lens to determine if high school students have the ability to engage in transformative learning. Students reported in their own voices transformative learning in one or more of the following forms: increased cultural inclusiveness, commitment …

Factors Related To Success And Participants’ Psychological Ownership In Collaborative Wildlife Management: A Survey Of Sage-Grouse Local Working Groups, Lorien R. Belton

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Declines of sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.) across the western United States have prompted the formation of numerous collaborative stakeholder partnerships, known as local working groups. These voluntary groups create and implement local sage-grouse management plans and projects, often in the hopes that their efforts may help avert a federal Endangered Species designation for the bird. Using a mail survey of participants in 54 local working groups, I examined the importance of psychological ownership in working group dynamics. Psychological ownership is conceptualized as a latent, multidimensional variable consisting of responsibility, control, and caring elements. Multiple regression analysis showed early-stage group success, representative …

Inter-Religious Marriage And Migration, Maggie Y. Bohm

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study analyzes the influence of 1) inter-religious marriage and 2) differing levels of church attendance within a married couple on migration behavior. The study draws from previous research on inter-racial marriage for a framework to examine whether there is reason to expect a relationship between migration and inter-religious marriage. We hypothesize that the propensity for migration is higher for inter-religious couples than for couples constituted by individuals of the same religion and for couples who attend church at different frequencies. To examine the hypotheses, this study uses age, education, and length of residence as controls in logistic models.

Theories …

The Process Of Tracking In Mathematics In Box Elder School District, Megan Haramoto Bushnell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Educational policymakers have used tracking to instruct students in a variety of subjects, including mathematics. Tracking, which has also been called ability grouping, is a process by which students in the same grade are placed into different classes based on academic ability. Few educators and sociologists have looked at the process by which students are placed in different mathematics tracks. The research design of this study focused on accumulating, evaluating, and reporting the understanding and observations of 12 teachers and 4 counselors as they discussed their knowledge and involvement in the mathematics placement procedures from the intermediate and middle school …

Reported Mental Health Issues And Marital Quality: A Statewide Survey, Joseph Ruben Smart

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study included a representative random sample of 886 married individuals in Utah. This sample was surveyed to discover the relationship between demographic variables, reported mental health issues, and marital quality. In addition, this study sought to discover models, using demographic variables and reported mental health issues, to predict for separate dimensions of marital quality. This survey was a replication of a study completed primarily in Oklahoma, with the addition of questions about the participants' mental health.

Spearman's rho, Pearson's R, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results of the study show that: religious beliefs …

Racial And Ethnic Comparison Of Migration Selectivity: Primary And Repeat Migration, Sang Lim Lee

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purposes of this study are to examine migration disparities in primary, onward, and return migration by Hispanics, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white and to inspect the differences among the various types of migration. In addition, this study explores explanations of the migration disparities. These have been rarely studied because of a lack of proper migration data. This research employs the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY79) for a logistic regression of primary migration and for a hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM) of the two types of repeat migration, namely onward and return. The results demonstrate that whites are more …

Agroforestry Practice Adoption Among Solomon Island Women On The Island Of Malaita, Etta K. Sechrest

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The goal of agricultural training is the adoption and diffusion of introduced agriculture techniques. New subsistence agricultural techniques have been introduced mainly to the male population in many developing countries, even though most subsistence farmers are women. Therefore, an understanding of how new subsistence agricultural techniques can be introduced and adopted by women would be important to achieve. This study focuses on women's adoption of agricultural techniques. It takes place on the island of Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. The study looks at the adoption of agroforestry and several other subsistence techniques that were introduced under a joint program by …

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Humanities And Social Sciences, October 24, 2008 - Master Of Science In Anthropology With A Specialization In Archaeology And Cultural Resource Management, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Officials at Utah State University (USU) request approval to offer a Master of Science in Anthropology with a Specialization in Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management effective, Spring Semester 2009.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, Emma Eccles Jones College Of Education And Human Services, October 24, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Utah State University requests approval to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Life Studies (FLS) via online delivery effective Spring Semester 2009.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 2, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Science

• Add Multiple List

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Delete Course

Department of Plants, Soils, and Climates

• Repeatable for credit

Huntsman School of Business

• Repeatable for credit

School of Accountancy

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Business Administration

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Management and Human Resources

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development

• Course Description Change, Add Dual List
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• Title Change, Course Description Change …

Problem-Based Educational Games: Connections, Prescriptions, And Assessment, Andrew Walker, Brett E. Shelton

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

The overwhelming success of the commercial game market has brought increased attention to emerging work in educational game design. Much of the existing work in educational games a strong similarity to the field of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), which has a rich history of conceptual literature as well as empirical investigations. Despite apparent similarities between the two fields, there has been no formal effort to explore the connections between them. This conceptual paper examines the basic tenants of PBL with an eye toward making prescriptive recommendations for the design and use of problem-based educational games. Examples within existing educational games are …

Bringing Together Local Culture And Rural Development: Findings From Ireland, Pennsylvania And Alaska, M. A. Brennan, Courtney G. Flint, A. E. Luloff

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The developmental trajectories of communities are routinely explained by reference to economic history, human capital deficits, or the structure of local labour markets. The role of local culture in understanding community development or in interpreting empirical research has received less attention. We believe culture plays an important independent role in shaping community debate and action. Framing community as an interactional field emphasises the opportunities created when people who share interests come together to address local problems. Interaction and local culture are essential parts of community and community development. Appreciating community uniqueness and local culture helps in the interpretation of study …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, August 25, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Calendar
• Vacancies
• Committee on Committees
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee Chair
• Code Review Committee
• PRPC
• GLBT Code Change Proposal
• Grievance Policies and Procedures
• Graduate Council Report

Male Out-Migration And The Women Left Behind: A Case Study Of A Small Farming Community In Southeastern Mexico, Jamie P. Mcevoy

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Until recently, rural households in southeastern Mexico have survived on subsistence and chili farming. But over the last decade, male out-migration to the United States has also become a popular livelihood strategy. This case study used data from semi-structured qualitative interviews to assess the effects of male out-migration on women's lives in three areas: households' financial and material situation, issues of infidelity and women's vulnerability to abandonment, and the gendered division of labor.

Overall, this study found that male out-migration had both positive and negative effects on the women left behind. First, the financial outcomes of migration were mixed. A …

Where Is 'Community' In Community Based Forestry?, Courtney G. Flint, A. E. Luloff, James C. Finley

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Community-based forestry and community-based natural resource management have become increasingly common terms in both the scientific and popular press. However, as with so many other concepts currently in vogue, rarely do studies invoking them incorporate either a grounded theoretical understanding or practical inclusion of the central term: community. Community emerges through communication and interaction among people who care about each other and the place they live. In its purest form, community is marked by its multiple and often conflicting perspectives. This article draws upon recent research experience with the Ford Foundation's community-based forestry initiative to illustrate the importance of solidly …

Utah State University Commencement, 2008 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

119th Annual Commencement of Utah State University

Ecology, Problem Framing And Local Land Use Controls: A Case Study Of Socio-Ecological Governance In Franklin County, Idaho, Alissa Salmore

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Due to the continuity of energy and material flows, the persistence of an ecological network necessarily includes a linking of ecological units from local and immediate to regional and broad-ranging scales. Humans are an integral part of ecosystems acting as resource consumers and agents of change, and all systems can be considered combined 'socio-ecological' systems. Where environmental and social systems lack coordination, mismatches between the temporal, spatial or functional scales at which these systems operate lead to resource use inefficiencies and the loss of ecosystem components and functioning. This case study of Franklin County, Idaho documents a recent land use …

Conservation Implications Of Winter-Feeding Policies For Mule Deer In Utah, Chris C. Peterson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Policies regulating wildlife winter-feeding programs may have long-term impacts on conservation and future management of both target and non-target species. In 2000, the Utah Wildlife Board, upon reviewing input from a series of public regional meetings, adopted a Utah Big Game Winter-Feeding Policy. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources used this policy to regulate winter-feeding programs for mule deer in northern Utah, 2001-2005. I monitored the program effects on mule deer biology, activity and migration, and winter browse utilization and productivity.

While feed rations generally compensated for protein and energy deficiencies, they may overlook mineral deficiencies. To determine if mule …

Self-Rated Health And Community/Social Relations, Rachel Kingsford

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study was done to examine the relationship between self-rated health and social/community relations. Due to advances in modern medicine, multifactorial diseases are more prevalent than acute infectious diseases and a greater understanding of the impact sociological variables has on health is of great importance. In prior research, self-rated health has been demonstrated to be a robust predictor of mortality, even when controlling for other variables known to impact health. Presence of a strong social network and attachments to community have been shown to be protective of self-perceptions of health.

The Health and Living study was conducted in the Bear …

The Ideal Mormon Woman: An Analysis Of Ensign Articles And Comparison To Lds Women's Perceptions Of Gender Role Expectations, Julie Hollist

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study was conducted to identify what principles leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were teaching women about their gender roles and expectations from 2000 through 2007, and to investigate whether age, marital status, or media exposure correlated with women's perceptions of levels of importance of those concepts to both their leaders and to themselves personally. This study used deductive and inductive framing analyses to examine visiting teaching messages and General Conference Relief Society talks published in the Ensign, the official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The study built on those …

Faculty Senate Agenda, April 28, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Pedestrian Crosswalks
• Update on Emergency Preparedness
• ADVANCE Annual Report
• Minority Faculty Representation on Committees
• Calendar Committee Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and Committee Annual Report
• EPC Report
• Committee on Committees Annual Report
• Senator Interest Form
• Limitations on Faculty Participation and Cataloguing Senate Minutes
• Suggested GLBTA Inclusive Policy Change
• Policy 407: Scheduling Grievances and Sanctions

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, April 14, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Update on Emergency Preparedness
• Calendar Committee Annual Report
• Educational Benefits Policy
• ADVANCE Annual Report
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Annual Report
• EPC Annual Report
• Committee on Committees Annual Report
• Senator Interest Form
• New Items for Discussion
• Suggested LGBT Inclusive Policy Change
• Minority Faculty Representation on Committees

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, April 3, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Syllabus Approval

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, April 3, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

General Education Subcommittee Minutes, March 4, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Course Approvals

Syllabus Approval

Other Business

• Reviewing Breadth Creative Arts courses
• Math 1060 (trigonometry) as a QL course
• Regents Task Force on General Education Revising Statewide Outcomes
• Social Sciences Subcommittee Chair
• Articulation of Associate degrees from California

Next Meeting

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, February 7, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Syllabus Approval

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, February 7, 2008, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• University Studies Request
• University Studies Request, Prerequisite Change

School of Accountancy

• New Course

Department of Elementary Education

• Remove Prerequisite

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change
• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change

College of Engineering

• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• New Course

Department of Engineering and Technology Education

• New Course
• Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of History

• New Course

Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech …

Faculty Senate Agenda, February 4, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• PRPC Items
• Reasons for Non-Renewal 407.7.2 (2nd reading)
• Membership; Alternates; Term; Vacancies 402.3 (1st reading)
• LEED Resolution

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, January 22, 2008, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Next Brown Bag Lunch with the President is February 11
• EPC Report
• LEED Resolution
• Faculty Parental Options
• Proposed Code Change
• Procedures Specific to the Tenure Process 405.7.2
• PRPC Items
• Reasons for Non-Renewal 407.7.2 (2nd reading)
• Membership; Alternates; Term; Vacancies 402.3 (1st reading)