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Focus On The Child: Preventing The Intergenerational Transmission Of Eating Disorders And Dieting Behavior, Elizabeth Claydon Jan 2018

Focus On The Child: Preventing The Intergenerational Transmission Of Eating Disorders And Dieting Behavior, Elizabeth Claydon

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PURPOSE: There is a paucity of research exploring individuals' recall of parental dieting behavior, engagement in "fat talk", or criticism of weight or eating behavior in childhood. This dearth of literature exists in both community samples and in clinical populations of eating disorder patients. There is also limited information on women with a history of eating disorders and their pregnancy experience or anticipation of their pregnancy experience. This dissertation focuses on the aforementioned areas in order to develop the research literature further to understand whether parental feedback (such as parental comments or parental dieting) is associated with health outcomes such …

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Dissensual Women: Modernist Women Writers, The Senses, And Technology, Allyson Demaagd Jan 2018

Dissensual Women: Modernist Women Writers, The Senses, And Technology, Allyson Demaagd

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My project, Dissensual Women: Modernist Women Writers, the Senses, and Technology, analyzes depictions of the senses and technology in modernist women's writing. I argue that modernist women writers challenge traditional sensory hierarchies that value the so-called masculine senses of sight and sound and denigrate the so-called feminine senses of smell, taste, and touch. H.D., Mina Loy, Virginia Woolf, and Elizabeth Bowen revalue the feminine senses, challenge sensory elitism, and advocate for an inclusive sensorium, one that features the perceptions and experiences of women, queer women, the lower classes, the nonhuman, and the differently abled. They wage their dissent through experimentation …

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Appalachian Bariatric Surgery Population Descriptive Analysis, Surgical Outcomes, And Food Accessibility, Makenzie Leanne Barr Jan 2018

Appalachian Bariatric Surgery Population Descriptive Analysis, Surgical Outcomes, And Food Accessibility, Makenzie Leanne Barr

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Introduction. Overweight and obesity, diabetes, mental health issues, and lack of access to healthcare resources are frequent burdens among the Appalachian region of the United States. With morbid obesity, conventional behavioral interventions tend to fail. Bariatric surgery has been deemed the most successful treatment for morbid obesity and is performed regularly worldwide, however, the Appalachian population with the highest proportions of obesity and related co-morbidities has been poorly studied.;Aims. This dissertation aims to (1) provide a systematic review of the literature surrounding obesity and food access among Appalachian residents, (2) address the void in research of characterizing Appalachian bariatric surgery …

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Choice Dynamics In Concurrent Ratio Schedules Of Reinforcement, Daniel Bell-Garrison Jan 2018

Choice Dynamics In Concurrent Ratio Schedules Of Reinforcement, Daniel Bell-Garrison

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Roughly 50 years of research has demonstrated that choice changes as a function of the amount of reinforcement available from two concurrently available schedules of reinforcement, and this function has been labeled the generalized matching law. The matching law, however, historically only accounts for choice between two variable-interval schedules of reinforcement. If the matching law is to be a general perspective for how organisms allocate behavior amongst several alternatives, then it ought to account for behavior when reinforcers depend on work requirements in addition to time requirements. To study these contexts, the present experiments employed concurrent ratio schedules that were …

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The Impact Of Different Game Types And Sports On College Students' Physical Activity And Motivation In Basic Instruction Program Settings, Yang Song Jan 2017

The Impact Of Different Game Types And Sports On College Students' Physical Activity And Motivation In Basic Instruction Program Settings, Yang Song

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Background/Purpose: Few researchers have investigated college students' physical activity levels and motivations within university Basic Instruction Programs (BIPs) when students engaged in different games (modified games, small-sided games, and full-sided games) from different sports categories (e.g., net/wall games and invasion games). Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate college students' Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) and motivations while playing different games in badminton and soccer classes. The study also examined how well motivation levels predict MVPA.;Methods/Analysis: Seventy-one college students (57 males and 14 females) from a rural Mid-Atlantic university participated in and finished the study. They came …

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High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook Jan 2017

High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook

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Despite reports that there has been a positive trend in perception and treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in recent years (Griffin, 2012; Loftus, 2001), sport, in general, is still an uncertain, and sometimes even hostile, environment for LGB athletes (Anderson, 2005; Beylin, 2006; Waldron & Krane, 2005). These concerns may be even more prevalent at the high school level, with student-athletes putting a strong emphasis on attempting to develop an independent and positive social identity through group or team interactions (Grant et al., 2014; Taifel & Turner, 1986). To gain more information on coach understanding and perceptions …

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The Lived Experience Of Establishing A Home After A Period Of Homelessness, Monica Iaquinta Jan 2017

The Lived Experience Of Establishing A Home After A Period Of Homelessness, Monica Iaquinta

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the structure of meaning of the lived experience of establishing a home after a period of homelessness. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted using a unique line of inquiry based upon story theory and hermeneutic phenomenology. Questions were posed beginning with the present daily life in a home, followed by the previous experience of homelessness, and ending with establishing a home in the future. Stories were reconstructed, using the participant's own words, and confirmed during a second interview. The data analysis strategies were rooted in the theoretical framework including identifying essential statements, …

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Forecasting Automobile Demand Via Artificial Neural Networks & Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Armin Niaki Jan 2017

Forecasting Automobile Demand Via Artificial Neural Networks & Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Armin Niaki

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The objective of this research is to obtain an accurate forecasting model for the demand for automobiles in Iran's domestic market. The model is constructed using production data for vehicles manufactured from 2006 to 2016, by Iranian car makers. The increasing demand for transportation and automobiles in Iran necessitated an accurate forecasting model for car manufacturing companies in Iran so that future demand is met. Demand is deduced as a function of the historical data. The monthly gold, rubber, and iron ore prices along with the monthly commodity metals price index and the Stock index of Iran are Artificial neural …

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A Strain Theory Of Prosocial Behavior, Mallory Slusser Jan 2017

A Strain Theory Of Prosocial Behavior, Mallory Slusser

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Agnew's General Strain Theory proposes that strain leads to negative emotions, which in turn lead to crime and delinquency. However, there has been a lack of research on what happens when the negative emotions that result from externally experienced strains lead to responses other than crime. The psychology literature on "feeling bad, doing good" indicates that internally experienced negative emotions can lead to helping behaviors. The purpose of this research is to examine if externally generated negative emotions can also lead to helping or prosocial behaviors. Particular attention is given to the type of negative emotion that is experienced -- …

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Secrets And Lies: A Profile-Based Examination Of Youth And Parent Information Management Strategies And Adolescent Electronic Cigarette Use, Desiree N. Williford Jan 2017

Secrets And Lies: A Profile-Based Examination Of Youth And Parent Information Management Strategies And Adolescent Electronic Cigarette Use, Desiree N. Williford

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Introduction: The use of electronic cigarettes is growing among adolescents residing in the United States, tripling in prevalence over the past few years. Yet, electronic cigarettes are relatively new and there is limited research on parent and youth behavior and information management strategies as they relate to adolescent use of electronic cigarettes. Objective: The current study had a primary goal of utilizing a profile-based analytic procedure (cluster analysis) to explore patterns among these variables and investigate relations to adolescent use of electronic cigarettes. Method: A total of 562 high school students between the ages of 13 and 18 years (M …

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Exploring African Francophone Doctoral Student Experiences Of Student-Faculty Relationship, Nathalie Hoblebou Rouamba Jan 2017

Exploring African Francophone Doctoral Student Experiences Of Student-Faculty Relationship, Nathalie Hoblebou Rouamba

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Graduate student-faculty relationships can impact student program completion, career path, attrition, success, and overall experience. With the increase of African graduate students in the United States, there is a need to understand the relationship dynamics between these students and American faculty. The existing research studies on African students tend to focus on student experience with discrimination, language difficulties, cultural adjustment, financial issues, isolation, and loneliness. This qualitative study explores the experiences of African Francophone doctoral students using a single case study and narrative approach. This research finds African Francophone doctoral student-faculty relationships are multifaceted, and tainted by uneven power in …

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The Potential Impact Of Art Therapy Approaches In An Alternative Learning School Setting In Urban West Virginia, Brianna Saddler Jan 2017

The Potential Impact Of Art Therapy Approaches In An Alternative Learning School Setting In Urban West Virginia, Brianna Saddler

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Now more than ever American adolescents are suffering from severe anxiety (Lewis, 2017). In the past, over-achieving students were those parents least worried about when it came to experiencing anxiety but now studies show these students are just as likely to experience anxiety as those learners considered to be underachievers. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader how art therapy approaches embedded into daily lesson plans could be used in alternative learning school settings to help students deal with anxiety. Through my own experiences as a practicing art teacher in both general education art classrooms and alternative …

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Examining Diabetes, Depression And Suicide In Middle-Aged And Older Adults, Kimberly Morton Jan 2017

Examining Diabetes, Depression And Suicide In Middle-Aged And Older Adults, Kimberly Morton

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Rates of suicide in the United States are highest in middle-aged and older adults compared to younger age groups. These rates are alarming and point to the need for suicide prevention research in middle-aged and older adult populations. Depression is the most well-established independent risk factor for death by suicide. Some health conditions are also associated with risk of suicide above and beyond depression. Diabetes is often co-morbid with depression (clinical and subclinical depression). However, research examining diabetes and risk of suicide is less clear. In the current study, the first aim was to examine diabetes, vision impairment and depressive …

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Enhancing Student Perceptions Of Middle Eastern People And Culture Through Music, Dance, Folk Literature, Culture, And Virtual Field Trips, Jason A. Noland Jan 2017

Enhancing Student Perceptions Of Middle Eastern People And Culture Through Music, Dance, Folk Literature, Culture, And Virtual Field Trips, Jason A. Noland

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This study aimed to build on previous research by creating a multidisciplinary unit of study incorporating music, dance, folk literature, and cultural highlights that originate from the Middle East - coupled with virtual field trips to areas in the region to give greater depth to the students' understanding of the Middle East and its people. The study was completed with rural upper-elementary students in West Virginia who were participating in a summer program aimed at low-income students to assist them in increasing or maintaining reading levels over summer break, as well as providing two meals a day. Initial and endpoint …

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The Effects Of Signaled Reinforcer Duration On Preference, Anthony C. Oliver Jan 2017

The Effects Of Signaled Reinforcer Duration On Preference, Anthony C. Oliver

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It has been suggested that reinforcers of different durations can be made more discriminable by pairing specific stimulus conditions with different durations (Bonem & Crossman, 1988). The purpose of the current experiment was to assess the effects of signaling reinforcer duration prior to reinforcer onset on initial-link responding under a concurrent-chains schedule of reinforcement. Initial-link responding was assessed across two sets of reinforcer durations (2- vs. 6-s hopper access and 6- vs. 10-s hopper access) and conditions in which terminal-link stimuli were the same (e.g., both red) and different (e.g., white, blue, or yellow). Preference was defined as the key …

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Examining The Efficacy Of A 1-Session Brief Behavioral Activation Intervention With University Students With Mild To Moderate Depressive Symptoms, D. Lee Mccluskey Jan 2017

Examining The Efficacy Of A 1-Session Brief Behavioral Activation Intervention With University Students With Mild To Moderate Depressive Symptoms, D. Lee Mccluskey

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Early intervention may increase the likelihood that students with depressive symptoms complete degree requirements and reduce the likelihood of negative outcomes associated with depression in adults. The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy of a 1-session version of Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression-Revised (BATD-R; Lejuez, Hopko, Acierno, Daughters, & Pagoto, 2011) with university students with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms. Participants (N = 39) were randomly assigned to either a clinical or a control group. Participants completed measures of depression, negativity bias, mindfulness, and experiential avoidance at pre-intervention, two-week follow-up, and one-month follow-up. Both ITT and study completer …

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Revolutionary Pedagogy: A Historical Perspective On Improvising In Beethoven, Julia Kinderknecht Jan 2017

Revolutionary Pedagogy: A Historical Perspective On Improvising In Beethoven, Julia Kinderknecht

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This dissertation will investigate the historical significance and modern application of Beethoven's improvisations in performance, first by observing what we know through primary sources and eye-witness accounts, then by considering the reasons for the absence of improvisation in modern performance practice and the steps that could be taken towards reincorporating classical improvisation into modern pedagogy, and finally by offering historically-based improvisation exercises and written-out examples of improvisations in Beethoven's works to benefit modern pianists.

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The Effects Of An Exercise And Kinesiotape Intervention On Forward Headrounded Shoulder Posture And Scapular Dyskinesis, Lucas Klawiter Jan 2017

The Effects Of An Exercise And Kinesiotape Intervention On Forward Headrounded Shoulder Posture And Scapular Dyskinesis, Lucas Klawiter

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Context: Forward head and rounded shoulder posture as well as scapular dyskinesis are forms of improper posture that have been linked to neck and shoulder pain. Treatment for forward head posture (FHP), rounded shoulder posture (RSP), and scapular dyskinesis has consisted of an exercise protocol. Kinesiotape (KT) has recently been used as a treatment method but there is a lack of research on the effectiveness, or whether exercise or KT is better than the other. Objective: The objective of the study was to compare a KT intervention to a strengthening and stretching program for correction of FHP, RSP, and scapular …

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Social Capital Structure And Dynamics In Stream Restoration: A Social Network Analysis Approach To The Upper Shavers Fork, West Virginia, Paul J. Kinder Jr. Jan 2017

Social Capital Structure And Dynamics In Stream Restoration: A Social Network Analysis Approach To The Upper Shavers Fork, West Virginia, Paul J. Kinder Jr.

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Streams are common pool resources embedded in watersheds representing complex socio-ecological systems that provide ecological goods and services as well as economic and social benefits. They have been referred to as the lifeblood of civilization. Streams, however, are among the most vulnerable natural resources globally to anthropocentric impacts and are all too often in need of restoration. While the primary objective of stream restoration is to bring back healthy ecological functions, other benefits and outcomes from restoration efforts exist, but are often overlooked. These benefits and outcomes relate to effective natural resource governance systems, which rely on social networks comprised …

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Student-Athletes' Experiences With Racial Microaggressions In Sport: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, Sae-Mi Lee Jan 2017

Student-Athletes' Experiences With Racial Microaggressions In Sport: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, Sae-Mi Lee

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Despite growing research on racial microaggressions as a subtle but prevalent form of racial discrimination, research on microaggressions in sport and their effects on the psychosocial wellbeing of athletes is scarce. Moreover, some researchers question the legitimacy of microaggressions due to their subtle nature and the inconsistency among individuals in how microaggressions are experienced (Lilienfeld, 2017). The purpose of this study was to examine U.S. collegiate student-athletes-of-colors' experiences with racial microaggressions in sport through a new theoretical lens, Foucauldian poststructuralist theory. I theorized microaggressions as an example of the daily panoptic gaze that leads to self-surveillance and the production of …

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The Influence Of Police Profanity On Public Perception Of Excessive Force, Christina Patton Jan 2017

The Influence Of Police Profanity On Public Perception Of Excessive Force, Christina Patton

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Previous research has examined elements of police performance impacting community policing and police-citizen relationships, but no study has considered the impact of police use of profanity during arrest on public rating of force. Police profanity may negatively bias police-citizen interactions, and this bias could shape later interactions with community members, decrease the quality of police-community relations, or even result in public outcry over excessive use of force (White, Cox, & Baseheart, 1994). Further, profanity increases recipient physiological arousal in some settings (LaPointe, 2006) and aggressive behavior, which may exacerbate risk to the officer during an arrest and lead to more …

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Child And Parent Contributions To Maternal Emotion Socialization And Children's Emotion Outcomes In Late Childhood, Katie E. Rasmussen Jan 2017

Child And Parent Contributions To Maternal Emotion Socialization And Children's Emotion Outcomes In Late Childhood, Katie E. Rasmussen

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Parents have an enduring influence on the development of children. The parent-child relationship is dynamic, and both children and their parents contribute to it. The purpose of this investigation was to examine parent-child emotion socialization processes. These processes represent one of the most influential settings where children's emotional trajectories are developed and shaped. Both children and parents shape parental responses to children's negative emotions. In this investigation, both child and parental antecedents were examined simultaneously, including children's negative emotionality, soothability, attention focusing, and inhibitory control, and parental attribution of children's dysregulated specific negative emotions. The final sample included one hundred …

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Beyond The Classroom: The Need For Support For Parents With A Child Diagnosed With Autism, Id, And Behavioral Problems, Erica Curington Jan 2017

Beyond The Classroom: The Need For Support For Parents With A Child Diagnosed With Autism, Id, And Behavioral Problems, Erica Curington

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Families with individuals with special needs face many different struggles such as identifying needs and/or appropriate supports, accessing those supports, and then locating providers to help implement those supports (Boehm & Carter, 2016). These individuals may need continuous support to live meaningful and productive lives outside of the classroom. As students leave the classroom, the need for addressing these struggles becomes of greater value and difficulty for families. This is especially true in more rural areas due to lack of services. The following research questions were utilized during this study: What services have been used outside of the classroom to …

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#Physical Activity: Influencing Parent Behavior Change Through Social Media, Adam Keath Jan 2017

#Physical Activity: Influencing Parent Behavior Change Through Social Media, Adam Keath

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Background: Parents play a major role in supporting physical activity in and around the home, creating a home environment that encourages physical activity as well as participation in activity with their children and supporting children's physically active lifestyles are important areas of concern for health promotion. Despite support for family-based interventions, there is still little evidence to demonstrate the most effective ways of targeting families with physical activity interventions. Social media has been one area of promise for connecting with parent participants in physical activity interventions. Sites like Facebook have an existing high prevalence of parent users and offer media-rich …

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Role Of Perivascular Adipose Tissue In Vascular Pathology And The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise, Evan Ray Devallance Jan 2017

Role Of Perivascular Adipose Tissue In Vascular Pathology And The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise, Evan Ray Devallance

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Aortic compliance is important for dampening pulsatile flow and delivery of continuous flow to the periphery. Aortic compliance is regulated by extracellular matrix composition and endothelial derived nitric oxide. Disruption of aortic endothelium or extracellular matrix can lead to the development of aortic stiffness an independent risk factor of cardiac events and mortality. Over the past decade perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounding the vasculature has come to light as an important regulator of artery function. The main focus of this dissertation is to evaluate the role PVAT surrounding the aorta in mediating endothelial relaxation in health and disease. Specifically, metabolic …

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Child-Care Directors' Years Of Experience In Relation To The Activities Subscale Score On The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-R, Angelica Everetts Jan 2017

Child-Care Directors' Years Of Experience In Relation To The Activities Subscale Score On The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-R, Angelica Everetts

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This study focused on examining the relationship between the child-care directors' years of experience in relation to the Activities subscale on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-R. The data used in the study was from the Quality Rating and Improvement for West Virginia Child-Care grant, which was funded by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The participants included 175 4-year-old classrooms across West Virginia. The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale contains 43 items across seven subscales. This scale was used to measure the activities score of the 4-year-old classrooms. There was no significant relationship found between the …

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Buying Thebes: Promoting A Cultural Commonwealth In Contemporary Anglophone Adaptations Of Greek Tragedy, Phillip Zapkin Jan 2017

Buying Thebes: Promoting A Cultural Commonwealth In Contemporary Anglophone Adaptations Of Greek Tragedy, Phillip Zapkin

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This project argues that theatrical adaptations of Greek tragedy exemplify the functioning of a cosmopolitan cultural commonwealth. Dramatists like Christine Evans, Colin Teevan, David Greig, Marina Carr, Femi Osofisan, Moira Buffini, and Yael Farber enact intercultural collaborations to reshape material from a cultural common and make that material meaningful for contemporary audiences. This collaborative ethos of drawing from shared source material undermines the logic of neoliberal late capitalism, which is premised on property ownership and individualist competition. "Buying Thebes" contributes to adaptation studies scholarship by theorizing a political economy of adaptation, combining both a formal reading of adaptation as an …

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Parental Psychological Control And Adolescent Problem Behaviors: The Role Of Depressive Symptoms, Katelyn F. Romm Jan 2017

Parental Psychological Control And Adolescent Problem Behaviors: The Role Of Depressive Symptoms, Katelyn F. Romm

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The current study examined the role of depressive symptoms as both a process variable (mediator), as well as a risk factor (moderator) for the association between psychological control and adolescent health-risk behaviors. Participants included 161 adolescents (Mage = 14.42, SD = 1.73; 80.7% Caucasian; 59.6% female) living in a University city in a Mid-Atlantic state. Participants completed survey questionnaires about parental psychological control, eating behaviors, cyber behaviors, substance use, and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that psychological control had significant indirect and direct effects on under-eating behaviors, as well as significant indirect effects on risky cyber behaviors and substance use. Additionally, …

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Studies In European Integration And Institutional Change, Danko Tarabar Jan 2017

Studies In European Integration And Institutional Change, Danko Tarabar

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This dissertation is a collection of empirical essays studying the drivers of institutional change and the effects of economic and political integration across countries, with a special focus on the European setting. Chapter 2 examines the drivers of market-institutional change within transition countries, the early post-communist economies undergoing an economic system switch from socialism to a market order in the immediate aftermath of communism's collapse, between 1989 and 2001. I hypothesize that the effectiveness of political liberalization, a factor identified to be the major driver of economic reform in transition countries, is conditional on the underlying cultural attitudes that influence …

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Transitions Within Opioid Therapy And Their Impact On Morbidity, Healthcare Utilization, And Costs, James Douglas Thornton Jan 2017

Transitions Within Opioid Therapy And Their Impact On Morbidity, Healthcare Utilization, And Costs, James Douglas Thornton

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In the United States (US), chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is prevalent among adults with costs exceeding half a billion dollars annually and can be especially burdensome for working age adults due to lost productivity and negative impacts on quality of life.An estimated 43% of adults experience pain, and the majority of them are working age (22--64 years). Despite lack of robust evidence on the efficacy and effectiveness of opioids relieving CNCP, and currently-available effective non-opioid treatments, many patients still receive opioid therapy. Opioids are associated with significant negative health consequences up to and including addiction to opioids which further increases …

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