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Effect Of Pre-College Factors On Students’ Retention During The First Two Years At A Small Private University In Ecuador, Marcelo X. Fernandez
Effect Of Pre-College Factors On Students’ Retention During The First Two Years At A Small Private University In Ecuador, Marcelo X. Fernandez
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College graduation has known to have long-term effects on individuals, institutions, and countries’ economies. Even though the issue of students leaving college before graduation has been studied for almost a century, retention rates have remained almost stagnant. In many studies conducted in the United States, students’ pre-college traits have been found to predict student’s retention during the first two years of college. However, research on retention is lacking in Ecuador. The current study examined how a number of pre- and in-college characteristics were related to college student retention during the first two years of post-secondary studies in Ecuador. Using data …
Visual Narratives And Metaphors As Tools For Teaching In The Foreign Language Classroom: A Sociocultural And Critical Perspective, Mónica Alexandra Durán
Visual Narratives And Metaphors As Tools For Teaching In The Foreign Language Classroom: A Sociocultural And Critical Perspective, Mónica Alexandra Durán
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This dissertation studies the teaching of visual and metaphorical representations as thinking tools in second language (L2) classrooms from a Sociocultural Theory (SCT) framework. It explores metaphorical representations in narrative and visual texts to advance the practice of appropriating new language abilities to produce a new text that is contextualized and meaningful to learners of Spanish as a Second Language. By providing L2 Learners early in the process with accessible conceptual and representational tools, they may gain a personally significant awareness of the richness of language and of the power of their communicative abilities beyond everyday interactions. Creative writing and …
"Writing On The Soil": Literature's Influence On African Land Rights, Ng’Ang’A Muchiri
"Writing On The Soil": Literature's Influence On African Land Rights, Ng’Ang’A Muchiri
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My research underscores complex interactions between African artistic production, nationalism, gender inequality, and land rights. I deploy East Africa’s literary oeuvre—including novels, short stories and a Swahili play—to explore mutually informing social and artistic contexts that inspire phenomena as diverse as administrative land policies and utopian reformist schemes. I read transnational fiction against colonial photography and political manifestos, to address the “cross-pollination” of ideas and discourses. “Writing on the Soil” argues that postcolonial theory needs re-orienting towards materialist criticism and political conversations regarding resource inequality as suggested by texts that reflect on the material structures of neo/colonial domination in Africa. …
Does Power Make Us Mean? An Investigation Of Empowerment And Revenge Behaviors In The Cyberspace, Zongchao Li
Does Power Make Us Mean? An Investigation Of Empowerment And Revenge Behaviors In The Cyberspace, Zongchao Li
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This dissertation investigated consumer response mechanism in a service failure context. A social-media-based Service Failure Response Model was introduced that incorporated emotive antecedents, behavioral outcomes, a mediation process, and moderating factors. The model integrated the framework of psychological empowerment, and explored how social media usage empowered users and whether this power transferred into unique behavioral patterns. It was argued that perception of power increased an action orientation in the power holder, which transferred into a revenge behavior when users complained about the failure on social media to publicly shame the company. The study proposed 16 hypotheses and two research questions …
Characteristics Of Maurice Ravel's Compositional Language As Seen Through The Texture Of His Selected Piano Works And The Piano Suite "Gaspard De La Nuit", Oleksii Ivanchenko
Characteristics Of Maurice Ravel's Compositional Language As Seen Through The Texture Of His Selected Piano Works And The Piano Suite "Gaspard De La Nuit", Oleksii Ivanchenko
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This research is an instructional source for every pianist who studies Ravel's piano music, for learning or teaching purposes. This essay focuses on the piano performance and musical interpretation aspects of Maurice Ravel's selected piano works and the suite Gaspard de la Nuit. The goal of this study is to open new horizons and possibilities for young pianists who seek to develop an individual artistic voice, musical creativity, imagination, and independent interpretation within the field of music performance. The essay is organized into three chapters following the three introductory chapters. The fourth chapter introduces Ravel's biography, highlighting his personal characteristics …
The Political And Moral Economy Of Combatting Labor Exploitation: A Study Of Brazil's Policy Evolution, Menaka Mahajan
The Political And Moral Economy Of Combatting Labor Exploitation: A Study Of Brazil's Policy Evolution, Menaka Mahajan
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Although slavery was formally abolished in most countries decades ago, labor exploitation persisted without notable governmental efforts to address it. However, some countries have recently begun to adopt policies to reduce labor exploitation. This study investigates influences on policy change in the case of Brazil, a country that experienced drastic policy evolution in a short span of time. For years, the Government had denied the legitimacy of slave labor allegations. However, beginning in 1995, the Government of Brazil changed course, adopting policies that are now emulated abroad. This remarkable transformation is rather surprising considering the country’s history and reputation regarding …
Dopaminergic Variants In Siblings At High Risk For Autism: Associations With Joint Attention And Behavior Problems, Devon Nicole Gangi
Dopaminergic Variants In Siblings At High Risk For Autism: Associations With Joint Attention And Behavior Problems, Devon Nicole Gangi
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Infant siblings at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; high-risk siblings) exhibit lower levels of joint attention and higher levels of behavior problems than low-risk siblings (siblings with no family history of ASD), but also exhibit high levels of variability in these domains. The neurotransmitter dopamine is linked to brain areas associated with attention, reward, and motivation. Common genetic variants affecting dopamine neurotransmission, DRD4 and DRD2, have been associated with attention difficulties and behavior problems in typically developing children. We examined whether these variants explain variability in ASD-relevant behaviors in high-risk siblings. DRD4 and DRD2 genotypes for high-risk and low-risk …
Perceived Barriers To Higher Education Among First-Generation And Non-First-Generation Latino Male High School Students, Roopa Parasuraman Dominguez
Perceived Barriers To Higher Education Among First-Generation And Non-First-Generation Latino Male High School Students, Roopa Parasuraman Dominguez
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First-generation Latino male students face challenges related to enrollment in college. The purpose of this study was to present a comparison of the intent to pursue a bachelor’s degree between first-generation (FG) and non-first-generation Latino male high school students (NFG). Secondary data obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics High School Longitudinal Study first follow-up in 2012 was analyzed to determine whether there were differences between FG and NFG students in terms of their social and cultural capital: family perceptions of the importance of college, knowledge of financial aid, academic and social involvement, and academic preparation. Results from a …
Gideon Klein's String Trio: A Study, Robyn Clair Savitzky
Gideon Klein's String Trio: A Study, Robyn Clair Savitzky
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This essay explores Gideon Klein’s identity through a study of the String Trio he composed at Terezín, a Nazi concentration camp outside of Prague. How did labels placed on this work influence his identity and music? How do modern classifications affect the music today? Works composed in concentration camps are often labeled “Holocaust music.” Today, such works are frequently programed in memorial concerts, a framework which lends itself to an oversimplified understanding of music’s role in the Holocaust. Through examining Klein’s String Trio within a performance and musicological context, this essay aims to answer questions about identity in music and …
The Effect Of Auditory Pitch Range On Sustained And Selective Attention: A Comparison Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder And Typically-Developing Children, Hyun-Jung Lee
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pitch range (i.e., high vs low) in a simple, musical context on sustained and selective attention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and typically-developing (TD) children. This study also explored the effect of different types of distracting sounds on selective attention in both groups. Existing research indicates that music-based interventions or background music during cognitive tasks can promote attention in children with ASD. However, no published study has yet explored the effects of specific musical elements, such as pitch range, on attention in children with and without ASD. …
The Implementation And Revision Of A Middle School Music Curriculum And Workbook Developed For Vocalists Within The Guitars Over Guns Organization (Gogo) Music Outreach Program, Sherrine Mostin
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A musical curriculum with an accompanying vocal workbook was created for the specialized needs of the Guitars Over Guns Organization (GOGO). The GOGO program is a non-profit outreach program that provides mentoring and musical instruction to at-risk middle school students through the use of popular music. Partnered with CIS (Communities In Schools) of Miami and the University of Miami, the Guitars Over Guns Organization represents an effort to keep students engaged in positive activities and provide an alternative to negative influence. GOGO offers ensemble experience as well as individual musical instruction for voice, guitar, piano, drums, rap, and trumpet. To …
Role Of Hematogenous Macrophages In Formation Of The Fibrotic Scar After Spinal Cord Injury, Yunjiao Zhu
Role Of Hematogenous Macrophages In Formation Of The Fibrotic Scar After Spinal Cord Injury, Yunjiao Zhu
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After spinal cord injury (SCI), a fibrotic scar forms at the injury site that is best characterized by accumulation of perivascular fibroblasts and microglia/macrohpages as well as deposition of extracellular matrix proteins such as fibronectin. While the fibronectin marix plays a critical role in non-central nervous system (CNS) organ wound healing, whether or how fibronectin forms a matrix after SCI is not known. The mechanism by which perivascular fibroblasts are recruited to the fibrotic scar after SCI is also not clear. Using mutant mice and bone marrow transplantation in a mouse model of contusive SCI, we demonstrate that the fibrotic …
Two Sides Of The Same Coin- A Qualitative Meta-Study Of Factors Influencing Immigrant Women’S Experiences Of Intimate Partner Violence., Stephanie L. Donnelly
Two Sides Of The Same Coin- A Qualitative Meta-Study Of Factors Influencing Immigrant Women’S Experiences Of Intimate Partner Violence., Stephanie L. Donnelly
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses a significant threat to the health and safety of women, men, and children in the U.S. and throughout the world. As the immigrant population of the U.S. continues grow it is important for clinicians, researchers, and policy makers to better understand the experiences and needs of immigrants who face IPV so they can better meet the needs of this population. This study examined the experiences of immigrant who have faced IPV by using qualitative research synthesis, specifically meta-study methods (Paterson, Thorne, Canam & Jillings, 2001). The primary aims of the study were to examine the …
Factors Affecting Intent To Persist Among Hispanic/Latino Students Attending A Private Non-Profit Nonresidential University, Cristy E. Sibila
Factors Affecting Intent To Persist Among Hispanic/Latino Students Attending A Private Non-Profit Nonresidential University, Cristy E. Sibila
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The number and types of institutions of higher education are rapidly increasing, thus providing students with almost boundless options for higher education pursuits. At this time more than 50% of the regionally accredited, non-profit, four-year universities in the United States are private and the for-profit sector continues to grow. Since 1975 enrollments at private, non-profit institutions have risen from 2.3 to 3.9 million students of which over 335,000 are Hispanic/Latino students. And, for Hispanic/Latino students, graduation rates are highest at private, non-profit institutions where 62.4% of students graduate within 6 years. However, little research on Hispanic/Latino students has been done …
Profiles Of Classroom Engagement In Head Start Children: Associations With Academic Readiness, Tracy Michele Carter
Profiles Of Classroom Engagement In Head Start Children: Associations With Academic Readiness, Tracy Michele Carter
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Head Start has the strategic opportunity to address the school readiness needs of children from low-income families and to narrow the national achievement gap. Research suggests that targeting domain-general skills during preschool is effective in increasing readiness across multiple domains. Children’s classroom engagement, or how children interact with teachers, peers and tasks in the classroom, is recognized as one such malleable and domain-general skill serving a critical foundation to supporting academic development. However, children enter the classroom with unique sets (or profiles) of competencies and needs in their ability to engage successfully in the classroom. Research is needed to examine …
Exploring The Cohesion-Performance Relationship In Inter-Professional Healthcare Teams, Jill Steiner Sanko
Exploring The Cohesion-Performance Relationship In Inter-Professional Healthcare Teams, Jill Steiner Sanko
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Teamwork and communication failures contribute substantially to healthcare associated errors which are cited to cost over $17 billion dollars a year in the U.S alone. Teams are being used more often to delivery care because they are thought to improve the effectiveness, efficiency of care, as well as decrease costs. Teamwork and communication are critical to patient safety however, the benefits of a team-based approach to deliver healthcare has not been fully realized. Improving the understanding of the factors that affect team successes and failures is needed to advance team functioning and decrease teamwork and communication associated errors. The influence …
Exploring Knowledge And Beliefs Of Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) Infection And Hpv Vaccination Among U.S. Chinese International Students, Haijuan Gao
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine provides an effective prevention strategy against HPV infection, cervical cancer, and genital warts. As increasing numbers of Chinese international students (CIS) are living and studying in United States, this specific ethnic group has become the candidate for HPV vaccination promotion. Despite an increased awareness and knowledge of HPV infection and HPV vaccine among U.S. college students, studies focused on CIS as a unique ethnic group regarding HPV vaccine promotion were limited. This project is the first time aimed to examine CIS's awareness, knowledge and beliefs about HPV infection, HPV vaccine, cervical cancer and genital warts. …
The Law And The Lady: Consent And Marriage In Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Heather Lea Nelson
The Law And The Lady: Consent And Marriage In Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Heather Lea Nelson
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While many scholars have written on women and marriage in nineteenth-century British history and fiction, this dissertation, The Law and the Lady: Consent and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, is the first to apply consent theory to those unions. Modern consent theory dictates that for individuals to consent, they must be autonomous, capable, educated, mature, and volunteering, and they must express consent with opportunities to retract those expressions. This dissertation asserts that because nineteenth-century British women usually lacked these components, their marital consent was partial, illegitimate, or absent. Fiction frequently equivocated about this social problem of contemporary female marital consent. …
The Processing Of Formulaic Language On Elicited Imitation Tasks By Second Language Speakers, Yan Xun
The Processing Of Formulaic Language On Elicited Imitation Tasks By Second Language Speakers, Yan Xun
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The present study investigated the processing of formulaic language, in an effort to examine how the use of formulaic language may or may not contribute to second language (L2) fluency in speaking performance. To examine the effect of formulaic language on L2 fluency, this study utilized elicited imitation (EI) tasks designed to measure general English language proficiency in order to compare repetition of individual sentences containing formulaic sequences (FS) to repetition of sentences that do not. In addition to the presence of FS, the length of stimuli sentences was manipulated and compared to a second independent variable. Responses to EI …
The Impact Of Early Life Adversity On Later Life Health, Abigail R Howard
The Impact Of Early Life Adversity On Later Life Health, Abigail R Howard
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The preponderance of the literature on early life adversity suggests that adversity has negative effects on later life health; however, an emerging body of literature suggests that early life adversity may develop a sense of resilience in individuals. Drawing from life course perspective, the present research seeks to address this by asking how 16 early life adversities affect individuals' health over a 20 year period in adulthood. Further, the present research seeks to understand how individuals' perceptions of their health over the next few years may actually impact their health seven years later. In general, the more adversity a person …
Beliefs About Toddler And Care: A New Measure For Infant Toddler Teachers, Treshawn L Anderson
Beliefs About Toddler And Care: A New Measure For Infant Toddler Teachers, Treshawn L Anderson
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The first three years in a child's life are particularly important, as this is a critical time for development in all learning domains, however some of the settings in which infants and toddlers are learning and developing (i.e., child care) have been found to be of despairingly low to mediocre quality, with teacher qualifications also being minimal (Burchinal, Roberts, Nabors, & Bryant, 1996; Howes, Whitebook, & Phillips, 1992; Ruzek, Burchinal, Farkas, & Duncan, 2014; National Survey of Early Care and Education [NSECE] Project Team, 2013, 2014; Vandell & Wolfe, 2000). With more than 60% of children birth to age three …
Building A Better Pedestrian Flow Model For The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Charles Edward Anklam
Building A Better Pedestrian Flow Model For The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Charles Edward Anklam
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Undeniable shifts in how public events are conducted with regard to security have occurred since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Increased security requirements are a product of the paradigm shift in security for Mega-Event locations. This study examined the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Mega-Event status events, with specific focus on the 2013, Indianapolis 500 automobile race. The objective was to study the phenomenon of pedestrian flow as it related to entry gate procedures and resulting impacts. This data was then used to compile modeling scenarios employing AnyLogic computer software that allowed for free-agent, variable …
Employee Wellness Coaching As An Interpersonal Communication Intervention: Exploring Intervention Effects On Healthcare Costs, Risks, And Behaviors, Heather Noel Fedesco
Employee Wellness Coaching As An Interpersonal Communication Intervention: Exploring Intervention Effects On Healthcare Costs, Risks, And Behaviors, Heather Noel Fedesco
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In order to address the rise in healthcare expenditures, employers are turning to wellness programs as a means to potentially curtail costs. One newly implemented program is wellness coaching, which takes a communicative and holistic approach to helping others make improvements to their health. Wellness coaching is a behavioral health intervention whereby coaches work with clients to help them attain wellness-promoting goals in order to change lifestyle-related behaviors across a range of areas. Given the limited amount of research on wellness coaching, this project had four main purposes in order to fill gaps in the literature: to (1) identify whether …
Elementary Preservice Teachers' Beliefs About Teacher Effectiveness, Mauricio A Herron Gloria
Elementary Preservice Teachers' Beliefs About Teacher Effectiveness, Mauricio A Herron Gloria
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The purpose of this study was to explore elementary preservice teachers' beliefs about effective classroom instruction and the characteristics and behaviors of effective teachers, and to examine how these beliefs may vary across teacher education. Participants were 24 students enrolled in a teacher education program at a large mid-west university in the United States. Data were collected using an intensive interview protocol consisting of semi-structured questions, and analyzed using grounded theory strategies (Charmaz, 2006, 2012). Using a constructive/interpretive framework (Lincoln & Guba, 2013), the analysis of the data indicated that participants' beliefs about teacher effectiveness dwell around 12 overreaching categories; …
Being Out Of The Loop On Pop Culture, Nicole Elizabeth Iannone
Being Out Of The Loop On Pop Culture, Nicole Elizabeth Iannone
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Being out of the loop is a form of partial ostracism that leads to lower need satisfaction (Jones, Carter-Sowell, Kelly, & Williams, 2009). Research has shown that people experience lower need satisfaction when they are out of the loop on pop culture (Iannone, Kelly, & Williams, in preparation). Five studies expanded on previous research by exploring theoretical issues and potential boundary conditions. Study 1 developed a new method and explored theoretical foundations of being out of the loop on pop culture - whether being unfamiliar makes people feel worse or whether being familiar makes people feel better. This study also …
Sancho Panza: Su Conducta Y Sus Motivos, Wilson J. Melon
Sancho Panza: Su Conducta Y Sus Motivos, Wilson J. Melon
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This dissertation meticulously traces and analyzes the behavior and motivations of Sancho Panza throughout El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha and Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha. To date, seemingly all criticism of Sancho has studied him on the basis of aspects of a particular episode or of a selection of episodes. In contrast, the contribution of the current monograph is its sustained and methodical approach to analyzing him and his development by means of scrutinizing every motive that he reveals and every action that he performs. I assert and demonstrate that the co-protagonist, …
Exclusion From Gender Counter-Stereotypic Activities: Proximal And Distal Effects, Megan Kathleen Mccarty
Exclusion From Gender Counter-Stereotypic Activities: Proximal And Distal Effects, Megan Kathleen Mccarty
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The current work explored whether an incidence of exclusion is experienced differently depending on the activity from which one is excluded. Specifically, we investigated whether exclusion from gender stereotypic vs. counter-stereotypic activities affects both how threatening the experience is and beliefs about gender stereotypes. The effects of exclusion activity on need threat and beliefs about gender stereotypes were explored in a series of four studies using multiple methods: participants relived exclusion or inclusion instances from their real lives (Study 1), imagined exclusion or inclusion scenarios (Study 2), were excluded from a virtual ball toss game (Study 3), and were included …
How Do Moroccan Teachers Conceptualize Citizenship?, Tarik Saadi
How Do Moroccan Teachers Conceptualize Citizenship?, Tarik Saadi
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Citizenship education plays a critical role in the development of civic attitudes and contributes to the appropriate delivery of a government's policy. However, there is a discrepancy in the literature in defining the meaning and understanding of citizenship concepts. This study is primarily qualitative in nature, using the method of phenomengraphy to investigate teachers' perceptions of citizenship in Morocco. The study recruited six elementary and secondary teachers from Casablanca and Rabat in Morocco to identify their understanding of citizenship. I adapted the three-phase interview approach proposed by Irving Seidman (1998) to frame the interviews with the teachers. The findings demonstrated …
Stability Of Machine Learning Algorithms, Wei Sun
Stability Of Machine Learning Algorithms, Wei Sun
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In the literature, the predictive accuracy is often the primary criterion for evaluating a learning algorithm. In this thesis, I will introduce novel concepts of stability into the machine learning community. A learning algorithm is said to be stable if it produces consistent predictions with respect to small perturbation of training samples. Stability is an important aspect of a learning procedure because unstable predictions can potentially reduce users' trust in the system and also harm the reproducibility of scientific conclusions. As a prototypical example, stability of the classification procedure will be discussed extensively. In particular, I will present two new …
Attachment To God And Psychological Well-Being: Shame, Guilt, And Self-Compassion As Mediators, Mary Elizabeth Varghese
Attachment To God And Psychological Well-Being: Shame, Guilt, And Self-Compassion As Mediators, Mary Elizabeth Varghese
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In this study, I used attachment theory to examine individual differences in people's relationships with God or their Higher Power and the influence of these relationships on shame, guilt, self-compassion, and overall psychological well-being. H1 was that shame, guilt, and self-compassion fully mediate the relatedness of anxious attachment to God and psychological well-being. H2 was that shame, guilt, and self-compassion fully mediate the relatedness of avoidant attachment to God and psychological well-being. Young adults (N = 163) of diverse religious backgrounds from a large Midwestern university completed demographic questions and four scales: (a) The Attachment to God Inventory (AGI; Beck …