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Effective Marketing And Monetization Strategies Used In Small Independent Game Development, Jessica Nicole Mobley Jan 2025

Effective Marketing And Monetization Strategies Used In Small Independent Game Development, Jessica Nicole Mobley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A lack of effective marketing and monetization strategies negatively affects the ability of small independent game developers to complete projects within budget and on time, resulting in revenue losses. Grounded in platform theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to identify and explore effective marketing and monetization strategies used by small independent game developers to complete projects within budget and on time. The participants were a global, online group of four small independent game developers, each of whom successfully used marketing and monetization strategies to manage budgets and timelines. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and publicly …


The Relationship Between Patient-Provider Communication And Provider Trust For Cancer-Related Information, Kamesha Turner Roberts Jan 2025

The Relationship Between Patient-Provider Communication And Provider Trust For Cancer-Related Information, Kamesha Turner Roberts

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lack of trust in the healthcare system remains a psychosocial influence of reduced routine cancer screening in the United States. Using the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 6, the specific research problem that was addressed through this study was whether there was a statistically significant relationship between patient-provider communication and provider trust for cancer-related information among African Americans residing in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The purpose of this quantitative, retrospective study was to examine the relationship between patient-provider communication and provider trust for cancer-related information. The theory that grounded this study was Donabedian’s conceptual model and …


Socially Learned Eating Pathology In African American Women (50+): A Narrative Inquiry, Patricia Ann Parker Jan 2025

Socially Learned Eating Pathology In African American Women (50+): A Narrative Inquiry, Patricia Ann Parker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative narrative study explored the lived experiences of African American women aged 50 and older who self-reported eating pathology and body image dissatisfaction. Disordered eating behaviors, including starvation, binge eating, excessive dieting, and purging, often function as maladaptive coping mechanisms for managing stress, regulating emotions, or responding to traumatic events. The study contributed to the literature by capturing detailed narratives that traced the development of disordered eating behaviors and body image dissatisfaction from early life through adulthood and across the lifespan. Grounded in Albert Bandura’s social cognitive and social learning theories and intersectionality theories, the research employed a robust …


Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes Jan 2025

Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Women’s representation in policing has grown throughout time, yet women continue to be underrepresented in policing as well as higher-ranking leadership positions. Despite efforts to increase their representation, many women in policing have yet to receive the proper promotion that they are due over their male counterparts. Further, when women are promoted, they are usually assigned to deal with crimes such as sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking, and domestic violence against women. While prior research has addressed these gaps, there are a lack of data on the challenges women encounter while working toward leadership positions in the police workforce. …


Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact Of State Gun Laws And Gender Distribution On Illicit Firearm Trafficking: A Multiple Linear Regression Study Using Data From 2017–2021, Celeste Marre Quinn Jan 2025

Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact Of State Gun Laws And Gender Distribution On Illicit Firearm Trafficking: A Multiple Linear Regression Study Using Data From 2017–2021, Celeste Marre Quinn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This quantitative, correlational study examines the impact of state gun law stringency and gender distribution among firearm possessors on illicit firearm trafficking, focusing on three key outcomes: firearm traces, perfected firearm traces, and straw purchases. In response to the pressing need to understand factors driving firearm trafficking, this research aims to inform public safety initiatives and policy strategies. Guided by deterrence theory, the study investigates how legislative strength and gender-based possession patterns influence trafficking indicators. Secondary data were analyzed using multiple linear regression to assess relationships between the IVs of state gun law stringency and gender distribution of firearm possessors …


Resiliency’S Correlations To Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, And Meaning In Life For The Trucking Industry During Covid-19, Rhonda Renee Wood Jan 2025

Resiliency’S Correlations To Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, And Meaning In Life For The Trucking Industry During Covid-19, Rhonda Renee Wood

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

COVID-19 depleted multiple subsystems, took human lives, impaired mental health, and induced economic devastation. The trucking occupation was and continues to be impacted by adverse working conditions, and the pandemic’s limitations intensified the stress that truckers experience. COVID-19 resilience for trucking employees may stratify to other supply chains. Therefore, the quantitative cross-sectional study aimed to assess the research questions of how meaning in life, autonomy, competence, and relatedness correlated to each other and preceded resilience. The theoretical framework included Viktor Frankl’s meaning in life and Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theories. Connect Cloud Research was the platform for data retrieval from …


Effective Marketing And Monetization Strategies Used In Small Independent Game Development, Jessica Nicole Mobley Jan 2025

Effective Marketing And Monetization Strategies Used In Small Independent Game Development, Jessica Nicole Mobley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A lack of effective marketing and monetization strategies negatively affects the ability of small independent game developers to complete projects within budget and on time, resulting in revenue losses. Grounded in platform theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to identify and explore effective marketing and monetization strategies used by small independent game developers to complete projects within budget and on time. The participants were a global, online group of four small independent game developers, each of whom successfully used marketing and monetization strategies to manage budgets and timelines. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and publicly …


Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact Of State Gun Laws And Gender Distribution On Illicit Firearm Trafficking: A Multiple Linear Regression Study Using Data From 2017–2021, Celeste Marre Quinn Jan 2025

Quantitative Analysis Of The Impact Of State Gun Laws And Gender Distribution On Illicit Firearm Trafficking: A Multiple Linear Regression Study Using Data From 2017–2021, Celeste Marre Quinn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This quantitative, correlational study examines the impact of state gun law stringency and gender distribution among firearm possessors on illicit firearm trafficking, focusing on three key outcomes: firearm traces, perfected firearm traces, and straw purchases. In response to the pressing need to understand factors driving firearm trafficking, this research aims to inform public safety initiatives and policy strategies. Guided by deterrence theory, the study investigates how legislative strength and gender-based possession patterns influence trafficking indicators. Secondary data were analyzed using multiple linear regression to assess relationships between the IVs of state gun law stringency and gender distribution of firearm possessors …


Resiliency’S Correlations To Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, And Meaning In Life For The Trucking Industry During Covid-19, Rhonda Renee Wood Jan 2025

Resiliency’S Correlations To Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, And Meaning In Life For The Trucking Industry During Covid-19, Rhonda Renee Wood

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

COVID-19 depleted multiple subsystems, took human lives, impaired mental health, and induced economic devastation. The trucking occupation was and continues to be impacted by adverse working conditions, and the pandemic’s limitations intensified the stress that truckers experience. COVID-19 resilience for trucking employees may stratify to other supply chains. Therefore, the quantitative cross-sectional study aimed to assess the research questions of how meaning in life, autonomy, competence, and relatedness correlated to each other and preceded resilience. The theoretical framework included Viktor Frankl’s meaning in life and Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theories. Connect Cloud Research was the platform for data retrieval from …


Health And Safety Policies For Non-Profit Secondary School Boarding Facilities In Sub-Saharan Central Africa, Jonathon W. Holloway Jan 2025

Health And Safety Policies For Non-Profit Secondary School Boarding Facilities In Sub-Saharan Central Africa, Jonathon W. Holloway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This quantitative professional administrative study was conducted to identify a gap in policies that do not fully address or provide fact-based connections to the physiological health and safety needs of secondary grade (S1 to S6) school students to grow and learn while housed in on-campus boarding facilities located in the central sub-Saharan region of Africa. The practice-focused question was: What are the most effective policies for the health and safety of secondary grade students within the boarding facility of a secondary school in the sub-Saharan central African region? Secondary analysis, utilizing ANOVA testing, was conducted on data sets developed by …


Staff Education Project Depression Screening Education, Olayemi Ikhile Jan 2025

Staff Education Project Depression Screening Education, Olayemi Ikhile

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The primary care setting is one of the most common settings where patients with depression present. Despite this, many primary care clinicians may not feel adequately equipped to diagnose and treat depression effectively. Increasing depression screening is one of the ways to improve the early detection and treatment of depression in primary care settings. This paper describes a staff education project on depression screening among nurses at a primary care health clinic in the South-Central area of the United States. The purpose of the project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a staff education program on depression screening. The goal …


Executive Summary: Staff Education Project Staff Education To Improve Knowledge Regarding The Education Patient Intake Assessment, Dalila Kim Jan 2025

Executive Summary: Staff Education Project Staff Education To Improve Knowledge Regarding The Education Patient Intake Assessment, Dalila Kim

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Evaluation of diabetes management processes at a western primary care clinic found that medical assistants lacked knowledge regarding the use of diabetes assessment tools. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project focused on enhancing medical assistants’ knowledge of the Education Patient Intake Template Assessment Tool to support best practices in T2DM care. A review of current literature using the Johns Hopkins Hierarchy of Evidence Guide identified that evidence from Level I to III informed the project. Six medical assistants, the primary patient screeners in the primary care clinic, participated in the intervention. I used pre- and postintervention tests …


The Mediating Role Of Trust On Tacit Knowledge Sharing And Job Satisfaction, Shami Orinthea Miller Jan 2025

The Mediating Role Of Trust On Tacit Knowledge Sharing And Job Satisfaction, Shami Orinthea Miller

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effective knowledge management is vital for organizational success. However, challenges in knowledge gaps arise when key individuals depart from their respective organizations and there is no effective knowledge management system. This study was an exploration of the nuanced relationship among trust, tacit knowledge sharing, and job satisfaction in the life insurance industry. Trust, job satisfaction, and tacit knowledge sharing are critical components in organizational dynamics. Tacit knowledge sharing is difficult to codify, and employees might be motivated to share their know-how on the basis of anticipated benefits and reciprocal interactions. On the other hand, research that explores the relationship between …


Health And Safety Policies For Non-Profit Secondary School Boarding Facilities In Sub-Saharan Central Africa, Jonathon W. Holloway Jan 2025

Health And Safety Policies For Non-Profit Secondary School Boarding Facilities In Sub-Saharan Central Africa, Jonathon W. Holloway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This quantitative professional administrative study was conducted to identify a gap in policies that do not fully address or provide fact-based connections to the physiological health and safety needs of secondary grade (S1 to S6) school students to grow and learn while housed in on-campus boarding facilities located in the central sub-Saharan region of Africa. The practice-focused question was: What are the most effective policies for the health and safety of secondary grade students within the boarding facility of a secondary school in the sub-Saharan central African region? Secondary analysis, utilizing ANOVA testing, was conducted on data sets developed by …


Improving Self-Care Deficit In Schizophrenia Patients, Ihuoma Onwanma Chuks Jan 2025

Improving Self-Care Deficit In Schizophrenia Patients, Ihuoma Onwanma Chuks

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Schizophrenia adversely affects the brain, leading to impaired perception, emotion, and behavior, making it one of the leading conditions that results in self-care deficit. The self-care deficit problem will emerge due to the inability of a patient with schizophrenia to take care of themselves due to behavioral, perceptual, or cognitive issues. The purpose of this project was to implement a staff education program for nurses working in a Mid-Atlantic behavioral and mental health hospital on how to assist patients who have schizophrenia manage their self-care. The questions that guided this project focused on if there was an improvement in nurses’ …


Staff Education Project Depression Screening Education, Olayemi Ikhile Jan 2025

Staff Education Project Depression Screening Education, Olayemi Ikhile

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The primary care setting is one of the most common settings where patients with depression present. Despite this, many primary care clinicians may not feel adequately equipped to diagnose and treat depression effectively. Increasing depression screening is one of the ways to improve the early detection and treatment of depression in primary care settings. This paper describes a staff education project on depression screening among nurses at a primary care health clinic in the South-Central area of the United States. The purpose of the project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a staff education program on depression screening. The goal …


Measuring Operational Vs. Organizational Stress Among Rural Law Enforcement In Western Colorado, Michael Stephen Scotto Jan 2025

Measuring Operational Vs. Organizational Stress Among Rural Law Enforcement In Western Colorado, Michael Stephen Scotto

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

New research on rural law enforcement stress levels reveals concerning implications for police reform and community safety, particularly in western Colorado where officers face unique challenges. This quantitative study examined age group differences in operational and organizational stress among rural law enforcement officers using one-way ANOVAs with post-hoc Tukey's HSD tests. The study of 191 rural officers found significant differences across age groups for both operational stress (F(2, 188) = 4.08, p = .018, η2 = .042) and organizational stress (F(2, 188) = 4.15, p = .017, η2 = .043), with officers aged 24-27 experiencing the highest stress levels. Organizational …


Policy Models To Assist Transitioning Of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Donald Clayton Tippett Jan 2025

Policy Models To Assist Transitioning Of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Donald Clayton Tippett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience a range of cognitive disorders and other health issues that pose significant barriers for transition from youth to adulthood, especially when they are attempting to secure employment, housing, and medical services. Federal, state, and local jurisdictions have created a patchwork of disparate standards and applications, leading to significant service gaps in needed to achieve a successful transition to adulthood. The problem is that there is a lack of criteria for service models for these individuals. The purpose of this general qualitative study was to examine the efficacy of models of assistance for …


The Mediating Role Of Trust On Tacit Knowledge Sharing And Job Satisfaction, Shami Orinthea Miller Jan 2025

The Mediating Role Of Trust On Tacit Knowledge Sharing And Job Satisfaction, Shami Orinthea Miller

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effective knowledge management is vital for organizational success. However, challenges in knowledge gaps arise when key individuals depart from their respective organizations and there is no effective knowledge management system. This study was an exploration of the nuanced relationship among trust, tacit knowledge sharing, and job satisfaction in the life insurance industry. Trust, job satisfaction, and tacit knowledge sharing are critical components in organizational dynamics. Tacit knowledge sharing is difficult to codify, and employees might be motivated to share their know-how on the basis of anticipated benefits and reciprocal interactions. On the other hand, research that explores the relationship between …


Improving Self-Care Deficit In Schizophrenia Patients, Ihuoma Onwanma Chuks Jan 2025

Improving Self-Care Deficit In Schizophrenia Patients, Ihuoma Onwanma Chuks

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Schizophrenia adversely affects the brain, leading to impaired perception, emotion, and behavior, making it one of the leading conditions that results in self-care deficit. The self-care deficit problem will emerge due to the inability of a patient with schizophrenia to take care of themselves due to behavioral, perceptual, or cognitive issues. The purpose of this project was to implement a staff education program for nurses working in a Mid-Atlantic behavioral and mental health hospital on how to assist patients who have schizophrenia manage their self-care. The questions that guided this project focused on if there was an improvement in nurses’ …


Measuring Operational Vs. Organizational Stress Among Rural Law Enforcement In Western Colorado, Michael Stephen Scotto Jan 2025

Measuring Operational Vs. Organizational Stress Among Rural Law Enforcement In Western Colorado, Michael Stephen Scotto

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

New research on rural law enforcement stress levels reveals concerning implications for police reform and community safety, particularly in western Colorado where officers face unique challenges. This quantitative study examined age group differences in operational and organizational stress among rural law enforcement officers using one-way ANOVAs with post-hoc Tukey's HSD tests. The study of 191 rural officers found significant differences across age groups for both operational stress (F(2, 188) = 4.08, p = .018, η2 = .042) and organizational stress (F(2, 188) = 4.15, p = .017, η2 = .043), with officers aged 24-27 experiencing the highest stress levels. Organizational …


Policy Models To Assist Transitioning Of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Donald Clayton Tippett Jan 2025

Policy Models To Assist Transitioning Of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Donald Clayton Tippett

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience a range of cognitive disorders and other health issues that pose significant barriers for transition from youth to adulthood, especially when they are attempting to secure employment, housing, and medical services. Federal, state, and local jurisdictions have created a patchwork of disparate standards and applications, leading to significant service gaps in needed to achieve a successful transition to adulthood. The problem is that there is a lack of criteria for service models for these individuals. The purpose of this general qualitative study was to examine the efficacy of models of assistance for …


College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley Jan 2025

College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed through this study is that faculty at a local college in the southern United States experienced challenges adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online following the pandemic. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of college faculty about the challenges they have experienced and recommendations for adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online at a local southern college. The conceptual framework was Dawis and Lofquist’s theory of work adjustment. Using a basic qualitative design, data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine faculty who were selected using purposeful sampling. Open and axial …


Executive Summary: Staff Education Project Staff Education To Improve Knowledge Regarding The Education Patient Intake Assessment, Dalila Kim Jan 2025

Executive Summary: Staff Education Project Staff Education To Improve Knowledge Regarding The Education Patient Intake Assessment, Dalila Kim

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Evaluation of diabetes management processes at a western primary care clinic found that medical assistants lacked knowledge regarding the use of diabetes assessment tools. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project focused on enhancing medical assistants’ knowledge of the Education Patient Intake Template Assessment Tool to support best practices in T2DM care. A review of current literature using the Johns Hopkins Hierarchy of Evidence Guide identified that evidence from Level I to III informed the project. Six medical assistants, the primary patient screeners in the primary care clinic, participated in the intervention. I used pre- and postintervention tests …


College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley Jan 2025

College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed through this study is that faculty at a local college in the southern United States experienced challenges adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online following the pandemic. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of college faculty about the challenges they have experienced and recommendations for adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online at a local southern college. The conceptual framework was Dawis and Lofquist’s theory of work adjustment. Using a basic qualitative design, data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine faculty who were selected using purposeful sampling. Open and axial …


Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes Jan 2025

Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Women’s representation in policing has grown throughout time, yet women continue to be underrepresented in policing as well as higher-ranking leadership positions. Despite efforts to increase their representation, many women in policing have yet to receive the proper promotion that they are due over their male counterparts. Further, when women are promoted, they are usually assigned to deal with crimes such as sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking, and domestic violence against women. While prior research has addressed these gaps, there are a lack of data on the challenges women encounter while working toward leadership positions in the police workforce. …


Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback Jan 2025

Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Underused employee retail training programs in the western U.S. fashion industry are a challenge for improving workplace performance and organizational sustainability. Executive management of retail organizations in the fashion industry is perceived as not maximizing available retail training to improve employee and manager performance for organizational sustainability in the western United States. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the relationship between retail training and employee performance and manager performance as perceived by executive management at retail organizations in the fashion industry for organizational sustainability in the western United States. Appelbaum et al.’s ability, motivation, and opportunity …


Staff Education To Icu Staff Toward The Goal Of Decreasing The Rate Of Pressure Ulcers, Carolyn Jean Jimmerson Jan 2025

Staff Education To Icu Staff Toward The Goal Of Decreasing The Rate Of Pressure Ulcers, Carolyn Jean Jimmerson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary This project is a staff education intervention focused on decreasing ICU pressure injury rates. The main purpose of this project was to increase staff nurses’ knowledge of preventing pressure injuries. Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) was noted to be a serious problem in this critical care unit. It was essential to address this problem within the context of nursing practice because it impacts the cost to this facility and reduces patient length of stay. This DNP project focused on the extent to which educating nurses about current evidence-based pressure injury prevention practices increased the knowledge of staff nurses on …


Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway Jan 2025

Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Services at the local disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) include counseling and behavioral services to referred secondary students, aiming to improve their behavior. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that a DAEP was in place in the local district since 2009, but there had been no formal assessment to determine whether differences in student discipline occurred in the semester before and the semester after students attended the DAEP. Guided by Bandura’s social cognitive theory, the purpose of this ex post facto, causal-comparative, quasi-experimental study was to investigate if there was a difference in student discipline as measured by …


Virtual Reality Simulation In Nursing Program: A Staff Education Initiative, Nekpen Isibor Jan 2025

Virtual Reality Simulation In Nursing Program: A Staff Education Initiative, Nekpen Isibor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary This executive summary highlights critical aspects of a Doctor of Nursing Practice staff education initiative. The doctoral project aimed to measure faculty members’ knowledge and confidence in using virtual reality (VR) simulation to address nursing students limited clinical opportunities. The initiative sought to align faculty practices with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) recommendation of 25% clinical training through simulation. The guiding practice-focused question was, “Among nursing department faculty members, would staff education enhance simulation knowledge and confidence?” Sources of evidence were peer-reviewed literature and pre/post-test surveys administered to assess faculty knowledge and confidence changes. The …