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Role Of Location Information In Identifying Degraded Objects, Derrick Schlangen Jan 2013

Role Of Location Information In Identifying Degraded Objects, Derrick Schlangen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Across three experiments, we assessed how location and color information contributes to the identification of an object whose image has been degraded, making its identity ambiguous. In Experiment 1, some of the target objects had fixed locations within the scene. We found that subjects used this location information during search and later to identify the blurred target objects. In Experiment 2, we tested whether location and color information can be combined to identify degraded objects, and results were inconclusive. In Experiment 3, both the location and color of each object was variable but statistically predictive of the object's identity. We …

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Seeking Health, Lawren. Mundy Jan 2013

Seeking Health, Lawren. Mundy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

individuals who self-identify as sex addicts, unique health and social consequences are not well understood because of factors, such as stigma. It is important that the nursing community understand this phenomenon to address, understand, and provide sensitive and meaningful care. However, there is limited research on this topic. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of individuals who self-identify as sex addicts. Through snowball sampling, five men and five women between 27 to 45 years old, and older. participated in the phenomenological study. Meaning units and themes were revealed through the participants' experiences as follows: A …

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Self-Regulation Of A Child With Cochlear Implants Within A School Environment, Kristin L. Patton Jan 2013

Self-Regulation Of A Child With Cochlear Implants Within A School Environment, Kristin L. Patton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this qualitative research, which utilized a narrative design strategy, was to describe the process of self-regulation of a child who has bilateral cochlear implants within the social environment of school. The study investigated the use of self-regulatory strategies by the cochlear implant recipient. It also examined how the child made modifications and monitored learning during activities within the classroom as related to Vygotsky's activity theory and John Dewey's theory of social control. Through data collection of documents, observations, interviews, and researcher field notes, it was found that the child demonstrated several self-regulatory strategies.

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Tomorrow Is Yesterday, Robert James Leivers Jan 2013

Tomorrow Is Yesterday, Robert James Leivers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Protosciences, or new sciences trying to establish their legitimacy, are ubiquitous in literature. In the old stories we hear of alchemists who can only dream of the discoveries that modern chemists take for granted, and in the new stories we hear of travelers moving faster than light as our greatest physicists attempt to make that fantasy a reality. Limiting our viewpoint to the modern scientific reductionist view of the universe not only makes little sense if we consider Michael Polanyi's theories of emergence and 'personal knowledge', but it robs medieval scholars for the conceptual credit they are due for theories …

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The Rise Of The Super Sidechicks: A Feminist Analysis Of Girls In Superhero Films, Dorothy Ashley Hendricks Jan 2013

The Rise Of The Super Sidechicks: A Feminist Analysis Of Girls In Superhero Films, Dorothy Ashley Hendricks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The superhero film genre has recently witnessed a reinvention of the girl sidekick. Instead of falling back on the perpetuated and well-known stereotypes of female heroines, recent offerings have allowed for several strong and innovative female characters to emerge. This close textual analysis of specific feminist examples from the films, Kick-Ass (2010), Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010), and X-Men: First Class (2012), examines young heroines as having feminist tendencies in a postfeminist moment. This analysis employs aspects of film theory, feminist theory, and also focuses on adaptation as a potentially powerful and problematic tenant of the films. Through this …

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The Public Official Leadership Experience: A Case Study Of Leadership Collier And Its Impact On Motivating And Empowering Select Citizens, Courtney Curatolo Jan 2013

The Public Official Leadership Experience: A Case Study Of Leadership Collier And Its Impact On Motivating And Empowering Select Citizens, Courtney Curatolo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This dissertation explored a type of qualitative case study based on the experiences of 11 graduates from Leadership Collier, a Naples, Florida-based leadership program, who had run for public office after completing the program. The researcher assessed the program goals, participant experiences and motivation with regard to community involvement and running for elected office. It was the belief of the researcher that there was a need for more qualified and effective leaders to run for public office at the local, state, and national levels of government. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation study was to understand what leadership experiences gained …

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Uncounted Cadences, Jill. Lavetsky Jan 2013

Uncounted Cadences, Jill. Lavetsky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Uncounted Cadences is a drawing installation in the thesis exhibition that furthers my exploration in tracing movement through psychological and physical geographies. Gestural drawings of human and animal bodies in motion are woven into local landscape imagery that is printed with powdered charcoal through a silkscreen. Using both additive and subtractive processes, the layering and erasure suggest loss, reclamation, and the nature of memory. The drawings are cut and provisionally reassembled into a cinematic sequence as if they are pieces of film being edited and spliced. This process shows an unfolding over time and involves listening to the rhythmic pacing …

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Tramping: Alternatives To Traditional American Rites Of Passage, Anthony Vincent Saturno Jan 2013

Tramping: Alternatives To Traditional American Rites Of Passage, Anthony Vincent Saturno

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In America today, adolescent boys do not have a structured, ritualized or guided passage From boyhood into manhood. Many young men feel unsure of their manhood even at an age that signifies the transition. This causes young males to need a self--‐created rite of passage. Tramping, the act of travelling by train, hitchhiking or foot, is one way in which young males can independently achieve manhood. This is a literary account of the lives of Jack Kerouac, Chris McCandless, and Zebu Recchia. Their personal stories allow a detailed view of the advantages and disadvantages found in a self--‐created rite of …

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Understanding Teacher Leadership And Professional Learning In A Secondary Mathematics Department, Christine. Higgins Jan 2013

Understanding Teacher Leadership And Professional Learning In A Secondary Mathematics Department, Christine. Higgins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This ethnographic study investigated teacher leadership and professional learning in a secondary mathematics department. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth face-to-face interviews, observations, and document analysis. It is the social aspect of the school environment and specifically, the subject department, which presents an opportunity for teachers to learn and share their expertise with one another in an informal setting and for teacher leaders to emerge using their expertise and close proximity to affect the learning of colleagues. Teachers were asked to share their thoughts on leadership and learning within their department. A narrative was written to give the reader a …

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Vestiges Of Brown, Leo Nesmith Jan 2013

Vestiges Of Brown, Leo Nesmith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the relationship between a school's percentage of African American students enrolled and the placement of an African American principal for all of Florida's K-12 traditional public schools during the academic year 2010-2011. This study also sought to determine if this relationship was moderated by each school's level, size, letter grade, socioeconomic status (FRL), gender of principal, as well as gender and race of the presiding district superintendent. Lastly, the relationship between each moderator variable and the placement of African American principals was examined. The ultimate objective was to determine if …

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Using The Symbolic Expression Of Sand Tray To Kinesthetically Connect To The Inner Cognitions Of Individuals Diagnosed With A Neurocognitive Disorder, Mindy A. Parsons Jan 2013

Using The Symbolic Expression Of Sand Tray To Kinesthetically Connect To The Inner Cognitions Of Individuals Diagnosed With A Neurocognitive Disorder, Mindy A. Parsons

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This qualitative case study investigated the impact of sand tray on individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Four participants successfully completed the creation of sand trays while the researcher observed, interviewed, and documented the individual sand trays. The intervention established that sand tray allows the dementia patient to kinesthetically connect to their inner cognitions through the intentional symbolic expression offered by this unique therapeutic medium. Using a series of eight sand trays of varying thematic concepts, the participants were offered a modality to facilitate a synthesization of their continued individuation, presenting a possible neural pathway to connect …

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Edith Wharton, Betty. Feuerberg Jan 2013

Edith Wharton, Betty. Feuerberg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Edith Wharton uses characterization in the primary three characters in The Age of Innocence to explore the aspects of her life. Early adulthood is represented by May Welland Archer, who was born into New York 400, where society suppressed an individual's emotions, aspirations, and freedoms. The intermediate phase of her life is depicted in Newland Archer, who tests the confining limits of the society to which he belongs and strives to understand the role of emotions in achieving personal satisfaction. Wharton rejected and craved the ties of the New York 400 in the final phase of her life as portrayed …

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Edward Gorey's Illustrations Of Misshapen Children, Kristin L. Mcglothlin Jan 2013

Edward Gorey's Illustrations Of Misshapen Children, Kristin L. Mcglothlin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Twentieth century American illustrator Edward Gorey's pen and ink drawings subvert traditional images of children ; his images represent the tenets of disability theory, cuteness, and whiteness in relation to child figures in children's literature. Inspecting Gorey's illustrations provides insight into traditional images of children, and emphasizes how his portraits represent children as disabled figures. I examine four books containing Gorey's illustrations for literary and aesthetic analysis. In The Doubtful Guest, a boy deals with psychological challenges ; in The Beastly Baby and The Shrinking of Treehorn, both the infant and Treehorn live with disabled bodies; The Gashlycrumb Tinies displays …

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Effects Of The Proactive Personality On The Levels Of Job Satisfaction And Burnout For Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Pamela F. Spina Jan 2013

Effects Of The Proactive Personality On The Levels Of Job Satisfaction And Burnout For Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Pamela F. Spina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Personal wellness and burnout have been common themes in research studies regarding professional satisfaction and career success. Personality characteristics in relation to job and career success among professionals have also been included in countless studies. However, Bateman and Crant (1993) defined and began research on the specific construct of the proactive personality and how it related to personal achievement, satisfaction, and success among executives. This dissertation study is an extension of their research in that the relationship between proactive personality, job satisfaction and levels of burnout among Licensed Mental Health Counselors in Florida specifically, is being examined. While proactive personality …

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Effects Of Adolescent Stress On Depressive- And Anxiety-Like Behaviors And Hippocampal Mossy Fibre-Ca3 Remodeling In The Novelty-Seeking Phenotype, Ozge. Oztan Jan 2013

Effects Of Adolescent Stress On Depressive- And Anxiety-Like Behaviors And Hippocampal Mossy Fibre-Ca3 Remodeling In The Novelty-Seeking Phenotype, Ozge. Oztan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Experimentally naive rats show variance in their locomotor reactivity to novelty, some displaying higher (HR) while others displaying lower (LR) reactivity, associated with vulnerability to stress. LRHR phenotype is proposed as an antecedent to the development of stress hyper responsiveness. Results presented here show emergence of antidepressive-like behavior following peripubertal-juvenile exposure to chronic variable physical (CVP) and chronic variable social stress (CVS) in HR rats, and depressive-like behavior following CVP in the LRs. The antidepressive-like behavior in HR rats was accompanied by increased levels of acetylated Histone3 (acH3) and acetylated Histone4 (acH4) at the hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) P2 …

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Effectiveness Of Modeling And Rehearsal To Teach Fire Safety Skills To Children With Autism, David Garcia Jan 2013

Effectiveness Of Modeling And Rehearsal To Teach Fire Safety Skills To Children With Autism, David Garcia

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Autism is a disorder that affects children at an alarming rate. One out of every 88 children is diagnosed with autism in the United States. The disorder is characterized by communication, social, and behavioral deficits. Children with autism often require specialized teaching methods to learn basic skills that most children acquire without specialized instruction. Relatively few studies have examined strategies for teaching safety skills to individuals with autism. The current study utilized a multiple baseline across participants’ design to evaluate whether a modeling and rehearsal strategy is effective for teaching fire safety skills to children with autism between 4 and …

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Digital Assist, Carlotta A. Rody Jan 2013

Digital Assist, Carlotta A. Rody

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

High school biology classes traditionally follow a lecture format to disseminate content and new terminology. With the inclusive practices of No Child Left Behind, the Common Core State Standards, and end-of-course exam requirement for high school diplomas, classes include a large range of achievement levels and abilities. Teachers assume, often incorrectly, that students come to class prepared to listen and take notes. In a standard diploma, high school biology class in a separate school for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, five students participated in a single-subject, alternating treatment design study that compared the use of regular pens and digital …

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The Impact Of Parent Communications And Expectations On Teacher Practices In Private Jewish Day Schools, Rebecca Solomon Jan 2013

The Impact Of Parent Communications And Expectations On Teacher Practices In Private Jewish Day Schools, Rebecca Solomon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This mixed methods study investigated teacher, parent, and school leader perceptions of the impact of parent communications and expectation on teacher practices, focusing specifically on four categories: grading, communication, instructional, and curriculum practices. Quantitative data were collected through online surveys from 25 teachers in second through fifth grades, as well as 96 parents of second through fifthgraders, in five private Jewish day schools located in the Southeastern United States. Qualitative data were collected from ten teachers, ten parents, and three school leaders who provided interviews, where they elaborated on the nature of parental communications and expectations at their own schools …

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Multidimensionality Is To Masculinities What Intersectionality Is To Feminism, Athena D. Mutua Jan 2013

Multidimensionality Is To Masculinities What Intersectionality Is To Feminism, Athena D. Mutua

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Committed to intersectionality theory in her feminist work, the scholar Juliet Williams expressed the sentiment that “multidimensionality is to masculinities theory, what intersectionality is to feminism.” She did so in the context of a debate about whether intersectionality theory might capture the complexity of men’s lives, particularly men of color’s lives, as well as does multidimensionality theory, given that the latter is based in large part on the former. This paper, briefly explores the intellectual history of multidimensionality theory, concedes that intersectionality, a powerful analytical tool that has matured and gone global, could easily be used and is in part …

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Serious Fun Factory, Annette M. Piskel Jan 2013

Serious Fun Factory, Annette M. Piskel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This design thesis project explores the psychology, significance, and power of play. The value of play is supported through historical and cultural context. Research for the subject unfolds the relationship between play, productivity and the mastery of creative thinking. Examination of the engagement of play addresses its power to inspire in both design education and practice. It also touches upon crucial dynamics of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development in the human life cycle of learning. As the facilitator of play in the context of three-dimensional space, I seek to elucidate the value of activating human behaviors that stimulate play …

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Happiness/Anger Superiority Effect, Sophia. Peaco Jan 2013

Happiness/Anger Superiority Effect, Sophia. Peaco

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of poser and perceiver gender on the Happiness/Anger Superiority effect and the Female Advantage in facial expression recognition. Happy, neutral, and angry facial expressions were presented on male and female faces under Continuous Flash Suppression (CFS). Participants of both genders indicated when the presented faces broke through the suppression. In the second experiment, angry and happy expressions were reduced to 50% intensity. At full intensity, there was no difference in the reaction time for female neutral and angry faces, but male faces showed a difference in detection between all expressions. Across experiments, …

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Global Warming In The Microblog Era, Mark A. Kattoura Jan 2013

Global Warming In The Microblog Era, Mark A. Kattoura

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This qualitative study examines whether microblogging illustrates or contradicts the longstanding notion that the Internet allows for greater public participation in important issues, thus potentially expanding public sphere. The study analyzes 5 years of tweets about climate change between ExxonMobil and Greenpeace USA using a new hybrid, or blended methodology that combines Kenneth Burke's rhetorical analysis of cluster-agons with eight physical attributes of the Internet that Marshall Poe identified as influential in pushing societies and ideas in new directions. Clusters are also examined using Grace Poh Lyn's reflexive analysis. Additionally, the analysis also considers the use of agitative and control …

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How Race, Gender And Pell Status Affect The Persistence And Degree Attainment Rates Of Dual Enrollment Students, Karline S. Prophete Jan 2013

How Race, Gender And Pell Status Affect The Persistence And Degree Attainment Rates Of Dual Enrollment Students, Karline S. Prophete

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Florida has been a leader in the K-20 educational reform in an effort to ensure the seamless transition into postsecondary education for all students, but specifically improving preparation for, and access to, higher education for populations traditionally marginalized and underrepresented in higher education. The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic composition of students participating in dual enrollment programs in Florida, and the relationship between dual enrollment participation and postsecondary success, as measured by student persistence and degree attainment, moderated by race, gender, and Pell status. Alexander Astin's (1993) I-E-O student involvement theory was chosen as the theoretical …

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Suffering In The Midst Of Technology, Jeanne C. Gottlieb Jan 2013

Suffering In The Midst Of Technology, Jeanne C. Gottlieb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the essence of the lived experience of women after having an abnormal prenatal ultrasound. One hundred years ago, health disciplines had limited therapies for prenatal and neonatal disorders. During this period, the eugenics movement influenced leaders to involuntarily sterilize individuals who were sought to be "unfit" to prevent disorders in offspring. ... One of these contemporary reproductive genetic technologies is the use of ultrasound and serum bio-medical markers for detection of congenital, chromosome, and genetic disorders. When ultrasounds reveal abnormal findings, the perceived perfect pregnancy vanishes and gives way to …

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The Consequences Of Disbelief In Free Will: Diminished Morality Or Enhanced Conformity?, Bradley M. Trager Jan 2013

The Consequences Of Disbelief In Free Will: Diminished Morality Or Enhanced Conformity?, Bradley M. Trager

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Diminished belief in free will has been shown to influence morally relevant behavior (e.g., cheating, helping) and conformity. What happens when opportunities for immoral action and conformity are both available? To investigate the relative salience of these action tendencies, we manipulated participants’ belief in free will, provided them an opportunity to cheat on a perceptual-reasoning task to obtain a reward, and exposed them to a confederate who did or did not cheat on this task. Participants primed with deterministic (vs. free will) beliefs demonstrated diminished belief in free will, and an increased tendency to cheat regardless of whether the confederate …

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Evoking Meaning, Lenny C Salas Moreno Jan 2013

Evoking Meaning, Lenny C Salas Moreno

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The intent of this thesis is to focus on evocative objects to explore what is lost in the transition from tangible to digital and how personal meaning is altered by digitalization. "We are witnessing the sudden dematerialization of our arts and entertainment, their transfer from unique artifacts to universal on-demand screen availability."1 As we replace objects like photographs, books and music CDs with intangible digital versions, social and physical experiences get reconfigured. With more time being spent on-line, there is a growing emphasis on exchanging digital content and the network of self-projections shared virtually. As we continue towards an increasing …

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Examining The Relationship Between Urban Green Space And Sustainable Cities, Gillian. Bloise Jan 2013

Examining The Relationship Between Urban Green Space And Sustainable Cities, Gillian. Bloise

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Urban green space plays a vital role in the stability of the environment. Green spaces are increasingly becoming an integral part of the efforts to promote sustainability because of the different areas of benefits they provide. Sustainable city ranking systems were used to identify the most sustainable urban extents within the US. Landsat TM 4-5 imagery and textural classification are used as techniques in identifying, classifying and analyzing urban green spaces within nineteen urban extents. Patch analyst was used to analyze the location, structure and fragmentation green spaces within each urban extent. The aim is to determine to what degree …

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Examination Of The Role And Career Paths Of Chief Research Administrators In Selected Major Research Universities In The United States, Julie. Nash Jan 2013

Examination Of The Role And Career Paths Of Chief Research Administrators In Selected Major Research Universities In The United States, Julie. Nash

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The Chief Research Administrator (CRA), also known as the Vice President, Vice Provost, or Vice Chancellor for Research, plays a key role in the research university. It is a position of power and not only affects the mission of the institution, but also controls a very large and vital percentage of external funding. The lack of information on how to prepare for the position makes it difficult to plan a career path for those who aspire to the position. This study was designed to obtain information to define the persona and career path(s) of the CRA at research universities in …

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Foreclosure Effects, Cindy M. Shaw Jan 2013

Foreclosure Effects, Cindy M. Shaw

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The recent financial crisis which has beset the United States has made itself felt in a number of ways, not the least of which has been its adverse effect on the housing market. As foreclosure percentages accelerated, increasing numbers of properties across the country became empty and abandoned, leaving a visible imprint of deterioration in neighborhoods that were significantly affected. Initial GIS analysis of both foreclosed and non-foreclosed residential land in Broward County Florida was conducted, showing that there is a discernible spectral difference in the lawn space of these two types of properties, with foreclosed properties exhibiting more brownness, …

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Friend Influence On Achievement During Middle Childhood, Dawn Delay Jan 2013

Friend Influence On Achievement During Middle Childhood, Dawn Delay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study was designed to investigate friend influence on academic achievement and task avoidance during middle childhood in a sample of 794 participants in 397 stable same-sex friendship dyads (205 girl dyads and 192 boy dyads) from four municipalities in Finland: two in Central Finland, one in Western Finland, and one in Eastern Finland. Longitudinal data were collected during the spring of 3rd grade and 4th grade and reports were available from both members of each friendship dyad. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Kenny, Kashy & Cook, 2006) was used with a single sample of participants to estimate friend influence …

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