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Spartan Daily November 19, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 143, Issue 34

The Effects Of Collaborative Critical Thinking Training On Trust Development And Effectiveness In Virtual Teams, Mark Grichanik

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Workers in modern teams that perform tasks over computer-mediated communication channels encounter challenges in building trust and performing effectively. Finding interventions to mitigate such losses could improve team performance. Collaborative critical thinking (CCT) training has the potential to improve trust, monitoring, and effectiveness in virtual teams. Using a simulated search-and-rescue task, the effects of CCT training, as compared with a control training, were evaluated in 105 three-member teams. No effects of CCT training were found on team positive or negative monitoring, team cognitive or affective trust, team efficacy, or team viability. However, teams trained in CCT reported consistently higher levels …

Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Sacred Heart football defeats Bryant taking home NEC trophy for second year in a row -- Students compete in New York College Fed Challenge, a competition between universities about economic forecasting -- Drugs, sexting, and partying seen in younger children with high school students partying like college kids -- 5th annual turkey drive sets high goals -- Sacred Heart welcomes new birthing simulator -- Choir hosts concert against bullying -- Both men's and woman's basketball start off their seasons with victories

Perception Studies To Determine Receiving-Stream Color Objectionability Due To Effluent Discharge, Sarah Elisabeth Girdner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides general water quality guidelines for recreational water use that are similar to recreational standards published throughout the world. These guidelines are enforced by State agencies. In the State of Tennessee, the Tennesese Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is the permitting authority who oversees these water quality guidelines. It sets color limits for a recreational water use color narrative under the auspices of EPA review that requires effluent discharge to be free of objectionable color. However, the narrative lacks numeric guidance on how to determine an acceptable discharge color. The City of …

Suppuration Of Powers: Abscam, Entrapment And The Politics Of Expulsion, Henry Biggs

Legislation and Policy Brief

No abstract provided.

Synthesizing Qualitative Research, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report Conference

Systematic reviews of research literature have emerged as important tools in evidence-based practice. The importance of qualitative research findings in this pursuit has led to the development of meta-synthesis approaches creating new interpretations from primary qualitative findings. A step-by-step process for conducting such a qualitative meta-synthesis will be shared.

Meet The Honorable Staff, Brenda A. Ayres

Honorable Mention

Introduction to the Honors staff of Liberty University, 2014-2015.

Patient Safety Culture, Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction: Impact On Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcomes, Debbie Anglade

Open Access Dissertations

Improved patient safety has been one of the most critical issues facing the healthcare industry. The 1999 IOM report To Err Is Human stated avoidable medical errors contributed to 44,000 to 98,000 deaths in the United States. Current estimates are now between 210,000 and 440,000 patients annually. This study aimed: To examine the relationships between: a) inpatient nursing units’ patient safety culture (PSC), b) nurse compassion fatigue (CF), c) nurse compassion satisfaction (CS), and d) the impact on nurse-sensitive patient outcomes. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model guided this quantitative descriptive correlational design, which used primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected …

An Innovative Approach To Improving Father-Child Relationships For Fathers Who Are Noncompliant With Child Support Payments: A Mixed Methods Evaluation, John R. Gallagher, Joan R. Rycraft, Tommy Jordan

Journal of Adolescent and Family Health

Mixed methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fathers Offering Children Unfailing Support (FOCUS) program. FOCUS is a diversion program which is designed to offer an alternative to incarceration for fathers who are noncompliant with child support payments. Quantitative data were collected through a pretest/posttest design (n = 55) and qualitative data were collected through telephone interviews with FOCUS instructors (n = 2) and community key stakeholders (n = 5) and focus groups with FOCUS participants (n = 76). FOCUS appears to be benefiting children by increasing their fathers’ emotional support, strengthening co-parenting relationships, and promoting their fathers’ …

Rwu Community Invited To Honor The Lives Of Transgender People, Sabrina Polin

Featured News Story

S.A.F.E. hosts a week of events to remember victims of transgender-related violence and suicide.

The Patriot Talon (November 18, 2014), University Of Texas At Tyler

The Patriot Talon/The Patriot

The official newspaper for the University of Texas at Tyler before it was changed back to the UT Tyler Patriot. Articles in this issue include: Construction projects right on schedule, Expansions include music building addition, biology labs and pharmacy school; Is it nap time yet? Sleep deprivation affects health and learning; Pi Kappa Alpha coming to University; Greek students delete Yik Yak in protest of bullying; Religion does not excuse crime; Society and economy are factors in obesity; Being alone can be an essential part of growing up; Revamping the Community, Local church motivates Tyler community to donate canned food; …

Spartan Daily, November 18, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 143, Issue 33

Correlates Of Social Anxiety, Religion, And Facebook, Lee Farquhar, Theresa Davidson

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

This study examined how religiosity, network homophily, and self-monitoring relate to social and Facebook-specific anxiety, role conflict, and Facebook Intensity. Correlation analyses indicate a connection between Facebook use and anxiety, as well as a link between religiosity and anxiety. We found that Role Conflict correlates with Facebook Intensity, Facebook specific Anxiety, and Social Anxiety. Regarding religiosity, those who prefer aliteral interpretation of the Bible, attend church more frequently, and pray more often have higher anxiety. Facebookers who are higher self-monitors have a less homophilous Facebook network and are less likely to identifytheir religious views on Facebook.

The Role Of School Nurses And Chronic Illness, Melonie Ruiz

Theses and Dissertations

With new technological developments, children who may not have survived birth or infancy are now living longer and healthier lives. These advances can be positive and negative to these children. Although the child has survived, they have developed chronic illnesses due to these advances. These conditions they must live with everyday and depending on how severe the illness may be, they will impact the child's social and educational life. The role of the school nurse should be to ease the stresses that the illness is having on the child. There are many techniques that have been shown to help reduce …

2014-November-18-Wayne Winkler Shares Melungeon Heritage In Psychology Today, New Book, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Parents' And Children's Emotions Spanning The Hiv Disclosure Process In Kenya, Grace Gachanja, Gary J. Burkholder Jr, Aimee Ferraro

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

2014 APHA Annual Conference Tuesday, November 18, 2014 New Orleans, LA

HIV disclosure from parent to child is challenging. While disclosure is expected to be emotion for parents and children, the total disclosure experience has not been described. The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of HIV - positive parents and their children in Kenya during the disclosure process.

The Advocate, November 18, 2014, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 62, No. 11 (Nov. 18, 2014), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Collaborative On Aging Seeks Faculty Participants, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: November 18, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

Bibliotherapy: An Approach To Treating Mental Illness In The Classroom, Erin M. Curry

Senior Honors Theses

The prevalence of adolescent mental illness has increased at an alarming rate over the past two decades. Due to a lack of accessible mental health care and the stigmatization of mental illness, parents of children with these disorders are often reluctant to seek help. These children often resort to negative self-coping methods among which include substance abuse, violence, and suicide. These negative self-coping methods have a harmful, lasting impact on the individual as well as the surrounding community.

Bibliotherapy, which harnesses the meditative power of books, can teach helpful coping skills to students with mental illness. When effectively utilized in …

Montana Kaimin, November 18, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Manchester On The Move, Kim Wall

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Change, Katharine Webster

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

What Teaching Teaches, Phyllis Wentworth

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Pre-K In Indiana: Preparing Our Children For Success, Center For Families

Center for Families Publications

No abstract provided.

Volume 112, Number 11 - Tuesday, November 18, 2014, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

The Association Between Negative Self-Based Emotions And Social Support On Mental Health Functioning: The Consequences Of Intimate Partner Violence, Judiann Mcniff Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) is a type of trauma that can greatly affect health and social functioning. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are the two most common mental health problems that develop following IPV. IPV is also commonly associated with negative self-based emotions (shame and guilt) and lower levels of perceived social support. Few empirical studies have examined the unique impact that negative self-based emotions have on the maintenance of PTSD and depression, and the role that social support may have on these associations following IPV. This report will address the gaps in the current research …

The Parthenon, November 18, 2014, Codi Mohr

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 13, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.