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Resisting And Persisting Through Organizational Exit: An Autoethnographic Exploration Of Disclosing Sexual Harassment In Collegiate Debate, M. A., Tennley A. Vik Dec 2022

Resisting And Persisting Through Organizational Exit: An Autoethnographic Exploration Of Disclosing Sexual Harassment In Collegiate Debate, M. A., Tennley A. Vik

National Forensic Journal

Collegiate debate has documented extensive problems with sexual harassment. This manuscript uses the first author’s layered account of sexual harassment experienced as a collegiate debater, her transition to a different university, and the management of private information with her family. Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory and a plethora of studies provide a theoretical lens of the first author’s autoethnographic experience. We advance CPM theory by examining how young adult children manage their privacy through constructing more rigid privacy boundaries than their adolescent counterparts and provide the first look at how disclosure can both enable and constrain victims/survivors of sexual harassment, …

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Evaluating Evidence Of Episodic Tendencies During Semantic Fluency, Rebecca Anne Wilder Dec 2022

Evaluating Evidence Of Episodic Tendencies During Semantic Fluency, Rebecca Anne Wilder

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While semantic organization has been widely observed in episodic memory tasks, episodic organization has yet to be observed in the semantic fluency task, due to structural differences between test paradigms. Episodic memory effects require an opportunity for target information to first be learned and later retrieved. Semantic fluency tasks, which are designed to measure retrieval capacity for facts, are typically limited to a single test-phase format. In semantic fluency tasks, participants are presented with a semantic retrieval cues (i.e. category prompts) and asked to list as many items as they can think of that fit the classification. The repeated fluency …

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Spatial Metaphors In Introductory Statements Of Humanities And Stem Disciplines: A Study Of English And Mechanical Engineering Departments, Olalekan T. Adepoju Dec 2022

Spatial Metaphors In Introductory Statements Of Humanities And Stem Disciplines: A Study Of English And Mechanical Engineering Departments, Olalekan T. Adepoju

Publications and Research

Advances in higher education, specifically in science and technology, have engendered a significant shift of interest from a mainly liberal arts curriculum to STEM-related fields of study, creating a rift in the value systems undergirding the two academic domains. One of the ways the disciplinary disparity is institutionally expressed is through the language used in describing the core values of these disciplines, specifically in the introductory statements of departments. Using the lens of spatial metaphor to consider how the language expresses distinct realities that align with the public perceptions of the disciplines, this paper examines the metaphorical framings in the …

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For Better Or For Worse? Impacts Of Marriage Equality Policy On Lgbtq+ Mental Health, Mia Gajda Dec 2022

For Better Or For Worse? Impacts Of Marriage Equality Policy On Lgbtq+ Mental Health, Mia Gajda

Washington Semester Program

The following thesis seeks to answer the question of how policy debates surrounding the rights of queer Americans affect their mental health. It also seeks to use theories of minority stress and stigma to address how these pressures appear in social and political contexts. It will draw connections between society, policy, and psychological wellbeing, looking beyond the individual and to environmental stressors as explanations for decades of mental health disparity. It will explore two particularly impactful moments in LGBTQ+ policy – the Defense of Marriage Act and Obergefell v. Hodges – in order to support the position that policy affirming …

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Navigating Acculturative Stress: A Guide For Supporting Newcomer Students In California Esl Classrooms, Daniela Lopera Ruiz Dec 2022

Navigating Acculturative Stress: A Guide For Supporting Newcomer Students In California Esl Classrooms, Daniela Lopera Ruiz

Master's Projects and Capstones

Acculturation has been widely studied as a post-migration phenomenon that individuals face when coming in contact with their new recipient culture and environment. The different experiences, tasks, and requirements that newcomers must endure upon arrival may lead to their suffering prolonged periods of discomfort. This moderate, intermediate, or acute feeling of uneasiness is defined as acculturative stress. In it, the continued exposure to stressors such as adjusting to a new culture, rules, behavioral patterns, a second language, finding housing, and obtaining an education and employment can lead to trauma. This field project has been designed to provide educators and allies …

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Daily Rounding To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections In A Rehabilitation Facility, Folashade Oluwafunmi Dec 2022

Daily Rounding To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections In A Rehabilitation Facility, Folashade Oluwafunmi

Dissertations

Despite national efforts to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), healthcare facilities continue to report CAUTI events. The project site reported CAUTI rates above local and national benchmarks even though a CAUTI bundle was in use. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental quality improvement project was to determine if the implementation of daily rounding by organizational CAUTI champions, using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Comprehensive Unitbased Safety Program (CUSP), would impact CAUTI rates among adult residents in a rehabilitation facility in Northern California for four weeks. Lewin's change theory and the IOWA evidence-based practice model were the …

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Review: Virtue Information Literacy: Flourishing In An Age Of Information Anarchy, Jessica A. Hawkes Dec 2022

Review: Virtue Information Literacy: Flourishing In An Age Of Information Anarchy, Jessica A. Hawkes

Communications in Information Literacy

Review of Bivens-Tatum, W. (2022). Virtue information literacy: Flourishing in an age of information anarchy. Library Juice Press.

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Mental Health Benefits Of Physical Activity In Older Adults, Adrian Kurt Zitzmann Dec 2022

Mental Health Benefits Of Physical Activity In Older Adults, Adrian Kurt Zitzmann

Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner

Physical activity is the fountain of youth, strengthening both the physical body as well as the mind, leading to better emotional stability and a general sense of well-being. The population over age 65 is nearing retirement age and are transitioning from a high paced work and family life to a slower and less active “empty nest” lifestyle. Among adults over age 65, will implementing an exercise program for 30 minutes per day increase mental well-being? The benefits of physical activity will be supported by gathering a group of older adults ages 65 and up from a local retirement community to …

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December 2022 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King Dec 2022

December 2022 Bulldog Alumni & Friends News, Kari Jones, Garrett King

Bulldog Alumni & Friends News

The SWOSU Foundation, Inc. hosted a dinner last month at White Dog Hill to say farewell to departing Trustees George Cohlmia, Brice Harris, Dianne Hunter, Debbie Shepherd, Nelson Sims, and Judy Wilkes.

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Making Emotions Trustworthy, Xiaoyu Ke Dec 2022

Making Emotions Trustworthy, Xiaoyu Ke

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

I investigate ways by which agents can make their emotions more trustworthy from a perspective that’s informed by recent psychological research on the nature of emotion regulation. This dissertation is a collection of three articles, each addressing one type of cases of untrustworthy emotions in a particular context. Chapter one (Developing Appropriate Emotions) concerns emotions that are untrustworthy because they are irrelevant to the moral or epistemic judgements at hand. By situating the problem in the context of a situationist challenge to neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, I argue that we can address this problem by developing ameliorative abilities such as emotion …

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Interactive And Engaging Virtual/Online English Classes: Fostering Teaching And Social Presence, Merve Beyazit Taner Dec 2022

Interactive And Engaging Virtual/Online English Classes: Fostering Teaching And Social Presence, Merve Beyazit Taner

Master's Projects and Capstones

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges to the education field. Due to the enforced immediate transition from in-person to online teaching, teachers, policymakers, administrators, and students had difficulty adapting themselves. Nearly three years since the pandemic began, it is clear that English language teachers have improved their digital literacy skills to sustain effective teaching. However, more than digital literacy skills are required to build community in the online learning environment. The claim for the literature review is that fostering interaction and creating presence, especially high levels of social and teaching presence, may contribute to academic achievement in online English learning. …

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The Impact Of Intercultural Communication Competence On Academic Advising At An American-Style University In West Africa, Tara Janea Pylate Dec 2022

The Impact Of Intercultural Communication Competence On Academic Advising At An American-Style University In West Africa, Tara Janea Pylate

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

While the internationalization of American higher education has seen significant growth in the past decade, little is known about the advisor-advisee relationship in American transnational institutions and, more specifically, at American-style institutions abroad. This quantitative study examined students’ expectations of and satisfaction with academic advising, and investigated whether students’ intercultural communication competence (ICC) predicted student satisfaction at an American-style university in West Africa. Research concerning international students in the United States provides an outline for examining academic advising abroad. Academic advisors play a vital role in motivating and empowering students. Cultural and academic challenges that international students face impact their …

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Effectiveness Of Community Development Organizations In The St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Kyle Pitzer Dec 2022

Effectiveness Of Community Development Organizations In The St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Kyle Pitzer

Brown School Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Concentrated poverty has been a core issue in urban America for close to half of a century. The consequences of living in these neighborhoods are also dire. These "neighborhood effects" are defined as the effects of living in concentrated poverty over and above individual circumstances, which have been tied to a number of important life outcomes. One approach to addressing these issues is community development, and perhaps the most salient vehicle of community development is the community development corporation (CDC). This current study sought to address three aims: 1), understand the effects of CDCs on population-level outcomes; 2), understand the …

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The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien’S Inspiration, By Nancy Bunting And Seamus Hamill-Keays. Reviewed By Mattie E. Gustafson., Mattie E. Gustafson Dec 2022

The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien’S Inspiration, By Nancy Bunting And Seamus Hamill-Keays. Reviewed By Mattie E. Gustafson., Mattie E. Gustafson

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

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The Role Of Kindergarten Institutions In Developing Social Responsibility Among Children From The Point Of View Of Educators In Hama Governorate, Asmaa Adnan Alhasan, Khalid Hamed Dec 2022

The Role Of Kindergarten Institutions In Developing Social Responsibility Among Children From The Point Of View Of Educators In Hama Governorate, Asmaa Adnan Alhasan, Khalid Hamed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the current research is to know the role of kindergarten institutions in developing social responsibility among children from the point of view of educators in Hama Governorate and to know the differences in their responses according to several variables. The sample consisted of (300) educators and a questionnaire consisting of (42) items was prepared. The results showed that the role of kindergarten institutions in the development of social responsibility among children from the point of view of educators was high on the questionnaire as a whole and in all its dimensions. There is a statistically significant difference …

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The Degree Of School Principals’ Practice Of Situational Leadership According To Hersey And Blanchard’S Theory In Al Buraimi Governorate, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Hinai, Radhiya Al Habsi Dec 2022

The Degree Of School Principals’ Practice Of Situational Leadership According To Hersey And Blanchard’S Theory In Al Buraimi Governorate, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Hinai, Radhiya Al Habsi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aimed to reveal the degree to which school principals practice situational leadership according to the theory of Hersey and Blanchard in the Buraimi Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study population consisted of (1461) male and female teachers in Al Buraimi Governorate during the academic year 2021/2022 AD, and the questionnaire was applied to a random sample of (238) male and female teachers. The study reached a set of results, most notably: the practice of school principals of situational leadership according to the theory of Hersey and Blanchard in Al Buraimi Governorate came very high, the training …

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The Degree Of Faculty Use Of Authentic Assessment Strategies At A'Sharqiyah University, Sharif Abdelrahman Alsoudi, Amjad Ezat, Mueen Salman Al Nsraween Dec 2022

The Degree Of Faculty Use Of Authentic Assessment Strategies At A'Sharqiyah University, Sharif Abdelrahman Alsoudi, Amjad Ezat, Mueen Salman Al Nsraween

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The study aimed to identify the degree of faculty use of authentic assessment strategies at A'Sharqiyah University (Oman). The study sample consisted of (59) faculty at A'Sharqiyah University, the results indicated that the degree of use of authentic evaluation strategies was at the average level in general, with an average of (3.26) percentage (66%). The results also showed the statistically significant differences in the degree of use of authentic assessment strategies attributable to the variable of receiving training in favor of faculty’s who received prior training on authentic assessment strategies. As well as significant differences attributed to years of academic …

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Social Support And Its Relationship With Achievement Motivation Amongst Widowed Female Students In The Palestinian Universities, Basel M. El-Khodary, Tawfeeq M., Hanan O. Olwan Dec 2022

Social Support And Its Relationship With Achievement Motivation Amongst Widowed Female Students In The Palestinian Universities, Basel M. El-Khodary, Tawfeeq M., Hanan O. Olwan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current study aimed to identify the relationship between social support and achievement motivation amongst widowed female students in Palestinian universities. Descriptive analytical design was used as it is suitable for the current study. The researcher prepared the social support scale and achievement motivation scale. The sample consists of (169) widowed female students affiliated to the University College of Applied Sciences and the Islamic University of Gaza. The results showed that: The level of social support among widowed students was (77%) and the level of achievement motivation was (82%). There is a statistically significant positive correlation between social support and …

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Achievement Goals Orientations Among A Sample Of University Students According To Some Variables, Bushra O. Ahmed Dec 2022

Achievement Goals Orientations Among A Sample Of University Students According To Some Variables, Bushra O. Ahmed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The aim of the present study is to identify the achievement goal orientations among students of Baghdad University according to gender and study specialization variables. A random sample of (176) University students was selected (92 males and 84 females), and (108 science, 68 humanities) as far as specialization of study is concerned. Achievement Goal Questionnaire by Elliot and Murayama (2008) was adopted, translated to Arabic, and used in the study. The questionnaire consists of four-subscales: mastery–avoidance, performance–avoidance, mastery–approach, performance–approach, and it have 12 items with 3 items for each subscale. The questionnaire is a 5-likert scale ranging from "strongly agree" …

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Socialism Of Linguistic Phenomenon: Its Concept And Implications (Readings In Positivist Social Thought And The Implications Of Its Application On Language), Ali Abdel Rahman Ibrahim Taha Dec 2022

Socialism Of Linguistic Phenomenon: Its Concept And Implications (Readings In Positivist Social Thought And The Implications Of Its Application On Language), Ali Abdel Rahman Ibrahim Taha

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Language is a human phenomenon with multiple aspects. On the one hand, it is a psychological phenomenon and on the other hand it is a social phenomenon. Therefore, I found interest from scholars in various fields, and at the beginning of the twentieth century, and with the influence of the pioneer of sociology, Emil Dor Chayem, language was classified as a social phenomenon by the linguist de Saussure, and this classification resulted in the application of the principles of the positivism approach as defined by Dor Chayem on language. This study aims to identify the positivism approach in its social …

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The Effect Of The Emotional Literature In Developing The Emotional Intelligence For The Female Students In Arabic Department In College Of Education For Women, Zeina Salem Mohie Dec 2022

The Effect Of The Emotional Literature In Developing The Emotional Intelligence For The Female Students In Arabic Department In College Of Education For Women, Zeina Salem Mohie

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The Emotional intelligence is considered one of the modern concepts of purposeful rational thinking and effective dealing with the environment that surrounds the learner to succeed in the educational process and to allow students to express and enhance themselves and take the initiative to encourage them and to overcome crises with optimism, positivity and action. Emotional Literature has a lot of poetic pictures which include the emotional and flirting ones; the learner should perceive and feel them. Therefore, the current research aims to build a program that contains the components of emotional literature, as well as to know the impact …

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The Use Of Psychometric Scale Theory In Formulating Gilliam Scale Gars-3 For Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abbas Fadhil Abdulwahid, Muhammad Anwar, Khalid Jamal Jasim Dec 2022

The Use Of Psychometric Scale Theory In Formulating Gilliam Scale Gars-3 For Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abbas Fadhil Abdulwahid, Muhammad Anwar, Khalid Jamal Jasim

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The present paper aims to formulate Gilliam Scale GARS-3 for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ADS) according to the use of psychometric scale theory. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, the researchers have followed the scientific steps in formulating the scale and verifying the credibility of the translation via checking the accuracy and subjectivity in transferring all the thoughts of the scale. Then, an expert in Arabic language has checked the scale which consists of (58) items of six dimensions. The scale was applied to (500) students inside the governmental and the private centers and on a sample …

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Nikki Giovanni: The Poet Laureate Of The Black Community, Jinan Abdulla Shafiq Dec 2022

Nikki Giovanni: The Poet Laureate Of The Black Community, Jinan Abdulla Shafiq

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Black women have a long history and practise of activism that can be traced to pre-colonial Africa. Women writers of African descents have challenged the status quo of the cultural, political, and spiritual realms of their communities by using their skills to present women who challenge traditional roles and resist attacks of oppression. The paper deals with the suffering of women in general and black women specifically. The aim of the study is to give a voice to black women through Nikki Giovanni’s poetry, whom is considered the poets’ laureate. Her poems are like weapons against the oppressors. Using a …

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Investigating Strategies Developed By University Students In Learning English Vocabulary, Sundus Aj. Kamil Dec 2022

Investigating Strategies Developed By University Students In Learning English Vocabulary, Sundus Aj. Kamil

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Vocabulary knowledge is an integral aspect in learning a foreign language since the connotations of new vocabularies are widely highlighted, whether by language teachers or syllabus designers themselves. Vocabulary learning is the core of language learning and teaching due to the bouncing role vocabulary plays in supporting learner’s repertoire of language. The present term-paper is intended to shed the light on the importance of learning new vocabularies and the strategies developed by learners in learning more vocabularies. The research is based on an experiment that a sample of (30)students of 2nd -year students in English Department at the College of …

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Cultivating Life: Skill, Sovereignty, And The Nature Of Knowledge, Bradley Jones Dec 2022

Cultivating Life: Skill, Sovereignty, And The Nature Of Knowledge, Bradley Jones

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the cultivation of knowledge, nature, and farmers in U.S. alternative agriculture. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Hudson Valley of New York and Central Appalachia, I trace the movement of knowledge across prominent training guides, educational workshops, and apprenticeship programs designed to train the next generation of sustainable farmers. I argue that the knowledge communities of alternative agriculture (strive to) transmit not only technical capacity—the ability to productively farm sustainability—but also holistic ways of understanding the natural world and the human place in it. In doing so practitioners of alternative agriculture gain autonomy from the political-economic and …

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A War Of Compassion: Challenging The Species Barrier In The Works Of Céline And Léautaud, Dawn Mohrmann Dec 2022

A War Of Compassion: Challenging The Species Barrier In The Works Of Céline And Léautaud, Dawn Mohrmann

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Jacques Derrida, when affirming the undeniability of animal suffering in L’Animal que donc je suis, states that there is “une guerre en cours … entre d’une part, ceux qui violent non seulement la vie animale mais jusqu’à ce sentiment de compassion et d’autre part, ceux qui en appellent au témoignage irrécusable de cette pitié” (50). This study investigates the nature of this ongoing war to which Derrida referred. I investigate both the nature of human cruelty and its counterpoint, empathy, which I propose as the response to the anthropocentrism that allows this struggle to continue. Through investigating theories of empathy, …

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Poverty, Child Maltreatment And Adverse Childhood Experiences – Just Comorbidities?, Darejan Dvalishvili Dec 2022

Poverty, Child Maltreatment And Adverse Childhood Experiences – Just Comorbidities?, Darejan Dvalishvili

Brown School Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Both child abuse and neglect (hereafter maltreatment) and poverty are serious social and public health problems that are related to numerous negative and costly outcomes as well as being related to other so-called adverse childhood experiences (ACES). A significant, yet recent, body of work suggests a strong, perhaps causal, relationship between poverty and maltreatment. Much remains unknown about how they are associated and whether or not a true causal relationship exists while controlling for other potential risks in the ecology. This dissertation conducted a secondary analysis of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to help address this gap. First, …

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Sik3 & Wnk Signals Through Fray To Regulate Glial K+ Buffering And Seizure Susceptibility In Drosophila Models Of Hyperexcitability, Lorenzo Laronn Lones Dec 2022

Sik3 & Wnk Signals Through Fray To Regulate Glial K+ Buffering And Seizure Susceptibility In Drosophila Models Of Hyperexcitability, Lorenzo Laronn Lones

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

K+ homeostasis is important for maintaining healthy, physiological levels of neuronal activity. Glial cells play a central role in maintaining homeostatic ion gradients. In previous work from our lab, we unravel a glial K+ buffering program that is centered on a key kinase, salt-inducible kinase 3 (SIK3). SIK3-HDAC4 signaling in glial regulates the transcription of channels and transporters involved in water and ion transport. Defects in this pathway lead to peripheral nerve edema, neuronal hyperactivity, and seizure sensitivity. In an hyperexcitability mutant, eag Shaker, we show this pathway is downregulated and genetic activation suppresses seizure behavior. In this thesis, I …

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation In Current And Remitted Major Depressive Disorder: An Experience Sampling Study, Yunjing Liu Dec 2022

Interpersonal Emotion Regulation In Current And Remitted Major Depressive Disorder: An Experience Sampling Study, Yunjing Liu

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) have difficulties regulating emotion on their own. As people also turn to others for help with emotion regulation (i.e., interpersonal emotion regulation [IER]), we examined whether these difficulties extend to IER in current and remitted MDD. We generally expected individuals with current MDD (and remitted MDD to a lesser extent) to utilize IER in distinct ways compared to those with no history of psychiatric disorders (i.e., controls) due to differences in emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal functioning. Using experience sampling, adults with current MDD (n=48), remitted MDD (n=80), and controls (n=87) reported on how frequently …

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An Online Vignette Study To Examine The Outcomes Of A Preclinical Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis, Matthew John Wynn Dec 2022

An Online Vignette Study To Examine The Outcomes Of A Preclinical Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis, Matthew John Wynn

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

As Alzheimer disease research forges ahead, and new potential treatments are developed, a conceptualization is emerging of a presymptomatic disease stage. This stage, known as preclinical Alzheimer disease, is characterized by the buildup of amyloid beta and tau proteins in the brain to abnormal levels in a cognitively normal person. There are unknown potential risks and benefits of communicating biological marker risk information for Alzheimer disease using the preclinical Alzheimer disease diagnostic label. The current study uses a vignette methodology to measure older adults’ understanding of risk information when presented with information regarding their risk for developing Alzheimer dementia. Participants …

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