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Spectator 2023-11-16, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Evaluation Of Patient-Centered Integrated Wound Team In Nursing Homes, Jeanine Renee Maguire

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Concussion Exposure And Suicidal Ideation, Planning, And Attempts Among Us High School Students, Jacob J. Kay, Colt A. Coffman, Adam Harrison, Abbas S. Tavakoli Drph, Mph, Me, Toni Torres-Mcgehee Phd, Lat, Atc, Steven P. Broglio, Robert Davis Moore Ms, Ph.D.

Publications

CONTEXT: Interest is growing in the association between repetitive concussions and mental health. However, studies on the relationship between concussion frequency and adverse mental health outcomes among female and male youth are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between self-reported concussion frequency and nonfatal suicidal behaviors among youth and to explore the possible interaction of biological sex. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional survey. SETTING: National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: United States secondary school students (N = 28 442). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Exposure variables were the frequency of self-reported sport- or recreation-related concussion in the previous 12 months …

The Lived Experience Of Second-Degree Nursing Students’ Anxiety Before And During Their Initial Clinical Rotation, Shelly Wheatley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones

Anxiety in nursing students can impact learning. Literature has shown that nursing students, especially those in second-degree nursing programs, report higher stress levels compared to other undergraduate students (Penprase & Koczara, 2009). Nursing clinicals can be jarring for students and present many stressors that can impeded learning and cause poor clinical performance. Much research has been done about traditional undergraduate students’ feelings of anxiety. There is a noted gap in research of second-degree, accelerated nursing students and their feelings about their initial clinical placement. Comparisons have often been made between traditional and nontraditional students, but the lived experiences of second-degree …

Technical Supplement For How Many Emotional Intelligence Abilities Are There? An Examination Of Four Measures Of Emotional Intelligence, John D. Mayer

UNH Personality Lab

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The Experiences Of Microaggressions Among Latiné Health Service Graduate Students And The Supervisory Relationship, Mackenzie Callahan

Theses and Dissertations

Although data has shown that psychology graduate programs are actively recruiting more Students of Color every year, there is not as much evidence that these programs are able to adequately support these students once they arrive. The purpose of the current study is to examine how Latiné graduate students’ experiences of microaggressions from their supervisor affects their supervisory relationship, as well as their perceptions of their graduate program climate. I collected survey data from 80 Latiné psychology graduate students from across the United States and conducted small focus groups with five participants. I found that exposure to microaggressions within supervision …

Screensafefuture: A Parent-Empathetic And Practical Mhealth Application For Toddlers' Brain Development Addressing Screen-Addiction Challenges, Nafisa Anjum

Master of Science in Information Technology Theses

The surging incidents of infants and toddlers screen addiction in the United States are becoming a pressing concern due to its detrimental and compound impact on cognitive development, mental health, and physical growth. To address this era's critical child health and human development problem, we propose an innovative mHealth application-- ScreenSafeFuture-- in this paper. ScreenSafeFuture provides practical and parent-friendly solutions that seamlessly fit into parents' busy lifestyles, also acknowledging the effectiveness and convenience of smartphones as a healthcare tool. Our offering includes essential features designed to enhance the experience between parents and their children under 3 years old. With an …

The Current - Volume 34 Issue 6, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Attitudes And Perceptions Of Women In Skilled Labor Regarding The Lack Of Women In The Construction And Building Industry, Danielle Faye King

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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The Intersections Of Gay Men’S Culture With Addiction Recovery, Robert Lee Durham

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Parents’ Perspectives Of The Effectiveness Of Family Treatment Court, Stacy Marie Gretz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Palliative Care Quality Of Life Outcomes In Adults With Chronic Illness, Jackie Steigerwald

Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner

In adult populations with chronic illnesses, implementation of palliative care may provide the opportunity to slow the disease process, manage symptoms, and improve patients' overall quality of life. Without palliative care implementation, the aspects of psychosocial needs may go clinically unaddressed with disease progression. Palliative care provides an opportunity for multidisciplinary providers to make interventions to improve all aspects of quality of life. The aim of this project is to evaluate the implementation of palliative care services in patients with chronic illnesses, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Abbreviated (WHOQOL BREF) quality of life scale and compare them with …

Association Of Adverse Childhood Experiences And Behavioral Health Among Children And Adolescents In The United States, Sanjaya Regmi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have enduring implications for various behavioral and mental health issues, necessitating a thorough examination of factors that mitigate their adverse effects. The present research draws upon the Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) framework and the socioecological model to investigate the moderating role of different types of resilience, including child resilience, family resilience, safe neighborhoods, and supportive neighborhoods, on the associations between ACEs, substance use disorder (SUD), and depression. This study also explores the relationships between ACEs and mental health care needs and service utilization among children and adolescents in the United States. We conducted cross-sectional …

Foster Parents’ Sense Of Belongingness Through An Ecological Counseling Perspective, Ashley Hershberger

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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November 16, 2023, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Optimism About Philosophical Progress, A Historical Case Study, Daniele Bruno Garancini

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

In this thesis I defend optimism about philosophical progress, which is a form of anti-exceptionalism about philosophy. Pessimists maintain that philosophy lacks the distinctive features that make science progressive. Optimism maintains that philosophy is like science, in this respect. My argumentative strategy is the following. I review the literature on philosophical progress to identify the feature that, according to pessimists, philosophy lacks. Then, I develop a historical case study to show that philosophy has these features. The goal is showing that philosophy makes progress by pessimistic standards.

My strategy is novel because other optimists, including Stoljar and Dellsén, Firing, and …

Nurses' Experience Of Family-Centered Rounds In The Intensive Care Unit, Kaitlyn King

Theses

A paradigm shift in the Canadian healthcare system has transitioned the patient and family from care recipients to integral and valued members of the multidisciplinary team. Implementation of family-centered care within the context of the adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) remains slow to adopt in Canada despite evidence that open visitation and family presence offer many benefits to improve the delivery of quality care, and satisfaction with the overall patient experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has further complicated the ability of the healthcare team to effectively include patients and families into their daily multidisciplinary rounds. Restricted visitation policies, infection control and …

Prosecutors Or Helpers: An Institutional Ethnography Of Child Protective Services Casework, Anna Maria Rockhill

Dissertations and Theses

The mission of child welfare is to strengthen the ability of families to care for their children and to protect children and provide aid, services, or referrals to families where maltreatment is said to have occurred. The vast majority of the families who become involved with child welfare are multiply disadvantaged and child welfare is a key feature of the array of public supports for struggling families. However, the institution fails many of the families it serves. Despite recent efforts by those in the field to promote collaboration and engagement, many parents experience child welfare as neither empowering nor helpful …

Perspectives On Research Needs In Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, And Antimicrobial Stewardship: What's On The Horizon-Part Ii, Jonas Marschall, Rachael E Snyders, Hugo Sax, Jason G Newland, Thais Guimarães, Jennie H Kwon

2020-Current year OA Pubs

In this overview, we articulate research needs and opportunities in the field of infection prevention that have been identified from insights gained during operative infection prevention work, our own research in healthcare epidemiology, and from reviewing the literature. The 10 areas of research need are: 1) Transmissions and interruptions, 2) personal protective equipment and other safety issues in occupational health, 3) climate change and other crises, 4) device, diagnostic, and antimicrobial stewardship, 5) implementation and deimplementation, 6) healthcare outside the acute care hospital, 7) low- and middle-income countries, 8) networking with the "neighbors," 9) novel research methodologies, and 10) the …

Space Control, Diplomacy, And Strategic Integration, R. Joseph Desutter

Space and Defense

As U.S. space capability came of age in the early 1960s it made substantive arms control negotiations possible. Arms control proponents like to argue that treaties, in turn, legitimated spy satellites by acknowledging their existence and sanctioning their use for verification. But the half-century old relationship between satellite technology and arms control has hardly been marked by such reciprocity. While satellite technology has enabled arms control, arms control has imposed nontrivial constraints on America’s strategic exploitation of outer space. In bureaucratic terms, Department of Defense (DOD) exploitation of outer space has been retarded by State Department instruments that were only …

Exploring The Experiences Of Adjunct Clinical Dental Hygiene Faculty With Peer Mentorship As They Transition From Clinician To Educator, Rosalie Forrester

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

The work-role transition from clinician to educator involves the dental hygienist creating a new identity as a dental hygiene educator. Insider guidance through peer mentorship may help support and acclimate new faculty during this work-role transition. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to explore the experiences of adjunct clinical dental hygiene faculty with peer mentorship as they transitioned from the role of clinician to educator. Five participants who met the criteria for this study completed semi-structured, virtual interviews via Zoom. These interviews were restoried into narratives, categorized, and then manually coded into themes. The categories included development of …

China’S Role In Space: Cooperation, Competition, And Conflict, Space And Defense

Space and Defense

The panelists in this session were in agreement that China pursues cooperation, competition, and conflict in space. Space capabilities can be used to forge and improve relations with some states. These capabilities are also a means of displaying and projecting comprehensive national power. Finally, space capabilities apply to conflict.

Five Minutes Of Psychological Skills Training Intervention Increase Mental Toughness Levels In Females Athletes, Alex J. Barber, Andreas Stamatis

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Mental toughness (MT) is conceptualized as a dynamic psychological resource conducive to goal-oriented pursuits and linked with sport performance outcomes. Despite the recognized importance of psychological interventions in sports, constraints often hinder their implementation during competitive seasons, especially on the individual level. Female representation in MT research remains limited. Psychological Skills Training (PST) is a systematic approach used in sport psychology to enhance athletes’ mental skills and abilities. PURPOSE: To investigate the impact of a brief, face-to-face, individualized PST intervention on MT levels among female athletes. METHODS: All 14 members of a Division III female volleyball team ( …

Exploring The Role Of Mental Toughness In Bone Mineral Content: A Preliminary Study, Marissa Zeno, Tomas Chapman-Lopez, Ricardo Torres, Jordan Ledington, Madelin R. Siedler, Christian Rodriguez, Jeff S. Forsse, Grant M. Tinsley, Andreas Stamatis

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Bone mineral content (BMC), a measure of the mineral content within a person’s bones, is an important parameter in the assessment of bone health. Changes in BMC can be indicative of bone-related conditions. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is one of the most widely used and accurate methods for measuring BMC. Sex, age, race, and BMI are known to influence BMC. Physical activity is positively related to BMC levels. Mental toughness (MT) is conceptualized as a state-like psychological resource conducive to goal-oriented pursuits and is positively linked to physical activity outcomes. The relationship between MT and BMC has not been explored. …

Muscle Dysmorphia And The Effects Of Emotion Regulation And Fitness Media, Kyle Pellerin, Lori-Ann B. Forzano Dr., Stephanie Longfellow, Sharon Jaramillo, Natalia May

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Research on Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) has identified various cognitive and behavioral variables related to other psychopathology (i.e., eating disorders, additive disorders) associated with increased levels of impulsivity, compulsivity, and difficulty regulating emotions. PURPOSE: The aim of the current study was to investigate the degree to which emotional dysregulation (EDys), through the mediating effects of compulsivity and impulsivity, influence one’s risk towards MD symptomatology. Due to recent findings relating social media and negative regulatory associations, exploratory analyses assessed the effect of ‘fitspiration’ content on the model. METHODS: Using MTurk with a Qualtrics survey, 129 adults (aged 23-69 years) completed …

Inter-Rate Reliability Of Mental Toughness Scores By Head And Assistant Coaches: A Repeated-Measure Design, Maya Caon, Charlotte Armstrong, Andreas Stamatis, Claire Egret, Tal Amasay, Zacharias Papadakis

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Mental toughness (MT) is a crucial attribute in sports, often linked to superior performance. Female sports such as rowing are underrepresented in MT research. In addition, MT research has primarily relied on cross-sectional self-assessment, raising questions about the reliability of scores. Recently, external evaluation (e.g., supervisors, peers, experts) has been proposed as an alternative method of MT assessment. PURPOSE: To investigate the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of MT assessments provided by the head coach (HC) and the assistant coach (AC) in the context of collegiate female rowing, using a repeated-measure design. METHODS: Twelve Division II female rowers (Age: 20.8 …

Inter-Rater Reliability Validation Via The Military Training Mental Toughness Inventory In Firefighters: Follow-Up Psychometric Analysis, Shane Phillips, Peter Beitia, Andreas Stamatis, Zacharias Papadakis, Amerigo Rossi

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Mental toughness (MT) is a critical psychological attribute, often assessed using cross-sectional self- assessment methods. Research links MT to superior performance, particularly within high-stress domains like tactical environments (e.g., firefighting). The Military Training Mental Toughness Inventory (MTMTI) is an established tool for measuring MT from a tactical perspective. Despite the relevance of MT in high- pressure professions, research in this context is limited, and specific instruments for assessing firefighting-related MT are absent. Preliminary work on examining the inter-rater reliability of MTMTI on firefighters concluded that there was no agreement on MT peer-rating by using the MTMTI. Since still there is …

Acute Effect Of Yoga On Psychological Health Changes Following Chronic Yoga Practice, Stephon Baldeo, Galila Werber-Zion, Olga Berwid

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Yoga practice is rising as an important health behavior lifestyle used to achieve mental wellbeing. Yoga as a method for improving people’s psychological health has been validated in various published research. However, the chronic impact of Yoga practice on urban, ethnically-diverse minority undergraduate students has not yet been examined.

PURPOSE: The current study assessed the acute impacts of a yoga session following a semester-long yoga intervention on the mental health of ethnically-diverse undergraduate students.

METHODS: Forty six students (mean age = 24.6 ± 7.7 years) participated in either a 14-week yoga program or a no-exercise (reading) control group over the …

Perceptions Of Secondary English Teachers On Using English Curriculum To Meet Social And Emotional Learning Goals, Emilie B. Throckmorton

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore secondary public school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers’ perceptions of implementing ELA curriculum as it may relate to social and emotional learning (SEL) goals. The problem explored was the rise of adolescents’ mental health concerns (CDC, 2019) and the role of secondary schools in attempting to address these concerns. The literature on this topic explored the mental health crisis for adolescents, the history and philosophy of SEL, and how secondary schools are integrating SEL, and how the ELA curriculum may be effective at meeting SEL goals. Six secondary public ELA teachers …

Too Many Beasts: The Fiction And Reality Of Child Soldiers, Adam Moore

Ohio Northern University International Law Journal

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