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What Mental Health Topics Do Female Practitioners Discuss In The Construction Industry? A Qualitive Literature Review, Shuang Zhang, Maggie Tang, Sherphard Chidarikire, Shaleeza Sohail, Ali Alashwal

CIB Conferences

The construction industry in Australia is characterized by a notably low representation of women among professional groups, the lowest across all major industries and sectors. Women who enter the industry frequently face harassment and discrimination and encounter fewer opportunities for career advancement compared to their male counterparts. There is still a clear lack of awareness and understanding among female practitioners in the construction industry regarding mental health issues. Therefore, this research addresses this significant gap through a qualitative literature review, analysing over 129 published research papers. The findings were assessed using content analysis to pinpoint the primary barriers that female …

The Role Of Personality Assessments (Pas) In The Architecture, Engineering, And Construction Industry, Joshua R. Wilkinson, Yupeng Luo, Wei Wu, Brad Hyatt

CIB Conferences

With a long history of serving diverse industries, Personality Assessments (PAs) have been widely used to examine potential relationships between personality profiles, employee behavioral tendencies, and performance outcomes. The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry involves complex and interdependent processes that require the collaboration of diverse professionals with varying skills and roles. Individuals and teams play a critical role in these processes to ensure quality, efficiency, and safety in project delivery. PAs have emerged as a valuable tool for understanding the intricacies of organizational dynamics within the AEC sector. However, their exploration and implementation have been limited, leading to a …

Building A Better Future: The Australian Journey Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Through Social Procurement Policies, Malsha Gimhani Kathriarachchige Dona, Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem, Dominic Doe Ahiaga-Dagbui, Asheem Shrestha

CIB Conferences

Social procurement is a recent policy development in public administration that has blurred the traditional boundaries of governance by collaborating with the private sector for societal transformation and wicked issues resolution. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasise the significance of inclusive growth and development, prompting governments worldwide to employ social procurement policy initiatives within the infrastructure sector as a practical vehicle for achieving the transformative vision. This has given rise to a vast array of social procurement policies within Australian governments. However, the creation of these policies has also generated significant confusion, especially regarding the effective implementation and evaluation of …

The Role Of The University In Making The Built Environment More Accessible And Inclusive For People With Disability: A Case Study From New Zealand, Claire L. Flemmer, Rory C. Flemmer, Alison J. Mcintosh, Andries Van Heerden, Mikael Boulic, Chinthaka Atapattu, James O B Rotimi Prof

CIB Conferences

The need to reduce inequality for people with disabilities is a strong theme in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Cities and communities should be inclusive, but the Built Environment has many buildings and spaces with problematic access features that make full participation impossible for this demographic. Universities can play an important role in addressing the issues underlying barriers to access and in providing clear steps for improvement and inclusion. The role involves interacting with all the key stakeholders including people with disabilities, disability advocacy organisations, construction professionals, legislators, students and the general public. This research demonstrates the role in …

Opportunities And Challenges For Early Involvement Of Trade Partners During The Design Phase Of Construction Projects, Lorine A. Ouma, Robert M. Leicht Phd

CIB Conferences

Outcomes during the execution of construction processes and methods are dependent on the details generated during the design process. A holistic analysis and selection of design alternatives by all key participants early in the design can enhance construction efficiency and outcomes. However, trade partners responsible for implementing more than 80% of building construction scopes are underutilized in developing the detials associated with the system designs. This limitation lowers the ability to optimize the design while the potential to influence cost and other client value items is still high. It also remains unclear how trade partners can be effectively engaged early …

The Role Of Risk Tolerance In Peer-Influenced Risk-Taking Behaviors On Construction Sites, Shiva Pooladvand, Sogand Hasanzadeh

CIB Conferences

The inherently social environment of construction job sites can exacerbate high incident rates due to social influence and peer pressure. Workers’ risk perception (RP) and risk tolerance (RT) have been identified as key factors contributing to their involvement in high-risk behaviors. However, there is a paucity of research on how workers’ RT, as a personality trait, impacts and moderates the relationship between RP and risk-taking behaviors in the presence of a risky peer. To fill this gap, this study empirically examined the changes in workers’ stress levels, due to the perceived risk, and risk-taking behaviours given their RT in the …

Student Motivation And Engagement In Service-Learning Projects For Construction Education, Fan Zhang

CIB Conferences

This study explores the integration of service-learning projects into construction education, focusing on their impact on student engagement, skill development, and social awareness. The research highlights how service learning bridges academic knowledge with real-world applications, preparing students for the construction industry while fostering civic responsibility. Through participation in hands-on projects, students developed technical competencies such as planning, management, and construction execution, as well as critical soft skills like teamwork, communication, and leadership. Reflective practices revealed a deeper understanding of the social impact of their work, with many students expressing enthusiasm for future service-learning opportunities. Despite these benefits, challenges such as …

Comparing Stressors And Stress Among Diverse Foreign Ethnic Minority Workers Groups In The Construction Industry, Khursheed Ahmed, Mei-Yung Leung, Wenqian Yang

CIB Conferences

To overcome the shortage of construction workers in developed countries, a foreign minority workforce is recruited from developing countries. However, foreign construction workers experience numerous stressors in the host country that may induce stress significantly, which could affect their overall health and performance. It is essential to explore what unique stressor and stress foreign construction workers are experiencing and then propose targeted practical recommendations. This research adopted a large-scale questionnaire survey with 91 valid responses included for data analysis, focusing on differences between Nepali, Pakistani and Other worker groups. Five key stressors (including away from family, unfair treatment, lack of …

Football As A Tool Helping To Tackle Social Issues, Julie Wittmannová, Arnošt Svoboda, Simona Šafaříková

International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness

Introduction The poster presents the current cooperation between Palacký University Olomouc and the NGO Fair Play Point. The NGO has been for almost 20 years organising a project called Football for Development. This project uses football as a tool to tackle different social issues in Czech society. It provides opportunities for marginalized populations to acquire new skills by playing football through a special methodology called football3. The training and tournaments are organized in cooperation with social work centres and thus, a unique synergy is created using football as a tool in social work. The Football for Development programme aims to …

درجة تطبيق مديري المدارس الحكومية في مديرية التربية والتعليم للواء قصبة مأدبا لمعايير الجودة, Samar Ali Jamal Ghunaimat

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة درجة تطبيق مديري المدارس الحكومية لمعايير الجودة في مديرية التربية والتعلم للواء قصبة مأدبا (الأردن) من وجهة نظر المعلمين، وذلك تبعاً لمتغير النوع الاجتماعي وسنوات الخبرة والمؤهل العلمي، ولغايات تحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم استخدام المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتم تطوير استبانة مكونة من (24) فقرة موزعة على أربعة معايير (القيادة، التخطيط الاستراتيجي، الموارد البشرية، المنهاج)، وطبقت الدراسة على عينة تم اختيارها بالطريقة العشوائية حجمها (350) معلما ومعلمة في المدارس الحكومية لمديرية التربية والعليم للواء قصبة مأدبا، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى ان درجة ممارسة مديري المدارس لمعايير الجودة من وجهة نظر المعلمين متوسطة، وجاء معيار التخطيط الاستراتيجي بالمرتبة …

Examining Factors Predicting Gatekeeping Avoidance In Counselor Educators And Supervisors, Bianca Wallace

ETD Collection

No abstract provided.

Christelle Onwu, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

Abstract

Interviewer: Mark Naison, Stephanie Robinson-Ramirez, Jane Kani Edward

Interviewee: Christelle Onwu

Christelle Onwu’s profound work demonstrates the importance of advocacy and research in changing policies and improving community engagement. Through her experiences with helping children through social work, she realized that the way in which she could truly make change was through policy work and reworking the cultivation of systems to ensure the success of future generations. Christelle, originally from Cameroon, arrived in the U.S. at 17 and attended John Jay College, where she excelled academically and received multiple scholarships. Through her excellence, she has been recognized as one …

Power And Praise: The Case Of The Late Brezhnev Era, Andrew Buck, Jeffrey Hass

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The culture of praise in the late Brezhnev era was highly developed and ritualistic. This research explores the purpose of praise in Soviet society and maps out its different faces through a structural analysis of letters to the editor. We conceptualize praise as a kind of symbolic capital that Soviet citizens use to signal their loyalty to one another. Soviet citizens expressed agreement through public praise of others published on the pages of widely-circulated newspapers. The analysis demonstrates variation in the structure of praise that depends on its direction, location, topics and the identities of givers and receivers. We identify …

Can Sport Counteract Social Isolation? The Opportunity Of Innovative Sports Programs For People With Intellectual Disabilities, Sina Eghbalpour, Liane Prof. Dr. Schirra-Weirich

International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness

Introduction Organized sport offers numerous opportunities to positively influence the participation of people with disabilities in social life.

The political mandate to improve the participation of people with disabilities in sport has increased significantly, particularly with the adoption of the UN Convention (Article 30, UN CRPD). The question arises: “How can the participation opportunities of people with disabilities in sports clubs be improved?”

Methodology The quantitative research method is used to survey the individually perceived needs of people with disabilities. A barrier-free instrument (questionnaire) was developed together with an institution for the disabled experts in simple language. The perspectives of …

Feminist Participatory Action Research And Service-Learning In The New Feminist Frontier, Megan A. Fletcher

Feminist Pedagogy

This critical commentary explores the tensions of embodying feminist pedagogy as both researcher and teacher. Drawing on the success of Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) in redesigning women's shelter intake procedures, I argue for integrating service-learning into the classroom. However, the effectiveness of both PAR and service-learning hinges on a strong foundation in feminist methodologies that prioritize equity, justice, and community care (Bowdon, Pigg, & Mansfield, 2014; Johnson & Flynn, 2021; Vergés Bosch, Freude, & Camps Calvet, 2021). Acknowledging past critiques of these approaches when lacking a feminist lens (Langhout & Gordon, 2021), I call for researchers and teachers to …

The Phoenix Takes Flight: The Importance Of Trauma-Informed Positive Education, Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood

Feminist Pedagogy

Since the pandemic, trauma has touched almost everyone. Pervasive illness, death, and isolation affected us in ways we have not paused to process. Many students were young and particularly affected by the pandemic. The rise in mental health concerns has made it more imperative to address mental health within our pedagogy. This article will outline strategies for helping to manage mental health within our pedagogy in order to better help everyone using an approach that aligns with trauma-informed and positive psychology pedagogical practices. Our future is one of compassionate, caring, trauma-informed work that bolsters the well-being of our students.

Exploring Leadership's Role In Improving Completion Rates In Substance Use Disorder Programs, Benjamin John Hoppie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed in this study was the influence of leadership on low treatment completion rates in a nonprofit outpatient substance use disorder program in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The purpose of this case study was to examine how leadership styles, decision-making processes, and supervisory alignment affected client engagement and treatment outcomes at the program. The study was grounded in the Baldrige Excellence Framework, which provided a systems-thinking lens to assess leadership behavior and organizational performance. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with two senior leaders and a review of limited internal documents, including the organization’s …

Effects Of Short-Term Physical Exercise On Stress Biomarker And Mental Health Issues In Adolescents With Adhd: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Sima Dastamooz Phd, Cindy H.P. Sit Phd, Kelly P. Arbour-Nicitopoulos Phd, Rainbow T. H. Ho Phd, Stephen H.S. Wong Phd, Juanita Cheung Phd

International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness

No abstract provided.

Inclusive Experiences Through Alpine Skiing? Perspectives Towards Inclusion By People With Visual Impairments, Felix Oldörp, Martin Giese

International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity and International Symposium on Physical Activity and Visual Impairment and Deafblindness

Introduction The United Nations considers sports in its 2030 Agenda as an effective tool for the social inclusion of people with disabilities (United Nations, 2015). Despite its importance in the social and sporting context, the concept of inclusion often remains vague and frequently focuses one-sidedly on a “placement approach” (Haegele & Wilson, 2022, p. 25). A space labelled as inclusive does not determine whether it is really experienced as inclusive. Because inclusion is individual (Hiemstra & Rama, 2024). In a study by Oldörp et al. (2024), blind tennis players describe their sport as inclusive, depending on their own understanding of …

Growing Pains: Relations Between Racial Discrimination And Body Esteem With Ethnic-Racial Identity By Pubertal Timing For Female Adolescents Of Color, Emily J. Takamasa

Theses and Dissertations

Puberty is a near-universal experience among adolescents, and yet rarely have researchers considered the racialized contexts and salience it has, for girls of color. Using the phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory (PVEST), this study examines the relation between pubertal timing, body esteem, racial discrimination and ethnic racial identity (ERI) components (affirmation, exploration, resolution) among adolescent girls of color (n = 218, Mage = 15.7, U.S. sample). Results showed that higher body esteem predicted greater ERI exploration and resolution, particularly for girls with average or late pubertal timing. Additionally, racial discrimination was linked to higher ERI exploration and resolution only …

A Qualitative Exploration Of Paraprofesionals' Use Of Mobile Technology To Coordinate Behavioral Support, Sean Erreger

Social Work Doctoral Dissertations

Technology that is utilized to track and assess behavior is being used more frequently in social work practice. Social Workers frequently participate and lead organizations that provide services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) face significant workforce challenges, but mobile technology may assist with reducing their administrative burden, assist in training needs, and increase the level of support felt by their supervisors. One of those technologies is the use of mobile devices to record behavior. The developmental disabilities field has started to implement the use of such mobile devices. The …

Changes In Aggressive Behaviors Over Time In Children With Adverse Childhood Experiences: Focusing On The Role Of School Connectedness, Sei-Young Lee, Mijin Choi

Faculty Publications

Previous research has found the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and externalizing behaviors later in adolescence and adulthood. However, limited studies have explored longitudinal trajectories of aggressive behaviors affected by ACEs. This study aimed to investigate how aggressive behaviors change over time and compare the trajectories of aggressive behaviors between children with three or fewer (low-risk ACEs) and those with four or more ACEs (high-risk ACEs) with the role of school connectedness on the trajectories of aggressive behaviors over time. The study sample consisted of 4231 children collected by the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal …

Exploring Facilitators And Barriers Of Medically Tailored Meal Interventions For Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure: A Qualitative Study, Ihab Hassanieh, Sang Gune K Yoo, Jing Li, Virginia Mckay, Mark D Huffman

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Acute heart failure (AHF) is associated with high rehospitalization, morbidity, and mortality rates. Implementing medically tailored meal (MTM) interventions may help to optimize nutrition and improve outcomes for patients with AHF. This study aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to implementing an MTM intervention in a tertiary hospital.

METHODS: From August 2023 to October 2023, we conducted semistructured interviews with health care workers and patients with AHF at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. The study used the updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 2.0 to assess 5 domains: MTM characteristics, inner and outer settings, individual characteristics, and …

Examining The Impact Of Stress On Collegiate Flight Students, Shivanee D. Cannon-Patron

Beyond: Undergraduate Research Journal

Stress may negatively affect the timely completion of a student pilot's flight training. A student pilot influenced by stress may be subject to what is known as "falling behind the aircraft," a condition that constantly requires minor interventions from their flight instructor. This lack of situational awareness and decreased performance may inadvertently cause the student pilot to repeat the flight lesson, increasing the time spent in the training course.

Psycho-Analysis Will Not Save Us: Reflections On The Gen Z Mental Health Crisis, Victor Dubitans

Middle Voices

Generation Z (born between 1997 – 2012) is characterized as having both unprecedented mental health awareness and unprecedented mental distress. An apparent contradiction with troubling implications for the mental health field: Either the response to the mounting crisis has been insufficient or the field forms part of the problem. Taking seriously Wilks’ (2023) criticism of “therapeutic overreach” of the contemporary mental health field in the lives and development of youth, this paper attempts a selfanalysis and moral inventory about the field’s potential complicity in the crisis and in the history of hysteria. Lacan’s writings on the “analyst’s discourse” are considered …

Foster Care In Nevada, 2019-2023, Mallory Constantine, Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Demography

This fact sheet examines data for foster youth populations in Nevada, with a particular focus on foster care bed availability and placements within the state. The data are sourced from the report “Division of Child and Family Services – Data Book as of June 30, 2023,”1 a database from the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) within Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Expanding A Standardized Reading Program Utilizing Research-Based Literacy Practices, Culturally Responsive Teaching, And Teacher Decision Making, Jacalyn Marie Gizara

Theses and Dissertations

The reading achievement disparities between diverse learners and their advantaged peers has been at the forefront of education for decades (Hammond, 2015; Kelley et al., 2015; Ladson-Billings, 2006; Paschall et al., 2017; Pitre, 2014). Educational policies have attempted to close the achievement gap and address the inequitable practices school systems place on our youth (Paschall et al, 2017; Pitre, 2014). However, teachers can lead in the profession and create positive change for students’ school experiences and learning outcomes. The purpose of this action research study was to enhance the prepackaged reading program with thematic units, culturally responsive teaching, and research-based …

Family Of Faith: Ole Miss Gospel Choir Offers More Than Joyful Praise, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Soulful voices soared, a packed crowd swayed and burdens felt lighter as the University of Mississippi Gospel Choir shared showstopping praise at its 50th anniversary spring concert.

The Role Of Neuroscience In Mental Health Management Within The Adhd Population, Kadi Rae Smith

University Honors Theses

Neuroscience-based educational interventions play a role in the management of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), including the regulation of ADHD-correlated depression and anxiety. Existing research shows that elevated rates of depression correspond to anxiety within the ADHD community; approximately 8.83% of the global population. Social ostracization and isolation are established contributors to depression and anxiety which are commonly comorbid with ADHD. The need exists for further investigation of the beneficial impact that an accurate, biological understanding of how the brain works has on the mental health of the ADHD population, and by extension their families, education systems, and medical industries. …

Reconnecting To The Person Before Acquired Brain Injury: A Continuing Bonds Grief Intervention, Elizabeth Gilmour, Alyson Norman

School of Psychology

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) affects millions yearly potentially altering the emotional, behavioural and physical characteristics of the person. Consequently, it can result in the person before the ABI being markedly different from the person after. Family members of individuals with ABI often report feeling grief but there is limited support to help them. This study aimed to pilot a four-week grief writing intervention based on the continuing bonds intervention ‘Hello Again’, for family members after ABI. The purpose was to determine the experience of writing the letters and the perceived benefit. Recruitment was through volunteer sampling, and three participants took …