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Slippery Slope: How Individual Differences Predict Conspiratorial Thinking, Bryanna Wynn

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the propensity to engage in conspiratorial thinking by probing factors previously identified as correlating with conspiratorial thinking, including analytical reasoning, attachment, personality, political affiliation, religious fundamentalism, and trust in science. English-speaking participants aged 18 years or older, not targeting any specific demographic, were recruited via various social media platforms to complete questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire and scales which assessed measures of reasoning style, attachment, personality, political affiliation, religious fundamentalism, and trust in science. Based on the collected data, this study supported multiple hypotheses, including that individuals with high levels of negative emotionality, a conservative political affiliation, …

The Ideal Mother-Woman: A Content Analysis Of Her Online Presence, Kristy K. Brackall

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study seeks to examine the thematic posting trends in online parenting forums to better understand the impact of comments in the creation or support of the culturally idealized mother. Previous research has established that mothers use online message boards and social media to form a community, to ask questions about pregnancy and parenthood, and seek support. Content analysis of messages culled from two parenting websites was used to explore the cultural standards of motherhood. 

The Relationship Between Differentiation Of Self And Burnout In Counselors, Jennifer M. Wallace

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Differentiation of self is important to explore in counselors due to the emotional nature of their work. Differentiation of self has been shown to have an impact on counselors wellbeing including their rate of burnout. The intent of the current study was to examine the relationship between differentiation and burnout in counselors. A study by Duggan-Waters (2021) found a significant relationship between differentiation and burnout in marriage and family counselors. This study built on these results by examining the more specific relationships between the areas of differentiation (i.e., emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff, I-position, and fusion with others) and the aspects …

Trait Self-Control, Ego-Depletion, And Mental Health In Non-Offending Minor Attracted Persons, Amaya Kathia Bonilla

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Research has focused on understanding the offending behavior of minor attracted persons (MAPs) due to the negative impact their behaviors have on some of the most vulnerable members of society. Further, many different models of impulsivity have been developed to explain these offending behaviors. However, limited research focuses on non-offending MAPs and gaining knowledge about what prevents them from offending. The present study attempted to fill this gap by exploring the relationship between trait self-control and ego-depletion on expression of sexual words. Additionally, the relationship between trait self-control and mental health was assessed. The present study utilized a survey approach …

2023-2024 Faculty Handbook, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Morehead State University Faculty Handbook for 2023-2024.

A Holistic Approach To Creating Cultures Of Quality Excellence Within Higher Education Institutions In North Carolina, Natalie Aman

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This paper first seeks to identify cultural factors of faculty, staff, and students within Higher Education Intuitions (HEI) and then understand how those factors affect the individual as well as the overall larger population of all studied groups to create cultures of quality excellence. Secondary data collected from government databases was used for the research. The independent variables included cultural factors for each stakeholder and the dependent variables included satisfaction levels of each stakeholder. Faculty and staff independent cultural variables included Performance Management, Supervisor/Department Chair Effectiveness, Communication & Collaboration, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and Mission and Pride. The dependent variable …

Adolescent Well-Being And Exclusionary Discipline: A Resiliency Model, Rachel L. Ballard

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Adolescents, especially those with a mental illness, often behave in ways judged to be impulsive, overly emotional, and irresponsible (Gogtay et al., 2004; Lawrence et al., 2015; Tamnes et al., 2010). Many teen behaviors which concern adults can be related to underdeveloped skills or competencies, rate of brain development, or expressions of mental disorders (Casey et al., 2011; Serbin et al., 2011; Spear, 2000). Behaviors commonly associated with adolescence, such as impulsivity, risk-taking, and efforts to fit in with peers, are often seen as a serious threat to school harmony, learning, and student safety, necessitating a disciplinary response from school …

An Examination Of The Legal Responses By United States To Technological Advances In Organized Drug Smuggling, Abdulwahab Aldossary

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recent advances in technology have aided terrorists in their ability to smuggle drugs in order to finance their operations. Drug trading routes have changed and so have methods of transportation and financial transaction. This study investigates the improved technology utilized by transnational organized crime groups and how the present laws and policies address the use of the improved technology for drug smuggling. The study will first look into the current models, such as the Counter-Terrorist Funding and Money Laundering model, and understand its weaknesses regarding drug smuggling within the United States. Moreover, the paper will focus on the current laws …

Emoting In Context: Lived Narratives Of Filipino Health-Care Frontliners During The Early Days Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, John Martin Bernard Gappy

Sociology & Anthropology Department Faculty Publications

The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has placed the entire world in a liminal position whereby our well-rehearsed and predictive practices have been deeply shaken. Within this context of liminality, studies point to potential distress among healthcare workers who are taking care of COVID-19 patients. Most studies focus on emotional distress of frontline healthcare workers as fixed entities. The current approach perceives emotion as a type of connection with social worlds. This article focuses on contextual acts of emoting and is organized around personal, situational, and cultural features of nine frontline medical doctors affiliated with ten hospitals in Metro-Manila who were taking …

Assessing The Core Construct? A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of Positive Symptomology In Mmpi-2 Clinical Scale 8 And Restructured Clinical Scale 8, Aubrie R. Musselman

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The transition from the MMPI-2 clinical scales to the restructured clinical (RC) scales sparked controversy and debate on several levels of analysis. At the psychometric level, the RC scales have been criticized for alleged construct drift, poor sensitivity, and potential redundancy due to their factor analytic construction. The first issue of construct validity, one of the most essential components of any psychometric tool, was the primary focus of this investigation. Specifically, claims have been made that because the RC scales demonstrate stronger correlations with the content scales than they do with their parent clinical scales, they do not adequately assess …

College Athletes Attitudes' Toward Transgender Athletes Participation In Collegiate Level Sports, Jaclyn Merrill

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The purpose of this study was to expand upon the work of Tanimoto and Miwa (2021) by examining factors that contribute to the acceptance of or discrimination against transgender athletes. Several hypotheses were explored: participants would rate the transgender athlete more positively when described as a transgender man or when taking hormones; cisgender women would express less prejudice towards transgender people and would report less gender-segregated transprejudice than cisgender men; women with a strong athletic identity would report more gender-segregated transprejudice; and there would be an association between strong beliefs about the discreteness, homogeneity, and informativeness of gender identity and …

Contribution Of Parent Attributions And Adhd Knowledge In Predicting Help-Seeking Interest, Ashley Bazier

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There is a considerable gap between children diagnosed with ADHD and those who receive treatment. Previous research has suggested that this gap is impacted by obstacles to treatment, sociodemographic and cultural factors, and parent cognitive factors. Research focused on parent cognitive factors has found that both parent attributions of child behavior and parent knowledge of ADHD are associated with help seeking more broadly and with interest in specific types of interventions. However, a majority of research in this area has focused on parents of children who have already received an ADHD diagnosis and accessed treatment. The present study examined the …

The Chironian 2023, New York Medical College

The Chironian

The Chironian is distributed to a readership of 16,000 faculty, alumni and employees of New York Medical College, government and community leaders, affiliated hospitals and selected media. Each issue is carefully crafted to provide a balance of articles on cutting-edge research, personality profiles, student accomplishments and alumni news from all five schools on the NYMC campus. Inquiries can be sent to [email protected].

Predicting Lower Millennial Turnover Intentions: Examining Work Benefits Factors And Organizational Environment Factors As Sets, Lyric W. Fortson

Master's Theses

Millennials make up the majority of the working population now, however organizations are struggling to retain them, as they tend to turnover in their job roles after an average of just a few years. The purpose of this study was to examine what workplace variables could predict lower turnover intentions in Millennials. This study examined a set of two work benefits factors, satisfaction with salary and satisfaction with career advancement, and a set of three organizational environment factors, satisfaction with feedback, satisfaction with supervisor, and satisfaction with work-life balance, as predictors of lower turnover intentions in Millennials. A survey was …

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of Female Olympic Athletes’ Experiences With Social Media, Mercedez M. Sanchez

Master's Theses

Social media is prevalent in athletes’ lives and sport today. Sport psychology scholars have conducted numerous research studies on the effects of social media in athletes, yet not specifically athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games. Less is known about how Olympic athletes perceive, interpret, and manage both positive and negative social media effects. It is essential that those involved in athletics are aware of how the highest-level athletes experience various forms of public feedback on social media, and how they can manage the effects of this feedback. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the experiences …

Motivated Reasoning In Technology Workers, Kory Feath

Master's Theses

The goal of this study is to investigate cognitive predictors for motivated reasoning, the process in which evidence evaluation is influenced by prior beliefs, in technology workers. Two hundred and twenty-one technology workers were recruited using Prolific and word-of-mouth to evaluate the conflicting evidence of social media causing digital harm. Past research has found that many individual cognitive styles do not predict motivated reasoning, but by using structural equations modeling to investigate the latent variable analytical/reflective thinking styles, I predicted that more active thinking styles will reduce motivated reasoning and be mediated by prior belief strength. A structural equations model …

Advertisement Blindness In Social Media Apps, Nora Szladovics

Master's Theses

Advertisement blindness (ad blindness) is a general term that refers to people’s tendency to automatically and unconsciously ignore advertisements. The phenomenon was originally identified in banner ads, then later in text and native ads on websites. Today, social media is an effective tool for advertisers, yet research investigating users’ interaction habits with social media ads in mobile applications (apps) is unexplored. This study expands the ad blindness concept to mobile social media apps, examining its presence and whether target position has an influence. Further, it investigates the relationship between social media use and ad blindness. Employing a novel approach, the …

Reconstructing Auditory Evoked Cortical Response With Fewer Trials, Zoey Y. Zhang

Master's Theses

Auditory evoked fields (AEF) paradigm is a common research tool to study human auditory responses by using Magnetoencephalography (MEG), a neuroimaging tool. AEF paradigm requires repetition over many trials to achieve adequate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), but Autistic children and some other populations cannot tolerate prolonged exam time due to various reasons. To address these challenges, this project uses a novel machine learning algorithm, Champagne with baseline noise learning, to reconstruct AEF data with fewer trials (80%, 60%, 40%, 20%) but produce the same results as using all AEF trials (100%). The results show that this novel machine learning algorithm can …

The Impact And Challenge Of Religious Syncretism To The Christian Faith And Discipleship In The Anglican Diocese Of Kabba, Kogi State, Nigeria, Akobe Steven Kayode

ATS Dissertations

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Knowing And Loving God : A Spiritual Formation Journey, Tania Van Dongen

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Contrasting Beliefs With Reality : The Epistemology Of Branding And Brand Image In The Small Church, James Pernell Sr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Equipping The Healthcare Team For Spiritual Care, Donna Burske

ATS Dissertations

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Identifying Best Practices In Clinical Pastoral Education For Increasing The Competence And Confidence Of Leaders Ministering In Pastoral Care And Crises, Melissa A. Falk

ATS Dissertations

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A Treasured History : Listening To And Learning From Global Workers' Stories Of Resilience, Whiteman Kristina

ATS Dissertations

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The Best Practices Of Attracting And Ministering To Non-European Immigrants In Minnesota, Randall Jay Cirksena Jr.

ATS Dissertations

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Parenting Style In Childhood And Attitudes Toward Caregiving In Adulthood: A Qualitative Study, Abby Baumbach, M. Courtney Hughes, Lily Derain, Yujun Liu

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

This study aims to explore how relationships with parents during childhood can influence an individual’s attitude toward caregiving later in life. The qualitative data came from 47 respondents who care for adult loved ones, with a caregiver mean age of 46.7. The respondents reflected on their recent experience of providing care for their loved ones and how experiences with their caregivers growing up may have influenced their caregiving attitudes. Using a codebook thematic analysis, themes were generated linking childhood experiences to current attitudes toward caregiving. Themes included reciprocating good care, performing obligatory care, and stopping the generational transference of negative …

Moral Foundations And Student Perceptions Of Academic Dishonesty: A Mixed Methods Study, Carla Spires Hargus

Theses and Dissertations--Curriculum and Instruction

This mixed methods study explored students’ hypothetical choices of behavior in a series of ten academic vignettes. In addition, it examined student judgments of academic behaviors as acceptable or dishonest. Finally, it compared scores on the Moral Foundations Questionnaire-2 to the importance of factors that might influence student behavioral choices in real world scenarios and explored the differences in perceptions among demographic groups.

Twenty-five undergraduate students participated in the study. In a semi-structured interview, each student discussed ten academic vignettes: predicting their own hypothetical behavioral choice, judging target behaviors as honest or dishonest, and identifying factors that would most influence …

Broken Down: A Mixed Methods Inquiry Examining The Mechanics Of The Segmenting Principle Using Flipped Math Instruction For Automotive Technicians, John David Baumgarten

Theses and Dissertations--Curriculum and Instruction

Mayer’s Segmenting Principle requires an instructional designer to both break the instruction into small functional pieces and pause instruction between each of these pieces until a student signals readiness to move on. Over decades of research, investigators have consistently demonstrated that segmented multimedia content achieves better learning assessment outcomes than continuous content across various academic disciplines, ages, and ability levels. While current segmenting research has shown impressive results in tightly controlled experimental scenarios, there is far less research on its application in the real world. To date, the vast majority of segmenting principle studies only assess short-term knowledge using an …

Addressing A Cohort Discrepancy Among Ninth-Grade Students At A Rural/Suburban High School, Bryley Keaton Murphy

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

Ninth grade is a critical period where some children experience academic and social growth, while others struggle to navigate their new context, leading to reduced outcomes at school and worsened physical/mental health (Benner & Graham, 2007; Rice, 2001). This mixed-methods action research (MMAR) study addressed how professional practice changes could better support students during this foundational period. Quantitative data was collected from school databases to compare the rate of student success and identify demographic discrepancies, while qualitative data was used to identify possible causes. These data were then integrated to create insightful meta-inferences into the problem of practice. From these …

Principals As Instructional Leaders: Building Knowledge Of Applied Learning To Confidently Lead Implementation, Janell Lynn Mcclure

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

Principals need to understand best practices and research-based strategies that foster student success and that align to their instructional expectations and professional goals. Some of those practices include applied learning strategies such as integrated learning, student-driven learning, and authentic applications. Unfortunately, little professional learning, specifically for principals, is made available on the topic of instructional leadership, current strategies, or applied learning in general. As a result, school leaders continue to follow a traditional instructional model that includes teacher-directed instruction, student recall of information, and standardized tests as measures of content mastery.

This dissertation was a mixed-methods action research study. The …