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Fathers' Parental Role When Living With Their Children In A Homeless Shelter Environment, Nebiyou Bekuretsion Tesfaye Oct 2026

Fathers' Parental Role When Living With Their Children In A Homeless Shelter Environment, Nebiyou Bekuretsion Tesfaye

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Homelessness for families is complex and considered an “invisible” type of homelessness, as society often believes that only individuals experience homelessness. Fathers who are homeless and live in shelters may be unable to fulfill the needs of their families and experience issues related to their parenting skills/relationships with their children due to rules/regulations of shelters. The problem addressed in this study was the inability of fathers who live in a shelter with their families to effectively parent their children due to the rules, regulations, and influences of others in family homeless shelters. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was …

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Perspectives Of Middle School Math Teachers Implementing Digital Game-Based Learning For Students With Learning Disabilities, Kehinde Omobolade Obadina Oct 2026

Perspectives Of Middle School Math Teachers Implementing Digital Game-Based Learning For Students With Learning Disabilities, Kehinde Omobolade Obadina

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although teachers are increasingly expected to integrate digital technologies into classroom instruction, research showed that many lack the pedagogical and conceptual foundations needed to implement digital game-based learning (DGBL) effectively. There was limited research on middle school math teachers’ perspectives of implementing DGBL for students with learning disabilities (SLDs). Grounded by the technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge framework, the purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perspectives of middle school math teachers regarding the benefits and challenges as well as how they overcame those challenges when implementing DGBL for SLDs. For this basic qualitative design, semistructured interviews with …

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Transgender Individuals’ Experiences Within The Lgbtq+ Community: A Qualitative Study, Anita Bruno Oct 2026

Transgender Individuals’ Experiences Within The Lgbtq+ Community: A Qualitative Study, Anita Bruno

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals experience disproportionate mental health challenges, such as chronic stress, due to social exclusion. Research indicates that transgender individuals disproportionately experience poorer mental health outcomes compared to the broader LGBTQ+ community. This study expands research on how proximal and distal stressors impact transgender individuals' perceptions of inclusion within the LGBTQ+ community. Minority stress theory posits that increased discrimination causes transgender people to experience greater psychological distress than their cisgender LGBTQ+ peers. The present qualitative study employed semistructured interviews with 12 transgender participants to examine their perceptions of inclusion within the LGBTQ+ community. Braun and Clarke's 6-step, thematic …

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Perceptions Of Police And Mental Health In Black American Men And Women Who Have Experienced Vicarious Police Violence, Kiera L. Posey Oct 2026

Perceptions Of Police And Mental Health In Black American Men And Women Who Have Experienced Vicarious Police Violence, Kiera L. Posey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Incidents of publicized police violence against Black Americans have increased significantly, expanding the exposure and vicarious experiences involving these events, resulting in poor mental health and mistrust of law enforcement among Black Americans. Due to much of the literature focusing on Black men, the purpose of this study is to compare the perceptions of police and the mental health of Black men and Black women who have experienced vicarious police violence. Understanding this relationship would aid in better understanding how Black women's experiences are essential and need to be considered when discussing the effects of police violence in the Black …

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Relationship Between African American Women’S Health Literacy, Appetitive Traits, And Body Mass Index, Esther Souffrant Oct 2026

Relationship Between African American Women’S Health Literacy, Appetitive Traits, And Body Mass Index, Esther Souffrant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Obesity remains a public health concern among African American (AA) women in the southern United States. Despite separate research on health literacy, eating habits, and obesity, few studies investigate their combined relationship with BMI among AA women in Georgia. Guided by the health belief model, this cross-sectional quantitative study examined whether health literacy and appetitive traits independently and jointly predicted BMI. AA women aged 18 or older living in Georgia were recruited through social media using purposive homogeneous sampling to complete an anonymous Google Forms survey. Health literacy was measured using the Newest Vital Sign, appetitive traits were assessed using …

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Exploring How Congregational Expectations Of Pastors Contribute To Burnout Among Black Pastors In Albany, Georgia, Petrea Allen Oct 2026

Exploring How Congregational Expectations Of Pastors Contribute To Burnout Among Black Pastors In Albany, Georgia, Petrea Allen

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Black pastors serving economically challenged communities often face congregational expectations that extend beyond traditional ministry responsibilities, yet limited research has examined how these expectations contribute to burnout in smaller Southern cities. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore how explicit and implicit congregational expectations contributed to burnout among Black pastors in Albany, Georgia, and how local socioeconomic conditions shaped these experiences. Role strain theory and compassion fatigue theory guided the examination of overlapping role demands and the emotional effects of sustained caregiving. Semistructured interviews were conducted with six Black pastors serving in Albany, and the data were …

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Relative Strength Of Cyberbullying Victimization, Emotion Regulation, And Self-Compassion In Predicting Resilience Among Neurodiverse Adults, Madison Bosch Oct 2026

Relative Strength Of Cyberbullying Victimization, Emotion Regulation, And Self-Compassion In Predicting Resilience Among Neurodiverse Adults, Madison Bosch

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Cyberbullying has become a significant social and psychological concern within digital environments, particularly for neurodiverse individuals who rely on online platforms for communication, social connection, and community support. Neurodiverse individuals may be especially vulnerable to cyberbullying, which can exacerbate social withdrawal, anxiety, and depression. Although prior research has examined cyberbullying and emotional distress, there is a need to identify factors that can promote resilience in neurodiverse adults experiencing cyberbullying. To address this gap, this quantitative study involved determining the relative strength of cyberbullying victimization, emotion regulation, and self-compassion in predicting resilience among neurodiverse adults. Informed by the emotion regulation theory, …

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Staff Education To Improve Depression Screening In Primary Care, Lilian I. Agwumezie Oct 2026

Staff Education To Improve Depression Screening In Primary Care, Lilian I. Agwumezie

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary This doctoral project was designed to improve depression screening for adults in primary care by providing targeted staff education. The core issue was staff failure to utilize a standardized screening process. This resulted in inconsistent depression identification, delayed diagnoses, and large gaps in mental health care. The project addressed this gap in practice and planned to increase knowledge and engender more positive attitudes toward frequent depression screening with the PHQ-9 tool in nine staff members employed at a small outpatient clinic. Outcomes and changes in participants’ knowledge and attitudes about the PHQ-9 following training were assessed using pre- and …

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Social Determinants Of Health And Surgical Morbidity After Cesarean Delivery, Don Martin Wright Oct 2026

Social Determinants Of Health And Surgical Morbidity After Cesarean Delivery, Don Martin Wright

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Little is known about whether patient-reported social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with cesarean complications, a gap limiting equitable prevention. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study, guided by the World Health Organization’s Conceptual Framework for Action on SDoH and the socioecological model, was to examine associations between six SDoH screening domains and surgical site infection (SSI), hemorrhage requiring clinical escalation, and length of stay (LOS) after covariate adjustment. Secondary data were comprised of N = 10,157 cesarean deliveries among adults in a multistate hospital system in 2025. Analyses used Bonferroni-corrected logistic and linear regression. Education and literacy concern …

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Bridging The Nature Gap In Urban Communities, Hayley Allison, Jacobo Barriga, Sarah Beier, Hunter Moore, Joe Wheelock Oct 2026

Bridging The Nature Gap In Urban Communities, Hayley Allison, Jacobo Barriga, Sarah Beier, Hunter Moore, Joe Wheelock

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

Bridging The Gap is the largest local environmental nonprofit serving the greater Kansas City metro, actively engaging thousands of community members, planting thousands of trees, and stewarding thousands of acres of natural areas across both sides of the state line. Despite existing in a sprawling two-state metropolitan area where functional habitat on public land is often fragmented, degraded, or lost entirely, parks and natural areas across Kansas City still report upwards of four million visitors every year. City, county, and state public landowners, like conservation agencies and parks departments, often have limited capacity to effectively steward and improve urban green …

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Constructing The Cyber Workforce Gap: Measurement And Its Consequences, Ryan Straight Oct 2026

Constructing The Cyber Workforce Gap: Measurement And Its Consequences, Ryan Straight

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Cyber workforce-gap figures steer federal strategy, industry advocacy, and the growth of educational programs. Rather than estimating the U.S. gap, this review examines how the estimates are made: through job-posting analytics, survey-based estimation, and federal accounting, each of which must assume its way from instrument to labor market. A census of this journal's complete run illustrates what those figures underwrite in one venue: of 176 items published across eleven years, 51 invoke a labor-market workforce claim, 46 treat it as settled fact, and only one, an editorial, interrogates it. Meanwhile, the producers and auditors of those figures have diverged. Between …

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Leading The Way: Dsws In Organizational And Social Work Leadership, Lisa A. Street, Rebecca S. Beeler Oct 2026

Leading The Way: Dsws In Organizational And Social Work Leadership, Lisa A. Street, Rebecca S. Beeler

Journal for Social Work Scholar-Practitioners

Social workers are often overlooked for positions in organizational leadership. Although social workers dominate the workforce in many human services organizations, leadership positions are commonly held by those with general management or other degrees. The lack of educational preparation and formal training in leadership and a lack of leadership presence in the field have been deemed a social work leadership crisis. Yet, social workers possess unique skillsets that can translate well into strong organizational leadership—if properly cultivated, promoted, and pursued. With the resurgence of the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree, now is a prime opportunity for more social workers …

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Lost On The Moon: A Classroom Activity For Bringing Group Processes To Life, Christin L. Munsch, Allison Lena, Kay Sassan Oct 2026

Lost On The Moon: A Classroom Activity For Bringing Group Processes To Life, Christin L. Munsch, Allison Lena, Kay Sassan

Feminist Pedagogy

This teaching activity reviews key concepts in group processes and introduces students to Expectation States Theory (EST) and Status Characteristics Theory (SCT), two micro-sociological frameworks that explain how inequality of opportunity emerges in task-oriented small groups with consequences for unequal outcomes. The activity is built around a team-building exercise “Lost on the Moon” in which participants rank 15 survival items individually and then in small groups. We adapt this exercise by taking field notes on group interactions and drawing on these notes to facilitate a discussion in which students critically reflect on their interactions with one another. We close the …

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"Two Different Histories": Lgbtq Educator Identity In An Era Of Policy Precarity In Further Education, Liberty Heath-Tavener Oct 2026

"Two Different Histories": Lgbtq Educator Identity In An Era Of Policy Precarity In Further Education, Liberty Heath-Tavener

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

In Zadie Smith’s debut novel White Teeth (2000) she writes: ‘every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.’ (p. 532) Although this notion related to the struggles of global majority people in Britain after decolonisation, I liken it to the concept of identity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) educators within further education, where their internal thoughts, feelings and reality are often in conflict with external norms, ideals and policies, all of which are geared towards heteronormativity and cisnormativity. Lakoff and Johnson (1980) argue that metaphors transcend rhetorical devices and are an essential …

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How The Labor Movement And Labor Strife In Northwest Ohio In The 1930s Shaped The Structure Of American Labor, David M. Savino Oct 2026

How The Labor Movement And Labor Strife In Northwest Ohio In The 1930s Shaped The Structure Of American Labor, David M. Savino

The Journal of Economics and Politics

The labor disputes of the 1930s involved more than just the traditional relationship between management and labor. In a way, these disputes were more about long-term gains and the realization of industrial labor achieving real power and influence versus gaining short-term outcomes such as wage increases and better working conditions. For over a century, craft unionism dominated the American system regarding representation, influence, and immense control over the economy, society, and the political system. At about the same time, many industrial-type unions were forming and evolving. Many of the monumental struggles of industrial and agricultural unions took place within the …

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A Tale Of Two States: Abortion Referenda In The Aftermath Of Dobbs, Shauna Reilly, Ainsley Boggs, Tanner Freeman Oct 2026

A Tale Of Two States: Abortion Referenda In The Aftermath Of Dobbs, Shauna Reilly, Ainsley Boggs, Tanner Freeman

The Journal of Economics and Politics

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the access to abortion that had been established with Roe v Wade. As a result, states had autonomy to make statewide policies on this issue. Some states chose complete bans, some partial bans, and others provided continuing access to abortion. This article explores the dueling referenda of 2022 and 2023 in Kentucky and Ohio, respectively, following the Dobbs decision in 2022. Voters in both states voted to continue to permit abortion access in their states, yet access in each state is different. Using case studies, we examine the political nuances and electoral aftermath …

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Repeated Games In The Presence Of Incomplete Information, Reza Habibi Oct 2026

Repeated Games In The Presence Of Incomplete Information, Reza Habibi

The Journal of Economics and Politics

There are many strategic situations at which a game theoretical framework should be used to analyze the equilibrium decisions at which the incomplete information annoy the process of deriving the certain rules for making decisions. In these cases, players use signals of each other's to get proper decisions. For example, in economic environment, some macro-economic latent variables induce incomplete information. Morris and Shin (2000) referred this type of game as global game and studied one-shot type of it. However, in practical situations, it is a type of repeated game. In the current paper, following notations of Morris and Shin (2000), …

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The Methodology Of Multiple Regressions For Gdp Per Capita For Nations In The World Between 0 Ce And 1940, Robert Rogers Oct 2026

The Methodology Of Multiple Regressions For Gdp Per Capita For Nations In The World Between 0 Ce And 1940, Robert Rogers

The Journal of Economics and Politics

A reduced-form model of GDP per capita is estimated using the classical econometric method and two Bayesian techniques, Extreme Bounds Analysis (EBA) and Bayesian Analysis of Classical Estimation (BACE) for the two millenniums. For several variables, such as the impact of colonialism, the Goldstone hypothesis of efflorescence increasing economic growth, and the impact of technology, this paper lends support, especially when the Bayesian methods are applied. Other results are mixed. Generally, the results support use of Bayesian methods by eliminating hypotheses that are not consistently supported over all models.

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The Impact Of Presidential Field Offices In Ohio, 2008-2012, Colin D. Swearingen Oct 2026

The Impact Of Presidential Field Offices In Ohio, 2008-2012, Colin D. Swearingen

The Journal of Economics and Politics

Does a community’s proximity to a presidential field office impact presidential election results? Applying community-level data from the American Community Survey, we examine the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections in the battleground state of Ohio. Using spatial regression, we find that the number of Obama field offices within 10 miles significantly increased his share of the vote in 2012. While proximity to a McCain Victory Center statistically decreased a community’s Obama vote share, this result was not substantive. In 2012, a community’s proximity to a Romney field office did not influence the results. Proximity to an Obama field office also …

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The Politics Of Passing And Implementing Medical Marijuana In Ohio, A. Lee Hannah Oct 2026

The Politics Of Passing And Implementing Medical Marijuana In Ohio, A. Lee Hannah

The Journal of Economics and Politics

Why did the state of Ohio adopt a medical marijuana policy? And why did it do so in 2016? This article examines the diffusion of medical cannabis policy across the U.S. and to Ohio by describing the evolution of images related to the policy and by exploring the content of the law. Using evidence from legislators’ remarks on the floor of the Ohio General Assembly and interviews with activists and analysts, I show that the direct initiative helped push members of the Ohio General Assembly to write and adopt a medical marijuana law (MML) when they were unlikely to do …

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Re-Evaluating Subsidies For Services That Carry No Positive Externalities: A Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Convenience Loop Busing Versus Walking, Anthony N. Russo, Kevin J. Egan Oct 2026

Re-Evaluating Subsidies For Services That Carry No Positive Externalities: A Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Convenience Loop Busing Versus Walking, Anthony N. Russo, Kevin J. Egan

The Journal of Economics and Politics

This paper seeks to provide a benefit-cost analysis of continuous loop busing service offered by The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. The on-campus busing service is completely subsidized by the university through student fees and provided as a free service to students with less than one-quarter of students currently using the service. Using a contingent valuation survey, we estimate a lower bound mean willingness to pay (WTP) of about $6 per student user per semester. Multiplying by the student body population leads to a total WTP estimate of approximately $37,000 per semester. When compared solely to labor and fuel …

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Transitory Ownership: A Spatial Analysis Of The Financialization Of The Housing Market In Cincinnati, Oh, Chad Kinsella, Colleen Mctague, Rafael Ranieri Oct 2026

Transitory Ownership: A Spatial Analysis Of The Financialization Of The Housing Market In Cincinnati, Oh, Chad Kinsella, Colleen Mctague, Rafael Ranieri

The Journal of Economics and Politics

The mortgage bubble that burst in 2007 created an economic environment where many housing properties were transferred from individual households to investors hoping for quick profits with minimal investment. These properties were traded among investors, businesses, and lenders; they acquired a market identity as financial assets; and many of these properties were acquired by “out-of-area” interests. This study examines properties purchased by out-of-area interests that were sold in 2009 within the City of Cincinnati in an attempt to identify the spatial implications of the financialization of this housing stock. The analysis finds that many of these properties were sold multiple …

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A Tale Of Two Administrations: A Comparison Between The George W. Bush And The Barack H. Obama Administrations On Border Security, Marcos L. Misis Oct 2026

A Tale Of Two Administrations: A Comparison Between The George W. Bush And The Barack H. Obama Administrations On Border Security, Marcos L. Misis

The Journal of Economics and Politics

Border security remains a prominent political issue in 2018. During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties referred to the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of policies about border security that were implemented by the Bush and Obama Administrations. This article analyzes the policies implemented by both administrations and compares them in order to assess the validity of claims about these policies made by presidential candidates from both parties during the 2016 campaign. In addition, this article quantitatively analyzes data from immigration and border enforcement policies for both the Bush and Obama administrations and offers possible policy …

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Pain, Punishment, And Nietzsche's Vitalist Politics, Jonathan Mckenzie Oct 2026

Pain, Punishment, And Nietzsche's Vitalist Politics, Jonathan Mckenzie

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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Metropolitan-Rural Voting Patterns In U.S. Legislative Elections, Elizabeth Stiles, Larry Schwab Oct 2026

Metropolitan-Rural Voting Patterns In U.S. Legislative Elections, Elizabeth Stiles, Larry Schwab

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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Entrepreneurship And Classical Economics: Adam Smith And His Undertaker, Henry G. Rennie Oct 2026

Entrepreneurship And Classical Economics: Adam Smith And His Undertaker, Henry G. Rennie

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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Vol.16 Entire Issue Oct 2026

Vol.16 Entire Issue

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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The Impact Of Private Schools On Public School Performance: Evidence From Ohio, Joshua C. Hall, Richard K. Vedder Oct 2026

The Impact Of Private Schools On Public School Performance: Evidence From Ohio, Joshua C. Hall, Richard K. Vedder

The Journal of Economics and Politics

No abstract provided.

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Vol. 8 Entire Issue Oct 2026

Vol. 8 Entire Issue

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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Is It A Question Of Generations? Evaluating The Origins, Evolution, And Validity Of Inglehart's Theory Of Postmaterialism, Timothy J. White Oct 2026

Is It A Question Of Generations? Evaluating The Origins, Evolution, And Validity Of Inglehart's Theory Of Postmaterialism, Timothy J. White

The Journal of Economics and Politics

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