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Eyes On The Prize: Affective Dimensions Of Marathon Motivation And Performance, Abigail Farr, Jonathan Mietchen, Bryce Tobin, Trammell Cox, Michael Millard, Dr. Benjamin Ogles

Journal of Undergraduate Research

This study sought to investigate the relationship between motives for participating in a marathonand pre-race mood and their separate and combined influence on marathon running performance. Our goal was to determine whether or not performance may be dependent upon specific motivations (motivational clusters as determined by previous cluster analyses of marathon samples completing the motivations questionnaire) and pre-race mood among marathon runners. Our hypothesis was that there is interaction between a marathoner’s affective mood state and their specific motivation for running. Furthermore, it may be possible to discover optimal mood states for individuals with specific motivations

Agent External Loss Aversion, David Gordon

Journal of Undergraduate Research

There is a vast body of literature that documents the seemingly irrational phenomena called loss aversion, a subset of prospect theory. Loss aversion is the idea that losses loom larger than otherwise equivalent gains, making it so that an agent would be unwilling to give up something currently in their consumption bundle for something else not currently in their consumption bundle, even though in the absence of both goods and faced with the choice between the two the agent would be indifferent between the two goods. Loss aversion has been shown to be responsible for irrational behavior in a variety …

Blood In The Water: Where Do Loan Sharks Locate?, Taylor Canann, Dr. Richard Evans

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Short-term consumer credit lenders, in particular payday, pawn, and car title lenders, are seen as lenders that prey on the weak of society. This study uses a two-stage negative binomial regression to examine the “chum in the water,” determinants of the locations, of these “loan sharks,” payday and car title lenders. Using zip code level data for the state of Utah I find that the number of payday and car title lenders increase with young, single, middle income, English speaking, Hispanic populations. But I also found that these “loan sharks” locate near pawn shops. My findings indicate that these lenders …

Withdrawing To A Virtual World: Associations Between Subtypes Of Withdrawal, Problematic Media, And Risk Behaviors In Emerging Adults, Emily Howard, Dr. Larry Nelson, Dr. Sarah Coyne

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Anecdotal evidence suggests that ‘gamers’ tend to be socially withdrawn, keeping to themselves and their PlayStations. However, research connecting withdrawal and media use is conflicting and inconclusive, likely because the varying motivations leading to withdrawal are not fully considered1. An approach-avoidance model of social withdrawal uses 2 measures to address the differing motivations leading to the same withdrawn behaviors. The first, approach, measures a person’s desire to engage in social situations, whereas the second, avoidance, measures inhibition. Combined, they define 3 variations of withdrawal: shyness (high approach, high avoidance), unsociability (low approach, low avoidance), and avoidance (low approach, high avoidance).2 …

Associations Between Marital Beliefs And Life Satisfaction: The Role Of Relationship Status, Eden Moss, Dr. Brian J. Willoughby

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Marital Paradigm framework [MPF] (Willoughby & Hall, 2013) is a new conceptual model and body of terminology focused on organizing marital attitudes scholarship. Recent scholarship has established that marital attitudes have a strong impact on outcomes. Willoughby and colleagues’ work demonstrates the effect an individual’s marital attitudes have on the formation of others’ marital attitudes, from which measureable outcomes such as delaying marriage have been found (Willoughby & Carrol, 2012; Willoughby & Olson, 2012). Considering this connection between marital attitudes and outcomes, we decided to investigate another outcome of importance in relation to marital attitudes—life satisfaction. General attitudinal research …

Dismantling The Dominant Narrative Of The Irreversibility Of Schizophrenia : Three Meaning Making Approaches To Psychosis, Sarah K. Alpern

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The dominant discourse of schizophrenia as an incurable and biologically determined disease was interrogated through the lenses of race, culture, postmodern philosophy as well as quantitative and qualitative data suggesting a causal relationship between trauma and psychosis (Ensink, 1992; Read, J., van Os, J., Morrison, A.P. and Ross, C. A., 2005; Romme and Escher, 1989, 1996, 2000). The superior outcomes of those treatment models that privileged psychosocial support over pharmaceutical interventions also called into question the primacy of the medical model, as did the longitudinal studies of the World Health Organization (WHO) and over-representation in diagnosis among African Americans (Osiezagha, …

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• America's Music: Free Concert- "Nothin' but the Blues" featuring The Chris Mitchell Band
• Writing tutoring to resume on Sunday, Sept. 8th

Gift Books Received At Uri July 2012 To June 2013, Michael Vocino

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Gift books received by the University of Rhode Island Libraries from 2012-2013. Information includes date of donation, name of donor, and number of titles donated.

Do We Practice What We Preach? : An Exploratory Study Of Individual, Academic, And Agency Approaches For Ameliorating Vicarious Trauma, Loren R. Biggs

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study was undertaken to determine what training trauma-focused clinicians are receiving at the graduate or professional level to prevent burnout, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma, as well as what individual, agency, and institutionallevel interventions clinicians find effective in preventing or ameliorating these phenomena and promoting compassion satisfaction. Thirteen trauma-focused clinicians with a broad diversity of clinical, professional, and educational backgrounds participated in a semi-structured interview which sought more information about individual self-care practices and clinicians' assessment of information and training received at the graduate and professional level related to vicarious trauma. These interviews were followed by …

Do Clinicians Perceive A Connection Between Their Personal And Professional Habits Of Self-Disclosure? : A Study Exploring Self-Disclosure On Social Networking Sites And In Therapy, Marie H. Desloge

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative, exploratory study used an interview method to understand if clinicians believed there was any connection between their online self-disclosure on social networking sites (SNS) and offline self-disclosure with clients. Twelve clinicians were asked a myriad of questions to address the perceptions of their disclosures in each arena and any potential relationship between their comfort and frequency to self-disclose online and in therapy. Using a relational theory lens to understand therapeutic self-disclosure, this research adds a new component to current clinical literature on the topic by comparing it to self-disclosure on social networking sites like Facebook. As a whole, …

The Perceived Role Of Biological Father Contact In The Self-Estem Development Of Young African American Women : An Exploratory Study, Kendra R. Archer

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study was designed to explore how young self-identified women of African American and African descent describe the connection between their father-daughter relationships and their self-esteem development. This exploratory study presents findings and narratives from the perspectives of 14 self-identified women of African American and African descent between the ages of 22- 30 who had face-to face contact with their biological fathers for at least five years throughout their lives. It was expected that the African American women in this study would speak to their experiences of paternal love or rejection in ways, which were tied positively or negatively …

Life As A Sensory Over-Responsive Adult : Social/Emotional Challenges, Coping Mechanisms And Treatments, Sarah K. Ahn

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative research study was to explicate the lives of 14 Sensory Over-Responsive adults with a particular focus on social/emotional challenges as well as coping mechanisms and treatments. The findings suggest that Sensory Over-Responsivity has had a far-reaching influence on every aspect of a respondent's life: from family to school to relationships to work and to play. Respondents believed that there was a link between their Sensory Over-Responsivity and accompanying social and emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, isolation, withdrawal, and lowered self-esteem, and they displayed a wide range of adaptive coping behaviors including avoidance, control, …

The Guardian, September 4, 2013, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Clearing Up The Smoke: How Government Transparency Efforts Affect Political Sentiments In Peru, John Harris, Dr. Darren Hawkins

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Peru is known for its cynical citizenry. People from all demographics and regions have a negative and oftentimes hopeless perception of their government of all level (regional, municipal and national). This ardent cynicism comes for a legacy of corruption that is deeply embedded into the political culture. Most Peruvians do not trust their government but feel there is no feasible solution to the mountain of problems facing reform (Carrión and Zárete 2006, 1-194).

Re-Ordering Ethnic Identity An Experiment On Ethnic Salience In Uganda, Liz Mcguire, Dr. Daniel Nielson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Every person has some idea of who they are, but that idea is made up of several identities. A person can be a mother, a sister, an American, a Catholic, an Hispanic, and a friend all at the same time. How we order these identities in dominance was the original purpose of this study. The intent was to see how we can change that ordering to include a larger in-group. For example, what could we do to make people see themselves as Muslims, instead of Shia or Sunni. If we can expand this type of identity, we could change how …

Philo’S Transformation Of Jewish Piety: His Influence On The Scriptural Interpretative Tradition, John Rather, Dr. James Siebach

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Philo Judaeus was a deeply philosophic exegete of Hebrew scripture whose commitment to Greek philosophy led him to re-interpret the nature of the study of scripture. His reinterpretation is a form of philosophical reflection on the nature of reality within the context of the exegesis of scriptural texts. A Greek aristocrat, Philo received an education which emphasized the importance of philosophy, and particularly Platonism. His most mature works show influence from three schools of thought. First, Philo is a middle plantonist. He accepts Plato’s metaphysics of universal ideas and theory of creation. Second, Phho borrows from the Stoa a method …

A Chapbook Of Poetry, David Joseph Passey, Dr. Lance Larsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The finished manuscript, entitled Coming Up, is nearly fifty pages long, consisting of the standard front material, and thirty-three poems, some several pages long. Of the poems, roughly half were written since the receipt of the grant. The remainder is previously written poems that were revised and polished for inclusion in the final manuscript. Due to its size, this manuscript is a substantial collection of poetry, bordering on a small volume rather than a chapbook, and may need to be pared down before publication.

Examining Links Between The Lds Faith And Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates Of The American West, Austin Parker, Dr. Ruth Kerry

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Several medical geography studies have identified Utah as an outlier in terms of various illnesses with far lower rates than other states in the country. Gooaverts (2009) noticed small clusters of low cervical cancer rates in Utah compared to other states, although he wasn’t specifically studying the heavy LDS influence on Utah’s population. Lower cervical cancer rates in Utah could be attributed to the LDS “Law of Chastity”, which discourages sexual relationships outside of marriage as up to 99% of cases of cervical cancer have been linked to the human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease (http://www.cancerrecovery.org.uk/cervical-cancer). A goal of …

The U.S. Counter-Terrorism Policy Dilemma, Tuan N. Samahon, Dr. Jeffrey F. Ringer

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Contrary political crosscurrents beset the conduct of U.S. counter-terrorism policy. While Washington actively supports numerous friendly governments and their various peace initiatives, constitutional permissiveness and ineffective legislation enable American nationals to subsidize terrorism against these very same governments and initiatives. The U.S. counter-terrorism policy dilemma, then, is to craft a politically viable counter-terrorism program that effectively blocks domestic subsidies of terrorism abroad, while yet avoiding First Amendment right violations.

Microsavings: Barriers To Saving Learned From An Experiment In Uganda, Austin Beck, Brady Grayson, Dr. Daniel Nielson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Uganda has one of the lowest savings rates among sub-Saharan countries, which tend to have the lowest savings rates in the world. Between 2002 and 2008 the private savings average was at 14.6% compared to the African average of 22.1% (African Development Bank). Low savings rates have a negative impact on the rural poor, who face the worst credit terms and have the least access to credible financial institutions.

The Optimal Focus Theory For Sport Performance Under Pressure, Laurie Anderson, Dr. Ben Ogles

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Our study sought to add to the current literature on the explicit monitoring and distraction theories. We have created a theory known as the Optimal Focus Theory. This theory states that choking can be avoided and performance under pressure will improve if athletes achieve the right amount of focus. Rather than over-focusing, such as the explicit monitoring theory suggests, or being distracted by irrelevant stimuli, as the distraction theory purports, the Optimal Focus Theory calls for a balance of focus. We aimed to study subjects’ anxiety, perceived control, and sport confidence as they shot free throws in a pressure situation. …

A Study Of The Role Of Kindness In Swiss Families, Irina Pang, Dr. Ivan F. Beutler

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The research I conducted in Switzerland was part of a long-term research program that started at BYU in 1991. The purpose of that research was to learn more about the role of kindness in family systems. Kindness is defined as patterns of charitable and loving interactions. The main theoretical idea of this program is that kindness plays a much more significant role than has been realized in previous family science literature.

City Of Ashes, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 02, September 3, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Spatially Explicit Data: Stewardship And Ethical Challenges In Science, Joel N. Hartter, Sadie J. Ryan, Catrina A. Mackenzie, John N. Parker, Carly A. Strasser

Geography

Scholarly communication is at an unprecedented turning point created in part by the increasing saliency of data stewardship and data sharing. Formal data management plans represent a new emphasis in research, enabling access to data at higher volumes and more quickly, and the potential for replication and augmentation of existing research. Data sharing has recently transformed the practice, scope, content, and applicability of research in several disciplines, in particular in relation to spatially specific data. This lends exciting potentiality, but the most effective ways in which to implement such changes, particularly for disciplines involving human subjects and other sensitive information, …

The Legacy, September 3, 2013, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Odd Couples: Friendships At The Intersection Of Gender And Sexual Orientation, Anna M. Muraco

Faculty Pub Night

No abstract provided.

Environmental Productivity Predicts Migration, Demographic, And Linguistic Patterns In Prehistoric California, Brian F. Codding, Terry L. Jones

Social Sciences

Global patterns of ethnolinguistic diversity vary tremendously. Some regions show very little variation even across vast expanses, whereas others exhibit dense mosaics of different languages spoken alongside one another. Compared with the rest of Native North America, prehistoric California exemplified the latter. Decades of linguistic, genetic, and archaeological research have produced detailed accounts of the migrations that aggregated to build California’s diverse ethnolinguistic mosaic, but there have been few have attempts to explain the process underpinning these migrations and why such a mosaic did not develop elsewhere. Here we show that environmental productivity predicts both the order of migration events …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Rolls in Win Over University of Kentucky in Nashville – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. From Start to Finish, Toppers Controlled Every Part of Saturday’s Game – Football
• Car Rental Program Comes to Campus
• Sproles, Katherine. Dining Services Offers Free Meal to Select Students
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Lawsuit Settled in May, Four Still Pending
• Burton, Kristina. Alpha Xi Delta Looking to Build House, Increase Visibility on Campus
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Pearce Ford Tower
• No Boys Allowed – Pearce Ford Tower
• The View from the Stands Photo …

Columbia Chronicle (09/03/2013), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from September 3, 2013 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 52 pages and is listed as Volume 49, Number 1. Cover story: "New president envisions Columbia's future" Editor-in-Chief: Lindsey Woods