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Racial Identity, Phenotype, And Self-Esteem Among Biracial Polynesian/White Individuals, Kawika Allen, Patton O. Garriott, Carla J. Reyes, Catherine Hsieh

Faculty Publications

This study examined racial identity, self-esteem, and phenotype among biracial Polynesian/White adults. Eighty-four Polynesian/White persons completed the Biracial Identity Attitude Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory, and a Polynesian phenotype scale. Profile analyses showed participants identified more with their Polynesian parent. A mediation analysis revealed that phenotype did not mediate the relationship between biracial identity and self-esteem.

Attune With Baby: An Innovative Attunement Program For Parents And Families With Integrated Evaluation, Sara Beth Lohre

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Infants speak in their own language; sounds, screeches, cries, and howls that help them to communicate their caregiving needs. Unaware, parents may develop a checklist of caregiving approaches to the baby. The infant tells the adult directly what they need, and waits for the parent to respond. Infant talk may change from soft and quiet to loud and aggressive; coos and cries become crying and screams as the infant’s caregiver—communicating the intensity of emotion, urgency of their request, or their frustration with varied and sometimes inadequate, failed, or missing caregiving patterns the infant has no choice but to accept. When …

Lived Experience Of Military Mental Health Clinicians: Provided Care To Oif And Oef Active Duty Service Members Experiencing War Stress Injury, David W. Vandegrift

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Military mental health clinicians (MMHCs) have been essential to Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. They served in extreme stress conditions, including on the front lines. As co-combatant/clinician, the MMHC bridged unique perspectives on the effects of war stress experienced by Active-Duty Service Members (ADSMs). To date, no study has focuses uniquely on MMHCs narratives as they provided care from this multiple perspective. This investigation was carried out from a phenomenological perspective. A single, open-ended question was asked of seven MMHCs about lived experiences while serving, resulting in in-depth interviews. These were textually coded. Though clinician positive and negative experiences …

A Novel Approach To Identifying A Neuroimaging Biomarker For Patients With Serious Mental Illness, Alok Madan, J Christopher Fowler, Michelle A Patriquin, Ramiro Salas, Philip R Baldwin, Kenia M Velasquez, Humsini Viswanath, David L Molfese, Carla Sharp, Jon G Allen, Susan Hardesty, John M Oldham, B Christopher Frueh

Staff and Researcher Publications

Serious mental illness (SMI) is disabling, and current interventions are ineffective for many. This exploratory study sought to demonstrate the feasibility of applying topological data analysis (TDA) to resting-state functional connectivity data obtained from a heterogeneous sample of 235 adult inpatients to identify a biomarker of treatment response. TDA identified two groups based on connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and striatal regions: patients admitted with greater functional connectivity between these regions evidenced less improvement from admission to discharge than patients with lesser connectivity between them. TDA identified a potential biomarker of an attenuated treatment response among inpatients with SMI. Insofar …

The Neurobiological Mechanisms Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder And Chronic Stress, Michelle A Patriquin, Sanjay J Mathew

Staff and Researcher Publications

Two classification systems are now at the forefront of clinical psychiatric research: (1) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition and (2) the National Institutes of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria. Herein, we propose that these two classification systems are complementary rather than mutually exclusive, and when combined provide important information for understanding aspects of the pathophysiology related to Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The neurobiological literature for GAD and one relevant research domain criteria component, sustained threat, are reviewed from multiple units of analysis (genetic, neuroimaging, neuroendocrine, and psychophysiological). It is hypothesized that generating a comprehensive, biologically based understanding of the …

Exploring The Experience Of Separation In Australia: Perspectives From Formerly Married And Cohabiting Parents, Sarah M. Barbas

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The increase in separation and divorce rates during the 20th century brought with it many far-reaching social implications for all involved, sparking a high level of interest among researchers. Most research in this area has been approached from stress frameworks that have conceptualised separation and divorce as a stressful life transition that individuals must adjust to. Yet, attempts to understand separation and divorce to date have been dominated by quantitative methods that have resulted in a relatively static and objective understanding of this experience; particularly in Australia. Furthermore, although international rates of divorce are declining, rates of separation following cohabiting …

Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Daughters/ Daughters-In-Law Providing Primary Informal Care To Their Mothers/ Mothers-In-Law With Dementia, Sarah Macfarlane

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Abstract

Objective

As the senior population in Canada rises, more middle aged residents of Canada will find themselves taking on a caregiving role, often times for a parent with dementia. This research examines the lived experiences of daughters/daughters-in-law providing primary informal care to their mothers/mothers-in-law with dementia in order to understand the motivations, effects, and transitions within caregiving relationships.

Methods

Phenomenology was the theoretical orientation used to guide this research and captured individuals’ lived experiences. Background questionnaires were administered initially, followed by one-on-one semi-structured interviews which were transcribed verbatim upon completion for data analysis. Field notes, member checks, and triangulation …

Mending Invisible Wounds: The Efficacy And Legality Of Mdma-Assisted Psychotherapy In United States' Veterans Suffering With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Jonathan Perry

Journal of Law and Health

Though Veteran Affairs has provided crucial life sustaining—and often lifesaving—treatments to returning soldiers, the substantial and ever-increasing rates of veteran suicides, drug addictions, and criminal behavior indicate a need for broader options in treatment. One of the most profound discoveries uncovered through MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research is MDMA’s facilitation of the alleviation of addictive behavior in subjects, and, as a result, an alleviation of addictions in general. Addiction is one of the key symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug abuse plays a large role in the other afflictions suffered by veterans, namely criminal activity and a high rate of …

Cyberbullying And Self-Perceptions Of Students Associated With Their Academic Performance, Maham Muzamil, Gulzar H. Shah

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

The aim of this study is to explore the factors influencing students’ academic achievements in secondary school level (grades 09 and 10). Those factors include students’ self-reported psychological and issues (e.g. being bullied through social media) as well as socioeconomic status. Study participants included610 students at senior secondary level (237 male and 363 female) randomly selected from ten different government schools. The schools were randomly selected from the lists provided by their respective Education District Officer (EDO). The data were collected by researchers with the help of teachers. Participants’ were offered as incentives a drawing for a gift certificate. Bivariate …

Perbedaan Tingkat Komitmen Tugas Siswa Kelas Akselerasi Dan Siswa Kelas Reguler Di Sma Negeri Se-Kota Kediri, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Laelatul Arofah

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Education plays an important role in shaping the character of students. One of the characters to be instilled by teachers is task commitment. However, what happens in the field, students have lack of responsibility in completing tasks. Task commitment identical with gifted academic children which is acceleration class students. Despite that commitment to duty is basically owned by everyone including regular students. The purpose of this study was to determine level of commitment differences of acceleration class students and regular class students. The method used is descriptive survey research. Data analysis technique used is Mann Whitney test. From the calculation …

Pengembangan Media Layanan Informasi Menghadapi Perubahan Masa Pubertas Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Fitri Firdayati, Ella Faridati Zen, Elia Flurentin

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to produce a product in the form of information service media "dealing with changes in puberty" for elementary school students. The research method used is research and development adapted from the Borg and Gall development model with the following procedures: (1) planning; (2) product development; (3) product testing; (4) final product revision. Product trial data is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the results of the product trial assessment, it can be concluded that the product is very appropriate, very useful, very easy and very interesting theoretically and practically, so it can be used as a medium …

Keefektifan “Proses Guru” Sebagai Teknik Bimbingan Kelompok Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pengambilan Keputusan Karier Siswa Smk, Guruh Sukma Hanggara

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Career decision-making abilities are an important part of a student's career development continuum. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of the GURU (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) process as a group guidance technique to improve vocational school students' career decision-making abilities. The Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design experimental method was used in this research and the subjects were 12 students of SMKN 1 Trenggalek. Data analysis using the Two Independent Sample Test Mann Whitney U, obtained the Asymp value. Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.03 < real level ( /2 = 0.05) and it was concluded that the "GURU Process" as a group guidance technique was effective in improving the career decision making abilities of vocational school students. From these results, the researcher suggests that Counselors/BK Teachers can collaborate the TEACHER process with various other approaches, using it to develop various student potentials by paying attention to their development stages, psychological aspects and intervention content. Future researchers are advised to examine the GURU process with other research designs such as Single-Subject Designs or action research and pay attention to the use and feasibility of the instrument and its validity, as well as applying it to develop various other psychological aspects such as motivation, self-esteem, self-efficacy, critical thinking skills, the ability to think respectfully and so on.

Model Cognitive Stage Experiential (Cse) Dan Kesadaran Dini Kebhinekatunggalikaan Siswa Sd Kelas Rendah, Im Hambali

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to determine: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category; (2) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the low category; (3) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the medium category; (4) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the high category; (5) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very high category. The research results show that: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category is 42.5%, 43% …

Hubungan Antara Tayangan Erotika Di Pornomedia Terhadap Perilaku Seksual Siswa, Zunita Nur Cahyani, Carolina Ligya Radjah, Blasius Boli Lasan

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The mass media which contain of erotic impression can stimulate teenagers who want to know everything about sexual and want to imitate what they hear and look from mass media as a part of learning process.The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the erotical exposure on pornmedia to the sexual behaviour of students. The research design is descriptive correlational on subjects totalling 87 people. The instruments used is the scale of the erotical exposure and sexual behaviour scale which contain 46 items on each scale. Trials carried out to 40 people with the validity 0,312 and …

Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (Guru)-Karier” Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor, Nora Yuniar Setyaputri, Blasius Boli Lasan, Devi Permatasari

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Guidance and Counseling is a system, which includes: problems, objectives, techniques, media and evaluation. A technique in implementing BK services cannot stand alone, therefore it needs to be accommodated by a medium. The function of guidance and counseling media is to expedite the process of implementing the guidance and counseling services. The technique chosen is the GURU Process (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) while the media chosen is the "GURU-Career" training package. The aim of this research is to produce guidance and counseling media in the form of a "GURU-Career" Training Package that can be accepted theoretically and practically. This research …

Keefektifan Teknik Self Instruction Dalam Konseling Cognitive Behavior Counseling Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Sosial Siswa Smkn 2 Malang, Fitri Aryadini Dewi, Adi Atmoko, Triyono Triyono

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of self instruction technique in cognitive behavior counseling to improve the self efficacy in social relation of vocational students. This experimental study using Single Case Experimental Design (SCED) model of the A-B-A’. The subject of research are three students of SMKN 2 Malang which show a low level of self efficacy social based on the scale of self efficacy social. The research instrument used as scale self efficacy social with the validity > 0.3 and reliability 0, 883, observation guidelines, and counseling guidelines. The results showed that subjects experienced an increase in social self-efficacy …

Sexual Behavior And Substance Use Among Women Across The Spectrum Of Sexual Orientation, Margaret M. Wolff

Dissertations and Theses

Background: Compared to non-sexual minority women, sexual minority women are at greater risk for substance use and abuse, sexual risk behaviors, and unplanned teen pregnancy; few studies measure differing associations by sexual orientation (e.g., identity, behavior, attraction) or discordance (e.g., heterosexually-identified women with female partners) components. Minority stress may explain sexual minority women’s health disparities; thus, as U.S. policies evolve to reflect growing acceptance of all sexual minorities, research should examine sexual minority women’s health risk behaviors using multidimensional constructs of sexual orientation.

Methods: Using the female sample of the 2002-2013 National Survey of Family Growth (Aims 1-2 n=25,523; …

Alcohol Use And Strenuous Physical Activity In College Students: A Longitudinal Test Of 2 Explanatory Models Of Health Behavior, Heather A. Davis, Elizabeth N. Riley, Gregory T. Smith, Richard S. Milich, Jessica L. Burris

Psychology Faculty Publications

Objective: To help clarify the effect of gender on the bidirectional relationship between alcohol use and strenuous physical activity in college students. Participants: Five hundred twenty-four (52% female) college students recruited in August 2008 and 2009 and followed up in April 2009 and April 2011, respectively. Methods: Participants reported their alcohol use and strenuous physical activity on 2 occasions (baseline and follow-up) spaced approximately 1 or 2 years apart. Results: For females, alcohol use quantity at baseline was associated with increased strenuous physical activity at 1- and 2-year follow-ups, and alcohol use frequency at baseline was …

A Systematic Review Of Complimentary Therapies To Treat Symptoms Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In The Aftermath Of Domestic Abuse, Jordan A. Meeks, Saida Byrami

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

Objectives: Explore the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on the health of female survivors. Identify complementary therapies that alleviate symptoms of psychological health impacts of IPV on women’s health.

Method: An exhaustive search of published, peer reviewed literature on complementary therapies and IPV was conducted. Databases included PubMed and CINAHL. Each article reviewed was published between the years of 2002 and 2016. The initial search produced 112 articles, abstracts of all studies were reviewed and studies were included if they addressed; a) complementary and alternative therapies, b) post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression and, c) the impact of IPV …

Tobacco Use, Cessation, And Locus Of Control Among College Students, Bernard Ambe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to (a) determine the locus of control among American college students (b) determine if tobacco use or cessation correlate with any demographic variables to better understand the efficacy of tobacco interventions and help design an intervention most effective in the prominent LOC of college students.

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) was modified for the purposes of this study and used to determine demographic factors and tobacco usage status. The modified GATS survey also included the LOC questionnaire which yielded the data. Seventy-four responses were recorded. The mean locus of control scores were …