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2011_02_18 Pca Executing Council Meeting, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_18 Pca Conference Committee Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_18 Pca Secretary Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_18 Pca Executive Council Meeting Agenda, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_18 Pca Pacacs's President Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_18 Pca Executive Council Board Meeting, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02_04 Pca Executive Council Meeting Agenda, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

Working With Divorced Families: Effective Interventions For A Difficult Transition, Naveen Jonathan

Marriage and Family Therapy Faculty Presentations

Gives tips and advice for counseling children of divorce.

2011_02 Pca Newsletter Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

2011_02 Pca President Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

2011_02 Pca Membership, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

2011_02 Pca President Elect Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

2011_02 Pca Treasurer's Report Income And Expensive, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

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2011_02 Pca Palgbtic Report, Pennsylvania Counseling Association

PCA Board of Directors Meetings

No abstract provided.

2011 February Newsletter, Nancy Rockey

Life Renewal Archive

No abstract provided.

Clinical Developmental Theory: A Quick Guide To Dr. Greespan's Dir Model, Lisa S. Sosin, Gary Sibcy

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Relationship Between Graduate Students’ Statistics Self-Efficacy, Statistics Anxiety, Attitude Toward Statistics, And Social Support, Michelle Perepiczka, Nichelle Chandler, Michael Becerra

School of Counseling and Human Services Publications

Statistics plays an integral role in graduate programs. However, numerous intra- and interpersonal factors may lead to successful completion of needed coursework in this area. The authors examined the extent of the relationship between self-efficacy to learn statistics and statistics anxiety, attitude towards statistics, and social support of 166 graduate students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs within colleges of education. Results indicated that statistics anxiety and attitude towards statistics were statistically significant predictors of self-efficacy to learn statistics, yet social support was not a statistically significant predictor of self-efficacy. Insight into how this population responds to statistics courses and …

Touch Therapy Combined With Talk Therapy: The Rubenfeld Synergy Method, Luna L. Medina, Marilyn J. Montgomery

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

Touch therapy has been researched for many years and is accepted as a successful therapeutic method for healing. Ironically, touch has gone from being a part of mainstream medicine to becoming associated with alternative medicine. The Rubenfeld Synergy Method (RSM), one modality emphasizing touch, was created almost four decades ago and has been recently rediscovered due to the growth and evolution of alternative medicine. RSM combines gentle touch and talk therapy to treat patients. Currently, there is no direct research-based support for the benefits of this method. However, this is a vast quantity of data supporting the benefits of touch …

Is Touch Beyond Infancy Important For Children’S Mental Health?, Melody Whiddon, Marilyn J. Montgomery

Faculty Publications - Graduate School of Counseling

Numerous studies from various fields have established that touch is vital to healthy adjustment during infancy and also during old age. Physiological research emphasizes the importance of touch to physical and psychological systems (Field, 2003). Attachment research emphasizes the importance of touch in the sensitive responsiveness and availability characteristic of the secure attachment style (Kassow & Dunst, 2004). Behavioral research emphasize the importance of contingent touch in reinforcement of infant behavior (Gewirtz & Pelaez- Nogueras, 2000). Recently, attention has been given to research examining touch in medical situations for elderly populations.

Theoretically, touch should remain important throughout the lifespan, but …

First-Generation College Students' Experiences With Social Class Identity Dissonance, Amber Nicole Olson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The current study explored the differences in experiences of social class identity dissonance between first-generation college students and non-first-generation college students. Additionally, this study aimed to examine the effect of social class identity dissonance on psychological distress in first-generation college students, as well as, whether an anti-social dominance orientation partially buffers the relationship between social class identity dissonance and psychological distress.

A total of 1,109 college students from two local, four-year institutions participated in the study. The first research objective was to examine the differences between first-generation college students and non-first-generation college students on reported levels of social class identity …