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Risk Profiles For Adolescent Internalizing Problems, Kelsey Elizabeth Hudson Jan 2019

Risk Profiles For Adolescent Internalizing Problems, Kelsey Elizabeth Hudson

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Objective: Internalizing problems are commonly diagnosed during adolescence, and are associated with distress, impairment, and negative mental health outcomes in adulthood. Thus, there is a critical need to characterize adolescents who are at the highest risk for escalating to clinical levels of internalizing problems while extending current literature and incorporating both biological and environmental predictors. This study aimed to characterized risk profiles for fourteen-year-old adolescents who developed clinical levels of internalizing (High Internalizing [HI]) problems by age nineteen, using brain, genetic, personality, cognitive, life history, psychopathology, and demographic measures. The study also examined whether there were functional and structural brain …

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The Structure Of Parent-Child Coping Interactions As A Predictor Of Adjustment In Middle Childhood: A Dynamic Systems Perspective, Sarah Budney Stanger Jan 2019

The Structure Of Parent-Child Coping Interactions As A Predictor Of Adjustment In Middle Childhood: A Dynamic Systems Perspective, Sarah Budney Stanger

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

This study applied a contemporary dynamic systems methodology (state space grids) to examine how the structure of parent-child coping interactions, above and beyond the content of such interactions, influences adjustment (i.e., internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and coping efficacy) over time in middle childhood. A community sample of children (N = 65) completed a stressful laboratory task with a parent present, during which parent and child behavior were observed. Parent behavior during the task was coded using a socialization of coping framework. Parents' verbal suggestions to their child about how to cope with the stressful task were coded as primary control …

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Fp-19-04 Young Adults In The Parental Home, 2007 & 2018, Krista K. Payne Jan 2019

Fp-19-04 Young Adults In The Parental Home, 2007 & 2018, Krista K. Payne

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-16 Family Formation Experiences: Women’S Median Ages At First Marriage And First Birth, 1979 & 2016, Paul Hemez Jan 2019

Fp-19-16 Family Formation Experiences: Women’S Median Ages At First Marriage And First Birth, 1979 & 2016, Paul Hemez

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-17 The Retreat From Remarriage, 1950-2017, Valerie Schweizer Jan 2019

Fp-19-17 The Retreat From Remarriage, 1950-2017, Valerie Schweizer

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-20 Gray Divorce Rate In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017, Colette Allred Jan 2019

Fp-19-20 Gray Divorce Rate In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017, Colette Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-25 Children’S Family Structure, 2019, Krista K. Payne Jan 2019

Fp-19-25 Children’S Family Structure, 2019, Krista K. Payne

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-26 Single, Cohabiting, & Married Households: 1995, 2012, & 2019, Paul Hemez Jan 2019

Fp-19-26 Single, Cohabiting, & Married Households: 1995, 2012, & 2019, Paul Hemez

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-13 Age Variation In The Divorce Rate, 1990 & 2017, Colette Allred Jan 2019

Fp-19-13 Age Variation In The Divorce Rate, 1990 & 2017, Colette Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-12 High School Seniors’ Ideal Time To Marry, 2017, Colette A. Allred Jan 2019

Fp-19-12 High School Seniors’ Ideal Time To Marry, 2017, Colette A. Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-15 Family Formation Experiences: Shares Of Women Who Married And Had A Birth, 1979 & 2016, Paul Hemez Jan 2019

Fp-19-15 Family Formation Experiences: Shares Of Women Who Married And Had A Birth, 1979 & 2016, Paul Hemez

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-10 High School Seniors’ Attitudes Toward Cohabitation As A Testing Ground For Marriage, 2017, Colette A. Allred Jan 2019

Fp-19-10 High School Seniors’ Attitudes Toward Cohabitation As A Testing Ground For Marriage, 2017, Colette A. Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-30 Older Adults’ Living Arrangements And Citizenship Status, Colette Allred Jan 2019

Fp-19-30 Older Adults’ Living Arrangements And Citizenship Status, Colette Allred

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Fp-19-29 Fatherhood In The U.S.: Number Of Children, 1987-2017, Valerie J. Schweizer Jan 2019

Fp-19-29 Fatherhood In The U.S.: Number Of Children, 1987-2017, Valerie J. Schweizer

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

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Heuristics For Communicating Science, Risk, And Crisis, Katherine E. Rowan, Andrew S. Pyle Jan 2019

Heuristics For Communicating Science, Risk, And Crisis, Katherine E. Rowan, Andrew S. Pyle

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Scientific information about physical hazards is important and very easy to miscommunicate. Because science uses complex wording and sophisticated reasoning, many assume that sharing science with lay stakeholders is solely a matter of substituting simple words and sentences for unfamiliar terms and complex syntax. An additional frequent assumption is that ‘giving information’ or ‘educating’ are the only important goals when communicating with stakeholders about health and the environment. Indeed, one study shows that, among scientists who share science online with lay stakeholders, their principal goals when communicating with lay audiences are to ‘educate’ or ‘defend science’. Although these goals are …

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The Role Of Social Media In Enhancing Risk Communication And Promoting Community Resilience In The Midst Of A Disaster, Kathryn E. Anthony, Steven J. Venette, Andrew S. Pyle, Brandon C. Boatwright, Carrie E. Reif-Stice Jan 2019

The Role Of Social Media In Enhancing Risk Communication And Promoting Community Resilience In The Midst Of A Disaster, Kathryn E. Anthony, Steven J. Venette, Andrew S. Pyle, Brandon C. Boatwright, Carrie E. Reif-Stice

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The importance of engendering community resilience after a disaster event cannot be overstated. In this chapter, we argue that the strategic design of risk communication messages is critical for communities affected by crises. In the past, many communication practitioners employed the single shot, top-down approach for constructing messages, especially during crises. Given growing recognition of the ineffectiveness of this model, scholars have become more attentive to the role of message design in conveying risk to stakeholders. Specifically, through the lens of the message convergence framework, we argue the need for a multiple messages approach that targets diverse groups of people …

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Combining The Iad And Ses Frameworks, Daniel H. Cole, Graham Epstein, Michael D. Mcginnis Jan 2019

Combining The Iad And Ses Frameworks, Daniel H. Cole, Graham Epstein, Michael D. Mcginnis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Stepping Up Access To The Indiana Code: Partnering For Increased Access And Preservation, Susan David Demaine, Benjamin J. Keele, Hannah Alcasid Jan 2019

Stepping Up Access To The Indiana Code: Partnering For Increased Access And Preservation, Susan David Demaine, Benjamin J. Keele, Hannah Alcasid

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Technologically Distorted Conceptions Of Punishment, Jessica M. Eaglin Jan 2019

Technologically Distorted Conceptions Of Punishment, Jessica M. Eaglin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Much recent work in academic literature and policy discussions suggests that the proliferation of actuarial — meaning statistical — assessments of a defendant’s recidivism risk in state sentencing structures is problematic. Yet scholars and policymakers focus on changes in technology over time while ignoring the effects of these tools on society. This Article shifts the focus away from technology to society in order to reframe debates. It asserts that sentencing technologies subtly change key social concepts that shape punishment and society. These same conceptual transformations preserve problematic features of the sociohistorical phenomenon of mass incarceration. By connecting technological interventions and …

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The Shortage Of Licensed Social Workers In Central Florida, Helen M. Burrows Jan 2019

The Shortage Of Licensed Social Workers In Central Florida, Helen M. Burrows

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

For several decades, a national shortage of licensed clinical social workers has been growing in the United States. Licensed social workers provide counsel and advocacy for those affected by mental illness, addiction, abuse, and discrimination, among other economic difficulties, and are the largest group of providers of mental and behavioral health services. The research questions for this project addressed what challenges unlicensed social workers in central Florida identify as barriers to pursuing clinical licensure. This study also explored strategies that unlicensed social workers in central Florida reported to address these barriers and encourage the pursuit of clinical licensure. The purpose …

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Psychological Distress Among High-Risk Youths First-Year In Collegiate Sport, Cassidy Janay Jenkins Jan 2019

Psychological Distress Among High-Risk Youths First-Year In Collegiate Sport, Cassidy Janay Jenkins

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

It is well documented that students from low socioeconomic backgrounds face a significant degree of deficiencies in college opportunity. Previous researchers have shown an estimated 1 in 5 student athletes given the opportunity to compete at the college level come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and encounter more adjustment issues than other students because of the psychological barriers they face. Using Pearlin's theory of psychological distress and Selye's GAS as the foundation, this study explored the extent to which the difference between the perceived time needed and actual time spent in both sports and academic commitment predict psychological distress in first-year …

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Urban Development Of A City In Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria, Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe Jan 2019

Urban Development Of A City In Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria, Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The issue of indiscriminate urban expansion is not uncommon in Africa. It has created haphazard, unplanned, and unapproved development that negatively affected urban planning for cities in the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria. Using Stone's urban regime theory, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore from the perspective of developers, associations, and government agencies (referred to as stakeholders), the roots causes of indiscriminate urban development and their activities in the process in the Niger Delta Region. Data were collected through semi structured telephone interviews with 10 participants who had at least 5 years experience working in public and …

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An African American Male Perspective On Medication, Schizophrenia, And Crime, Artishia R. Dasher Jan 2019

An African American Male Perspective On Medication, Schizophrenia, And Crime, Artishia R. Dasher

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mental health disparities in African American males contribute disproportionate rates of incarceration treatment access. There is a significant need to revise current mental health practices to address treatment barriers. The purpose of this study was to understand whether medication management could reduce criminality in violent African American males diagnosed with schizophrenia. A phenomenological examination of psychiatric perceptions and psychological treatment coupled with race was performed, utilizing the critical race and rational choice theory. Two research questions were developed to understand effective medication management and what barriers are present that cause noncompliance resulting in criminal activity. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was …

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Social Media Effects On Millennials' Counterterrorism Type Of Behaviors, Laura C. Domasneanu-Miulescu Jan 2019

Social Media Effects On Millennials' Counterterrorism Type Of Behaviors, Laura C. Domasneanu-Miulescu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Social media is a critical and omnipresent component in Millennials' lives. Using social media can lead to significant social change for societies both online and offline. Social media can be used as a tool to combat domestic and foreign terrorism and to protect our society. Prosocial perceptions and behaviors exhibited on a social media platform can transcend online social culture and produce replicas of those behaviors in the real world. Research in social activism portrayed by Millennials via social media is limited, and research regarding social media use and counterterrorism behaviors of Millennials has not yet been attempted. The current …

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Potential Solar Consumers' Understanding Of Energy Policy Development In Hawai‘I, Kristin Li Mcgill Jan 2019

Potential Solar Consumers' Understanding Of Energy Policy Development In Hawai‘I, Kristin Li Mcgill

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Hawai‘i has implemented renewable energy goals that assume continued investments by solar consumers who seem unaware of their role in the policy's success. Without the renewable resource generation that will come from these investments, the state will be unable to achieve its energy mandate. Using Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith's advocacy coalition framework and Ajzen's theory of planned behavior as the foundation, the purpose of this study was to better understand the perspectives of potential solar consumers on the Island of O‘ahu regarding the state's renewable portfolio standards, their level of knowledge regarding consumer impact on this policy, and their perceptions of …

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Self-Concealment, Perceived Discrimination, And African American Treatment Choices For Major Depression, Danita Morales Ramos Jan 2019

Self-Concealment, Perceived Discrimination, And African American Treatment Choices For Major Depression, Danita Morales Ramos

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African Americans have a higher proclivity to depression than other ethnic groups in the United States and also have a greater propensity to avoid seeking professional mental health treatment. The available research has shown that racial and cultural barriers such as perceived discrimination and self-concealment are the primary factors that negatively affect African Americans' attitudes toward mental health itself and mental health treatment. Perceived discrimination and self-concealment may also negatively affect whether African Americans seek help for depression and from whom, but further investigation was needed. The quantitative survey study provided answers to which factors influence whether and where African …

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Recruitment Strategies For A Sustainable Pipeline Of African American College Graduates As Civil Servants, Owen Wilbert Muldrow, Jr. Jan 2019

Recruitment Strategies For A Sustainable Pipeline Of African American College Graduates As Civil Servants, Owen Wilbert Muldrow, Jr.

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Government leaders have not been successful in their strategies for developing a pipeline of African American college students to address the absence of African American representation in civil service management positions. Increasing African American representation among civil service personnel may produce a government workforce that reflects American society, which may promote equitable and responsive solutions in serving public interests. The purpose of this qualitative modified Delphi study was to build consensus among a nationwide expert panel of government-affiliated talent managers as to strategies for creating a sustainable civil service pipeline of annual graduating classes of African American collegians. The research …

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Relationship Between Socialization Tactics, Military Cultural Competence, And Self-Efficacy Of Service Providers Serving Veterans, Dorothy Ann Seabrook Jan 2019

Relationship Between Socialization Tactics, Military Cultural Competence, And Self-Efficacy Of Service Providers Serving Veterans, Dorothy Ann Seabrook

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Military cultural competence has gained attention due to the past 15 years of military conflict and ongoing deployment of troops around the globe. Returning veterans, particularly those who go on to experience homelessness, have reported negative experiences and adverse treatment from programs that were designed to support them. Those experiences have resulted in perceived barriers to access or use of such services. Researchers have established the need for increased levels of military cultural competence to develop rapport with veterans and their families when delivering community-based social and healthcare services. Bandura's self-efficacy theory was the theoretical framework of this study. This …

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The Effects Of Popular Culture On Public Attitudes Toward Female Parolees, Annette Smith Durrette Jan 2019

The Effects Of Popular Culture On Public Attitudes Toward Female Parolees, Annette Smith Durrette

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The depiction of offenders in drama shows may play a significant role in how society views them. The purpose of using Gerbner's cultivation theory in this study is the belief that the frequency of watching, and the content of television shows can influence public perception. Previous research has used cultivation theory to investigate television shows, but no effort was made to differentiate between genres. There is an important gap in the current literature because few studies have examined how particular television shows influence society's views of female parolees. This study intends to address that weakness by limiting the study to …

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Application And Uses Of Information Communication Technology (Ict) In Academic Libraries With Reference To Arts And Science Colleges In Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu : A Study, Dr. Paul John, Dr. P. Balasubramanian Jan 2019

Application And Uses Of Information Communication Technology (Ict) In Academic Libraries With Reference To Arts And Science Colleges In Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu : A Study, Dr. Paul John, Dr. P. Balasubramanian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an important resource of a Modern Library or Information centre. The ICT is the electronic means of capturing, processing, storing and communicating information. It encompasses an array of hardware, software services and networks that enables access to digital information. Hence, this study deals with the application and uses of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Academic Libraries with reference to Arts and Science Colleges in Tirunelveli. The researcher had employed a well structured close - ended questionnaire for collecting the required data from PG students, Research scholars and Faculty members of six colleges that are …

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