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Therapist Self-Doubt When Facing Severe Psychopathology In Adolescent Males, Zachary Mark Meehan

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Achieving expertise in psychotherapy is a complex task, fraught with obstacles that impede progress (e.g., cognitive and information processing, accuracy of self-appraisals; Tracey, Wampold, Lichtenberg, & Goodyear, 2014). Contrary to popular opinion, years of experience does not make for an expert therapist. Research indicates that more seasoned therapists are not necessarily more effective than less seasoned therapists in terms of client outcomes. Expertise requires not only time, but also an intention to improve; and the use of appropriate feedback systems. Certain therapist characteristics can reliably predict therapy process and outcome. For example, the degree to which therapists feel uncertain regarding …

The Impact Of Sexual Assault On Sexual Risk-Taking, Melanie Alison Reyes

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Sexual assault survivors experience a variety of adverse psychological and behavioral outcomes after their assault, such as engagement in sexual risk behavior (Testa, Hoffman, & Livingston, 2010). Previous research has reported risk factors among sexual assault survivors, such as survivors’ self-reported insecure attachment (Oshri, Sutton, Clay-Warner, & Miller, 2015), difficulties with emotion regulation (Walsh, DiLillo, & Messman-Moore, 2012), and substance use coping (Ullman, Relyea, PeterHagene, & Vasquez, 2013). Given that sexual risk behavior is also associated with these variables (e.g., Hotton, Garofalo, Kuhns, & Johnson, 2013), the current study examined whether these variables may mediate the association between sexual assault …

The Relationship Of Walkability, Social Capital And The Built Environment In A Blue Zones® Demonstration Site Community, Thomas Manford Flack

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Today, communities throughout the world seek to design, develop, and organize their natural and manmade features to promote a higher quality of life and community livability. The term “built environment” includes both natural and manmade areas, facilities, and structures but also social and cultural factors which are unique to a given community; this term is used to frame a dialog around this topic (Flack et al., 2013). Increasingly, greater attention has focused on crafting the built environment to promote more walkable streetscapes, and opportunities for community engagement and social capital have become more prominent in the minds of citizens, community …

Using Drawings To Understand Perceptions Of Civic Engagement Across Disciplines: ‘Seeing Is Understanding’, Sharon Feeney, John Hogan

Articles

In this article, we wish to investigate if disciplinary differences exist among students when considering the topic of civic engagement. We use freehand drawing to create a learning environment in the classroom wherein students can seek to develop meaningful associations with civic engagement. The drawings examined here, produced by three different class groups, provide insights into how young adults perceive their society and their place in it, and thus communicate their understanding of civic engagement. Freehand drawing, in bypassing cognitive verbal processing routes, leads students to produce clearer and more holistic images. It allows them to put into visuals a …

Research In The University Of Calicut, India, Surendran Cherukodan Dr., Mumthas A P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examines the growth of scholarly articles produced by the University of Calicut over a period of fifty one years to identify the growth and trend of research. Data was collected from Scopus database. As of 30^th September 2018, a total number of 2158 scholarly articles have been published by the university. The study found that more papers were published on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%) followed by Chemistry (23%) and Physics and Astronomy combination (21%). The publications of scholarly articles in Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Economics, Econometrics and Finance were found …

Designing A Metadata Application Profile In Academic Libraries: A Case Study, Nahid Gavili Kilaneh, Maryam Shekofteh (Corresponding Author), Seyed Mahdi Taheri, Maryam Kazerani, Monireh Ghasemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to design a metadata application profile to organize content objects of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences libraries based on analytical-systematic approach. The population under study included content objects from 23 libraries (central, hospital and college libraries). A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data related to the local features and needs of generating metadata records in libraries. Some questions of the questionnaire were answered by the librarians of the organizing department, and some of them were completed by researcher’s observation of the libraries’ metadata databases. The native needs and intend of libraries in …

Health Information Behaviour Of Graduate Students On The Internet: Sources, Trust And Reliability Of Information, Setsoafia A. Y. Humphrey-Ackumey, Musah Adams, Michael Ahenkorah-Marfo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study sought to investigate the health information behaviour of graduate students on the internet. A quantitative method using a cross-sectional survey was used to solicit information from 256 graduate students studying courses related to health in the Arts, Social, and applied Sciences. The results showed that most of the respondents preferred the Internet because it is timely, fast and provides information from different sources simultaneously. The type(s) of health information mostly sought for were general information on healthy lifestyle, specific disease or treatment, side effects of medications, new development in the medical field among others. Majority (90.9 %) of …

Ict Skills Among Technical Institute Library Professionals At Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu: A Study, M. Mani, Dr.A. Thirumagal, Ed. Priyadharshini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information and Communication Technology [ICT] applications have transformed present libraries into digital libraries, electronic libraries and virtual libraries. As such, it has become essential for the college librarians to get expertise in ICT skills. In this regard, training is needed for these library professionals in ICT techniques. Today the world is full of computer based technology segments and the resources are available more and more in the throughout the world. But the humans do not know about the resources and how to co-ordinate it and the professionals do not have adequate ICT skills. The paper talks about the Information and …

Perceived ُSkill Level Of Librarians Working At Libraries Of Tehran Medical Universities, Sirous Panahi Associate Professor In Librarianship And Medical Information Department, Arezo Mirgaloye-Bayat, Leila Nemati Anaraki Associate Professor In Librarianship And Medical Information Department

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction: This study conducted to assess the discipline specific and general skill level of librarians working in libraries of the top three Iranian medical universities in Tehran.

Methods: The survey was carried out among all 115 librarians working in the libraries of Iran, Tehran and Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA.

Results: The participants’ perceived skill level in discipline specific set of skills was relatively unsatisfactory in total while their skill level in general skills was relatively satisfactory. The mean scores of the participants’ skill level in six categories of discipline …

The Effective Use Of Whatsapp Messenger Among Library And Information Science Professionals In North East Region, India: A Study, G. Stephen

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

A Scientific Influence And Reflectivity Of Saudi Arabia Research Journals, Shakil Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research has continued to evaluate Saudi Arabia's journals by quality bibliometric indicators and scientific tools and is likely to highlight comparisons between the significance and the rates of indicators. The research has also illustrated the achievements and the information correlated between the selected indicators of well-cited journals and used sophisticated algorithms and reputable databases to evaluate journals ' quality rankings.

The research aims primarily to review the scientific journal quality indices that are currently used (2015), with emphasis on the generally used indicators, such as the Journal impact factor (JIF), the Eigenfactor Score (ES), the SCImago Journal Rank Indicator …

Overcoming Workplace Discrimination And Job Dissatisfaction In Academic Libraries: A Study, Ramesh Pandita, J Dominic Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: - Workplace discrimination is a very common problem faced by employees, all across the world and so holds true about Library and Information Science professionals. Accordingly, the present study is an attempt to assess how far the library and Information Science professionals working in the higher education sector of the Jammu & Kashmir, India face discrimination in their workplaces. Some of the key areas studied include, the racial and religious discrimination faced by the professionals, discrimination in the matters of pay, promotions, leave admissibility, research grants, undue administrative interference, recognition, etc.

Scope and methodology: - The scope of the …

Awareness Of Discovery Tool Among Library Professionals: A Survey, Kapil Kumar Gupta, Jitendra Shrivastava

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study to find out the awareness, use of discovery tool among library professionals. The study preferred the survey method and a structured questionnaire tool for gathering data. Finding of the study that library professionals need to aware of the new technology related to the library activities using federated searching, discovery tool, next-generation catalog and web-scale discovery tool. In this paper analysed and found that the awareness of ICT and knowledge management required to the library professionals. The library professionals (more than 98%) aware of the library software terminology and they do not know the other new …

Role Of Government In The Provision Of Information System And Services In Nigeria, Tolulope E. Adenekan, Yacob Haliso

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The pursuit of effective information systems and services use in the public sector will necessitate enormous investments by public and private sectors in physical infrastructure, equipment, and training as well as a substantial planning and implementation effort (UN, 1985). It is important that these investments and efforts be guided by a well- structured and understood strategy which establishes priorities and an action plan for the short, medium and long term. Information system is a potentially powerful tool within a dynamic organizational structure. Information services refer to the act of providing processed or published information on specific topics to an organization's …

Global Landscape Of Open Access Repositories, Asma Bashir, Aasif Ahmad Mir, Dr.Zahoor Ahmad Sofi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The present study attempts to highlight the status of “open access repositories” globally.

Methodology: Present study is based on the data gathered from “open-DOAR”. Data gathered was thoroughly analyzed based on chosen parameters, viz., “Geographical distribution”, “Software usage”, “Language diversity”, “Operational status”, “Repository type”, “Content type” and “Subjects archived”.

Findings: Open access repositories (OARs) have witnessed potential growth trends particularly in developed countries. The findings reveal that “USA” is the leading country with the largest number of repositories and “Europe” is the leading continent in contribution towards OARs. The study also reveals that the “DSpace” is one of the …

Creative, Innovative, And Collaborative Librarians Wanted: The Use Of Personality Traits In Librarian Job Advertisements, Rayla E. Tokarz

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic librarian job advertisements often use personality traits to describe future job candidates. No study has looked at what personality traits are used most frequently in librarian job advertisements and whether they tie to job performance through the Big Five personality dimensions. Content analysis of librarian job advertisements from the last three months of 2018 showed that the most used personality traits were creative, innovative, and collaborative. Although the Big Five dimension of conscientiousness has been linked to job performance, only 16% of job advertisements used personality traits in that dimension

Access Of Digital Resources In Kims College Of Nursing: A Study, Sarita Somarajan, Muruganantham T

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

Reading Habits Of College Students Of Jammu & Kashmir: A Case Study Of District Anantnag, Haamid Amin Mir, Ashfaq Ahmad Rather, Mohammad Rayees Bhat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: Reading is an innate capacity of a person to relish the moral, cultural, social and political aspects of the life. It is the process where from one develops from being a child to a perfect man. The study sought to assess the reading habits of college students in district Anantnag. A questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The data collected was analyzed quantitatively and results are presented in tables and figures. From total copies of questionnaire distributed among the students of Science and Commerce departments, 303 were filled and were returned. The findings showed that majority …

Quantitative Synthesis Of Published Research: A Study Of Gujarat University, Pradip Patel, Atul Bhatt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Research is the one of the most reliable criteria to evaluate the quality of and educational institutes. And the quality can determine by the terms of quantitative evaluation of research publications of institutional scholars with scientometric analysis, this study executed to check the performance, growth and sustainability of scholarly research work carried out at Gujarat University in between year 2008 to 2017. The basic data obtained from the bibliographic database SCOPUS where the total 1248 records searched and analyzed. The result brings up some interesting facts and figures. Study reflects Journals as the most favored publications with 81.97% coverage. Degree …

A Longitudinal Study Of Spirituality, Character Strengths, Subjective Well-Being, And Prosociality In Middle School Adolescents, Ariel Kor, Steven Pirutinsky, Mario Mikulincer, Anat Shoshani, Lisa Miller

Graduate School of Social Work Publications and Research

Using data from 1,352 middle-school Israeli adolescents, the current study examines the interface of spirituality and character strengths and its longitudinal contribution to subjective well-being and prosociality. Participants were approached three times over a 14-months period and completed measures of character strengths, spirituality, subjective well-being (positive emotions, life satisfaction), and prosociality. Findings revealed a fourth-factor structure of character strengths that included the typical tripartite classification of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intellectual strengths together with spirituality emerging as a statistically autonomous factor. Spirituality was stable over time and contributed to higher subjective well-being and prosociality both cross- sectionally and longitudinally. Discussion focuses …

Affective Needs & Use Of Social Media: A Comparative Study Of Gratifications Sought And Gratification Obtained, Ashfaq Hussain, Dr. Taimoor-Ul-Hassan, Muhammad Ramzan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article has been pended to compare the gratification sought and gratification obtained for affective needs from social media among information professionals in the limelight of uses and gratification theory. Affective type of needs related to sentiments, strengthening aesthetic, moods or emotional experience. This type of needs encompasses all kind of emotions & moods, strengthening aesthetic, pleasurable and emotional experience. Gratification sough and gratification obtained are two distinct components of the uses and gratification theory. For this quantitative research, study a self-administered survey questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants of the study. Sample of this study was …

Investigating The Social Media Presence Of Articles In Altmetrics Field Indexed In Scopus Database: An Altmetrics Study, Faridokht Salahshoori, Zahra Abedini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction: Altmetrics is one of the novel measures of citation in social media which can be used to investigate scientific and research output. The current study was carried out in order to determine the presence of articles in Altmetrics field in social media, determining superior articles in this field based on Altmetrics criteria and determining the relation between Altmetrics measure and citation performance of these articles.

Method: This is a descriptive study with scientometrics approach using altmetrics method. The study population consisted of 337 articles in the altmetrics field indexed in Scopus database. Among these articles, 53 lacked Digital Object …

Michigan Academician, Volume 46, Issue 1

Michigan Academician

No abstract provided.

Board 141: Engineering Identity As A Predictor Of Undergraduate Students' Persistence In Engineering, Debra A. Major, Seterra D. Burleson, Xiaoxiao Hu, Kristi J. Shryock

Psychology Faculty Publications

Improving graduation rates of students who have selected and been admitted to engineering majors is a pivotal strategy in supporting national initiatives to increase the number of engineering graduates. Research suggests that the degree to which a student is attached to or belongs to engineering as a discipline better explains persistence-related outcomes than lack of interest and ability. As a result, identity frameworks have proven useful for furthering the understanding of engineering persistence. In this paper, we examine the relationship between undergraduate students’ engineering identity and persistence as an engineering major.

As part of an ongoing NSF IUSE project, a …

Mapping Of Research Output On Eosinophilia In India: A Scientometric Analysis, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -, Chithiraivel S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study analyses the Eosinophilia research output carried out during the year 1998 – 2017 the different parameters including authorship pattern, growth, Time Series Analysis Degree of Collaboration, Institutions’ contribution, most productivity journals were analysed. The overall growth rate of literature output is found to be positive with an increasing trend in Eosinophilia research throughout the study period. Two and more authored papers constitute majority of the contribution and degree of collaboration had a maximum value of 7.14. The result shows that research development activities are increasing in Eosinophilia research in India.

Green Technology Literature From India As Reflected In Web Of Science From 2000 To 2015, Aswathy S Dr, Saravanan G Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

Mapping Of Publications Productivity On Journal Of Documentation 1989-2018: A Study Based On Clarivate Analytics – Web Of Science Database, Muneer Ahmad, Sadik Batcha M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Present Study analyzed research productivity in Journal of Documentation (JDoc) for a period of 30 years between 1989 and 2018. Web of Science database a service from Clarivate Analytics has been used to download citation and source data. Bibexcel and Histcite application software have been used to present the datasets. Analysis part focuses on the parameters like citation impact at local and global level, influential authors and their total output, ranking of contributing institutions and countries. In addition to this scientographical mapping of data is presented through graphs using VOSviewer software mapping technique.

An Analysis Of The Quality Of Ph.D Theses: A Peep Through In-Text Citations And Bibliography, Unnikrishnan S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study attempts to analyze the quality of Ph.D theses awarded by Mahatma Gandhi University, South India in the field of Social Sciences through their in-text citations and bibliography. This is done by foregrounding the mistakes made by the scholars in their theses. In between 2017-18, the university had awarded 69 Ph.Ds under Social Sciences of which 25 theses were selected for this study. The major finding of the study is that even though American Psychological Association (APA) style of citation is generally accepted across the academic community, none follow it strictly. This is because research guides are often permitted …

Faculties Approach Towards Assortment Measures On Digital Archives: A Study, Nanda Kumari E

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The digital archive and preservation is advantageous in comparison to traditional archive. For successful creation and maintenance of digital archive and preservation various basic principles should be followed. There are several technological, legal policies and related challenges which have to be solved for successful implementation of digital archive and preservation. The developing countries have started taking interest in digital archive and preservation but facing several challenges on the way. The study attempted to distinguish the level of consciousness on various copyright or legal issues associated with the digital collection and to get opinion from various categories of respondents about criteria …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Citation Trends And Publications On E-Government In Southern African Countries: A Human-Computer Interactions And It Alignment Debate, Patrick Ajibade (Phd), Stephen M. Mutula Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to technology adoption, many countries are embracing e-government. This study presents the growth and pattern of research on e-government articles and conference proceedings internationally, by scholars in the Southern African countries. It presents research patterns, trends and current gaps in e-government, as well as the most prolific authors and the level of outputs’ prominence. This paper uses bibliometric tools to present the analysis of articles on Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar databases. R computational programming for big data analysis was used to generate summarized metrics. The citation sample size was (n = 33,689), µ = 625, …