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Sharing Hope Together, Praveen Jasthi

All Capstone Projects

The primary purpose was to raise donations and aid those in need. Establishing a resource center to serve as an information center and library for farmers to gain the most up-to-date knowledge on climate change is a realistic aim and a solid sign of a successful fundraising event. It seemed like a great opportunity to engage with key contributors and supporters, so the team went ahead with it. Indeed, it may provide an opportunity to show thanks for their cooperation and provide an update on critical activities. Furthermore, it may provide an excellent opportunity to invite influencers and notable corporate …

ประสบการณ์การจัดการความเครียดจากการทำงานของนักเขียน, ยุรดา สินสวัสดิ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาประสบการณ์การจัดการความเครียดจากการทำงานของนักเขียน ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยคุณภาพแนววิเคราะห์เชิงปรากฏการณ์วิทยาแบบตีความ (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: IPA) เก็บข้อมูลด้วยวิธีสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกแบบกึ่งโครงสร้าง ผู้เข้าร่วมวิจัยเป็นนักเขียนที่มีประสบการณ์การทำงานเกิน 5 ปี จำนวน 9 ราย ประกอบด้วย นักเขียนนวนิยาย นักเขียนบทโทรทัศน์ และนักเขียนการ์ตูน ประเภทละ 3 ราย ผลการวิจัยพบ 2 ประเด็นหลักคือ สาเหตุของความเครียดและการจัดการความเครียดจากการทำงานของนักเขียน ประเด็นสาเหตุของความเครียด พบ 4 ประเด็นรอง ได้แก่ 1) การผูกตัวตนเข้ากับงาน ประกอบด้วย การถูกวิจารณ์และการถูกเกลียด ความต้องการเขียนงานที่เป็นตัวเอง และความคิดว่า “ฉันห่วยแตก ฉันไร้ค่า” 2) ความรู้สึกควบคุมอะไรไม่ได้ ประกอบด้วย การเขียนไม่ออก การทำนายยอดขายไม่ได้ และความไม่แน่นอนของการจ้างงาน 3) การทำงานหนัก ประกอบด้วย ความยากในการจัดการเวลา การใช้อารมณ์ความรู้สึกในการทำงาน และปัญหาสุขภาพจากการทำงานหนัก 4) การขาดโอกาสในการเติบโตทางอาชีพ ประกอบด้วย รัฐบาลไม่สนับสนุน ค่าตอบแทนที่จำกัด และการถูกเอาเปรียบ ประเด็นการจัดการความเครียด พบ 4 ประเด็นรอง ประกอบด้วย 1) การบริหารการเงิน ประกอบด้วย การทำงานเสริม และการเตรียมเงินสำรอง 2) การบริหารจัดการเวลา 3) การจัดการอารมณ์ด้านลบ ประกอบด้วย การเบี่ยงเบนความสนใจ การระบายให้คนรอบข้างฟัง การให้กำลังใจตนเอง การเขียนเพื่อการเยียวยา และการศึกษาจิตวิทยา 4) ทัศนคติที่เปลี่ยนไป ประกอบด้วย การอยู่ร่วมกับความเกลียดชัง การปล่อยวางอุดมคติ และการลดความคาดหวังด้านยอดขาย ผู้วิจัยได้อภิปรายผลวิจัยเกี่ยวกับประเด็นดังกล่าว การวิจัยนี้ช่วยให้เกิดความเข้าใจเกี่ยวกับประสบการณ์การเผชิญความเครียดและการจัดการความเครียดจากการทำงานของนักเขียน ซึ่งจะเป็นประโยชน์ต่อการพัฒนาศาสตร์การให้บริการการปรึกษาเชิงจิตวิทยาต่อไป

Chanel Brand Equity In The Eyes Of Male Consumers, Alexandra Grace Sheehan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research aims to study male consumers' brand equity of Chanel. A qualitative method was used to collect data through 12 in-depth interviews. The respondents are 12 Thai male millennials, who are aged between 23 - 38, living in Bangkok, Thailand, and have purchased a product from Chanel within the last 12 months. The findings of this study indicate that male consumers had a good brand recall of Chanel. Male consumers have a positive brand image of Chanel and view them as a timeless brand, a top-tier luxury brand that is expensive in comparison to other luxury brands on the …

Filipino Consumers' Perception Toward Gentlewoman Thai Fashion Brand, Gabriel Lorenzo Del Carmen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This individual study explores the Filipino Consumer Perceptions of Thai Fashion Brand GENTLEWOMAN and the quality of the brand’s activism messaging through social media. The data was collected using in-depth interviews on 10 respondents, Filipino females, aged between 20 to 35, the average target consumer of GENTLEWOMAN products. The findings suggest that Filipino Consumers have a very positive perception of GENTLEWOMAN. They find the price to be good, regardless of whether it was purchased through the gray market or through official distribution. Quality is also perceived highly as consumers find the products to be well-constructed and very versatile. Lastly, consumers …

The Influence Of Ai Chatbots On Purchase Intention Of Electric Vehicles Among Consumers In China, Ning Fang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objective of the paper is to study the effects of perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEU) and perceived enjoyment (PE), perceived cyber risks (PCR) of AI chatbots on the purchase intention (PI) of EVs among consumers in China. The study is conducted in a quantitative approach by using online questionnaires as a tool to collect data from 300 Shanghai based respondents, aged between 31-40, and have intention or experience using AI chatbots or EVs. The results show that overall respondents have a possibilities attitude towards PCR (M=3.36), PEU (M=3.27), PU (M=3.26), and PEU (M=3.26) of AI chatbots. …

Influences Of Millennial Consumers’ Perceived Value And Attitude On Usage Intention Towards Spa, Salisa Sornsaruht

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This survey research examines the influences of millennial consumers' perceived value and attitude on usage intentions towards spa. An online questionnaire was developed to collect data from 207 male and female respondents, aged between 27 and 39 years, living in Thailand, with prior experience of at least one spa within the last six months. The research findings indicated that, in terms of perceived value, the most dominant dimension among the respondents is social value, followed by functional value, value for money, and emotional value, respectively. In addition, the perceived value and attitude of millennial consumers have a statistically significant influence …

Consumers' Media Exposure, Attitude And Purchase Intention Toward Samsung Brand In Myanmar, Soe Darli

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of the study are to examine consumers’ media exposure, attitude, and purchase intention towards Samsung in Myanmar and to explore the relationship between media exposure and consumer attitude as well as consumer attitude and purchase intention. The study was conducted in a quantitative approach by using online questionnaires as a tool to collect data from 200 respondents who are Myanmar Citizens aged between 18 and 45 years old and who know about the latest Brand Ambassador Samsung Myanmar and the main Brand Ambassador of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 Campaign. The result showed that overall respondents had low …

Wage Premiums For Master's Degrees In Thai Private Firms, Shiyu Xiang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to examine the wage premiums experienced by individuals with a master's degree employed in private firms in Thailand in comparison to those with a bachelor's degree. This study utilizes labor force survey microdata from the National Statistical Office of Thailand covering 2008 to 2018. The augmented Mincer wage regression method is used in the analysis. The study's findings indicate that individuals with a master's degree in private firms experienced an average earnings advantage of 55% compared to those with a bachelor's degree between 2008 and 2018. Within the scope of master's degrees, the wage differences between men …

ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อความคาดหวังทางด้านระดับการศึกษาของเด็ก, นิภาภรณ์ ไทยสงเคราะห์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การลงทุนทางด้านการศึกษามีความสำคัญและจำเป็นสำหรับทุนมนุษย์ ในปัจจุบันประเทศไทยกำลังประสบปัญหาด้านความเหลื่อมล้ำทางการศึกษา ทำให้เด็กไทยไม่ได้รับโอกาสทางการศึกษาตามที่ควรจะเป็น การวิจัยนี้จึงต้องการศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อความคาดหวังทางด้านระดับการศึกษาที่คาดหวังในอนาคตของเด็กไทยหลังจบการศึกษาภาคบังคับในช่วงอายุ 15 ปี โดยศึกษาปัจจัยทางด้านภูมิหลังของตนเองและครอบครัว ปัจจัยทางต้านต้นทุนทางสังคมของครอบครัวและโรงเรียน และปัจจัยทางด้านอาชีพที่เด็กคาดหวังในอนาคต ผู้วิจัยใช้ข้อมูลทุติยภูมิจากโปรแกรมการประเมินสมรรถนะนักเรียนมาตรฐานสากล ในปีพ.ศ. 2558 และ 2561 โดยมีกลุ่มตัวอย่างที่เข้าร่วมการทดสอบปีพ.ศ. 2558 จำนวน 8,249 คน จาก 273 โรงเรียน และปีพ.ศ. 2561จำนวน 8,633 คน จาก 290 โรงเรียนในทุกสังกัดการศึกษา รวมกลุ่มตัวอย่างทั้งสิ้นจำนวน 16,882 คน ผู้วิจัยใช้แบบจำลองการไบวาริเอทโพรบิท (Bivariate probit model ) ในการวิเคราะห์ความคาดหวังทางด้านระดับการศึกษาของเด็ก ผลการศึกษาพบว่าปัจจัยทางด้านภูมิหลังของตนเองและครอบครัวมีความสัมพันธ์กับความคาดหวังต่อระดับการศึกษาของเด็กในอนาคตอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ นอกจากนั้นปัจจัยทางด้านของโรงเรียนและอาชีพที่เด็กคาดหวังในอนาคตก็มีอิทธิพลต่อความคาดหวังทางด้านระดับการศึกษาของเด็กอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติเช่นเดียวกัน

Thailand's Tourist Destination Image And Their Intentions To Revisit, Juxin Mou

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The robust expansion of global tourism, compounded by the pivotal role of modern technology, has intensified competition within the tourism market. This dynamic landscape has prompted nations to focus keenly on the development of tourism and the cultivation of a positive destination image. A strong, appealing image is crucial—it not only draws tourists but also amplifies the destination's competitive edge. Indeed, a favorable destination image can enhance visitors' perceptions, boost their satisfaction, and increase their likelihood to return. In the context of China's soaring economy and rising living standards, the appetite for outbound tourism among Chinese citizens has surged, propelling …

Bad Genius: An Analysis Of Filmic Representations Of Thailand’S Social Issues And Chinese Viewers’ Perspectives, Shuwen Sun

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Bad Genius is a thought-provoking Thai movie that profoundly reflects the modern side of society by telling the story of examination malpractice and social class issues. The purpose of this article is to analyze the social issues involved in the film and explore the criticism of the education system and social injustice. At the same time, the article will introduce the Chinese audience's evaluation of the movie in order to analyze the reasons for its high box office in the Chinese market. By comparing the educational background and social values of Thailand and China, we can better understand why Bad …

Diamond's Hidden Gems - Research Consultations, Diamond R. Williams

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Diamond's Hidden Gems - Ucf Downtown Library, Diamond R. Williams

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Four Fundamental Questions To Evaluate Land Change Models With An Illustration Of A Cellular Automata–Markov Model, Cláudia M. Viana, Robert Gilmore Pontius, Jorge Rocha

Geography

Numerous models exist for users to simulate land change to communicate with an audience concerning future land change. This article raises four fundamental questions to help model users decide whether to use any model: (1) Can the user understand the model? (2) Can the audience understand the model? (3) Can the user control the model? (4) Does the model address the goals of the specific application? This article applies these questions to the popular cellular automata–Markov (CA–Markov) model as IDRISI’s CA–Markov module expresses. Sensitivity analysis examines 120 ways to set the module’s parameters. Verification compares the module’s behavior to the …

Revisiting The Blue Earth Oneota Taxon, Samuel Marcucci

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Clark Dobbs’ 1984 dissertation on Blue Earth Oneota settlement patterns is often the go-to treatment for the Blue Earth taxon. Since the publication of his work, new methods of archeological research have been employed within the field and new data have been uncovered from both Blue Earth sites in Minnesota and Oneota sites throughout the Midwest. This thesis attempts to ask if the modern archeology of Blue Earth Oneota is still comprehended by Dobbs’ 1984 publication. Feature analysis of material recovered from refuse pit features during the 2012 excavation at the Vosburg site (21FA02) was utilized in this research along …

A Comparison Of Highly Disturbed Agricultural Soil And Natural Forested Soil As It Affects Decomposition, Haley Madden

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study is to compare decomposition of animal samples in plowed and unplowed soils. To accomplish this, two sets of three pig (Sus domesticus) ham hocks were buried in soil in early May of 2023, one set in a highly disturbed agricultural field and the other set in an undisturbed forested area. Soybeans were planted in the agricultural field within a week. The samples remained buried until excavated in October 2023 after harvest to compare the extent of decomposition and any other changes that occurred to the surrounding soil. Additionally, the soil at each site was described …

The Association Of Blood Glucose With The Daily Self-Regulation Of Everyday Life Stress In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Laura Bethany Cohen

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes must learn to balance the complexities of managing a chronic disease with managing non-disease-related experiences in their daily life that also contribute to stress. For example, in addition to diabetes management, these adolescents must also balance ongoing demands from everyday life stressors including school, social interactions, and home and family life. However, it remains unclear if daily diabetes management might contribute to experiences of everyday life stress. The present study assessed the association between daily everyday life stress and blood glucose regulation in adolescents with type 1 diabetes using both linear and nonlinear models. Thirty-nine …

Distinguishing Different Types Of Childhood Maltreatment On Resting-State Connectivity Networks During Emerging Adulthood, Zoe Morris Feldman Brier

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Childhood maltreatment is a major public health concern and is associated with both psychological and brain changes in adulthood. Conceptualization of childhood maltreatment can be categorized along two axes, threat and deprivation, each of which can be associated with varying outcomes of psychopathology and brain changes. The brain is organized into broad connectivity networks, including the Salience Network (SN), the Default-Mode Network (DMN), and the Central Executive Network (CEN). Prior work has examined the relationship between these networks and psychopathology associated with childhood maltreatment, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

This study assessed the differences …

The Development And Pilot Of A Broadband Caregiver-Informant Measure Of Autobiographical Memory, Kathryn Fagan

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Autobiographical memory (ABM) is memory of the self. It is pervasive in our daily lives and subserves a range of social cognitive functions such as theory of mind (i.e., the capacity to understand and attribute mental states), self-concept, personal narrative development, and socio-cultural learning. Disruption of ABM can have enduring and detrimental developmental consequences which underscores the importance of early identification for the purpose of treatment planning. Currently, no normative measures exist to assess children’s ABM in a standardized and content-valid way. The purpose of this study was to complete the first steps in the development of a clinically useful …

An Ill-Suited Memorial? Nazi Atrocities In Publications On The American Right, 1930-1985, Sandor Farkas

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

From 1930 to 1985, reactions to Nazi atrocities in the Saturday Evening Post, Wall Street Journal, and National Review represent a sampling of the American political right’s understanding, memory, and use of the Holocaust. A touchstone for evil in American culture and politics, few scholarly works have explored the origins of the Holocaust’s outsized role in American political discourse, and fewer have seriously considered the American right’s role in this evolution. Nazi atrocities assumed their role in American politics because the novelty of Nazi crimes against Jews and their post-war consequences received persistent media attention. On the American political right, …

Get Rich And Die Trying: Capitalism, Its Repetitions, And The Financial Plot, Richard Chapman Matis

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Most people want to be rich, and the reasons why usually do not require exposition. Despite gospel warnings about the difficulties of the wealthy entering paradise, multitudes clamor for the possibility of facing this dilemma firsthand. Tales from antiquity and mythologies utilize recognizable archetypes such as the profligate spender or stubborn miser that are still employed as rote moral instruction today. In one sense, exchangeability between positions of rich and poor is a staple of social storytelling because of its universal mutual intelligibility across time and place. Modern readers can likely identify descriptors and coding of rich and poor, despite …

Adaptation Rationales And Benefits: A Foundation For Understanding Adaptation Impact, Edward R. Carr, Johanna Nalau

Geography

Efforts to achieve coordinated, effective, and impactful adaptation outcomes are complicated by factors ranging from the local specificity of adaptation needs to the challenges of politics and prioritization that drive funding decisions. However, these and other challenges are perpetuated and exacerbated by poorly constructed, often implicit, and generally institution- or context-specific impact pathways connecting policy/institutional priorities through their materialization in specific actions to their intended outcomes. We call these impact pathways adaptation rationales, as they represent the logic of an adaptation action. The implicit nature of most current adaptation rationales makes it difficult to identify and test the accuracy and …

Situational Analysis And Urban Theory, Mark Davidson

Geography

Urban geographers have been pursuing divergent theoretical projects. Some have pushed urban theory to become ageographical, the goal being to search out and explain of a globally omnipotent urbanization process. Others have moved in a different direction, seeking to detail how singular constellations of processes produce only particular urban places. This theoretical divergence has led some to question whether middle-range urban theories continue to have purchase today. This paper seeks to contribute to this attempt to rekindle an interest in middle-range urban theory by examining the relevance of Karl Popper’s situational analysis to how we understand contemporary urbanization. © The …

A Qualitative Functional Analysis Of Academic Procrastination Among Irish Undergraduate Students, Gráinne Carthy

Masters

Academic procrastination involves the needless postponement of academic tasks at the expense of one’s academic goals. Informed by the principles of Acceptance Commitment Therapy, this study explored students’ experiences of academic procrastination in an Irish undergraduate sample. Over two studies, semi structured interviews were used to explore the common scenarios in which students tended to procrastinate, and also the scenarios which by contrast tended to motivate relatively immediate academic engagement. Study 1 involved interviewing twelve participants who had been recruited from online lectures. After noting the potential for self-selection bias in this recruitment strategy, study 2 specifically recruited seven participants …

Variable- And Person-Centered Approaches To Examining Construct-Relevant Multidimensionality In Writing Self-Efficacy, Morgan Les Debusk-Lane, Sharon Zumbrunn, Christine Lee Bae, Michael D. Broda, Roger Bruning, Ashlee L. Sjogren

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Self-efficacy is an essential component of students’ motivation and success in writing. There have been great advancements in our theoretical understanding of writing self-efficacy over the past 40 years; however, there is a gap in how we empirically model the multidimensionality of writing self-efficacy. The purpose of the present study was to examine the multidimensionality of writing selfefficacy, and present validity evidence for the adapted Self-Efficacy for Writing Scale (SEWS) through a series of measurement model comparisons and person-centered approaches. Using a sample of 1,466 8th–10th graders, results showed that a bifactor exploratory structural equation model best represented the data, …

Ce 560 Syllabus: Addiction Counseling: Assessments And Treatment Of Addiction & Co-Occuring Disorders, Mitch Moore

Counselor Education Syllabi

This course addresses the principles of screening, assessment, diagnosis of substance use, induced, and co-occurring disorders in adults and adolescents, and treatment planning. Students will become familiar with an array of screening and assessment instruments, and diagnostic and treatment planning tools, including the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), Comprehensive SUDs Assessment, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Patient Placement Criteria of Substance-Related Disorders (ASAM PPC), as well writing required reports and record-keeping functions. The treatment of co-occurring disorders, including the Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment model, process addictions (e.g., gambling), ethical considerations, and multicultural issues will …

Current Practice And Recommendations For Advancing How Human Variability And Susceptibility Are Considered In Chemical Risk Assessment, Julia R. Varshavsky, Swati D.G. Rayasam, Jennifer B. Sass, Daniel A. Axelrad, Carl F. Cranor, Dale Hattis, Russ Hauser, Patricia D. Koman, Emily C. Marquez, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Catherine Oksas, Sharyle Patton, Joshua F. Robinson, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Peggy M. Shepard, Tracey Woodruff

Sustainability and Social Justice

A key element of risk assessment is accounting for the full range of variability in response to environmental exposures. Default dose-response methods typically assume a 10-fold difference in response to chemical exposures between average (healthy) and susceptible humans, despite evidence of wider variability. Experts and authoritative bodies support using advanced techniques to better account for human variability due to factors such as in utero or early life exposure and exposure to multiple environmental, social, and economic stressors. This review describes: 1) sources of human variability and susceptibility in dose-response assessment, 2) existing US frameworks for addressing response variability in risk …

A Science-Based Agenda For Health-Protective Chemical Assessments And Decisions: Overview And Consensus Statement, Tracey J. Woodruff, Swati D.G. Rayasam, Daniel A. Axelrad, Patricia D. Koman, Nicholas Chartres, Deborah H. Bennett, Linda S. Birnbaum, Phil Brown, Courtney C. Carignan, Courtney Cooper, Carl F. Cranor, Miriam L. Diamond, Shari Franjevic, Eve C. Gartner, Dale Hattis, Russ Hauser, Wendy Heiger-Bernyas, Rashmi Joglekar, Juleen Lam, Jonathan I. Levy, Patrick M. Macroy, Maricel V. Maffini, Emily C. Marquez, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Keeve E. Nachman, Greylin H. Nielsen, Catherine Oksas, Dimitri Panagopoulos Abrahamsson, Heather B. Patisaul, Sharyle Patton, Joshua F. Robinson, Kathryn M. Rodgers, Mark S. Rossi, Ruthann A. Rudel, Jennifer B. Sass, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Ted Schettler, Rachel M. Shaffer, Bhavna Shamasunder, Peggy Shepard, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Gina M. Solomon, Wilma A. Subra, Laura N. Vandenberg, Julia R. Varshavsky, Roberta F. White, Ken Zarker, Lauren Zeise

Sustainability and Social Justice

The manufacture and production of industrial chemicals continues to increase, with hundreds of thousands of chemicals and chemical mixtures used worldwide, leading to widespread population exposures and resultant health impacts. Low-wealth communities and communities of color often bear disproportionate burdens of exposure and impact; all compounded by regulatory delays to the detriment of public health. Multiple authoritative bodies and scientific consensus groups have called for actions to prevent harmful exposures via improved policy approaches. We worked across multiple disciplines to develop consensus recommendations for health-protective, scientific approaches to reduce harmful chemical exposures, which can be applied to current US policies …

At Home In The Field, In The Field At Home? Reflections On Power And Fieldwork In Familiar Settings, Arda Bilgen, Anita Fabos

Sustainability and Social Justice

Critical epistemologies and methodologies have over time challenged the static and mono-dimensional approaches to fieldwork, allowing researchers to contemplate and conduct their research in spaces of in-betweenness. Despite this important shift, the essentialist idea that both ‘the field’ and ‘home’ in a fieldwork setting must be actual places persists. In this article, we challenge the conceptualization and operationalization of ‘home’ not only as the juxtaposition to ‘the field’, but also as the embodiment of a place in a specific temporality. We argue that the postulation of ‘home’ as a constant disregards the non-predetermined and unpredictable nature of fieldwork relationships that …