Filters: Collection:"ir_etd" Publication Type:"dissertation" Department:"Educational Psychology" School Or College:"College of Education"
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| 1 |  | "Nobody can give from an empty vessel": a qualitative study on self-care for women activists in counseling psychology | McCadden, Elizabeth P. | Activism; counseling psychology; qualitative research; self-care; social justice; women | Women psychologists have conducted social justice work since the beginning of psychology, when women were denied access to education. The efforts of first- and second-generation women psychologists paved the way for present day women in counseling psychology. Today's female psychologists and graduat... | 2016 |
| 2 |  | "On-task in a box": a validation study examining an evidence-based package intervention for increasing rates of on-task behavior and academic performance | King, Brian Scott | Education; academic performance; evidence; on-task behavior; package intervention | On-Task in a Box is an evidence based intervention system designed to increase a student's rates of on-task behavior and academic achievement. The primary interventions that are used in the program include self-monitoring and video modeling. The program also includes motivation systems for keeping s... | 2013 |
| 3 |  | "Superheroes in the resource room": a study examining implemention of the superhero social skills program by a resource teacher with students with externalizing behavior problems | Springer, Benjamin James | Educational psychology; special education; clinical psychology | The current study evaluated the effectiveness of the Superhero Social Skills program in increasing the social engagement skills and decreasing the aggressive behavior of students with externalizing behavior problems as implemented by a resource teacher. There have been no empirical evaluations of th... | 2012 |
| 4 |  | "Superheroes social skills": an initial study examining an evidence-based program for elementary-aged students with autism spectrum disorders in a school setting | Block, Heidi Marie | Autism spectrum disorders; Generalization; Peer-mediated; Self-management; Social skills; Video-modeling | The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a multimedia social skills program in increasing the social engagement skills of 4 elementary-aged students with an autism spectrum disorder. The Superheroes Social Skills for Children with Autism program incorporates several evidence-based practices ... | 2012-05 |
| 5 |  | A comparison of two schools with additional training in evidence-based practices to two schools without added training: effects, student outcomes, and teacher perceptions of skills and practices | Belnap, Benjamin Bruce | ABC-UBI; Evidence-based practices; positive behavior support; response to intervention; school climate; school psychology | Through providing support with training, coaching, and funding, Utah‘s Academic, Behavior & Coaching Initiative (ABC-UBI) program strives to assist schools with the implementation of evidence-based practices for both positive behavior support as well as academic instruction. As an increasing numbe... | 2011-08 |
| 6 |  | A forced choice method for evaluating instruction in higher education | St. Andre, Mark Edward | educational evaluation; educational psychology; higher education | Student evaluations of teaching (SET) in higher education are ubiquitous. Many SETs utilize Likert-type scales and data from these evaluations are frequently used as data points in the retention, promotion, and tenure reviews of instructors. This makes them a high impact activity. Research has revea... | 2017 |
| 7 |  | A longitudinal assessment of therapist multicultural competence process and outcome | Pace, Brian T. | Counseling psychology | Therapist multicultural competence (MCC) has been utilized as a tool to reduce prevalent health disparities. Numerous MCC theories have been developed and the American Psychological Association has adopted MCC guidelines aimed to infuse multicultural initiatives into psychology training programs. Ov... | 2018 |
| 8 |  | A validation and efficacy study examining the electronic home note intervention package for increasing rates of on-task and academic performance | Knorr, James | Daily behavior report card; Education; Electronic; Home note; Intervention | The aim of this study was to increase the rates of on-task behavior and academic achievement for 4 participants with the Electronic Home Note Intervention Package. The Electronic Home Note Intervention Package was designed to enhance a common school-based behavioral intervention, the home note, by c... | 2015-05 |
| 9 |  | An adaptation of the mindful schools curriculum for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: implementation feasibility and impact on anxiety, rigidity, and mindfulness | Boon, Mackenzie L | autism; mindfulness; mindful schools | Despite the burgeoning interest in mindfulness and its applications, relatively few mindfulness research studies have been conducted with children and adolescents, particularly in regard to those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid internalizing symptoms. Moreover, there is a lack of pe... | 2017 |
| 10 |  | An adaptation of the Mindful schools curriculum for adolescents: feasibility and preliminary effectiveness on stree, depression, and mindfulness of adolescent in an after-school setting | Haygeman, Emily Anne | Educational psychology; adolescents; Intervention | The current study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of an adaptation of the Mindful Schools Curriculum for Adolescents in an after school setting. This study is the first to evaluate feasibility and effectiveness of the Mindful Schools curriculum for a nonclinical, community-referred adole... | 2017 |
| 11 |  | An examination of college career counselor self-efficacy in working with international students and its relationship with multicultural counseling competence | Hu, Qin | Career Counseling; career counselor multicultural competence; career counselor self-efficacy; international students | The United States is a leader in internationalizing its higher education and has witnessed a tremendous increase in recruiting international students. International students, however, encounter a host of challenges, including language and cultural barriers. Additionally, many come to the United Stat... | 2017 |
| 12 |  | An examination of the effects of harsh discipline and infant difficult temperament on the externalizing behaviors of maltreated children | Weeks, Jessica Elizabeth | Developmental psychology; clinical psychology | Existing research consistently links difficult early temperament and later externalizing behavior problems; however, the literature has shown that parental discipline style can influence this relationship. There are few studies that have considered this interplay of temperament and parenting in high... | 2017 |
| 13 |  | An examination of the effects of the strong start pre-kindergarten program on the behaviors of children with externalizing behavior disorders in a therapeutic preschool | Howard, Brittaini | Behavior; preschool; social emotional learning; social skills; strong kids; strong start | The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a manualized social and emotional learning curriculum, Strong Start Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) in decreasing aggressive behaviors and increasing positive social behavior and emotional regulation in a group of 4 to 5 year-old preschool children with seri... | 2014-12 |
| 14 |  | An investigation of the cognitive effects of bifrontal electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of severe depression | Saccoman, Mikala Lee | Bifrontal; cognitive effects; ECT; neuropsychological | Although many researchers have examined the effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on memory and cognition, few investigators have studied the neurocognitive effects of bifrontal electrode placement in ECT treatment. The current study was designed to examine the clinical efficacy and neurocogni... | 2011-08 |
| 15 |  | An investigation of the effects of opportunities to respond and intelligence on sight word retention using incremental rehearsal | Johnson, Kade Ryan | Efficiency; esperanto; incremental rehearsal; intelligence; opportunities to respond | High opportunities to respond (OTR) have been touted as being a key factor in a popular and effective drill procedure called incremental rehearsal (IR). However, IR has also been criticized because it takes more instructional time than other drill procedures and can be less time efficient. The curre... | 2012-08 |
| 16 |  | An investigation of types and awareness of psychological problems of male adolescents with autism spectrum disorders who have been treated for psychiatric disorders | Backner, William Matthew | Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Functioning; Parent-report; Self-awareness; Self-report | This study examined types of psychological and functioning problems, and awareness of these problems, in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) who had been treated for comorbid psychiatric disorders. Participants were male adolescents, ages 11-18, who were "high functioning" (IQ > 85). Th... | 2012-08 |
| 17 |  | An investigation of uridine on depressive symptoms and neuropsychological test performance in youth ages 13-21 with bipolar disorder | Huber, Rebekah Susan | Bipolar disorder; depression; neuropsychological; placebo; uridine; youth | The current study was designed to examine the effects of uridine on depressive symptoms and neuropsychological test performance in depressed youth with bipolar disorder. Participants included 20 adolescents diagnosed with bipolar depression between the ages of 13 and 21. Additionally, this study sou... | 2015 |
| 18 |  | Autism symptom presentation in toddlers during brief observations: what can we see in ten minutes? | Gabrielsen, Terisa Poulsen | Autism; early identification; early intervention; pediatric; referral; screening | Presentation of symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can vary within individuals and over the lifespan. This may make it difficult for a clinician with limited autism expertise to identify subtle signs of ASD at various ages. Furthermore, some individuals with ASD can exhibit appropriate soci... | 2012-08 |
| 19 |  | Baby boomers' perceptions of body image and feelings of self-worth | Shreve, Melissa M. | Aging; Psychology | There is limited literature regarding body image among aging adults. Although strides have been made in the last 2 decades to better understand aging women's body image, there continues to be only a small portion of literature looking at solely men or at both men and women. Furthermore, body image a... | 2018 |
| 20 |  | Biographical predictors of the educationally disadvantaged veteran's use of G. I. Bill training benefits | France, Ronald Boyd | Background Much concern is being expressed over the status of the Vietnam veteran. His inability to find work and his overall dissatisfaction with his status is, through the mass media, receiving much attention. Of this group the non-high school graduate veteran is placed at an especial disadvantage... | 1971 | |
| 21 |  | Biracial and biethnic women's perceptions of parental attitudes regarding their bodies: a qualitative investigation into body image | Boveda, Ingrid | Biethnic; biracial; body image; parental attitudes; women | Statistics on body image suggest that most women struggle with negative feelings about their appearance. However, there is disagreement as to what aspects of body image are most salient to women of different racial/ethnic groups. Moreover, body image research has traditionally examined the influence... | 2017 |
| 22 |  | Call in the ref: the impact of an interest-regulating strategy on the reading of uninteresting texts | Springer, Sheree Elizabeth Grant | secondary education; reading instruction | The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the effectiveness of an instructional intervention designed to help high school students learn to regulate their interest when reading uninteresting texts. An intervention was developed utilizing current research on motivation and interes... | 2017 |
| 23 |  | Characteristics of adolescent and adult females with autism spectrum disorders and normal-range intellectual abilities: an exploratory study | Wanzek, Megan Clifford | psychology; adolescents; adult females; autism; intellectual abilities | This study compared females and males with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and normal intelligence to explore sex differences in onset and trajectory of ASD symptoms as well as developmental tasks and social functioning. Personality traits were also studied, as was the presence of psychiatric prob... | 2014-05 |
| 24 |  | Co-occurring anxiety in adults with autism spectrum disorder: use of diagnostic codes to measure prevalence and associations between anxiety and intellectual ability, adaptive behavior, and employment | Cottle, Kristina Joan | adults; anxiety; autism; big data; diagnostic codes | Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disability, continue to be affected by the disorder in adulthood. Research shows that many adults with ASD have poor outcomes in adulthood, regardless of intellectual ability or severity of symptom impairment, when compared to typica... | 2017 |
| 25 |  | Complex and simplex melodies as retrieval cues for High and low imagery, aggressive or neutral words | Solari, Stephen Louis Jr. | A research project was undertaken to explore the effects of music on the recall of words rated on two dimensions; imagrey (high, low) and connotation (aggressive, neutral). Complex or simplex synthetic, 10-second duration, computer generated melodies (similar to those developed by Vitz, 1966) were u... | 1977 |