Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling"
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A Leadership Analysis of Executive Directors of State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies
(2018-07-19)
Working-age individuals with disabilities in the United States experience meaningful
employment at a significantly lower rate than individuals without disabilities, and having a job is
a critical factor to having access ...
Learned Helplessness as a Moderator in SES Stereotype Threat and Academic/Intellectual Disengagement
(2016-12-09)
On average fewer lower-SES students graduate from college compared to their higher-SES peers. SES-stereotype threat researchers have found evidence that when faced with a stereotype regarding SES, lower-SES students’ ...
The Lived Experience of Identity Development for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals Who Have Survived Complex Trauma
(2022-12-05)
This study utilized a transcendental phenomenological framework to examine the lived experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming individuals who have experienced complex trauma. Participants completed semi-structured ...
The Lived Experiences of African American Males in Becoming Counselors and Counselor Educators
(2018-07-26)
The counseling profession has evolved over the years from traditional White men dominating the profession to a more diverse culture of helping professionals that vary in race, gender, and age. Despite the growth and ...
Measuring leadership competence in group therapy: Development of an adapted version of the Group Leadership Questionnaire
(2017-07-25)
To contribute to the active efforts of increasing consistency and availability of group psychotherapy training, the present study sought to adapt a measure of group leadership styles into a brief, written measure of knowledge ...
Mental Health Labels and Their Effects on Public Stigma among College Students
(2020-07-21)
This study examined the relationship between labels used to refer to mental health, whether or not participants were asked to reflect on their preconceived notions around these labels, and endorsement of mental health ...
Mental Health Related Stereotype Threat, Self-Stigma, and African-American College Students’ Willingness to Seek Counseling
(2016-12-09)
A substantial amount of literature has shown that there are a number of academic, cognitive, and physiological outcomes associated with stereotype threat including underperformance, academic stress/fatigue, anxiety, academic ...
Minority Stress, Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress in Same-Gender Relationships
(2023-05-15)
I tested hypothesized relationships between sexual minority stress theory (Brooks, 1981; Meyer 1995), Bodenmann’s (1995) stress-divorce-model, and Cohen’s social support/stress buffering hypotheses by using hierarchical ...
’Moving On’ to A New Life: An Exploration of a Reentry Program’s Influence on Self-Efficacy in Incarcerated Women
(2022-08-04)
The purpose of this study was to examine treatment results for incarcerated women in a southern-US women’s prison system who have participated in Moving On: A Program for At-Risk Women (MO). Research indicates that coping ...
Multicultural Competence: An Examination of Critical Consciousness and Multicultural Awareness in Undergraduate Students
(2019-08-20)
The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationship between critical consciousness and multicultural awareness among undergraduate students at Auburn University. Due to the constantly changing makeup of the ...
Multiracial Individuals' Experiences with Racial Microaggressions: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of an On-Line Forum
(2016-08-02)
In 2015, the Multi-Racial/Ethnic Counseling Concerns Interest Network of the American Counseling Association published the Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population. In it, they asserted that counselors had a ...
Orthorexia Nervosa: Validation of the Teruel Orthorexia Scale and Relationship to Health Anxiety
(2020-07-27)
The instruments most commonly used to assess orthorexia in the extant literature have been shown to have significant psychometric limitations. A promising new measure of orthorexia called the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS) ...
Perceived Moral Distress in Counseling Supervision: An Examination of Role Conflict and the Supervisory Working Alliance
(2017-11-02)
The purpose of the current research study was to investigate the relationship between the supervisory working alliance and the supervisee’s experience of role conflict. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. ...
The Perception of Pregnant Therapists
(2018-05-17)
The present study examined the relationship between pregnancy status, participant gender, and the initial perceptions of therapists. A total of 188 participants were recruited from the Qualtrics Online Sample Service. ...
Perceptions of Music Listening as an Intervention with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques
(2023-12-06)
Anxiety and depression levels among college students are high and expected to continue rising. The use of mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, combined with music listening has the potential to decrease the negative ...
Perceptions of School Counselors and Administrators on the Role of School Counseling
(2022-07-30)
This quantitative survey study aimed to identify differences between the perception of the role of school counselors of both administrators and school counselors and if the demographic criteria of years of experience, years ...
A Phenomenological Study Examining the Experiences of Counselors Working with Grief and Death in Early Childhood
(2022-05-23)
The phenomenological study explores the lived experiences of counselors completed grief work with clients in early childhood that have experienced a grief loss. Semi-structured interviews were completed with participants ...
A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of Compassion Satisfaction in Early Career Mental Health Counselors
(2020-07-22)
This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of compassion satisfaction in eight early career mental health counselors. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, the researcher sought to capture the nuances ...
A Phenomenological Study: Exploring the Career Decision-Making of Women of Color in Counselor Education
(2020-07-21)
This study uses a hermeneutic phenomenology approach coupled with critical race theory to examine the lived experiences of women of color in counselor education and their pursuit to the professoriate. Scholars have made ...
A Phenomenological Study: Self-Care and Work-Life Balance among Pre-tenure Counselor Educators
(2018-04-16)
Self-care is vital to ongoing wellness and can be any activity or engagement that one participates in emotionally, mentally, or spiritually to prevent burnout (McGarrigle & Walsh, 2011). According to Bradley, Whisenhunt, ...