Browsing by Department "Counselor Education"
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An Investigation of Psychological Factors Associated with Religious Involvement
(2007-08-15)
Research suggests that a relationship exists between church attendance and mental health, although the parameters of the relationship are unclear. The present study has focused on the relationship between religious involvement ...
Juvenile Sex Offenders: Predictors of Recidivism
(2007-05-15)
Juvenile sex offending is a growing problem in the United States. Victims and
communities suffer greatly from their crimes. Because there is no one profile that fit
these offenders it is hard to determine who will offend ...
Lying in Psychotherapy: Results of an Exploratory Study
(2006-12-15)
Although the topic of lying in psychotherapy has been addressed in philosophical and theoretical discussion, it has received scant attention in research endeavors. In order to gather data on lying in psychotherapy, the ...
Paternal Role Development and Acquisition in Fathers of Preterm Infants: A Qualitative Study
(2005-08-15)
Fathers of preterm infants are under-represented in the literature on parents of preterm infants. The acquisition and development of the paternal role of fathers of preterm infants while their singleton child was hospitalized ...
Perceived Competence and Attitudes of Counseling Psychology Graduate Students Regarding People with Disabilities
(2007-12-15)
Historically, people with disabilities (PWD) have been stigmatized and discriminated against by society as a whole. People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group within the United States. Hence, counseling ...
Perceptions of Parental Emotional Availability and Students’ Adjustment to College
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of the current study was to examine the possible relationship between an individual’s perceptions of emotional availability from their parents and their adjustment to college. Differences in parental roles and ...
A Preliminary Examination of Religion in the Perception of Therapists' Helpfulness
(2006-12-15)
The current study aimed to assess religious clients’ evaluation of therapists’ helpfulness in psychotherapy. Participants (N = 35) were undergraduate and graduate students from 11 public institutions of higher learning ...
The Relationship Between Alexithymia and Functional Somatization in College Students in the US
(2008-08-15)
The study of functional somatization brings out the struggle of the Western scientific world, which rests of Decartian dualist grounds, to understand the body-mind relations. Individuals who experience functional somatic ...
The relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological adjustment in children with cancer
(2006-12-15)
Limited research has been conducted to explore the relationship between physical health, emotional intelligence, and psychological adjustment in children. An important aim for research focusing on chronically ill children ...
The Relationship Between Experiences of Sexism, Ambivalent Sexism, and Relationship Quality in Heterosexual Women
(2008-08-15)
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the relationship between experiences of sexism, hostile and benevolent sexist beliefs, and quality in intimate heterosexual relationship for women. This study includes a ...
The Relationship of Affective Training Climate of Doctoral Counseling and Clinical Psychology Training Programs to Student Psychotherapist Affect and Professional Development
(2008-08-15)
There is a substantial literature demonstrating that organizational climate is significantly related to various employee outcomes, including employee affect and job satisfaction. The professional literature is lacking, ...
Self-ratings of Multicultural Competency by Consulting School Psychologists
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate how consulting school psychologists rate themselves with regard to being multiculturally competent. Using a non-experimental, causal-comparative research design this study ...
Sleep Habits and Academic Performance
(2008-08-15)
This study examined the effects of poor sleep habits on the academic performance of children. The role of poverty rate, medical diagnoses, napping and medication on sleep habits was also assessed. One hundred ninety-one ...
Thriving in Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Comparison of Collegiate ACOAs and Non-ACOAs on Measures of Psychological Mindedness and Defense Mechanism Style
(2006-12-15)
Traditionally, literature examining Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) has focused on negative outcomes associated with growing up in an alcoholic family. However, there is evidence of resiliency among ACOAs, given that ...
The Use of Media by African American Women to Acquire Mental Health Knowledge
(2006-05-15)
The study investigated the use of media by African American women to acquire knowledge to “help with life problems.” Participants self-reported their use of television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet in ...
Weight Bias Amongst Counselors-In-Training: A Qualitative Inquiry
(2008-12-15)
Despite the increasing rate of persons who are overweight and issues caused by the trend, individuals who are overweight and related issues have not been addressed properly in the field of professional counseling. The ...