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Examining Family Structure and Half-Sibling Influence on Adolescent Well-Being
(2011-12-05)
Using data from a statewide education project for adolescent youth (N=2,555), this study explored family structure variations of youth in two-parent families and their influence on coping, sexual activity delay, and alcohol ...
Examining Impacts of Cumulative Risk on Military-Connected Youth and the Role of Coping
(2018-12-19)
Youth in military families are confronted with stressors that are normative (e.g., racial or ethnic minority status, non-married family structure, social isolation) and stressors that are context-specific and emerge in ...
Examining Influences on the Beliefs and Practices of Secondary Social Studies Teachers in their Early Careers: A Multiple-Case Study
(2016-05-05)
This study examined the enduring effects of a pre-service teacher preparation program rooted in problem-based historical inquiry on the beliefs and practices of five program graduates in their early careers. Interviews ...
Examining Irregular Word Learning: Do Young Children Use Decoding and Context to Read Irregular Words?
(2013-12-11)
The purpose of this study was to examine how readers build orthographic
knowledge for irregular words, defined as words that do not conform to conventional
phonics rules and patterns. This study tests my theory that ...
Examining Management's Impact on Institutional Performance in Higher Education
(2019-12-09)
Extensively studied in several public policy contexts, O'Toole and Meier's (OTM) (1999) framework modeling public management's impact has shown that managerial, structural, and environmental influences matter for performance. ...
Examining neighborhood effects among survivors of health-related events
(2018-11-15)
To date, scientists have examined how neighborhoods impact health related to mental illness (Hurd, Stoddard, & Zimmerman, 2013), obesity rates (Pruchno, Wilson-Genderson, & Gupta, 2014), and cancer rates (Beyer, Malecki, ...
Examining Nonlinear Business Cycle Effects on U.S. Unemployment and Capacity Utilization
(2012-12-05)
This thesis develops nonlinear smooth transition autoregressive (STAR) models to capture the business cycle dynamics of the U.S. rates of unemployment and capacity utilization. This choice of model is motivated by a general ...
Examining Outcomes of Participants in Fatherhood Programs: Do Gender, Race, and Class Composition Make a Difference?
(2020-11-20)
For nearly two decades, there has been a powerful movement for fathers to become more involved in their children’s lives, resulting in an increased number of fatherhood programs. These programs focus on various outcomes ...
Examining Partnerships between K-12 District Schools and College of Education Leadership Preparation Programs: A Case Study
(2016-08-02)
Abstract
In response to ongoing criticisms of the educational leadership preparation programs, the state of Alabama supported a redesign of educational leadership preparation programs which required a partnership between ...
Examining Perceived Family Support as a Moderator of Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Parental Stress among Sex Trafficking Survivors with Children
(2020-07-30)
In addition to the adverse health outcomes associated with sex trafficking victimization – namely posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – trafficking survivors with children may face additional parenting-related stressors. ...
Examining Perceptual Bias to Benign Stimuli in PTSD
(2016-11-02)
Investigations of attention bias in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have primarily used overtly negative stimuli. This research strategy, while useful for maximizing differential reactions between PTSD and control ...
Examining Potential Pathways to Adolescent Dating Violence and the Impact of Youth Relationship Education on Common Correlates of Adolescent Dating Violence
(2018-04-24)
Romantic relationships play a significant role in adolescent development and set the framework for future relationship behaviors (Collins, 2003; Collins & Steinberg, 2006; Kerpelman et al., 2010). A national study recently ...
Examining Principals' Espoused Beliefs and Actions
(2012-05-10)
This quantitative study examined the relationship between principals’ espoused beliefs and their actions as educational leaders. Principals in the state of Alabama were invited to participate in the study. A researcher ...
Examining Process-Driven Math: A User Centered Design and Universal Design for Learning Perspective
(2021-04-16)
Many students with disabilities who are capable of learning math find limited success because the tools they are using to access mathematical content are not well aligned with their range of abilities. Process-Driven Math ...
Examining Rater Agreement After Changing the Response Format of the BRIEF
(2011-01-05)
Deficits in Executive Function (EF) have been demonstrated in various types of childhood psychopathology. Current clinical practice encourages evaluating deficits in EF across multiple perspectives. The BRIEF is a parent- ...
Examining Relationships Among Enabling School Structures, Academic Optimism, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
(2012-05-04)
This study examined the relationships among enabling school structures, academic optimism, and organizational citizenship behaviors. Additionally, it sought to determine if academic optimism served as a mediator between ...
Examining Relationships between Enabling Structures, Academic Optimism and Student Achievement
(2012-05-11)
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between enabling structures, academic optimism and student achievement; to determine whether academic optimism served as a mediator between the two and to discover ...
Examining Sense of Place and Florida Black Bear Habitat Use in Florida’s Northwestern Panhandle: A Social-Ecological Approach to Landscape Management
(2011-07-07)
Florida’s Northwestern Panhandle is one of the last undeveloped areas of Florida coastline and faces potential alterations in the near future. These changes will have landscape level impacts, and this study aimed at ...
Examining Social Networking Community Users’ Perception of Company Fan Page Use, Behavioral Intention, and Actual Visiting Behaviors
(2014-12-12)
Seeking to capitalize on the widespread popularity of Facebook, many not-for-profit and for-profit organizations have started their own brand or fan pages in social media to better communicate with customers. Notably, such ...
Examining Solvita Soil Tests in Soils of the Southeast United States
(2022-04-18)
Nitrogen (N) an essential nutrient for healthy crop growth. Nitrogen fertilizer may be over applied because standard soil tests do not account for nitrogen mineralized by soil microorganisms throughout the growing season. ...