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Perceptions of Employability for Adolescents Related to Varying Degrees of Hypernasality: Making the Case for Interprofessional Collaboration & Advocacy in Speech Language Pathology

Tye, Scott (2021-02-19)

Objective: The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate the impact listener perception has on vocational success in adolescents with hypernasal speech. Methods: Using Qualtrics, an online survey platform, ...

Perceptions of Employers and Rehabilitation Counselors Toward Hiring Individuals who Stutter

Sylvester, Melissa (2016-05-04)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of employers and rehabilitation counselors toward hiring people who stutter. Ninety-two employers and rehabilitation counselors completed the Employer and ...

Perceptions of Georgia School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers Regarding the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Agriculture Classroom and Supervised Agricultural Experience

Smith, Devin (2023-09-26) ETD File Embargoed

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived level of importance of and competence of Georgia’s SBAE teachers when working with Students with Disabilities in the classroom and Supervised Agricultural Experiences ...

Perceptions of Internal Organizational Diversity Efforts of Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color Working in Public Relations

Mayer, Ashley (2022-04-26)

This thesis explores how Black, Indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC) working in public relations perceive their workplace diversity and inclusion efforts. Some perceptions of workplace diversity and inclusion efforts ...

Perceptions of Music Listening as an Intervention with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Techniques

Worthey, Brandon (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 Ninth through Twelfth Grade Administrators Toward the Inclusion of Students With Disabilities in Alabama Public Schools

Bodiford, Sandra (2017-04-25)

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the perceptions of 9th through 12th grade administrators toward inclusion of students with disabilities in Alabama public schools. Further, the study attempted to ...

Perceptions of Parental Emotional Availability and Students’ Adjustment to College

Willingham, Heath (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 ...

Perceptions of School Counselors and Administrators on the Role of School Counseling

Windham, Heather (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 ...

Perceptions of Service Quality in a Mixed Audience Environment

Gogue, Thomas J. (2014-10-10)

The gay population has become an increasingly in-demand consumer group in the United States (Iwata, 2006). The rapidly growing awareness of the gay consumer evidences an understanding that the preferences and purchasing ...

Perceptions of Social Support for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Low-Income Adults in Rural Alabama

Hargrove Eaves, Doris (2021-08-09)

Social cognitive and social support theories suggest that psychosocial factors such as social support from friends and family can influence health behaviors (Heaney & Israel, 2008; McAlister, Perry, & Parcel, 2008). ...

Perceptions of Soft Skill Development in Secondary Agricultural Education Programs by Agricultural Teachers

Free, Daniel (2017-09-12)

The research embodying this study replicates the study performed by Mitchell (2008), which explored the essential successes of soft skills in the twenty-first century workforce as perceived by Alabama business/marketing ...

Perceptions of supervisory relationship influences on cognitive complexity development during practicum supervision: A qualitative study

Wilkinson, R. Tyler (2012-04-20)

The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploration of the potential impact of the supervisory relationship on the development of cognitive complexity of master’s students in a counseling practicum course. A priori ...

Perceptions of Teaching Excellence: An Examination of Foreign and U.S.-Educated Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

McConner, Mary (2017-07-25)

This study examined the teaching qualities and behaviors that U.S.-educated and foreign-educated faculty who teach at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) deem necessary for teaching excellence. The Teacher ...

The Perceptions of the Alabama Legislature Toward Higher Education

Ammons, Willard (2019-04-11)

With state legislatures across the nation decreasing funding in higher education, many higher education administrators are seeking new and creative ways to increase funding and decrease waste in colleges and universities. ...

Perceptions of the Role and Effectiveness of a School Assistance Team in Facilitating School Improvement in a Low-Performing School in Alabama

Roy, Virginia (2006-12-15)

This study investigated the role and impact of an Alabama School Assistance Team in facilitating school improvement in an Alabama school. Facilitating factors and barriers that hindered the Alabama School Assistance Team ...

Perceptions of the Size, Shape and Attractiveness of Female Body Scans Relative to Body Mass Index

Farinah, Shiara (2005-08-15)

The purpose of this study was to investigate male and female college students’ perceptions of female body size using 3-D body scan images. A convenience sample of 146 men and 155 women viewed 10 women’s scanned images ...

Perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, body comparisons, and disordered eating in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.

Duffy, Alan (2008-08-15)

Previous scholarship has found that body image concerns begin at an early age in women’s artistic gymnastics (WAG). There have been mixed results concerning the prevalence of disordered eating in WAG. The current study ...