Browsing by Author "Iarussi, Melanie"

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Addiction Counseling Self-Efficacy of Mental Health Counselors-in-Training

Carroll, Stephanie (2015-07-24)

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of mental health counselors-in-training self-efficacy in providing addiction counseling and the modalities of addiction related counseling education. In addition, the ...

AmericanWork, Inc. Supportive Living Program: A Program Evaluation

Reed, Shelley (2012-08-29)

The AmericanWork, Inc. Supportive Living Program is a residential program for the severe and persistent mentally ill. This program evaluation sought to determine the variables which impact the consumer transitioning out ...

Caregivers of Family with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Well-Being and Meaning in Life

Littlebear, Sarah (2014-12-10)

Family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia experience threats to their well-being through the stress of care. There are many factors that can improve the well-being of caregivers, but the present ...

Faculty Comfort Level in Responding to Students Exhibiting Problems of Professional Multicultural Competence

Crawford, Claudia (2017-06-28)

The significance of diversity and multicultural issues is becoming more apparent with the increase in visibility of social and political events domestically and abroad. These cultural influences have a direct impact on ...

Foster Care Graduates' Experiences Obtaining Life Skills

Upshaw, April (2017-04-20)

Foster care is the 24-hour temporary care for children outside their homes (Department of Social Services, 2016). Children are often placed in foster care because they have “suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment, or the ...

How Did You Sleep?: Effects of an Individualized Sleep Hygiene Intervention Program on College Students’ Sleep

David, Lauren (2016-07-20)

The purpose of the current study was to test an individualized sleep hygiene intervention designed by the investigator for college students experiencing poor quality sleep. The intervention was intended to assess for problem ...

How Site Supervisors Identify and Respond to Counselors-in-Training Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: A Grounded Theory Study

Hancock, Elizabeth (2015-12-08)

The purpose of this study was to provide information regarding the experiences of site supervisors in supervising counselors-in-training who have exhibited problematic behaviors and to begin building a theory about how ...

The Impact of Supervision on Counselor Self-efficacy: Working with Suicidal Clients

Powers, Dixie (2017-06-21)

Crises are becoming more prevalent in today’s society leading to increased preparedness of counselors to work in crisis interventions. Given that suicide rates have increased by 60% in the last 50 years counselors must be ...

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for College Students: Exploring the Impact of Group Process Verses Meditation Exercise

Puder, Justin (2016-07-08)

This study investigated the role of group process within a mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) group for college students. The study used a quasi-experimental design and compared two MBSR groups, one that maximized ...

A Phenomenological Study: Self-Care and Work-Life Balance among Pre-tenure Counselor Educators

Hyatt, Tristen (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, ...

Practicing Counselors, Vicarious Trauma, and Subthreshold PTSD: Implications for Counselor Educators

Lanier, Bethany (2017-05-22)

The purpose of the current study was to gain an understanding of the relationship of vicarious trauma symptoms and subthreshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among practicing counselors. Research indicates ...

The Predictive Nature of Anxiety, Adult Attachment, and Counseling Experience on Counseling Self-Efficacy

Sandusky, Blake (2016-06-17)

The purpose of this study was to develop a model of counseling self-efficacy, including models for areas of counseling self-efficacy (i.e., helping skills, sessions management, and counseling challenges) using counseling ...

A Quantitative Study of Within-Group Discrimination of Gay Men

Maki, Justin (2018-06-18)

The purpose of this study was to examine how the constructs of ageism, classism, culturalism, racism, sexism, and sizeism contribute to within-group discrimination experienced by gay men. Additionally, this study aimed to ...

Resilience and Recovery in College Students with a Substance Use Disorder: A Phenomenological Analysis

Matsunaga, Julie (2018-07-03)

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA, 2015) more than one in three college students binge drinks, one in five uses an illicit substance, and one in seven meets the clinical ...

Transgender and Genderqueer Youth and Adolescent Populations: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Postings to Social Media

East, Courtney (2017-07-25)

The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the trends, issues, and concerns surrounding the transgender and genderqueer youth and adolescent populations with the aim of better understanding the culture of this demographic. ...

Unpacking the Links between Interpersonal Relationship Features and Depression in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Goodman, Rebecca (2017-07-27)

Depression is a rapidly growing problem with enormous economic and social burden (World Health Organization, 2017b), with rates increasing by about 1.5 to 2 million adults per decade recently (Greenberg et al., 2015; Marcus ...