- Examining the links between parental meta-emotion philosophy and mother-adolescent relationships as assessed by the structural analysis of social behavior (sasb)
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The present study examines the links between parental meta-emotion philosophy and mother-adolescent relationships, as well as young adult intrapsychic relations. One hundred twenty two pairs of mother and young adult participated in the study. Mothers completed the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) based on their behavior towards their child when he or she was 13 to 17 years old and an Emotion-Related Parenting Style questionnaire. Young adults completed the SASB based on their pe...
Yu Ding.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mills, John A. Committee members: David LaPorte; Dasen Luo.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Executive functioning is related to intraindividual variability: a response time distributional approach
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Intraindividual variability refers to short-term fluctuations in performance that may be indexed as trial-to-trial variability on response time (RT) tasks. A growing body of evidence suggests that such variability may be a sensitive indicator of the integrity of prefrontal cortical regions. This possibility was tested in a broad clinical sample by investigating the relationship between intraindividual variability on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and a large battery of executive functioning ...
Peter V Stewart.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: Michael Franzen; Dasen Luo; William Meil.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Expanding narrative representations: a study of ta preparation programs in rhetoric and composition
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According to Shari J. Stenberg (2005), if the field of rhetoric and composition wants to initiate "disciplinary and pedagogical change" we need to focus on teacher-preparation sites, the place where we shape the next generation of our professoriate (p. 30). However, these sites are not immune from the very forces that have shaped the divided discipline of English studies, and until we examine these sites more thoroughly through historical and qualitative research, we are bound to continue rep...
Nicole Warwick.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Resa Crane Bizzaro; Susan Welsh.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Exploration of co-teaching in inclusive fourth-grade classrooms as a viable option for school districts
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Many schools nationwide are restructuring their classrooms to fully include students with special educational needs (SEN). Co-teaching is one service delivery option designed to meet the needs of students with SEN in the inclusive setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect, if any, that co-teaching between a general education teacher and a special education teacher for reading instruction has upon student achievement scores when implemented as an instructional intervention ...
Rebecca J Schaef.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: George Bieger; Susan Fello.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- An exploration of the relationship between school dropout and the academic, emotional, and social experiences of incarcerated males
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the academic, emotional, and social experiences of males incarcerated within a rural Pennsylvania correctional facility prior to their dropping out of school. After evaluating the data, recommendations were made to all stakeholders responsible for the welfare of adolescents. The recommendations included methods to improve the experiences of future adolescents who are at-risk for dropping out of school based upon feedback received from twelv...
Jessica Attardo-Maryott.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: George Bieger; Valeri Helterbran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Exploring the experiences of female doctoral nursing students who have completed research focused doctoral degrees in nursing
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Despite the recent increase in both PhD nursing programs and student enrollments in these programs, graduation rates are not closing the gap on the lack of PhD prepared nurses, researchers and educators. Given the reported high attrition rates and the recent Institute of Medicine call to double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020, it is imperative to understand the collective experiences of nursing PhD students and the unique challenges they face. The purpose of this qualitative s...
Colleen M Sunday.
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Advisors: Palmer, Elizabeth A. Committee members: Kathryn Bonach; Teresa Shellenbarger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Factors affecting implementation of evidence-based practice among nurse practitioners
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) results in improved health care outcomes. Federal laws, national mandates, and national nursing education policies clearly delineate the importance of EBP in today's healthcare environment. Despite the seemingly endless sources of information regarding EBP, barriers to the implementation of EBP into clinical practice continue to hinder healthcare providers. Furthermore, scant research exists exploring factors that affect nurse practitioners' (NP) adoption of E...
Susan Hellier.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Ott, Lora K. Committee members: Diana Rupert; Thomas White.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Family and community social capital: a case study of one private and one public secondary school
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This case study involves one private and one public high school of similar demographics to collect data about the perceptions of social capital. For the purpose of this dissertation, social capital will be defined as the networks in life that can lead to upward mobility, that is, the ability to improve life circumstances. The researcher included administrators and faculty members. The tools were an adaptation of The 2006 Social Capital Community Survey made available through the Harvard...
Kathleen Sue Miller.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: George Bieger; J. Frantz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- Fat bias in the field of psychology: examining diversity counseling texts and clinical judgment across college counseling centers
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The presence of fat bias in the field of psychology was investigated by two studies: a documentation of the level and content of size coverage in diversity counseling textbooks, and examination of the impact of client weight on clinical judgments made by college counseling center clinicians. In the first study, the content of 29 diversity counseling textbooks were reviewed for coverage of weight bias. Index terms and chapter subtitles were used to locate texts, which were examined in terms of...
Ashley E Kasardo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McHugh, Maureen C. Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Anson Long.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Game on: a qualitative study of leadership skills developed through college athletics
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Intercollegiate athletic programs claim to develop a variety of skills in their athletes, but how do we really know that this is occurring as a result of the athlete's participation? Through the review of past studies this study will seek to identify what leadership skills are gained as a result of participation in an intercollegiate athletic program. In addition, the study will examine the influence that these leadership skills have had on the development and growth of former athletes beyond...
Wendy J Snodgrass.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri Committee members: DeAnna Laverick; Mark Tweist.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Gathering wombs: an interdisciplinary approach to decolonizing the female body in the works of mahasweta devi, margaret randall, and bessie head
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This dissertation uses the resistance literature of Mahasweta Devi, Margaret Randall, and Bessie Head along with my own research amongst the Barabaig of Eastern Tanzania and Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico to interrogate gendered politics in different geographic locations. By examining gendered politics in the borderlands of India, Nicaragua, Botswana, South Africa, Eastern Tanzania, and the Lacandon Jungle of Southeast Mexico, I demonstrate more fully how capital shapes the reproductive lives ...
Mary Louisa Cappelli.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Comfort, Susan Committee members: David Downing; Thomas Slater.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- A gendered view of servant leadership
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This purpose of this quantitative, cross-sectional study was to examine whether differences exist between males and females in their servant leadership behaviors. Existing research concerning gender and servant leadership is inconclusive. Participants in this study were alumni of a Master's of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) program at a Christian liberal arts college in southwestern Pennsylvania. This study is unique in that the participants were similarly educated about ser...
Susanne Diehl.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Anderson, John A. Committee members: James Dittmar; Beth Mabry; Melissa Swauger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Giftedness: conceptualizations and identification practices of school psychologists
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The concept of giftedness has evolved significantly from its early conceptualization as a single score on an intelligence test to modern conceptualizations that reflect multiple, distinct areas in which giftedness may be demonstrated. Although Dr. Marland's landmark 1972 report proposed additional areas in which an individual may be characterized as gifted, currently there is no consensus on a uniform definition of giftedness. Many educators and psychologists have proffered their interpreta...
Benjamin T Stumpf.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Runge, Timothy J. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Mark McGowan.
Ed.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Growing up working class in southwestern pennsylvania: how class impacts career and educational decisions
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This research explores how family, school, and community influence post-secondary educational and career choices from the perspective of individuals raised in working class families in a rural county in southwest Pennsylvania. Twenty individuals participated in semi-structured interviews sharing their experiences in the education system, career decision making, family life, and their connection to their communities. Participants revealed how family, school, and community had a great deal ...
Brian James Farester.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Swauger, Melissa L. Committee members: Melanie Hildebrandt; Christian Vaccaro.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Harry potter and the order of the metatext: a study of nonfiction fan compositions and disciplinary writing
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This systematic review and meta-analysis study, using dynamic discipline analysis and metaphor analysis, reviews nonfiction fan compositions produced within the Harry Potter fandom to survey the disciplinary affiliations claimed by writers, the discursive strategies employed by writers, and the intertextual citations and references made by writers. A total of 2,063 nonfiction fan compositions, or HP Fancomps, were identified, of which 660 engaged in diegetic disciplinary analysis. These 66...
Shevaun Donelli O'Connell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Bennett Rafoth; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Hemispheric minstrelsies: race, nation, and empire in nineteenth-century performance
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My dissertation overlaps hemispheric studies and performance studies to study ethnic impersonation, such as blackface minstrelsy, redface, and yellowface, during the nineteenth century. I build on hemispheric scholarship's interest in borders, nationalism, and imperialism. Performance studies lends a methodology that analyzes contextual elements such as costumes, scenery, and embodied gestures as well as play scripts. My overarching thesis is that ethnic impersonation was a major vehicle for ...
Jessica M Showalter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Thompson, Todd Committee members: Mike Sell; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- "i am master here and you shall learn to know it": recovering domestic abuse literature by 19th-century transatlantic women authors
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This dissertation examines nineteenth-century British and American fiction by women authors treating domestic abuse: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Mauleverer's Divorce, Bessy Conway, Lost and Saved, Fettered for Life, Ishmael, Self-Raised, and Jupiter Lights. These novels show the unmanliness of male abusers, warn readers about the fiction of romantic notions, speak against the "angel in the house" ideology, illustrate women's legal vulnerability, and offer examples of gender-bending advocate ...
Maria E Bodenschatz.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Thompson, Todd Committee members: Tanya Heflin; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- Impact of adverse childhood events on child behaviors, attachment, and parenting in low-income families
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The present study was completed to evaluate and expand research on family dynamics and functioning in a low-income sample following Dynamic Systems theory. Previous research has demonstrated that child behaviors are affected by parenting practices and the level of attachment between a child and the caregiver. However, many studies have limited their samples to mixed or middle income, and research has not adequately addressed whether these effects are also true for low-income families. Further...
Julie Marie Learn.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Berman, Pearl Committee members: Lisa Newell; Mark Palumbo.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English
- The impact of disruptive behavior on operating room nurse satisfaction
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Evidence suggeets that disruptive communication patterns and disruptive behaviors exist in the OR in association with formal professional roles (Ong et al., 2010; Coe & Gould, 2007; Higgins & MacIntosh 2010, Leach et al., 2011). Highly educated professionals are not immune to disruptive and aggressive behavior (Straus, 2007). These behaviors include such actions as intimidation, bullying and hostility (Gilmore, 2003). The interaction between patient and nurse is absent in the OR because the p...
Michael Eric Reyka.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Heckert, Alex Committee members: John Anderson; Robert Heasley.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English
- The impact of financial issues on the departure of first-year, first-time-in-college, full-time students from a public, four-year university
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Nearly a third of first-year, college-going students at public institutions depart before their second year of study. The rate of departure is even greater for minority students. Research on college student departure drew on Durkheim's early sociological studies of suicide, noting that students must perceive themselves to be sufficiently integrated within the institution in order to persist. Institutions front-load retention strategies into the first year, seeking to involve students mo...
W. Paul Bylaska.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Boser, Susan Committee members: John Anderson; D. Heckert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2015.
English