• Stereotyping and its Possible Association with Aspects of Mindfulness and Multicultural Counseling Competence in Graduate Students in Mental Health Fields 

  Webber, Wesley Barton (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Counselors are tasked with developing an understanding of members of diverse groups and creating therapeutic relationships with them. However, human tendencies towards implicit biases and stereotyping towards groups can ...
• Pyschosocial Barriers to Undergraduate Students' Moral Judgment 

  Roberts, Lucy Elliott (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Historically, higher education has had a significant impact on an individual’s moral development due to multiple social and cognitive factors suggested for promoting growth (Rest, 1986; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991, King ...
• The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of Freedom Movement Exemplars 

  Harvey, Robin Lynette (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  ABSTRACT This exploratory study examined the life stories of Freedom Movement exemplars. Previous exemplar studies have indicated the presence of spiritual factors in the consideration of motivations behind exemplary action. ...
• The Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Response Verification in Mathematical Tasks 

  Rivera, Brian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  A crucial skill underlying all facets of arithmetic knowledge is the ability to distinguish correct solutions from incorrect ones. For this reason, arithmetic verification tasks have been widely used to study numerical ...
• Examining Moral Identity from Multiple Perspectives in Order to Promote its Development 

  Dawson, Kelsie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Moral identity is generally defined as considering moral values important to an individual’s overall sense of self. It has received much attention in the field for being significant for helping to promote moral behavior. ...
• Coaching Educators on Educating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in an Early Childhood Inclusion Setting 

  Lane, Morgan Elise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  There is a considerable gap between evidence-based interventions intended to support students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and current classroom practice (Anderson et al., 2018; Artman-Meeker et al., 2015). Early ...
• Comparison of Team Sport Athlete's and Individual Sport Athlete's Moral Identity and Antisocial/Prosocial Behavior in Sports 

  Hanle, Leah (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  In this acknowledgement, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to all the people who have contributed in different ways to the success of this work. Thanks to the members of my committee, Dr. Wind, Dr. Scofield, ...
• Experiencing the Game: an Interpretive, Multi-Case Study of Video Game Spaces Using the Philosophies of John Dewey 

  Dasambiagio-Moore, James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Video games are widely regarded as sources of entertainment and research suggests theymay also possess an untapped educational potential (Gee, 2008; Squire, 2011). Though trending positively, the research on the educational ...
• Stigmatization and Nursing Education: an Investigation of Nursing Student Bias Related to Caring for Individuals Who Are Homeless 

  Hall, Edward Brian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Individuals who are homeless have long remained an underprivileged group with varied and complex medical needs. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council describes homelessness as a temporary condition in which a ...
• Evaluating Psychometric Properties of an Existing Functional Communication Assessment for Deaf Individuals 

  Schafer, Kent (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  There are a lack of psychometrically sound and non-invasive assessments to determine individuals’ strongest communication modality that researchers and practitioners can utilize within the deaf population. Researchers ...
• Preschool Paths: Understanding Implementation Fidelity and Social Validity in Community Contexts 

  Bigham, Saterah (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Children who grow up in poverty face unique challenges that can impact later functioning. Unequal access to quality early intervention services impacts children’s readiness to begin formal schooling. Early interventions ...
• Exploring Rating Quality in the Context of High-Stakes Rater-Mediated Educational Assessments 

  Guo, Wenjing (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Constructed response (CR) items are widely used in large-scale testing programs, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and many district and state-level assessments in the United States. One ...
• The role of social identity in the academic experiences of African American college students 

  Barnes, Kristoni Tierra (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  When it comes to who is responsible for the academic gap, there is significant debate. Based upon the literature, both the psychological and social factors that made up and maintain a society should be held accountable. ...
• Video game psychodynamics: a grounded theory of video game discussion in counseling 

  DaSambiagio-Moore, Chris (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Video games are an emerging topic of discussion among researchers and practitioners of the counseling profession. Little, however, is known about the counseling experiences of video gamer clients. The purpose of this study ...
• The promise of longitudinal learning experiences for medical education and student well-being 

  Hubner, Brook (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  There is a need to improve medical student well-being both for individual wellness and for the well-being of patients. A fundamental role of medical education is to develop socially and clinically competent, compassionate ...
• Actual and perceived ideal practices of school psychologists: a regional and state-level comparison of role discrepancies to the national association of school psychologists practice model 

  Batt-Rawden, Ashley P. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Discrepancies between recommended and actual practices of school psychologists have plagued the field for decades. Previous studies have examined and identified differences in school psychology practices based upon ...
• A factor analysis of faculty members perceptions on lgb affirmative counselor training in clinical mental health and other counseling programs 

  Brooks, Danyelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  This study explores Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) and other counselingfaculty members’ perceived efforts to prepare their students to work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients using the Affirmative ...
• Cultural effect on dispositional and intergroup empathy: comparison of iranians, americans, and bicultural iranians 

  Yaghoubi Jami, Parvaneh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-07)

  Decades of research makes clear that people’s cultural background and group identity make a substantial impact on their empathic responsiveness. Our current understanding of empathic perceptions and reactions in a group ...
• A Need-Press Comparison of Australian and United States College Groups 

  Lewis, Ruth Benella (University of Alabama Libraries, 1970)

  The purpose of the study was to conduct a cross-cultural comparison of students and environments in colleges and universities of the United States and the University of Adelaide, South Australia. As a result of a Fulbright-Hayes ...
• Developing the resilience scale for college students (RSCS) 

  Shannon, Takesha (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  College students face numerous stressors that have the potential to impair their ability to sustain effort towards their academic goals. Determining the external and internal factors that contribute to the academic persistence ...

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