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How Does Christian Religious Affiliation Influence Therapists' Beliefs about Sexual Orientation and Competence Working with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study explored the relationship between therapists' religious affiliation, their beliefs about sexual orientation in general and about lesbian and gay clients in particular. Specifically, therapists' who self-identified ... -
How Partnered Gay Men Do Relationships: Negotiating the Tensions Between Hetero- and Homonormativity
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This study explored partnered gay men’s experiences of negotiating heteronormativity and homonormativity in their relationships. Twenty-six men involved in a current or past, gay intimate partner relationships participated ... -
Identity and Daily Experience in Queer Emerging Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study examined possible links between aspects of sexual orientation identity and daily experiences of queer emerging adults ages 18-24 in a sample of 20 college students and non-college students in the Midwest, using ... -
Identity Development and University Adjustment
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Colleges and universities across the U.S. continue their efforts to enroll students from diverse backgrounds. Those students from lower socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds and first in their family to attend college have been ... -
Impact of a Wellness Coaching Program on Bariatric Surgery Candidates Following Weight Loss
(North Dakota State University, 2013)A lifestyle approach toward weight loss, encompassing behavior modification strategies, education, and new coping skills may be most effective in adoption of the healthy behaviors necessary for achievement and maintenance ... -
The Impact of Psychosocial Outcomes in Long-Term Bariatric Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The disease of obesity is a serious and significant public health epidemic affecting more than 78 million Americans. The increase in human life expectancy also increases the chance of reduced quality of life and well-being ... -
The Impact of Social Media Body Challenges on Youths' Body Image
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Body challenges are an unresearched trend where an individual checks if their body can look a certain way to pass the specific challenge (e.g., the A4 paper challenge; seeing if one’s waist is smaller than an 8x11 vertical ... -
Impacts of Technology on Families: Development of a Series of Newsletters to Educate Parents and Children about the Significant Contributions and Negative Aspects of Technology
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this paper is to review research regarding technology's impact on families today. This paper reviews new and varied technologies, such as cell phones, the Internet, video games, and television, and their ... -
The Influence of Appearance-Related Teasing by Parents, Siblings, and Peers on Adolescents' Body Image with Appearance-Related Social Comparison as a Mediator
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Body image refers to how individuals experience and perceive their bodies and can be affected by many factors, including peers and family members. Adolescence is a time when body image concerns are emphasized due to the ... -
The Influence of Fathers on Adolescent Boys' and Girls' Disordered Eating
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Because eating disorders and body dissatisfaction are significant problems in adolescence, it is important to study the sociocultural influences that may be associated with these attitudes and behaviors. Researchers have ... -
An Insider Account Of Insider Witness Practices: Discovering My Chicana Identity
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This thesis is an autoethnographic study of my transformation as a result of being involved with Insider Witness Practices (IWP). By engaging in a multi-vocal dialogue with “Anita”, my Mexican self, and “Hyphen Ana”, my ... -
LGB Affirmative Training and Clinical Competency: Differences in Couple and Family Therapy Students Who Receive Training at Religious Vs. Secular Institutions
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study determined if any differences exist in the level of affirmative training received, beliefs about sexual orientation, and perceived clinical competency with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients of 231 couple ... -
Links between Sexual Health Content and Teacher Characteristics in North Dakota's Secondary Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Numerous studies indicate the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education in preventing teen pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet many U.S. schools still rely on abstinence-only ... -
A Lion or a Shoe: 17-Month-Olds Observing VS. Acting on an Object in an Object Individuation Task
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Object individuation, the ability to distinguish an object that is currently perceived from one that was previously perceived, is an important cognitive ability used in everyday life. In the current study, we assessed the ... -
Longitudinal Analyses of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Parent-Adolescent Communication of At-Risk Adolescents
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Despite declining rates, unintended adolescent pregnancy remains a considerable public health challenge in the United States (Hamilton, Martin, & Osterman, 2015). Unintended pregnancy leads to a host of negative outcomes ... -
Longitudinal Associations among Personality, Perceived Control, and Health for American and Japanese Aging Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Perceived control is associated with health throughout adulthood, yet has also been found to decline with age possibly due to age-related experiences of increasing losses and limitations in life circumstances. Perceived ... -
Media Use, Body Image and Sexual Satisfaction in Emerging Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Emerging adults in America are avid users of media, including magazines and pornographic film. Use of this media is associated with body dissatisfaction and reduced sexual satisfaction. However, existing research has not ... -
The Mediating Effects of Intimacy Between Sibling Negative Body Talk and Body Dissatisfaction in Female Adolescents: The Forgotten Sibling Relationship
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Body dissatisfaction has become so common that most girls and women will experience it at some point in their lives. Teasing and pressure from family members have been shown to be potent influences in the development of ... -
Medical Cannabis Packaging and Labelling Concerns for Middle Aged and Older Manitobans
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Middle-aged and older adults make up the largest growing proportion of medical cannabis users in Canada, as well as the largest proportion of the population to vote in the last federal election (Elections Canada, 2020; ... -
Mothers and Fathers, Churches and Schools: Formal and Informal Sources of Sexual Information as They Relate to Emerging Adult Women’s Safe Sex Practices and Sexual-esteem
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This study sought to explore which individuals and institutions 455 emerging adult women recalled as having provided them with sexual information. Independent-samples t tests were run to explore how these sources of ...