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Confronting Prejudice: Identifying Factors of Nontarget Confrontation
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The research question for this project sought to identify factors that encouraged people to stand up to people who were discriminating against others. Seventeen students who had previously stood up against other people ... -
Connections between Parental Eating Behaviors and Adolescents’ Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Optimal Parenting Style as a Mediator
(North Dakota State University, 2015)An optimal parenting style consists of high warmth and low overprotection, and can influence the development of adolescents’ eating attitudes and behaviors. Evidence suggests that parental eating behaviors influence their ... -
Contraception and Sexuality in Heterosexual Emerging Adult Women
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Our study aimed to gain a comprehensive look into heterosexual emerging adult women's preferred type of contraception, who women identify as primarily responsible for contraception, and how sexual self schemas, sexual ... -
Couple and Family Therapy Faculty Members' Level of Training in LGB Affirmative Therapy
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This study sought to investigate the training that Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) faculty members have received on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) affirmative therapy. The sample for this study included 65 faculty members ... -
Couple and Family Therapy Students' Attitudes Toward Bisexual Clients
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Few studies have focused on student therapists' beliefs about bisexual clients and the impact of affirmative training on these beliefs. The current study explored 1) the level of experience couple and family therapy (CFT) ... -
Defining Feminism: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Meaning Women Assign to their Feminist Identities
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study explored the meaning that women assign to their feminist identities. In particular, the study examined the lived experiences of fourteen women who were active in the women's movement during the 1970s. The ... -
Development of a Newsletter Series on the Parenting Concerns of Asian Indians in the United States
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The purpose of this paper was to review research on the parenting concerns faced by Asian Indian parents in the United States. This paper reviews issues such as the impact of cultural differences on Asian Indian parenting ... -
Does Mom Know Best? The Influence of Baby-led Weaning on Picky Eating and Sweetener Use
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Baby-led weaning, the process of an infant feeding themselves at the introduction of solid foods as opposed to being spoon-fed by a caregiver, is an under-researched area of infant development. There is a significant gap ... -
The Effect of Parental Warmth on Girls' Drive for Thinness: Do Both Parents Matter?
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Recent research has suggested that both maternal and paternal warmth may play a role in the development of drive for thinness in girls. This study used 115 adolescent girls’ self-reports to examine the impact of the combined ... -
Effects of the Early Risers Program on Children's Social Skills and Parents' Emotion and Cognition
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The Early Risers Skills for Success Program provides comprehensive skills training to children with adjustment problems and offers parent training to their parents. The present study expects parenting training contributes ... -
Evaluation of Osteoporosis Educational Interventions on Knowledge, Health Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, Dietary Calcium and Vitamin D Intakes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Osteoporosis is a serious public health issue, which is growing in significance because of our aging population. It is estimated that 34 million individuals in the United States are at risk for osteoporosis. Education may ... -
Experience Needed: Recruitment of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients in Coamfte-Accredited Training Programs
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This study explored the efforts that faculty at accredited Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) training programs made to recruit lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients, and to what extent these reflected the LGB-affirmative ... -
Exploring the Concept of Prevescalation Through the Lens of Trauma: The Role of Students and Teachers
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Numerous studies highlight that adolescence is the peak period of risk for trauma and its negative effects on physical and mental health. The current research focused on two studies examining whether training students and ... -
Exploring the Meaning of a Rural Mind-Body Medicine Group Curriculum from the Perspectives of Community-Based Participants
(North Dakota State University, 2020)The challenges and stress that are present in our daily lives can be consuming and are often associated with chronic illnesses and mental health concerns. In rural communities, residents may experience greater exposure ... -
Factors Associated With Turnover Rates of Certified Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care Facilities: The Impact on Residents and the Implementation of Empowered Workforce Strategies
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This paper reviews factors associated with high turnover rates of certified nursing assistants employed in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Adults 85 and older are the main consumers of LTC services. It is projected that ... -
Family Business Contributions to the Community: A Comparison of Copreneurs and Other Family Business Owners on Community Social Responsibility
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Copreneurs, defined as couples who jointly operate a business and share business-related responsibilities and decisions, represent a growing portion of family business (Fitzgerald & Muske; 2002; Marshack, 1993, 1994). ... -
Freedom High
(North Dakota State University, 2022)In this paper, I am proposing an alternative education high school for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, Freedom High. Freedom High combines counseling, family involvement, positive youth development, and ... -
Generative Fathering and Married Adult Children's View of Connectedness between their Fathers and Themselves
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This study utilized a phenomenological approach to examine adult children's views of how their fathers connected with them as children. Participants consisted of 10 men and 12 women between the ages of 30 and 60 who were ... -
Goal Congruity within Copreneurial Partners: An Exploration of Family Business Continuance
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This study utilized data from the 1997 and 2000 waves of the National Family Business Survey to explore goal processes of 320 copreneurial and noncopreneurial family business households. Ecological systems theory (Deacon ... -
Graduate Counseling Students' Interest in Gerocounseling A Quantitative Study
(North Dakota State University, 2015)A growing population of older persons in the United States will require not only additional counselors but counselors who are trained to work with an aging adult population. Recent trends indicate that counselor education ...