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Parental Knowledge and Other Factors Associated with Infants' Exposure to Screens
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Excessive screen time in children is linked to reduced white matter integrity and developmental delays such as reduced vocabulary. Nevertheless, many parents allow their infants and toddlers to have access to screen devices. ...
Peer Acceptance and Motivation as Mediators of the Relationships between Students' Social Skills and Academics
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Primary goals of early elementary school are to teach children academic knowledge in reading and math. During this time, children also continue to develop their social skills, which can be learned from interactions with ...
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 ...
An Exploratory Study of a Peer Mentoring Program for High School Students with Disabilities
(North Dakota State University, 2024)
Many students with disabilities are isolated from general education classrooms and are restricted in the social opportunities that are available to them. With the shift toward more inclusive education settings, these ...
Social Factors in Healthy Aging: Strain as Risk and Support as Resilience
(North Dakota State University, 2024)
Social factors are an important contributor to the healthy aging of older adults. Previous research has investigated the effects of social strain and social support on older adults’ health separately and jointly. However, ...