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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 ...
Parents’ Experiences as They Interact with Their Transgender Children’s Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of parents and caregivers in a parenting role of a transgender child as they interacted with their children’s schools. For this study, 22 interviews with parents and ...
Transitioning a Living-Center: Resident Ability and Preference in Activity Programming
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Gerontologists have noted the importance of physical fitness (McPhee, et al., 2004), socialization (Lang & Baltes, 1997), and cognitive maintenance (McDougall, 2000) to successful aging. Due to this, Assisted-Living Facility ...
Transgender Peoples’ Experiences of Religion and Spirituality
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to examine the religious and spiritual experiences of transgender people. The study used an existing data set consisting of interviews from five self-identified Christian transgender participants, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Parent and Child Perceptions of Parenting Practices: Do Differences Matter for Child Outcomes?
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The aim of the current study was to examine whether differences in perceptions of parenting have an effect on child outcomes. Data were taken from an Early Risers study, which incorporated the Early Risers evidence-based ...
The Role of Spirituality in Therapist Self-Care: An Exploration of Students Beliefs and Practices
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which family therapy students used their spiritual and/or religious beliefs as a resource for preventing clinical burnout and in their self-care practices. Additionally, ...