Browsing by Author "McGaha, Valerie"
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Behind the veil: Experiences and persistence strategies of Black women in academic leadership at predominately and historically white institutions
Tarver, Eunice (2022-07)Despite literature emphasizing the importance of their leadership on college campuses, African American women serving in senior-level academic leadership on both predominately and historically white campuses are severely ... -
Dual enrollment experiment: Exploration for distributed leadership
Phillips, Jerrett D. (2020-12)Leadership could be identified as a construct with unlimited definitions that are as idiosyncratic as the individuals seeking to frame its essence. While the contemporary study of scientific leadership dates back to the ... -
Influence of STEM mentor race and cultural competency on racial and ethnic minority mentees
Zackery, Stephanie (2021-07)Although the number of racial and ethnic minorities (REM) in science technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields have been gradually increasing, REM continue to be underrepresented in both STEM education and ... -
King of the mat: Former elite wrestlers and perceptions of perfectionism and identity
Delk, Cheryl A. (2017-05)Research on perfectionism and identity is vast and has a significant focus on athletic and academic performance along with links to positive and negative mental health. The majority of research is quantitative and data is ... -
Predictors of resilience in families of children with a mental health disorder
Hubbard, Rebecca L. (2019-08)While much theorizing and research has been conducted on family resilience, the concepts and theories of family resilience have not been applied to families who have a child with a mental health disorder. The proposed study ... -
Premilitary suicidal ideation, combat exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder as predictors of recent suicidal ideation in OEF/OIF era veterans
Alvarez, Alexander S. (2017-07)There has been an alarming increase in suicidal ideation and suicide among military personnel and veterans since the commencement of the wars in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom; OEF) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi ... -
Psychological distress, well-being and academic performance: A cascade effect among Black college students
Adeyiga, Oyeyemi A. (2021-07)In the traditional paradigm, mental health and illness exist on a single continuum where the emphasis is on the presence or absence of pathological outcomes. In contrast, a new theoretical framework recognizes and promotes ... -
Relationship between scores on the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status and the test of memory malingering
Sackett, Neila (2011-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the current study was to establish a means of assessing and confirming malingering or symptom exaggeration in the context of a brief neuropsychological screening, specifically, the ... -
Relationship Of Guilt Proneness And Shame Proneness Among African American Women
Mccadney, Amber Elizabeth (Oklahoma State University, 2010-07-01)Research conducted on depressive symptoms among the Black American female populations has been limited as far as addressing the associated emotions and behaviors related to depressive symptoms from a culturally relevant ... -
Relationship of self-compassion and level of outness with emotional distress in transgender individuals
Allen, Christopher D. (2017-07)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of self-compassion and level of outness, as well as influential demographics of transgender individuals with emotional distress in a sample of 234 transgender ... -
Relationships among perceived coronary heart disease risk, depression, health preventive behaviors, and coronary heart disease knowledge in older women
Webster, Krysta Lynette (2011-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among perceived risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), CHD knowledge, depression, and health preventive behaviors among U. S. women 65 ... -
South Asian American daughter-in-law/mother-in-law relationships, cultural values conflict, and help-seeking for domestic violence
Wasim, Fatima (2014-07)The South Asian American population growth rate is high, however, there is little research regarding their mental health concerns and low utilization of services. One of the most understudied and complex issues is the ... -
Stress, Resilience, and Achievement Motivation in College Students : the Full Half of the Glass
Dewitt, Nicole Juliana (Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)The scope of this study was limited to students at Eastern Washington University who chose to participate. The purpose was to examine the relationship between stress, resilience, and achievement motivation in relation to ... -
Student expectations and perceptions of service quality at a for-profit college
France, Melissa H. (2015-05)The rate of enrollment growth at the 800 degree granting for-profit institutions in the U.S. is outpacing traditional colleges and universities (Kinser, 2005; Lynch et al., 2010). However, four-year degree programs at ... -
To believe or not to believe: Religious/spiritual and secular identity group differences in quality of life and psychological distress in college students
Dabbs, Christopher Rome, II (2022-07)Religiosity and spirituality often provide core coping structures to believers. College students are regularly put into novel situations and environments in which they must rely on their coping mechanisms, including practices ... -
Understanding the College Completion Agenda on a Community College Campus: The Lived Experience of Faculty and Administrators
Cox, Carolyn S. (2019-06)Former President Obama and business leaders placed community colleges at the center of a plan to avoid a shortage of skilled workers, relying heavily on the 2-year institutions to educate prospective employees and, thereby, ...