Browsing by Author "Miller, Bridget"
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Affective State Response to Stretching Before an Acute Bout of Exercise
Hale, William (Oklahoma State University, 2006-07-01)Sixteen University Students (8 male, 8 female) volunteered for this study which purpose was determine the influence of stretching before exercise on affective states such as state anxiety and acute self-efficacy. Participants ... -
Character strengths and well-being: Differences in social activity among college students
Murrell, Lindsay (2015-07)There has been an increase in students seeking counseling services in universities, with depression and anxiety being the most prevalent presenting concerns. Previous research indicates that the use of character strengths ... -
Collegiate aviation programs and their under representation of female students: A national study of the perceptions of female student pilots
Depperschmidt, Chad L. (2008-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the existence and extent of barriers and biases against female flight students at collegiate flight programs. The researcher gathered data from female ... -
Critical needs assessment for a Master of Science in Aviation Security: A qualitative inquiry of aviation security professionals
Loffi, Jon M. (2012-12)The world was changed by a significant event in aviation on a beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. The first sustained flight of an aircraft under power was realized. The world looked on as another ... -
Cross-section analysis of Vitamin D status on muscle strength and power in NCAA athletes
Hildebrand, Rachel (2013-07)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy in collegiate athletes and to determine the influence of serum vitamin D (25-OH D) on muscle strength and power in this population. -
Depression and Anxiety in Pilots: A Qualitative Study of SSRI Usage in US Aviation and Evaluation of FAA Standards and Practices Compared to ICAO States
Durham, Jake (2018-12-01)Before 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not allow airmen to exercise the privileges of pilot in command (PIC) of an aircraft or obtain a medical certificate if one had been diagnosed with anxiety, ... -
Dietary Adherence: Social Cognitive Theory and the Mediterranean Diet
Greiner, Benjamin Houston (2017-05-01)Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is estimated to affect 1 in 3 Americans. The Mediterranean diet has proved to be efficacious in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. ... -
Effect of fat-free skim chocolate milk on power, speed, agility, and body composition in female softball players
Campbell, Stacy J. (2015-12)This exploratory research examined the potential effect of fat-free chocolate milk on body composition, power, speed, and agility among trained female collegiate athletes (n = 16) in August/November 2012. Participants were ... -
Effects of exercise on cognition, specifically executive function, in college-aged participants
Konstans, Katherine (2016-05-02)My Honors Thesis project investigated the effects of exercise on cognition in college-aged students from Oklahoma State University. Currently, the literature explores the effects of exercise on the cognitive functioning ... -
Effects of Mental Training on Competitive State Anxiety in Collegiate Equestrian Athletes
Frankland, Elizabeth (Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)The purpose of this study was two fold, first to examine competitive state anxiety in collegiate equestrian athletes. Second, to examine the effects of psychological skills training on competitive state anxiety. Forty ... -
Effects of performance predictions and cue focality on prospective memory performance
Kytola, Keri Lynn (2018-05)The present study investigated the extent to which memory beliefs (as indexed by performance predictions and postdictions) affected older adults' prospective memory (PM) performance on PM tasks that had different retrieval ... -
Effects of skin cancer prevention education and sunscreen availability on sunscreen use among outdoor high school athletes
Nikitina-Helvey, Natalya (2021-12)The aim of this study was to determine the effects of an educational intervention on knowledge, behavior, and attitudes of outdoor high school athletes regarding skin cancer. An educational intervention was performed on ... -
Examination of the influence of athletic participation on college adjustment
Stowers, Nicolas A. (2018-05)College students are faced with adjustment as they enter the new and unfamiliar environment. Strategies of adaptation are developed, some of which are positive and some less positive. Student-athletes have an additional ... -
Factors Affecting Concussion Symptom Self-Reporting Among Division I Collegiate Cheerleaders
Martin, Kathleen Elizabeth (Oklahoma State University, 2009-07-01)The purpose of this research is to identify the reasons and factors that affect whether cheerleaders do or do not self-report concussions symptoms. Questionnaires were be used to identify perceived psychological, social, ... -
Health and well-being of sports coaches: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of swim coaches
Kezbers, Krista Marie (2017-05)Full-time sports coaches face a unique, challenging, and constantly changing work environment. Understanding the experiences and perceptions of individual coaches is paramount to appreciating the implications of the ... -
Identification of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required for Aircraft Electronics Technicians
Bycroft, Christopher Lee (2018-12-01)Advances in electronics technology have transformed the cockpits of large and small modern aircraft. This transformation has created new challenges for the aviation electronics industry and the technicians that support and ... -
Impact of Generation Y on employee retention in a large Oklahoma aerospace company
Thomas, Angela M. (2016-12)The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to identify and investigate the issues of employee retention in the Oklahoma aerospace industry; specifically, examining if employee retention, as well as turnover, ... -
Impact of individual difference variables on women's perceptions of sexual objectification
Sievert, Kristen N. Dinneen (2016-07)Sexually objectifying experiences, such as a man staring at a woman's breasts or making inappropriate sexual comments to a woman, are common occurrences in Western society (Hill & Fischer, 2008) and have been related to a ... -
Influence of psychologists' values on the discussion of spirituality and exercise in therapy
Dunkle, Andrew N. (2014-07)Previous research has provided evidence that values may direct behaviors and that psychotherapy is value laden, however, there is little known about how therapists' values influence their in session behaviors with clients. ... -
Model of mental health stigma and views of masculinity as contributing factors to body dissatisfaction as measured by the BDD-SS
Jayne, Christopher Neal (2020-07)There seems to be a gap in the current literature when identifying factors which exacerbate Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) within males. Most literature which focused on body image disturbance examined the impact of the ...