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Examination of the influence of athletic participation on college adjustment
(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 ...
Validation of the Maladaptive Behavior Scale in three samples
(2018-07)
Brief and efficient measures of maladaptive behaviors are needed for screening purposes in a variety of health care settings. There currently are no brief broadband measures that assess the frequency of maladaptive behaviors ...
Feature investigation using micro computed tomography within materials
(2018-05)
This work uses micro computed tomography, as a direct non-destructive tool, to investigate the internal 3D microstructure of different materials at multiple length scales to provide insights that are of interest to the ...
That dog don't hunt: Narrative inquiry about superintendent sustainability
(2018-05)
Research suggests that, despite a great deal of training and job experience that typically precedes the ascension to a district level leadership position (Lamkin, 2006), superintendent career sustainability/longevity is ...
Bayesian analysis for sparse functional data
(2018-05)
This dissertation mainly presents a novel Bayesian method for sparse functional data. Specifically, two models are proposed, one of which models all individual functions with a common smoothness and the other groups ...
Relationship Between Motivational Orientation, Mindsets and Critical Thinking in College Students
(2018-12-01)
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between the expression of critical thinking and motivational orientation (i.e. autonomy, controlled and impersonal) and the relationship between expressed critical ...
Neutrophil characterization for the development of novel combination therapy in a murine model of influenza pneumonia with secondary pneumococcal coinfection
(2018-05)
Pneumococcal coinfection is a critical complication of influenza pneumonia and has played a vital role in the lethal synergism seen in influenza pandemics throughout the last century. This project focuses on identifying ...
Integrated model of interpersonal characteristics and psychological states toward employees' work outcomes
(2018-05)
The purpose of this study is to build and empirically test a model describing the psychological mechanisms underlying employees’ social exchange relationships in the workplace by applying both the interpersonal characteristics ...
Identifying Equine Veterinarians' Continuing Educational Needs in Equine Nutrition
(2018-12-01)
A growing population of horses is suffering from nutrition-related disorders (Hoffman, Costa, & Freeman, 2009). Horse owners rely on equine veterinarians as their primary source of information regarding the health, disease ...
Effects of performance predictions and cue focality on prospective memory performance
(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 ...