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Restrictive Emotionality and Marital Satisfaction
(2009)
The relationship between restrictive emotionality and marital satisfaction was examined in a sample of 112 married couples. Individuals were asked to rate their own and their spouses' restrictive emotionality, rate the ...
Burnout among special educators: Do experience, certification, caseload, and school size make a difference?
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to address various concerns regarding the burnout rate of special educators in Oklahoma school settings. The provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with ...
Morality in combat.
(2000)
The factors that contribute to a military officer's moral and ethical decisions in combat are investigated with a qualitative study of interviews conducted with thirteen veterans. Theories of moral reasoning are discussed ...
Peak experience, epiphany, and psychological well-being.
(2006)
This dissertation examined two critical experiences: peak experience and epiphany and their relationship with psychological well-being (general well-being and life satisfaction). Survey data from 217 college students was ...
College students with disabilities: Building self-determination and self-efficacy.
(2004)
The successful pursuit of postsecondary opportunities for students with disabilities requires providing supports beyond the typical academic accommodations. Equal access to postsecondary education should include developing ...
Decolonizing personality assessment: An examination of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
(2005)
This research builds on a previous investigation which found that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2), the most widely used personality assessment instrument in the world, exhibits significant ...
The effects of dispositional hope on coping with career indecision in a sample of undergraduate students.
(2004)
The purpose of the present study was to provide further evidence of the distinct ways by which dispositional hope affects career indecision and coping with vocational choice among undergraduate students. Using a sample of ...
Collegiate journalists, media literacy, the culture of fear, and Conscientizacao: A critical ethnography.
(2006)
This qualitative project explored collegiate journalists' experiences with a mass-media generated Culture of Fear and investigated the theoretical interconnections of this culture, journalism education, college newspaper ...
Awakening a social conscience: Toward a model of activist identity development.
(2007)
A Model of Activist Identity Development (MAID) is proposed having five stages: Contact, Commitment to Action, Stridency, Adaptation, and Deepened Understanding. These stages bear similarity to established models of identity ...
Self-Forgiveness Scale: A validation study.
(2001)
The topic of forgiveness is defined, presented in models, and reviewed in the present literature. Additionally, the existing measures of and research on forgiveness are discussed. The topic of self-forgiveness is presented ...