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The Child Life Specialists' Perception of Animal Assisted Therapy Within a Pediatric Oncology Population
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
When a child receives the life altering diagnosis of cancer, it is often the beginning of a whirlwind of endless hospitalizations, procedures, checkups, and a multitude of side effects related to the disease. All of these ...
Exploring the Experiences, Roles, and Impacts of Child Life Specialists Providing Psychosocial Care on Short Term Medical Missions
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Certified child life specialists (CCLSs) are serving on international short term medical missions (STMMs) to provide psychosocial care for children and families. This is the first known study to examine the experiences ...
Examining the implementation of PETTLEP-based imagery in youth soccer-dribbling performance
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Purposes: To examine the effect of PETTLEP imagery on performance (dribbling time, error performance, performance time) when it is introduced at different times during the process of learning a soccer skill. Hypotheses: ...
AN EXPLORATION OF HOW TECHNOLOGY USE INFLUENCES RELATIONAL ETHIC SCORES OF EMERGING ADULT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Technology is virtually used within all facets of life such as in employment locations, educational institutions, and in interpersonal relationships and has become a necessary tool of contemporary living. Technology is ...
Exploring Identity Development in a Summer Residential Camp for Adolescent Girls
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
Adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood that is characterized by constant change. One of the major developmental tasks youth must address during this period is identity formation. The process ...
Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
PURPOSE: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), all-cause mortality and CVD mortality. Some researchers have speculated that Blacks have lower levels of CRF when compared ...
The Effect of Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Mortality Risk
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Clinicians use risk calculators in primary prevention to estimate CVD mortality. A potential limitation of available risk calculators are they generally estimate risk based on traditional risk factors, which is problematic ...
Overview of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Children
(2015-04)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex disorder, which can be seen as a disorder of life time, developing in preschool years and manifesting symptoms (full and/or partial) throughout the adulthood; ...
The Effects of the A Matter of Balance Program on Falls and Physical Risk of Falls, Tampa, Florida, 2013
(2015)
Introduction
This study investigated the effects of the A Matter of Balance (MOB) program on falls and physical risk factors of falling among community-dwelling older adults living in Tampa, Florida, in 2013.
Methods
A ...
The Decade of Bedbugs and Fear
(2011-06)