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The Effect of Home-School Communication on Treatment Integrity
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Federal policy and school psychology practice have recently increased advocacy for the use of evidence-based interventions. Treatment integrity is an important component of evidenced-based interventions and individuals ...
Factors Influencing Teacher Acceptability of Evidence-Based Interventions for the Treatment of ADHD
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The current study examined ratings of teacher-rated acceptability of three evidence-based interventions commonly used for children diagnosed with ADHD. Teachers (n = 170) from five suburban elementary schools were asked ...
Questioning "Questioning" as a Sexual Identity and Label : An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Sexual or gender minorities often experience poorer health and mental outcomes than their heterosexually-identified or cisgender peers. Among those often included as sexual or gender minorities are those who identify as ...
School-Based Mental Health Therapy : Meeting the Needs of Rural Adolescents
(East Carolina University, 2014)
School-based mental health (SBMH) therapy offers promise in addressing the mental health needs of rural adolescents. The current investigation includes two studies that examine rural adolescents' educational and mental ...
USING A GROUP CONTINGENCY TO INCREASE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECOND LIFE CLASSROOM
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Given the expanding definition of classrooms, it is important to investigate evidence-based interventions to address student behavior in various academic formats. Universities have been using Second Life (SL) learning ...
AGGRESSION, INCIVILITY, FORGIVENESS, AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the incremental validity of forgiveness and experiences of incivility to the prediction of deviant behavior by trait aggression. Participants consisted of 480 undergraduate ...
Predicting Treatment Success : Assessing Theoretically-Driven Constructs that Impact the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among African American Women in a Novel Peer-Delivered Small Changes Treatment Approach
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Rural African American women have greater prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and poorer treatment outcomes compared to Caucasians. Some research suggests that self-efficacy, subjective norms, and locus of control ...
Project MENTOR+ : Mentor-led exercise with cognitive-behavioral therapy to improve perceived competence, reduce social anxiety, and increase physical activity in overweight adolescents.
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Overweight adolescents are at increased risk for peer victimization and avoidance of physical activity, thus perpetuating overweight status and peer victimization. Avenues of intervention include (1) reducing avoidance ...
The Impact of Moral Judgment on the Relationship Between Trait Aggression and Deviant Behavior
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The purpose of this study was to investigate moral judgments' mediating effect on the relationship between trait aggression and deviant behavior. Participants consisted of 337 undergraduate students at a large southeastern ...
"Did you Hear?" : Gossip as a Manifestation of Trait Aggression
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This study sought to ascertain how trait aggression relates to individuals' motives and tendencies to participate in various types of gossip; while empirically differentiating between the application of negative and positive ...