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The Financial Behavior of Emerging Adults : A Family Financial Socialization Approach
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The present study examined the role of attachment insecurity, locus of control, and parental financial communication in the financial behavior of emerging adults from a family financial socialization theory perspective. ...
HOW LOCUS OF CONTROL, NEED FOR AFFILIATION, THE BIG FIVE FACTORS, AND PERCEIVED RISK RELATE TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The National Safety Council (2010) estimates that at least 100,000 car crashes every year involve drivers who are texting. However, 52 percent of US drivers ages 18-29 have reported texting or e-mailing while driving at ...
Body in Flight
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This master's thesis is a collection of poetry focusing on the emotional and behavioral responses of a woman whose perception of life is considerably twisted by her chances at inheriting cancer and certain romantic ...
Down In The Ghetto
(East Carolina University, 2013)
"Down In The Ghetto" is an account of my time living in the largest favela/slum in Brazil, written to fulfill the requirements of the M.A. in English with a concentration in creative nonfiction. I spent three months in ...
The Relations Among Executive Dysfunction, Delay Aversion and Phonemic Awareness in Proschoolers
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The Dual Pathways theory of AD/HD explains that there may be two independent neurologically based pathways in which AD/HD may develop: executive dysfunction (EDF) and delay aversion (DAv). A separate line of research has ...
Reflections of Difference
(East Carolina University, 2013)
"Reflections of Difference" is an installation intended to explore and express the issues of women dealing with their body image. To create this thesis I have incorporated scientific data, personal interviews with my ...
Facetacks Season One : A Narrative on Ceramic Vessels
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This written report addresses the narrative objects created in the completion of the Master of Fine Arts degree. These objects consist of utilitarian porcelain pottery in the form of stacked cups, coffee sets, and tea ...
THE EFFECT OF SHAME AND GUILT TYPES ON HELPING BEHAVIORS
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Shame and guilt are often considered to be the same emotion; this is partially because the nuanced differences are overlooked in favor of a focus on fixing the negative outcome of these emotions. Shame and guilt also have ...
Assessing Servant Leadership Development Among Student Employees Through a Challenge Course Apprenticeship
(East Carolina University, 2013)
In today's system of higher education, administrators are committed to developing students into leaders (Bush, 2009). One area for leadership development is during non-curricular programming that is typically offered by a ...
Predictors of Grade Retention in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This study examined the predictive value of sex, socioeconomic status (SES), disease severity, family achievement-orientation, and family relationship quality for predicting grade retention in children and adolescents with ...