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PREDICTING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) SYMPTOM SEVERITY FROM ACCESS TO SERVICES
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Children who suffer from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) present with varying severity of core deficits in communication, social skills, and the presence of stereotypic and restrictive behaviors (American Psychiatric ...
Matters of Steel : Illustrating and Assessing the Deterioration of the World War II Merchant Freighter Caribsea
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this thesis is to acquire historical and archaeological datasets for the illustration and interpretation of site formation processes affecting a World War II merchant shipwreck, and to use this data to develop ...
Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening, Heart Rate Variability, and Emotion Regulation
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Recent findings have uncovered another layer of complexity with regards to the psychophysiology of emotion. Higher resting blood pressures have been shown to be related to increased difficulties with appraising and ...
The Career Choices of Workaholics : An Investigation of the Relationship Between Workaholism and Career Anchors
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between workaholism and career anchors. Employees’ levels of workaholism and values regarding career anchors were investigated. Results indicated that ...
RESTAURANT AND BAR OWNERS AND MANAGERS RESPOND TO NORTH CAROLINA'S SMOKE-FREE LAW, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE INSIDE THEIR BUSINESSES, AND SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This descriptive, cross-sectional study was used to collect and analyze data provided from a pencil and paper survey mailed to a randomly selected group of North Carolina restaurants and bars. The topic of the study was ...
Workaholism and Workplace Incivility : the Role of Stress and Psychological Capital
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The current study aimed to fill a gap in the research on incivility in the workplace by investigating who is more prone to engage in uncivil work behaviors. The connection between workaholism, incivility, stress, and ...
"The Tonic of Wildness" : Thoreau's Critique of Industrial Capitalism
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis is a critical intervention in contemporary Thoreau scholarship. It argues against Ashton Nichols's application of his concept of "urbanature" to the writings and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's ...
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ...
Let's Talk Emotions : Re-envisioning the Writing Center through Consultant Emotional Labor
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Based on current literature and writing center lore, there is a lack of discussion surrounding the emotional labor of writing center consultants; however, the environment of the writing center and the job parameters create ...
An Exploration of Collegiate Outdoor Recreation Professionals' Personality Traits and Job Task Affect
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The investigator of the present study examined the Big Five personality traits of 94 Collegiate Outdoor Recreation (COR) professionals employed within a campus recreation setting. Using the Five Factor Model (FFM) of ...