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Preliminary Analysis of the Effect of Adolescent Anxiety on Student-Teacher Relationships During Behavioral Consultation
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-22)
Background: The impact of ADHD on the formation of relationships with adults has been noted for several decades. Anxiety has been mentioned as a potentially enhancing factor in the treatment of ADHD and there is emerging ...
Breathing Rate, Pattern, and Heart Rate During Baseline Recording and Painful Electrodermal Stimulation-Induced Anxiety
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Background: One common treatment for anxiety is breathing retraining (BRT), but evidence of its efficacy and effectiveness is mixed, and the mechanisms are not well-understood. To date, no study has examined breathing ...
Policy Reforms Targeting Care for Older Adults in Lithuania
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This thesis project investigates policy reforms surrounding the care of older people in post-socialist Lithuania. It is argued that institutional arrangements inherited from the socialist era were shaped by indigenous ...
Geometry and Progressive Development of a Shallow Crustal Intrusive Complex, Mount Hillers, Henry Mountains, Utah
(East Carolina University, 2014)
The Henry Mountains of southeastern Utah are five topographic domes, each of which is a separate mid-Tertiary shallow crustal intrusive complex comprised of a cluster of component igneous intrusions. The intrusions were ...
Investigating the Role of CtBP in Colorectal Cancer
(2015-04-29)
Recent studies in breast cancer tissue have demonstrated that C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) over-expression induces stem cell-like features and genome instability; whereas CtBP depletion or caloric restriction reverses ...
Cyberloafing: A Study Of Personality Factors And Organizational Commitment As Predictor Variables Of Cyberloafing And Perceived Organizational Acceptance
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality and organizational commitment with cyberloafing. Results indicate that all personality factors (conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, ...
Hormone Exposure During Pregnancy and Maternal Care
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-17)
It is suspected that prenatal hormones can affect maternal care, which has important implications for the neurological development of pups. To determine if the altered hormone levels affected maternal care, pregnant dams ...
The Personality Correlates of Driving While Intexticated
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The present study attempted to identify the antecedents of texting while driving. Specifically, this study looks at the relationship between personality traits (i.e., the Big-Five), trait risk taking, and the cognitive ...
Effects of Alternative Seating on the Academic Engagement of Children With Autism
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Students with sensory integration deficits may display a hyper or hyposensitivity to sensory information and lack the ability to modulate that input in socially appropriate ways. Therapy balls as a sensory integration ...
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 ...