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IMPLICIT CREATIVE PERSONALITY, RISK-TAKING, AND CREATIVE PERFORMANCE
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-29)Creativity is a critical asset to organizations in order to remain competitive and to maintain survival. Additionally, the willingness to take risks is associated with organizational advances. Thus far, the assessment ... -
Implicit Theories of Intelligence and Difference-Education as Interventions for First-Generation Students
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)First-generation students (FGS) are an at-risk population who have high rates of dropping out by the end of their first year of college compared to non-first-generation students (NFGS). FGS could potentially benefit from ... -
Improving Medication Adherence In Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions : Evaluation Of A Pilot Intervention In A Rural Primary Care Clinic
(East Carolina University, 2015)Background: More than 25% of primary care patients are managing multiple chronic conditions (MCC) and 50% of their medications are not taken as prescribed. Self-efficacy is the foundation of many successful medication ... -
Individual Differences in Error Related Processing of Expectancy Violations
(East Carolina University, 2012)Electrophysiological investigations of brain processing of feedback reveal that the anterior cingulate cortex is important in monitoring for behavioral errors. The feedback related negativity (FRN) is an event related ... -
Influence of Childhood Maltreatment Severity on Aggressive Behavior Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-26)Childhood maltreatment contributes to a vast array of mental and behavioral health problems in youth. Children who are victims of childhood maltreatment are at an increased risk of engaging in aggressive behavior. This ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING ON MEDICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
(2015-04-29)Objectives: Medical self-efficacy is defined as an individual’s belief in his or her ability to manage aspects of their disease and to lead to desired health outcomes (Edwards, Telfair, Cecil, and Lenoci, 2001). Prior ... -
The Influence of Fear and Efficacy Appeals on Motivation, Test Anxiety, and Test Performance
(East Carolina University, 2015)Due to changes in accountability standards educators have begun to modify their teaching styles. A primary change that has occurred is that teachers often resort to using threat-based messages that focus on the negative ... -
The Influence of Gender Identity and Sex on Perceptions of Relational Stalking
(East Carolina University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to examine how participant and target gender identity may alter perceptions of relational stalking. Gender roles and schemas may help to shape perceptions of stalking and thus change how ... -
The Influence of High-Stakes Accountability Policy on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Turnover
(East Carolina University, 2015)The current study examined the impact of teacher stress related to high-stakes testing and educational policy changes on teacher turnover. Predictors of teacher turnover such as demographics, stress, educational policy ... -
Institutional Betrayal: Students' Experiences with Formally Reporting a College Sexual Assault
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-06)Nearly one in five U.S. college women will experience a sexual assault while enrolled in college (Cantor et al., 2015; Jordan et al., 2014; Muehlenhard et al., 2017; Zinzow et al., 2010). Following a sexual assault, many ... -
Intercultural Contact, Communication Apprehension, and Social Perspective Taking
(East Carolina University, 2013)This research examined the relationship between intergroup contact, intercultural communication apprehension, and social perspective taking. Participants were students taking a course which facilitates interactions between ... -
Internet-Based Health and Well-Being Interventions in a Working Population
(East Carolina University, 2013)The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of educational email interventions in improving employee health. Employees' levels of workaholism, work stress, job satisfaction, and physical health ... -
It's good to be grateful : Gratitude interventions at work
(East Carolina University, 2011)The effect of gratitude on well-being and work specific outcomes was examined. In this study, participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions (control and gratitude). Participants in the gratitude ... -
KEY MOTIVATORS FOR ENROLLING IN MATH ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)This study examined the motivating factors for students to enroll in advanced placement math courses based on the data collected from the 2016 High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) by the National Center for ... -
Knowledge of Sickle Cell Trait and Disease among African-American College Students
(East Carolina University, 2011)The term sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a collection of hemoglobinopathies (inherited blood disorders) characterized by abnormal hemoglobin and produced through the homozygous inheritance of a sickle cell allele. ... -
LATENCY OF FIRST OFFICE DISCIPLINE REFERRALS AMONG YOUTH RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL THERAPY IN SCHOOLS
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)Youth who experience mental illness can exhibit disruptive behavior in the school setting which is frequently not recognized as a result of internal struggle. For the estimated 20% of school-aged youth who experience mental ...