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Title: Understanding at-risk technology users: a phenomenological approach
Author: Acosta, Kristina
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of users' experiences of technology that are at-risk of potential addictive behaviors. The sample consisted of 12 individuals, who self-identified as at-risk technology users. A th...

Title: Examining the Holistic Health of Urban African Americans Experiencing Continuous Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence in Chicago
Author: Adoma, Jabari
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: This study examined the holistic health of urban African Americans living on the West Side and South Side of Chicago who are experiencing continuous traumatic stress (CTS) due to gun violence. The qualitative research study utilized a phenomenolog...

Title: A Phenomenological Content Analysis of Siblings' Lived Experiences Related to Having a Sibling with Substance Use Problems
Author: Aucoin, Rose
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: ABSTRACTROSE M. AUCOIN. A Phenomenological Research Study of Peoples' Lived Experiences Related to Having a Sibling with Substance Use Problems. (Under the direction of DR. TARYNE M. MINGO) Research indicates that substance use of a family member ...

Title: Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants
Author: Benitez, Elba
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: ABSTRACTELBA CAROLINA BENITEZ. Contributions of Documentation Status, Spiritual Coping, and Acculturation on the Stress Level of Adult Hispanic Immigrants(Under the direction of DR. PHYLLIS POST)Nearly 35% of the more than 55 million Hispanics who...

Title: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY, POSITIVE SOCIAL SUPPORT, PROBLEMATIC SOCIAL SUPPORT AND RACE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS
Author: Bennett, Stacie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences, Continuing education
Description: ABSTRACT Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients are living longer with an unpredictable and incurable chronic condition (Dua, Touma, Toloze, & Jolly, 2013). Quality of life research allows insight into the impact of SLE and SLE treatments on differ...

Title: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATION, PERSONALITY, CHANGE IN PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN OVER A 10-YEAR TIME SPAN
Author: Berwick, Amy
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Continuing education, Personality, Developmental psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between various levels of education, personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience), personality trait changes over time, and u...

Title: Examining The Lived Experiences of Counselors of Color Working in The Eating Disorder Field
Author: Biang, Amy
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mental health
Description: Though eating disorders (EDs) affect a diverse population of people, among professionals who treat EDs, Counselors of Color (COC) are under-represented (Jennings-Mathis et al., 2020). Because the ED field is predominately comprised of White profes...

Title: Relationship of age, gender, attachment level to parent, and race of primary caregiver with Biracial identity development among Biracial students
Author: Bobb, Travis
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: TRAVIS SCOTT BOBB. Relationship of age, gender, attachment level to parent, and race of primary caregiver with Biracial identity development among Biracial students (Under the direction of DR. PHYLLIS POST)The purpose of this study was to examine ...

Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS, FAMILY COMMUNICATION, FORGIVENESS, AND MALE CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE
Author: Branscome, Roderick
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Families--Study and teaching, Sex
Description: Boys who were sexually abused in childhood are three times as likely to report substance use problems that are associated with poor mental and physical health as well as academic, vocational, and interpersonal difficulties. A review of literature ...

Title: Latino Voices: A Qualitative Study of First Generation College Latino Males
Author: Brown, Gerald
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: A qualitative study design was used to describe the perceptions and beliefs about higher education of seven first generation college Latino male students enrolled in higher education in the Southeastern part of the U.S. The purpose of this investi...

Title: Managing conflict in multicultural classes: Examining the relationship between severity of conflict and the use of interventions by university instructors to manage and resolve conflict
Author: Burton, Stephen
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Educational psychology, Social sciences--Study and teaching
Description: Multicultural class professors are faced with the often difficult task of helping prepare pre-service counselors to meet the mental healthcare needs of an increasingly diverse and pluralistic society. A major factor that has stood in the way of ef...

Title: Exploring the Relationship between Multicultural Self-Efficacy, Empathy, and Training of School Counselors and their Knowledge and Skills Related to Supporting Homeless Students
Author: Camp, Ami
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling
Description: Homelessness remains a national concern that affects the lives of many individuals. Approximately one-third of the homeless population includes family households (Havlik & Bryan, 2015; HUD, 2016; National Coalition for the Homeless, 2009), with ov...

Title: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF GAY MEN COMING OUT WHILE IN COLLEGE
Author: Carter, Adam
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Queer studies
Description: This research was conducted to explore the phenomenological essence of gay men who choose to come out while in college. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with self-identified gay men, ranging in age from 18-23 years old, who reported...

Title: Exploring factors impacting social justice advocacy attitudes among play therapists
Author: Chase, Lauren
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Overall, the United States’ population is becoming more diverse, and children in minority groups have many disadvantages due to circumstances beyond their control. They experience more poverty (US Census Bureau, 2017), unequal educational opportun...

Title: Factors Related to Weight-Bias Among Counselors
Author: Christensen, Katie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Psychology, Multicultural education
Description: More than two-thirds of adults and one-sixth of children and adolescents in the United States experience higher levels of body fat and/or obesity (Hales et al., 2020). Individuals with higher levels of body fat often experience weight-bias, prejud...

Title: “You Good, Bruh?” An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Masculinity on Millennial Black Men’s Decisions to Seek Mental Health Treatment
Author: Cofield, Demetrius
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description: In recent years there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of mental illness among millennials. However, there is still a significantly lower rate of Black millennials, specifically Black men, utilizing mental health services compared...

Title: DOES SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING PREDICT JOB SATISFACTION AND BURNOUT AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS
Author: Colistra, Angela
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Social sciences--Research, Spirituality
Description: Job satisfaction and burnout are directly related to turnover within the substance abuse counseling field and a variable that could predict burnout and job satisfaction such as spiritual well-being was of interest. This study explored how spiritua...

Title: “It sometimes heals, but it sometimes hurts”; Exploring the issues facing first-generation and immigrant staff caring for immigrant youth in an after-school program
Author: Cronin, Claire
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Multicultural education, Counseling psychology, Early childhood education
Description: Coming from countries across the world, immigrants have chosen to start a new life in the United States, and become part of the fabric that makes up American society. Today, immigrant children face a unique set of challenges and hardships includin...

Title: Delineating self: How individuals renegotiate boundaries after experiencing intimate partner violence
Author: Czerny, Astra
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex set of behaviors that begins with verbal or emotional abuse and often escalates to physical violence, stalking, or sexual assault. In order to escape the violence, many individuals resort to anonymity a...

Title: An Examination of the Impact of Student Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status on School Counselors' Decisions to Place Students in Alternative Learning Programs
Author: Dameron, Merry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational counseling
Description: The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model (ASCA, 2012) and ASCA Ethical Standards (ASCA, 2016) highlight the relationship between school counseling, advocacy, and social justice. It is the school counselor’s duty to address i...