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Title: An Exploratory Study of Barriers and Supports Faced By Women Superintendents
Author: Shaw, Emily
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The significance of this study was to give an active voice to the experiences of women superintendents. By giving voice to the lived experiences of women superintendents, the study sought to further understand the phenomenon of women dominating th...

Title: An evaluation of an intervention for HPV risk reduction among college-aged women
Author: Sweeney, Jocelyn
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Health education
Description: The goal of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a group intervention in reducing risk in relation to human papillomavirus (HPV) among sexually active, college-aged women. Using a randomized design, the current study examined the effectiv...

Title: Internalizing Genderization: Women’s Navigation of Power Dynamics in Senior-level Student Affairs Roles
Author: Wheeler, Emily
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: While women have attained higher-level roles and greater representation in higher education administrator roles, the concept of the higher, the fewer (Nidiffer, 2002) represents the "gendered prestige hierarchies" (Allan, 2011, p. 58) that limit w...

Title: Introducing clean delivery kits to improve knowledge of clean birth practices in Haiti.
Author: Ostan, Grace
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Maternal and infant mortality rates in developing countries are significantly higher than rates in developed countries with sepsis contributing to mortality. Cleanliness at birth has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a key ...

Title: Motivators of Adult Women Enrolled in a Community College
Author: Johnston, Connie
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
Description: The goal of this study was to describe what motivates adult women enrolled in a community college to pursue higher education. Utilizing profile analysis and multiple regression analyses, this study investigated the extent to which gender, English ...

Title: Posttraumatic Growth Among African American Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Roles of Spirituality, Locus of Control, and Self-Concept
Author: Hill, Lisa
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Research has suggested that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can hinder normal cognitive, social and emotional development. Research has also suggested that CSA contributes to higher levels of pathology than other traumatic experiences. Rates of victi...

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: SENSE OF COHERENCE AND DAILY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AMONG PREGNANT, POST-PARTUM, AND PARENTING WOMEN IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE: AN EXPRESSIVE ARTS GROUP THERAPY INTERVENTION
Author: Snyder, Melia
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Public health
Description: Substance abuse has devastating social, economic, and public health consequences. For pregnant, post-partum, and parenting women who abuse substances, fetal and child development are also of concern. Sense of Coherence (SOC), a salutogenic measure...

Title: Super-Generators? Exploring the Career Trajectories and Leadership Practices of Women Superintendents
Author: Lockhart, Joyce
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: ABSTRACTJOYCE Y. LOCKHART. Super-Generators: exploring the career trajectories and leadership practices of women superintendents (Under the direction of DR. LISA G. DRISCOLL) This investigation explored how the personal history, career trajectorie...

Title: Understanding the Impact of Racism and Sexism on the Development of the Professional Identity of African American Women Principals
Author: Brown, Chrystal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of racism and sexism in the development of the professional identity of African American women principals in public K-12 schools. African American women experience the principalship differently...