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- Title
- A meta-analysis of the roles and resources model of support giving's health effects
- Author
- LaPorte, Thomas
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Social psychology, Psychology, Medical sciences
- Description
- Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...
- Title
- An Examination of Family and Health Risks and Services on Permanency Outcomes for Multisystem Youth
- Author
- Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaimelee
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Multisystem youth, or youth involved with the juvenile court and child welfare systems, are a high-need population about which research is still-emerging. These youth tend to experience considerable adversity and risk across domains (e.g., health ...
- Title
- An examination of the moderating role of gendered racial identity centrality in the relationship between gendered racism and depression
- Author
- Behrendt-Mihalski, Jaime
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology
- Description
- Black women experience both racism and sexism, and these experiences have been found to be related to psychological distress and impairment. While research has pointed to the independent negative effects of racism and sexism on mental health, ther...
- Title
- Behavioral Health Stigma: Breaking the code with Stigma Index
- Author
- Tokmic, Farah
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Medical sciences, Information science
- Description
- Social labeling of people with behavioral health disorders falls under the umbrella of "stigma" and plays a key role in limiting the access to behavioral healthcare. Currently, the U.S. spends an estimated $201B on behavioral health disorders ever...
- Title
- Equipping parents to support their children’s education: The effects of Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program
- Author
- Gadaire, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Early childhood education, Psychology
- Description
- Charlotte Bilingual Preschool’s Family Program aims to equip parents to support their children’s education at home and at school by increasing parents’ educational engagement, promoting parenting best practices, developing families’ social capital...
- Title
- Examining the Relationship between School Security Measures, Sense of Safety and Academic Achievement using an Intersectional Framework: A Moderated-Mediation Model
- Author
- Siegal, Rachel
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education and state
- Description
- School security measures (SSMs), which include school resource officers (SROs), security cameras, and metal detectors, are used in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States (Musu-Gillette et al., 2019) and can cost school syste...
- Title
- HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
- Author
- Simmons, Alexander
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Agriculture, Developmental psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
- Description
- Recent theory and findings suggest that even while enduring adverse social circumstances such as poverty, Black male youth exhibit strengths that can aid in their development. Some frameworks maintain that youth strengths can be fostered through i...
- Title
- Identifying Health and Mental Health Needs and Facilitating Access to Care among Youth in Foster Care
- Author
- Hogan, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Government policy, Mental health, Social service
- Description
- Youth placed in foster care typically confront a host of health and mental health conditions and related concerns. To address these potential health challenges early, federal legislation stipulates the need to develop case plans and coordinate the...
- Title
- Nature and Public School Students: Examining the Link between Academic Functioning and School Nature
- Author
- Scott, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, City planning, Social sciences
- Description
- Although research has demonstrated that nature exposure (i.e., environments with natural features such as vegetation or greenspace) has the potential to improve individuals’ psychological and physical well-being, little research has investigated p...
- Title
- PUNK ROCK AS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY: AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF MEMBERSHIP IN A MUSIC-BASED SUBCULTURE
- Author
- Palamaro Munsell, Eylin
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Sociology, Psychology, Area studies
- Description
- Adolescence is often viewed as a tumultuous time. As teens grow more independent, social interaction with peers becomes increasingly important, and friendships with peers are associated with numerous positive outcomes. However, along with teens' e...
- Title
- Parent preferences on disability language regarding their preschool-aged child with special needs
- Author
- Alpaugh, Lindsay
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- The purpose of the study was to examine the disability language preference of parents with a child with special needs who is between the ages of three and five. Specific research questions included: What form of disability language do parents choo...
- Title
- Predicting youth adjustment following service discharge in a system of care
- Author
- Scott, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mental health, Behavior therapy
- Description
- Systems of Care (SOC) have demonstrated modest benefits for youth with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances; however, it is uncertain that youth benefit more when they receive treatment in a SOC relative to traditional treatment. Although...
- Title
- The School Environment Project: Measuring Key Elements of School Climate and Culture in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Author
- Godly-Reynolds, Erin
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Education
- Description
- Previous research has investigated the school context using conceptualizations of two constructs, school culture and school climate, that appear to overlap and contain measurement flaws, limiting their utility in applied research settings. To impr...
- Title
- They said what? How to communicate effectively with advocates
- Author
- Strompolis, Melissa
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Communication, Political science, Psychology
- Description
- With effective communication, nonprofit organizations engaged in policy and advocacy work can have a positive impact on the constituents served by the organization, on the advocates working with the organization, and on social issues in general. E...
- Title
- YOUTH VOICE AND PERCEIVED CONTROL IN TREATMENT FOR YOUTH IN A SYSTEM OF CARE
- Author
- Huggins, Sasha
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Psychology, Clinical psychology
- Description
- Empowering clients in the mental health system is a principle for providing care that has developed in response to the once standard approach in which individuals had little to no voice and choice in their treatment plans and were served in very r...