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Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Creator:: Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
Abstract:: In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: interaction. What an individual brings with them to the interaction determines their social location and

The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

Creator:: Needham, Shana M.
Abstract:: One's ability to determine the cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the ability to determine these relationships is not always as clear. According to Weary and Edwards (1996) causal uncertainty (CU) is the result of an individual perceiving themselves as someone who...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: social norms, which allow them to more easily maneuver the situation. Negotiating this interaction

The Consequences of Infelicity : The Effects of Unhappiness on Biological and Social Evolution

Creator:: Martinez, Jorge R.
Abstract:: In social and biological evolution, infelicity can operate as a driving motor to force change. In this essay, for life other than human, infelicity is equated with physical unfitness to compete for the resources of a specific niche. For humanity it is defined as the result of an incongruity between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unhappiness on biological and social evolution AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jorge R. Martinez for the

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

Creator:: Martin, Nicole R.
Abstract:: The present study examined involuntary attentional bias toward facial emotion expression. Particularly, the study examined two different attentional components for emotional processing, namely, orienting vs. disengagement. A cueing paradigm using two cue presentation times (250ms and 350ms) was used to determine if attention would be involuntarily captured by an irrelevant...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Psychological Science for the generous Graduate Teaching Assistantship bestowed upon her

Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Goals 61 Previous Educational Experiences 62 Inner Transformations 66 Increasing Awareness 68 Social

Objectified body consciousness : a theory-to-practice approach

Creator:: John, Deborah Haydel
Abstract:: Objectified body consciousness (OBC) is a third-person perspective that locates an individual's body-self relationship primarily in the appearance of her/his body as an outside observer rather than in how her/his body feels or what her/his body can do. We know very little about OBC in relation to physical self variables...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The change in alcohol consumption of important people to clients

Creator:: Doerksen, Dana B.
Abstract:: The Change in Alcohol Consumption of Important People to Clients measures the relationship between outcomes of clients’ alcohol treatment and the changes in alcohol consumption by important people (IP) in clients’ social networks. The prevalence of alcoholism in America continues to negatively impact individuals and society, yet few people with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: clients’ social networks. The prevalence of alcoholism in America continues to negatively impact

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

Creator:: Carron, Ashley A.
Abstract:: The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today's society than ever before. Of the existing social networking platforms, Twitter is widely recognized as operating within the social networking elite. With this rise in social networking comes the challenge to develop new strategies of navigation when presenting one's identity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CTI is to view social interaction as an aspect of one’s identity. Identity Theory is also

A field study of a social cognition training program for deaf adults in vocational rehabilitation

Creator:: Blankenship, Jonathan Charles
Abstract:: The study was designed to assess the efficacy of Lou and Charlson's (1991) social cognition training program for deaf adults. Sixteen deaf adult subjects who were vocational rehabilitation clients, and who had been identified as experiencing difficulties in social functioning, were assigned to receive a eight-week training program designed to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: groups; the level of interaction that is necessary in social skills training is precluded by the use of

Why cosplay? Motivations behind participation and use of social media among cosplayers who maintain Facebook Artist Pages

Creator:: Kane, Laura E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore motivations behind participation in cosplay and the use of social media among cosplayers who maintain Facebook Artist Pages. Further focus was placed on investigating the role of Facebook Artist Pages in building fame. To explore such motivations, two theories were referenced: Deci...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interaction and relationships. Social relatedness can be achieved through a variety of different

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

The Consequences of Infelicity : The Effects of Unhappiness on Biological and Social Evolution

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Objectified body consciousness : a theory-to-practice approach

The change in alcohol consumption of important people to clients

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

A field study of a social cognition training program for deaf adults in vocational rehabilitation

Why cosplay? Motivations behind participation and use of social media among cosplayers who maintain Facebook Artist Pages

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