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A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Tabletop Role-Playing Game Blogging

Creator:: James, R. Paul
Abstract:: Tabletop role-playing games (TRPG) such as Dungeons & Dragons™ are widely known and enjoyed by diverse individuals across the world. However, TRPGs and their players historically have experienced significant stigmatization due to the misconception by some that fantasy role play leads to psychological dysfunction. While a large body of research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

How Straight Married Men in Sexual Addiction Recovery Experience Healthy Sexuality, Now as Recovering Sex Addicts: Two IPA Studies on Straight Married Men and Their Experience of Healthy Sexuality Through Recovery

Creator:: Cosper, Christy
Abstract:: This set of studies delve into the complex realm of healthy sexuality within sexual addiction treatment, where diverse perspectives often lead to confusion and suboptimal outcomes. The primary goal of most treatment models is guiding clients toward a healthier sexual experience. Sex addiction, a complex phenomenon, involves compulsive sexual behaviors,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Developing professional school counselor self-efficacy and competence to broach career conversations in K-12 through an online professional development training

Creator:: Rogers, Christina
Abstract:: Professional school counselors are tasked with providing effective and relevant career counseling and career-focused activities with all K–12 students; however, the career domain remains the area where school counselors feel least efficacious and competent to broach as part of their role. Addressing the career domain in schools is vital as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Domestic Violence in Law and Cinema

Creator:: Renwick, Adrienne S.
Abstract:: Domestic violence (DV) is pervasive worldwide and has negative psychological effects that last a lifetime. Although DV is a problem that affects all societies, it is addressed through varied legal responses and with gaps in comprehension when examined through a cultural lens. The findings of these studies have the potential...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Counseling Alliance Ruptures: A Pilot Study

Creator:: Jacques, Justin
Abstract:: Establishing a therapeutic alliance or a therapeutic bond has long been seen as an essential component of obtaining positive treatment outcomes in clinical practice. More recently, the idea of recognizing therapeutic alliance ruptures (disagreements about the tasks or goals of therapy or a problem in the therapeutic bond) during counseling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Change Trajectories of Adolescents in Long-Term Residential Treatment

Creator:: Earl, Trevor T.
Abstract:: The change process for clients in long-term adolescent residential treatment has received heightened research attention for the past 15-year (Gass, 2006). The research indicates that individuals enrolled in long-term adolescent residential treatment centers, on average, experience improved psycho-social functioning to degrees that are statistically and clinically significant (Behrens & Satterfield,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Impact of Weight and Gender Biases in Professional Counseling: Two Analogue Studies

Creator:: Trujillo, Amelia A.
Abstract:: The dominant theme in the literature indicates an increase of weight bias as the weight of the average Americans rises (e.g., Andreyeva, Puhl, & Brownell, 2008; Fryar, Kruszon-Moran, Gu, & Ogden, 2018). Both weight and gender biases can lead to acts of social injustice. The majority of the studies show...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Indicators of Success in Hispanic College Students

Creator:: Schulthes, Gretchen M.
Abstract:: Over the last few decades, Hispanic enrollment in postsecondary education has increased significantly. Despite increased access to higher education, there are still clear issues of educational equity when graduation and persistence rates are evaluated. While these alone are imperfect measures, they shed light on a burgeoning issue within the American...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An Investigation of the Impact of Adding Art Therapy to Mindfulness Enhancement Training

Creator:: Douglas, Eileen K.
Abstract:: Attention to the benefits of mindfulness practice transcends the fields of mental health and medicine. Extensive research has explored the use of mindfulness-based practices in counseling and psychotherapy. Benefits of mindfulness practice, both during session and in cases in which mindfulness was only practiced by the therapist outside of session,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Systemic Predictors of Professional Identity of Master’s and Doctoral Counseling Students

Creator:: Ewe, Edward
Abstract:: Understanding the development of professional identity of graduate counseling students is crucial as it contributes to and fosters the overall identity of the counseling profession. Several studies (e.g., Dollarhide, Gibson, & Moss, 2013; Gibson, Dollarhide, & Moss, 2010; Nugget & Jones, 2009) have examined the professional identity development (PID) of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Gender Biases in Counselor Supervisor Evaluations of Counselors

Creator:: Hadeed, Sabrina M.
Abstract:: Gender bias and discrimination are currently some of the most pertinent topics being explored in counseling practice and counselor education and supervision. Because of all the public attention in recent years to the topics of transgender and marriage equality, the definitions of gender identity and gender roles have become more...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Mental Health of Latinos/as in the United States : A Multisystemic Examination

Creator:: Rodriguez, Alham F.
Abstract:: Previous reports on the state of the Latino/a-focused mental health literature suggest that the quantity of Latino/a-focused articles within the mental health field continued to be disproportionate to the growing percentage of Latino/as in the United States (Liang, Salcedo, Rivera, & Lopez, 2009). As such, Latino/a mental health experiences, needs,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Impact of Digital Media on Mandala Making in Art Therapy

Creator:: Donahue, Elizabeth C.
Abstract:: In the United States, the utilization of digital media has assumed an omnipresent status and has altered the manner in which we communicate, conduct business, and create art and music. However, it has been demonstrated that art therapy lags behind the current culture of prolific use of digital media. To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Equine-Assisted Group Work : An Exploration of Therapeutic Factors and Group Practices

Creator:: Schroeder, Katy
Abstract:: Equine-assisted group work has recently emerged in the empirical literature as a promising treatment approach for a variety of populations, including women trauma survivors (Whittlesey-Jermone, 2014; Shambo, Seely, & Vonderfecht, 2010). However, group therapeutic processes (e.g., therapeutic factors) and group leader characteristics have yet to be studied in equine-assisted groups....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Clinical Development for Paraprofessional Counselors : A 12 Session Protocol

Creator:: Sotelo, Dominique L.
Abstract:: Paraprofessional counselors comprise a significant sector of the mental health workforce (Buchbinder, 2003; Golden, 1991; Nieuwsma et al., 2014; Norcross, 2000). Professional counselors have offered both praise (Durlak, 1979) and criticism (Nietzel & Fisher, 1981) for paraprofessional counselors and the services that they provide. Paraprofessional counselors work under the guidance...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Substance Use Among Women Who Have Sex with Women

Creator:: Dorn-Medeiros, Cort M.
Abstract:: Professional organizations in the fields of counseling and psychotherapy-related professions all require counselors and counseling students to work with a vast array of potential clients who may differ significantly from themselves. For example, these counselor and client differences can include one or several factors such as age, race, ethnicity, ability...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Historical and current trends in counselor education dissertations

Creator:: Richards, Judith D.
Abstract:: Doctoral training programs in counselor education require a dissertation, a capstone project in the academic training and development of graduate students seeking a PhD or an EdD. The dissertation is expected to contribute new knowledge to the profession through the researcher reporting the results of research. The counselor education literature...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

School counselors' self-efficacy and training needs when working with the Latino student population

Creator:: Cázares-Cervantes, Abraham
Abstract:: Latinos have the lowest high school completion rates in the United States (United States Census, 2010). School counselors are well positioned to lead the efforts to increase these rates. Indeed, such leadership is mandated by both the ethical and program standards of the American School Counselor Association. However, little is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Factors influencing student attendance at intercollegiate athletic events : a study in Korea

Creator:: Lim, Jong Geon
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that may influence students' motivation or choice to attend their institution's intercollegiate athletic events and also to relate the lived experiences of administrators of athletic programs at a university in Korea. The research design included both quantitative and qualitative approaches....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between involvement with serious mental illness and self-efficacy among novice counselors

Creator:: Pendygraft, Anne L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this dissertation was to demonstrate research scholarship using the American Psychological Association (APA) manuscript-style dissertation format, in accordance with Oregon State University Graduate School and Counseling Academic Unit guidelines. Chapter 1 explains how chapters 2 and 3 are thematically linked manuscripts intended to extend professional literature in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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