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  • Family aided community treatment as an intervention for the treatment of early psychosis : a proof of concept study

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    Melton, Ryan P.
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    Major psychotic disorders are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, having severe impacts on the people who suffer from the conditions, their families and society. There is evidence that if these conditions are identified and treated early, the prognosis is improved. The purpose of this dissertation study is...
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    ABSTRACT AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Ryan P

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

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    Cázares-Cervantes, Abraham
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    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...
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    racism on Latino student development;” (d) “Use counseling techniques that are culturally appropriate

  • The impact of relationship wellness checkups on LGBTQ couples

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    Minten, Mary J.
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    Relationship health has many benefits, from physical and emotional health of the partners to their children’s wellbeing. Early intervention programs protect relationships from decline. These programs represent growing public health initiatives. However, most studies on wellness or early intervention overlook lesbian and gay male couples. Research that assumes lesbian and...
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  • Prevalence of Mathematics Anxiety in Preservice Teachers and Preservice Counselors

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    Gill, Gurpal K.
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    Almost two decades have passed since the publication of Jackson and Leffingwell’s (1999) influential article on math anxiety in preservice school teachers and their worst math experiences. The present dissertation represents both a replication and an extension of the original study. Study Arm A was the replication study with preservice...
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    been my Mr. Miyagi throughout my doctoral program! Dr. Ryan Melton, you have been a

  • Threat assessment in community colleges

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    Bolante, Rebecca
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    The field of threat assessment and management in higher education is in the early stages of development. In particular, little is noted in the research literature about the practices of threat assessment teams in this environment. To fill this knowledge gap, a random national sample of 15% (n = 148)...
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  • Teacher Math Anxiety and Math Instructional Time

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    Morton, Heidi L.
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    The scientific way of knowing, which results in tremendous advancements in our society, heavily depends on the use of mathematics. Given that math touches nearly every aspect of peoples’ lives in different ways, it is critical that today’s students and tomorrow’s citizens have a solid understanding of math. Unfortunately, a...
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    profession. I am grateful for Drs. Kok-Mun Ng, Ryan Melton, and Jennifer Beamer for their guidance and

  • A Corpus Linguistic Approach to Native American Authored Children’s Storybooks

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    Goka-Dubose, Emiko
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    The counseling field is infused with multiculturalism and social justice competencies from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs accreditation standards of the academic institutions to the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics. Counselors are tasked with understanding multiculturalism from self-awareness to clients’ worldviews to larger implications...
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    , Jeff Morrell, Ryan Reese, Matt Shinderman, and Lisa Schulz, thank you for your investment, feedback

  • Indicators of Success in Hispanic College Students

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    Schulthes, Gretchen M.
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    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...
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    their institution, and (d) gender. The second research arm (Arm B) explored a set of career-related

  • Linguistic, Personological Features, and Collocations of the Doka & Martin Grieving Style Continuum

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    Geisler, James G.
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    Research on grief has been studied for nearly a century to understand its many facets, expressiveness, and timing. In the field of counseling, many changes in theories, models, and the lenses through which loss is responded to have been accomplished. However, one constant in the U.S. culture is that definitions...
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    constellations of linguistic processes best differentiate intuitive from instrumental grievers? and (d) What

  • Math Anxiety and Financial Literacy among Latino Secondary Students in the United States

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    Guerrero, Ernesto R.
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    The Latino K-12 student population in the United States continues to increase. Estimates are that by 2025, one in every three students in the country will be of Hispanic/Latino origin. The challenges to the educational system from such growth are unprecedented. At no other time in U.S. history has there...
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    ) When looking at Latino youth, does the level of math anxiety differ between boys and girls?; and (d