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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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    high math anxiety, and 97% noted having a worst math experience. Results for the counselor arm were

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Self-compassion and Postpartum Self-help Literature

    Creator:
    Watkins, Danielle L.
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    The self-help literature is full of texts on both self-compassion and postpartum depression. However, there has been minimal scientific exploration of the literature on these topics. As such, mental health researchers and practitioners have little sense of the psycholinguistic discourse contained in this literature. This study aimed to fill this...
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    "lacked." In reference to RQ4, the strongest correlates to the node word "postpartum" were

  • A corpus linguistic analysis of lyrics and suicide

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    Walters, Holly
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    Corpus linguistics studies involving lyrics continue to grow. While previous research has pointed to a positive relationship between certain personality traits and music types, the relationship between lyrics and suicide is understudied. As such, mental health researchers and practitioners have little sense of how the language of someone who has...
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    keyness analysis the Cobain corpus was compared against a reference corpus of grunge music from the same

  • The Impact of Digital Media on Mandala Making in Art Therapy

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    Donahue, Elizabeth C.
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    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...
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    question was: In reference to symptoms of generalized anxiety, what is the impact of a switch to digital

  • The Book of Mormon Topic Structure, Keyness Distinctions, and Collocates of Deity: Implications for Mental Health Professionals

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    Callister, Paul T.
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    Understanding the spiritual worldview of clients is a core element of multicultural competency for mental health professionals. One spiritual and religious population is members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and related Latter-day Saint populations. The Book of Mormon is an important sacred text of this population....
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    reference corpuses, and the Book of Mormon was used as a reference corpus to identify biblical keywords as

  • Threat assessment in community colleges

    Creator:
    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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    teams addressed more than just students as threat sources (69%). In rank order, the top 5 continuing

  • Corpus-Based Studies on Pregnancy

    Creator:
    Mullen, Alyson
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    The pregnancy and postpartum periods are full of major life transitions. So often, the focus of the literature is about the unborn baby and physical changes a woman experiences throughout this timeframe. Many sources often overlook women’s personal experiences in the perinatal period. Despite an increase in perinatal mood and...
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    . Subreddit posts were examined and compared to a reference corpus. Results showed a significant linguistic

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Trauma Self-help Literature

    Creator:
    Lampe, Kelli M.
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    The very essence of talk therapy is rooted in the spoken word between counselor and client. A client’s painful traumatic experiences can often serve as a barrier to accessing the traditional consulting room. Despite the high prevalence of trauma and its status as a known risk factor for nearly all...
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    study examines three prominent trauma self-help texts in comparison to a reference corpus comprised of

  • Discursive and Psychological Processes in Project MATCH Treatment Manuals and 12-Step Program Literature

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    O'Hara, Margaret A.
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    Addiction is a word that represents a condition that, at best, causes minor disruptions to one’s life and, at worst, is lethal. The current definition was developed by 80 neuroscientists. It references substance use and other behaviors and includes food and sex. Addictions do not seem to be lessening but...
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    .......................................................................................................................... 5 Twelve-Step Facilitation

  • Historical and current trends in counselor education dissertations

    Creator:
    Richards, Judith D.
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    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...
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    the characteristics of, and trends in, research (4) guiding revisions in research training, (5