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  • 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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    Mary J. Minten for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling presented on October 23, 2017

  • LGBTQ+ coming out models : corpus based studies of academic and popular discourses

    Creator:
    Cisneros, Daniel
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    The process of coming out by an individual of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ+) community involves recognition and disclosure, and it is a personal and important part of identity development. The process of coming out is also a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community’s self-disclosure of their sexual...
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    addition, I acknowledge and thank my dissertation committee, which includes Dr. Mary Aguilera, Dr. Arien

  • 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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    extend gratitude to the rest of my committee, Dr. Mary Aguilera, Dr. Vicki Ebbeck, Dr. Deborah Rubel

  • A Diachronic Linguistic Analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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    Rensi, Matthew T.
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    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has reached a level of authority and ubiquity within the mental health field. It is the guidance force in insurance reimbursement or coverage for mental health treatment, determinations of disability related to mental health and in determinations of competence to stand...
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    personality disturbance” (APA, 1952, p. 7). The DSM-II authors followed this trend placing substance use

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

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    Douglas, Eileen K.
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    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,...
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    therapy. Additional thanks are extended to Mary Aguilera, Terri Strong, and Deborah Rubel for their

  • 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

  • Sources of Psychological Support for East Asians Reporting Mental Health Issues

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    Wong, Stephen P.
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    Mental illness is a universal phenomenon, but cultural context has a profound influence on how it is perceived, classified, and treated. Most systematic research on public attitudes toward mental illness has been completed in Western societies. The emergence of multicultural psychotherapy in the West has helped professionals recognize the extent...
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    particular social, historical, and political context” (Whaley & King, 2007, p. 568). This definition of

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Public Reddit and Tumblr Blog Posts on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

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    Greaves, Mandy M.
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    Self-harm is a frightening phenomenon that affects adolescents and young adults all over the world. While non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has a high prevalence rate, it is not a new behavior. One of the earliest documented cases of NSSI was in ancient Greece and it has gained popularity amongst adolescents. NSSI...
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    noted: (a) percentage of all words, (b) one sample z test of proportion with study results as p-hat

  • Adolescent Suicide Through the Lens of 13 Reasons Why: A Corpus Based Study

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    Ware Zooi, Rachel
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    With growing recognition of adolescence as the time in which suicidal thoughts and behaviors first occur, early identification and intervention systems in schools have become an international priority. Understanding and incorporating language indicators associated with the core psychological and interpersonal processes of adolescent suicidality could provide promising tools for school...
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    . To my esteemed committee members, Drs. Gene Eakin, Abraham Cazares-Cervantes, Mary Aguilera, and

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

    Creator:
    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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    ” (Woodruff, 1841, p. 112), and the text describes itself as containing the gospel of Jesus Christ, or a way