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  • The change in alcohol consumption of important people to clients

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    Doerksen, Dana B.
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    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...
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    address problems related to alcohol consumption is evident and vital (Miller, 2004; NIH, 2000; Pettinati

  • Adolescent sexual initiation : a predictor of adult female romantic attachment?

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    Waggoner, April R.
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    There is a knowledge gap concerning the outcomes of early adolescent sexual initiation (ASI). In particular, the influence of early ASI upon adult attachment is unknown. A multiple regression study was conducted to address this knowledge gap. Adult partner/spouse attachment was the criterion variable, and the predictor variables included both...
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    ; Miller et al., 2004). Neuroticism and agreeableness are associated with feelings and behaviors in

  • The use of motivational interviewing within school counseling programs for academically unmotivated eighth grade students

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    Hadraba, Heather D.
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    School counselors are challenged with creating a wide range of programs to address three developmental domains: personal/social, career, and academic, with an increasing requirement to provide accurate and sufficient data substantiating their professional contributions to students’ academic achievement. At the same time, the professional literature reports that during adolescence there...
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    caring individuals I have known. Thank you to my editor, Brynn Carter, who taught me writing skills

  • 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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    syndromes (see Appendix B & C) defined by the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (Miller et al

  • Cybersupervision of Counselors : Implications for the Enhancement of Social Presence

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    Causey, Jeffrey L.
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    The purpose of this dissertation was to add to the professional literature in counselor education and supervision through inquiry and synthesis of research among online teaching, online counseling, and online communities of practice through the supervision lens of the Discrimination Model. A unique, research-informed framework for synchronous online supervision (i.e.,...
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    , 2004; Coursol, 2004; Graf & Stebnicki, 2002; Miller & Dollarhide, 2006; Myrick & Sabella, 1995

  • The effects of client status as Atheist/Agnostic on the counseling Working Alliance

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    Jaron, Bonnie Lee
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    The purpose of this dissertation is to ascertain if there is a significant difference in the counselor rating of the bond component of the Working Alliance between Theist clients and their counselors and Atheist/Agnostic clients and their counselors. Measures of client religiosity, Working Alliance, and Treatment Arm from the Project...
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    religion or a belief in a deity. Miller (1999) described the concept as "a capacity and tendency that is

  • The treatment of criminal recidivism : corpus-based analyses

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    Texidor Maldonado, Carlos Obed
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    The dehumanization of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and marginalized communities does not end once an individual is released from an institution. The dehumanization process is kept alive with ineffective community supervision and the stigma associated with an individual’s incarnation history. Evidence of this continual dehumanization process is reflected...
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    & Davis, 2018). EBP treatment manuals are empirically supported for addressing addictions (Miller

  • Grounded Theories Describing How White Mental Health Counselors Develop Nonracist White Racial Identities

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    Cleaver, Christopher J.
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    The purpose of this dissertation was to extend the current body of knowledge regarding the experiences and processes involved regarding how White mental health counselors deconstruct their internalized, and often unacknowledged, racism as well as attempt to dismantle institutionalized racism, in order to develop nonracist White racial identities. By adding...
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    acknowledged that the development of NWRI’s is not linear (Helms, 2008; Miller & Fellows, 2007). Different

  • Change Trajectories of Adolescents in Long-Term Residential Treatment

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    Earl, Trevor T.
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    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,...
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    the therapeutic relationships that influence change. Miller et al. (2006) and Reese et al. (2009

  • Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

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    Black, S. Jill
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    The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...
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    States (US) President Carter issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union: "Neither he, the Congress, nor the