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  • Social Bonds Theory: Analyzing College Students' Mental Health

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    Eklund, Destiny S.
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    According to the World Health Organization (2019), every 40 seconds, approximately one person from around the world dies from suicide. The highest percentage of adults with major depression and serious thoughts of suicide are between 18 to 25 years of age (Shen & Millet 2003-2012, p. 31). Studies have indicated...
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    mechanisms or lack the support of vital resources to help them succeed” (Howard, Schiraldi, Pineda

  • The Influence of Wilderness Activity Portrayals on Individual Participation

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    Kelley, Crystal Chorlton
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    Individuals in and around a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to study their perception of wilderness activities depicted on television and other forms of media and the potential impact of these depictions on an individual's willingness to participate in wilderness activities. This study linked...
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      population, Conway and Rubin (1991) compiled 331 completed surveys suggesting  that psychological states

  • Central and Peripheral Nervous System Underpinnings of Moral Elevation

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    Piper, Walter T.
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    The present study characterized physiological responsivity during moral elevation, or elevation, a prosocial emotional state triggered by witnessing displays of altruism and moral beauty. Participants watched video stimuli that induced elevation, or amusement as a control condition, while heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), skin conductance responses (SCR), and...
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  • Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

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    Wright, Amanda R.
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    American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...
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    also be found working in the textile industry (Conway 15). Having access to employment outside of

  • Visual Imagery On Social Media: Increasing Power Through The Use of Photographs on Social Media

    Creator:
    Green, Julia M. (Julia Michelle)
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    Scholars promote the ability of visual imagery to have a number of political campaigning benefits such as influencing opinions and attitudes and encouraging vibrant, striving democracy while improving the quality of public knowledge and opinion. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify how presidential candidates display their...
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  • Prepare Before You Say "I Do " : The Rhetorical Construction of Marriage in Premarital Counseling Programs

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    Young, Jun
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    The increasing prevalence of marital breakdown in the United States has been met by the proliferation of premarital counseling programs in professional counseling centers and churches. As increasing masses of couples turn to premarital counseling to prevent future interpersonal problems, and as communities and churches across the United States deem...
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    to have spent a year with you! Special thanks to Joansie "Poultry" Howard who has showered me with