This study examines the relative efficacies of the specific and non-specific
factors in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is conceptualized as
having three common components: the problem component whose essence is
low self-esteem; the interactional component which induces change through
social influence; and the treatment component which elicits change through
therapeutic techniques. The...
The Buddhist discipline known as Yogacara can complement the practice of Psychotherapy by virtue of the former’s concepts that allow individuals to examine their minds in a way that produces beneficial insights regarding one’s mental health problems. Yogacara contains the idea of a storehouse consciousness that is similar to the...
The study investigated the effect of family group consultation. Specific
hypotheses to be examined were:
1. Family group consultation is productive in helping individuals move
toward more effective behavior as measured by the increase in
correlation between self sort and the ideal sort at the end of consultation.
2. An...
The purpose of this study was to monitor coronary responses
occurring in the S-T segment of an electrocardiogram before, during
and after exercise following a "standard" carbohydrate-loading schedule with varied vitamin B-6 supplementation. The study was conducted
using four college-aged males who had been training a minimum of two
years...
Equine-assisted group work has recently emerged in the empirical literature as a promising treatment approach for a variety of populations, including women trauma survivors (Whittlesey-Jermone, 2014; Shambo, Seely, & Vonderfecht, 2010). However, group therapeutic processes (e.g., therapeutic factors) and group leader characteristics have yet to be studied in equine-assisted groups....
Students will develop and apply reading, language arts, and science processes to analyze comics, and demonstrate writing skills in creating their own comic about a local invasive species.
Throughout Oregon State University, a permanent, publicly-owned art collection not only exists under the radar of most people's awareness, this collection is part of a state mandate in existence since the late 1970's and too manages to slip most people's awareness at all. It is the Percent for Art Collection,...