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  • From weakness to wisdom : Jane Austen transforms the female of sensibility tradition

    Creator:
    Mosher-Knoshaug, Jessica M.
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    The eighteenth-century female of sensibility was characterized by delicate nerves that allowed her to feel her surroundings and enabled her to choose virtue over vice more consistently than males. While females were considered virtuous, their "innate" delicacy or weakness became their dominant trait and the true focus of male admiration....
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    Masters Thesis
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    stay on track, and I thank them. I would also like to thank Dr. Patti Watkins for finding time in her

  • Delinquent Girls: In Need of a Feminist Education for Rehabilitative Programming

    Creator:
    Doyle, Andrea
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    Although males have historically been the focus of the juvenile justice system, females now represent a quarter of juvenile arrests. Since the second wave of feminism in the 1970’s, critics of androcentric policies and programming for delinquents has shifted public attention to the history, experiences, and treatment of girls in...
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    Honors College Thesis

  • Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

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    Badiee, Shahrnaz
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    I determined the perspectives of Middle Eastern mothers concerning U.S. early childhood schools using qualitative methodologies. The ecological perspective model presented by Bronfenbrenner was the ideal framework for investigating the Middle Eastern children's experiences in this study that considered the importance of the sociocultural contexts of children and their families....
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    throughout this study. Also, I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Linda Burt and Dr. Patti

  • Gender Stereotypes in Halloween Costumes

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    Searles, Samantha A. P.
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    Previous research has shown that gender stereotypes are present in advertisements and in popular culture items. We conducted a content analysis of Halloween costumes to examine the presence of gender stereotypes in the poses of the models, weapons, and costume role (e.g. hero, counter authority, mythical creature, royalty). A sample...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Patti Lou Watikins, Committee Member, representing School of Psychological Science

  • Why women endorse ambivalent sexism : risks of young women's enjoyment of sexualization and the protective powers of feminism

    Creator:
    Allemand, Haley M.
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    Hostile sexism (HS) is an antagonistic attitude towards women; benevolent sexism (BS) is a positive attitude towards women that is sexist in terms of viewing women in restricted roles. HS and BS held simultaneously is defined as ambivalent sexism (AS). Despite negative outcomes associated with AS, BS, and HS, women...
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    excellent mentor to me during both my undergraduate and graduate years. Patti L. Watkins, Ph.D., Susan

  • Attitudes Toward Disability in Self and Other : Assessment and Educational Intervention

    Creator:
    Bonnett, Amy K.
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    Negative attitudes towards people with disabilities persist in our society, limiting the inclusion of people with disabilities in a multitude of social roles. Despite existing research on the nature of these attitudes and interventions to improve them, people with disabilities continue to cite social barriers as some of their greatest...
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    expressing the truth that we are often lucky to be just two hours ahead of schedule. Patti Watkins, PhD

  • Experiences among women with shame and self-compassion in cardio-based exercise classes

    Creator:
    Rogers, Kim
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    Shame is a debilitating inner experience elicited by the negative self-appraisal of one's entire self, and is characterized by a deep-seated sense of being flawed, defective, and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging (Brown, 2006). Although significant research has explored self-conscious emotions, including shame, little has been done to examine...
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    committee members, Dr. Bradley J. Cardinal, Dr. Kirsten Yax, and Dr. Patti L. Watkins, for their valuable

  • You better work : negotiating race, sexuality, gender, and neoliberalism in plus-size fashion blogs

    Creator:
    Conway, Clare
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    Over the past decade, the explosion of social media has secured the Internet as a venue for political discussions of all sorts; as well as a realm of consumption and commodification. One population of women that has utilized social media in this way is the plus-sized fashion ("fatshion") community on...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The effect of a mail-mediated intervention on exercise behavior

    Creator:
    Levy, Susan S.
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    Self-determination theory suggests that social contexts that promote a sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness will increase internalization of behavioral regulation and lead to more self-determined forms of motivation, the prototype of which is intrinsic motivation. A positive relationship between internalization of exercise behavior regulation and actual levels of exercise...
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    Dissertation
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    conmiittee, Dr. Anne Rossignol, Dr. Patti L. Watkins, and Dr. Elizabeth Sultzman, for their valuable input

  • Weighing in on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" : surveillance medicine, self-concept, and gender on the scale

    Creator:
    Readdy, Ryan T.
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    The current appeal of reality television is undeniable, with the specific genre of makeover television having special nationalistic and moral appeal in the United States. Previous analyses of NBC's weight-loss makeover show The Biggest Loser suggest that the program is inherently problematic because of its ingrained fat bias and unethical...
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    Dissertation
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    advocate of feminism, forever changing my worldview. Thank you to Dr. Patti Watkins… your poetic