The efficacy of wilderness programs incorporating therapeutic methods has long been researched, and studies have found wilderness interventions beneficial for youth and adults suffering from various mental and behavioral...
Palabra clave:
Autoethnography, Field Instructor, Transition Program y Wilderness Therapy
Tema:
Adventure therapy, Outdoor recreation, Teachers, Psychic trauma y Cognitive therapy
Due to the higher arrest and recidivism rates of offenders with behavioral health conditions (BHCs), it is often assumed that BHCs are a direct risk factor for engaging in criminal behavior. This assumption, however, has been...
Palabra clave:
Behavioral Health, Offender, Risk Assessment y Substance Use
Tema:
Recidivism, Criminal behavior, Prediction of, Health behavior y Criminal behavior
Individual variation in behaviors such as aggression or boldness has the potential to influence the survival and reproductive success of individual animals. For example, individual variation in boldness means that some...
Palabra clave:
boldness, mate recognition, personality y song sparrow
Tema:
Song sparrow, Birds—Breeding, Birds—Behavior, Birdsongs y Pattern perception
River cane is one of three bamboos native to the United States. This species was once ubiquitous across the southeastern US but has now been reduced to less than two percent of its original coverage. This study is among...
Palabra clave:
Arundinaria gigantea, bamboo, culm morphology, density patterns, regeneration patterns y river cane
Tema:
Arundinaria -- Regeneration -- North Carolina, Western y Arundinaria -- North Carolina, Western -- Morphology
Peachtree Valley in Clay county, North Carolina has a long history of diversity in plant, animal, and human habitation. The Cherokee, who have inhabited the valley for thousands of years, have a deep history of relationships...
Palabra clave:
Baptist, Cherokee, missionary y rattlesnake
Tema:
Cherokee Indians -- Missions -- North Carolina -- Clay County, Cherokee Indians -- North Carolina -- Clay County -- Religion y Baptists -- Missions -- North Carolina -- Clay County
Many factors affect how one selects a mate. Men and women both consider attractiveness to be an important characteristic in first impressions of potential mates. However, underlying factors determine how desirable an individual...
Palabra clave:
Bisexual, Disgust, Perceived attractiveness, Personality y Sensation Seeking
Tema:
Bisexuals -- Public opinion, Sexual attraction y Bisexuals -- Relations with heterosexuals
There is a vast amount of literature supporting the notion that sleep is vital for the physical and mental health of human beings. Mentally, poor sleep can interfere with cognitive processes and is a risk factor in the...
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College Students, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnic Minority, Hope, Rumination y Sleep
Tema:
Sleep -- Health aspects, Stress (Physiology), Rumination (Psychology) y Hope
Survival rates for pediatric cancer have increased over recent years due to improvement and changes in cancer treatment. However, even with increased survival rates, previous research has shown that children undergoing...
Palabra clave:
Camp, Cancer y Child
Tema:
Cancer in children -- Psychological aspects, Cancer in children -- Social aspects, Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships, Self-help groups y Tumors in children
Self-determination theory (SDT) states that satisfaction of three basic psychological needs leads to intrinsic motivation. These needs are autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Satisfaction of the need for autonomy comes from...
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Autonomy, Basic need satisfaction, Five factor model, Intrinsic motivation, Self-determination theory y Video games
Tema:
Autonomy (Psychology), Intrinsic motivation y Video games -- Psychological aspects
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has been documented in the United States dating back to 1944, when farm animals interacted with soldiers suffering from physical injuries or psychological trauma (Altschiller, 2011). Today, several...
Palabra clave:
AAT, animal assisted therapy, dog, dog breed, perception y therapeutic alliance
Tema:
Animals -- Therapeutic use, Dogs, Dog breeds, Therapeutic alliance y Perception
