High school dropouts continue to be a documented problem in the United States and more specifically in North Carolina. Nationally, there were over 2.5 million dropouts reported for the 2012 school year. In North Carolina,...
Palabra clave:
belonging, dropouts, graduation, high school, mentor y school connectedness
Tema:
High school dropouts -- North Carolina, Motivation in education -- North Carolina, Achievement motivation -- North Carolina, Mentoring in education -- North Carolina y Dropouts -- North Carolina -- Prevention
It is well documented that the pressures of accountability and standardization have impacted public school teachers and their teaching practices (Imig & Imig, 2006; McCloskey and McMunn, 2000; Sacks, 1999). The pressure to...
Palabra clave:
Accountability, Case Study, Experiential Education, Inquiry-Based Teaching, Progressive Education y Teacher Evaluation
Tema:
High school teachers, High school teaching -- Methodology, Experiential learning, Education, Secondary y Educational accountability
The purpose of this study was to investigate if adding a “personal stories” based component to a knowledge-based teacher training leads to improved pre-service teacher’s attitudes about stuttering and knowledge about...
Tema:
Student teachers, Teachers—Training of, Stutterers, Stuttering y Speech disorders
Bullying of sexual minority students is an increasingly prevalent topic among school psychologists and educational personnel across the country. This study measured the variables of sex knowledge (as measured through the Sexual...
Palabra clave:
anti-gay prejudice, bullying, homophobia, sex education, sex knowledge y sexual minority
Tema:
Bullying in schools, Sex instruction y Homophobia in schools
The purpose of the current study is to examine the association between the higher-order scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition, Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) and the DSM-oriented scales of the...
Palabra clave:
ASEBA, child abuse potential, child maltreatment, depression, internalizing y MMPI-2-RF
Tema:
Abusive parents -- Psychology y Child abuse -- Psychological aspects
A first-year experience is a collaborative effort of many initiatives, with varying names that have the greatest impact on student success during the first year of college. A first-year experience course, a feature of the...
Palabra clave:
Academic Performance, College Freshmen, First-Year Experience, First-Year Seminar, Graduation y Student Retention
Tema:
Community college student development programs -- North Carolina -- Evaluation, Community college students -- North Carolina -- Evaluation y Community college dropouts -- North Carolina -- Prevention
Research into the predictors of child physical abuse has shown that caregivers that have perpetrated child physical abuse experience internalizing mental health concerns (stress, emotional distress, anxiety, and depression)...
Palabra clave:
abusive head trauma y shaken baby syndrome
Tema:
Shaken baby syndrome -- Risk factors -- United States, Infants -- Abuse of -- United States, Caregivers -- United States y Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)
Previous research has found various predictors for substance use treatment outcomes, such as relapse and re-entry into treatment. However, there is a distinct gap in the research on treatment outcomes for women. While gender...
Palabra clave:
addiction, polyvictimization, relapse, revictimization, substance use treatment y trauma
Tema:
Women -- Substance use, Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Sex differences, Psychic trauma y Post-traumatic stress disorder
Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. or small whorled pogonia is one of the rarest orchids in the eastern U.S. and is currently threatened by habitat loss in the southern Appalachians. The purpose of this study was to improve our...
Palabra clave:
biodiversity conservation, habitat model, Isotria medeoloides, Maxent, southern Appalachians y threatened and endangered
Tema:
Small whorled pogonia -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Geographical distribution -- Mathematical models y Small whorled pogonia -- Habitat -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Mathematical models
Interpersonal violence is considered a serious health problem given the potential for contributing to negative outcomes among victims. In recent decades, however, findings from studies have suggested that although the...
Tema:
Victims of violent crimes, Interpersonal conflict, Violence -- Psychological aspects, Violence -- Social aspects, Resilience (Personality trait), Positive psychology y Relationship quality
