AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects; Minority women -- Health and hygiene; Sexual minorities -- Health and hygiene; AIDS (Disease) in women -- Social networks
Women who have sex with women (WSW) are an understudied population. This study examined the differences between sexual minority women of color with HIV/AIDS and sexual minority women of color without HIV/AIDS. Outcome variables that were measured...
Well-being -- Malaysia; Malaysians -- Psychology; Malaysians -- Religious life
While there is considerable literature indicating associations amongst and between religiosity, spirituality, and facets of well-being, it is still unclear as to which dimensions of religiosity and spirituality better predict well-being. The...
Motivation in education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Urban schools in particular need to motivate students to gain higher levels of mathematics achievement and acquisition. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) deemed this problem significant enough to place a motivational domain to...
Stigma (Social psychology); Mental illness -- Social aspects
Throughout history people with mental illnesses have been stigmatized. Individuals with mental illness are still being stigmatized despite modern medicine and more humane treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships...
This thesis seeks to determine if organizational values and defined behaviors that are communicated throughout the organization can increase employee satisfaction, commitment and performance outcomes. This research explains how these values are...
This thesis explores the idea of the "artist" as a figure of self-creation in the
development of identity (both in and through literature) using a number of Shakespeare's
protagonists to exemplify the different stages of evolution, especially...
Weight training; Soccer -- Training; College athletes
This study was designed to identify relationships between the perceptions of the importance of weight training and sport orientations among NCAA Division I student-athletes on soccer teams. Differences among the perceptions of the importance of...
Arts -- Study and teaching; Aesthetics -- Study and teaching
This study provides an investigation into artistic expression and the use of aesthetics in a middle school environment. Part I of the study was designed to determine how eighth-grade students perceive their own strengths in the arts and whether or...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Manipulatives (Education) -- Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
This study investigated whether using concrete mathematics manipulatives affected student achievement in factoring second-degree polynomials. The 16 day study included 64 high school sophomores in four different Algebra II classes in a suburban...
Qaida (Organization); Terrorism; Political violence; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam
This research examines the internal and external root causes of terrorism by providing an in depth study of al-Qaeda. After more than ten years of fighting, the war on terror the threat from al-Qaeda still remains. Al-Qaeda cells around the world...
Literacy programs -- Connecticut; English teachers -- Training of; Urban schools -- Research -- Connecticut
This purpose of this study was to increase the knowledge base about the
literacy instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs). A comprehensive literature
review identified literacy best practices. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies
were...
United States -- Foreign relations -- Jamaica; Jamaica -- Foreign relations -- United States
This paper is an analysis of the political interaction between Jamaica and the United States, 1945-1988. It will seek to find out if there is a correlation between Jamaica‘s economic development, underdevelopment and U.S. foreign policy toward...
This mixed-methodology study investigated the impact of structural and operational elements on the perceived effectiveness of Student Assistance Programs (SAPs). Five SAPs participated in the study; three at the elementary, one at the middle, and...
This instrumental case study investigated the success of an exemplary practice, student-led conferences (SLC), and its impact on engaging parents and empowering students. Theoretical elements including perceptions of student achievement, parental...
Educational indicators; Education -- Mathematical models; Educational planning -- Mathematical models; School management and organization -- Mathematical models
This case study investigated the manner in which one elementary school operationalized DDDM. Utilizing a mixed-methods design, findings were generated from survey, interview, observation, and artifact data to identify the structures and processes...
Sports -- Physiological aspects; Women athletes -- Physiology; Menstrual cycle
There are several different physiological differences between males and females that can affect exercise performance. Particularly, women experience the menstrual cycle when variations of estrogen and progesterone occur every 23-38 days. This...
The ways in which an individual views the self and others in the context of close relationships has been shown to influence how stress is both managed and coped with. However, questions remain about the mechanisms through which an individual’s...
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction; Duras, Marguerite. Douleur. English -- Criticism, Textual
The Second World War has profoundly impacted French literature from its onset and continuing to today. The literary work of Marguerite Duras is tied to this period not only through the events of her life during the Occupation of France and her...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Criticism and interpretation; Muslims -- Spain
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the presence of the Moorish in Miguel de Cervantes' novel, The Adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha. The Moorish population was an Arab minority in Spain, converted to Christianity after the Reconquest of...
Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Social aspects; Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Psychological aspects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between perceived stress, social support, and antepartum depression in women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Following the tenets of attachment theory (Bowlby, 1980), participants in the...
