In this dissertation, I study how centralized systems and platforms can improve their operational efficiency by taking into account the behavior of their users. To accomplish this, I combine two key elements: (1) understand users' behavior, and (2) identify sources of inefficien…
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Much research has been done on the concept of why people remain religious, formulating Rational Choice Theory. This involves the idea of compensators and religious expectations. In addition, other research and subsequent theories go into the duality of religious expectations and…
Social norms are powerful drivers of human behavior, so much so that people conform to norms even when they would prefer to deviate. Researchers have theorized that in these cases, people conform to avoid the costs of deviance. For one, a large body of work suggests that individ…
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how RLs describe their understanding of leadership skills, strategizing for the implementation of leadership skills and evaluating how their leadership skills influence parishioner retention in a charismatic Christ…
Emerging adults who serve in campus ministry following college graduation sacrificially give the early years of their careers to work that offers little likely career advancement. Mentors have historically provided development and professional guidance, especially during the ear…
The current study examines the relationships between Acculturation, Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress, as they relate to willingness to seek professional psychological help among Assyrian Americans. A convenience sample was composed of 119 men and women of Assyrian descen…
In this study, I sought to examine the relations between religiosity, secure attachment to God, and prosocial behavior in a sample of 154 Christian young adults. Specifically, I examined the extent to which secure attachment to God may mediate the relations between religiosity a…
The purpose of this study is to examine the role psychopathy and adverse childhood experiences have on criminal behavior. Data for psychopathy and adverse childhood experiences was gathered via surveys and official criminal histories were also collected. The use of the Psychopat…
Relatively little research has examined what motivates people to make the choice to become involved with drugs, how drug involvement becomes a salient feature of those individuals’ lives, the consequence for their identity, and how these vary by race/ethnicity, class, gender and…
In an article published by Barna research in 2019 titled, Hispanic America: Faith, Values and Priorities, they found that Hispanic teens in the U.S. are more likely than other ethnic groups in their generation to have a negative view of Christianity, noting that they “have a har…
Grief and loss are ever present in the life of the church. Death, illness, and change are ongoing events in the gathered community that lead to loss of membership. Such loss is often accompanied by grief, at times unrecognized and therefore unresolved, which in turn causes uneas…
American policing has a rich history in the United States and plays a critically important role in protecting and serving our diverse communities. Municipal police departments are generally responsible for serving our cities and are often seen as the most visible form of governm…
The objective of the study was to examine self-injury and interpersonal relationship difficulties in adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thirty-eight participants diagnosed with MDD were selected from a larger study on borderline personality disorder, mood dis…
Evidence from ethology has often been appealed to by proponents of embodied cognitive science to argue for certain of its core commitments. One such commitment is that the classical position in cognitive science, i.e. that mind is an abstract logical reasoning device, ought to b…
Functional communication training (FCT) is a commonly used intervention for treating problem behavior wherein the reinforcers contributing to problem behavior are (a) identified through functional analysis and (b) then provided contingent on an alternative communication response…
Our culture appears to be controlled by the number of activities each individual can squeeze into their schedules, no matter what the consequences. The project follows women between the ages of 50 and 70 who had become admittedly overwhelmed by their itineraries and activities. …
Psychiatric inpatient hospitalization and suicide risk share a strong empirical relationship such that frequent users of hospitalization display high rates of post-discharge suicidal behavior. Although research seeking to better understand this relationship is growing, there is …
There is a high need for social and emotional coping skills for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This paper presents a group-based cognitive behavioral approach to addressing social, emotional, and executive functioning skills for adolescents with ASD. This paper…
Token systems are a commonly used treatment procedure to increase levels of a desired behavior (e.g., compliance) or decrease levels of an unwanted behavior (e.g., aggression) for a variety of different responses (Hackenberg, 2009). Token systems have been used with a variety of…