Organizational change, specifically, moving to a Learner-Centered Model of teaching and learning, necessitates that students, teachers, and administrators work as a collaborative team for building student success (Leithwood & Riehl, 2003; Wallace Foundation, 2011). Engaging …
The current systematic review explores the relationship between religious beliefs and attitudes towards mental health and mental health treatment-seeking. Mental health services are underutilized, and a majority of Americans ascribe to a particular religion. Understanding the in…
In 2005, more than 25 million adults and children worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS and more than 75% of these were in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies indicate that the incidence of HIV infection and the prevalence of high-risk behaviors among young populations continue to rise in…
Interest in speech act theory among biblical scholars and theologians has increased in recent decades. By 1960, J.L. Austin had outlined how a speaker can perform actions with words (e.g., those who utter vows before an officiate perform the act of getting married). His lectures…
This study explores the ideological complexity in Modern Orthodoxy and the factors involved in healthy religious development of Modern Orthodox adolescents. The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between religious action and belief amongst Modern Orthodox adole…
Studies show that in the social structure of Nigeria, women are discriminated against and occupy a lower social stratum than me. Disability confers lower social status to both men and women in Nigeria. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether there is still discrimination a…
This inductive study explored the indigenous understandings and beliefs about suffering and healing of a sample of South Asian immigrant women. All seven of the participants had immigrated to the U.S. in the last ten years from South Asian countries, were of working class backgr…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between racism, negative attitudes toward Muslims (Islamophobia), religious dogmatism and attitudes toward war in the months following the 9/11 attacks. Understanding the relationships between these factors may help deci…
Clergy’s beliefs and attitudes about psychological issues are important because they can influence people’s decision to seek professional help. The present study includes Canadian Seventh-Day Adventist pastors ( N = 104). An online questionnaire was distributed to participants i…
Purpose. The aims of this study are to develop and examine the psychometric properties of a 48-item The Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, & Beliefs Scale (C-KABS), to evaluate the Cancer Screening Action Model (C-SAM), and to generate knowledge regarding the attributes of cancer scre…
This study used the Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M) to examine the differences in opportunities to learn to teach elementary school mathematics and the learning outcomes of final year pre-service elementary teachers in seventeen countries. The stu…
Almost 70% of the American population experiences the symptoms of low back pain (LBP) in their lives, and 25% of these adults experience pain for more than a month. Because low back pain is common elsewhere as well, physical therapists around the world face the challenge of find…
This study followed the ways beginning art teachers negotiated their beliefs and identity. Understanding the complexity of the way teachers' identity and beliefs are constructed contributes to the notion that becoming a teacher, and being one, is more than learning to fulfill a …
The project director desires to develop a strategy for creating an evangelism culture at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Creating an evangelistic culture requires a thorough knowledge of evangelism and culture. The project director learned how to change long time beliefs and core valu…
The present research examined the acculturation process with respect to beliefs, attributions, and emotional reactions to academic success and failure of Iranian and Iranian-Canadian mothers and children. In the first study 41 Iranian and 29 Iranian-Canadian mothers, and in the …
This study explores the conceptualization of mental illness in Ethiopia. Specifically, the attitudes, beliefs and practices associated with the expression, causation, and treatment of mental illness were analyzed. On the one hand, traditional Ethiopian beliefs and ideas have sha…
This study explored the roles, beliefs and behaviors of three reputationally effective secondary school headteachers in Karachi, Pakistan. It selected one head from each of three types of schools—government, community and independent, assuming that contextual factors will influe…