This dissertation explores the lived experience of mandated treatment specific to substance use related adjudication. Background information related to the rise of substance specific diversion courts within the United States is provided, as well as discussion of relevant literat…
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Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has the potential to affect growth, pubertal and psychosocial development. Limited knowledge and adherence can be problematic for both children with IBD and their caregivers. Inflammatory bowel disease experts recommend annual physical …
Moral injury (MI) has been associated with various psycho-social issues, including guilt, shame, loss of trust, social disconnectedness and isolation, loss of meaning and purpose, difficulty forgiving, negative self-esteem, and spiritual matters. These issues can facilitate adve…
Globally, mental health continues to be a rising issue for many adolescents. Although mental health services are becoming more accessible in the United States, adolescents still struggle with mental health literacy, stigma, and developing healthy coping skills. The purpose of th…
This qualitative study investigated LGBTQ+ cultural competency in eating disorder treatment centers. In particular, it sought to examine the question of how treatment providers understand and demonstrate cultural competency when working with LGBTQ+ clients in eating disorder tre…
Våldsbrottslighet orsakar stora lidanden och kostnader för individer och samhälle och psykologiska insatser inriktade på förändringsbara riskfaktorer hos våldsbrottsförövare kan minska brottsåterfallen.
Many veterans exposed to combat develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) is a novel treatment that has demonstrated success treating PTSD in veterans. Previous MRP trials suggest Existential Spiritual Well-Being (ESWB) and Mindfulness ma…
In recent years, irrigation projects worldwide, and in the Andean region of Bolivia in particular, have besides solving water problems also generated water conflicts. Historically, most irrigation systems in Bolivia have been set up by peasant communities, and only more recently…
Boko Haram (BH) terrorism in Nigeria has persisted for over a decade, and the attacks continue to get more sophisticated, deadly, and well-coordinated with each passing year. Given the sect’s focus on religious institutions, especially churches and mosques considered not to be p…
Multiple studies have shown forgiveness across various types of relationships is associated with increased relationship satisfaction, commitment, and closeness (McCullough et al., 1998; Riek & Mania, 2012; Worthington 2005a; 2006). While hundreds of studies have been completed i…
This thesis examines the problem of addiction as a biopsychosocial-spiritual archetypal disease and asks: What is an interactive, exciting, and robust intervention that can be used as a technique for relapse prevention? This thesis proposes an active imagination technique viewed…
Though the United States has a storied history of protest since its founding, critics of protests often ask if they inspire meaningful, empirical change. Protests and the desire to create for social good inspire many artists and designers. Energized by the Black Lives Matter mov…
Emerging adults are at high risk for excess weight gain. Unfortunately, few weight gain prevention interventions have shown efficacy in this age group. Weight suppression, traditionally defined as the difference between highest lifetime weight and current weight, is a robust pre…
Depression is a prevalent and disabling disorder. Parental depression predicts onset and treatment resistance in offspring, and adolescent onset has been associated with severe and chronic course. Thus, much work has been done to prevent depression, particularly in adolescent of…
Dementia-related anxiety (DRA) may occur when lapses in cognition are appraised as threatening. Individuals with DRA may seek to improve cognition. The primary purposes of this study were to evaluate 1) if DRA changed after eight weeks of Lumosity© software use, compared to cont…
This qualitative case study analysis focused on the intent of the state’s intervention into East St. Louis and North Chicago, starting in 2011. The case study also presents findings related to the impacts of those interventions through 2018. Interviews, focus groups, and artifac…
Caregiver characteristics (i.e., cognitions, affective responses) and factors of stress and support across developmentally salient ecological contexts (i.e., home, school, and community) are primary determinants of the nature and quality of caregiving (Taraban & Shaw, 2018). Usi…
Racial disparities in school discipline were first highlighted in a 1975 seminal report released by The Children’s Defense Fund (Children’s Defense Fund, 1975). Since that time, racial disparities in school discipline have increased, and Black students remain the most vulnerable…
The current study focuses on the construction of a trauma-informed manualized training for law enforcement sexual assault response. The teaching material within this manual is gathered from an extensive literature review of advocacy for sexual assault survivors, other law enforc…