The purpose of this thesis is to explore the witches’ journey of self-healing and self-discovery in the context of the modern world using a combination of literary research and responses to a 10-question survey. Questions were designed to examine participants’ experiences of the…
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Over the past few decades, higher education institutions are expanding in terms of students’ race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and other individual differences. This expansion of diversity has been linked to positive outcomes for students including improvements in cross-racial…
This dissertation examines the clinical utility of mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as an intervention to minimize and alleviate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in veterans. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to explore studies that addressed …
Undergraduate populations can be particularly vulnerable to mental health challenges due to a variety of stressors. Traditional mental health services may be elusive to many of these students, particularly those from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. Mindfulness- and accep…
Spirituality practices like meditation, mindfulness, and movement (i.e., yoga) have become widely used and researched in the last 20 years among adults in both clinical and nonclinical settings (Bohlmeijer, Prenger, Taal, & Cuijipers, 2010; Burke, 2010; Ludwig & Kabat-Zinn, 2008…
This interdisciplinary, quantitative dissertation project explores dispositional mindfulness in the workplace alongside select personality traits, including the Big Five (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) as well as positive…
Research suggests that deeply held beliefs about the world, self, and others often inform subjective appraisals of stressful or traumatic events and these appraisals, in turn, drive posttraumatic reactions for many individuals. The present study examined how internal working mod…
College students undergo identity development in emerging adulthood, including adjustments in relationships, exploration of occupations, and revisions of spiritual worldviews (Arnett, 2000). Using a modified portion of Lent’s (2004) normative model of life satisfaction, this stu…
The grieving process in the wake of losing a close loved one can be especially difficult for men who rely on certain—and arguably ineffective—coping strategies associated with dominant ideals of masculinity. In this paper, I will explore the concept of hegemonic masculinity, its…
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The primary aim of this thesis is to formulate an intensional definition of aesthetic experience. Its secondary aims are (i) to show how this definition might be used for empirical research and (ii) to better understand other terms that are qualified by ‘aesthetic' (chiefly, ‘ae…
The concept of social axiom represents generalized beliefs regarding individuals, agencies and other social institutions, and the spiritual world. The relationship between social axioms and social and mental well-being has not been widely investigated. The aim of this research i…
This thesis explores the ways in which an actor training scheme can be constructed to allow the participants to directly apply the principles of training to their work in the moment of performing. Subsequently, my aim is to employ this actor training approach alongside or as an …
This thesis presents four studies that examine the potential role that intrusive thoughts, dissociation and mindfulness in self-harming behaviours in young people and adults. A large online study was conducted with students and staff at a UK university. This examined a range of …
Bogen gengiver en multifaceteret model af hjernen og sindet hvor videnskab og kunst forenes. Målet er at belyse, at det er i kombination af videnskab og kunst den personlige identitet skabes