This thesis identifies key aspects of the nature of holiness present in the life of seventh-century Saint Aldhelm present in three fifteenth-century Middle English versions of versions of the Legenda aurea. From its first inception in thirteenth-century Genoa the Legenda aurea’s…
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Historical use of psychological assessments in South Africa has led to racially and culturally biased results. Currently the use of personality assessments in South Africa still raises some controversies as the use of personality assessments in contexts other than those for whic…
Grief responses range from minimal changes in functioning to profound dysfunction, or complicated grief. The purpose of the current study was to clarify the relationship between situational, interpersonal, and intrapersonal risk factors, coping strategies, and grief outcomes (co…
Technology has afforded the development of new ways to perpetrate non-consensual sexual acts, one being sending unsolicited sexual images (USIs). This thesis examined this underexplored act by examining the prevalence, contexts and motivations associated with, and predictors (i.…
Performance has received much attention in accounting studies. Accounting academics are interested in explaining and predicting performance at the industry, organization, and individual levels. This three-paper dissertation attempts to explain three aspects of accountants’ job p…
There is a dearth of literature on Black Sunni Muslims in the field of psychology. More so, there is no literature specifically analyzing the influences upon Black religiosity. The literature has established that personality has significant influence upon religiosity. The litera…
Difficulty in isolating postconcussion syndrome's (PCS) unique diagnostic symptoms due to their nonspecific nature has been a recurring issue in the neuropsychological literature. Prior research has examined the overlap of postconcussion symptoms (PCS) with personality traits, d…
Parenthood is one of the normative life cycle events and an interruption or dislocation at this transition point threatens or frustrates couples' desire for parenthood, and creates a state that has been conceptualized as "crisis of infertility" (Cook, 1987; Menning, 1980). A pur…
This study was conducted in order to compare adult attachment styles and related behavioral and family variables within three cultures: United States, Argentina, and Israel. The goal was to determine whether the samples would demonstrate different attachment patterns, and the de…
The shifting context of Western social structures and global inter-relatedness demands leaders who can effectively navigate systems through chaos. This study hypothesized that wisdom is the construct that enables leaders to "see" and thus interpret a beneficial path of action. T…
Problem. The problem was to determine whether a relationship exists between psychological types, as determined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and tobacco use among college students. Procedures. The study was a cross-sectional survey of students from 8 Georgia college and un…
Problem. The purpose of this study was to seek an understanding of the problem of stress and decline of personal job satisfaction among Nigerian Catholic priests. The study identified major variables in the lifestyle and social interest of the priests that contribute to their hi…
In this project I investigate how the psychological characteristics of key political leaders, their beliefs and personality traits, affect foreign policy. I use a multi-method approach. This includes both statistical analyses involving quantitative measures of leaders' psycholog…
The question of whether culture forms the characteristics of its members or its members' characteristics determine the shared underlying assumptions about how the group will deal with internal and external stimuli is the fundamental question underlying this research. Does the in…
Indigenous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly important to sustainable development efforts as evidenced by upward trends in funding amounts and participation levels, acting as distribution channels for development assistance. However, in-depth knowled…
This thesis follows the different stages of Menachem Begin life by examining with the aid of psychoanalytic tools his experience of being the embodiment of the Jewish people. The thesis starts by exploring Begin's childhood years in Poland prior to the war, his prison in Russia,…
A large body of literature attests to a positive relationship between adherence to treatment and favorable outcomes in weight loss programs (Dubbert & Wilson, 1984; Israel, Silverman & Solotar, 1988; Karlsson et al., 1994; Lansky, 1981; Mancini et al., 1999; Sandifer & Buchanan,…
Economist Israel Kirzner offers a theory of entrepreneurship that attempts to link the economic and psychological dimensions of entrepreneurship. Kirzner argues that the behavior most distinctive to entrepreneurs is the discovery or creation of innovative market opportunities. H…
Four-hundred twenty-seven firefighter/paramedics and firefighter/emergency medical technicians completed questionnaires regarding past and current turnover decisions. The employees, who work in teams of either three or four, have a collective bargaining benefit that allows them …