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The perennial problem of poorly handled conflict in the workplace is detrimental to individuals and organizations. This study investigated whether training in the martial art of aikido is associated with efficacy in the constructive handling of social conflict in the workplace. …

This thesis considers a sense of self as an emergent, embodied process in somatically oriented UK contemporary dance. Central to this examination is the physicality of the dance form, with the body as a site of discourse, supporting embodied cognition and opposing mind-body dich…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether pre-injury somatic symptoms influenced recovery time among adolescents who sustained sport-related concussion (SRC), and whether that relationship was influenced by postinjury anxiety or depression. Participants consisted of 153…

This research study explored the efficacy of somatic therapies for the treatment of hoarding disorder as a result of trauma. Cognitive behavioral therapy for hoarding and peer-led support groups have been the standard method of care since the early 1990s. While this standard of …

This thesis examined how inner healing can be guided when dance is treated as a vessel to explore the root of our private selves by identifying and exposing the inner struggles that shape our moral identity. This study provided an understanding of how the pillar foundations of l…