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Identifying Stigmas of Alcoholics Currently in and “Graduated” from the Treatment Process
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)Many addiction researchers understand alcoholism to be a disease that is in the same group with mental illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and hypertension. In contrast, United States society views alcoholism to be an individual ... -
Identity Formation and Ideological Commitment as Narratively Constructed
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2003)Nine individuals were interviewed in this study concerning their commitment to either religious activity or ecological activity. The research sought to integrate the ideas of Erikson and McAdams with regards to identity ... -
Improving Patients’ Experience with Disease: An Evaluation of Psychological Distress in Veterans with Cancer
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)Military veterans are considered to have engaged in one of the highest risk occupational groups for exposure to traumatic and adverse events. This combination of circumstances allows for unique psychological underpinnings ... -
Increasing Self-Efficacy Through Career Assessments and Career Counseling
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)Because self-efficacy plays an important role in career development as well as academic behavior, a study was conducted to examine whether career counseling would be more effective in increasing self-efficacy when ... -
Influence of Culture on Ethnic Identity Development, Acculturation, and Educational Ideals Among Latinos
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)This literature review examines and analyzes identity theories and models from various researchers in the fields of psychosocial development as well as ethnic identity development. Acculturation as well as cultural ... -
The Influence of Parental Messages about Sexual Orientation on LGBT Sexual Affect and Sexual Experience
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)More frequent and positive parent-adolescent communication about sexuality has been associated with fewer random sexual partners and engaging in sexual intercourse less often and at a later age (Miller, Forehand, & Kotchik, ... -
Influences of Media and Ethnicity on Violent Video Games
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)The experiment studied how changing the ethnic identity (i.e., Arab terrorists or Columbian guerillas) of ‘bad-guys’ in a first-person shooter game would affect participants’ attitudes toward the game. Participants in ... -
Interpersonal Intervention for Adolescents with Subclinical Levels of Emotional Disorders: A Proposed Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)This study aims to test “UTALK”, a modification of ITP-AST with a greater emphasis on peer relations and victimization, against an educational therapy control. -
An Introduction to a Novel Approach to Smoking Reduction
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Smoking cessation aids were evaluated for their effectiveness. Literature suggests the methods combining a pharmacological aid with behavioral intervention methods are most effective for smoking abstinence. A new method ... -
Is Augmentation a Threat to Behaviorally-Based Interventions for Anticipatory-Vomiting and Nausea in Chemotherapy Patients?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)When a preconditioned flavor cue (taste or odor) is conditioned with a second flavor cue, conditioning to the second cue is facilitated (Batsell & Batson, 1999). This phenomenon is called Augmentation. Augmentation has ... -
Is Gesture Production Affected by Viewing Motion?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Participants were shown a series of animations that depicted motion either upward or downward, and they retold the stories while watching a display video that depicted motion either matched or mismatched to each stimulus ... -
A Justification for the creation of a new Touch-screen Vision Testing Assay
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)The use of touch-screen based technology in lab testing is a long established method. Previous research has shown that learning method is important for a good assay. Comparison of rat strains is also important when validating ... -
Land Banks and Alleviating the Negative Effects of Blight
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Land banks can strategically remove blight by working in partnership with local organizations who wish to invest, develop, and promote the wellbeing of the community (Alexander 2011; Dewar 2006). Land banks can indirectly ... -
The Launch of the Mabuyu Snack into the U.S Market
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)Delickie Baobab Seeds Mabuyu Company is a successful snack company located in Nairobi Kenya. The snack company has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in their native country as well as in other neighboring East ... -
The Long Term Impact Of Growing Up In A Jewish Summer Camp: A Proposed Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)The proposed study examines the many relationships between religion, namely Judaism, and a variety of factors including psychosocial development, interpersonal relationships, and personal identity formation. The research ... -
Marijuana and Other Coping Strategies Used by HIV/AIDS Patients Reporting Anxiety, Depression, and Pain
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Using data on anxiety, depression, and pain in patients from a large, urban, primarily African-American HIV primary care clinic, coping strategy responses were analyzed in regard to symptoms and demographic data. Over ... -
Mathematical Manipulatives and Gesture as Simulated Action: Observing Learning Through Gesture
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The importance of gesture to the gesturer themselves has been demonstrated in increasing lexical retrieval, spatial recall, and accuracy on visuospatial problem-solving (Chu & Kita, 2011; Stevanoni & Salmon, 2005; ... -
The Media’s Influence on Self-Objectification and Perfectionism in Women
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Self-objectification causes symptoms such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-criticism, and negative mood. The symptoms of perfectionism result in similar problems. Using the format of a previous experiment, ... -
Mental Imagery and Enhancing Sport Performance Post-Injury
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)This study explores the effects of mental imagery on the enhancement of performance of injured athletes. Two Kalamazoo injured athletes were selected to participate in active mental imagery sessions. Previous research has ... -
Minorities in Higher Education: the Impact of Experiencing Discrimination, Institutional Belonging, and Campus and Racial Climate on Academic Achievement
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)A review of the psychological literature pertaining to factors which affect a person of color’s academic achievement while offering specific suggestions for the Kalamazoo College campus to improve the experiences of students ...
