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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders in Women
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Women of color in the United States have historically been considered immune from restrictive eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia nervosa (Kuba & Harris, 2001). However, various stressors, including acculturation ... -
The Recruitment Process: Attracting and Retaining Quality Employees
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)My experience as a human resource intern for St. John Providence Health System led to research of the recruitment process. I found that job recruitment and retention are closely linked to the theory of motivation in regards ... -
Rehabilitative Imagery and Placebo Responding: An Objective Measure of Expectancy Effects
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Mental imagery (MI), or the process of re-creating an event within the mind, has been used in a variety of contexts. Imagery training has been used mostly within the context of sport (see Martin, Moritz, & Hall, 1999, for ... -
The Relation of Depressive Symptoms to Anger Arousal, Aggression, Submissiveness, and Anger Suppression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)Past research has clearly demonstrated that depressive symptoms are associated with anger arousal and anger suppression (e.g., Allan & Gilbert, 2002; Quiggle, Garber, Panak, & Dodge, 1992). However, the literature is ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, DIFFICULT INFANT TEMPERAMENT, AND MATERNAL PERCEPTIONS OF INFANT BEHAVIOR
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)The current study explores the relationship between maternal PTSD and depression and infant temperament in a sample of mothers and their infants (n = 55). I hypothesized that maternal psychopathology would relate to ... -
The Relationship Between Non-REM Sleep and Cognitive Fitness: A Proposed Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Sleep deprivation has been found has been found to negatively affect cognitive fitness, primarily attention (e.g. Durmer& Dinges, 2005) and several aspects of memory (e.g. Chee et al., 2006). REM sleep has been primarily ... -
Relationship Satisfaction in Monogamous and Non-monogamous Couples: Is Monogamy Truly Ideal?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)The vast majority of Americans practice monogamy in their romantic relationships, yet roughly half of all marriages end in divorce (National Center for Health Statistics, 2010). There are several other issues with monogamy ... -
A Retrospective Analysis of Leadership by College Athletic Captains
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of two collegiate athletic captains to highlight major characteristics of athletic leadership in hopes to further enhance athletic leadership programs. In-depth ... -
The Role of Internet Poetry Groups in Establishing Community for Adolescents Experiencing Depression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)This project explores the existing research about community building for adolescents through the use of online poetry groups. I look at the interactions between poetry and community building, then at the role of the internet ... -
The Role of Media Sexual Discourses in the Subjective Sexual Health Outcomes of Young African-American Adults
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The current study examined the extent to which young African-American adults receive abstinence, relational sex, and sex-positive messages through the media, as well as, determined which of those sexual socialization ... -
The Role of Self-Affirmation: Reducing the Effects of Stereotype Threat in Middle Schools
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)Stereotype Threat- Stereotype threat arises when one is in a situation where there is a threat of being judged or treated stereotypically, or the fear of doing something that would inadvertently confirm that stereotype. It ... -
Second Life: Usability Assessment, Image Interactive Technology Consumer Preferences and Avatar Persuasion
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)Designing effective and usable interactive virtual environments (VE) is a new challenge for designers and human factor specialists. Conventional usability principles do not apply to VEs such as Second Life because they do ... -
Social Psychological Effects of Wilderness Therapy Programs: A Proposed Study of the LandSea Program
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)This study examines the psychological effects of the LandSea wilderness program in terms of self-esteem, social anxiety, social avoidance, and locus of control. 50 first-year college students comprised the experimental ... -
The Stability of Emotionality Assessed in Ages 3 to 7
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The purpose of this current study was to examine the stability of temperamental emotionality characteristics, across children from 3 to 7 years old. This was completed through the utilization of structured laboratory tasks, ... -
Stereotype Threat and Tracking in High School Math Classes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)The areas of stereotype threat and educational tracking are both widely researched, however the connections between these two topics have never been explored. Women are negatively stereotyped in the domain of mathematics ... -
Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing and Direct Reinforcement in Mand Training of Autistic Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2007)Based on the behavioral concept of automatic reinforcement, the use of both stimulus-stimulus pairing and direct reinforcement was examined in relation to the acquisition of vocal vowel sounds in autistic children with ... -
Stress Reducing Self-Regulation Intervention in School Aged Children of Low Socioeconomic Status
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Chronic exposure to stress during critical periods of development is capable of lifelong systemic influences on the body that alter the bodies ability to cope with disease (Boyce, 2007). Reducing stress as a method of ... -
The Subtle Barriers of the Glass Ceiling: Competing Paradigms
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2003)This poster presents two paradigms used to examine and explain barriers that comprise the glass ceiling. -
Support Systems and the Relationship among Adolescence, Stress, and Identifying as a Sexual Minority: Proposed Implementation of New Programming at the KGLRC
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The social stigmas surrounding the LGBT community in the U.S. produce a negative and sometimes hostile environment in schools. This can lead to LGBT adolescents developing maladaptive coping mechanisms, suicidal or masochistic ... -
Teaching Emotional Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Generalizing into Reality Using Systematic Vehicles
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Individuals with ASD have deficits in theory of mind, which includes limited ability in emotional recognition, but have superior systemizing abilities. The current study was designed to enhance the emotional recognition ...
