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Intention vs. Intervention: Analyzing the Effectiveness of a university Bystander Intervention Program
(Washburn University, 2021-04-23)Sexual assault rates on college campuses have remained relatively unchanged in the last several decades. The creation of sexual assault prevention and bystander intervention programs was warranted in an attempt to reduce ... -
Mentorship: A Rehabilitation for Youth Exiting Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
(Washburn University, 2021-03-29)Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) remain controversial forms of care for youth experiencing mental health concerns (Kapp et al., 2015). Mentorship programs are popular community-based interventions for ... -
The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation and Friendlessness in Young Adults
(Washburn University, 2021-04-12)Prior research suggests 15-20% of children experience friendlessness, or the state of having no reciprocal friends (Parker & Seal, 1996). Friendlessness tends to be chronic, as individuals who are friendless at an early ... -
Uncertainty Threat, Integrated Threat, and Self-Esteem: A Mediation Model Predicting Ethnocentrism
(Washburn University, 2021-02-12)The “lethal union” of the Uncertainty-Threat Model (UTM) and Integrated Threat Theory (ITT) are significant predictors of ethnocentrism or generalized prejudice (McFarland, 2010). Although discriminatory acts against ... -
Urban-Rural Differences in Attitudes Toward Mental Health, Stigma and Willingness to Seek Treatment for Suicide
(Washburn University, 2021-04-14)The increasing incidence of suicide in recent years is a major public health concern in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). The rate of suicide in rural areas continues to exceed that found ... -
Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Case Study of an 11-Year-Old
(Washburn University, 2021-03-17)The following is a de-identified case study that presents the treatment process and outcome for Hannah, an 11-year-old female with social anxiety disorder, along with her mother, Debra (names and other details of the case ... -
Mediating the Effects of Friendship on Male Rape Victim Blame
(Washburn University, 2021-04-15)Although male rape victims’ underreporting may be partly due to fear of victim blaming and other negative social outcomes, friendship may provide a buffer. We examined friendship’s effect on male rape victim blame, and ... -
Familismo Components and Depression in Latino Adults: The Role of Gender and Immigrant Generation Status
(Washburn University, 2021-01-26)Familismo is a Latino cultural value that emphasizes strong familial bonds, as evidenced by feelings of loyalty, reciprocity, and solidarity towards one’s nuclear and extended family, which has three main dimensions: ... -
A Case Study of a Woman with obsessions Related to COVID-19
(Washburn University, 2021-04-07)The following is a de-identified case study that presents the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) during the COVID-19 pandemic utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) ... -
Examination of Anxiety Sensitivity and Mindfulness in Adolescents
(Washburn University, 2021-03-24)Anxiety sensitivity increases the risk of developing anxiety disorders while mindfulness decreases such risk. The current study hypothesized adolescents with high anxiety sensitivity will score significantly lower than ... -
Evaluation of the Empower Veterans Program (EVP) for Military Veterans with Chronic Pain
(Washburn University, 2020)Background: Chronic pain is prevalent in the general population and among veterans. Despite the wealth of research on complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, the lack of current empirical evidence of the ... -
The Effects of Mindfulness on Academic Related Anxiety in College Students
(Washburn University, 2020)The current study focuses on academic anxiety and the impacts of mindfulness practice via cellular applications. Academic anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness or sociopsychological distress in reaction to a school-based ... -
The Effect of Electronic Health Record Prompts on the Lab Ordering Frequency of Clinicians Managing Patients Taking Psychotropic Medications
(Washburn University, 2020)The use of information technology provides a beneficial avenue for integrating CPGs into daily clinical work-flow processes by embedding electronic prompts and/or decision-support tools within EHR systems. These have been ... -
Association Between Electronic Media Usage and Sleep Disturbances
(Washburn University, 2020)The average U.S. adult fails to regularly attain the quantity and quality of sleep recommended by the Center for Disease Control (2019). One potential contributor to this epidemic is the increasing rate at which individuals ... -
Understanding the Bullying Culture: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on the Relationship between Coping Styles and Bullying Involvement
(Washburn University, 2019)As many as one in two children are likely to encounter bullying (Beran & Tutty, 2002; Hampel et al., 2009; Khamis, 2015; Solberg & Olweus, 2003). However, there is little replicated research indicating what specific factors ... -
The Effect of Fidget Spinners on Attention and Anxiety in Typically Developing Children
(Washburn University, 2020)Advertisements have led consumers to believe that fidget spinners assist children in maintaining attention and decreasing stress (Libassi, 2017). The current study tested these claims with a sample of 47 typically ... -
Implementation of Advanced Directives
(Washburn University, 2020)An advanced directive (AD) is a legal document that allows patients to specify their decisions for future care while they have the legal and physical autonomy to do so. The self-autonomy promoted by ADs is established in ... -
Relationships Among Perceptions of Foster Care, Personality Traits, and Willingness to Foster
(Washburn University, 2020-05-08)The number of children in foster care continues to rise with 442,995 in foster care according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Report, (2018). Although many scholarly articles on the ... -
Conscious Emotion Regulation in Individuals With Disordered Eating When Viewing High-Fat and Low-Fat Food Images
(Washburn University, 2020)Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) experience an intense fear of gaining weight, resulting in the restriction of caloric intake (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Research has indicated that AN individuals may ... -
Treating Conduct Disorder Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anger and Aggression in Children: A Case Study of a Male Juvenile Offender
(Washburn University, 2019)Conduct Disorder (CD) is often diagnosed in over half of males who are in correctional facilities (Teplin, Abraham, McClelland, Dulcan, & Merical, 2002). Furthermore, CD has been found to increase rates of recidivism ...
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