Browsing by Thesis Department "Human Environmental Sciences (MU)"
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Elementary classrooms for autism : teacher perceptions of environment influence, adaptations, and COVID-19 impacts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)While the physical environment is widely understood as being a critical consideration for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), limited research is available to guide the design for these specialized classrooms. A ... -
Living buildings as communication tools and informal learning environments for sustainable building education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The idea that sustainable buildings can be used as teaching tools for both formal and informal environmental education and sustainable building education (SBE) has gained attention in both research and practice. Evidence ... -
Navigating cultural crossroads : a family-centered approach of studying acculturative stress and career identity among Filipino and Korean American youth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Developing a career identity is essential for youths to experience career success in the later stages of their lives. However, it might be difficult for immigrant youth to explore and commit to a career because of the ... -
Outgroup threat and behavioral tendencies in young adulthood : exploring the roles of stress and group membership
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Ethnic/racial outgroup threat perception has been linked with negative social behavior. However, less is known about its relations with prosocial behavior (i.e., helping behavior). Furthermore, there is a dearth of research ... -
The relationship between psychological distress and wealth: an analysis of household wealth changes from 2007-2019 in the United States by race, gender, and retirement status
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The present study investigated for patterns of predation and parasitism among a collection of Plio-Pleistocene bivalves from the Nashua Formation of Florida. The processed sample yielded 2010 unique whole and broken valves ... -
Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Research exploring the influence of parent-child relationships in stepfamilies has primarily focused on internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and academic outcomes. The purpose of this study is to build on previous ... -
Unlearning the narrative: integrating relationship science and machine learning to identify the determinants of African American adults' romantic relationship satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Foundational theories in relationship science offer generalized explanations of relationship processes and outcomes that do not acknowledge the central role that race and racism may play in structuring intimate partnerships. ... -
US immigration policies: the lived experiences of international students with families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Research studies about international students have often focused on the students and their reasons for migration (Abuosi and Abor, 2015), the process of adjustment to the new context (Yeh and Inose, 2003), and the factors ... -
Virtual reality as a communication medium: investigating the impact of virtual embodiment on various stakeholders of an architecture project
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Researchers argue that our body and our intentional actions in the environment impact how we perceive and understand the world. In the last few decades, the theory of embodied cognition has been tested across different ...