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Exploring changes in college students' attributions after participation in a learning strategies course
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study was designed to determine how learning strategies courses may serve to promote more adaptive attributions in early college students. Data ...
"It's about just staying focused" : how African American gay and bisexual men persist at a predominately white institution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
African American males graduate from college at lower rates than their African American female and White male classmates. This qualitative study explored the strategies that a subset of that population, African American ...
A historical study of the development of the Total Person Program : the evolution of academic support services for student-athletes at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Athletics has been a heavily scrutinized aspect of university life. It is often criticized for its nature of exploiting students for their athletic talents and overlooking the importance of the educational mission of the ...
The Missouri Multicultural Counseling Interests (MMCI) Scale : factor analysis, validation, and reliability
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation describes three studies that address the development and validation of the Missouri Multicultural Counseling Interests (MMCI) scale. ...
Examining social class privilege and perceived career options in adolescent white women : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Social Class Worldview on adolescent women's perceived career options. This qualitative investigation resulted in 10 interviews focused on the lived experience of ...
Athletes' experiences of sport psychology consultation : exploring a multi-season, cross gender intervention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Applied sport psychology consultations can provide beneficial services to athletes and coaches, particularly regarding performance enhancement. This study examined the experiences of ten wrestlers involved in a long-term ...
The process of decentering : a phenomenological study of Asian American Buddhists from the Fo Guan Shan Temple Buddhist order
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The current study is an empirical exploration of the Buddhist phenomenon of decentering (letting go of the ego as described in the Four Noble Truths). The researcher explored decentering as a personal process of being open ...