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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 ...
Predicting first year academic success of the student-athlete population at the University of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study compares the predictive validity of the Office of University Admission's model to predict first year grade point average for student athletes at the University of Missouri. In a majority of the cases, it was ...
Environmental risk factors and risky sexual behavior outcomes : attitudes as a mediating factor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study examined environmental risk factors for risky sexual behaviors and examined the possible mediating effects of attitude on these factors. The study is grounded in Bronfenbrenner's (1977, 1979) ecological systems ...
Mindfulness, self-regulation, and personality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Mindfulness, or awareness without judgment, has shown immense promise for applications in the treatment of both psychological and physical conditions ...
Black students at predominatly white institutions: a motivational and self-systems approach to understanding retention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As the number of Black students attending college has increased (Baker & Valez, 1996), the need for programs to socially and academically support, and ...