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Discourse as a normative instrument : analysis of mental illness on a disability services discussion list
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Publicly available archives of an internet discussion list for people who operate disability service offices at colleges and universities across the U.S. provided a unique insight into the values, interactions, and norms ...
An investigation of relationships between Flow Theory and music performance anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation comprises three projects designed to investigate the relationship between flow and music performance anxiety and using flow to alleviate music performance anxiety. One investigation is a comprehensive ...
The effects of Roman expansion in the Middle Tiber Valley : Ameria and its environs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] This dissertation constitutes a micro-history of the town of Ameria (modern Amelia) located in the Central Italian region of Umbria from 700 BCE to 300 CE. By reducing the scale of analysis to ...
Hooking up while being 'down' (with the cause): a study of Black sexual life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation centers Black collegiate women's intersectional experiences of navigating dating and hookup culture at a large historically predominantly white university in the Midwest. Using a qualitative approach, I ...
Examining the pedagogical content knowledge and practice of experienced secondary biology teachers for teaching diffusion and osmosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Teachers are the most important factor in student learning (National Research Council, 1996); yet little is known about the specialized knowledge held by experienced teachers. The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to make explicit...
Not just fun and games : exploring ludic elements in Greek and Latin literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This dissertation explores how Greek and Roman authors use board games and games of chance to answer complex questions about humanity and the relation of the self to the cosmos. I isolate literary topoi rooted in gaming ...
The virtual social capital of online communities : media use and motivations as predictors of online and offline engagement via six measures of community strength
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research introduces a new measure of social capital for users of online communities. Whereas "local community" forms of social capital consist of ties created in local community for the benefit of local community, and "Web-local" social capital...
"It's all country boys" : rural young male perceptions of risk and protective factors for dating violence and technology-based interventions as an acceptable response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
intervention, policy, and for researchers by providing a broader framework for the development of theory and effective violence prevention practice in low-income, rural contexts....
Tales of an 'invisible' life stage : survival and physiology among terrestrial juvenile ambystomatid salamanders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The vital rates (e.g., survival, growth, and reproduction) of distinct life stages within a species are known to influence the growth and persistence of populations. As such, studies describing stage-specific vital rates, ...
Seriously funny : a look at humor in televised presidential debates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
, third party influence and suggests implication for antecedent genre theory and methods to study humor research....
The canary's perspective: a scholarly personal narrative on pursuing graduate education as a Black woman
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
A Scholarly Personal Narrative was completed to share critical experiences that shaped my pursuit of a doctorate in School Psychology. Retellings and reflections are provided with the goal of showcasing the barriers that ...
Families are for thriving, not just surviving : aged out foster youths' experiences of family, home, and estrangement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-improvement implications (i.e., demonstrating empowerment, encouraging self-care, and promoting mental health). Findings contribute to family communication and family estrangement research by illuminating how aged out foster youth accounts spoke to family estrangement as a...
A Narrative Analysis of Spiritual Coping in Individuals with Terminal Heart Failure
(2021)
researchers a structure to support the future development of interventions and aid nurses in promoting quality of life by addressing suffering in patients who have terminal heart failure....
The theatre lobby experience : the audience's perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
What meaning does the audience give to the lobby? Using the qualitative methodology grounded theory, analysis of directed interviews were collected for this study, and the following theory emerged: An audience member with ...
The perceived role of Twitter in young adults' political participation during the 2018 midterm elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study explores the relationship between young adults' use of Twitter and their political participation during the 2018 midterm elections. While contributing to previous literature, this study aims to extend research done at the intersection...
2011 proceedings
(2011)
Unelected oversight : the politics of government investigations and problem monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
How do elected officials and top decisionmakers receive information about the problems encountered in government agencies? Policymaking and agenda setting research primarily examines how elected officials directly gather information through...
Toxic schools? Teacher perceptions of indoor air quality and negative place attachment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
continuing teacher shortages and the adverse impact on students. This sequential mixed-methods study confronts the gap between place theory, specifically the negative emotional person-place bond, and perceived IAQ in public school buildings. Little research...
Science frictions : science, folklore, and "the future"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
that lives on in the present. (And one that might even prevail into the time to come). This work is not entirely that story. But it is a part of it, presented here as it is in the interest of opening new channels of discourse between two areas of research...
Nursing Faculty Perspectives Regarding the Effectiveness of Prelicensure Nursing Education
(2020)
New graduate registered nurse unreadiness for professional practice is a growing, critical global issue that threatens public safety. While research has associated this academic under-preparation to preventable medical errors, poor quality care...