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CBFM (community-based forest management) : participation and perceptions. a case study in Malang, Indonesia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
impacts. A survey was conducted with total of 210 respondents in five villages in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Logistic regression results showed that at the 5% of significance level, years of farming experience, number of family who work on farm...
Exploring Meanings of Professional Development: Teacher Perspectives
(2014-08-28)
development experiences may or may not be relevant or practical because teachers are not asked about their contextual needs. Teachers perceived that asking, listening, and trusting their opinion concerning professional development experiences was important...
Latinos in the Heartland : Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern Communities : Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference Columbia, Missouri, May 24-26, 2010
(Cambio Center, 2011)
When the ninth annual Cambio de Colores conference convened in Columbia, Missouri, in May 24-26, 2010, it did so as a fully-fledged regional effort, as each and every state in the Heartland is experiencing the demographic and socioeconomic changes...
Decision-making involvement, self-efficacy, and the relationship to transition readiness in youth with sickle cell disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and self-management skills, has been proposed as strategy to improve health outcomes for adolescents and young adults (AYA) after transition. To date, few studies have looked at factors that may influence transition readiness, a measure of disease...
The effects of exercise on organizational and personal outcomes : a work-home resources perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
job performance. Subsequently, I theorized better work outcomes are associated with a sense of accomplishment that leads to more sharing behaviors at home. I also theorized that the resource accumulation from exercise may depend on contextual...
Community college developmental reading teachers’ feelings of teacher self-efficacy and related variables
(2013)
This study described community college developmental reading teachers’ feelings
of teacher self-efficacy using a demographic survey and the Teacher Sense of Efficacy
Scale (TSES). The 125 participants in the study were ...
The development and psychometric testing of the shared decision-making instrument
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-18)
Immunizations are a primary prevention intervention to prevent communicable diseases. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been available to females in the United States since June 2006. However, the receipt of the ...
The college destinations of black students : the influence of college-going culture in secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, this dissertation utilized Kasse Freeman's (2005) categorization of Black students' college aspiration typology to examine the influence of aspiration type on Black students' college destinations. Utilizing the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009...
Parental psychological factors of mother-child and father-child reminiscing about negative and positive emotional past experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Little is known about the significance of parent factors, including attachment representations, depressive symptoms, and personality, in shaping parental elaborative reminiscing, as research has primarily examined child ...
Three essays on the economics of pesticide use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
or management. Non-adopters differ, e.g., people who have never heard of the practice versus those know it well are predicted by different factors, implying demand for targeted educational campaigns or dissemination of information on effective practices as well...
Instrumental music teacher perceptions regarding student self-regulation of music learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
strategies that were oriented with the performance phase of the theory when they focused on student home practice. The participants believed that the most important self-regulation strategies their students could adopt were self-evaluation, goal...
Polypharmacy in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: effects on fatigue, perceived cognition, and objective cognitive performance
(2013-06-24)
account for polypharmacy and medication effects when conducting studies examining fatigue and cognition in MS. Similarly, clinicians and patients should carefully weigh the costs and benefits of prescribing multiple medications, as these may contribute...
Effects of healthcare system distrust on cognition in African American older adults with type two diabetes mellitus
(2022)
relationship between healthcare system distrust and cognitive functioning would be partially mediated by T2DM management. We found that healthcare system distrust may be related to functional cognition in African American older adults with T2DM...
Night eating syndrome: survey of assessment and treatment practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-14)
survey that assessed demographic characteristics, assessment methods, and treatment practices of night eating behavior. It was hypothesized that less than fifty percent of eating disorder treatment providers do not assess for night eating behavior...
The influences of perceived discrimination, religious coping and personal control on psychological distress among East Asian students in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examined the influences of perceived discrimination, religious coping, and personal control on psychological distress among 305 East Asian ...
Exploring Mental Health Screening and Linkage to Care among Young African American Men
(2020)
. However, participants also strongly believed that to engage in screening/LTC required individual effort and there is no guarantee that providers can help. Key normative referents were significant others, family, friends and peer groups, faith...
Teacher perceptions regarding the influence block scheduling has on student learning as compared to traditional scheduling in middle schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to compare middle school teachers' perceptions on student learning in A/B block schedules and traditional schedules in schools with grade configurations of 6 through 8. Responses to the survey ...
Do readers believe what they see? : reader acceptance of image manipulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study uses a random public sample to measure the level of acceptance the public has of various kinds of image adjustment/manipulation, to discover how frequently the respondents believe the same manipulations are ...
Relationship of Early Childhood Teacher Guidance Beliefs and Reported Actual Practices on Child Behavioral Outcomes
(2016)
Teacher beliefs on child guidance and discipline practices are critical components in
understanding how teachers’ beliefs and approaches to guidance influence teachers’
interactions and classroom management practices ...
Hospital discharge destination decisions : exploring congruence in frail elders, their family members, and health care teams' decisions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This study used a mixed method design to explore congruence about the discharge destination decision of hospitalized frail older adults, their family members, and health care team members (HCTM). There was no common pattern of preferred level...