Browsing 2015 Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Education, school and counseling psychology (MU)"
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Chief executive officers' courage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The purpose of this study was to construct Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) meanings of CEOs' courage. The focus was to understand courage from CEOs through their unique perspectives; therefore, the study was a constructivist ... -
Child maltreatment and young children : examining contributing factors and impacts of parenting programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Child maltreatment is a complicated and ongoing problem. There are millions of reported cases in the United States each year, and infants and toddlers are the most frequent and most vulnerable victims of child maltreatment ... -
Consultation as a vehicle for increasing novice teachers' use of evidence-based classroom management strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Teachers' classroom management skills have a significant impact on students' short and long-term outcomes. Unfortunately, research has demonstrated that teachers, particularly novice teachers, often struggle to effectively ... -
Coping, multicultural personality, acculturative stress and psychological adjustment among Chinese international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The present study examined coping appraisal as a mediator, collectivistic coping styles, and multicultural personality as moderators, between perceived ... -
Developing an integrated screening and progress monitoring tool for internalizing problems in middle school students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Screening adolescents for internalizing problems is an important public health endeavor. Often, individuals who have tested positive in a screening ... -
Development and validation of a work mattering scale (WMS)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Many people desire work that matters to others and society. However, there is no existing, psychometrically sound scale that measures work mattering with two dimensions, societal mattering and interpersonal mattering. This ... -
Evaluation of the pass system : a multi-component function-based tier 2 intervention for escape-maintained student behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Among typically developing children, escape is one of the most common functions of problem behavior. Research suggests students who engage in ... -
Examining the role of hardiness, race-related stress, and racial identity on psychological health outcomes of black college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Hardiness is personality trait that buffers against stress-related illnesses. Researchers have further described hardiness as the willingness to pursue challenges, transform them, and make them work for an individual. ... -
Exploration of the contentious relationship between increased work engagement and service worker well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study sought to examine the efficacy of a positive psychology intervention for increasing work engagement within the workplace for collegiate ... -
Exploring the strengths development of Taiwanese international students during the cultural transition process : a grounded theory study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] According to the Open Doors report, the number of undergraduate international students increased from 407,529 to 764,495 in the U.S. from 1990-91 to ... -
Extending the classroom check-up to parent involvement : a brief consultation intervention with teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] It is now well-accepted in the literature that parent involvement is important to a myriad of student outcomes. Researchers have begun identifying ... -
Influences of subjective social status, control and perfectionism on international students' cross-cultural transition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the influences of subjective social status, sense of control, and perfectionistic discrepancy on career development outcomes and ... -
A longitudinal examination of drinking motives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Drinking motives have been associated with alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among young adult drinkers (Kuntsche et al., 2005). We included a sample of 360 college students and fit latent profile models at each ... -
Mediating effects of the relationship between school-based professionals' role, knowledge, and self-efficacy as related to non-suicidal self-injury
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Non-suicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behaviors are on the rise among school aged children and adolescents. The current research study assessed school-based professionals' general knowledge of NSSI behaviors and perceived ... -
Teacher burnout in Japan : relationships with individual teacher and classroom level factors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The current study employed factor analyses, structural equation modeling, and correlations in order to examine relationships among teacher burnout, ...