Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Rae, William A."
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Rivera, Saori (2009-05-15)In attempting to help the Mexican American adult and elderly population, the relationship between psychological well-being and cultural factors was investigated in this dissertation study. Primarily, the dynamics of ...
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Beckner, Helen Minette (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)A large body of research exists relative to male aggression. Studies over the past 30 years, especially as related to male-to-female intimacy violence in a domestic context, have contributed greatly to a better understanding ...
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Mendoza-Burcham, Marissa (2012-10-19)As the most prevalent chronic health condition in children under the age of 18, asthma is a disease for which significant health disparities exist. Current literature has established that ethnic minorities, families living ...
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Fiala, Samuel E. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that attending specialized summer camps is beneficial for chronically ill youth (Briery & Rabian, 1999). However, there is some inconsistency across studies regarding these ...
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Jarratt, Kelly Pizzitola (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Although there appears to be increasing popularity in neuropsychology across disciplines of study, only modest work has been conducted with preschool and schoolage children. Changes in the structure of cognitive processes ...
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Villarreal, Nichole (2012-10-19)The following study examines two samples of children; children diagnosed as having a chronic illness, and children experiencing psychological distress. Children from both samples are at risk for similar things: poor social ...
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Siekierski, Becky Mayes (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children â Third Edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 1991) and the ChildrenâÂÂs Memory Scale (CMS; Cohen, 1997) are frequently used measures of childrenâÂÂs cognitive ability and ...
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Tasby, Calissia Thomas (2009-05-15)Behavioral manifestations of autism are said to be exhibited across cultures and socioeconomic status with little variation. The majority of the epidemiology studies have not studied race, and have typically used Western ...
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Grizzle, Jonhenry C. (2009-05-15)Previous research has elucidated social competence as a prominent variable contributing to psychosocial adjustment in juveniles with chronic illness. In particular, early interactions with parents and peers play a large ...
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Vaughan-Dark, Chelsea Ann (2013-07-17)This study assesses generic and disease-specific Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). More specifically, the purpose of the study is to address the ...
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Lane, Mariella Marie (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This study evaluated a model of perceptual accuracy and self-management behavior in pediatric diabetes. Participants were 169 children and adolescents (10-18 years) attending diabetes summer camps. Error grid analysis ...
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Banda, Tanya Y. (2010-01-14)Head Start, an early intervention program administered by the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, offers children of low-income families comprehensive services in an ...
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Grizzle, Jonhenry Cordell (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)To explore attributions about chronically ill peers, 545 older adolescents ages 17-26 read a short vignette describing a brief social encounter with a hypothetical peer suffering from a medical condition, and then responded ...
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Gsanger, Kristen Marie (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Research indicates that cognitive and neuropsychological functions are adversely affected by symptoms of depression (Teeter & Semrud-Clikeman, 1997). In addition to deficits in attention and memory, depressive symptomatology ...
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Yu, Jason Juijen (2012-02-14)Treatment dropout is a pervasive phenomenon that can preclude clients from benefiting fully from psychotherapy. Research efforts to understand the phenomenon in the preceding decades yielded few consistent results. The ...
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Ramirez, Eleazar (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Despite considerable efforts, the disproportionate representation of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in special education programs remains among the most persistent problems in the field of ...
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Ramkumar, Neeta (2012-10-19)The psychological benefits of self-compassion, a construct associated with adaptively dealing with emotional suffering from life's problems appear to overlap with those of trait resiliency in terms of theoretical underpinnings ...
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Wiley, Elizabeth Stirling (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Often, a sexually abused childs disclosure is the only evidence of the abuse. However, most victims do not disclose until adulthood, if ever. This study explores situational correlates of child sexual abuse disclosure. ...
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Herrington, Rachael (2009-05-15)Although theorists, researchers, and therapists alike emphasize emotional intimacy as an important aspect of a couple’s relationship, empirical data to understand the underlying processes behind this concept are lacking. ...
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Lee, Dong Hyung (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Current theoretical models of ADHD (i.e., Disinhibition Model: Barkley, 1997; Working Memory Model: Rapport et al., 2001) conceptualize ADHD as the disorder of executive function (EF) with some variation in their emphases ...