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The Influence of Climate on Flourishing and Motivational Outcomes for U.S. Masters Swimmers
(MDPI, 2023-01-21)The climate in which older adults exercise and participate in sport may play a role in promoting a lifetime commitment to exercising. However, little research has examined the relationship of caring (C) and task-involving ... -
From single attitudes to belief systems: Examining the centrality of STEM attitudes using belief network analysis
(Elsevier, 2023-04-07)Many achievement and motivation theories claim that a specific set of beliefs, interests or values plays a central role in determining career choice and behavior. In order to investigate how attitudes determine behaviors, ... -
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the ‘Return to Duty Readiness Questionnaire’
(MDPI, 2022-12-23)The Readiness to Return to Duty Questionnaire (RDRQ) is a recently developed screening instrument for detecting fear-avoidance behavior in a military musculoskeletal pain population. The RDRQ was developed based on the ... -
Development and validation of a military fear avoidance questionnaire
(Frontiers Media, 2022-10-03)Chronic pain due to musculoskeletal injury is one of the leading causes of disability and reduced combat readiness in the U.S. Army. Unidimensional pain management systems are not effective in addressing the complex ... -
Multidimensional Scaling of Cognitive Ability and Academic Achievement Scores
(MDPI, 2022-12-01)Multidimensional scaling (MDS) was used as an alternate multivariate procedure for investigating intelligence and academic achievement test score correlations. Correlation coefficients among Wechsler Intelligence Scale for ... -
The Effect of Concerns About COVID-19 on Anxiety, Stress, Parental Burnout, and Emotion Regulation: The Role of Susceptibility to Digital Emotion Contagion
(Frontiers Media, 2020-12-18)Background and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused social and economic turmoil, which has led to enormous strain for many families. Past work with pandemic outbreaks suggests that media attention can increase anxiety ... -
Dataset for measuring the conceptual understanding of optics in Rwanda [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
(F1000Research, 2022-05-10)This dataset is an accumulation of data collected to test Rwandan physics students’ conceptual understanding of light phenomena and to assess instructional tools for active learning of optics. We collected and analysed ... -
The Effect of Concerns About COVID-19 on Anxiety, Stress, Parental Burnout, and Emotion Regulation: The Role of Susceptibility to Digital Emotion Contagion
(Frontiers Media, 2020-12-18)Background and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused social and economic turmoil, which has led to enormous strain for many families. Past work with pandemic outbreaks suggests that media attention can increase anxiety ... -
They Saw It Coming: Rising Trends in Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidality in Creative Students and Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis
(Frontiers Media, 2021-03-01)Previous research has established that creative adolescents are generally low in neuroticism and as well-adjusted as their peers. From 2006 to 2013, data from cohorts of creative adolescents attending a counseling laboratory ... -
THE EFFECT OF NON-NORMALITY ON THE CUTSCORE OPERATING FUNCTION: ESTIMATION CORRECTNESS IN NON-NORMAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Certification testing attempts to classify individuals into mutually exclusive categories, such as competent and non-competent. There is some potential for error whenever a classification decision is made as a result of a ... -
Cognitive Test Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Performance on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators Examination
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam is broadly used as a partial requirement of obtaining teacher licensure. The inferences made based on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam results are of ... -
Barriers and Persistence Strategies of Online Master's Students
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of students who enrolled in one of several, newly established online masters and online graduate certificate programs in the School of Education at the University ... -
The Relationship Between Hope and Stigma in the Decision to Seek Mental Health Treatment
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)There is a significant disparity between the number of people who could benefit from mental health treatment and the number of people who seek mental health treatment. Barriers to treatment can include self-reliance and ... -
Exploring Pathways of Western and East Asian Students’ Persistence in Learning: The Role of Learning Beliefs, Choice, and Internationalization of Learning Motivation
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)Abstract This dissertation examines the widely spread assumption that East Asian students are more persistent than their American counterparts because they are more likely to believe that success results from efforts rather ... -
Observing racial socialization: How do White parent-child dyads talk about race?
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)This paper explores the relationship among White parents’ racial socialization behaviors, their perceived socialization practices, and their children’s perceptions of those behaviors. In contrast with previous studies which ... -
Modeling Ecological Risk, Health Promotion, and Prevention Program Effects for Rural Adolescents
(University of Chicago Press, 2019-01-25)Objective: Universal prevention programs such as Positive Action (PA) mitigate risk factors and enhance promotive factors, often leading to improved adolescent functioning and school climate. The current study used 5 waves ... -
Growth Modeling in a Diagnostic Classification Model (DCM) Framework–A Multivariate Longitudinal Diagnostic Classification Model
(Frontiers Media, 2020-08-07)A multivariate longitudinal DCM is developed that is the composite of two components, the log-linear cognitive diagnostic model (LCDM) as the measurement model component that evaluates the mastery status of attributes at ... -
Translating Educational Research into Classroom Practice: Working Together to Close the Gap
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The research-to-practice gap, the disconnect between what we know about education and what we do in practice (Olswang & Prelock, 2015) or the gap between the production of new knowledge through research and its inclusion ... -
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education Programs on Entrepreneurship Intention: Updating the Field of Entrepreneurship Education
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Entrepreneurship education programs have had an increasing presence in higher education institutions in the last few years. Despite their popularity and the rapid growth of these programs locally and internationally, the ... -
Sunday School is Marching On: An Exploration of Children's Perceptions of Church, Sunday School, and a Bible-Based Sunday School Lesson
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Faith development is a highly significant social and educational experience in many children’s lives. According to research, children may thrive in settings that provide opportunities for collaboration, working in small ...