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Title: EXPLORING INTENTION TO EXERCISE WITHIN A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR POPULATION.
Creator: Hyatt, Brandice Jean, Hall, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: One modality to improve quality of life, in Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS), is physical activity (PA). Less than 30% of BCS participate in PA. The purpose of this study is to explore BCS’s intention to exercise. Seventy-five BCS patients, undergoing treatment, completed a survey. The survey assessed the following: Health care practitioner influence, Demographics, Stages of Change (SOC), anxiety and depression, perceived barriers to exercise, past and current exercise, and the constructs of the...
Show moreOne modality to improve quality of life, in Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS), is physical activity (PA). Less than 30% of BCS participate in PA. The purpose of this study is to explore BCS’s intention to exercise. Seventy-five BCS patients, undergoing treatment, completed a survey. The survey assessed the following: Health care practitioner influence, Demographics, Stages of Change (SOC), anxiety and depression, perceived barriers to exercise, past and current exercise, and the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). BCS who were older, had less education, did not exercise before diagnosis, were in the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages, and/or exhibited a low Perceived Behavioral Control had a lower intention to exercise. Incorporating the findings from this research into an intervention may assist with increasing intention to exercise among BCS.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013703
Subject Headings: Breast--Cancer, Exercise, Quality of life
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Creating mindfulness with sensual functional handmade ceramics.
Creator: Schwartz, Alexandria., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Abstract/Description: I create opportunities for nourishment that are physical, emotional and spiritual with my functional porcelain vessels. They reference the human body's sensual curves, dimples, and bulges, establishing the experience of eating as a metaphor for the sensual experience of human interaction. The tactility is heightened by the variety of glazes dancing around the vessels, from satiny smooth and skin-like, to wet and dripping. Handmade vessels connect the users not only more deeply to the food...
Show moreI create opportunities for nourishment that are physical, emotional and spiritual with my functional porcelain vessels. They reference the human body's sensual curves, dimples, and bulges, establishing the experience of eating as a metaphor for the sensual experience of human interaction. The tactility is heightened by the variety of glazes dancing around the vessels, from satiny smooth and skin-like, to wet and dripping. Handmade vessels connect the users not only more deeply to the food that provides them nourishment, but also connects them more deeply to one another, and to the maker of the work. The slow, deliberate work of making one-of-a-kind objects is similar to the act of carefully preparing a homemade meal, and in turn, dedicating time to the ritual of sitting down together to enjoy that meal. Whether I'm working in my studio creating vessels, or in my kitchen creating a meal, I derive the same experience of spiritual wellbeing. In these moments I am completely present and mindful.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361056
Subject Headings: Conceptual structures (Information theory), Symbolic interactionism, Body, Human, Social aspects, Resilience (Psychology), Quality of life
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Title: The Relationship Between McGregor’s Leadership Theory and Happiness Among Higher Educational Leaders.
Creator: Sullivan, Jeannette S., Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to determine if a relationship exists between McGregor’s Leadership Theory and subjective states of well-being among higher educational leaders in state and community colleges in Florida. The underlying supposition was that the preference for what Douglas McGregor called Theory X or Theory Y assumptions, indicate intrinsic assumptions about human nature and are linked to subjective happiness. Quantitative data were collected through electronic administration...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to determine if a relationship exists between McGregor’s Leadership Theory and subjective states of well-being among higher educational leaders in state and community colleges in Florida. The underlying supposition was that the preference for what Douglas McGregor called Theory X or Theory Y assumptions, indicate intrinsic assumptions about human nature and are linked to subjective happiness. Quantitative data were collected through electronic administration of two surveys and demographic questions to higher educational leaders at 28 state and community colleges in the State of Florida. These instruments measured levels of well-being through the PERMA-Profiler instrument and preferences for Theory X or Theory Y using the Theory X and Theory Y Managerial Assumptions Inventory. Multiple correlation and regression analyses were used to address the research questions. This study detected no relationship between well-being and happiness in this sample.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004831, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004831
Subject Headings: Personnel management., Educational leadership., Quality of work life., Work--Psychological aspects., Happiness., Job satisfaction.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Colombian Happiness: A Look at Life Satisfaction and Explanatory Style.
Creator: Sinisterra, Diana, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This project examines the explanatory style of Colombians, the habitual way in which they explain the good and bad events that occur in their lives, and its relationship to life satisfaction. Two hundred and twenty Colombians completed a life satisfaction question, the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and demographic questions. Simple means, correlations, and a multiple regression analysis were used to assess the results. The results of the ASQ were also compared to two previously...
Show moreThis project examines the explanatory style of Colombians, the habitual way in which they explain the good and bad events that occur in their lives, and its relationship to life satisfaction. Two hundred and twenty Colombians completed a life satisfaction question, the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and demographic questions. Simple means, correlations, and a multiple regression analysis were used to assess the results. The results of the ASQ were also compared to two previously conducted studies: a comparison of American and Chinese national levels of explanatory style and a study conducted on a non-clinical sample of American adults. The results of this study showed that the mean of Colombian overall explanatory style is more optimistic than the mean overall explanatory style for participants in both the United States and mainland China. There are no correlations between individual responses of life satisfaction and explanatory style for the full sample; however, national means for explanatory style seem to correlate with national means of life satisfaction. The multiple regression analysis showed that when taking explanatory style, gender, age, stratum, income, education, occupation, and city into account, the only factors that are statistically significant are occupation and city. More specifically, the results show that those Colombians who Jive in Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, and Medillfn will tend to have higher levels of life satisfaction than those who live in Bogota, and those who are unemployed will tend to have a lower level of life satisfaction than those who work.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000993
Subject Headings: Centering (Psychology), Mind and body, Happiness, Culture--Philosophy, Colombia--Social life and customs, Quality of life
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Family resiliency, sense of coherence, social support and psychosocial interventions: reducing caregiver burden and determining the quality of life in persons with alzheimer’s disease.
Creator: Shroff, Havovi B., Frain, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and results in behavioral changes and lack of communication. Family members and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease can assume added responsibilities and stress due to the progressive and degenerative component of this disability and places an added strain on the family system. This study was designed to...
Show moreAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and results in behavioral changes and lack of communication. Family members and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease can assume added responsibilities and stress due to the progressive and degenerative component of this disability and places an added strain on the family system. This study was designed to examine predictors of quality of life of persons living with AD and to examine caregiver burden and predictors of quality of life of persons living with AD. This study hopes to empower the caregivers and test the resiliency model of family stress, sense of coherence and social support while incorporating individual patient and family needs by surveying caregivers involved with working with patients with AD. Specific aims of the study include validating relationships of the resiliency model while determining the importance of family resiliency, the sense of coherence, social support and the role of psychosocial interventions specifically Validation Communication Intervention (VCI), to reduce caregiver burden and to predict the quality of life in persons with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004228, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004228
Subject Headings: Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships, Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Home care, Caregivers -- Conduct of life, Caregivers -- Family relationships, Caregivers -- Psychology, Quality of life, Stress management
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AN INVESTIGATION OF SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND NET MIGRATION IN FLORIDA'S COUNTIES, 1960-70.
Creator: KRAYNICK, JOHN A., Florida Atlantic University, Schultz, Ronald R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: The objective of this thesis was to understand and model social well-being, a way of measuring quality of life, in the counties of Florida. First, the concepts of social well-being were reviewed. Second, models of social well-being for 1960 and 1970 were proposed and developed through a factor analytic approach. Third, the patterns of social well-being were discussed and the change over the decade revealed. Fourth, these components of social well-being were evaluated as explanators of net...
Show moreThe objective of this thesis was to understand and model social well-being, a way of measuring quality of life, in the counties of Florida. First, the concepts of social well-being were reviewed. Second, models of social well-being for 1960 and 1970 were proposed and developed through a factor analytic approach. Third, the patterns of social well-being were discussed and the change over the decade revealed. Fourth, these components of social well-being were evaluated as explanators of net migration rates through multiple linear regression. Finally, the results were reviewed, compared to similar approaches, and fitted into an overall picture of social well-being analyses.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13870
Subject Headings: Social indicators--Florida, Quality of life--Florida, Migration, Internal--Florida, Florida--Social conditions
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Title: The relationship between basic conditioning factors and the self-care practice of meditation in HIV-seropositive persons.
Creator: Ludlow, Michael Dale., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: This study was a secondary analysis of data collected by Freeman, E., Ruppenthal, B., and Flinders, R. entitled "Meditation on a Passage and Repetition of a Mantram to Enhance Self-Care of Persons with HIV Infection" (1992). Selected data were re-analyzed in light of the Self-Care Deficit Theory (Orem, 1995). Self-care consisted of daily repetition of an inspirational passage and mantram, which served as the interventions for the primary study. The primary researchers noted that ASCAS scores...
Show moreThis study was a secondary analysis of data collected by Freeman, E., Ruppenthal, B., and Flinders, R. entitled "Meditation on a Passage and Repetition of a Mantram to Enhance Self-Care of Persons with HIV Infection" (1992). Selected data were re-analyzed in light of the Self-Care Deficit Theory (Orem, 1995). Self-care consisted of daily repetition of an inspirational passage and mantram, which served as the interventions for the primary study. The primary researchers noted that ASCAS scores rose significantly after the intervention. Thus, secondary analysis focused on the relationships of the basic conditioning factors (BCFs) to the total scores on the Adult Self-Care Agency Scale (ASCAS) before and after the self-care intervention. Secondary analysis revealed that diet alone, from among the BCFs, differentiated the sample of HIV-infected or family members of infected persons according to ASCAS scores at study entry and exit.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15439
Subject Headings: Self-care, Health, HIV-positive persons--Care, Meditation, HIV infections--Nursing, Quality of life
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An examination of relationships between mindfulness, personality, anxiety, and depression in Americans and Japanese college students.
Creator: Stiksma, Melissa, Sherman, Ryne A., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Mindfulness – nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment - has recently garnered significant attention in psychological literature for decreasing clinical symptoms. Certain personality traits such as emotionality, however, can predict higher levels of anxiety and depression. The present study examines whether mindfulness mediates the relationship between personality traits and perceived stress and depression in nonclinical populations. A total of 321 participants from two samples—American...
Show moreMindfulness – nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment - has recently garnered significant attention in psychological literature for decreasing clinical symptoms. Certain personality traits such as emotionality, however, can predict higher levels of anxiety and depression. The present study examines whether mindfulness mediates the relationship between personality traits and perceived stress and depression in nonclinical populations. A total of 321 participants from two samples—American and Japanese undergraduates —self-reported scores on measures of mindfulness, personality, perceived stress and depression. Cross-cultural comparisons following measurement invariance tests also allow for insight into the definition of mindfulness, especially given the Eastern religion origin of mindfulness. Results demonstrate that mindfulness partially mediates the relationships between personality clinical symptoms, particularly for extraversion and conscientiousness. These results can play an important role for developing mindfulness-based treatment and prevention programs and bridge an important gap between Western conceived and Eastern religion mindfulness.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004413, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004413
Subject Headings: Adjustment (Psychology), College students -- Mental health services, Consciousness, Counseling psychology, Counseling psychology Mind and body, Mindfulness -- Religious aspects, Mindfulness based cognitive therapy, Quality of life, Stress (Psychology)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Working in the Biz: Material and Identity Processes of Bartending.
Creator: Frazer, Jacqueline M.E., Hough, Phillip A., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
Abstract/Description: Bartending makes for an interesting case study in that it brings together research on emotional labor and tipped front-line service jobs, as well as the contemporary increase in precarity in work and precarity in life. This project explores the material and identity processes of bartending, examining how a precarious job with high expectations of emotional labor in-turn affects the occupational and personal identities of those employed in the industry. Overall three overarching themes were...
Show moreBartending makes for an interesting case study in that it brings together research on emotional labor and tipped front-line service jobs, as well as the contemporary increase in precarity in work and precarity in life. This project explores the material and identity processes of bartending, examining how a precarious job with high expectations of emotional labor in-turn affects the occupational and personal identities of those employed in the industry. Overall three overarching themes were identified: (1) When wages are outsourced to customers via tipping systems workers are exposed to particularly high emotional demands, rendering bartending a unique form of quid pro quo emotional labor. (2) Bartenders exist in a “default career” mode of employment that is stigmatized for being low-status low-skilled labor. (3) Performing emotional labor and managing stigma creates a divergence between bartender’s personal and occupational identities resulting in constant identity work on and off the job.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004876, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004876
Subject Headings: Bartending--Psychological aspects., Bars (Drinking establishments)--Management., Alcoholic beverage industry--Social aspects., Identity (Psychology), Quality of work life., Work environment--Social aspects.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Avatar Guided Stories of Ease from Adolescents with Cancer.
Creator: Curnan, Laurie Ann, Liehr, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The overall purpose of this mixed method study was to describe adolescents’ experiences of ease while enduring treatment for cancer. Specifically, the study used avatar image-guided story-sharing (AIGSS) to explore adolescent sense-of-self, experiences of feeling uneasy, descriptions of qualities of ease, and best places for finding ease during treatment. The innovative research approach used in this study incorporated avatar images representing ‘ease’ in typical environments. By testing a...
Show moreThe overall purpose of this mixed method study was to describe adolescents’ experiences of ease while enduring treatment for cancer. Specifically, the study used avatar image-guided story-sharing (AIGSS) to explore adolescent sense-of-self, experiences of feeling uneasy, descriptions of qualities of ease, and best places for finding ease during treatment. The innovative research approach used in this study incorporated avatar images representing ‘ease’ in typical environments. By testing a developmentally relevant approach, AIGSS, to explore ease for adolescents enduring cancer, this study addressed a pressing need for meaningful approaches to engage adolescents in health-related dialogue about what matters most. While 10 qualities captured adolescent ease (beauty, fun, safety, strength, connectedness, calmness, rest, comfort, independence, and familiarity), connectedness, strength, fun, rest, and safety were the most significant qualities of ease threaded throughout stories. Two themes of self-reflected identity emerged: (a) valued personal qualities (extrinsic/admired) and (b) infused unique demeanors. Three themes described adolescent uneasiness during cancer treatment: (a) persistent uncertainty, (b) fearful anticipation, and (c) disrupted self. While home was most conducive for ease, personal meaning was given to the hospital enabling finding ease. This new knowledge is foundational for nurses who support adolescents during cancer treatment. This research lays the groundwork to re-define ease as a relevant outcome of quality nursing care, focusing on positive outcomes rather than catastrophic ones such as infection and death. Advancing caring science with interactive participative research enhanced communication with adolescents, having implications for both clinical research and pediatric oncology nursing practice.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004582
Subject Headings: Avatar (Motion picture : 2009), Cancer in adolescence--Psychological aspects., Cancer in adolescence--Social aspects., Video games and children--Therapeutic use., Quality of life., Stress (Psychology), Psychophysiology.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Relationships among Sleep Quality, Fraility, and Falls in Older Adults Residing in the Community.
Creator: Staal, Jacqueline, Smith, Marlaine, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: One in three American older adults fall every year, making falls the leading cause of nonfatal injury treated in the emergency department (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). Fall-related injuries cost the United States healthcare system nearly $30 billion a year and result in 27,000 deaths per year (Burns, Stevens, & Lee, 2016). The risk of falls increases with age, occurring more often in women than man. Age-related muscle weakness and functional decline contribute to...
Show moreOne in three American older adults fall every year, making falls the leading cause of nonfatal injury treated in the emergency department (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). Fall-related injuries cost the United States healthcare system nearly $30 billion a year and result in 27,000 deaths per year (Burns, Stevens, & Lee, 2016). The risk of falls increases with age, occurring more often in women than man. Age-related muscle weakness and functional decline contribute to fall risk. Age-related changes in neuroendocrine hormone production and shifts in circadian rhythms promote sleep disorders, affecting nearly two-thirds of older adults. Poor sleep quality over time leads to drowsiness and impaired attention span and judgment. The purpose of this secondary analysis of a previously collected data set was to describe the relationships among frailty, subjective sleep quality, and falls in community-dwelling older adults. This secondary analysis also sought to determine the extent to which frailty and subjective sleep quality predict risk of future falls among community-dwelling older adults. Correlational analyses were performed to determine the nature and significance of the relationship between sleep quality and falls, frailty and falls, and sleep quality and frailty. A multiple regression analysis was performed to determine if sleep quality and frailty combined could predict falls. Frailty was found to account for a small variance in fall risk. However, sleep quality was not significantly related to falls nor was sleep quality predictive of falls. Risk for falls should be assessed at every clinical encounter and efforts to promote restful sleep should be addressed at least annually to reduce the risks of falls, functional decline, and sleep disorders among older adults in the community.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004846, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004846
Subject Headings: Sleep--Physiological aspects., Sleep disorders--Age factors., Falls (Accidents) in old age--Prevention., Frail elderly--Wounds and injuries--Prevention., Older people--Functional assessment., Older people--Quality of life.
Format: Document (PDF)

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