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Title: Gender differences in children's domain-specific theories of intelligence: Developmental effects upon academic performance.
Creator: Gaultney, Jane F., Florida Atlantic University, Perry, Louise C.
Abstract/Description: This study examined gender differences in children's domain-specific theories of intelligence. It was based on Dweck's theory that individuals view intelligence as either fixed (entity theory) or flexible (incremental theory). The hypothesis that the mathematics and verbal domains would differ most for older, brighter girls who are highly sex-typed was partially confirmed in that brighter girls endorsed incremental theory more strongly for the verbal than the math area. Incremental theory was...
Show moreThis study examined gender differences in children's domain-specific theories of intelligence. It was based on Dweck's theory that individuals view intelligence as either fixed (entity theory) or flexible (incremental theory). The hypothesis that the mathematics and verbal domains would differ most for older, brighter girls who are highly sex-typed was partially confirmed in that brighter girls endorsed incremental theory more strongly for the verbal than the math area. Incremental theory was generally endorsed more by girls than boys, by more sex-typed than less sex-typed children, and by brighter than more average children. Interactions indicated the sex difference was strongest among less sex-typed bright children, and sex-typing differences greatest among bright boys. Theory of intelligence had little predictive value for academic performance. It was suggested that future research explore whether greater domain variation may occur in children with average intelligence than was evident here for a sample of generally above-average intelligence.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14567
Subject Headings: Intelligence levels, Academic achievement, Students--Self-rating of, Intellect
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Title: Her Own House.
Creator: Vann, Kim McCoy, Bucak, Ayse Papatya, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This collection of eight short stories explores the themes of nonconformity, selfacceptance, and transformation. Characters confront religious, racial, and moral issues, which result in overcoming some internal or external challenge. The stories are told with magical, satirical, and traditional story-telling elements. For example, "The Liberation of Mammy" is about a slave who uses her secret pancake recipe to cause a distraction that allows her to escape from bondage; "Her Own House," is...
Show moreThis collection of eight short stories explores the themes of nonconformity, selfacceptance, and transformation. Characters confront religious, racial, and moral issues, which result in overcoming some internal or external challenge. The stories are told with magical, satirical, and traditional story-telling elements. For example, "The Liberation of Mammy" is about a slave who uses her secret pancake recipe to cause a distraction that allows her to escape from bondage; "Her Own House," is inspired by the biblical burning bush story; and "Notes on a Video Honey" is the story of a young girl who doesn't complete! y understand or approve of her mother's decision to degrade herself by being mere eye candy in rap videos. Worlds similar to our own and worlds that are exaggerations of our own are intended to guide readers to ideas they may have never before considered.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000974
Subject Headings: Short stories--Collections, Symbolism in literature, Self in literature
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Title: The relationship between body art and adolescent self esteem.
Creator: Kuniansky, Nancy Koppel., Florida Atlantic University, Hektor, Lynne M.
Abstract/Description: Adolescents are experimenting with body art such as tattoos and body piercing, despite documented medical risks. Nurses are in a key position to formulate appropriate educational and counseling strategies to minimize the complications associated with these practices. Low self esteem has been linked to poor health behaviors and harmful life style choices in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine how self esteem differed between adolescents engaging in body art and those who do...
Show moreAdolescents are experimenting with body art such as tattoos and body piercing, despite documented medical risks. Nurses are in a key position to formulate appropriate educational and counseling strategies to minimize the complications associated with these practices. Low self esteem has been linked to poor health behaviors and harmful life style choices in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to determine how self esteem differed between adolescents engaging in body art and those who do not. A non experimental, descriptive research design utilizing the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory was used to evaluate self esteem in a group of 53 tattooed/body pierced, and 53 non-tattooed/body pierced high school students. Results indicated that a significantly lower self esteem was characteristic of the body art group.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15438
Subject Headings: Self-esteem in adolescence, Tattooing, Body piercing, Nursing
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Title: OPERATIONALIZING ACCREDITATION STANDARDS FOR SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND CAPACITY ON UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Creator: Chiplock, Amanda M., Vaughan, Michelle, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
Abstract/Description: The purposes of this sequential, mixed-methods, multiple-case study were to understand how fully-accredited medical schools in the United States operationalize the accreditation standard for self-directed learning (SDL), and to recommend an innovative framework for guiding SDL implementation across the continuum of medical education programs. The main investigation relied on a survey in Phase 1 to collect quantitative and qualitative data, followed by a multiple-case study in Phase 2 to...
Show moreThe purposes of this sequential, mixed-methods, multiple-case study were to understand how fully-accredited medical schools in the United States operationalize the accreditation standard for self-directed learning (SDL), and to recommend an innovative framework for guiding SDL implementation across the continuum of medical education programs. The main investigation relied on a survey in Phase 1 to collect quantitative and qualitative data, followed by a multiple-case study in Phase 2 to collect qualitative data to gain deeper insights into the overall organizational context and capacity for SDL implementation at the local level. Two cases for Phase 2 were identified through analysis of the quantitative data collected with the survey instrument in Phase 1. A low survey response rate of 10% in Phase 1, and an unexpected high number of declined invitations to participate in Phase 2 (n = 6), were the most significant limitations to this study. However, considering the totality of the findings for this study, there are salient commonalities among the schools for implementing SDL across the continuum of medical education, which may be helpful for many programs struggling to meet LCME expectations for SDL. Commonalities included (a) definitions of SDL aligned or closely with the LCME’s definition; (b) explicit statements of where, when, and how SDL skills are implemented and experienced throughout the curriculum; (c) specific activities implemented to facilitate SDL objectives using clinically-relevant, active learning pedagogy with vertical and horizontal integration; and (d) evaluating implementation and identifying barriers that may impede SDL experiences for all stakeholders. The findings highlight the need for medical schools to increase capacity for SDL implementation at all levels of the organization including optimizing experiential learning opportunities, scaffolding and spiraling SDL throughout the curriculum, and investing time and resources for continuous SDL faculty development. Planning for SDL implementation across the continuum of medical education will be different for each year or phase of a program, and unique for each medical school. It is recommended SDL implementation be explicit and strategic, integrating SDL skills acquisition, development, and refinement throughout the medical education program.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013864
Subject Headings: Medical education, Self-managed learning, Accreditation, Curriculum development
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Title: Self-care agency in adults with diabetes mellitus.
Creator: Thompson, Marybeth Eleanor., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
Abstract/Description: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic illness which provides numerous and varied self-care challenges to those individuals seeking to avoid or delay complications. The purpose of this study is to determine the self-care agency, as defined by Orem, of sample of 100 adults diagnosed with non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus. Self-care agency was measured by the Self-As-Carer Inventory, a 40-item questionnaire, and a descriptive, cross-sectional design was utilized to structure the study.
Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15524
Subject Headings: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes, Diabetics, Self-care, Health
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Title: The Inactive Self: Mental Representation of Dormant Social Roles.
Creator: Moyer, Ryan M., Sagristano, Michael D., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: A significant portion of the self is constructed from our actions and the roles to which they correspond. Although many of our social roles are enacted regularly, some may lay dormant, yet still influence one's self-concept. We propose that there are systematic differences in mental representation between these inactive roles and more active roles. Specifically, inactive roles should be more likely to be construed in high-level terms, while active roles should be more likely to be construed...
Show moreA significant portion of the self is constructed from our actions and the roles to which they correspond. Although many of our social roles are enacted regularly, some may lay dormant, yet still influence one's self-concept. We propose that there are systematic differences in mental representation between these inactive roles and more active roles. Specifically, inactive roles should be more likely to be construed in high-level terms, while active roles should be more likely to be construed in lowlevel terms. Experiment 1 found that for inactive roles, participants displayed an implicit construal preference for the high-level aspects of the role. Experiment 2 provided evidence that an implicit measure of construal was necessary in order to tap these unconscious associations. These experiments support the hypothesis that inactive social roles are mentally represented in a unique manner with respect to more active roles.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000801
Subject Headings: Self-esteem, Identity (Psychology), Personal construct therapy, Social perception
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Title: COMPUTATION IN SELF-ATTENTION NETWORKS.
Creator: Morris, Paul, Barenholtz, Elan, Florida Atlantic University, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Neural network models with many tunable parameters can be trained to approximate functions that transform a source distribution, or dataset, into a target distribution of interest. In contrast to low-parameter models with simple governing equations, the dynamics of transformations learned in deep neural network models are abstract and the correspondence of dynamical structure to predictive function is opaque. Despite their “black box” nature, neural networks converge to functions that...
Show moreNeural network models with many tunable parameters can be trained to approximate functions that transform a source distribution, or dataset, into a target distribution of interest. In contrast to low-parameter models with simple governing equations, the dynamics of transformations learned in deep neural network models are abstract and the correspondence of dynamical structure to predictive function is opaque. Despite their “black box” nature, neural networks converge to functions that implement complex tasks in computer vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and the sciences when trained on large quantities of data. Where traditional machine learning approaches rely on clean datasets with appropriate features, sample densities, and label distributions to mitigate unwanted bias, modern Transformer neural networks with self-attention mechanisms use Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) to pretrain on large, unlabeled datasets scraped from the internet without concern for data quality. SSL tasks have been shown to learn functions that match or outperform their supervised learning counterparts in many fields, even without task-specific finetuning. The recent paradigm shift to pretraining large models with massive amounts of unlabeled data has given credibility to the hypothesis that SSL pretraining can produce functions that implement generally intelligent computations.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014061
Subject Headings: Neural networks (Computer science), Machine learning, Self-supervised learning
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Title: Mixed Method of Health Literacy and Diabetes Self- Management Among Saudi Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Creator: Almashni, Ibtisam Y., Hain, Debra, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The worldwide threat of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been increasing rapidly, and is now an estimated 463 million, of which 55 million people originate from Middle East and Nort African (“MENA”) region (international Diabetes Federation [“IDF’], 2020). In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of diabetes has roughly reached a ten-fold increase in the past three decades, placing Saudi Arabia’s incidence as one of the highest globally (Almubark et al., 2022). The purpose of the study was to examine the...
Show moreThe worldwide threat of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been increasing rapidly, and is now an estimated 463 million, of which 55 million people originate from Middle East and Nort African (“MENA”) region (international Diabetes Federation [“IDF’], 2020). In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of diabetes has roughly reached a ten-fold increase in the past three decades, placing Saudi Arabia’s incidence as one of the highest globally (Almubark et al., 2022). The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between health and diabetes self-management among Saudi adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The study further aimed to explore how Saudi adult with T2DM seek and utilize diabetes knowledge to self-manage their diabetes. The study was guided by Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory (2002). Leininger’s Sunrise Enabler- Model provided a framework to explore the various factors that affect diabetes self-management through a cultural lens. This model provides a comprehensive understanding pf multiple factors influencing diabetes self-management. A sample of 66 Saudi adults with T2DM aged 40-61 and older was recruited from diabetes center and Primary Healthcare Center (PHCC) at National Guard Hospital King Abdulaziz Medical City Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A Parallel Mixed Method (PPM) design was applied, using semi-structured interviews, Diabetes Self-management Questionnaire (DSMQ), Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adult (S-TOFHLA), and sociodemographic surveys.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014326
Subject Headings: Diabetes, Health literacy, Self Management, Saudi Arabians, Health education
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Title: Examining the Correlation of Self-Compassion and Compassion Fatigue in Social Work Interns.
Creator: Schneiderman, Tuttle Bridget, Cooley, Morgan, Florida Atlantic University, School of Social Work, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Social workers are exposed to trauma and suffering through experiences that are retold to them through their clients. This secondary exposure to suffering can have a negative impact on the practitioner resulting in compassion fatigue. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-compassion is significantly correlated with lower levels of compassion fatigue among social work interns. The researcher examined levels of self-compassion and compassion fatigue amongst undergraduate,...
Show moreSocial workers are exposed to trauma and suffering through experiences that are retold to them through their clients. This secondary exposure to suffering can have a negative impact on the practitioner resulting in compassion fatigue. The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-compassion is significantly correlated with lower levels of compassion fatigue among social work interns. The researcher examined levels of self-compassion and compassion fatigue amongst undergraduate, generalist, and clinical specialist graduate social work interns. Next, demographic characteristics (age, number of hours employed, gender, race, and religion) associated with self-compassion and compassion fatigue in social interns were identified. Finally, while controlling for the effects of the demographic characteristics, the linear relationship between self-compassion and compassion fatigue was examined in social work interns. The sample comprised of 156 social work interns at two universities in South Florida. Descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation, median, Cronbach’s alpha, range (minimum-maximum), skewness and kurtosis were calculated for continuous variables. Frequency and percentages were calculated to describe the categorical variables. ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent-samples t test, and multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine additional relationshipsin this study.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013885
Subject Headings: Social workers, Interns, Compassion Fatigue, Self-Compassion
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Title: EXPANDING ME OR CONSERVING US? A MULTI-MODAL STUDY OF POST-DISSOLUTION SELF-CONCEPT RECOVERY.
Creator: Cope, Morgan A., Maniaci, Michael R., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: Previous research has demonstrated the deleterious effects of romantic relationship breakup on the self-concept and post-dissolution outcomes (Cope & Mattingly, 2021). However, individual differences in newly validated identity orientations (i.e., the preference to expand or conserve one’s sense of self; Hughes et al., 2020) may influence identity recovery. The current studies examined the influence of self-expansion preference on self-concept clarity and identity restoration mechanisms (i.e....
Show morePrevious research has demonstrated the deleterious effects of romantic relationship breakup on the self-concept and post-dissolution outcomes (Cope & Mattingly, 2021). However, individual differences in newly validated identity orientations (i.e., the preference to expand or conserve one’s sense of self; Hughes et al., 2020) may influence identity recovery. The current studies examined the influence of self-expansion preference on self-concept clarity and identity restoration mechanisms (i.e., relationship rekindling) following relationship dissolution using cross sectional (Study 1), intensive longitudinal (Study 2), and dynamical (Study 3) methods. Across studies, self-expansion preference emerged as a trait-level predictor of post-breakup experiences including self-concept clarity, distress, and relationship rekindling desire. Implications for individual experiences of romantic relationship dissolution are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2024
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014382
Subject Headings: Interpersonal relations, Romantic, Separation (Psychology), Self-perception
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Title: Self-organizing dynamics of coupled map systems.
Creator: Liebovitch, Larry S., Zochowski, Michal
Date Issued: 1999-03
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165481
Subject Headings: Dynamics--Mathematical models, Chaotic behavior in systems, Self-organizing maps, Self-organizing systems-Mathematical models
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Title: Understanding narcissism and self-esteem in children: proposing a new conceptualization of narcissism.
Creator: Evans, Rachel., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: This study examined the empirical relationship between narcissism and self-esteem in an attempt to evaluate competing conceptualizations of narcissism. Participants were 236 children (mean age 11.3 years) in the fourth through eighth grades. Counter to earlier conceptions, which characterized narcissism as very high self-esteem, narcissism and self-esteem were slightly negatively correlated. Also, narcissism predicted several adjustment variables, including aggression. None of these...
Show moreThis study examined the empirical relationship between narcissism and self-esteem in an attempt to evaluate competing conceptualizations of narcissism. Participants were 236 children (mean age 11.3 years) in the fourth through eighth grades. Counter to earlier conceptions, which characterized narcissism as very high self-esteem, narcissism and self-esteem were slightly negatively correlated. Also, narcissism predicted several adjustment variables, including aggression. None of these relationships was mediated by self-esteem. Lastly, self-esteem moderated the relationship between narcissism and aggression in boys. Taken together, these lines of evidence point to a new conceptualization of narcissism, modeled after self-discrepancy theory, in which narcissism is conceptualized as grandiosity in the ideal self. Implications of this proposal and directions for future research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186767
Subject Headings: Self-esteem in children, Narcissism, Philosophy, Identity (Psychology), Affect (Psychology), Self (Philosophy), Borderline personality disorders in children
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Title: Articulation, Narrative, Integrity, and the Practice of Self-Formation in the Work of Charles Taylor, Alasdair Macintyre, and David L. Norton.
Creator: Miller, David Glen, Shusterman, Richard M., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation addresses the following questions and concerns related to the formation of the moral self: (1) The relationship between certain moral choices and a person's sense of personal or moral identity: specifically, how is it that certain choices, actions, character traits, or goods come to be interpreted as either constituting, or as being inseparable from, one's conscience, one's moral identity, or one's moral self? (2) The relationship between the conception of the good with...
Show moreThis dissertation addresses the following questions and concerns related to the formation of the moral self: (1) The relationship between certain moral choices and a person's sense of personal or moral identity: specifically, how is it that certain choices, actions, character traits, or goods come to be interpreted as either constituting, or as being inseparable from, one's conscience, one's moral identity, or one's moral self? (2) The relationship between the conception of the good with which one identifies and the conception of the good of one's community of origin: how does one develop a conception of the good, how does one understand one's relationship to that conception, and how does one conception relate to one's origins? (3) The fact that a person's moral identity and capacity for moral judgment must develop over time: if the capacity to make moral judgments develops over time, how are changes in one's conception of the good and of oneself to be reconciled with moral accountability or responsibility? Drawing on Alasdair Macintyre's conception of "practice" and his discussion of narrative, on Charles Taylor's conception of ·~rticulation," and on David L. Norton's conceptions of "participatory enactment" and "emulation," I argue that self-formation is a practice, the primary activity of which consists in an interpretive analysis and articulation of one's self-understanding in the form of a narrative. That narrative is based in one's evolving and experientially based conception of the good and is critically informed by one's imaginative projection of oneself into the positions of others or of possible future selves and by one's emulation of moral exemplars. I suggest that, in Western societies, the primary good internal to the practice of self-formation is authenticity and that the virtue most conducive to the pursuit of authenticity is a specific form of integrity. Selfformation as a practice requires an on-going commitment to exercising integrity in the pursuit of authenticity.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000988
Subject Headings: Compromise (Ethics), Self-realization, Self-actualization (Psychology), MacIntyre, Alasdair C, Taylor, Charles,--1931-, Norton, David L
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Title: The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy of Senior Adults and Their Use of the Internet.
Creator: Masi, Annmarie, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This mixed method research design explored the relationship between the selfefficacy of senior adults and their use of the Internet. Two quantitative research questions guided this study: (a) Is there a relationship between the self-efficacy of senior adults and their level of use of the Internet? and (b) Do the demographics (gender, age, and race/ethnicity) moderate the relationship between the self-efficacy of senior adults and their level of use of the Internet? Two qualitative research...
Show moreThis mixed method research design explored the relationship between the selfefficacy of senior adults and their use of the Internet. Two quantitative research questions guided this study: (a) Is there a relationship between the self-efficacy of senior adults and their level of use of the Internet? and (b) Do the demographics (gender, age, and race/ethnicity) moderate the relationship between the self-efficacy of senior adults and their level of use of the Internet? Two qualitative research questions guided this study: (a) Is there a difference in views of senior adults in regard to their use of other technologies? and (b) Is there a difference in views of senior adults in regard to barriers and benefits of the Internet? Some of the benefits discovered were that all the Internet users interviewed (a) had knowledge of the Internet; (b) had access to the Internet; (c) are interested in using the Internet; and (d) use the Internet to escape boredom in retirement, view favorite websites and to keep the mind active.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000683
Subject Headings: Internet and older people, Adaptability (Psychology), Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-efficacy, Older people--Conduct of life
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Title: Effect of a spiritually-guided intervention on breast self-care attitudes in afro-Caribbean women.
Creator: Marshall, Jacqueline S., Gordon, Shirley C., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Little is known about breast health behaviors in Afro-Caribbean women (ACW) residing in the United States, as they are often included in the collective group of African American women (AAW). The objective of this study was to determine the influence of a spiritually-guided intervention on breast health self-care (BHSC) attitudes in ACW residing in southeastern Florida using a concurrent triangulation mixed methods design. One hundred and seventeen women were recruited from three local south...
Show moreLittle is known about breast health behaviors in Afro-Caribbean women (ACW) residing in the United States, as they are often included in the collective group of African American women (AAW). The objective of this study was to determine the influence of a spiritually-guided intervention on breast health self-care (BHSC) attitudes in ACW residing in southeastern Florida using a concurrent triangulation mixed methods design. One hundred and seventeen women were recruited from three local south Florida Caribbean churches. Inclusion criteria included: (a) self-identification as Afro-Caribbean, (b) female aged 30 years or older, (c) living in the United States for at least 1 year, (d) able to provide informed consent, (e) able to speak and read English at the 8th grade level, and (f) no previous history of breast cancer.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004388, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004388
Subject Headings: Breast -- Cancer -- Prevention, Health attitudes, Health behavior, Medical care -- Religious aspects, Self care, Health, Self examination, Medical -- Afro Caribbean women -- Attitudes, Spirituality, Women, Black -- Caribbean Area -- Attitudes
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Title: Predictive modeling for wellness.
Creator: Pulumati, Pranitha, Agarwal, Ankur, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Wellness and healthy life are the most common concerns for an individual to lead a happy life. A web-based approach known as Wellness Scoring is being developed taking into people’s concerns for their health issues. In this approach, four different classifiers are being investigated to predict the wellness. In this thesis, we investigated four different classifiers (a probabilistic graphical model, simple probabilistic classifier, probabilistic statistical classification and an artificial...
Show moreWellness and healthy life are the most common concerns for an individual to lead a happy life. A web-based approach known as Wellness Scoring is being developed taking into people’s concerns for their health issues. In this approach, four different classifiers are being investigated to predict the wellness. In this thesis, we investigated four different classifiers (a probabilistic graphical model, simple probabilistic classifier, probabilistic statistical classification and an artificial neural network) to predict the wellness outcome. An approach to calculate wellness score is also addressed. All these classifiers are trained on real data, hence giving more accurate results. With this solution, there is a better way of keeping track of an individuals’ health. In this thesis, we present the design and development of such a system and evaluate the performance of the classifiers and design considerations to maximize the end user experience with the application. A user experience model capable of predicting the wellness score for a given set of risk factors is developed.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004321, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004321
Subject Headings: Bayesian statistical decision theory, Expert systems (Computer science), Health risk assessment, Medicine, Preventive, Patient self monitoring, Self care, Health, Well being
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Title: The lived experience of adolescent females who self-injure by cutting.
Creator: Lesniak, Rhonda Goodman, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Self-injury behavior is identified as the non-suicidal, deliberate infliction of a wound to oneself in an attempt to seek expression. Self-injury is becoming more prevalent in the adolescent population; however, many nursing professionals are unaware of this phenomenon and the implications it holds for nursing. Approximately 12 to 17 percent of adolescents deliberately injure themselves although accurate statistics are difficult to obtain due to the secret and private nature of the behavior....
Show moreSelf-injury behavior is identified as the non-suicidal, deliberate infliction of a wound to oneself in an attempt to seek expression. Self-injury is becoming more prevalent in the adolescent population; however, many nursing professionals are unaware of this phenomenon and the implications it holds for nursing. Approximately 12 to 17 percent of adolescents deliberately injure themselves although accurate statistics are difficult to obtain due to the secret and private nature of the behavior. Nurses, especially those who care for adolescents, could benefit from an understanding of the implications of self-injury, the characteristics of adolescents who self-injure, the expressivity of the behavior, and the repetitive patterns of the emotions experienced by adolescents who self-injure. Six adolescent females were interviewed for this study. Their stories were shared in rich, descriptive narratives. Common themes emerged from the words of the participants and these themes described the essence of self-injury by cutting for adolescent females. The themes which emerged were living with childhood trauma, feeling abandoned, being an outsider, loathing self, silently screaming, releasing the pressure, feeling alive, being ashamed, and being hopeful for self and others. The general structure that emerged from a synthesis of the themes was that the experience of self-injury by cutting for adolescent females is one where they are struggling for well-being and hoping for more being by using their skin as a canvas upon which internal pain is expressed as tangible and real.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186289
Subject Headings: Self-mutilation in adolescence, Self-injurious behavior, Peer pressure in adolescence, Teenagers, Conduct of life, Adolescent psychology, Stress in adolescence
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Title: Peer reputations and gender differences in academic self-concept.
Creator: Menon, Madhavi, Florida Atlantic University, Perry, Louise C.
Abstract/Description: This study explored the extent and nature of academic peer reputation upon children's academic self-concept. Peer and self-perceptions of academic ability and affect were assessed for the subject domains of English, math, and science in order to investigate the generality of peer reputation influences across academic subject areas, and determine the extent to which gender differences might be evident. Gender differences were hypothesized, and peer reputation was expected to have the most...
Show moreThis study explored the extent and nature of academic peer reputation upon children's academic self-concept. Peer and self-perceptions of academic ability and affect were assessed for the subject domains of English, math, and science in order to investigate the generality of peer reputation influences across academic subject areas, and determine the extent to which gender differences might be evident. Gender differences were hypothesized, and peer reputation was expected to have the most influence on academic self-concept in school domains viewed as gender-normative and thus central to self-concept. MR analyses provided some support for this gender-congruency hypothesis, as it was primarily children's academic ability reputation in gender-congruent areas that was predictive of ability self-concept, and, influential with respect to perceived ability in normative domains. Contrary to expectations, peer affective reputation was more predictive with respect to gender-incongruent domains. Results were interpreted to suggest the dominance of gender-schema consistency concerns in relation to ability perceptions, but contrast effects in relation to school affect.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13179
Subject Headings: Academic achievement--Evaluation, Educational evaluation, Group work in education, Students--Self-rating of, Academic achievement, Intelligence levels, Self-perception
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Title: Carbon dioxide capture by engineering a self-sustained coral reef park with renewable energy.
Creator: Quiray, Paulane C., Raja, Umar, Athey, David, Savage, Tabatha, Suzuki, Hiroko, Egeland, Matthew, Su, Tsung-Chow
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3349042
Subject Headings: Carbon Dioxide, Renewable Energy, Self-sustained coral reef park, Bio-diversity
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Title: Social networks and personality in a Liberal Arts College.
Creator: Gopaldas, Amrita, Lanning, Kevin
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350905
Subject Headings: Online social networks, Identity (psychology), Social perception, Self-perception, Interpersonal communication, Psychological aspects
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