Journal of Undergraduate Research

Dan Williams, Jacob Hess, Trevor Davis, and Drs. Robert Hunt with Scott Richards, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction & Objectives The purpose of our study was to investigate the perspectives of fellow students towards current efforts at addressing the gospel of Jesus Christ in their departmental classes. The idea of a “BYU education,” while […]

Adrianne White and Dr. Melissa Allen, Counseling and Special Education Because of the media’s focus on recent incidents of school violence, there is an increased awareness of the need for effective crisis prevention and intervention in our public schools. In order to learn more about current training needs for crisis intervention, a survey was conducted […]

Todd Wilson Dunn and Dr. Tim Smith, Counseling Psychology and Special Education The past two decades have seen a proliferation in the amount of publications on multicultural counseling. For example, over 1000 published reports investigating multicultural counseling and the cultural contexts of psychology have appeared in psychological literature since 1995. Many of these studies have […]

Brock Rockwood Solano and Dr. Michelle Marchant, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Educations face the challenge of instructing socially disengaged children who come to the classroom lacking peer acceptance, social skills and positive feelings about themselves and school. Although the importance of good social relations and emotional health for effective learning has been recognized, efforts […]

Kari O’Grady and Dr. P. Scott Richards, Counseling Psychology I used my ORCA scholarship to fund a research study investigating the role of inspiration in scientific scholarship and discovery among BYU natural and behavioral science professors. Dr. P. Scott Richards of the Counseling and Special Education Dept. was my faculty sponsor. I conducted all phases […]

Leland M. Anderson and Dr. K. Richard Young, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Effective praise has many applications as a powerful means for motivating people. This research reviews literature about effective praise and shows how doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) (1) corroborates and (2) enlightens contemporary pedagogical theories about […]

Mark D. Oshida and Professor John Okiishi, Education Introduction Based on intake and follow-up scores on patients’ perceptions of their well-being, approximately 10% of patients who see trained psychotherapists have a negative treatment outcome. Additionally, 30%-40% see no positive differential change at all. Because of these negative statistics, researchers have studied various methods that might improve […]

Breanda Dean, Jared A. Durtshi, Suzanne Floyd, Christopher T. Silva, and Momoko Yamashita with Dr. Tim Smith Traditionally, university counseling centers provide academic and psychological services to students in need of assistance. However, professionals in counseling centers have become increasingly aware of changes in higher education in general and in students’ presenting problems in particular, […]

Denise Spät Albino and Dr. Timothy Byron Smith, Counseling and Special Education For the past several years, the psychology literature has investigated the possibility that mental health services are racially biased. Studies assessing treatment outcomes in multicultural settings have increased over the past few years, with now hundreds of articles comparing treatment outcomes of people […]

Sungti Hsu and Dr. Lynn K. Wilder, Counseling Psychology and Special Education The key to a successful recruitment for this project is to identify individuals who are qualified, and the best way of distributing information about the Culturally Responsive Special Education and ESL Combined Program. According to the personnel preparation grant written by Drs. Prater, […]