Tyler Sasser and Dr. Jared Warren, Assistant Professor Department of Psychology The latest research has shown that 1 in 5 children meet criteria for a mental disorder and 1 in 10 children experience significant impairment in the family, school, and community due to a mental disorder (Huang et al., 2005). Unfortunately, only about one quarter […]
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Is there a Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Sibling Relationships In a Family Containing a Child With a Disability?
Corinne Jackman (Johnson) and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Brigham Young University College of Nursing The purpose of my research was to see if 1) there is a difference in parental perceptions of parenting styles and sibling relationships according to parent gender, sibling gender and type of disability as well as to 2) examine whether or not […]
Sexual Psychology: Eighteenth-Century Gender Theory and the Philosophy of Friedrich Schiller
Jeffrey Tucker and Professor Paul E. Kerry, History Perhaps the most difficult thing about doing scholastic research is coming up with a good question. The philosopher Imre Lakatos has suggested that the modern research programme works by establishing positive and negative heuristics which dictate the questions that are and are not profitable to ask. As Thomas […]
What We Want: The Oral Histories of Low-caste Indian Widows and how they Navigate their Surrounding Ideological and Social Context
Suzanne Powell and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science Department I left on my field study with the goal of learning about the practice of widow abandonment by placing it within the larger social, political, and economic structure of Hindu India. I surmised that widow abandonment was creeping down into the traditionally less-orthodox South India because […]
COSTA RICA’S BORDER PEOPLE: LIVING ON THE FRINGES OF TWO SOCIETIES
Ann Marie Hinckley and Dr. David P. Crandall The Nicaraguan Revolution ended nearly fifteen years ago, however, the political, economic, and cultural effects resulting from the war continue. These effects are keenly felt in the border regions of Costa Rica. Border regions are frequently turbulent because within them 70% of the world’s smallest wars are […]
RUSSIAN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUMMARY
Carrie S. Hewitt and Dr. Gary Browning, Germanic and Slavic Language On June 23, 1996 I returned from Spring term study abroad program in St. Petersburg, Russia where I lived the language, experienced the colorful culture and learned to love the Russian people. The purpose of my creative research project was to build upon a […]
Multicultural Counseling Issues: Ethnic Groups’ Attitudes Towards Mental Illness
Rose Hirt and Dr. Timothy B. Smith, Counseling Psychology and Special Education In the world of counseling, there are many issues that arise due to differences between cultures. These differences are particularly apparent in how different cultural groups view mental illness. There have been studies done on this topic, but the literature must be compiled […]
Uganda Human Rights Research
Lauren Hagee Methods All of the research conducted took place at different secondary schools in the Mukono District of Uganda. All of the secondary schools in this district were stratified based on the following criteria: 1) urban or rural, 2) government or private, and 3) large or small. Then, one school was randomly selected from […]
Ambivalent Sexism and the Law: The Myth of Gender Equality
Jennifer Edgley and Dr. Niwako Yamawaki, Department of Psychology The women’s liberation movement of the sixties and seventies has ushered in several important social and political changes in the United States. Gender inequality, however, remains an enduring problem in various institutions (Lips, 2007). The theory of Ambivalent Sexism conceptualizes and may be the key to […]
Understanding Student Ethnic Identity in Schools
Carol Ann Litster and Dr. Erin Feinauer Whiting, Teacher Education The purpose of this study was to understand the tensions Latino students feel in understanding their ethnic and academic identity and what motivates these students to do well in school. Using Latinos in Action as a case study, we uncover tensions for high school students’ […]
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