Melissa A. Dalton-Richardson and Dr. Lynn Callister, Nursing Within recent years, there has been a steady increase of births attended by midwives in the United States. The reemergence of midwives to the medical scene provides pregnant women with alternative methods of birth. In order to provide women with the most information possible about these two […]
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Perceptions of Western Religious Music Among Non-Western Latter-Day Saints
Matthew Astle and Professor Richard Long, Communications As the LDS Church continues to grow and expand in developing nations throughout the world, it is presented with the unique challenge of overcoming cultural differences to create a truly global brotherhood. One of the most culturally sensitive areas that the Church must deal with is that of music. […]
Facebook Users’ Perceptions of Businesses’ Facebook Pages
Nicole Goring and Dr. Steven Thomsen, Communications College students in the United States and New Zealand were surveyed about their Facebook usage patterns, attitudes toward businesses’ pages on Facebook, and factors that could motivate them to join a business’s Facebook page. Several studies have researched businesses’ perspectives on using social media to reach their audiences, […]
The Effects of Prenatal Education on Maternal Perceptions of Labor Experience
Christie Sue Henrichsen, Cassidy Tomao, and Dr. Ana Birkhead, Nursing This qualitative descriptive study examined the perceptions of the birth experience for primaparous women who had received prenatal education classes (PNEC) compared with those who did not. The researchers surveys 20 women who had received PNEC and 20 who had not. Women were surveyed on […]
Parental Perceptions: Religiosity and Depression in Families Raising a Child with Diabetes
Caitlin Herrmann Peterson and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Background and Significance Parents raising children with disabilities (CWD) experience a number of situations and stresses parents not raising a CWD experience. How families adapt to the situation of raising a CWD may be related to a number of variables including the parent’s religiosity and the depression […]
Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Learning Outcomes throughout Simulation Experiences
Christina Hunter and Dr. Patricia Ravert, Nursing Introduction Identified learning outcomes when using high-fidelity simulators in a nursing lab are 1) improving communication, 2) increasing psychomotor skills, 3) understanding classroom material, 4) developing critical thinking, and 5) facilitating teamwork (Bambini, Washburn, & Perkins, 2009; McGaghie, Issenberg, Petrusa, & Scalese, 2006). Nursing students in each semester […]
Perceptions of Single Parents Raising a Child with Disabilities: A Pilot Study
Danielle Nyholm and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Main Text Parents raising a child with disabilities (CWD) are subject to a unique experience that is often accompanied by many challenges not experienced by a parent raising normally developing children. The experience requires extensive time and money, and the parents endure many stressors resulting in exhaustion (Green, […]
Security in South Africa: The Perceptions of Women
B. Macrae McDermott and Dr. Valerie Hudson, Political Science I recently completed the data collection portion of the research project entitled “Security in South Africa: The Perceptions of Women.” With the aid of my faculty mentor, I developed a mixed method, ethnographic field study in order to gain a greater understanding of women’s perceptions of […]
Adolescents’ and Parents’ Perceptions of Religious Pre- and Proscriptions
Ryan Woodbury and Dr. Sam Hardy, Department of Psychology As mentioned in my proposal, we sought to understand adolescents’ and parents’ perceptions of religious norms and how those norms predicted adolescents’ positive and negative behaviors. We asked six questions to help guide our research: What do adolescents think their religions encourage and discourage? What behaviors do parents […]
The Effects of Bibliotherapy on Elementary Students’ Perceptions toward Peers with Disabilities
Brianna Teerlink and Professor Tina Dyches, Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education This study constructed and evaluated an extended-contact method of intervention to investigate children’s attitudes towards peers with disabilities. A 3×2 (neutral and intergroup, divided into didactic and bibliotherapy; pre- and post-intervention) design was used with 288 children ages 6-12 years in grades […]
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