Scholarly Work (Open Access)
Contains open access scholarly work from City University of Seattle students, faculty, and staff.
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How Can School Districts Respond to Opioid Impacted Students?
(2021-02-10)The purpose of this study was to discover how school districts can respond to opioid impacted students. This research is relevant because the opioid crisis is now approaching its fourth decade within history and the issue ... -
Cultural Disproportionality in American Classrooms: The Lived Experiences of Non-Hispanic, White, Female Teachers With Their Students of Color
(2020-12-04)Cultural disproportionality in today’s classrooms is the basis for this phenomenological qualitative study. The purpose of this study was to understand how the lived experiences of teachers affect relationships with their ... -
A Study of At-Risk High School Students Enrolled in a Full-Time Online Learning Environment
(2021-01-13)Students can obtain formal education through many instructional methods, including those offered in online learning environments. Due to their convenience and flexibility in terms of time and place, online resources are a ... -
The Experience of Online Sense of Community of Students and How it Affects their Decision to Withdraw from Online Education
(2020-12-23)Higher education leaders align their goals to meet accreditation requirements to achieve a level of quality for their programs. Educational leaders are also committed to expanding their education services and offering an ... -
Software Documentation and Architectural Analysis of Full Stack Development
(2020-03)The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to decrease the barrier to entry for open source projects and full stack web development. Documentation and architectural modeling are implemented to lessen the steep learning ... -
Vicarious Trauma and Community Corrections Officers in Canada
(2020-12-19)The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore the essence of vicarious trauma in community corrections officers. Nine probation and parole officers from across Canada were interviewed regarding their experiences ... -
Advocating with Humility: Improving Access of Treatment Services for Filipino Immigrant Families with Autistic Children in Alberta, Canada
(2020-12-15)Different factors influence access to services for Filipino immigrant families with autistic children in Alberta, Canada. These include the immigration process, the immediate needs of the family as they settle down in their ... -
The Role of Work Culture in Female Police Officers' Mental Health
(2020-12-13)Females make up approximately 22% of law enforcement officers in Canada. Despite the longstanding presence of women in law enforcement, researchers have not studied female officers’ experiences with their work culture and ... -
The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adult Sibling Relationships
(2020-12-15)Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) can result in adverse psychosocial, physical, and psychological affects on the victim. Furthermore, these adverse affects can extend into romantic and familial relationships. Yet, the victim ... -
Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health
(2020-12-12)In the late 1990s, the first emergence of social media platforms began to change the way humans communicate within society (van Dijck, 2013). Before this time, connecting with others meant personal telephone calls, emails, ... -
Gender Identity and Personal Agency
(2020-10-07)Over the years, research has reiterated the unique difficulties faced by those within the transgender community, including increased risk for verbal and physical abuse, depression, substance abuse, and suicidality compared ... -
Faculty Diversity Impact on Historically Underserved Running Start Students of Color (HUSC) Access Rates at Washington State Community and Technical Colleges
(2020-12-04)Nationally and in Washington State, historically underserved students of color (HUSC) continue to lag behind their dominant culture white peers in accessing and attaining high-value credentials through institutions of ... -
The Link Between Fictional Suicides and Suicide Contagion: Fact or Myth?
(2020-12)This paper is an examination of fictional media depictions of suicide and their potential relationship to suicide contagion. By surveying and exploring the literature, the aim is to present both proponents and opponents ... -
An Investigation into the Effects of Bias on Graduate Students and Novice Clinicians
(2020-12-05)The purpose of this manuscript was to identify the effects of bias on graduate students and novice clinicians. Understanding bias requires knowledge of cognitive psychology as bias can affect decision making and problem-solving. ... -
Exploring the Utilization of Counselling Services in Canadian Amateur Hockey
(2020-10-11)This project investigated the unique adverse stressors influenced by (predominantly male) sports culture and specifically the impact on junior, college, and university hockey players in Canada. Some of the general themes ... -
The Third Age Project: Baby Boomer Women and the Meaningful Life
(2020-10-31)Baby boomer women in the Third Age may have a deep desire to live meaningful lives. This desire will possibly be rooted in the ideals of the Third Age, the increased desire for meaning as people age, the expectation of ... -
Measuring Outcome of Feedback-Informed Treatment: Using PCOMS with Chinese Clients
(2020-10-31)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feedback effect on treatment outcome and client-therapist relationship and also investigate the effectiveness of PCOMS when it is used as an outcome measure in psychotherapy ... -
Growing Old in the Patriarchy: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Age, and Care
(2020-10)The intention of this thesis is to open up a space to explore the long-term impacts of exposure to the patriarchy; taking a life course perspective to understand how women navigate the aging process while living in a ... -
Motherhood in Adult Children of Alcoholics
(2020-11-15)Adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) grew up in homes where one or both parents struggled with alcohol abuse. Countless children and families are impacted by intergenerational alcohol abuse and suffer in silence as they ... -
The Phenomenology of Opinion Expression on Social Media: Culture and Human Functioning
(2020-11-19)Social media provides people with an incredible opportunity to express their opinions on an array of important, meaningful life topics. In turn, they experience a wide variety of opinions from other people to which they ...