Scholarly Work (Open Access)
Contains open access scholarly work from City University of Seattle students, faculty, and staff.
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What Can Death and Dying Teach? An Autoethnography of the Retrospective Transformative Properties of Grief
(2019-05-06)This research explores the lived experience of meaningful incidences of post traumatic growth following the death of a loved one. Using an autoethnographic approach the study explores two siblings’ experiences of living ... -
Relationships between Culture and Masculine Identity Development in South Asian Canadian Immigrants
(2019-01)This thesis used the combined analysis of traditional theory, empirical data, and lived experience to analyze the relationship between culture and masculine identity development in South Asian, Canadian first and second ... -
Challenging Confidentiality and Dual Relationships in the Treatment of Addiction: A case study
(2019-06)This case study explores the question, how does adapting the traditional professional boundaries of confidentiality and dual relationships in the treatment of addictions (by including clients in an ongoing community that ... -
Emotional Regulation Interventions for Adolescents
(2019-03-12)This paper reviews the literature pertaining to adolescents' mental well-being. It describes adolescents, their challenges, emotions, social interactions, and emotional regulation. It discusses various programs and ... -
Exploring Disordered Eating and Chronic Illness: A journey of recovery through OSFED
(2019-03-19)Research identifies eating disorders as a biopsychosocial with the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses. Using the process of autoethnography, my personal experience recovering from OSFED with a chronic ... -
Post-Traumatic Growth: A Hero's Journey
(2018-09)This thesis explores the current psychotherapeutic practices of trauma treatment as well as evaluating the process of Tedeschi and Calhoun’s concept of Post-Traumatic Growth. Coupled with this study, is a parallel study ... -
Equine Assisted Therapy for Adolescents Challenged by Anxiety in Schools
(2018-11)Adolescent anxiety is highly problematic in the high school setting and can cause long-term persistent mental health issues such as further anxiety, depression, and substance use problems later in life. Animal-assisted ... -
An Exploration of the Differences between Principals’ Perceptions Regarding the Instructional and Organizational Effectiveness of Their High Schools and the Academic Achievement of Their Students
(2019-02-25)Organizational effectiveness has been a frequent topic of study among researchers, but some issues remain unresolved, such as the criteria that lead one organization to be more effective than another. Educational leaders ... -
Help under construction: Current concepts of masculinity and its impact on men's help seeking
(2018-11-30)This thesis thoroughly explores the dynamic between current conceptions of masculinity and resulting help-seeking practices in men, so as to promote a better understanding of the factors and context influencing men’s ... -
Does The Positivity Movement In Psychology Produce Oppression?
(2018-10)The positivity movement in psychology has inspired an individualistic, elitist, and consumer-driven wellness culture, that leaves out societies most vulnerable, and therefore most in need of support. Neoliberalism in the ... -
The Power of Face-to-Face and Communal Acts
(2019-01)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the topic of social integration through face-to-face interaction within the scope of communal acts. Social integration is an integral part of being human. Humans are a social species, ... -
Building Better Organizational Rebrands: Exploring the Employee Viewpoint
(2019-03-13)Organizational brands can be powerful, and it is risky to rebrand and potentially alienate stakeholders with a change (Abramovich, 2014). Yet, despite its high failure rate and cost, rebranding has become commonplace (Zhao, ... -
Social Psychology of Drug Policy: Dislocation and Dissonance Theory
(2018-11)The war on drugs is, arguably, a failed social policy, and yet it persists. This thesis uses scholarly review and analysis to ask: What is the social and individual psychology that accounts for the endurance of a demonstratively ... -
Social Media Revolution: Negative Impact of Social Media on Female Self-Esteem
(2018-10-09)In today’s world, the use of social media has become a necessary daily activity. Social media is typically used for social interaction and a way to connect with one another. Social media in high doses does not do any good ... -
Violence and Threat in the Workplace: Absenteeism and Discursive Analysis of Absenteeism Policies
(2018-06)This thesis explores the connection between abuse in the workplace and absenteeism. Frontline workers often experience abuse, threats, incivility, humiliation, and they often are the first responder to overdoses and deaths. ... -
Strengthening the Therapeutic Alliance
(2018-08-10)The purpose of this paper is to create a practical tool for counsellors (as part of a larger, existing toolkit) to strengthen the therapeutic alliance between client and counsellor. This primary tool will consist of a ... -
Counselling Women in Midlife: A Sociocultural Framework
(2018-08-24)Women aged 45-60 are considered in our culture to be in the middle years of life, a time that is often synonymous with menopause. As is evident in cultural scenarios such as popular television, film, and women’s magazines, ... -
Females of African Descent and Issues of Racism and Suicide
(2018-06-30)The purpose of this study was to investigate the question: What does the current literature say concerning the connection between racism and suicide among females of African descent, (herein referred to as African women, ... -
But...The Tree was the View: Understanding Human-Nature Relationships
(2018-05)This thesis takes the reader on a journey towards a deeper understanding of human-nature relationships. The term nature is defined, and practical information regarding the effect human-nature relationships have on human ... -
Through Midlife Crisis to Personal Growth
(2018-06)The topic of this research paper explores the phenomenon of midlife crisis or midlife transition, and both terms are used interchangeably throughout this paper. The existing literature on the subject involves mostly the ...
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