Scholarly Work (Open Access)

Fostering a sense of belonging: Attachment through movement and dance

Sivorot, Krystle (2019-07-11)

This manuscript style thesis seeks to highlight the connection between the use of dance, movement, and music to support attachment development. There is abundant research showing the importance of early attachment bonds ...

Moderators of gender-based barriers in the U.S. Army: How enlisted women increase their own recruitment, promotion, participation, retention, and integration

McDonald, Jeff (2019-07)

In their women’s integration plan, the U.S. Army (2016b) called for studies to identify and “develop strategies to overcome [gender] barriers” (p. 13) women encounter, without an institutional understanding of gender ...

Reframing compliance: Exposing violence within applied behaviour analysis

Harte, Ciara (2019-06-04)

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential relationship between Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and acts of violence. This relationship is explored through a critical discourse analysis of six scholarly research ...

Two Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) Strategies and a Classroom

Domingo, Jamie (2019-05-03)

More than half of second grade students at an elementary school in Washington tested below the standard reading level. This study focused on using two Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) strategies, the Cooperative ...

How can the lens of Dislocation Theory further understanding of why people contemplate suicide?

Trahan, Kelly (2019-06-15)

The reasons for suicide remain a widely researched topic. The majority of research on suicide offers reasons for suicide that are attributed to individuals having an underlying mental disorder. Research is needed on reasons ...

Positive Reinforcement in the Classroom: The Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Student Behavior and Participation

Feagin, Mia (2019-06)

This research investigates the in-class behavior and participation affected by positive reinforcement. A total of 53 students within two 5th grade math and science classes took part in this study. Throughout the study, ...

The Impact of Sexual Violence on Female Student Athletes perpetrated by Male Student Athletes and applicable Therapeutic Modalities

Boonzaayer, Christina (2019-06-16)

Sexual violence against female intercollegiate athletes is a prevalent crisis evident in today’s society (McCray, 2015). This capstone will focus on male intercollegiate athletes as the perpetrators of sexual violence ...

How Communication is Used in Polyamorous Relationships

Wallace, Meghan (2019-06)

This paper explores the phenomenological lived experience of what it is like to participate in a polyamorous relationship. The question proposed is how do polyamorous individuals use communication to negotiate rules and ...

Childhood Interpersonal Violence: The Effects on Adult Attachment and How Best to Support Victims in Moving Beyond their Violent Experience

Rowbotham, Kaitlyn (2019-05-31)

Child interpersonal violence continues to be a concern affecting a considerable proportion of the population. Without appropriate intervention, it is possible that many of these children will continue to experience ...

Optimism and Counselling, Subjective Wellbeing and Mental as well as Physical Health

Paukkunen, Veronika (2019-05-16)

It is common for people to say either I am unhappy or I just want to be happy. So what makes people happy? This is a question that interests me and I also find that it interests many people as well. Sometimes individuals ...

Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian Women: Conceptualizing Culture, Building Resilience and Increasing Cultural Competency of Counsellors

Bhogal, Maya (2019-05-30)

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue that impacts all nationalities, ethnicities and cultures, and is continuing to gain more acknowledgement the more IPV is openly addressed. The South Asian culture is built on ...

Being a girl: How young girls respond to social messages

Lalari, Parcilla (2019-05)

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the research question: How does the application of response-based practice theory to the responses of female identifying youth inform professionals who support them? ...

Fostering Equitable Learning Opportunities for Middle School Students in Special Education by Reducing Their Discipline Disproportionality Rates

Clark, Alden (2019-05-31)

Students with disabilities enrolled in public schools continue to struggle to gain equitable access to learning opportunities, despite federal protections. Because of the overuse of suspensions and expulsions, researchers ...

Integrating an innovative organizational culture with cultural intelligence in multicultural teams: A case study of an international student team

Cox, Kathryn (2019-04-13)

Addressing innovation and multicultural teams separately is no longer an option for companies since both are essential for a company to stay competitive and thrive. Although studies such as Cox, Lobel, and McLeod (1991) ...

Single mothers' narratives of strength, with a focus on resiliency and resourcefulness

Bowie, Laura (2019-05-15)

There is a substantial body of literature that focuses on the supposed detrimental impact of single mothers on themselves, their children and on society. The aim of this research is to bring more attention to the strengths, ...

Give them Wings! Exploring Latino experiences and perspectives on employee engagement through qualitative phenomenological inquiry

Lopez, Emerald (2019-05)

Employee engagement has emerged as a relevant and noteworthy topic in the discourse on organizational leadership and sustainability, as engaged employees are a source of organizational productivity, positive morale, ...