Browsing ETD: Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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An examination of the use of the token economy in reducing behaviors in an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder
(Wichita State University, 2011-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of the token economy system in reducing physical aggression, property destruction, and disruptive talk in an adolescent diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The ... -
Examining adolescents' pathways to success: Understanding the academic aspirations and expectations of middle school youth
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)Educational aspirations and expectations have grown throughout the years, yet discrepancies between the two concepts still exist, especially between Black and White youth. Using Self-Efficacy Theory, the purpose of this ... -
Examining epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and calibration of comprehension
(2006-12)This study explored the relationship of epistemological beliefs, academic self-efficacy, and passage comprehension. Seventy-five community college students were asked to complete a series of in-class questionnaires, these ... -
Examining Native American epistemological beliefs
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)The purpose of this study is to examine the epistemological beliefs of Native Americans in order to gain a better understanding of their beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning. Fifteen adults were interviewed ... -
Examining past research with new technologies: The Ewing Site revisited with ARCGIS
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)During three summers in the late 1960s, the Ewing Site was excavated in the Four Corners area of Colorado and was archived at Wichita State University. Since that time, archaeological recovery methods and analysis ... -
Examining the differences among the MCMI-III profiles of incarcerated sexual offender subgroups and nonsexual violent offenders
(Wichita State University, 2014-12)Using archival data collected from subgroups of sexual and nonsexual incarcerated male offenders, this research sought to identify any clinically meaningful group differences in Axis I and Axis II psychopathology as measured ... -
Examining the psychometric properties of self-report measures of bullying: Reliability of the peer relations questionnaire
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)Self-report measures of bullying have recently been under scrutiny due to limited evidence of their psychometric properties. Nevertheless, they continue to be the main tool for estimating prevalence of bullying behavior ... -
Examining the relationship between racial identity and positive health behaviors among African American emerging adults
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)Racial identity is an important factor in predicting health behaviors, especially among African Americans. The history of African Americans in the United States makes racial identity an important concept to study. Racial ... -
Examining the theory of planned behavior applied to condom use: A comparison of the effect-indicator vs. causal-indicator models
(Wichita State University, 2007-12)The theory of planned behavior was developed by Ajzen & Fishbein (1980) in an attempt to explain a number of health behaviors such as smoking, diet and exercise behaviors, diabetic management, and condom use (Glanz, Rimer, ... -
Examples of discontinuity for the variational solution of the minimal surface equation with Dirichlet data on a domain with a nonconvex corner and locally negative mean curvature
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role of smoothness, specifically the smoothness of the boundary ∂Ω, in the behavior of the variational solution f on a domain Ω to the Dirichlet problem for the Minimal ... -
Excluding whom? An examination of race, gender, & suspension
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)Previous literature indicates a number of factors contribute to disparate rates of suspension among students. Among these are "student level factors" such as race, or socioeconomic level, and "school level factors" such ... -
Exercise limitations in a competitive cyclist twelve months post heart transplantation
(Wichita State University, 2009-08)BACKGROUND: It has been well documented that for heart transplant recipients (HTR) post transplantation exercise capacity does not exceed 60% of healthy age matched controls. Few, if any studies have been undertaken to ... -
The existence of Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms in the family of Hénon maps
(Wichita State University, 2009-05)We consider Hénon maps on ℝ² of the form fa,c(x,y)=(y,y2+c+ax) with real parameters (a, c). Due to the work of S. Hayes and C. Wolf [8], we provide a detailed investigation of the parameters 0 < a < 1 and c = 0. For each ... -
Existentialism in a philosophy of art
(Wichita State University, 1957-05)My hope is that the reader will view this thesis, not as a historical statement, but as a personal simplification and a clarification of the position in which I find myself as an artist and as an approach to creative ... -
Expanded circumstances in politeness: an exploration of politeness strategies in committed relationships
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)Politeness is a communication structure that individuals utilize on a daily basis, whether consciously or subconsciously. The phenomenon of politeness has been examined in a variety of circumstances. However, current ... -
Expanding the study of ecological barriers to physical activity on a college campus: a mixed methods approach
(Wichita State University, 2019-05)Overweight and obesity are arguably the most formidable health epidemics of our time. Although a smaller percentage of young adults experience obesity compared to any other adult age grouping, young adults who are not set ... -
Experiences of Saudi students attending a U.S. University: A qualitative study
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The purpose of this study was to gain a detailed understanding of the experiences of Saudi students attending a U.S. university. Acculturation theory was the theoretical framework through which the experiences of the Saudi ... -
Experiential approach as a moderator of the impact of a positive mood induction procedure
(Wichita State University, 2019-08)The model of human functioning on which acceptance and commitment therapy is based (Hayes, Luoma, Bond, Masuda, & Lillis, 2006) has recognized how efforts to control negative emotions (i.e., experiential avoidance) may ... -
Experiential avoidance and its effect on post deployment marital communication and adjustment
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)Research on the adjustment of over two million Americans deployed to Middle Eastern conflicts since 2001 has indicated high rates of mental illness in returning veterans, although the adjustment of family members – ... -
Experimental and computational aerodynamic analysis of ice fragments shed from aircraft surfaces
(2006-12)Icing can pose problems due to both accretions on aircraft aerodynamic surfaces as well as through shedding of large ice particles from aircraft surfaces. The shed ice causes damage by impacting downstream aerodynamic ...