ScholarWorks@Towson: Recent submissions
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Investigating transdiagnostic and interpersonal applications of the contrast avoidance model through path analysis
(2016-11-03)The current study aimed to evaluate the role of emotional contrast avoidance (CA; Newman & Llera, 2011) in relationships between insecure attachment and outcomes of psychopathological symptoms and interpersonal problems ... -
Anaerobic abiotic reduction of dichloroacetamide safeners: effects of manganese oxides and agrochemical co-formulants
(2015-09-18)Safeners are added to herbicide formulations to protect crops from toxic effects of active herbicides. Evidence suggests that as dichloroacetamide safeners transform, they can become more biologically active. Dichloroacetamide ... -
Does the timing of divorce matter? Parental divorce, interparental conflict, and young adult well-being
(2014-09-12)The present study compared participants from intact families to those from families where parental divorce occurred before the participant was 18 years old and families where the divorce occurred after the participant was ... -
Multiple minority stress: the role of proximal and distal stress on mental health outcomes among lesbian, gay and bisexual people of color
(2017-10-19)There is minimal research addressing the mental health outcomes of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color (LGB-POC). Meyer's (2003; 2015) minority stress theory posits that the manifestation of depression and anxiety ... -
Transgender microaggressions in the context of romantic relationships
(2017-10-17)Microaggressions can shape the everyday experiences of individuals who identify as transgender, and how they approach their relationships. Microaggressions involve subtle forms of discrimination that can come across as ... -
Major ions in urban streams: a look at concentrations over time and across land cover
(2017-08-18)Major ions in urban streams remain understudied, despite the connections between ion concentrations and stream ecosystem health. The concentrations and variability of major ions were characterized for streams in the Maryland ... -
Family rituals in emerging adults: links to coping, life satisfaction, family climate, and future ritual initiation
(2015-07-27)The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between family rituals and a number of adjustment outcomes, and to determine whether family climate would moderate this relationship. Survey measures, focusing ... -
Modulation of the intestinal microbiota by 15 kDa selenoprotein expression in inflammatory colon cancer
(2015-07-09)The intestinal microbiota is sensitive to inflammation that may induce dysbiosis leading to colon cancer. Selenium, when incorporated into the 15 kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) has a tissue-specific role in carcinogenesis. ... -
The effect of diabetes on measures of audition and cognition among veterans
(2014-07-21)Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease with complications that can impair auditory and cognitive function. This thesis describes cognitive function based on two cognitive behavioral measures (Digit Symbol ... -
A critical cultural study of lived experiences and societal implications of the 21st century natural hair movement
(2018-03-01)The natural hair movement of the 21st century emerged as a declaration by African-American women to embrace and celebrate their natural hair textures. Through a critical cultural study, this project demonstrated the divide ... -
ŚAṬAN the nemesis: the Talmud’s curriculum on God’s attribute of justice
(2016-10-28)The motif of ŚAṬAN appears in thirty-nine passages in the Talmud, clustered into eighteen sugyot. Historically, most of these statements are attributed to various sages who lived over a period of some four centuries. But ... -
How urban youth use digital tools at community technology centers to support the development of civic engagement pathways: a multisite, multicase study
(2017-11-15)This study explored how urban youth used, and did not use, digital tools at two community technology centers (CTCs) to support the development of civic engagement pathways. Research has shown that urban youth lack the same ... -
A modelling framework to explore bioenergetic effects of environmental stress and interspecific interactions
(2017-03-30)The overarching theme of this thesis research was to further develop methods to improve ecological risk assessment of anthropogenic stressors. The main objective was to develop a bioenergetic, individual-based multi-species ... -
The news of inclusive education: a narrative analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2001-10)This paper investigates a nationally publicized case in the debate over the best method of educating millions of children with severe disabilities. Using Fisher’s narrative paradigm, this paper analyses 4 years of the ... -
Media labeling versus the US disability community identity: a study of shifting cultural language
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-01)This study examines disability terminology to explore how the news media frame cultural representations of the disability community. More specifically, the paper examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act ... -
The politics of representing disability: exploring news coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
(Sage Publications, 2015)Twenty-five years on from the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), media representation of people with disability has become even more significant. More recently, the implementation of the National ... -
Understanding well-being among retirees experiencing late-life unemployment
(2018-05-30)This study examines the role of paid work as a form of occupational engagement, with consequent impacts on health, particularly as activity patterns shift during the transition to retirement. Occupational engagement is ... -
A Delphi study to develop an inventory of competencies needed to facilitate instruction in student-centered, one-to-one learning environments
(2018-05-30)Today's one-to-one, student-centered learning environments have unique qualities when compared to the traditional learning spaces of the previous decades and their characteristics hold important implications for both teacher ... -
A study on textual contents in online communities and social media using text mining approaches
(2018-05-29)With the advent of Web 2.0, users have become more interactive, and the population of user-generated contents (UGC) has also increased drastically on the web. Among various Web 2.0 applications, we focus on textual contents ...