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Depression, control, and counterfactual potency: a proposed moderated mediation model of counterfactual thinking and performance
(2018-05)The functional theory of counterfactual thinking was created to explain the purpose and corresponding outcomes of counterfactual thoughts, thoughts in which individuals imagine how differences in past life events may have ... -
The implications of counterfactual thoughts on military members and veterans
(2018-05)While there is a plethora of research conducted on therapeutic techniques for military service members and veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there is little information about how certain cognitive processes ... -
Home/Sweet Home: MFA Thesis - Painting & Drawing
(2018-05)Home/Sweet Home explores human presence and absence by calling attention to what is not there. This series of paintings explore the profound loneliness of abandoned interior spaces. Themes revolve around how an environment ... -
A heuristic study on music-centered supervision
(2018-05)This first-person study investigated how a music-centered (Modified Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music) supervision contributed to understanding the role of music therapy when working with clients diagnosed with a ... -
Sounds of strength towards recovery: a program proposal for inpatient psychiatric care
(2018-05)"Sounds of Strength Towards Recovery would allow for an additional step towards comprehensive psychiatric care. As cited previously, the literature points towards the efficacy of the music therapy modality as part of ... -
Rules of Disorder: MFA Thesis - Painting and Drawing
(2018-05)Rules of Disorder is a composition painted in acrylic paints on 13 wood panels, overall dimension 64" x 92", inspired by line 116 of Hesiod's Theogony: "Truly at first Chaos came to be". -
Building Prayers: MFA Thesis - Painting & Drawing
(2018-05)I view my drawings as ceremonial narratives, told for the purpose of confronting mortality. I am interested in the visceral nature of religious phenomena in relation to the natural world and the act of creating. These ... -
"What if I had never been depressed?": effect of counterfactual thinking on stigma for individuals who have experienced depression
(2018-05)Depression is identified as one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States (NIMH, 2014). To understand such prevalence, many researchers have focused on the cognitive patterns associated with depression, ... -
Love Canal: community vulnerability and human-induced environmental disaster
(2018-05)This case study paper will examine the causes and effects of the human-induced environmental disaster at Love Canal. It will specifically highlight the significant impact it had on a lower income, working class neighborhood. ... -
Climate change and childhood communication disorders: a literature and policy analysis
(2018-05)In conclusion, climate change and its threats are becoming and increasingly impending problem for everyone on earth. All professional disciplines will have to come to terms with such problems, as they will affect aspects ... -
Fire and ice: a memoir on grief and self-discovery
(2018-05)A collection of poems and nonfiction combined in three parts that work to understand the grief that comes with losing my father to suicide and how to overcome it. Separated in three parts, the first part works to define ... -
Bilingual language acquisition & development and how bilingualism is addressed in the American school system
(2018-05)In this paper I will define the various types of bilingualism in the specific contexts of Spanish-English bilingualism in the United States. I will discuss the benefits of a bilingual education. I will explore theories ... -
English literacy in deaf education
(2018-01)The purpose of this paper is to discuss the factors influencing the English literacy development of signing deaf children. The literacy rates of deaf high school graduates have been consistently reported as equivalent to ... -
Neuroplasticity: the impact of age and injury
(2017-12)Background: Neuroplasticity is an ongoing process of the brain that allows for learning, changing, and adapting to every day changes as well as to trauma. As we age, the rate of neuroplasticity (that combats the ramifications ... -
Temperature and energy aware scheduling of heterogeneous processors using machine learning
(2017-12)In the past 20-some years, the entire lifetime of Data Center, the hymn computer engineers and end users have chanted in harmony has been "faster. . .smaller. . . cheaper. . . lower power. . . ," with the most recently ... -
How to Steal the American Dream: MFA Thesis - Sculpture
(2017-12)The work in my MFA thesis exhibition, How to Steal the American Dream creates a rare opportunity for honest examination and discussion of a political topic in the era of “alternative facts” and “fake news” by using visual ... -
Three sides to a story: different perspectives toward the deaf community
(2017-12)When looking into Deafness the medical perspective and the perspective of those in the Deaf community are taken into account. However there is also a societal aspect to Deafness that should be taken into account. This study ... -
Weak State caused long duration of insurgency between 1995 to 2016
(2017-12)Saddam Hussein’s government and the Taliban regime were both toppled in the early months of U.S. invasion. Nevertheless, the U.S. and coalitions’ supported government in both Iraq and Afghanistan have been battling ... -
Manic? : a play in two acts
(2017-12)This thesis is about the power of story. All medical systems throughout the world are based upon specific stories which they believe about the nature of human existence. Oftentimes, it is easy to lose ourselves in the ...
