Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cognitive Complexity and Empathy as Predictors of Leadership Style in an Urban College Student Population

COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY AND EMPATHY AS PREDICTORS OF LEADERSHIP STYLE IN AN URBAN COLLEGE STUDENT POPULATION. Scott B. Harrison Old Dominion University, 1999 Director: Dr. Christopher W. Lovell The amount of variation in leadership style predicted by cognitive complexity and empathy was investigated. Differences in cognitive complexity and empathic ability according to students' educational levels and leadership styles was also tested. Leadership style was determined by Fiedler's (1967) Least Preferred Co worker (LPC) measure; cognitive complexity was defined by the Cognitive Complexity Index (CCI), a subscale of the Learning Environment Preferences (LEP; Moore, 1987) instrument which measures Perry's (1998) scheme of intellectual and ethical development; and empathy was measured by Hogan's Scale of Empathy (1969) as scored on the Hogan/Em subscale of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI; Gough, 1987). Participants comprised a sample of 160 urban college undergraduate and graduate students. Multiple regression was used to test the CCI and Hogan/Em as predictors of the LPC criterion variable. Multivariate and univariate analyses o f variance were used to test for education level and leadership style main effects on the Hogan/Em and CCI. The results indicated that cognitive complexity alone, and cognitive complexity and empathy combined, were statistically significant predictors of leadership style. Graduate students scored higher than undergraduate students on the cognitive complexity measure, and an inverse relationship was found between leadership style and cognitive complexity. Discussion Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. focused on theoretical explanations of the inverse relationship found between leadership style and cognitive complexity. Implications of the results were discussed as they relate to the psychometric properties of the measures, theoretical constructs, higher education policy and practice, and future research. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Spirituality, Religiosity, and Perceived Ability to Provide Spiritual Care in Nursing Students

iv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 Purpose . 4 Overarching Mixed Method Question: . 5 Research Question 1: . 5 Research Question 2: . 5 Research Question 3: . 6 Research Question 4: . 6 Research Question 5: . 7 Research Question 6: . 8 Research Question 7: . 8 Research Question 8: . 8 Qualitative Questions: . 9 Definitions and Terms. 9 Assumptions . 12 Background and Significance . 12 Nursing Student Spiritual Care Preparation Framework (NSSpCPF) . 14
Emotion Regulation Difficulties Related to Depression and Anxiety: A Network Approach to Model Relations Among Symptoms, Positive Reappraisal, and Repetitive Negative Thinking

Frequent repetitive negative thinking and infrequent positive reappraisal use are theorized to increase risk for depression and anxiety. Yet, research has studied these regulatory strategies at the disorder level, ignoring the clinical heterogeneity and differential relations among their individual symptoms. In this study, we examined the associations among repetitive negative thinking, positive reappraisal, and individual symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. Models of regularized partial-correlation networks were estimated using cross-sectional data from 468 participants. Results showed that repetitive negative thinking and positive reappraisal were differentially related to affective, cognitive, and somatic symptoms of depression and anxiety. Moreover, repetitive negative thinking was more central than positive reappraisal with stronger connections to individual symptoms. Finally, repetitive negative thinking was more important than positive reappraisal in connecting clusters of depression and anxiety symptoms. These findings cast light on potential pathways through which repetitive negative thinking and positive reappraisal may operate within depression and anxiety.
The aspirations of young Indonesian children

This study had as its aim to analyze the thoughts of Javanese–Indonesian and Sundanese–Indonesian children in Indonesia, about their aspirations for the future. In total, 271 Javanese–Indonesian and Sundanese–Indonesian children (aged 4–6) participated. The children were also asked: “what expectations of yours make you happiest? ” The results revealed three categories ranging from the most mentioned to the least: aspirations for material issues, expressing doubts about their future aspirations, and wanting to do well in school performance. The results revealed that there was a statistically significant association between children’s ethnic background and their aspirations (χ(1) = 10.089, p = . 006). This study offers new ways of thinking in examining young children’s aspirations with regard to ethnicity issues. As aspiring to having successful material issues were the most mentioned by students, as opposed to wanting to do well in school performance, the government should consequently conduct campaigns to build awareness among educators (both teachers and parents) that the purpose of education is to stimulate hopefulness (having aspirations for future).
Evaluating the introduction of unmanned Aerial Vehicles for teaching and learning in geoscience fieldwork education

ABSTRACT In the last decade, commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become more accessible for use in civil roles such as scientific research. Despite their increasing use in research, there has been little investigation of their potential use as an educational tool in Geoscience. This small-scale mixed methods research investigated the potential benefits and challenges of using UAVs in fieldwork at two North West of England Universities. UAVs have shown to have the potential to be a useful tool for use in Geoscience fieldwork by offering students many learning benefits such as; providing different perspectives of a landscape, the ability to collect data from inaccessible locations and to enhance student data collection skills. However, there are substantial barriers to introducing UAVs in fieldwork such as laws and licencing, privacy, time, cost and a lack of students being allowed to fly the aircraft legally.
Global and Criteria Based Judgments of an Undergraduate Exit Writing Examination

GLOBAL AND CRITERIA BASED JUDGMENTS OF AN UNDERGRADUATE EXIT WRITING EXAMINATION Katrice Alexandria Hawthorne Old Dominion University, 2014 Director: Dr. Linda Bol The effect of a calibration strategy requiring students to predict and postdict their scores on a writing exam was investigated. The utility of rubric-referenced calibration and the interaction between achievement and self-efficacy on calibration accuracy were also explored. Five hundred ninety six undergraduate students enrolled in an urban, comprehensive, public university participated. Students were assigned to one of three calibration conditions: (1) a global condition (overall judgments only), (2) a global and criteria condition (a general rubric), or (3) a global and detailed criteria condition (a detailed rubric). Students in all three conditions provided global calibrations before and after the exam. Students also completed the Writing Self-Regulatory Efficacy Scale. Neither calibration condition alone nor self-efficacy alone was found to effect calibration accuracy. Calibration condition and SAT critical reading achievement were found to be significant for predictive accuracy in organization and development and analysis only. Calibration condition and global writing scores interacted to significantly effect prediction and postdiction accuracy in sentence structure, as well as prediction accuracy in grammar, diction, and mechanics. Higher achieving students in all three conditions were more accurate than lower achieving students. Additional research is needed to fully examine the relationships among calibration accuracy, achievement, self-efficacy and specific writing criteria. Copyright ©, 2014, by Katrice Alexandria Hawthorne, All Rights Reserved.
Validierung des QbMini Tests zur Diagnose der Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) bei fünfjährigen Kindern

Zusammenfassung. Fragestellung: ADHS tritt bei 2 %-8 % aller Vorschüler auf. Zur Diagnose von ADHS im Vorschulalter gibt es derzeit nur wenige Verfahren. Ziel dieser Studie war die Validierung des psychometrischen Verfahrens QbMini Test für das Vorschulalter. Dieser PC-gestützte Test erfasst Aufmerksamkeit und Impulsivität anhand eines Daueraufmerksamkeitstests, während die Hyperaktivitätsmessung über eine Infrarotkamera erfolgt. Methodik: Der QbMini Test wurde mit 95 5-jährigen Kindern mit und ohne ADHS durchgeführt. Die Eltern füllten symptomspezifische Verhaltensbögen für ADHS aus. Ergebnisse: Der QbMini Test erfasst die drei Hauptsymptome von ADHS. Aus dem Vergleich des QbMini Tests mit den Verhaltensbogen ergaben sich insbesondere für den Faktor Hyperaktivität signifikante Korrelationen. Schlussfolgerungen: Die ersten Daten sprechen dafür, dass der QbMini Test in der ADHS-Diagnostik im Vorschulalter eine gute Ergänzung zu den bestehenden Verfahren ist.
Efficacy of an Individualized Computer-Assisted Social Competence Training Program for Children With Oppositional Defiant Disorders/Conduct Disorders

Group-based child-centered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children with aggressive behavior has been found to significantly reduce child behavior problems. Nevertheless, most children suffer from residual symptoms at the end of treatment. Therefore, individualized interventions that treat the specific problem-maintaining factors and that use digital support may enhance treatment effects. However, enhanced computer-facilitated interventions have not been examined in clinical samples. Therefore, we tested the efficacy of an individualized computer-facilitated social skills training for children with clinically referred aggressive behavior problems. Fifty children aged 6–12 years with peer-related aggressive behavior problems were included in a within-subject design with two phases (waiting, treatment). The course of the outcome measures during an 8-week waiting phase was compared with that in the subsequent treatment phase (16 weekly child sessions and 2 parent psychoeducation contacts at the beginning of the treatment) using multilevel modeling. The primary outcome was peer-related aggressive behavior rated by parents. Further outcome measures included parent ratings and patient self-reports of aggressive and prosocial behavior. No significant changes occurred for any of the outcome variables during the waiting phase. During treatment, most parent-rated outcome measures (including the primary outcome measure) showed a significant decrease, which was stronger than changes in the waiting phase. Most self-rated outcome measures also showed significant decreases during treatment, but a stronger decrease than in the waiting phase was only found for peer-related aggressive behavior. The computer-facilitated social skills training appears to be an effective CBT intervention for children with peer-related aggressive behavior.
Child Maltreatment and the Acquisition of Identity Capital: A Retrospective Exploration of a Transformative Social Justice Experience

Abstract The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore whether secondary classes foster the acquisition of certain agentic capacities for formerly maltreated adolescents. We utilized the identity capital model (ICM) to explore the identity capital acquired by a socioeconomically diverse group of 40 Black former students in a mandatory, high school transformative social justice (TSJ) class. All participants disclosed some form of child maltreatment. The most prominent IC acquired for all participants included purpose, social perspective taking, moral-ethical reasoning, and resilience. Implications are discussed.
Efeitos da suplementação de sal na profilaxia da síncope vasovagal : ensaio clínico randomizado

Background: Orthostatic symptoms and syncope are common in healthy subjects. Salt supplementation can be used in patients showing improvement in the pressor response and increase in the orthostatic tolerance. We tested the hypothesis that single salt supplementation increases the orthostatic tolerance in healthy subjects. Methods e Results: Twenty healthy volunteers (13 females, 29.05 ± 5.57 years old), without syncope history, were submitted to head-up tilt test, at an angle of 70 degrees, for 35 minutes or until presyncope or syncope were observed. They were randomized and crossover to receive 6g of salt in one of the exams and placebo in the other, 3 hours before, in a double-blind protocol. To evaluate for side effects, there were evaluate clinical and laboratorial indexes. Ingestion of salt improved orthostatic tolerance in 11 out of 12 volunteers who presented presyncope or syncope (variation from 1 to 6 minutes). The time with salt supplementation was of 33.35 ± 4.1 minutes and with placebo it was of 31.95 ± 4.4 minutes (mean ± SD; p = 0.009), orthostatic tolerance differed in 1.4 ± 2.09 minutes (95% CI, 0.42 2.37 minutes). Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate in the supine position did not change significantly with salt or with the placebo. However, Systolic and diastolic blood pressure with salt supplementation (120.85 ± 30.9 mmHg and 78.75 ± 20.6 mmHg) were higher at the end of the exam when compared to placebo (99.2 ± 29.8 and 64 ± 21 mmHg; p = 0.006 and p = 0.007, respectively). Conclusion: Salt supplementation seems to improve orthostatic tolerance in healthy volunteers without changing clinical variables at rest.
Labour incorporation of young Southern European graduates in Mexico: the impact of the economic crisis

ABSTRACT The 2008 economic crisis has had particularly negative effects on the youth labour market outcomes in Southern Europe. Thus, it is hardly surprising that many Southern European youngsters see migration as the only way to escape from under-employment and precariousness. In this context, the article studies the reasons for emigration to Mexico of a group of young graduates from Italy and Spain. The paper is based on 42 in-depth semi-structured interviews with young graduates, aged 29 years old or less on their arrival in Mexico. The article first explores the relevance of the economic crisis as the main reason behind the migration of this group. It is revealed that the interviewed graduates had a precarious labour incorporation back in their countries of origin, and migration appeared as a means to further their careers. Second, the paper analyses the interviewees’ labour incorporation in Mexico; in many cases this coincides with an extended university-work transition, since many of them had not secured full-time permanent jobs before their arrival in Mexico. Finally, the paper explores the interviewees’ future plans. These depend not only on their work experiences in Mexico but also on their degree of social and cultural integration in the host country.
Transformative Education through Sufism based Character Education in Indonesian Pesantren

Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) is the oldest model of Islamic education institution in Indonesia. However, frequently, pesantren is considered as secondary option as it is traditional institution, focusses only in religious study and does not play a pivotal role in this modern time. This study aims at challenging this stereotyping and providing evidence that boarding school, that, in fact, plays a significant role in the society and contributes to transformation of young Muslim generation. This idea is in-line with the spirit of sustainable innovation. This is to proof that the Pesantren can still be relevant to the modern era. This research focuses on understanding the experience of religious teachers and students. Specifically, this research analyses the implementation of Sufism based character education model in Indonesian Pesantren. This is a qualitative study that employed ethnography approach. The data collection was started in July 2018 to January of 2019 and the analyzed in the lights of Transformative Education theory which was developed by Paulo Freire. This study discovers that Sufi daily ritual as unique model of character education among religious teachers and students was based on strong Sufi brotherhood. This kind of Islamic based character education has generated transformative education among the religious students (santri). This study is an evidence that Pesantren plays a pivotal role in terms of implementation of character education for transformative education in Indonesia.
An exploratory study of verbal interaction between children with different profiles of DLD and their classroom teachers in educational dialogues

Children with a history of developmental language disorder (DLD) entering school are a challenge for classroom teachers. Teachers are often not very familiar with DLD, and language difficulties in school age children are often not obvious in context-supported everyday language. However, their language is still vulnerable. The teachers’ way of talking with four children with DLD, two with predominantly production difficulties and stronger language comprehension and two with language comprehension difficulties were studied in two types of context, differing in their degree of structure. Variables for a quantitative analysis were number of words per minute and mean length of utterance (MLU) in words for both teachers and children, and the number of questions asked by the teacher. A qualitative analysis focused on identifying typical characteristics depending on context and the child’s type of difficulties. In both contexts the teachers talked more than the children, but the difference was smaller in the less structured context, mainly because the children talked more. The two children with predominantly production difficulties seemed to take advantage of the opportunities to take initiatives offered in the less structured context. The children with comprehension difficulties function better in the more structured context, where their comprehension difficulties were less obvious. Studies with more rigorous design analysing more aspects of teacher’s interactive behavior in different contexts and with children with different linguistic profiles are needed to provide teachers with information to raise their awareness of how to provide support adapted to the linguistic profiles of children with DLD.
Tikkun Olam: exploring a spiritual path to sustainability

ABSTRACT What should be the role of business in society? Broad-ranging initiatives, e.g. Principles for Responsible Management Education and the Sustainable Development Goals, attempt to reshape business as a force for good, yet evidence of scandalous business behavior continues to raise troubling doubts. This literature review introduces a healing perspective grounded in spirituality as applied in the health professions. This perspective aligns with Judaism’s principle of Tikkun Olam, the obligation to repair and perfect the world, proposed as a basis for business transformation. Invoking Tikkun Olam potentially impacts current understandings of Corporate Social Responsibility and reveals a sacred dimension to the adoption of sustainability initiatives. The article contributes to the literature on transformational approaches to exercising responsibility and embedding sustainability in contemporary business.
SETS approach-based audiovisual media for improving the students' critical thinking skills

Through the conduct of the study, the researchers aim at: (1) developing audiovisual media through well-qualified SETS approach so that the audiovisual media will be feasible for implementation; (2) identifying the level of the students’ critical thinking skills after the students have made use of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media; and (3) identifying the differences on the level of the critical thinking skills between the students who make use of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media and the students who do not make use of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media. This study is a Research & Development (R&D) initiative that refers to seven steps as follows: (1) gathering the necessary information; (2) designing the product; (3) developing the preliminary product; (4) performing preliminary field experiment; (5) revising the product based on the preliminary experiment results; (6) performing the main field experiment; and (7) revising the product based on the main field experiment results. After the overall process in the study has been completed, the results of the study show that: (1) the SETS approach-based audiovisual media has already met the feasibility criteria; (2) the achievement on the students’ critical thinking skills after the implementation of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media is 0.25; and (3) there have been differences on the level of the critical thinking skills between the students who make use of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media and the students who do not make use of the SETS approach-based audiovisual media.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

HPV is extremely common worldwide and mainly transmitted through sexual contact; most people are infected with HPV shortly after onset of sexual activity. There are >200 types of HPV, of which at least 12 are cancer-causing (oncogenic or high-risk types). HPV is a causal factor for several anogenital and a subset of oropharyngeal cancers with 2 HPV types (16 and 18) causing 72% of all HPV-associated cancers. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally with nearly 90% of the deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Comprehensive cervical cancer control includes primary prevention (vaccination against HPV), secondary prevention (screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions) as well as treatment of invasive cervical cancer. The currently licensed vaccines are L1 VLP-based and prophylactic; they have been shown to be safe and highly effective in preventing HPV infections and HPV-associated lesions, precancer and cancer. Neutralizing antibodies are the mechanism of protection for prophylactic HPV VLP-based vaccines. Therapeutic HPV vaccines targeting the oncoproteins E6 and E7 are in clinical development.