archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/58737 2022-2025. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:57:42 GMT 2026-04-17T23:57:42Z archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86125 The Pentagon Papers : A Reacting to the Past Short Game in Development Franco, Gabriella; Thompson, William K. An undergraduate project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for completing the Northwest University Honors Program. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86125 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86124 “Safe and Secure”: a Draft OCSA Curriculum Created Based Upon a Qualitive Study on Current CSA Curriculum and Effective Teaching Strategies Unruh, Emma Technology is an inescapable tool, utilized even by young children. Technology contains many positive attributes and yet exposes children to a festering danger; online child sex abuse (OCSA). OCSA is a subcategory of child sex abuse (CSA), where a child is abused through online relationship with an adult. OCSA should be seen as a current and pressing issue in society, as OCSA related crimes have been dramatically increasing in recent years. A common solution to protecting children from the dangers of CSA crimes is providing CSA education. Further, the school system and classroom teachers have the primary mode of delivery for these for programs. Therefore, an analysis of current CSA curriculum with OCSA preventative education was conducted. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the effectiveness of CSA programs, in providing OCSA education. The study revealed that current CSA curriculum is ineffectiveness at providing OCSA specific education, leaving children at risk for this branch of CSA. To solve this need, a draft curriculum entitled, “Safe and Secure,” was developed to provide OCSA preventative education. The development of this curriculum utilizes evidence-based strategies, proven effective for other CSA programs. The goal of this curriculum is to provide free and effective OCSA education for school use. Further research beyond this study must be conducted to measure this draft curriculum’s classroom effectiveness. An undergraduate thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for completing the Northwest University Honors Program. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86124 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86118 Predicting Organizational Commitment In Relation To Lead Pastor Transformational Leadership in U.S. Protestant Evangelical Churches: A Quantitative Study Haddick, Matthew In business and education, transformational leadership has been shown to have an influence on organizational commitment in employees; however, no such research has been replicated in religious organizations like churches. This study examined the effect of lead pastor leadership practices on the organizational commitment of church staff members in U.S. Protestant Evangelical churches. 56 church staff members were surveyed on their organizational commitment (OC) and rated their lead pastor’s leadership practices using the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), respectively. The data was analyzed using simple linear regression to determine whether transformational leadership practices predict organizational commitment. The impact of the four components of transformational leadership (idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration) on organizational commitment were also analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results indicate that transformational leadership can predict organizational commitment. The results also indicate that, of the four components, only idealized influence can significantly predict organizational commitment. These results suggest that organizational commitment of church staff is at least partially a function of leadership practices of lead pastors. An undergraduate thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for completing the Northwest University Honors Program. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86118 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86126 Which is Deadlier: Depression or the Medication? A Research Comparison of Lanicemine and Ketamine for Treatments of Major Depressive Disorder Stockwell, Jayda Rose Ketamine, initially recognized as an anesthetic, has now gained recognition as a paramount treatment remedy for major depressive disorder and patients with treatment-resistant paramount treatment remedy for major depressive disorder and patients with treatment-resistant for an advanced evidence-based approach to the management of major depressive disorder. An undergraduate thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for completing the Northwest University Honors Program. Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT archives.northwestu.edu/handle/nu/86126 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z