Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Title

18 to 30 Year Olds: the Relationship Gap in the Church

Devries, Tyson
Northwest University, November 2010
72 pages

This research project is a qualitative study that used a phenomenological approach to consider its primary research questions. Wildwood Community Church is the pseudonym for a church in rural western Washington and is the ...

Abishai Style of Taekwondo’s Christian Black Belt Academy Character Development Program: Examining our Effectiveness at Building Moral and Biblical Character through Martial Arts Education

Troy, Stein
Northwest University, May 2012
52 pages

This thesis is a primarily qualitative study examining the effectiveness of Christian Black Belt Academy. Christian Black Belt Academy is a martial arts school consisting of nine locations in Lathrop, California, and ...

Abstinence Education Reform: For the Improvement of Adolescent Sexual Health

Holstrom, Alyssa A.
Northwest College, 2010
60 pages

Due to recent legislative action, Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) is replacing Abstinence Education (AE) for adolescents, as defined by Section 510 of the Social Security Act. However, new research is showing that ...

Academic Achievement and High School Football Participation: Grade Point Average Comparison In-Season Versus Off-Season

Portillo, Daniel A.
Northwest University, Summer 2007
35 pages

This study examined differences in mean GPA of high school football players relative to being in-season or off-season. Study results indicated no significant difference between means for football player GPA's (n=33), ...

Academic Advisors as College Culture Brokers: a Model for Serving First-Generation College Students

Heilstedt, Sally E.
Northwest University, 2012
48 pages

An increasing number of first-generation students (students whose parents did not earn baccalaureate degrees) are attending college in the United States. First-generation college students struggle to understand the college ...

Access to Gardening Education for the Urban Setting

Shaw, Esther
Northwest University, April 24, 2022
83 pages

Access to Sports: Why Low Income Youth Deserve More

Kooiman, Katie
Northwest University, 2022
54 pages

Addressing the Challenges Rural Based NGOs Face in Southern Malawi, Africa in Their Endeavor to Provide Sustainable and Empowering Development Work

Benes, Michelle A.
Northwest University, 2012
67 pages

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in the Phalombe and Mulanje districts of southern Malawi, Africa face many challenges in their endeavor to provide sustainable and empowering development work. These challenges ...

Addressing the Injustice of Child Pornography: Using Business Models to Bring an End to Child Pornography

Gutel, Tamara
Northwest University, May 2016
53 pages

Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Impact of Parents, Peers, and Perceptions

Kurlis, Lina Andromeda
Northwest University, July 31, 2019
121 pages

The relationship between negative parent-adolescent relationships and problem behavior, such as substance use and delinquency, has been validated through research in several ways, often citing increased peer influence and ...

Advancement Via Individual Determination the Middle School Student Experience

Staudacher, Sheryl
Northwest University, July 2012
iii, 22 pages

The problem faced in many middle schools throughout the country is that the students with disadvantages get left behind. The goal of the national AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program is to assist students ...

Advancing "The Call" With an Undergraduate Global Studies Program at Northwest University

Cvitovich, Katherine A.
Northwest College, March 12, 2010
34 pages

The addition of an undergraduate program in Global Studies is recommended for Northwest University to further support its mission and advance “The Call.” Already a Christ-centered university with programs that equip students ...

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Predicting Cyclical Patterns Between Childhood Experiences and Adverse Behaviors in Adulthood

Gendreau, Gretchen
Northwest University, 2019
103 pages

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are ten specific incidences occurring in childhood known to have deleterious impacts on an individual’s life (Felitti et al., 1998). The more ACEs (i.e. abuse, neglect, household ...