Browsing Doctor of Psychology in Counseling Psychology (Psy.D.) by Title
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Experiencing Meaningful Work and Burnout in Community Mental Health
Northwest University, March 7, 2018
101 pagesThe purpose of this study was to examine community mental health staff, the depth to which they are experiencing their work as meaningful, and the level of burnout they are experiencing. Though research on burnout in ... -
An Exploration of Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth in Sex Offender Treatment Providers
Northwest University, February 10, 2020
120 pagesThis study examines the experiences of five clinicians who are currently practicing as sex offender treatment providers (SOTP) from Washington state. An essential component of the phenomenological approach to qualitative ... -
Exploring the Acculturation and Quality of Life Between Bangladeshi Immigrants and Their Adult Children
Northwest University, February 10, 2020
71 pagesAcculturation is the powerful transitional process that occurs when any ethnic or culture relocates to a new and significant location that has the potential opportunity for that culture or population to thrive within a ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Female Gamers
Northwest University, 2017
209 pagesVideo games are growing in popularity, with nearly half of all game consumers being women. While there is a change in consumer demographics, the majority of video game content continues to portray females as sexually ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Persons With Multiple Sclerosis When Self-Hypnosis is Applied
Northwest University, 2014
141 pagesMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable and generally debilitating disease for which there is no cure. Conventional treatments have significant side-effects and involve considerable risks. I conducted an interpretative ... -
Exploring the Strength of Black Racial Identity and Effects on Life Satisfaction
Northwest University, 2022
76 pagesBlack racial identification is multifaceted and does not happen overnight, but rather, emerges over a lifetime. The U.S. Black community shares a reality of historical enslavement that included loss of their family name ... -
Exploring the Usefulness of the Hand Test in Assessing Marital Satisfaction
Northwest University, February 7, 2018
56 pagesMarital counseling is one of the most sought after forms of psychotherapy. Professionals in this field express a need for a brief marital satisfaction questionnaire as part of their assessment battery. This study explores ... -
The Extended Play-Based Developmental Assessment: Children Five to Nine Years Old With Trauma History
Northwest University, 2012
ii, 87 pagesChildren who have experienced trauma and abuse require special provisions to navigate successfully through the initial phase of therapy, in particular the assessment process (Briere, Johnson, Bissada, Damon, Crouch, & Gill, ... -
Extracurricular Opportunities Improve Resilience and Self-Efficacy in Foster Youth Alumni
Northwest University, April 13, 2021
65 pagesFoster care alumni (age 21 and older) are more likely to experience challenges than those adults who did not age out of the foster care system. In contrast with their peers who grow up in their families of origin, individuals ... -
Facebook Usage and Perceived Relationship Satisfaction Among Married Individuals
Northwest University, 2022
131 pagesCurrent research on the effects of social media usage on adults has exploded within the last 2 decades, yielding a variety of results and spawning a multitude of further studies. The present study sought to evaluate how ... -
Fortifying Military Relationships Through Stronger Families: A Program Evaluation Study
Northwest University, June 21, 2021
83 pagesThe aim of this study was to examine if the OXYGEN marital enrichment program had any potential benefits on marital quality within active duty military couples. Marital quality was assessed before and after the OXYGEN ... -
Grief and Charity: Exploring the Relationship Between Grieving the Death of a Child and Resulting Charitable Involvement
Northwest University, 2014
96 pagesExperiencing the death of a child is a traumatic and horrifying experience for any parent. The topic of grief is well researched; however, there seems to be a gap in the literature as it pertains to ways parents respond ... -
Help-Seeking Attitudes in Chinese International Students in Community Colleges: A Study of the Impact of Acculturative Stress and Coping Strategies
Northwest University, 2016
179 pagesThe primary purpose of this mixed methodology study is to explore the psychological help-seeking attitudes amongst the Chinese international students attending community colleges when facing acculturative stress. The ... -
The Impact of Body Size on Utilizing Mental Health Services
Northwest University, Spring 2020
86 pagesAccording to Flegal et al. (2016), approximately 32.5% of American adults are classified as “overweight” and 37.7% are considered “obese” in the BMI system (Flegal et al., 2016). At the same time, bias and discrimination ... -
The Impact of Drug Related Consequences on Cooccurring Depression and Substance Use
Northwest University, June 29, 2021
65 pagesAdolescent drug use is a public health concern, as evidenced by the multitude of previous literature that has outlined the consequences for the users, their social system, and the community at large. Young drug users may ... -
The Impact of Drug Related Consequences on Cooccurring Depression and Substance Use
Northwest University, 2022
65 pagesAdolescent drug use is a public health concern, as evidenced by the multitude of previous literature that has outlined the consequences for the users, their social system, and the community at large. Young drug users may ... -
The Impact of Neurofeedback Training on ADHD: A Case Study
Northwest University, July 21, 2021
106 pagesThis paper evaluates the impact of neurofeedback training on ADHD. Throughout the years, many researchers have tried to assess the impact of neurofeedback training on ADHD; however, studies have suffered from shortcomings ... -
The Impact of Religiosity and Sexual Scripts on Christian Women Advocating Sexual Agency
Northwest University, August 31, 2020
108 pagesResearch supports the correlation between increased sexual satisfaction and increased marital satisfaction. After examining previous research on the sexual satisfaction levels of highly religious women, there was a correlation ... -
The Impact of Therapy Balls on Executive Functioning and behavior in the Classroom
Northwest University, 2015
66 pagesThe purpose of this dissertation is to determine the impact on children’s executive functioning and self-esteem when therapy balls are used in the classroom instead of traditional seating. An experimental, within subject ... -
Investigating Cultural Beliefs, Socioeconomics, and Aggressive Tendencies
Northwest University, 2022
93 pagesUnderstanding the cultural differences in aggression remains a challenge (Fry, 1998; Gallardo-Pujol et al., 2019). Socioeconomic status, cultural beliefs, and societal norms have been identified as possible influences on ...