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Developmental Trauma: The Implications for Treatment in Children With Trauma Histories
Northwest University, 2022
Child maltreatment encompasses five subcategories of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and/or neglect, and witnessing family violence. Maltreatment has been proven to impact a child’s brain development in a ...
Parents’ Experience and Needs After ADHD Diagnosis
Northwest University, 2022
With a focus on exploring how the mental health field could better assist parents throughout their journey in raising a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder this phenomenological study comprised six study ...
Exploring the Strength of Black Racial Identity and Effects on Life Satisfaction
Northwest University, 2022
Black 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 ...
Facebook Usage and Perceived Relationship Satisfaction Among Married Individuals
Northwest University, 2022
Current 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 ...
The Thought Process in Planning for the Adult Lives of Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Northwest University, 2022
The current study examined the lived experiences of six participants raising adolescent children with autism spectrum disorder. Using the phenomenological framework, the researcher explored the thought process involved in ...
Experience of Parenting a Child With ASD
Northwest University, 2022
This research study explored the lived experience of fathers who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The reason for this exploration was due to lack of available research on how parenting a child with ASD ...
Investigating Cultural Beliefs, Socioeconomics, and Aggressive Tendencies
Northwest University, 2022
Understanding 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 ...
Life and Lived Experiences of Adults With Chronic Mental Illness
Northwest University, 2022
Chronic mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorders can have lasting impacts and challenges for those who live with them. These challenges consist of routine difficulty, structured support, and how this ...
The Impact of Drug Related Consequences on Cooccurring Depression and Substance Use
Northwest University, 2022
Adolescent 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 ...
Effects of Physical Activity on Affectivity in College Students: Mediating Role of Self-Esteem
Northwest University, 2022
Archival data from 720 undergraduate students from the University of Washington, Tacoma, concerning level of physical activity, self-esteem, and positive affect (PA) were used to determine if level of exercise predicts ...