Doctor of Psychology in Counseling Psychology (Psy.D.): Recent submissions
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Veterans Treating Veterans: Positive Perceptions of Potential Therapeutic Alliances
Northwest University, December 17, 2020
96 pagesVeteran suicide is the leading cause of veteran deaths in the United States, as reported by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2017 and 2019. The continued increase of veteran suicides is most often attributed to the ... -
Political Ideology and Black-and-White Thinking
Northwest University, November 30, 2020
66 pagesThe political ideology of the American people has become increasingly polarized over the last decade; this trend corresponds with increasingly negative views of people with different values. Black-and-white thinking is a ... -
Depression as a Mediator of Interoceptive Sensibility and Adolescent Cannabis Use Frequency
Northwest University, September 22, 2020
79 pagesAdolescence is a dynamic and critical period of development that can be become disrupted by cannabis use and symptoms of depression. Interoception has been connected to depression in adolescents, as well as substance use ... -
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 Experience of College Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Northwest University, July 29, 2020
134 pagesThe present study sought to gain an understanding related to the experience of college and university students in the Pacific Northwest who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The researcher explored, using a qualitative ... -
Assessing Prevalence Rates and Clinical Impairment of Orthorexia Nervosa in a U.S. Population
Northwest University, July 27, 2020
90 pagesOrthorexia nervosa has been characterized as a pathological fixation toward consuming healthy foods. Recognized by U.S. physician Bratman in 1997, orthorexia has received global attention among professionals in the medical ... -
The Effects of Self-Care and Organizational Support on Burnout in Treatment Providers that work with Sex Trafficking Survivors
Northwest University, July 27, 2020
70 pagesMental healthcare providers that work with survivors of sex trafficking are at high risk for burnout, which not only impacts the individual but can have negative effects on the organization and the population they serve. ... -
Mild Aerobic Exercise Impact on Cognitive Symptoms of Depression
Northwest University, June 22, 2020
86 pagesThe author of this paper researched the effect that mild aerobic exercise, as measured in average steps per day, had on cognitive symptoms of depression including attention/concentration, planning/organization, retrospective ... -
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 ... -
Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Impact of Parents, Peers, and Perceptions
Northwest University, July 31, 2019
121 pagesThe 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 ... -
Selfies, Personality, and Narcissism
Northwest University, July 18, 2019
79 pagesThe purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the frequency of capturing selfies and extraversion, agreeableness, and self-esteem and whether these measures ... -
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction in a Psychiatric Hospital
Northwest University, April 1, 2019
63 pagesThe primary research question is as follows: is having an early de-escalation support team readily available a valid option for successfully reducing the frequency of mechanical restraint, physical restraint and seclusion ... -
Chasing Dreams: The Effect of Lucid Dreaming on Athletic Performance
Northwest University, 2019
71 pagesWhile many researchers have investigated the use of mental imagery to improve performance during wakefulness, the research in regards to using mental imagery while dreaming is still insufficient. A lucid dream is a dream ... -
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Predicting Cyclical Patterns Between Childhood Experiences and Adverse Behaviors in Adulthood
Northwest University, 2019
103 pagesAdverse 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 ... -
Effect of Mentally Subtracting Grateful Events on the Affective State of Older Adults
Northwest University, December 10, 2018
84 pagesDepression among older adults is increasing, thus, addressing negative affect is relevant to the care of geriatric individuals. As part of lifespan development, older adults reflect on life events, leading to feelings of ... -
The Lived Experience of Divorce for Catholic Women
Northwest University, November 19, 2018
125 pagesAccording to Catholic teaching, marriage is permanent and divorce is not an option. The nine Catholic women in this phenomenological study experienced divorce despite their beliefs in the indissolubility of marriage and ... -
Children and Screens: The Experience of Parents
Northwest University, September 13, 2018
146 pageChildren are growing up with limitless and unmonitored access to smartphones, videogames, televisions, and computers. As a result, extensive research has been conducted to investigate how screen time affects children’s ... -
The Effects of Hope and Trauma on Self-Reported Health and Well-Being
Northwest University, July 25, 2018
vi, 106 pagesThe purpose of this research was to study the degree to which hope relates to part of the human experience, specifically for those who have been affected by childhood trauma. Stress resulting from trauma affects the mind ... -
Sexual Addiction Among Evangelical Pastors: A Hierarchical Regression Analysis of Predictive Factors
Northwest University, July 19, 2018
xi, 165 pagesThere are a limited number of empirical studies about sexual addiction in general, and among evangelical pastors, information is extremely scarce. Yet the uniqueness of this population in terms of spirituality and religion ...
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