Henderson, Bruce

wcu

There are 8 item/s.

TitleDateViewsBrief Description
The continuum of care: using an independent living program as an intervention for a better quality of life among foster youth aging out of alternative care 2018 714 With thousands of foster youth being emancipated from the child welfare system each year, attention to how to better the overall quality of life in these individuals is greatly needed. Individuals who age out of alternative care are often emancipated...
Emotional regulation, adult attachment and splitting cognitions 2011 5191 This thesis chose to explore Borderline Personality disorder from a dimensional perspective. Adult attachment, emotional dysregulation, and splitting cognitions are identified as key variables on the Borderline Personality dimension. Therefore, th...
Elementary school teachers' perspectives on learning styles, sense of efficacy, and self-theories of intelligence 2012 3368 A recent review of the research literature on learning styles (Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, & Bjork, 2009) revealed insufficient evidence to support the claim that learning outcomes are improved when instruction matches the learning styles of students....
Truancy prevention in Southwest Virginia 2016 1563 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a truancy prevention program operated by a rural school district in southwest Virginia in reducing absenteeism and improving academic performance for students. The truancy prevention prog...
Parenting styles and values : mechanisms of intergenerational continuity and discontinuity 2009 18395 Do parenting styles continue from generation to generation? It is counter-intuitive to think that parenting styles do not continue from generation to generation, yet many researchers have found this to be true (Campbell & Gilmore, 2007; Covell, Gru...
Personality and curiosity in preschool children 2009 6693 The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between individual differences in Extraversion and Openness to Experience personality dimensions and Object and Social Curiosity in preschool children. Sixty eight preschoolers were rated by...
The effects of text messaging on memory recall in college students 2013 5283 Technology is constantly changing, and has enabled communication to be readily available everywhere, to everyone, including students in classrooms. Most devices are portable, capable of talking, texting, and surfing the internet. Many researchers hav...
The relationship between anxiety, personality characteristics, and working memory performance 2015 10721 The relationship between anxiety and working memory capacity (WMC) andperformance is a widely researched topic in the field of psychology. Typically, anxiety has anegative effect on working memory performance (Coy, O’Brien, Tabaczynski, Northern, &Ca...