Browsing by Author "Edwin Gerler, Committee Chair"

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    The Effectiveness of Media Literacy and Eating Disorder Prevention in Schools: A Controlled Evaluation with 9th Grade Girls
    (2008-05-22) Dysart, Millie Maxwell; Rhonda Sutton, Committee Member; Stanley Baker, Committee Member; Sylvia Nassar-McMillan, Committee Member; Edwin Gerler, Committee Chair
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    The Impact of Social Cognitive Theory and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Interventions on Beliefs, Emotions, and Performance of Teachers.
    (2010-09-22) Warren, Jeffrey; Edwin Gerler, Committee Chair; Sylvia Nassar-McMillan, Committee Member; Stanley Baker, Committee Member; Pamela Martin, Committee Member
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    Implementing Self-Advocacy Training within a Brief Psychoeducational Group to Improve the Academic Motivation of Black Adolescents
    (2010-06-23) Dowden, Angel; Stanely Baker, Committee Member; Edwin Gerler, Committee Chair; Marc Grimmett, Committee Member; Paul Bitting, Committee Member
    The purpose of this dissertation is to make inference about the effectiveness of self-advocacy training in increasing the academic motivation and academic self-concept of Black adolescents. Action research and phenomenological approaches are utilized concurrently throughout the N=1/ ABA single subject experimental design that will be repeated six times. Black adolescents are confronted with ongoing social barriers that affect their academic motivation. School counselors can improve the educational landscape for Black adolescents by employing advocacy competencies in their schools. The dissertation describes the research study results of a brief psychoeducational group that was employed to teach self-advocacy skills to Black adolescents, with the ultimate goal of improving their academic self-concept and academic motivation.
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    Mental Health of Muslims Living in a Southeastern City in the United States.
    (2005-10-26) Ahmed, Shamshad; Sylvia Nasar -McMillan, Committee Member; Raymond Ting, Committee Member; Edwin Gerler, Committee Chair; Jose Picart, Committee Member
    This study sought to determine if differences exist in the level of anxiety and depression in Muslims from Arab and non-Arab countries living in America. Beck (1967) proposed that the essential component of a depressive disorder is a negative cognitive set; that is, the tendency to view the self, the future, and the world in a dysfunctional manner. In this study, depression was measured using Beck's Depression Inventory. The results show that Muslims from Arab countries scored higher in depression relative to Muslims from non-Arab countries. According to Spielberger (1966, p. 41,) trait anxiety refers to relatively stable individual differences in anxiety-proneness; that is, differences between people in the tendency to perceive a stressful situation as dangerous or threatening, and to respond to such situations with elevations in the intensity of their state anxiety (S-Anxiety) reactions. This study found that Muslims from Arab and non-Arab countries differed significantly from Muslims form Arab countries for depression, state and trait anxiety. National and international circumstances and events may help account for these differences. Probable origins and possible diagnosis for depression and anxiety in Muslims who immigrated to America are discussed here.