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Survivor guilt and posttraumatic stress among young adult survivors of childhood cancer
Get PDFChildhood cancer survivors are at risk for a variety of adverse physical and mental health outcomes. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in a small, but notable, minority of childhood cancer survivors. Little is known about modifiable factors that may increase the risk of developing PTSD as a young adult survivor. One of the difficulties that has been minimally explored in this group is exposure to the deaths of other children with cancer, despite a 25% 15- year mortality rate among children who are diagnosed with cancer. The current study was among the first to explore potential impacts of this high mortality rate on survivors: the experience of losing a friend to childhood cancer (peer loss) and feelings of guilt or shame related to survivorship (survivor guilt). The current study employed quantitative and qualitative methods as well as comparisons between survivors with and without personal history of peer loss. Nearly a quarter of participants endorsed that they frequently experience cancer-related survivor guilt. Posttraumatic stress was significantly correlated with survivor guilt, but not with exposure to peer loss. Findings indicate that survivor guilt is a significant concern for childhood cancer survivors, and more research is needed to understand the role of peer loss
The role of caregiver anxiety, sleep, distress, and emotion socialization behaviors on child behaviors
Get PDFIn early childhood, caregivers are the primary agents of emotion socialization, helping their child identify, label, and healthily express their emotions. How a caregiver aids in emotion development and understanding has important implications for their child’s behavior regulation. Distressed caregivers may have difficulty helping their child cope with negative emotions leading to an increased likelihood of problem behaviors over time. While some literature has highlighted an association between caregiver anxiety and child behavior problems, little is known about the mechanisms by which anxiety negatively impacts child behaviors. Caregiver risk factors such as poor sleep, distress related to their child’s negative emotions, and emotion socialization behaviors (ESBs) may be contributing factors. Therefore, the current study focused on the relation between caregiver anxiety, sleep, distress reaction, and ESBs on child problem behaviors. Specifically, this study investigated the mediating role of ESBs on the relation between caregiver anxiety and sleep in predicting child behavior concerns and the moderating role of sleep and distress reaction on the relation between anxiety and ESBs. Results showed that both anxiety and distress reaction directly impacted both child behavior intensity and problem. Furthermore, the interaction between sleep and distress directly impacted ESBs, by country, such that those in the United Kingdom reported sleep and distress impacted helpful ESBs, while the United States reported that sleep and distress impacted unhelpful ESBs. While it is important to examine caregiver risk factors that might impact child behaviors such anxiety, sleep, distress, and ESBs, caregiver practices should also be considered in the larger context of the caregiver-child relationship
Exploring the effects of interviewer body language availability during a videoconference behavioral health interview
Get PDFThis experiment sought to explore whether an interviewer’s body language availability would have any effects on participants’ interactional engagement levels, positivity-negativity of interaction, and their nonverbal synchrony. Six participants answered questions about their well-being during a Zoom interview. Participants were exposed to three Near and three Far video framing conditions alternating every 10 min. Results showed that body language availability did not have reliable effects on the examined nonverbal communication indices. Time, however, did have some significant and close-to-significant effects on certain variables. Treatment reversal graphs showed that body language availability may reliably impact some participants’ responding. However, the rarity and variability of these patterns suggest that these relationships will be unlikely demonstrated in large-n research. The relationship between body languag
Battles, bustles, and ballots: The struggle for Michigan women\u27s enfranchisement
Get PDFThe struggle for women’s rights was long fought throughout American history and Michigan played a vital role in the movement’s success. This thesis explores three monumental eras that shaped the struggle for women’s suffrage in Michigan, detailing the evolution from the 1860s Civil War Era through the late 19th and early 20th century Progressive Era. The first era highlights how the Civil War provided women opportunities to challenge prevailing gender conventions and express political opinions. The second era examines the 1874 election, when suffrage was on the ballot but ultimately defeated, largely due to the Beecher-Tilton Scandal that tarnished the reputations of the movement’s leaders. The final era covers the Progressive Era, in which women harnessed symbols and united efforts to push their message forward. This study relies on both traditional written text as well as the creation of period costumes and symbols to tell its story, demonstrating that reproduction objects can be used to bring the past into the present which is especially useful for historical interpreters. The author relies on primary sources, such as handwritten poems, fashion plates from women’s magazines, and newspapers, to produce the narrative and reproduce period costumes and symbols. Through this research, it is revealed that the journey to women’s enfranchisement in Michigan was fraught with setbacks and scandals but succeeded through dedication and perseverance. Despite numerous obstacles, the suffragists’ enduring legacy continues to inspire modern women to fight for their rights
Tackling the Nitty-Gritty in Teaching Search Strategies: A Visualized Approach from a Human Cognition Perspective
Get PDFYou Can’t Grow Carrots without Seeds: Developing and Delivering an Open, No-Code Data Literacy Course for Undergraduates
Get PDFMachine Translation in the Workplace: Deciding on the Whether, Why and How
Get PDFMachine Translation (MT) is used intensively by all kinds of professionals around the world. These translation tools, in the form of a web interface, mobile phone app or as a plugin, bring with them enormous advantages: they are instantly available in a multitude of languages, often cost-free, easy to use and most of the time correct. However, they do carry certain risks, often unknown to the professionals using them. The ineffective use of MT could lead to situations of misunderstanding or misuse with real legal, medical or other implications. Hence the need for professionals to develop an informed and critical attitude towards the use of MT, in order to both harvest its potential and mitigate its risks. This notion is known as Machine Translation literacy, or MT literacy. There is however a considerable lack of studies on how and why MT is used in different professional contexts outside the translation industry: with the research described in this article, we aim to further the understanding of what professionals do with MT in different professional contexts, and to uncover a set of core elements that apply in all professional contexts, with the goal of helping professionals determine whether and how they can use MT in a particular professional situation
Assessment of the ecological integrity of two wetland sites within Eastern Michigan University’s Fish Lake Environmental Education Center (FLEEC)
Get PDFWetland ecosystems function as reservoirs of biodiversity for both terrestrial and aquatic organisms, and are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to degradation. The ecological integrity of two wetlands at Eastern Michigan University’s Fish Lake Environmental Education Center, a bog and one vernal pool, was assessed. Plant species richness was used to conduct Floristic Quality Assessments (FQA) using the coefficient of conservatism and wetland indicator status for each species. The Michigan Rapid Assessment Method (MiRAM) was conducted as a more comprehensive assessment of each ecosystem. The bog had an FQA of 31.6 and a MiRAM: 81/100, representing high-quality wetland conditions. The vernal pool had an FQA of 24.6 and a MiRAM: 69/100, which suggests moderate to high-quality wetlands. In order to maintain these wetlands as educational resources for students, monitoring work should continue using the FQA and MiRAM to identify changes in wetland health
The Construction and Examination of a Dyno Engine
Get PDFEngine dynamometers are test systems used to evaluate internal combustion engine performance and conduct research. Currently, a new engine dynamometer system is under construction in the Energy Systems Laboratory at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), located at the Game- Above College of Technology – which will be operating using a modified production 3-cylinder 1.0L Ford engine. My role in this project was to as- sist in the design, construction, and validation of various customized com- ponents in the engine dynamometer system, including exhaust ventilation, air intake, fueling, and electrical components. These components were constructed with the tools found in the laboratory and using several man- ufacturing and engineering principles along with it. These components needed to be installed before any tests could be run with the engine dyna- mometer. Next phases of the project will include (1) determining baseline performance both when motoring and firing and (2) determining engine performance and system operating limits for various operating parameters including power, torque, and coolant and oil temperatures
Promoting Treatment Seeking Among Individuals with a Pedophilic Orientation via Narrative Humanization: A Preliminary Analysis
Get PDFThe stigmatization of individuals with a pedophilic orientation prompts maladaptive functioning in several domains and is associated with deleterious effects in the realm of child sexual abuse (CSA), most notably an increased risk of committing a sexual offense. A growing body of research has examined interventions aimed at reducing pedophilic stigmatization thereby increasing treatment utilization and early intervention. The present study serves as an extension of previous research conducted by Harper and colleagues and evaluates the impact of two interventions (narrative humanization and informative material) on university students’ explicit attitudes toward pedophilic-oriented individuals, as compared to a control condition. Participants completed a series of baseline measures, followed by exposure to either an intervention or the control condition. The Moral Disengagement Towards Sexual Offenders Scale (MDS-SO) and Stigma and Punitive Attitudes Toward Pedophiles Scale (SPS) were readministered to assess changes in explicitly conveyed views toward individuals with a pedophilic orientation among all groups. It was hypothesized that both interventions will significantly reduce negative perceptions of individuals with a pedophilic orientation, but that narrative humanization will exhibit a greater effect size. Preliminary results reveal stigma-reducing effects of both interventions. Still, a larger sample size is required to confidently conduct comprehensive inferential statistical analysis. Future directions for research and societal implications are discussed