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Impact of Wearable Technology on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health Outcomes in College Students with Disabilities
No full textPhysical activity (PA) in the United States progressively continues to decline despite research highlighting the importance of an active lifestyle. Particularly, recommended levels of PA are associated with reduced risk for a large number of negative, yet preventable health conditions in apparently healthy populations. Unfortunately, individuals who report having one or more disabilities perform far less PA than their apparently healthy counterparts. While technological advancements such as wearable devices to monitor PA have become popular, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of wearable technology-based interventions on increasing PA levels and improving health outcomes in college students and individuals with disabilities. Thus, the purposes of this investigation were (1) to evaluate if providing a Fitbit PA tracking device to college students with disabilities would increase PA and improve health outcomes such as cardiovascular (CV) fitness and body composition, and (2) to investigate whether the addition of health education sessions would provide additional benefits. A total of 24 participants (27 ± 7 years) were given a Fitbit and had their PA monitored over twelve weeks. Group randomization was conducted where one group received only the Fitbit (FO) and a second group where participants also received health education sessions (E+F). Pre and post physiological assessments were also conducted. No significant group*time interactions were observed. Significant increases in mean treadmill duration and VO2peak occurred from pre to post. Mean daily steps in the E+F group were significantly higher than the FO group (8134 ± 441 vs. 7581 ± 577, respectively). Twelve weeks of Fitbit usage was effective in increasing CV fitness in individuals who identified as having one or more disabilities. Considering the lack of a significant improvement in health outcomes by the addition of educational programming the use of a Fitbit alone may be sufficient to improve CV fitness in this population
Sabbath : a palace in time : Deuteronomy 5:12-15
No full textExplore how Sabbath creates a sanctuary in time where we can enjoy God\u27s presence through prayer and play. We will also see how this sacred day of rest reminds us that our value does not come from what we produce, but the simple fact that we are cherished as a child of God.
Shigematsu explained that God wants Christians to find healing and rest during the Sabbath. If God were to ask me what is my hobby, I hope my heart would say, \u27my hobby is spending time with you. he said
Public Relations: Competencies and Practice
No full textThe industry of public relations is rapidly evolving, requiring practitioners to have greater specialization than ever before. Hand in hand with the growth of the industry, educational programs have developed to address the growing need for quality preparation for future practitioners. Public Relations: Competencies and Practice focuses on the required competencies expected and applications of public relations into specific sectors of practice.
Based on competencies identified by organizations such as the Commission on Public Relations Education and the Public Relations Society of America, Public Relations provides a robust examination of areas such as diversity, leadership, and ethics. The second part of the text focuses on these unique requirements for undergraduate and graduate students focused on entering sectors such as entertainment public relations, nonprofit public relations, or investor relations.
The book also features online resources for instructors: Sample course syllabus Discussion questions Suggested midterm and final project
Public Relations offers students competency- and practice-focused content from top PR experts and incorporates interviews from professionals in the field to show students how to apply competencies in specific practice sectorshttps://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/1455/thumbnail.jp
Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice
No full textWhat does a Christian life lived by the Spirit look like? For many Christians throughout history, fulfilling Paul\u27s command in Galatians 5:25 included a form of contemplation and prayer that leads to spiritual formation. But in large part, contemporary Christians―perhaps especially evangelicals―seem to have lost or forgotten about this treasure from their own tradition. Bringing together scholars and practitioners of spiritual formation from across the Protestant spectrum, this volume offers a distinctly evangelical consideration of the benefits of contemplation. The contributors draw on historical examples from the church―including John Calvin, Richard Baxter, Jonathan Edwards, and John Wesley―to consider how contemplative prayer can shape Christian living today. The result is a robust guide to embracing contemplation that will help Christians as they seek to keep in step with the Spirit.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/1461/thumbnail.jp
Christian influence on culture : building Shalom in the marketing workplace : how Christian marketers can make a difference for God in the challenging marketing communications industry
No full textCHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE CHRISTIAN ETHICS WORK--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY BUSINESS--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY GENERATION Y INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY INFLUENCE (PSYCHOLOGY) MARKETING--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS ADVERTISING--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY GENERATION
Theodicy or Not? Spiritual Struggles of Evangelical Cancer Survivors
No full textUsing Park’s meaning-making model to inform our understanding of distress in suffering, we conducted a qualitative investigation of the discrepancies experienced by evangelical Christian cancer patients between their religious global meaning and their situational meaning, and the religious beliefs invoked to resolve the discrepancy. Three primary research questions were addressed: (a) What kinds of tensions do evangelical Christians with a diagnosis of cancer experience between their religious global meaning system (i.e., beliefs) and their situational meaning, if any?; (b) Why may some experience tension while others may not?; and (c) How are tensions resolved if they arise? Twenty-nine evangelical Christians with cancer diagnoses were interviewed. Post hoc thematic analysis, informed by grounded theory was used to analyze the interviews. Roughly two-thirds of our sample denied experiencing any tension between their faith and their cancer experience. Protective factors included confidence in God and a spiritual kind of intellectual humility. Roughly one-third did indicate experiencing tension, which took the form of doubting God’s justice, love, existence, or answering of prayer. When these tensions were resolved, this resolution appeared to involve a kind of spiritual surrender, including acknowledgement of God’s control, humility before God, and relinquishing the assumption of a just world
Measuring the Spiritual, Character, and Moral Formation of Seminarians: In Search of a Meta-Theory of Spiritual Change
No full textTheological schools are well situated to create intentional cultures for the purpose of spiritual formation. Indeed, most schools of theology have this goal as an essential part of their mission as well as a requirement for continued accreditation. And yet, the measurement of spiritual formation over time is fraught with challenges. This article seeks to address some of these challenges by means of developing a meta-theory of positive change/growth which would eventually serve as a theoretical basis for the development of a generalizable and reliable measurement tool
The evidence for working memory training transfer effects on sentence comprehension and functional communication in persons with aphasia is inconclusive1
No full textThe primary aim of this study was to identify maintenance and generalization pattern in cognitive and language domains in persons with aphasia (PWA) following working memory (WM) training
Theistic intellectual humility and well-being: does ideological context matter?
No full textExisting conceptualizations and operationalizations of intellectual humility (IH) have not taken into account the way IH is experienced and expressed by theists. Based on a conceptualization of Christian theistic intellectual humility, we developed a measure of the construct, following established measure development steps of developing and reviewing scale items, exploring and confirming the factor structure, and establishing construct validity. We then tested the usefulness of the resulting scale by showing that theistic intellectual humility moderates four of the five tested relationships between religious commitment and well-being