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What Factors Improve Police Legitimacy?
No full textLegitimacy in law enforcement can be defined as the perception of the police as an appropriate and respected source of power and authority. United States law enforcement is facing a legitimacy crisis stemming from a growing distrust in the police and decreased police community relationships. In order to address this problem, solutions are being sought in both police agencies and by researchers in the field. This systematic review aims to compile all relevant experiments and analyze the findings to create a comprehensive list of policy implications that most effectively improve police legitimacy. For experiments to be included in this review, studies must have police legitimacy as the dependent variable. The study must also be experimental or quasi-experimental. Finally, all included literature must be published in a peer-reviewed journal. There are no exclusion criteria regarding the geographical location of the experiment, but it must be written in English. The analysis showed that procedural justice is the highest predictor of police legitimacy improvements. This includes variables such as high-quality decision making, respectful and fair treatment, among other procedural justice variables. Police interventions, including hot spots policing or problem-oriented policing among others, showed no influence on police legitimacy. Group identity had no effect on police legitimacy, and court intervention had an improvement in only property crime offenders. To improve police legitimacy, police agencies should include procedural justice as a main focus in training, officer education, community outreach programs, and more
The Effectiveness Of Trauma-Informed Care Education On The Self-Efficacy Of Pediatric Nurses: An Integrative Literature Review
No full textPediatric nurses often care for patients who have experienced various forms of trauma, including medical traumatic stress, abusive head trauma, child maltreatment, and sex trafficking. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a clinical approach that acknowledges the psychological and physical effects of trauma, supports the identification of trauma survivors, and seeks to prevent re-traumatization during healthcare encounters. Research has highlighted the need to improve nurses\u27 self-efficacy in delivering TIC effectively. This integrative literature review explores the impact of TIC training on pediatric nurses’ knowledge, confidence, and competence in providing TIC. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using CINAHL Ultimate, APA PsychInfo, and MEDLINE databases. Fourteen research articles were included in this review. Findings indicate that TIC and adjacent educational interventions (such as those focused on psychological well-being and therapeutic communication) can strengthen pediatric nurses’ knowledge of TIC and enhance their self-efficacy in applying it when caring for children with trauma histories. Healthcare organizations should consider offering TIC training for pediatric nurses and integrating it into ongoing professional development to improve TIC practices. Further research is needed to explore the long-term impacts of TIC education and to determine whether improved nurse self-efficacy leads to measurable changes in patient care
Navigating Online Dating: Exploring the Intersection of Attachment Styles, Parental Attachments, and Sociosexuality in Online Dating Among College Students
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to explore the connection between attachment styles, parental attachment, and sociosexuality as predictors of online dating attitudes among college students. As society navigates this new digital era of online dating, how does it continue to transform young adults as they form romantic and sexual connections? It becomes increasingly important to understand the psychological mechanisms that influence these behaviors. This study examined how anxious and avoidant attachment styles, parental attachment, and sociosexuality may have contributed to online hookup attempts and outcomes behaviors. It also examined how these variables interacted and influenced both the likelihood of engaging in attempting online hookups and the outcomes. In doing so, this research aimed to further examine the complexities of intimacy, identity, and connection in the digital age and to inform future discussions surrounding relationship education, psychological support, and well-being in emerging adulthood. To measure two of the predicted variables, anxious attachment and avoidant attachment styles, (including both dismissive-avoidant and fearful-avoidant) the Revised Experience in Close Relationships (R-ECR) scale (Fraley et al., 2000) was used. To measure the third predicted variable parental attachment the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment-Revised (IPPA-R; (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) was used. Finally, to measure the fourth and final predicted variable, sociosexuality, the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R; Penke & Asendorpf, 2008) was used. The final sample consisted of 128 undergraduate students from the University of Central Florida (M = 21.22, SD = 4.79), ranging in age from 18 to 44 years. A standard multiple regression analysis was run to test whether the four predictor variables could provide an explanation for online hookup attempts and outcomes. Results indicated that none of the four predictor variables, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, parental attachment, or sociosexuality significantly predicted online hookup attempts or outcomes
AI-Infused Hospitality Curriculum Redesign: A Community-based Collaborative Model
No full textThis project introduces a novel community-based framework for modernizing hospitality and tourism curricula at UCF\u27s Rosen College of Hospitality Management through systematic AI integration and inclusive stakeholder collaboration. The model orchestrates industry meetings, faculty workshops, and mentorship pairs to ensure curriculum relevance, technological currency, and equitable faculty participation. Through structured dialogue among industry professionals, educators, student groups, and AI experts and a hands-on codesgn workshop, the initiative coordinates comprehensive updates to course content, incorporating AI knowledge and skills and industry-based applications. This model is intended to serve as an example for hospitality programs nationwide, demonstrating how to systematically update curricula on technological transformation while balancing the needs of industry partners, students, and faculty members
Build Your Own Course Chatbots for Engagement and Efficiency – It\u27 s Easier Than You Think!
No full textImagine a teaching assistant available 24/7 to address students\u27 questions and support their learning–now, with custom GPT chatbots, that vision is a reality. This session demonstrates two AI tools: an Informational Chatbot for course policies, requirements, assignments and deadlines; and a Tutor Chatbot for mastering course content. These tools enhance learning, accommodate diverse schedules, and improve efficiency by automating routine tasks. Attendees will learn to create their own custom AI chatbots while exploring practical insights and best practices, inspiring them to integrate AI into their classrooms for a more dynamic and engaging learning environment
Rethinking University Student Assignments in the Age of Generative AI
No full textAI-powered tools have both devalued the majority of traditional and long-standing student assignments (e.g., MS PowerPoint presentations dominating the university context) and opened doors for new ones. In this session, I will introduce the criteria that could make assignments modern as well as showcase what they might look like in practice. Some examples of new assignments will include designing fictitious virtual teachers, making video summaries, preparing presentations with live chatbot-assisted interventions, creating immersive educational experiences, engaging in storytelling in collaboration with AI agents, making scam or deceptive ads, etc
Prevent AI cheating on essays AND harness AI to provide feedback
Get PDFLearn how faculty can gain control over how and whether students are using generative AI on take-home assignments. In this talk I\u27ll describe my own experience using the Personify web app (personifyai.app) in my philosophy courses, and discuss how the platform can be used in both humanities and STEM disciplines. Personify reduces AI-based cheating by giving faculty visibility into the writing process, and it can also be used to provide immediate, personalized feedback to students
AI Killed the PowerPoint Star or When Ben Franklin met Richard Nixon
Get PDFCan artificial intelligence transform the way we educate and empower students? By diving into the practical applications of AI merged with traditional media production techniques, we say YES! AI isn\u27t just a buzzword, and it is not a thing to dread- it\u27s a game-changing tool that can elevate educational experiences beyond the traditional narrated PowerPoints and direct-to-camera lectures