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Time to Stop Worrying: A Correlational Study on Individualist Versus Collectivist Time Perspectives and Anxiety
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Research has indicated a significant relationship between anxiety and time perspective (TP), which is the way one views life in terms of the past, present or future. TP is broken down into five facets based on the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), including past negative (PN), past positive (PP), present fatalistic (PF), present hedonistic (PH), and future (F) time perspectives (Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999). These are seen to be impacted by one’s culture as well, although there is a lack of representation in studies on TP cross-culturally which makes it difficult to generalize. In order to add to the research on time perspective’s relationship to anxiety and to fill the gap on the role of culture in this phenomenon, the variable of individualism was included in this present study.
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A total of 525 participants were obtained from 22 countries including the United States, India, Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Upon confirmation of informed consent, we distributed a survey to participants measuring each individual on time perspective, using the ZTPI, individualism versus collectivism, using the Individualism and Collectivism scale (Singelis et al., 1995), and anxiety, using a subcategory of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (Goldberg et al., 2006).
Results
Consistent with our predictions, individualism showed a positive relationship with F and collectivism showed a positive relationship with PP, but no significant relationship to PN. Individualism correlated positively with anxiety, which is in line with our hypothesis, but collectivism did not show a significant relationship. Lastly, correlations between PN and PF resulted in positive, significant relationships with anxiety and correlations between PP and F resulted in negative, significant relationships with anxiety. These findings were consistent with our hypotheses. PH, however, showed a significant positive relationship to anxiety which was the opposite of what was hypothesized. This would be a variable to consider for further research.
Conclusion
These results suggest one’s outlook on time plays a role in their psychological well-being. Implications on culture’s role in this phenomenon have also been strengthened by these findings. Though continued study is merited, this information further validates the value that time perspective has in developing interventions for emotional disorders such as anxiety
Relationship between African American males’ confidence, perception of academia, and teacher relations
No full textGraduation rates for African American males in the United States – from both high schools and institutions of higher education – continue to lag far behind those of Caucasian males. The purpose of this case study was to examine the influence of African American male college students’ confidence, their perceptions of academia, and their relationships with their teachers on the students’ academic careers. The nine participants of this study were first and second-year students attending a small, rural two-year, predominantly White midwestern college. They were randomly selected and individually interviewed. These young men experienced struggles with their identity; perceived prejudice from other students, as well as faculty and staff; and felt they were held to a different standard. Certainly, these African American students’ confidence, their perceptions of academia, and relationships with their professors (as well as administrators and staff) affected their ability to succeed in their educations. For the educational systems that run from kindergarten through college, to better support African American males in their educational journeys, it is critical that non-African American teachers become better trained in cultural awareness, confront their biases, and invest themselves in better understanding their students and their families of origin. In addition, African American males are desperate for the support of African American teachers, professors, administrators, and staff – adults who can inspire trust and confidence, listen without judgement, and invest themselves in helping cultivate their talents, hopes, and dreams.
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Changes to the elevational distribution of Craugastor podiciferus in a Costa Rican Cloud Forest
No full textPresentation Location: Warming House, Olivet Nazarene University
Abstract
While a warming climate is responsible for many animal ranges shifting to higher latitudes and elevations, species will be affected in different ways. High elevation species in the tropics are particularly at risk due to shrinking habitat on mountain tops. Craugastor podiciferus is a cryptic species of flesh-bellied frog native to the Talamanca mountain ranges of Costa Rica and Panama. These frogs inhabit montane cloud forests at an elevational range of 1,090 - 2650 meters. However, they are poorly understood and little is known about the natural history of this species. To evaluate the upper elevational range of C. podiciferus, 24 sites were established from 2095 m to 3030 m near San Gerardo de Dota in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica in May 2019. At each site, six 10-meter transects were walked for 10 minutes with surveyors carefully inspecting leaf litter for frogs. Quadrats were established to identify litter insect prey availability at each transect. We found a total of 55 frogs with 9 occurring above 2650 meters. One frog was found at 2777 meters, 112 meters higher than the previous record. Prey availability may contribute to frog distribution. These results indicate a possible elevational range expansion for C. podiciferus as warming temperatures shift optimal temperature bands to higher elevations
KDP Student Teacher Panel
No full textPresentation Location: Warming House, Olivet Nazarene University
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The Student Teaching experience in the Department of Education is the completion of four years of hard work, dedication, field experience hours, and commitment to serving children for many years to come as a successful educator. The panel members are in the final days of their student teaching experience and will share vital information to assist other students who are preparing to student teach in the next couple of years. The student teachers on the panel are all members of Olivet\u27s Nu Beta Chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education
Aiming for a Moving Target: A Research Retrospective
No full textPresentation Location: Warming House, Olivet Nazarene University
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In the last 3 years, I have published two articles related to trauma-informed teaching. I will be using this presentation to talk about the commonalities and differences between these two studies, as well as the process of writing and submitting the most recent article for publication
A Self-Study of FRN Olivet: A student-led food recovery model on a university campus
No full textPresentation Location: Weber Center, Room 101
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An alarming amount of unserved food is thrown away daily on university campuses, which emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In those same college communities, there is likely a large food insecure population that is going to bed hungry every night. The Food Recovery Network (FRN) is a network of colleges/universities across the United States that seeks to bridge this gap. The FRN chapter at Olivet Nazarene University, established in October 2017, encountered challenges in its first couple years of operation because there were not yet many resources that laid out best practices for a food recovery program on a college campus. In order to strengthen the FRN Olivet chapter and aid other universities in the implementation and operation of their own FRN chapter, a comprehensive model was created that lays out the processes used, the challenges faced, and the resources created by the FRN Olivet chapter. The model contains the following sections: an author’s note, the importance of starting an FRN chapter, implementing an FRN chapter, volunteers (composition, recruitment, and retention), recoveries, deliveries, training and development, social media, finance/fundraising, an all-school food drive called Move Out for Hunger, additional events such as awareness days and educational opportunities, and a succession plan. The FRN Olivet Model was reviewed by seven individuals and revised corresponding to their suggestions. The goal is that by reading a single section, a representative from another university would have enough information to gain an understanding of how the system could be replicated successfully
Charting Uncharted Waters: Special Education in the Days of COVID
No full textThe special education teacher training program at Olivet Nazarene University recognizes that the COVID 19 pandemic has changed the work of special educators. We want to understand how. With this podcast, we have gathered future special educators together to listen to the reflections of practicing special educators in the Kankakee, Illinois area. In each of the 12 episodes, someone from Olivet--either a special education major or a professor--shines the spotlight on a practicing special educator from one of our local schools
Analysis of Botulinum Toxin A and Interacting Proteins in Skeletal Muscle Cells: An Investigation into the Mechanisms of Botulinum Toxin A as a Treatment for Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome
No full textBackground: Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is a condition in which muscle tissue expands against the surrounding fascia during activity and is compressed along with the nerves and blood vessels within the muscle compartment, leading to abnormally high intracompartmental pressure (ICP) and debilitating pain. Treatment typically includes fasciotomy, which results in significant levels of CECS recurrence; however, botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injection has recently been seen to decrease both ICP and pain through an unknown mechanism with little to no recurrence.
Methods: In this study, cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), prostaglandin E2 receptor 4 (EP4), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were analyzed with either BoNT-A light chain or heavy chain through docking models via PyRosetta. These studies were performed in order to determine their probability of interaction.
Results: The EP4/BoNT-A heavy chain combination was found to have reaction scores most comparable to known interactions of BoNT-A in neural cells. In accordance with this finding, levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), a downstream effector of EP4, consistently increased in myoblasts treated with BoNT-A.
Conclusion: Altogether, these data uncover an area of future research in determining the interaction of BoNT-A and the EP4 pathway in muscle cells, as well as the implications this may have on CECS and its treatment