202 research outputs found
Older and Happier? Associations Among Age, Affective Symptomatology, and Quality of Life in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
This study identifies a relationship between age and quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosis. It highlights the role of promoting coping in younger adults to prevent or decrease symptoms of depression or anxiety as a means of increasing quality of life.
Primary Author and Speaker: Brocha Stern
Contributing Authors: John DeLuca, Yael Goverover</jats:p
Therapy Dogs Assisting Those With Autism
No full textDesign of a study to examine the effects of therapy dogs on children and adults diagnosed with autism.Fall 2012Accompanied by video fil
From the Margins to the Forefront: Tillie Olsen\u27s Mediation as Figure and Author
No full textTillie Olsen\u27s life experiences and self-identification as a working class woman provide a strong basis for analyzing her fiction as partly autobiographical. As she wrote, she developed her position as a recognized and award winning author into that of a literary mediator for socially marginalized subjects, actively working to represent certain conditions of exclusion due to social, racial, economic, and sexual factors during the 1970\u27s and 1980\u27s. Through analysis of her fiction and non-fiction texts, her use of modernist writing techniques, her purpose as a writer, and her impact on the literary canon, it becomes possible to see how she has altered the literary landscape and has made those who suffer exclusion visible and legible. | 45 page
From the Margins to the Forefront: Tillie Olsen's Mediation as Figure and Author
No full text45 pg.Tillie Olsen's life experiences and self-identification as a working class woman provide a strong basis for analyzing her fiction as partly autobiographical. As she wrote, she developed her position as a recognized and award winning author into that of a literary mediator for socially marginalized subjects, actively working to represent certain conditions of exclusion due to social, racial, economic, and sexual factors during the 1970's and 1980's. Through analysis of her fiction and non-fiction texts, her use of modernist writing techniques, her purpose as a writer, and her impact on the literary canon, it becomes possible to see how she has altered the literary landscape and has made those who suffer exclusion visible and legible.Advisor(s): Choi, Helen . Committee Member(s): Marshik, Celia.Stony Brook University Libraries. SBU Graduate School in Department of English. Charles Taber (Dean of Graduate School)
Corrigendum: Screening for at-risk alcohol consumption in primary care: A Randomized Evaluation of Screening Approaches (Alcohol and Alcoholism (2017) 52:3 (312-317)DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agx017)
No full text© The Author(s) 2018. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. In the final version of the manuscript “Screening for at-risk alcohol consumption in primary care: a randomised evaluation of screening approaches”, 10.1093/alcalc/agx017, which was published in Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 52, Issue 3, 1 May 2017, Pages 312-317, the name of Professor Nick Heather was omitted and should have been included in the list of authors. The authors apologize for this error. Here the online version of the paper has been corrected
Navigating Uncertainty: Understanding Housing Insecurity Among Low-Income Families
No full textThis dissertation examines the persistent U.S. affordable housing crisis and its implications for low-income families through three related studies. Using qualitative narrative data from in-depth interviews with Housing Choice Voucher recipients in the Seattle metropolitan area, it explores how housing insecurity is experienced, navigated, and responded to. Together, these chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of housing insecurity, emphasizing the interplay between structural limitations, social relationships, and individual decision-making. Chapter 2 examines the common drivers of housing insecurity, revealing both a high frequency of forced and reactive moves and a high prevalence of such moves across the sample. Based on these findings, this study provides recommendations to improve common survey measures, advocating for broader frameworks to capture housing insecurity fully. Chapter 3 focuses on doubling up arrangements, this sample's most common response to housing crises. I present three categorizations of doubling up arrangements—stable and supportive, stable yet strained, and fragile—demonstrating that while under the best conditions, doubling up can offer stable housing, childcare, and emotional support, even hosts that are secure or willing to provide consistent support encounter challenges that strain these arrangements. Less stable shared housing arrangements, such as when hosts depend on housing assistance, tend to be short-lived and precarious. Chapter 4 more broadly examines the decision-making process of families seeking shelter following a housing crisis. Families facing tight timelines and scarce resources must make challenging compromises on their well-being. In addition, selecting from a suboptimal set of housing strategies creates additional consequences for families and their children. Together, these chapters reveal that housing insecurity is often an ongoing process in which one episode of insecurity contributes to the next and the solutions families turn to can leave them vulnerable to additional precarity. The insights from this dissertation contribute to our understanding of how poverty and inequality are reproduced among low-income families
Navigating Uncertainty: Understanding Housing Insecurity Among Low-Income Families
No full textThis dissertation examines the persistent U.S. affordable housing crisis and its implications for low-income families through three related studies. Using qualitative narrative data from in-depth interviews with Housing Choice Voucher recipients in the Seattle metropolitan area, it explores how housing insecurity is experienced, navigated, and responded to. Together, these chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of housing insecurity, emphasizing the interplay between structural limitations, social relationships, and individual decision-making. Chapter 2 examines the common drivers of housing insecurity, revealing both a high frequency of forced and reactive moves and a high prevalence of such moves across the sample. Based on these findings, this study provides recommendations to improve common survey measures, advocating for broader frameworks to capture housing insecurity fully. Chapter 3 focuses on doubling up arrangements, this sample's most common response to housing crises. I present three categorizations of doubling up arrangements—stable and supportive, stable yet strained, and fragile—demonstrating that while under the best conditions, doubling up can offer stable housing, childcare, and emotional support, even hosts that are secure or willing to provide consistent support encounter challenges that strain these arrangements. Less stable shared housing arrangements, such as when hosts depend on housing assistance, tend to be short-lived and precarious. Chapter 4 more broadly examines the decision-making process of families seeking shelter following a housing crisis. Families facing tight timelines and scarce resources must make challenging compromises on their well-being. In addition, selecting from a suboptimal set of housing strategies creates additional consequences for families and their children. Together, these chapters reveal that housing insecurity is often an ongoing process in which one episode of insecurity contributes to the next and the solutions families turn to can leave them vulnerable to additional precarity. The insights from this dissertation contribute to our understanding of how poverty and inequality are reproduced among low-income families
The Grizzly, September 24, 1991
No full textUrsinus Day Academic Convocation Changes Face • Alcohol Policy Enforcement Tightens • Freshman Class Elections Held • Dr. Hall Honored • U.S.G.A. Minutes • Student Response Team Regroups • Demas Presents... Barry Hixson • Sororities Begin Formal Rushing • Finally! Student Center Opens • Golf Gets New Head Coach • Paul Harryn Launches Berman Season • DeLuca Hypnotizes Audience • Movie Reviews: Pacific Heights; New Jack City; Hot Shots • Volleyball Nets a Win • Lady Bears Stick It to Opponents • Nick\u27s NFL Notes • Bears Harass Hoyas in Opener • Soccer Kicks Off Season with Win • U.C. Tavern? • Questions of Freedom • Defense of History • Life Science Building Upgraded to State-Of-The-Art Facility • Pre-med Committee Evaluation Meeting • Medicine in The Gulf Warhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1277/thumbnail.jp
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