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Social Support and Type II Diabetes in Older Married Hispanic Americans (open access)

Social Support and Type II Diabetes in Older Married Hispanic Americans

Undergraduate thesis exploring psychosocial factors of type II diabetes in older married adults of the Hispanic American population. It is proposed that social support mitigates the effect of psychosocial problems on self-care behavior and posited that greater social support in the form of familial and spousal relationships is related to better health outcomes, specifically better self-reported disease self-management of type II diabetes in married Hispanics.
Date: April 22, 2014
Creator: Delk, Jenna
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Take, Eat": A Creation Based Perspective on the Eucharist (open access)

"Take, Eat": A Creation Based Perspective on the Eucharist

Undergraduate thesis exploring the Christian tradition of the Eucharist. Throughout the history of the Church, many ideas have been circulated and debated regarding the Eucharist. The author centers on the question "Why a command to eat?" with the goal to provide a supplemental perspective on this ambiguous Christian ritual.
Date: 2014~/2015~
Creator: Puras, Alberto
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Self-Esteem and Perceptions of Infidelity on College Students' Relationship Quality (open access)

The Influence of Self-Esteem and Perceptions of Infidelity on College Students' Relationship Quality

Undergraduate thesis studying the relationship between self-esteem and relationship quality in college students, while also investigating the mediational role of perceptions of infidelity on that relation. The study uses three different measures in order to understand college students and the dynamics of their romantic relationships. Results indicate that there are possible associations between self esteem, relationship quality, and perceptions of infidelity.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Ruales, Dahyan Michelle
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
All’s Well That Ends Better: Third-Party Intervention as a Challenge to Sovereignty (open access)

All’s Well That Ends Better: Third-Party Intervention as a Challenge to Sovereignty

Paper investigates the role third party intervention has played in undermining or bolstering the stability of a state’s leadership in a post-conflict setting via capacity building and legitimacy.
Date: 2014
Creator: VanMeter, Emily
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parenting Styles vs. Mass Media: What Has a Bigger Impact on Children’s Bullying Behavior? (open access)

Parenting Styles vs. Mass Media: What Has a Bigger Impact on Children’s Bullying Behavior?

Paper explores common traits of bullies and attempts to determine why children bully, using the dateset Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC), 2009-2010.
Date: 2014
Creator: Palmer, Alyssa; Davis, Shelby & Hayes, Taylor
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does the Truth Really Set You Free? Examining the Effect of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on Social and Political Trust (open access)

Does the Truth Really Set You Free? Examining the Effect of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on Social and Political Trust

Paper investigates the effect that truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have on social and political trust in Africa, utilizing the Afrobarometer and World Values Survey.
Date: 2014
Creator: Mendez, Nicole
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
When Will People Learn? Democracy Just Doesn’t Work (open access)

When Will People Learn? Democracy Just Doesn’t Work

Paper explores questions about the efficacy of democracy in America.
Date: 2014
Creator: Wood, Justin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feared or Family: Portrayal of Native Americans in Redeemed and Unredeemed Captivity Narratives (open access)

Feared or Family: Portrayal of Native Americans in Redeemed and Unredeemed Captivity Narratives

Paper explores the difference in the portrayal of Native Americans in captivity narratives that did result in acculturation and those that did not.
Date: 2014
Creator: Dismukes, Emily
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
“You Tryna Grammaticalize?” An Analysis of “Tryna” as a Grammaticalized Semi-Auxiliary (open access)

“You Tryna Grammaticalize?” An Analysis of “Tryna” as a Grammaticalized Semi-Auxiliary

Paper analyzes the grammar and the meaning of the word tryna, semi-auxiliary expressing want or desire, originating from African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
Date: 2014
Creator: Lane, Austin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
I-Station Reading Intervention (open access)

I-Station Reading Intervention

Paper discusses study designed to determine if using the Imagination Station computer software, or I-station, as a reading intervention employed during direct instruction Special Education sessions would improve the overall reading skills of these students.
Date: 2014
Creator: Dever, Lauren Nicole
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metonymy, Metaphor, and Meaning in Inflected Phrasal Verbs: A Corpus Analysis (open access)

Metonymy, Metaphor, and Meaning in Inflected Phrasal Verbs: A Corpus Analysis

Paper examines the relationship of metaphor and metonymy with the linguistic environment of words.
Date: 2014
Creator: Cline, Ashley
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Special Section on English Literature (open access)

Introduction to Special Section on English Literature

Introduction to the special section on English Literature for the 2014 edition of The Eagle Feather, written by Kelly Wisecup.
Date: 2014
Creator: Wisecup, Kelly
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reaching Beyond the Horizon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Gateways (open access)

Reaching Beyond the Horizon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Gateways

Keynote address from Angela K. Wilson, who discusses four lessons she learned while doing undergraduate research.
Date: 2014
Creator: Wilson, Angela K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Schizophrenia: Biology, Korean Culture, and Joe’s Story (open access)

Schizophrenia: Biology, Korean Culture, and Joe’s Story

Paper explores a case study of a schizophrenia patient, the writer's uncle, and discusses perspectives on his case through a biological and cultural lens.
Date: 2014
Creator: Kim, Mikayla
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions (open access)

Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions

Paper discusses study examining awareness and opinions of environmental issues among students at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2014
Creator: McClinchie, Elizabeth
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Purpose in Life and Autonomy on Depression in College Students (open access)

Relationship of Purpose in Life and Autonomy on Depression in College Students

Paper explores the relationship between purpose of life, autonomy, and depression among college students.
Date: 2014
Creator: Anderson, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Political Economy of Political Survival: External Debt Accumulation and Default during Civil Conflict (open access)

The Political Economy of Political Survival: External Debt Accumulation and Default during Civil Conflict

Paper explores the consequences of the aggregation of national debt by states during and immediately after a civil conflict.
Date: 2014
Creator: Alley, Josh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mentorship: The Gift that Gives (open access)

Mentorship: The Gift that Gives

Introduction to the special section on Teacher Education in the 2014 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tunks, Jeanne L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engendering Violence: The Acceptability of Domestic Violence as a Determinant of Intrastate Conflict (open access)

Engendering Violence: The Acceptability of Domestic Violence as a Determinant of Intrastate Conflict

Paper analyzes the influence of attitudes regarding domestic violence upon the likelihood of civil conflict.
Date: 2014
Creator: Leban, Lucy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Repressed by the Scales of Justice: The Ramifications of the International Criminal Court (open access)

Repressed by the Scales of Justice: The Ramifications of the International Criminal Court

Paper argues that the creation of the International Criminal Court will increase repression of citizens in participating countries.
Date: 2014
Creator: Schoner, Rachel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contemporary Family Structures and Sexual Victimization (open access)

Contemporary Family Structures and Sexual Victimization

Paper examines the link between contemporary family structures and verbal and forced sexual victimization.
Date: 2014
Creator: Beach, Katie & Jackson, Madison
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Parental Health on the Psychosocial Functioning of University Students (open access)

Impacts of Parental Health on the Psychosocial Functioning of University Students

Undergraduate thesis exploring the effects of growing up with parental chronic illness on emerging adults. The current study utilizes self-reported questionnaire data on the psychosocial functioning of 635 students from UNT to increase understanding of how parental chronic illness affects university students' life satisfaction, psychological distress, and compulsive self-reliance. In an attempt to identify potential protective factors, the moderating effects of attachment and resiliency on the link between parental chronic illness and the psychosocial wellness variables were examined.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Askings, Diana Christine
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide (open access)

The Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Undergraduate thesis examining the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the United States and its ethics. The authors' study provides that in states where, by legislation, physicians can aid a patient by prescribing a lethal dose which the patient can choose to ingest, the benefits well surpass any risk feared by opponents of physician-assisted suicide.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Horner, Marjorie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012 (open access)

Wither the Whip, Strengthen the Sword: Colonial Legacy and Geno-/Politicide in the Post-Colonial World, 1945-2012

Undergraduate thesis examining the causes of geno-/politicides and the potential correlation between colonial legacy and the increased likelihood of seeing geno-/politicide across all newly independent states post-WWII from 1945-2012. This study reviews colonialism through an anthropological and sociological lens and applies it to state-structure's impact on political violence.
Date: May 8, 2014
Creator: Wood, Colin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library