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The Relationship of Motivational Climates, Mindsets, and Goal Orientations to Grit in Male Adolescent Soccer Players (open access)

The Relationship of Motivational Climates, Mindsets, and Goal Orientations to Grit in Male Adolescent Soccer Players

This article examines the relationships of the perceived motivational climate created by coaches (task-involving vs. ego-involving), athletes’ mindset (growth vs. fixed) and goal orientation (task vs. ego), to their grit. within the framework of achievement motivation theory.
Date: August 8, 2018
Creator: Albert, Erin; Petrie, Trent A. & Moore, Whitney G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal Feeds My Family: Subsistence, Energy, and Industry in Central Appalachia (open access)

Coal Feeds My Family: Subsistence, Energy, and Industry in Central Appalachia

Article on the change in land-human relationships in Central Appalachia through the lens of the coal economy and food. The coal energy economy was not only made possible through various technological innovations in production and consumption, but also by certain social relations and political structures. In spite of the rapid disintegration of the coal economy, the popularity of the slogan “Coal Feeds My Family" still remains.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Aloi, M. Joseph
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica (open access)

Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica

This article explores research to identify area-restricted search foraging behavior at fish aggregating device (FAD) patches. Movement data were collected from GPS devices placed on foraging trips originating in the artisanal fishing village of Desa Ikan (pseudonym), on the east coast of the Caribbean island nation of the Commonwealth Dominica. The goal of the research is to understand how property rights are emerging after the introduction of fish aggregating device (FAD) technology at the site in 1999.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Alvard, Michael; Carlson, David & McGaffey, Ethan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pilgrimage and Textual Culture (open access)

Pilgrimage and Textual Culture

This article considers issues of reading and writing before, during, and after medieval pilgrimages, as well as the methodological and historical issues at stake for both pilgrim writers and modern scholars. In particular, the articles address the vexed issue of where — and how much — reading and writing took place around historically attested pilgrimages.
Date: January 1, 2021
Creator: Bale, Anthony & Beebe, Kathryne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychometric Evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item Response Theory Analyses (open access)

Psychometric Evaluation of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire: Item Response Theory Analyses

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Posttrauma Risky Behaviors Questionnaire (PRBQ) using item response theory to examine (a) item analysis (b) person fit, and (c) differential item functioning (DIF) across gender-based groups and two different samples.
Date: July 30, 2021
Creator: Batley, Pathiba Natesan; Contractor, Ateka A.; Weiss, Nicole; Compton, Sidonia E. & Price, Matthew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Mandate and Clarity of Responsibility: Economic Policies under Rightist Governments in Latin America (open access)

Political Mandate and Clarity of Responsibility: Economic Policies under Rightist Governments in Latin America

This article uses panel data for eighteen Latin American countries from 1995 to 2015 to study whether clarity of responsibility can influence presidential decision-making concerning unpopular policies, especially microeconomic policies.
Date: June 13, 2018
Creator: Biglaiser, Glen & McGauvran, Ronald J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Change after a Trauma and Perceived Posttraumatic Growth: A Prospective Examination (open access)

Perceptions of Change after a Trauma and Perceived Posttraumatic Growth: A Prospective Examination

This article uses a prospective research design to measure both actual and perceived posttraumatic growth in an attempt to replicate and extend previous findings.
Date: November 27, 2018
Creator: Boals, Adriel; Bedford, Lee A. & Callahan, Jennifer L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching STEM undergraduates discipline-specific writing skills: A data-driven learning approach (open access)

Teaching STEM undergraduates discipline-specific writing skills: A data-driven learning approach

Paper presented at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. The research presented was funded by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education and seeks to improve the quality of technical writing instruction for undergraduate STEM students by creating a data-driven learning approach for teaching STEM students writing patterns specific to their respective disciplines.
Date: 2019-06-15/2019-06-19
Creator: Boettger, Ryan K. & Wulff, Stefanie
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Video to Home Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (open access)

Video to Home Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Article examined the provision of evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) delivered via ideo to home (VTH) at a large Southwestern Veterans Health Administration (VHA) PTSD outpatient clinic.
Date: December 6, 2019
Creator: Boykin, Derrecka M.; Keegan, Fallon; Thompson, Karin E.; Voelkel, Emily & Fletcher, Terri L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Are we Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision‐Making in Watershed Management (open access)

Who Are we Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision‐Making in Watershed Management

Article describes survey identifying opportunities for hydrologic modeling and monitoring to support overlapping management contexts.
Date: January 10, 2020
Creator: Bremer, Leah L.; Hamel, Perrine; Ponette-González, Alexandra G.; Pompeu, Patricia V.; Saad, Sandra I. & Brauman, Kate A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Metacognitive Self: The Role of Motivation and an Updated Measurement Tool (open access)

The Metacognitive Self: The Role of Motivation and an Updated Measurement Tool

Article on the theoretical motivational background regarding metacognitive self. Based on this framework, a single-factor structure of metacognitive self is developed from modification of the MCSQ-40 questionnaire and results in a new tool: MCSQ-21.
Date: February 2019
Creator: Brycz, Hannah; Konarski, Roman & Wright, Rex
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The world's southernmost tree and the climate and windscapes of the southernmost forests (open access)

The world's southernmost tree and the climate and windscapes of the southernmost forests

Article documenting the world's southernmost tree along with the condition and growth pattern of the world's southernmost forest on Isla Hornos, Chile. This offers an ideal way to test the relationship between the biogeography of individual species and the effects of climate/climate change.
Date: September 9, 2020
Creator: Buma, Brian; Holz, Andrés; Díaz, Iván A. & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The North Texas-20 (open access)

The North Texas-20

Data management plan for the grant, "The North Texas-20". The North Texas-20 project builds upon its established work to redress unmet needs of our region, support for underserved communities, and contribute to psychology workforce diversification.
Date: 2022-09-01/2025-06-30
Creator: Callahan, Jennifer L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hemisphere-specific effects of prefrontal theta-burst stimulation on visual recognition memory accuracy and awareness (open access)

Hemisphere-specific effects of prefrontal theta-burst stimulation on visual recognition memory accuracy and awareness

Article describes study seeking to determine if theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) to prefrontal cortex modulates visual memory accuracy, visual memory awareness, or both, and whether these effects depend on brain hemisphere.
Date: January 6, 2019
Creator: Carbajal, Ivan; O'Neil, Jonathan T.; Palumbo, Robert T.; Voss, Joel L. & Ryals, Anthony J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biocultural homogenization: Exotism of the femenine landscape of latin america (open access)

Biocultural homogenization: Exotism of the femenine landscape of latin america

Article discusses the importance of valuing an alternative, ecological, aesthetic and post-modern-exotic hermeneutic in viewing Latin America, and discusses the colonial impression of a "exotic" Latin America.
Date: June 17, 2018
Creator: Castellanos, Angelina Paredes & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Gaze Tracking as a Research Tool in the Deaf Health Literacy and Access to Health Information Project: Protocol for a Multisite Mixed Methods Study and Preliminary Results (open access)

Using Gaze Tracking as a Research Tool in the Deaf Health Literacy and Access to Health Information Project: Protocol for a Multisite Mixed Methods Study and Preliminary Results

This article used gaze-tracking technology to understand the navigation and use of web-based health information by deaf adults who communicate with sign language and by hearing adults. The findings of this study show that incorporating gaze-tracking technology offers beneficial avenues for better understanding how individuals interact with health information.
Date: September 7, 2021
Creator: Champlin, Sara; Cuculick, Jessica; Hauser, Peter C.; Wyse, Kelley & McKee, Michael M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dialectical materialism: Marx’s method in human geography? (open access)

Dialectical materialism: Marx’s method in human geography?

Article is a self-critique of human geography that explicates the basic tenets of dialectical materialism in Marx’s work and presents some human geography research that engages with dialectical materialism.
Date: May 29, 2019
Creator: Chatterjee, Ipsita & Ahmed, Waquar
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
AT#650 - Travel to Rajasthan, India transcript

AT#650 - Travel to Rajasthan, India

Audio recording of a podcast episode from Amateur Traveler. This episode contains a discussion of travel ito the northern India state of Rajasthan.
Date: March 30, 2019
Creator: Christensen, Chris & Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

COVID-19 and the gender gap in work hours

Article using panel data from the US Current Population Survey to examine changes in mothers’ and fathers’ work hours from February through April 2020, the period of time prior to the widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and through its first peak. Using person-level fixed effects models, we find that mothers with young children have reduced their work hours four to five times more than fathers.
Date: July 2, 2020
Creator: Collins, Caitlyn; Landivar, Liana Christin; Ruppanner, Leah & Scarborough, William
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gendered Consequences of a Weak Infrastructure of Care: School Reopening Plans and Parents’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic (open access)

The Gendered Consequences of a Weak Infrastructure of Care: School Reopening Plans and Parents’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This article collected detailed primary data—the Elementary School Operating Status database (ESOS)—to measure the percentage of school districts offering in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction models for elementary schools by state in September 2020 to understand the nature and magnitude of school closures across states during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on maternal labor force participation. The article shows that schools are a vital source of care for young children, and that without in-person instruction, mothers have been sidelined from the labor force.
Date: March 12, 2021
Creator: Collins, Caitlyn; Ruppanner, Leah; Landivar, Liana Christin & Scarborough, William
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sumergidos Con Lupa en Los Ríos Del Cabo De Hornos: Valoración ética De Los Ecosistemas Dulceacuícolas Y Sus Co-Habitantes (open access)

Sumergidos Con Lupa en Los Ríos Del Cabo De Hornos: Valoración ética De Los Ecosistemas Dulceacuícolas Y Sus Co-Habitantes

This article presents the methods and results of a multidisciplinary work focused on invertebrates and freshwater ecosystems of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.
Date: June 25, 2018
Creator: Contador, Tamara; Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-; Kennedy, James H.; Massardo, Francisca; Ojeda, Jaime; Caballero, Paula et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examination and Refinement of a Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT) (open access)

Examination and Refinement of a Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT)

Data management plan for the grant, "Examination and Refinement of a Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Processing of Positive Memories Technique (PPMT)." The study aims to examine effects of and targets underlying a novel technique for posttraumatic stress disorder focused on positive memories (Processing of Positive Memories Technique; PPMT). Specific aims include (1) examining PPMT’s effects; (2) examining mechanistic targets such as improved affect underlying PPMT’s effects; and (3) refining PPMT.
Date: 2022-09-20/2025-09-19
Creator: Contractor, Ateka A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relation between lifespan polytrauma typologies and post-trauma mental health (open access)

Relation between lifespan polytrauma typologies and post-trauma mental health

This article considers the count and types of traumas (polytraumatization) in relation to post-trauma mental health by conducting a study on the relation of polytraumatization patterns to PTSD clusters, depression, and impulsivity facets. Results indicate that individuals exposed to multiple PTE (potentially traumatizing event) types, particularly interpersonal traumas, may be at risk for more severe post-trauma symptoms.
Date: October 16, 2017
Creator: Contractor, Ateka A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bayesian Time-Series Models in Single Case Experimental Designs: A Tutorial for Trauma Researchers (open access)

Bayesian Time-Series Models in Single Case Experimental Designs: A Tutorial for Trauma Researchers

Article discusses the utility of SCED data for trauma research, provides recommendations for addressing challenges specific to SCED approaches, and introduces a tutorial for two Bayesian models—the Bayesian interrupted time-series (BITS) model and the Bayesian unknown change-point (BUCP) model—that can be used to analyze the typically small sample, autocorrelated, SCED data.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Contractor, Ateka A.; Caldas, Stephanie & Batley, Prathiba Natesan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library