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The Effect of Concerns About COVID-19 on Anxiety, Stress, Parental Burnout, and Emotion Regulation: The Role of Susceptibility to Digital Emotion Contagion
(Frontiers Media, 2020-12-18)Background and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused social and economic turmoil, which has led to enormous strain for many families. Past work with pandemic outbreaks suggests that media attention can increase anxiety ... -
Addressing the Confusion within Periodization Research
(MDPI, 2020-08-28)In this editorial, we focus on recent problematic developments in sport science, and more specifically, problems related to periodization research. Primary areas discussed are (1) appreciation of history, (2) considerations ... -
Emphasizing Task-Specific Hypertrophy to Enhance Sequential Strength and Power Performance
(MDPI, 2020-10-27)While strength is indeed a skill, most discussions have primarily considered structural adaptations rather than ultrastructural augmentation to improve performance. Altering the structural component of the muscle is often ... -
The changes we need: Education post COVID-19
(Springer, 2021-02-18)The COVID-19 pandemic has caused both unprecendented disruptions and massive changes to education. However, as schools return, these changes may disappear. Moreover, not all of the changes are necessarily the changes we ... -
They Saw It Coming: Rising Trends in Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidality in Creative Students and Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis
(Frontiers Media, 2021-03-01)Previous research has established that creative adolescents are generally low in neuroticism and as well-adjusted as their peers. From 2006 to 2013, data from cohorts of creative adolescents attending a counseling laboratory ... -
Lean Body Mass and Muscle Cross-Sectional Area Adaptations Among College Age Males with Different Strength Levels across 11 Weeks of Block Periodized Programmed Resistance Training
(MDPI, 2021-04-29)The block periodization training paradigm has been shown to produce enhanced gains in strength and power. The purpose of this study is to assess resistance training induced alterations in lean body mass and cross-sectional ... -
Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum: Results from a 3-year cluster-randomized trial
(Elsevier, 2017-02-11)We compared changes in academic achievement across 3 years between children in elementary schools receiving the Academic Achievement and Physical Activity Across the Curriculum intervention (A + PAAC), in which classroom ... -
Hunger and Health: Taking a Formative Approach to Build a Health Intervention Focused on Nutrition and Physical Activity Needs as Perceived by Stakeholders
(MDPI, 2021-05-10)The intersections between hunger and health are beginning to gain traction. New interventions emphasize collaboration between the health and social service sectors. This study aimed to understand the nutrition and physical ... -
Categorization by Organizations: Manipulation of Disability Categories in a Racially Desegregated School District
(University of Chicago Press, 2019-07)The authors propose and test the concept of categorical manipulation, a process in which subordinate group demands for greater access to high-status categories are met with reversals in the hierarchy of existing categories. ... -
A descriptive study of the career paths of NCAA Division 1-A and Division III athletic directors
(University of Kansas, 1994-05-31)A descriptive study of 173 National Collegiate Athletic Association Divisions I-A and·III athletic directors was conducted to describe career paths. The subjects in the study included 47 Division I-A athletic direc- . tors ... -
Differential construct definitions of six change score models within a correlational research context
(University of Kansas, 1988-05-31)Six change score models were comparatively evaluated within the correlational research context. The models compared included raw change, corrections of raw change for unreliability in x, correction of raw change for ... -
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE NCLB ERA? A State-Level Analysis of Achievement as Influenced by Critical School and Non-school Factors
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)This study analyzes the results of 4th grade reading and mathematics as well as critical school and non-school factors to determine what happened to student outcomes during the peak years of NCLB, 2003-2009. Converting ... -
An Examination of the Occupational Engagement of First-Generation College Students and the Predictive Nature of Career Courses
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The purpose of this study is to examine occupational engagement among first-generation as compared to continuing-generation college students who enrolled in different types of career courses at a single institution of ... -
Implementation and Sustainability of Early Childhood Positive Behavior Support in Kansas: A Statewide Survey
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current status of implementation and sustainability of positive behavior support (PBS) practices within community child care and Head Start/Early Head Start programs in the state ... -
A Study of Community Cohesion’s Impact on School Board Cohesion
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Much of the current literature on school boards addresses the board’s dysfunctions in different areas such as being over-bureaucratic, pandering to special interest groups, micro-managing, focusing on business instead of ... -
The Impact of Parental Involvement on College Student Outcomes
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)There is growing concern that student development may be hindered by the current level of parental involvement experienced by college students (Cullaty, 2011; Pizzolato & Hicklen, 2011; Taub, 2008). To gain insight into ... -
THE EFFECT OF NON-NORMALITY ON THE CUTSCORE OPERATING FUNCTION: ESTIMATION CORRECTNESS IN NON-NORMAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Certification testing attempts to classify individuals into mutually exclusive categories, such as competent and non-competent. There is some potential for error whenever a classification decision is made as a result of a ... -
A Descriptive Study of Undergraduate Mentoring at a Mid-Western Research University
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)This study explored undergraduate mentoring programs at a mid-western research university. The purpose of this study was to describe mentoring programs and to gain a better understanding of how mentoring is defined and ... -
Cognitive Test Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Performance on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators Examination
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)The Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam is broadly used as a partial requirement of obtaining teacher licensure. The inferences made based on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators exam results are of ... -
EMPLOYER CONFIDENCE IN SELF-CAPACITY TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES
(University of Kansas, 2019-12-31)Community employment prospects for people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have improved as a result of decades of federal legislation as well as a growing body of research and employment service delivery options. ...
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