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- Creator:
- Basil, Trevor W.
- Description:
- This research study evaluated emotional intelligence and emotion recognition and their ability to predict leadership capacity. The purpose was to identify the strongest predictors of leadership from a series of emotional intelligence factors and emotion recognition accuracy. A composite assessment was developed using a widely validated and accepted emotional intelligence test called the TEIQue-Short Form, a newly designed facial emotion recognition test, the Fullerton Emotion Recognition Survey (FERS) and a self-report leadership scale. Participants (n = 201) were assessed from both the undergraduate population at California State University, Fullerton as well as an online outreach campaign using Facebook and other social media outlets. Employing multivariate and stepwise regressions as well as basic correlations, the four main factors of emotional intelligence, all of which significantly predicted leadership capacity, were ranked in order of correlation strength with leadership. The FERS ultimately lacked reliability and validity however; the goal of adding complexity to the current available instruments remains a focus for future research.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Drouet, Phillip C.
- Description:
- Exercise has been used as a method to achieve, maintain, and improve health, fitness, and sport performance. Furthermore, it is often prescribed to treat, manage, or prevent the onset of hypertension. This may be more important for individuals that have a resting systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) categorized by the American Heart Association as prehypertensive (PHT). Aerobic exercise leads to a post-exercise reduction in SBP and DBP compared to rest, called post-exercise hypotension (PEH), however, it is unknown whether upper (UBRE) and lower body resistance exercise (LBRE) in isolation results in similar reductions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of PEH between upper and lower body resistance exercises in normotensive (NT) and PHT individuals. Twenty-three recreationally trained PHT males (age = 24.4±3.5yrs.; ht = 176.2±7.7cm; mass = 86.6±20.9kg) performed UBRE (bench press, lat pull down, seated shoulder press) and LBRE (back squat, leg curl, knee extension) in a counterbalanced fashion (4 sets of 6 repetitions at 75% 1-RM with 2 minutes rest between sets, and 1 minute rest between exercise) on 2 separate days followed by 60 minutes of quiet seated rest. Blood pressure (BP) was measured immediately post exercise and every 10 minutes for 60 minutes thereafter. For SBP and DBP there was condition x time interaction where SBP and DBP were lower at different time points for UBRE and LBRE. Also no differences were seen between NT and PHT. Similar effects of PEH occur with UBRE and LBRE between NT and PHT populations.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Kinesiology
- Creator:
- Ul Quraish, Shahzan
- Description:
- Performance Based Design (PBD) using nonlinear analysis techniques is a well– established method to evaluate the seismic performance of RC coupled wall structural systems and their associated components like coupling beams. In principle, it is crucial to precisely define component behavior (Force–Deformation relation) for an exact evaluation of the global performance of the system. However, it is noticed that at present extensive information is not available for this purpose. ASCE 41 provides nonlinear modeling parameters and numerical acceptance criteria for components but this information is inadequate specifically for Diagonally Reinforced Coupling (DRC) beams. Moreover, vital effects of many key factors are not taken into account in ASCE 41 recommendations for Force–Deformation behavior of the DRC beam. In view of above, this study was intended to evaluate the impact of various key factors on nonlinear behavior of DRC beam at first and eventually to estimate nonlinear modeling parameters with practical considerations of the vital effects of these key factors. Specifically, these key factors were aspect ratio, shear stress levels, confinement, and compressive strength of concrete. The definitive goal of the study was to advocate a reasonable framework for ASCE 41 to incorporate the key factors in the recommendations for DRC beam. However, this study does not warrant the accuracy, content, completeness or suitability of the information provided in the proposed framework.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
134. Social Support as a Moderator between Stress and Chronic Pain in Older Adults with Fibromyalgia.
- Creator:
- Kircher, Julie
- Description:
- The etiology of fibromyalgia is unknown; thus, research on the psychosocial factors contributing to the symptomatology of fibromyalgia is an important area of study. Research indicates that perceived stress and perceived social support affect the experience of chronic pain, but the relationship between the two has been under-studied. The purpose of this study is to explore the association between perceived stress, perceived social support and chronic pain among older adults with and without fibromyalgia. Social support was tested as a moderator of the relationship between stress and pain. Results revealed that social support did not significantly moderate the relationship between stress and pain in either the fibromyalgia or control group. However, stress was found to be strongly associated with pain among people with fibromyalgia. In contrast, among those without fibromyalgia, social support was related to chronic pain but stress was not. These findings demonstrate that perceived stress and perceived social support may play an important role in the expression of chronic pain among older adults. Future research should further investigate the impact psychosocial factors have on chronic pain disorders, more specifically fibromyalgia.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Weiler, Lindsay Margaret
- Description:
- In 1599, two English brothers, sons of a lesser noble family on the outs with the court of Queen Elizabeth I, took a voyage to the court of Shah Abbas I. Under the patronage of the Earl of Essex, Sir Anthony and Robert Sherley made their way through the Islamic territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire into the Safavid Persian Empire. A decade later, Sir Anthony returned to Christian Europe, followed by his brother Robert a few years after, now acting as an agent of a Muslim ruler, ostensibly to improve trade relations between Persia and Europe, circumventing the Ottoman Empire who had been acting as middle man for goods coming out of Persia up until the sixteenth century. This thesis aims to show the cultural influence, particularly European influence, on both Elizabethan and Jacobean England’s foreign policy and diplomacy and Shah Abbas’s economic reforms and diplomatic offensive with Europe, using the study of the Sherley voyage as the primary focus, through the historical concepts of self-fashioning and orientalism. It also aims to prove that, due to the combined goals of the major players, the Sherley voyage significantly contributed not only the economic and diplomatic policy between England and the Safavid Persian Empire, but also diplomacy between the Middle East and Europe that continued to affect diplomacy into the Modern time period.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of History
- Creator:
- Bolinger, Andrew
- Description:
- This thesis focuses on the political backdrop to the battle of Tell Bashir in 1108. This battle marks an interesting change of alliances wherein Frankish and Turkish armies fought on both sides of the battle only a decade after the First Crusade had arrived in Syria. Historians have relied heavily on western sources to explain the odd political divisions and the ramifications for the crusader states. The result is a mess, few things are asserted strongly, and the narrative that does come through is deeply problematic. Ibn alAthir, a thirteenth century Arab chronicler, gives a thoroughly different account from either the Latin sources or those maintained by modern historians. Following the battle of Harran (1104), Count Baldwin II of Edessa had been left imprisoned in Mosul while a series of intra-Turkish wars ravaged the region. Baldwin II’s release at the hands of Jawuli Saqao—the then Emir of Mosul—came at the price of giving assistance to Jawuli who was making an attempt to overthrow Sultan Muhammad in favor of an oft forgotten Saljuq prince, Baktash ibn Tutush. An alliance between Tancred, the prince of Antioch, and Ridwan ibn Tutush, the Prince of Aleppo, resisted Jawuli, leading to the battle of Tell Bashir. This battle was about imperial Saljuq politics, and the crusader lords of Antioch and Edessa were aligned on opposite sides for reasons separate from their personal conflicts. This is a major departure from traditional views that hold that the battle was fought to determine which crusader lord was to rule Edessa.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of History
- Creator:
- Linnenbrink, Joanne Marie
- Description:
- Restoration of the historically impacted Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida, Carpenter 1864) is ongoing along the West Coast but in southern California, where restoration is underway, there is little information regarding the oyster’s genetic structure. Previous mtDNA sequence comparisons across the geographic range detected genetic differentiation between Vancouver Island, British Columbia and sites southward, with little to no genetic variation south of the break. In contrast, studies examining microsatellites from oysters collected from Vancouver Island, B.C. to Elkhorn Slough, California found more genetic variation and structure, however nothing is known about genetic variation and structure in microsatellite markers from sites in southern California, thus prompting this study. Oysters were hypothesized to have genetic variation and structure within southern California and between southern California and northern sites and genetic similarity was hypothesized to reflect geographic proximity, as expected for isolation-by-distance (IBD) models. STRUCTURE analyses suggest hierarchical structure with support for one genetic cluster of individuals in California (and possibly a population), separate and distinct from a Washington cluster, with potential subpopulations and site-specific differentiation in each. Significant IBD was found among all sites (R 2=0.7009, P=0.01), but was not supported among southern California sites alone (R2=0.0058, P=0.35). Baseline population genetic estimates and conclusions in this study provide information to enhance our understanding of iii genetic structure of West Coast North American estuarine invertebrate species and provide new information to successfully restore this and possibly other native estuarine species.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Creator:
- Mcmurray, Kristen Rochelle
- Description:
- Research has proven that integrating assistive technology into the special education setting, improves the educational experience, as well as maximizes the school environment by promoting greater independence and enhancing functional performance and success of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions, specifically the iPad and PECS, are emerging treatments for ASD. The primary purpose of this study was designed to investigate these emerging treatments by comparing the effects on the rate of independent requesting on the use of two AAC systems, (1) a high-tech SGD communication system, an iPad installed with the application, “Proloquo2Go” and (2) a low-tech hand-held picture-based communication system, PECS, for students with ASD in their school setting, using a single-subject alternating treatment design (ATD). The results of this study indicated that the iPad produced a higher rate of independent requests per hour for all five student participants with ASD in their school setting. This study validates previous research and adds to the existing literature on the positive learning outcomes in communication facilitation with children autism spectrum disorder, who have speech and language impairments. In addition, it explores the many potential benefits of integrating assistive technology, specifically iPads, into the ASD classroom, that assist children with ASD to become successful in an ever-changing society and play an active role within the community.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Special Education
- Creator:
- Handelman, Samuel
- Description:
- There are unsettled debates in the literature regarding the strength of top-down and bottom-up processing in visual attention. Control of top-down visual attention was assessed in both younger and older adults using a visual search task. In the task, participants were first given the name of the target stimulus's color, then shown a series of eight circles arranged concentrically, each containing either a horizontal or vertical line. Two of the eight circles were color singletons; one was the target singleton and the other a distractor singleton. The rest of the circles were gray. The current study implemented the Stroop effect to manipulate the task difficulty by changing the font color of the cue word. Assessing the strength of top-down attentional control was achieved by determining whether response time (RT) was dependent on the cue type and congruency of the target and distractor line orientations. It was hypothesized that older adults would demonstrate a weaker top-down control of visual attention than younger adults in the visual search task. However, a mixed-effect model analysis revealed that the younger adults showed the expected Stroop effect when comparing cue types, whereas older adults showed only a partial effect. Moreover, the congruency effect manifested only in younger adults. Given the unexpected results, future research should look at neurological differences between older and younger adults while performing tasks that manipulate top-down control of visual attention to better understand the effect of aging on attentional control.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Psychology
- Creator:
- Henderson, Taylor
- Description:
- Theodore Roosevelt is a man who has captivated the American imagination both during his lifetime and long after his death. His impact on American culture cannot be understated; however there are a few areas of his life that have not been examined as thoroughly as others. The biographical historiography on Theodore Roosevelt has paid little attention to the significance of the Western frontier had in molding his ideas and characterization as an emblem of masculinity. Scholars have written about his early life and the enormous influence TR had on the realm of politics, but have not analyzed how his time ranching on the Western frontier shaped his beliefs and policies. This thesis focuses primarily on the writings of Theodore Roosevelt himself, as well as, analyzing secondary sources written about his life and time in the Badlands to illuminate the connection between the cowboy culture of the late 1880s and the type of masculinity adhered to by American society; thereby expanding our understanding of the development of Theodore Roosevelt’s “cowboy” and the subsequent rise in popularity of Roosevelt and the icon of the cowboy in American culture.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of History