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- Creator:
- Lopez, Elizabeth
- Description:
- In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in HIV infection rates among women. Young females in particular have been disproportionately affected. Current HIV prevention interventions fail to meet the needs of those young females who are at highest risk for HIV. Incarcerated female youth are at particularly greater risk due to their life circumstances and propensity to take risks. The current program is _different from other programs in that it strives to address HIV prevention within the context of interpersonal relationships rather than relying solely on knowledge acquisition and skills building. Objectives of the twelve-week curriculum are to increase self-esteem, increase self-efficacy, identify resources within themselves and the relationships in their lives, and learn effective communication skills.
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- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Elizabeth
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to examine protective factors of adolescent resiliency with a focus on educationally supportive parenting behaviors. It is a correlational study examining the effects of perceived academically supportive behaviors by parents (i.e. their monitoring behaviors, their involvement in school, their academic encouragement behaviors and their educational aspirations for their children) have on the academic motivation and educational aspirations of adolescents. Educational resiliency research is largely concerned with highlighting the malleable factors that increase resilience in adolescents from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Self-report data were collected from 376 first and second-generation Mexican-American high school students from one high school located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. A secondary data analysis was conducted using bivariate correlations and multiple regressions. Although the results indicated that generational status did not affect adolescents' perceptions about educational support from parents, all forms of support were significantly and positively correlated to both adolescent academic motivation and educational aspirations.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Dakota, Sage
- Description:
- Consciousness as a construct continues to have utility in society; legally, medically and interpersonally. Repression is an often-studied mechanism to explain how some things are kept out of consciousness. The Constructive Repression Approach emphasizes a measured examination of previously experienced traumatic stimuli, based on the clinician's judgement as to the ability of the client to tolerate the associated en10tional pain. The Constructive Repression Approach to psychotherapy integrates techniques and addresses psychopathology at the level of human functioning. This is in contrast with the many approaches that integrate at the level of theory, therapeutic technique or psychopathology. The following discussion will consider the roles of consciousness and repression in therapy and the four major theoretical orientations to doing therapy. It will propose a new approach called Constructive Repression followed by a pamphlet which discusses how clients would be viewed by therapists who utilize one of the major therapeutic orientations. This pamphlet will also aid clients in finding an appropriate therapist.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Bugarin, Elba
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of significant others' academic support on adolescents' academic identity and educational aspirations in Latino adolescents. Self-report data was collected from 164 Latino adolescents from one high school in the San Fernando Valley. The sample consisted of 44% males and 56% females, 14-16 years old (M= 15). The results of correlation and multiple regression analyses indicate that academic encouragement by the mothers, fathers, teachers, and peers was not significantly related to educational aspirations. However, academic encouragement by mothers, fathers, teachers, and peers was significantly related to the academic identity of males. Fathers' academic encouragement was not significantly related to female academic identity.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Perez, Concepcion H.
- Description:
- In recent years, colleges and universities have attempted to increase the effectiveness of their educational programs in order to better assure student success. An integral tool that needs to be improved in the educational system of higher education is that of Academic Advisement (Sandor, 1984). Although, academic advising has existed for some time now, historically, it has never been used to its full potential. Frost (1980) states that this is due to "the often limited vision of the function of academic advising, and because of the resulting low value placed upon it by the institution in general, and the faculty, in particular" (pg. 56). Because of this need to make the full use of academic advisement as a tool for student success, I prepared a manual that contains the fundamental basics of academic advisement. This manual includes the importance of developmental advising, how to train faculty and student advisors, how to assess student needs, and how to make appropriate referrals. It demonstrates what a typical advising session covers, and how to develop a tracking, and follow-up program. Other important components of this manual include, how to deal with probation and disqualified students, the importance of getting to know the campus resources, tips for academic advisors, and common questions students ask.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Korhani, Nader
- Description:
- Immigration has been an integral part of American history as a nation, since the beginning. In the past few decades, new immigrants in this country have been from a more diverse culture and ethnicity than the immigrants before them who were mostly Europeans. Today's immigrants have to face many difficulties created by cultural differences and lowering of socioeconomic status. Their attempts to cope and adjust to life and environmental changes such as culture, economic, educational, language, and family relations, as well as decrease in social support, have resulted in increased distress and health problems, family relations problems, and many mental health disorders. Despite immigrants ' need for support in many of these difficulties, there are very limited resources available and few counselors trained, to help with these issues. In order to address some of these issues, an extensive multidisciplinary literature review was conducted in order to identify role of culture, ethnicity, and other related topics to counseling immigrants in a mental health setting. Review of the literature indicates that most research on immigrants has been conducted within the frame of a specific culture. Therefore, the information obtained from these materials was compared and contrasted in order to find common grounds across different cultures. Furthermore, a manual based on the literature reviews was then created to offer basic guidelines and provide relevant information for mental health professionals and to help them become better aware of circumstances concerning immigrants. A Culture-Centered approach was suggested with specific recommendations regarding immigrants in the final chapter of the manual. In conclusion, a basic format for creation of a satellite community mental health agency geared toward providing counseling and case management services to immigrant population was suggested.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Chocron, Lucien
- Description:
- The relationship between psychotherapy and religion has been often stormy and consistently ambivalent. Issues' concerning counseling and psychotherapy of the orthodox Jewish client is no exception. The present study is designed to understand the struggles of individuals of orthodox Jewish faith to obtain quality mental health care in the United States. The available literature both in this country and abroad will be examined to look for major trends and to outline specific recommendations designed to enable religious Jewish individuals in need of help to surmount religious, familial, cultural, political, and community obstacles in order to find appropriate and effective treatment. The study begins by tracing the problematic historical relationship between psycho logy and religion. The review then focuses on relationships between the religious Jewish communities in America today and the psychological community. Accepted ways of obtaining treatment for mental disorders by religious Jews will be outlined, as well as attitudes towards secular psychological treatments among rabbis and other Jewish community leaders. The study also examines characteristics of orthodox Jewish clients. While the clinician may be treating an individual, the individual qua religious Jew brings to the therapeutic relationship a unique set of historical, personal experiences as well as a lifestyle governed by a comprehensive body of distinct guidelines. In addition, therapist or counselor attitudes towards religious clients will be reviewed. The study then proposes a community- based program to be used in the Orthodox Jewish community that incorporates five major strategies that are both realistic and potentially highly effective. These strategies focus on helping to remove the historical, cultural, political, religious, and community barriers that stand in the way of proper and effective care for the Orthodox Jewish client.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Young, Lin G.
- Description:
- The problem of excess supply and lower demand for Ph.D.s in the academic labor market has presented a number of career challenges and obstacles to many Ph.D. students. These challenges include: barriers in establishing stable employment in their occupational choice, a decisional struggle between breaking free of their personal career aspirations and moving toward previously unconsidered career alternatives, and difficulties in transitioning to nonacademic employment due to a lack of career exploration, preparation, and planning. This thesis proposes a six-session series designed to assist Ph.D. students in navigating through the aforementioned career challenges in order to effectively identify alternative career options with the purpose of heightening their success and life satisfaction and in preparing for their selected job entry. This program consists of the following components customized to meet the unique career needs of this population: 1) education on the multifaceted nature of the career development process; 2) a self-assessment component that includes an identification of their career impediments, interests, values, and skills; 3) a component on methods of career exploration; and 4) a career decision making, goal setting, and action planning component. The program concludes with an individual follow-up session to provide participants additional assistance in fine-tuning, re-evaluating, and/or modifying their career plans.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Trunzo, Angela D.
- Description:
- College preparation is a long process that can be fostered through educational programs at all levels, but specifically during the last year of one's middle school years. It is very common for high school juniors and seniors to ponder their future plans after high school and to be uncertain about which path to take. Therefore it is extremely imp01iant for middle schools to offer college preparation and guidance aimed to help students make more informed and consequently better educational and college choices. Providing direction during the middle school years can help make the path more clear throughout the high school years and alleviate the uncertainty that often occurs in the final high school years. Within this project will be a review of literature that discusses the factors that influence college attendance and preparation throughout many students�middle school and high school careers. Recommendations will be made for counselors, teachers and school staff to help aid them in their role of assisting students struggling with uncertainty. The purpose of this project is to develop a curriculum that gives all students the very best college planning and academic preparation advice, and properly prepares them for the necessary high school path so they will have the option to attend college.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Cohen, Kelly Michelle
- Description:
- Drug addiction is a complex yet treatable brain disease characterized by compulsive drug cravings and seeking that persists even after severe adverse consequences. For millions of individuals in the United States, drug addiction becomes chronic, with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. In 2002, it was estimated by the Marin Institute that 22 million Americans had a substance abuse or dependence disorder. Furthermore, substance abuse includes a mixing of substances/drugs and comorbid conditions are common and can vary by individual. According to Sokhadze, Cannon, and Trudeau (2008), drug addiction can be described as a mental disorder with behavioral, cognitive, and psychosocial features, characterized by physiological dependence accompanied by the withdrawal syndrome on discontinuance of the drug use, psychological dependence with craving, the pathological motivational state that leads to the active drug-seeking behavior, and tolerance, expressed in the escalation of the dose needed to achieve a desired euphoric state. Treatment of addiction may require repeated treatments to increase the intervals between relapses and reduce their intensity, until abstinence is achieved (NIDA, 2006). While major resources have been employed to study and treat addiction, Scott et al. (2005) indicate that there has been little improvement in the success rate of treatment, with the rates of relapse remaining high, with over 70% of those who have attempted to recover relapsing. It is therefore apparent that even with the recent focus on treatment, many are unable to fully recover from their addictions. The purpose of this research is to gain insight on Brain State Conditioning� neurofeedback that differs from other neurofeedback providers and examine the effectiveness of incorporating neurotherapy with psychotherapy to treat drug addictions. Lee Gerdes, CEO of Brain State Technologies� and developer of Brain State Conditioning� (BSC) created an inventory of protocols that exercise the brain particularly with its own needs and values, causing real learning in the brain with the belief that every brain, like every person, is unique. BSC uses different methods than other modalities and neurofeedback providers in that it incorporates a holistic, medical, and psychological method (NeuroMagic Brain Wave Training, 2008). In order to better understand the addictive brain, treatments, neurofeedback and Brain State Conditioning� in particular, it is important to understand the addicted brain, therapeutic support provided with neurofeedback, and the implications of future clinicians wanting to incorporate this resource in their practices.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Resnikoff, Rachel Bean
- Description:
- This Graduate Project examines the negative effects caused by thin ideal images of females in the media, on the self-esteem and body image of girls ages five to eight. It suggests that by being exposed to more varied images, positive role models and messages of self-acceptance, girls can counteract negative effects, caused by the media, and increase self-esteem and positive self-mage. The Princess Bean Self-Esteem Series was created to give girls five to eight a fun way to learn about the images and messages in the media that can cause body dissatisfaction. After listening to two CDs or musical downloads, girls are invited to do 15 activities that highlight their uniqueness and encourages them to celebrate their bodies, minds, hearts and spirits.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Barnes, Rebecca Sue
- Description:
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) consists of a continuum of behaviors, such as communication, sensory, and social deficits. Students with ASD may demonstrate problem behaviors, such as physical aggression and self-injurious behaviors that interfere with their educational program. The current study examined the effectiveness of a preselected treatment package consisting of a Social Story, reinforcement icons, and communication system within a public school setting. The behavior intervention was selected because of its popularity and relative empirical validation for ASD. Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) were used to further individualize the intervention based on the function of behavior. Four adolescents with (ASD) were purposefully selected for physical aggression or self-injurious behavior in a multiple-baseline, across individuals single-subject design. Additionally, the experimenter used a pre-post measure of a teacher/parent interview and behavior rating scale. A consumer satisfaction survey was administered to teachers and parents at the end of the study to measure social validity of the consultation model and behavior intervention. The COMP ASS model specific for ASD was used to develop comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). In addition, it identified student needs, interests, and strengths. Results of event recording logs of 20-minute observations indicated that the 2 high school students' self-injurious behaviors decreased by 64% and 25%, respectively. Those results suggest moderately significant behavior change. Aggressive behaviors of the 2 middle school students decreased by 75% and 50%, respectively, indicating a significant change in behavior. Results of the consumer satisfaction survey indicated that the COMP ASS model and treatment package was useful and effective for students with ASD. Limited resources and instructional support for teachers and students associated with curriculum, assistive technology, and occupational therapy services impacted the results of this study. Further educational research is warranted in investigating the comprehensive effects of behavioral interventions in meeting the intricate educational needs of students with ASD. District-wide systemic factors of functional curriculum, assistive technology, and community-based resources need to be investigated. Given the brief duration of this study (10-weeks), future research is needed to further replicate the effectiveness of school-based consultation, and examine the role of school psychologists in achieving meaningful and socially valid behavioral outcomes.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Carrillo, Hector
- Description:
- For a substantial area of America's population in early life, law enforcement represents a vast number of opportunities within several departments to establish a career. In some departments, there are over 250 different sub-areas that an individual can choose. However, often after five to ten years after serving in law enforcement, many officers find themselves unprepared for the transition to civilian life, specifically in the world of work. This program was developed to address the specific career development issues of these law enforcement officers. Characteristics of this population are outlined and discussed, and relevant adult and career development theories are examined to better understand these issues. The workshop sessions of this program are discussed and outlined in detail for the career development professional and a handbook for program participants is presented in the appendices. Practical applications of positive psychology are used in some of the program sessions.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Buonora, Brenda Ward
- Description:
- The current thesis project will explore the theory of motivation as it pertains to learning and examine the opportunities that charter schools may uniquely offer as a means to implement "progressive" educational practices that result in enhanced intrinsic motivation. In Chapter One, the previous and current curriculum reform efforts will be reviewed and the concept of charter schools as a venue for more innovative curriculum reform will be introduced. In Chapter Two, the literature on learning and motivation as it pertains to students in the classroom will be reviewed. In Chapter Three, the history, progress and success of charter schools, over the past seven years will be described. Detailed information regarding the process of opening a charter school, along with goals and objectives that would complement an intrinsically motivating curriculum, will be described in Chapter Four. Finally, in Chapter Five, the implications, experiences and steps taken by the author, to start a charter school emphasizing intrinsic motivation will be shared.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Kalek, Dana
- Description:
- This thesis is a modified case study involving four families with three-year old children who have been diagnosed on the autistic spectrum. Parent training in the Floor time approach was conducted to increase the mother's ability to support the child's emotional development and play interactions within a clinical setting. The training was provided one hour each week for eight consecutive weeks. During this time, the Floor time approach was presented to the parents using didactic instruction, discussion of related readings, and videotapes. A pre-test and post-test video was taken of each child during a free play session with the parent to measure changes in mothers' behaviors. Results in all four cases demonstrated an increase in frequency and elaborated quality of mothers' interactions with their young children. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Israbian, Sanan Tamar
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between levels of acculturation and sex-role identity in Armenian women living in the United States. The subjects are eighty-five Armenian women residing in the greater Los Angeles, California area. Eighty-five subjects were given a questionnaire, developed by the author. The questionnaire asked questions regarding the following topics: Demographic characteristics of the respondents; levels of acculturation and role as daughters, wives and mothers. The study concluded the hypotheses: 1. First generation Armenian women living in the United States have more traditional sex-roles than second generation Armenian women. 2. Armenian women who have at least one year of college education engage in less traditional roles than women who have no college education.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Sagastume, Ericka Yvette
- Description:
- The literature review provides intriguing possibilities for new conceptualizations of domestic violence. It is time to pay attention and make distinctions among various types of violence. The literature reviewed in this paper touches on a new "underground" form of domestic violence called other forms of domestic violence. Other forms of domestic violence include psychological/emotional abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, economic abuse, social abuse, spiritual or religious abuse. Because other forms of domestic violence are subtle in their functioning, researchers rarely touch upon this new version of domestic violence. The Other Forms of Domestic Violence Handbook: Taking a Closer Look Behind Closed Doors was developed as a useful resource for professionals, frontline workers of domestic violence, and for victims of domestic violence to obtain information and gain awareness. The major goal in the design and development of this handbook, along with a power-point presentation, is to bring forth awareness to the emerging prevalence of other forms of domestic violence and their detrimental affects on the victim by providing easy readable and understandable information regarding the issue.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Ventimiglia, Michelle I.
- Description:
- This project is to describe an early childhood program, The Family Nurturing Center, which addresses comprehensively the two-fold task of early childhood education and family support. The contemporary family is facing circumstances and pressures of a kind which demand a response. The realities of life which the family encounters today are addressed first. Economic, familial, and sociological influences are presented. These interrelated factors generate unique pressures on the contemporary family. Existing family support programs also are discussed in their educational, psychosocial, and comprehensive support roles. The last section describes the proposed Family Nurturing Center. The goals of high-quality early childhood education and the promotion of healthy families are discussed. If implemented, this center offers the distinctive possibility for creating a comprehensive model for family growth which is needed today.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Duncan, Andrea
- Description:
- Relapse has been identified as a common problem in the treatment of addictions. The problem of relapse must be included in counseling chemically dependent clients to prevent or intervene in a return to substance use. Treatment professionals are in need of techniques designed to interrupt the relapse process. Conceptual models of addiction are reviewed for their influence upon how addiction and relapse are perceived in this society. These models have impacted current theories of relapse prevention. Recent models of relapse prevention focus on identifying and treating specific risk factors of relapse. These models provide a foundation for developing and applying techniques in chemical dependency treatment. The specific intervention techniques presented here are based on current approaches to relapse prevention. These strategies focus on biological, psychological, and social Relapse has been identified as a common problem in the treatment of addictions. The problem of relapse must be included in counseling chemically dependent clients to prevent or intervene in a return to substance use. Treatment professionals are in need of techniques designed to interrupt the relapse process. Conceptual models of addiction are reviewed for their influence upon how addiction and relapse are perceived in this society. These models have impacted current theories of relapse prevention. Recent models of relapse prevention focus on identifying and treating specific risk factors of relapse. These models provide a foundation for developing and applying techniques in chemical dependency treatment. The specific intervention techniques presented here are based on current approaches to relapse prevention. These strategies focus on biological, psychological, and social factors that are believed to increase the risk of relapse. The techniques section includes theoretical rationale, clinical applications, suggestions and limitations of using relapse prevention strategies in the treatment setting.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling
- Creator:
- Walker, Peggy L.
- Description:
- Fifty tenth-grade students were studied to investigate how motivational components -- intrinsic value, self-efficacy and goal orientation -- may be related to the use of self-regulated learning strategies of high achieving students, and to examine how these variables may be related to student ' s classroom achievement. All subjects were honor students enrolled in Advanced-Placement European History courses in one suburban high school in Southern California. In this descriptive correlational study, variables were obtained by breaking motivational and self-regulated variables into components and correlating these components with each other and with achievement. Questions were answered by inferentially testing for correlations greater than zero with a confidence level of .05. SPSS was used to obtain Pearson correlation coefficients for the variables. A multiple regression was used to examine the impact of self-efficacy and metacognitive strategy use on achievement. A Cronbach coefficient alpha was calculated for each scale used in this study. The results support as well as extend the research of others in showing the relationship of both motivational and self-regulated learning components to academic achievement. Student involvement in self-regulated learning is related to students' intrinsic value and self-efficacy. Academic performance is more significantly dependent of self-regulated learning components. In this study, a positive relation exists between cognitive and metacognitive strategy use and achievement.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Educational Psychology and Counseling