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Conceptualizing Hoarding Behavior Among Elderly Women: A Mixed-Methods Approach
… possessions—as a sociocultural phenomenon. The mixed methods methodology entailed a quantitative study involving a survey completed by 134 adult protective services workers throughout Virginia and a qualitative study of five randomly-selected adult protective services workers who volunteered for …
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Undergraduate students' perceptions of general education: a mixed methods approach
… This study utilized a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design to indirectly assess the general education program through students' perceptions. It was designed to explore the differences in perceptions among undergraduate students of the general education program and their …
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Medicaid and the Life Course: An Intersectional Mixed-Methods Approach
… 2 I employ an intersectional, life course approach to assess predictors of Medicaid enrollment in later life. In Chapter 1 I hypothesize that, for institutionalized individuals, having living kin facilitates Medicaid enrollment. In addition, I hypothesize that individuals who have …
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The LGBT Community and Public Space: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>Public space researchers have created a body of literature describing how women feel in and access public spaces and have briefly explored men and race in public space, but have not explored other identities adequately including sexuality. Geographical queer theory provides a foundation for …
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Leadership Development in Saudi Arabia’s Private Sector: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>There is currently a proliferation of business-focused leadership development programs in Saudi Arabia. These programs represent a reaction to the shortage of qualified leaders who can drive and sustain both recent and future advances introduced by Saudi Vision 2030, the national transformation …
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New care home admission following acute hospitalisation: a mixed methods approach
… home admission following acute hospitalisation. Methods and findings from the mixed-methods approach are presented in three parts. Part One: Identifying relevant research – includes a review of quality assessment tools for systematic reviewing; a systematic review and meta-analysis of …
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Mobility of Older Adults in Mexico City: A Mixed Methods Approach
… mobility of older adults in Mexico City using a mixed methods approach. First, I looked at the literature to uncover what is known about elderly mobilities coming from the Global South. Second, I analyzed the 2017 Household Origin Destination Survey to reveal travel behavior patterns and …
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Travel Behavior of Immigrants in Vienna, Austria: A Mixed-Methods Approach
This dissertation employs a mixed methods research design to examine the travel behavior of immigrants (individuals with an immigration background) in Vienna, Austria. Almost half of the city´s population has an immigration background. This study aims to understand the motivations, perceptions and …
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Social work students' perceptions of readiness to practice: a mixed methods approach
… for the workplace This work used an integrated mixed methods methodology that included a mixed methods research synthesis of literature and data that was gathered from a combination of pre- and post- test questionnaires (N=74 participants) and eight semi-structured interviews including the use …
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Understanding the Decline in Participation in Fraternal Organizations: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>Once considered the schools of democracy and cornerstones for advancing society, many of the 100,800 fraternal organizations in the U.S. have experienced a decline in participation over the past 60 years and their perceived relevance in contemporary society questioned. To date, existing …
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Reasons for concussion under-reporting in varsity athletes: a mixed methods approach
… The purpose of this study was to utilize a mixed-methods approach to examine concussion education, attitudes, and reporting intention and behaviour, to explore reasons why varsity athletes fail to report concussions. Results indicated that athlete knowledge of signs and symptoms of …
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Why Did They Stay? A Mixed Methods Approach to Understand Student Persistence
… student persistence. The research design is a mixed-methods approach, using data collected through the Social and Cultural Capital Questionnaire and interviews with select survey participants. The sample includes seniors who entered college in the fall of 2008 and have persisted towards degree …
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Exploring factors associated with upper-limb prosthesis embodiment : a mixed-methods approach
Current rejection rates among upper-limb prosthesis users are particularly high. A significant psychological factor associated with prosthesis use is the extent to which users feel their prosthesis is a natural part of them (termed Prosthesis Embodiment [PE]). Many researchers and clinicians …
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Retaining Online First-Generation Students with Support Services: A Mixed Methods Approach
… than their non-first-generation peers. A mixed methods approach identified ways to customize student support services to aid in the retention of first-generation online students during their first semester. The purpose of this study was to determine which student support services could be …
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Understanding physical activity among older African American women: A mixed-methods approach
… activity. In order to achieve these goals, a mix-methods design involving quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis was employed to examine possible differences in the understanding of physical activity between active and inactive older African American women. In order to have a …
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Exploring the Role of Health Literacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Approach
… phase 1 of the OPtimising HEalth LIteracy Approach (OPHELIA) a sequential explanatory mixed method design was used. First, a systematic review showed that interventions to improve health literacy can be successful (15/22 studies) and lead to health behaviour change (7/8 studies). There was …
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DUAL PERSPECTIVES ON BETTER TELEWORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH
This research followed a sequential mixed-methods approach, including an analysis of Twitter data to gauge employee and employer perspectives on teleworking, a review of contemporary Canadian public administration perspectives on managing teleworking in the COVID era to capture employer’s …
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Ethnic Identity And Awareness Of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) is based on the hypothesis that African Americans may face, and yet be largely unaware of, the influence of generational trauma from the slave trade, as well as, what African Americans believe about the concept, and who believes what. While PTSS may be …
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