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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"underrepresented population"”.
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Communication Unplugged: A Qualitative Analysis of the Digital Divide
… policymakers and community leaders, and the underrepresented population they attempt to represent.
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Examining the Role of Executive Functions and Motivation in Conceptual Change in a Physics Task
… of 426 Egyptian students (M age = 12.5)—an underrepresented population in the literature. The participants completed a short tutorial targeting misconceptions about density. Findings from the structural equation model indicated that executive functions, especially shifting, predicted …
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Perceptions of Transportation Mobility Among Afghan Refugee Women
… on the lived experiences of Afghan women, an underrepresented population in mobility studies. The findings from this preliminary study also seek to inform cities with larger refugee populations to consider refugees in planning and design decisions.
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The relationship between African American high school students' desire to attend college, their perceived likelihood to attend college and actual college entrollment
African American students continue to be an underrepresented population in institutions of higher education. This study uses Mickelson’s Attitude-Achievement Paradox to explain the effect of individual and contextual SES, students’ sense of belonging, achievement and engagement on student’s desire …
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Gifted Identification in Young, Historically Underrepresented Populations: A Phenomenological Study
… numbers of identified gifted young, historically underrepresented students. The research questions that guided this study were: what are educators’ experiences of the gifted identification process of young, historically underrepresented students? What are parents’ experiences of the gifted …
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The Shared Experiences of Positive Teacher-Student Relationships Among Successful Black and Latina Engineers: A Phenomenological Study
… that lead to career success among an underrepresented population of engineers. Demonstration of care between a teacher and student was the shared theme identified among all 13 participants. Three sub-themes, including demonstrating concern, high-quality interaction, and joy of teaching …
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Examining Mothers' Return-to-Work Experiences Following Maternity Leave and the Perceived Impact on Their Careers
… methods. These methods give voice to an underrepresented population in current research, mothers who travel for work, and provide a multi-dimensional understanding of the impact of post-maternity leave experiences on working mothers’ careers. The data are analyzed using a hybrid, …
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Emotional availability (EA) brief: single session feedback and coaching for improving fathers' emotional availability across a wide developmental spectrum
Fathers are a historically underrepresented population in developmental research and must be considered for their modern presentation in parenting processes. Emotional Availability (EA) is a construct that captures the parent-child relationship quality and predicts positive outcomes for children. A …
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Emotions as informative signals : a qualitative multiple case study exploring female employee perceptions of supervisor incivility within STEM professional roles.
… a challenge in understanding how to support this underrepresented population. Consequences for employees experiencing supervisor incivility in the workplace may include changes to workplace behaviors. Supervisor incivility experienced by women in STEM professions leads to a negative affect …
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The Effects Of Athletic Participation, Expectations About Counseling And Gender On Attitudes Toward Help Seeking Behaviors Among Community College Students
… determined that college student-athletes are an underrepresented population when it comes to utilizing college counseling services. Traditional students have appeared for counseling services more so than student-athletes. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between …
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Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: An Examination Of Adolescents’ Illness Perceptions And Associated Impact On Health-Related Quality Of Life
… camps versus those who don’t (diabetes clinic population). Conclusion: This research addresses an important gap in the literature by clarifying the impact of various social-behavioral factors, which are amenable to intervention, on the HRQoL of adolescents with T1DM. The findings from this …
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Predictors of cognitive and socioemotional development in early and middle childhood: Evidence from Chile and Hungary
… Childhood Longitudinal Survey) from Chile, an underrepresented population in research. Our large sample allowed the precise estimation of effect sizes and the generalizability of results. The first study ‘The relation of school achievement with self‑esteem and bullying in Chilean children’ (N = …
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Sleep Homeodynamics And Wellbeing In Asymptomatic Hiv-Seropositive African American Women
… now emerged as one of the fastest growing HIV populations today, yet they remain a vulnerable and underrepresented population in the sleep literature. </p> <p>OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the dynamics of HIV–related sleep disruption and wellbeing in asymptomatic …
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The Influence of Universal Screening Measures on the Diversity of Students Found Eligible for Gifted Education Program Services
… strategy to increase referrals of students from underrepresented populations and to produce gifted population demographics more reflective of total student enrollment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of universal screening measures on the diversity of students found …
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A multi-ancestry genetic analysis of type 2 diabetes
… sizes and varying frequency of alleles across populations mean there are loci that we have yet to identify since the vast majority of current studies have been limited to western European and East Asian genetic ancestries. In this thesis, I describe my work to mitigate some of these …