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Fall 2022
We rarely think of hope as a determinant of economic outcomes. Yet it has been shown to be a motivator of human behavior in the fields of psychology and anthropology. Recent studies have incorporated the longstanding psychological concept of hope into economics, but have failed to pay sufficient...
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Fall 2015
ABSTRACT The purpose of my doctoral research was to address the question: “How do secondary school principals understand the relationship between beliefs of self-efficacy and their professional practice?” Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory served as the analytical framework with his...
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Understanding the Parenting Experience: Assessing the Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Parental Self-Efficacy, and Parental Emotion Socialization in a Community Sample of Parents
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The current dissertation is comprised of three related studies that examine several aspects of parenting, with the overarching goal of generating knowledge that will advance parenting research and support parents in their parenting role. Collectively, the three studies aimed to investigate...