Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 1997. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-01, Section: B, page: 0416. Adviser: Peter Goldblum.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Lehigh University, 2006. / Adviser: April Metzler.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1998. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-06, Section: B, page: 3307. Chairperson: David Pogge.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1998. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-08, Section: B, page: 4461. Chairperson: Judith Kaufman.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2003. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-09, Section: B, page: 4387. Chairman: David L. Pogge. Available also in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2004. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-04, Section: B, page: 2117. Chairperson: Lana Tiersky. Available also in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

<p> This study focused on the perspectives of ten licensed mental health practitioners regarding the resilience of African American women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) who permanently leave male perpetrators. A generic qualitative methodology guided the exploration using individual face-to-face interviews. Data collection included individual semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions, which harmonized with the postmodern worldview and constructivist-interpretive paradigm that undergirded the study. After multiple cycles of data analysis cycles, five major themes emerged. The emergent themes were hope, family influence, self-concept, empowerment, and turning points. Maslow's hierarchy and Bronfenbrenner's bio-ecological theory provided the theoretical framework for the analysis of the themes. The study presented a discussion of the implications of the themes for understanding the resilience traits of African American women IPV survivors. Such implications are relevant to researchers, policy-makers, counselors, counselor educators, health care workers, and other human services professionals who affect the treatment of this cohort.</p>

<p> Media accounts have influenced public opinion about the insanity defense and have given rise to misperceptions about its purpose and rate of usage. This study hypothesizes that the public is more likely to implicate mental illness in irrational crimes and that the more media exposure given to the case, the more likely the public is to implicate mental illness. This study also seeks to establish current public opinion of the utility and prevalence of the insanity defense. The results of this research do not conclusively indicate that amount of media attention can be used to predict the public's tendency to implicate mental illness as a motive for crime, thus, hypothesis one was only partially supported. Meanwhile, hypothesis two, participants will be more likely to implicate mental illness in crime that they perceive to be irrational was not supported by this study. The third hypothesis, participants will be more likely to give a verdict of NGRI if they implicated mental illness as the motive for the crime, was only partially supported by this study. With the ever-growing media attention devoted to implicating mental illness in high-profile crimes, results from this study suggest that the public does not correlate the amount of media attention dedicated to high-profile cases with mental illness.</p>

<p> Social service agencies often ignore death and dying issues (DDI). Direct care staff (DCS) are left to fend for themselves. They express themselves when it comes to DDI. Training on DDI and grief and loss issues (GLI) is scarce. Theories such as Symbolic Interactionism and Awareness theory help explain GLI and DDI. The methods used in this study include qualitative interviewing. Ten DCS were interviewed from a Fargo social service agency. They were asked questions about their beliefs in DDi and their work with clientele. Also addressed were how DDI effected them personally and their educational background. Results indicated that their were positive perceptions of the disabled people regarding DDI and GLI. The DCS believe that the disabled individual grieves adequately with staff and family assistance. Additionally the disabled persons with whom the DCS worked understood GLI and DDI. The staff at this agency were not trained for DDI until an incident ocured.</p>