Helping behavior is generally adaptive. However, optimal usage theory suggests that even helping might be taken to an unhealthy extreme, for example an individual serving someone to the extent that they neglect their own needs. Not a single dedicated measurement tool has been constructed to assess the tendency. Thus, the present study seeks to propose and validate a new measure of compulsive helping by assessing construct, convergent, and divergent validity. Using a sample (N=438) of emerging adults (Mage=20.29, SD=1.04, 51.71% Female) from the Flourishing Families Project, validity evidence supported the proposed measure, as well as convergent validity of the constructs of general prosocial behavior, anxiety, and divergent validity of empathy and self-regulation. Various future directions are proposed in order to improve the rigor and breadth of future measurement attempts of compulsive helping.

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / This thesis develops an integer linear program called MSAMT (Model to Schedule Army Maneuver Training) to schedule an Army installation's maneuver training. We demonstrate MSAMT using a data set containing 261 platoon-level, 67 company-level and 18 battalion-level units, and 7 major training areas located at Fort Hood, Texas. Using a typical near-term planning horizon from 6 to 8 weeks, MSAMT schedules daily training for a randomly selected set of the stationed units and training requirements. For a 6-week time period and almost 65% (63 platoons 16 companies and 5 battalions) of the units there are 151 platoon-level, 51 company-level and 11 battalion-level required tasks of which MSAMT can schedule 93%. When the subset of units is increased to 80% (75 platoons, 20 companies, 6 battalions), there are 187 platoon-level, 62 company-level and 11 battalion-level tasks of which MSAMT can schedule only 85%. Maintaining the 80% unit level but having an 8 weekperiod increases required training achieved to 94%. Such results can help determine the ability of an Army installation to satisfy training requirements of its stationed units as well as identify a shortage or excess in available training land. It can show the training impact of changing the quantity of units at an installation and thereby aid in base realignment and closure decisions. / First Lieutenant, Turkish Army

This study focuses on teachers in civics and history in Swedish upper secondary schools. The study aims partly to examine how the teachers use film as a teaching method and how they motivate film as an educational tool in their classes. The study also assesses the thoughts of teachers regarding the optimal usage of film as an educational method. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with six different teachers, all currently working in two different schools in the Southern parts of Sweden. To analyze and process the interviews we used didactics as our main theoretical focus, but also a hermeneutical perspective to interpret the outcome of our research. Furthermore, we’ve presented previous research about the usage of film in schools and how teachers use it as a teaching method. The results show that all teachers in our study use film as a source of education and that they all can motivate why they’re using film in their classes. The results also show that teachers are bound to the Swedish curriculum and limited time when they work with film in school, so even if they want to work with film more or differently, most feel that it’s hard to do so at the moment. Lastly the results show that film can and should be used in school as an educational tool, as long as it’s done properly and with a clear thought process from the teacher.