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(University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)The study of decision making during adolescence has received considerable attention throughout the history of developmental psychology, justifiably, given the marked increases in morbidity and mortality that belie otherwise ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)A wealth of research has documented the positive associations between autonomy and health and well-being. Acting in autonomous, self-determined ways promotes intrinsic motivation and has been linked to more successful goal ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)Humans are highly motivated to avoid boredom. What is the functional role of boredom, and why is it so aversive? An empirical study tested the hypothesis that a need for agency, or control over one’s actions and their ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Seminal music education accords, including the Housewright and Tanglewood Symposia, call on music educators to support lifelong engagement with music. Citing challenges with retention in music programs and persistence in ...
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Greater Emotional Gain from Giving in Older Adults: Age-Related Positivity Bias in Charitable Giving (Frontiers Media, 2016-06-15)Older adults have been shown to avoid negative and prefer positive information to a higher extent than younger adults. This positivity bias influences their information processing as well as decision-making. We investigate ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-05)Organizational information assets require protection and cannot be secured by technological means alone. This annotated bibliography, reviewing literature from 2004 to 2014, identifies the employee behavioral factors on ...
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(2012)Goal: Improved district-wide student achievement through a district-wide instructional model with a common language and vision regarding instruction.
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(2012)Goal: Integrate school-age safe and appropriate digital social media platform with existing online academic platform.
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(University of Oregon, 2012)The purpose of this research is to address ongoing challenges in American education that relate to student engagement, retention, and achievement. The intent is to examine current high school language arts pedagogical ...
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(2012-06)Youth exposed to community violence live in a world in which the probabilities of expressing their feelings with no violence are very low. This community presents a series of characteristics that affect negatively ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Wellness programs in the workplace seek to improve an employee’s financial, social, mental and physical health through various forms of activities in and outside of the office. The increasing implementation of company ...
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(2010-06)The purpose of this master’s research project is to explore how nonprofit performing arts organizations in Oregon are addressing leadership succession. Challenges, such as an upcoming generational shift, are demanding that ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Culturally shared beliefs about societies and humanity play a prominent part in world events, from beliefs about the histories and destinies of nations to beliefs about the appropriate relationship between humanity and the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between sociopolitical development, autonomous motivation, and educational and career outcomes among low income Latino and non-Latino high school students and to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)Stress often precedes the onset of physical and mental health disorders, leading to costly and extended disability and even increased risk for death. I investigate psychosocial and endocrine precursors to stress responses, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)The present set of experiments investigated three potential means of regulating mind-wandering and sustained attention: goals, feedback, and incentives. The experiments drew up goal-setting theory from industrial/organizational ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2016-11-30)We thank Hargis and Oppenheimer (2016) for their interesting commentary to our article (Bjälkebring et al., 2016). Age-related changes in decision making are indeed a relatively unexplored phenomenon especially when it ...
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(2009)This project will examine volunteerism within small visual arts organizations and how the relationship between paid staff and volunteers effects the success of the organization. This study will also comsider what success ...
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