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Experiences of Mandarin-Speaking Immigrant Parents with Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)

Description: This phenomenological longitudinal qualitative study explored the lived experiences of first-generation Mandarin-speaking immigrant parents in the United States before and after participating in Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT). Although CPRT has been established as an evidence-based intervention that enhances parent-child relationships across diverse populations, limited research has examined its cultural responsiveness among Mandarin-speaking immigrant families. Fifteen parents partic… more
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Date: December 2025
Creator: Chen, Huan 1994-
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Examining The Relationship Between Counselor Preparation Factors and Counseling Trainees’ Self-Perceptions of Youth Counseling Competency

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the personal and professional factors that predict trainees’ self-perceived readiness to work with child and adolescent clients utilizing a newly developed measure, the Assessment of Youth Counseling Competency Indicators (AYCCI). Participants included 205 master’s-level counselors-in-training (CITs) from various counselor education programs across the United States. Through an electronic survey, participants were asked to complete a demographic … more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Thompson, Kaleb Alexander
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A Phenomenological Study of Individual Counseling Experiences among Adult Drug Court Participants with Childhood Maltreatment Histories

Description: The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to understand how adult drug court participants with histories of childhood maltreatment perceived and described their experiences in individual counseling. Eleven semi-structured interviews were analyzed using Moustakas’s data analysis method by a coding team of three doctoral-level counseling students. Seven themes and 17 subthemes emerged: (1) initial attitudes and engagement in counseling, (2) building trust and connection in cou… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Huang, Yun-Ru
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Competition and Servingness - A Quantitative Analysis of Hispanic Serving Research Universities

Description: Competition for students and research funding between public universities has become more prevalent as state support has declined. Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRUs) are examples of new universities that have adapted to survive in a culture of academic capitalism within higher education. Competition for more Latinx students does not equate to an RU committing to serving students in ways suggested by the Multidimensional Conceptual Framework of Servingness (MCFS). I performed a quant… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Ellison, Landon David Oran
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Truth is I’m Tired: The Role of Emotional Labor in Black Women’s Leadership Journeys

Description: Black women are underrepresented in senior leadership roles within higher education leadership and often carry a dual burden of leading institutions while navigating emotional labor tied to race and gender. Their leadership experiences are shaped by intersecting identities and pose challenges that result in emotional labor, an invisible form of work that has implications for their well-being, job satisfaction, and career progression. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Moore, Latrice
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Supporting Academic Success: Faculty Strategies for Empowering First-Generation Students of Color in Higher Education

Description: As the number of first-generation students of color (FGSC) entering college continues to rise, understanding how institutions, and particularly faculty, can support their academic and professional success has never been more critical. These students bring rich cultural knowledge, determination, and unique strengths, yet they often navigate institutions that are not fully equipped to recognize or support their needs. The purpose of this study was to examine the strategies faculty use to promote … more
Date: July 2025
Creator: King, Eronia Almaz
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The Paradox of Access: Systemic Inversion and the Silent Barriers to Diversity in Allied Health Programs

Description: This dissertation investigates the systemic inequities embedded within competitive admissions practices for Allied Health Programs (AHPs) at Texas community colleges. Although these colleges publicly embrace open-access missions, their AHPs often implement restrictive admissions criteria that disproportionately disadvantage Black and Latinx students. Using a qualitative documents-and-records case study design, this study analyzes publicly available admissions policies, accrediting body standard… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Johnson, Cassandra
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Development of Working Alliance between Caregivers and Play Therapists during Parent Consultations

Description: The goal of this study was to understand how caregivers and play therapists create a working alliance (WA) during caregiver consultations. Although the presence of a strong caregiver-therapist WA is significantly associated with positive child treatment outcomes and caregiver engagement, empirical literature is limited on caregiver consultations and how the working relationship develops between caregivers and play therapists. Due to the gap in caregiver consultation research in the play therapy… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Crescini, Karina Alexis
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Partisan Interest and Academic Centers at Flagship Universities: A Multiple Case Study

Description: Prominent figures on the political Right have taken steps to exercise power and influence over public higher education, including what is taught and studied, both through and outside of the formal policymaking process. In the early 2020s, these efforts included adding academic centers or institutes intended to increase presence of Right-wing thought and “intellectual diversity” on flagship university campuses. For this inquiry, I conducted a qualitative multiple case study to investigate the hi… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Kunkle, Kelsey
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Child-Centered Play Therapy with Children Who Have Experienced Disruptions in Care

Description: The current study is the first ever exploring the impact of child-centered play therapy (CCPT), an evidence-based children counseling intervention, on the trauma symptoms and social-emotional competencies of children who have experienced disruptions in care. The study utilized a within-subjects single cohort design and repeated measures over four times during intervention based on parent report. Participants consisted of 16 children recruited from three Title-1 elementary schools and two commun… more
Date: May 2025
Creator: Martinez, Amber-Lea Michelle Fiedler
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Does Where Applicants Graduate Matter? Examining the Relationship Between Individual Attributes, Institutional Characteristics, and Medical School Admissions

Description: This study investigates the relationship between undergraduate students’ individual attributes, their alma maters’ characteristics, and their likelihood of gaining admission to medical school in Texas. Unlike previous research that focused solely on individual applicant profiles, this study examines both the characteristics of pre-medical students and the attributes of their undergraduate institutions. It utilizes secondary applicant data from the Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Serv… more
Date: May 2025
Creator: Anderson, Shirley Yang
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Gestalt Play Therapy for Young Children with Trauma

Description: The current study is the first quantitative study investigating individual Gestalt play therapy, an intervention approach recognized by the Association for Play Therapy as a seminal and historically significant play therapy theory. This study explored the effectiveness of Gestalt play therapy with young children who had experienced at least one traumatic event on their behaviors and trauma symptoms. The study utilized an A-B-A single case research design (SCRD) in which measures were repeated t… more
Date: May 2025
Creator: Liu, Wen-Chen
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Exploring Counselors’ Lived Experiences of Expressive Arts in Practicum Clinical Supervision

Description: In this study a qualitative phenomenological approach was used to explore the lived experiences of counselors-in-training who participated in expressive arts activities as part of their practicum clinical supervision. Seven master’s level counselors-in-training shared their encounters with expressive arts in their practicum supervision. From the participants accounts six major themes with corresponding subthemes emerged: (a) the supervision process, (b) safety and vulnerability, (c) counselor d… more
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Date: December 2024
Creator: Walker, Madison Marie
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Identity Development of Afghan Refugee Women through Higher Education: Narratives of Enduring Struggles, Self-Authorship, and Humanization

Description: The purpose of the study is to better understand how Afghan refugee women develop their identities through their higher education experiences. The study design is a qualitative, narrative, collective case study. I applied Holland and Lave’s social practice theory of self and identity as the guiding theoretical framework. I focused on women who had fled Afghanistan when the Taliban took over because the ability to continue their higher education was a primary factor in their decision to flee. Th… more
Date: December 2024
Creator: Harold, Jill Suzanne
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Culturally Aware Mentorship Experiences in a Hispanic Serving and Tier 1 Institution’s Research Laboratories: A Single Case Study

Description: Broadening participation and creating inclusive environments for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) research is of critical importance. While strides have been in this regards, Latine undergraduate students continue to face barriers that hinder their entrance, engagement, and persistence in these fields. The purpose of this study was to explore the mentoring practices in a Hispanic serving institution’s STEMM research laboratories using the guiding concept of c… more
Date: December 2024
Creator: Javier, Damaris
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Reimagining Student Support Services through Blended Educational Experiences

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of higher education in the United States and caused institutions to rethink existing organizational structures and practices. Furthermore, the traditional aged students entering college along with the current students are accustomed to a digitally immersed world and expect their higher education experiences to mirror that digitally immersed world. Based on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes caused by technology, students are consuming… more
Date: December 2024
Creator: Gregerson, Neil Cassidy
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Cultural Humility, Cultural Comfort, and the Therapeutic Relationship in Play Therapy

Description: The current study is the first to explore the role of cultural humility, cultural comfort, and the therapeutic relationship in play therapy. Participants consisted of 69 parent-therapist dyads recruited from university clinics, private practices, and a non-profit counseling center in the southwestern United States. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire, Cultural Humility Scale, Therapist Cultural Comfort Scale, and Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory – Other to Self 40 (BLRI OS – 40)… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: Aguilar, Elizabeth
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Practical vs Liberal Arts: A Panel Analysis of Degree Type Awards at Regional Comprehensive Universities

Description: The goal of this research was to explore the relationship between the undergraduate degree profile (practical vs. liberal arts) and environmental factors (institutional and state level) at regional comprehensive universities (RCUs) from 2006-2020. Neoliberal policies have dominated the higher education environment for the last 40 years and this has increased the pressure on institutions. RCUs represent a subset of the higher education population that have historically been responsive to envir… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: McClendon, Mark Bradley
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Multiculturally and Historically Designed Child-Centered Play Therapy Rooms: A Comparison Study

Description: The primary goal of this pilot study was to compare the frequency of which children explore items, and engage in cultural conversations and verbalizations (COBV) in a multiculturally designed play therapy room (MCP) versus a historically recommended play therapy room (HRP). A quasi-experimental comparison group design was used to observe differences between the play therapy rooms. Participants consisted of 32 children with varying cultural identity makers, including age (M = 6.31, SD = 2), rac… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: Turner, Krystal K.
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South Asian Parents' Consonance with Play Therapy Attitudes: The Role of Acculturation, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Religiosity

Description: The current study examined levels of acculturation, help-seeking behaviors, and religiosity as predictors of South Asian parents' consonance with play therapy attitudes. Participants consisted of 80 South Asian parents living in the United States, who completed a survey consisting of a demographic questionnaire, the Dimensions of Asian American Acculturation and Enculturation Measure (DAAM), the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS), the Religious Attribution Sc… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: Godhwani, Tara Rao
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Impact of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy on Internalizing Behaviors in Children: A Meta-Analysis

Description: The present meta-analytic study examined the overall effectiveness of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) and child-parent relationship therapy (CPRT) for children experiencing internalizing problems. After conducting a comprehensive literature search and review, 25 studies published between 2000 and 2023 met the following inclusion criteria: (a) published and peer-reviewed; (b) used CCPT or CPRT as an intervention; (c) participants were ages 3 to 13 or parents of children ages 3 to 13; (d) stud… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Taylor, Jenna Leigh
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Westernization as Lingua Franca: Historical and Discursive Patterns of Hegemony in Global Higher Education

Description: Westernization as a historical process of universalizing western cultural and societal norms has, in terms of global education, evolved into a narrative of competition, resource-hoarding, erasure, and general accumulation of capital by the few. Universities and colleges are hubs for the production and reproduction of ideologies and ways of knowing that permeate the highest echelons of the global milieu and contribute to the creation of the global imaginary. The research questions that guided th… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Moore, Mallory Carson
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Generous Visionaries, Balanced Benefactors, & Lean Supporters: Exploring Foundation Giving in the Field of Higher Education Philanthropy in Texas

Description: This study explored foundation giving in the field of higher education philanthropy in Texas. Utilizing Fligstein and McAdam's conceptual framework, I found that a field-level analysis at the state level uncovered distinct profiles or groups of foundations hidden in the observed data over time. Texas was an interesting case because of its legal history preserving the state's wealth within its borders and its continuous economic growth sustaining philanthropic giving. Using latent profile analys… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Martin, Brittany Causey
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Schrödinger's Extension Center: Examining Institutional Characteristics Affecting the Closure of Off-Site Locations

Description: The primary purpose of this research was to examine institutional characteristics of four-year, public colleges and universities that closed off-site locations between 2012 and 2019 through the lens of resource dependence theory. As institutions attempt to maximize their available resources and make the best use of existing resources, there will inevitably be moments where an off-site location will come into question. Over the eight years of the study, the US Department of Education recorded th… more
Date: May 2024
Creator: Wear, Adam Nicholas
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