Abstract. This study investigates the impact of revealing the changes in daily residential energy consumption of individual households on their respective house façades. While energy feedback devices are now commercially available, still little is known about the potential of making such private information publicly available in order to encourage various forms of social involvement, such as peer pressure or healthy competition. This paper reports on the design rationale of a custom-made chalkboard that conveys different visualizations of household energy consumption, which were updated daily by hand. An in-situ, between-subject study was conducted during which the effects of such a public display were compared with two different control groups over a total period of 7 weeks. The competitive aspects of the public display led to more sustained behavior change and more effective energy conservation, as some graphical depictions such as a historical line graph raised awareness about consumption behavior, and the public character of the display prompted discussions in the wider community. The paper concludes with several considerations for the design of public displays, and of household energy consumption in particular.

The present study tested the gender minority stress and resilience model in a transgender and nonbinary sample. The outcome of interest was posttraumatic growth (PTG). A total of 292 people who identified as transgender and/or nonbinary completed an online survey including measures of distal stressors, proximal stressors, resilience factors, and PTG. The present study supported two primary results: (a) there were indirect associations between distal stressors and PTG via internalized transphobia and negative expectations about the future, but not nondisclosure of identity, and (b) resilience factors were related to PTG independent of distal and proximal stressors. Although the results were consistent with components of the gender minority stress and resilience model, some aspects of the model were not supported, particularly the hypothesized roles of nondisclosure of identity and resilience. Thus, further research is needed to investigate and articulate the complex relationships between distal stress, proximal stress, resilience, and growth-based outcomes. Public Significance StatementViolence, discrimination, and stigma negatively impact the mental health of individuals who identify as transgender and/or nonbinary via an increase in negative thoughts about themselves and their future. Strategies that enhance resiliency, such as community building, may be particularly promising avenues to promote posttraumatic growth within the transgender and nonbinary community.

This chapter discusses five key elements of the practice of relationship building in veterinary practice: (1) learning about each other; (2) meeting each other's needs; (3) identifying each other's changing perspectives and preferences and being ready to adapt; (4) putting things right as quickly as possible when things go wrong; and (5) ending the relationship graciously if things cannot be put right.

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