We explored online dissertation chairs’ perceptions of trust in the mentor—mentee relationship, as trust was identified as a crucial factor in the success of doctoral students. Through the implementation of a multiple-case study, and a qualitative, online questionnaire, and through qualitative data analysis, we discovered 16 chairs’ perceptions of trust and that student vulnerability is an important part of the relationship that chairs consistently work to alleviate. Findings point to the importance for chairs to establish trust through feedback, consistency, and personal connections with students. Second, chairs perceived student vulnerability to include both students’ discussion of their academic skills (or lack thereof) and their willingness to share personal information. Chairs were very resourceful in enacting strategies to alleviate all types of student vulnerability, including recognizing student strengths and pointing to the positives of vulnerability and by offering scholarly resources for students to develop their academic strengths.
The goal of the this study was to track and assess children's health status in Nevada and build relationships between researchers and school districts through the collection of mutually beneficial health data at a local level. All elementary schools in Nevada were sent a health survey for parents of kindergarten students to complete. A total of 3,628 surveys were received with usable height and weight needed to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI). African American and Hispanic children had significantly higher BMI scores compared to Caucasian and Asian/Pacific Islander children, regardless of income. Children who had diabetes or mental health concerns also had significantly higher mean BMIs compared to children without these health concerns. Overall staff within the school districts felt that this surveillance system should be continued as data from this study provided important information subsequently used to guide programming and when applying for grants. Our children's welfare depends on community collaboration to create and implement data-driven initiatives to combat childhood obesity.
Most minors have unrestricted access to the Internet, which, along with educational content, contains deleterious content not appropriate for minors. A system of warnings targeting minors on the Internet was developed and tested. The present study examined selected icons in combination with signal words, color, and warning messages. Three hundred and fifty-three adults and ten children participated in the study. Five most effective icons from a previous study were paired with signal words (STOP and WARNING) printed in black and red, along with warning messages, ranging in severity and explicitness. Results indicated that the signal word STOP was rated higher overall than WARNING, red was rated higher than black, and ratings for warning messages increased as the message explicitness and severity increased across a range of dependent variables including understandability and carefulness. A four-way icon x color x signal word x warning message interaction was found. Implications for warning design are discussed.
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