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The Adolescent Brain:
A Theoretical Exploration of Adolescence as a Second Critical Period - Deborah A. Harkin
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Infancy has long been recognized as the critical period for brain development (Schore, 1994; Siegel, 1999). Recent discoveries of complex changes within the adolescent brain challenge this assumption and offer potential new insight into adolescent behavior (Giedd et al., 1999). Read More… |
Compassion Fatigue:
A Heuristic Study of Somtaic Psychotherapists Treating Traumatized Clients - Susanne Babbel |
This study explores the experience and practice of somatic psychotherapists treating traumatized clients, including their experience of compassion fatigue and their strategies for coping with it. Read More… |
An Exploration Into the Vanishing Twin Syndrome
and Its Possible Psychological Influence on the Surviving Twin:
A Phenomenological Analysis of the Behaviors of a Three-Year-Old During Therapy - Nancy Greenfield |
This qualitative inquiry explored a form of early gestational twin loss known as the vanishing twin or lost twin syndrome. It looked at the possible influence that this experience might have on the surviving twin. Read More… |
Primiparas’ Expectations of Childbirth: The Impact of Consciousness - Susan Lynn Highsmith |
| This study extends the research conducted among primiparas (women pregnant for the first time) by examining their expectations of childbirth in light of current scientific understandings of consciousness. Read more... |
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An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Neurofeedback on the Flow, Anxiety, and Performance of a Highly Ranked Golfer: A Case Study - Kenedy Singer |
| This study examined the effect of neurofeedback on flow, anxiety, and performance in a highly ranked golfer. It was hypothesized that as a result of the golfer receiving 20 neuorofeedback sessions, the golfer would experience increased flow, decreased state and trait anxiety, and improved performance. Read More... |
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Prenatal and Perinatal Memories in Preverbal Children: Clinical Observations Using Videotape Examination
Tara Maria A. Blasco Jauregui |
| The investigation of prenatal and perinatal memories in preverbal children has been overlooked in psychological research. In this study, I explored the degree to which trained observers could accurately identify preverbal children’s prenatal and perinatal experiences based on the children’s behavior in a therapeutic setting. Read More... |
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The Alchemical Dance of Mother and Infant:
A Blueprint for Co-Creative Dyadic Unity during the Prenatal and Perinatal Period
Becky Hicks |
| This theoretical dissertation proposes a unifying dance metaphor “pre-perinatal maternal-infant alchemical dance” from ancient and multidisciplinary sources. It uses a unifying dance metaphor to provide a new psychological term, describing the postulated first organizing co-creative relational dynamics between mother and infant. Read More... |
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Mothering Wholeness: Two Women’s Experiences of Mothering Through the Lens of An Emerging New Paradigm
Carrie A. Contey |
| Evidence informing a new model of human development is coming out of the field of prenatal and perinatal psychology. Prenatal and perinatal psychology is a multidisciplinary field that looks at how our earliest experiences, from conception through the first few years after birth, influence and shape our lives. Read More... |
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Exclusive Breastfeeding: Does the Provision of Formula in the
Hospital Affect Breastfeeding Duration
and Transition ?
Heather Nicole (Koenig) Thomsen |
The purpose of this research was to address the question, Does the provision of formula in the hospital (immediately following parturition) decrease breastfeeding rates at 1-month post–hospital discharge? Read More…
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