River Atlas

Please note: creative writing theses are permanently embargoed in OpenBU. No public access is forecasted for these. To request private access, please click on the lock icon and filled out the appropriate web form.River Atlas is a collection of 35 poems, divided into three untitled sections, that explore the human experience through lenses of travel, geography, interpersonal relationships, memory, and nostalgia. In other words, these poems—some lyric, some narrative—are concerned with attachments to people, places, and times. Special attention is paid to the adventures and limitations of youth.2999-01-01T00:00:00

Personality Traits and Mental Health Care Utilization: Longitudinal Findings from the MIDUS

This study investigated the associations between changes in mental health care utilization (MHCU), as measured by three types of mental health care, and changes in the Big Five personality traits over a 20-year period. Data included three waves of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study, allowing for estimation of personality and MHCU in 4,658 adult participants, of which 1,632 provided data at all three time points. We used second-order latent growth curve models