A comparison of alexithymia levels of male intimate partner abuse perpetrators and men from the general community

Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a significant social issue with diverse and complex risk factors. Recent attention, however, has been placed on the individual psychological and emotional factors associated with IPA, including deficits in the processing of emotions. The construct of alexithymia, which involves difficulties identifying and describing emotions, integrates some of these emotional deficits. Currently, no published research has examined the levels of alexithymia among Australian men who perpetrate IPA. The aim of the current study was to compare the alexithymia levels of IPA perpetrators (n = 31) with those of men from the general community (n = 34) using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. IPA perpetrators were recruited from IPA intervention programs run by various organisations in Western Australia. The results showed that IPA perpetrators had significantly higher levels of alexithymia than community sample men. However, it was found that IPA perpetrators only scored higher than community men on subscales which measure difficulties identifying and difficulties describing emotions; the groups did not differ on the subscale which measures externally oriented thinking style. A post hoc analysis was then conducted comparing alexithymia scores of IPA perpetrators with incarcerated violent and non-violent offenders, which found that IPA perpetrators scored significantly lower than incarcerated offenders on externally oriented thinking style; no other differences were significant. The findings of this thesis suggest that alexithymia levels, particularly difficulties recognising and verbalising emotions, are higher among IPA perpetrators than the general community, and that these deficits may play an important role in IPA perpetratio

The Impact Of Spiritual Maturity On Clinical Mental Health Counseling Students\u27 Intentions To Engage In Social Justice Advocacy

The ACA Code of Ethics (2014) provides a set of professional values which frequently exceeds law in an effort to ensure that clients are protected. As such, The ACA Code of Ethics (2014) states, “counselors are aware of-and avoid imposing- their own values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors” (section A.4.b). However, legal cases pertaining to conflict between personal values and professional values when counselors fail to bracket personal values has been on the rise within the counseling profession. Counselors have the professional obligation to protect and advocate for clients’ rights through social justice advocacy which can occur at individual, group, institutional and societal levels. The impetus to engage in social justice may arise from a number of circumstances but an individual’s spiritual life may prove to be a motivating factor that encourages individuals to engage in advocacy efforts. Fowler (1981) hypothesized that as individuals mature spiritually, their outlook turns from an inward perspective to an outward perspective which motivates them to promote the welfare of others. However, little is known about the role spiritual maturity plays in promoting advocacy efforts in clinical mental health students. The present study seeks to gain a better understanding of the role of spirituality and how spiritual maturity impacts clinical mental health students’ intentions to engage in social justice advocacy. Results indicate that spiritual maturity does impact the role of clinical mental health students’ intentions to engage in social justice advocacy. Findings revealed that a positive relationship exists between individuals in the growth-oriented category of spiritual maturity and their intent to engage in social justice advocacy whereas, a significant negative correlation exists for individuals in the dogmatic and underdeveloped categories of spiritual maturity. Implications from this study are intended to aid counselor educators as they incorporate multicultural competencies into the classroom and for counselors in training as they identify personal values and begin to take steps to bracket their personal values while upholding professional mandates

Mechanics Of Colloidal Assemblies

Amorphous solids -- solids that lack long-range order of their constituent particles -- are common in both nature and industry. Window glass, dense polymers, and food grains are three examples of amorphous solids familiar to us. In many amorphous solids, shear banding -- plastic deformation in which strain is accumulated in a thin band of the material -- is common. Consequently, many amorphous solids are brittle, a trait which has limited the technological adoption of otherwise promising materials such as metallic glasses. Therefore, a fundamental understanding of shear banding -- i.e., the progression from particle level plastic events to a macroscopic shear band, identification of the sites in the material from which shear banding is most likely to originate, the effect of structural modifications on shear banding, and mechanisms that arrest shear band operation before failure -- is crucial for predicting failure and engineering ductility in amorphous materials. This dissertation describes efforts to illuminate elements of plasticity in amorphous solids using model systems of colloidal particles. The bulk of the results focuses on colloidal pillars subjected to uniaxial compression. Results from instrumented compression experiments reveal that the pillars exhibit a scaling of strength with stiffness that is similar to the scaling found in metallic glasses, which we interpret in the context of the energetics and kinematics of a critical shear band nucleus. In 4D \emph{in-situ} compression experiments we are able to observe the microscopic evolution of a shear band and the associated mechanical response in and around the shear band. The results from this experiment lend credence to the interpretation of shear banding as localized, anisotropic glass transition. In addition to the pillar geometry, we perform confined compression experiments on a confined colloidal glass to investigate the structural fingerprints of the particles that are most likely to rearrange in an amorphous solid. The results from these experiments are interpreted in the context of a recently introduced machine-learning based approach to the identification of particles most susceptible to rearrangement termed softness . We report preliminary application of softness to the shear banding pillars

Management of Tennessee soils

Soil management involves the use of proven practices which aid in the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility and crop yields. There is a distinction between soil management and farm management. Farm management includes the handling, manipulation and integration of all the farm enterprises. Thus crop management, pasture management, and livestock management as well as soil management are a part of the problems involved in managing a farm. Certain practices such as tillage and fertilization may be considered as both crop management practices and soil management practices

Social Identity and Preferences

Social identities prescribe behaviors for people. We identify the marginal behavioral effect of these norms on discount rates and risk aversion by measuring how laboratory subjects’ choices change when an aspect of social identity is made salient. When we make ethnic identity salient to Asian-American subjects, they make more patient choices. When we make racial identity salient to black subjects, non-immigrant blacks (but not immigrant blacks) make more patient choices. Making gender identity salient has no effect on intertemporal or risk choices.

Method of treating fescue toxicosis with domperidone

A novel method for using domperidone, a dopamine receptor antagonist, for treating fescue toxicosis in animals is provided. Fescue toxicosis is caused by animals grazing on endophyte-infected fescue grass. Treatment of the animal with various dosages of domperidone results in effective management of the toxin. The domperidone treatments do not cause any substantial adverse behavioral or neurological side effects in the animal. Domperidone is a more effective treatment for fescue toxicosis than previously-known agents such a metoclopramide and sulpiride

JLFT 007 James T Strickland 11-18-1996

Acc #: 328; JLFT 007 In this recording, Judge James T. Strickland is interviewed by John Beebee to discuss John LeFlore and the Civil Rights Movement in Mobile, Alabama. The interview begins with Judge Strickland discussing how he became a judge in 1965, and how his career advanced from there. He describes John LeFlore’s leadership qualities and his work with the Non-Partisan Voters League, and contrasts him with other civil rights leaders. Judge Strickland offers his own reflections on the legacy of John LeFlore, and the things that people should remember about him

Multi-Client Lobbying in the American States

Multi-client lobbyists are individuals authorized to represent two or more distinct interests during legislative sessions. Over the past three decades, interest groups in the United States have increasingly come to rely on these lobbyists for representation. In 1989, nearly 57 percent of the 26,998 interest groups in the U.S. states employed at least one multi-client lobbyist. By 2011, nearly 81 percent of the 54,320 clients hired at least one. Moreover, the average number of multi-client lobbyists hired per client increased from 1.26 to 2.56. There was a corresponding decrease in the hiring of single-client lobbyists as well. I examine how lobby laws and legislative institutions affect multi-client lobbying in the American states. To date, no study has sought to measure multi-client lobbying directly, and no one has tested explanations for why interest groups hire different kinds of advocates in different states. I address both these gaps in our understanding of interest mobilization. I rely on an original data set compiled from all U.S. states and multiple decades to measure and explain how often groups hire multi-client lobbyists. My findings have implications for how lobby laws and legislative assemblies might be reformed to improve the representation of diverse interest groups. Related reforms have changed how interests get represented in the state capitols. I approach multi-client lobbying from three different perspectives. I first argue that multi-client lobbying within U.S. states can be measured by comparing totals of unique lobbyist-client dyads to totals of unique lobbyists and clients. I then find that multi-client lobbying is more prevalent in states with more registration criteria, but that reporting requirements dampen this positive correlation. Multi-client advocacy became more prevalent in legislatures that became more competitive along partisan lines and where members were provided more staff support over time. In addition, the imposition of term limits reduced overall numbers of lobbyists hired, but did not affect rates of multi-client lobbying. In order to determine which kinds of groups are most likely to hire multi-client agents, I measure multi-client lobbying at the level of individual interest groups. I argue that public interest groups are less likely to hire multi-client lobbyists than private interests due to economic and membership-related reasons. Public interests advocate for the state provision of public goods. Unlike private interests such as business corporations, public interests seek to maintain a constant lobby presence. It is more efficient for them to hire in-house, single-client lobbyists on a salaried basis. Moreover, dues-paying members derive more purposive benefit from giving to such in-house lobby enterprises. I find that public interests prefer single-client advocates, even after controlling for total lobbyists hired, and an array of lobby laws and institutional variables. I then examine sources of multi-client lobbying by exploring the backgrounds of lobbyists. States legislatures produce different numbers of former lawmakers who became revolving-door lobbyists. While legislative turnover produces more former lawmakers, it also reduces their value as lobbyists. As incumbent legislators are replaced by new ones, the existing relationships and knowledge that former lawmakers have lose value. As a result, proportionately fewer former lawmakers become lobbyists in states with high turnover. Cooling-off laws dampen totals of revolving-door lobbyists as well. Nevertheless, former legislators tend to represent multiple interest groups, thereby partly explaining rates of multi-client advocacy.PHDPolitical ScienceUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150049/1/strickl_1.pd