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Haoyi Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation adds to the economic study of gun and marijuana laws. Chapter 1 studies the impact of stand your ground laws (SYGs) on traffic fatalities. Chapter 2 investigates the effects of campus concealed carry laws (CCCs) on higher education outcomes. Chapter 3 looks at the impact of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on youth crimes. The first…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Weapons, Laws, Traffic Safety
Barnum, Timothy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While studies have shown a consistent association between athlete status and risk-taking behavior (RTB), comparatively little is known about the mechanisms that potentially account for the influence of athletic participation on RTBs. The current study tests a theoretical model linking sensation seeking to RTBs through the perception of risk and…
Descriptors: Risk, Athletes, Rewards, College Athletics
Carter, Benjamin Hammond – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains the subject of intense investigation. The DSM three-factor conceptualization of PTSD has not been empirically supported; rather, two four-factor models of PTSD (King, Leskin, King, & Weathers, 1998; Simms, Watson, & Doebbeling, 2002) have garnered the majority of support…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)