John Carroll University

About: John Carroll University is a education organization based out in University Heights, Ohio, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Literacy. The organization has 977 authors who have published 1870 publications receiving 40072 citations. The organization is also known as: JCU & John Caroll University.

Managing distrust in intractable conflicts

Abstract: Distrust can initiate and sustain intractable Conflicts. We discuss the origins and development of distrust, and elaborate on functional versus dysfunctional distrust and the levels of distrust in relationships. We use this foundation to develop a series of practical steps to manage distrust more effectively so that intractable Conflicts can be transformed to be more amenable to resolution.

Stage of Sexual Minority Identity Formation: The Impact of Shame, Internalized Homophobia, Ambivalence Over Emotional Expression, and Personal Mastery

Abstract: Literature on sexual minorities has focused on characteristics regarding the developmental process of sexual identity formation, with little agreement as to underlying constructs. The present study (N = 855) used an online survey to investigate Cass's (1984) theoretical model of stages of identity formation to explore shame and associated variables of internalized homophobia, ambivalence over emotional expression, and personal mastery across stages of identity development in order to clarify relationships among these variables. Findings offer partial support of Cass's stage model of sexual minority identity development as a process of differential stage progression and suggest that the relationships between shame, internalized homophobia, ambivalence over emotional expression and personal mastery are significant in understanding identity stage development. Applications to psychotherapy are discussed.

Osteology and skeletal development of Phyllomedusa vaillanti (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) and a comparison of this arboreal species with a terrestrial member of the genus.

Abstract: Few descriptions of skeletal development and morphology exist for neobatrachians, despite their abundance and diversity. Herein, the adult morphologies of Phyllomedusa vaillanti and P. atelopoides are described and compared and the ontogeny of the larval skeleton of P. vaillanti is described and compared with those of Hyla lanciformis (the only hylid for which a detailed cranial and postcranial osteological ontogenesis has been described) and P. trinitatis (the only other member of this genus for which the larval skeleton has been described). These descriptions and comparisons are made on the basis of cleared and double-stained, dry skeletal, and alcohol-preserved specimens. In P. vaillanti, the first elements that ossify are the neural arches of the presacral vertebrae (Gosner Stage 34), followed by the parasphenoid, occipital condyles, exoccipitals, and prootics at Stage 38; many elements of the postcranial skeleton ossify contemporaneously with the first cranial elements. Major modifications of the chondrocranium begin at Stage 44. In adults, the skulls of P. vaillanti and P. atelopoides do not seem atypical of hylid frogs, and their elements are gracile and unornamented. Although P. atelopoides is a terrestrial species, the morphology of its hands and feet does not seem to differ dramatically from that of other phyllomedusines, which are arboreal; however, the relative lengths of the appendages and vertebral column are shorter and more robust than those of all other Phyllomedusa.