Emma Sower
Biographic Data
| ID | 5986601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Sower |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Sower |
| SIGNATURE | SOWER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Palo Alto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5522-7921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gun attitudes and opinions of self‐defense laws among college students
By 2024, 35 states had adopted self‐defense laws, ranging from modified stand your ground (SYG) laws to expanding castle doctrine (CD) to apply beyond the home. Although these laws were intended to protect communities, states with these laws have higher firearm homicide rates. By surveying emerging adults, the current study examines how gun attitudes influence support for self‐defense laws, such as CD and SYG. Participants were 444 students at a …
Teaching Equitable Couples Counseling
We adapted previous descriptions on couples counseling experiential learning practices to an online classroom in counselor education. Specifically, we utilized two doctoral teaching assistants in a quarter-long couple role-play scenario and incorporated reflecting and co-counseling teams. The adapted strategies included attention to sociocultural aspects that addressed working with a queer couple among other salient identities. We offer the stren…
Public perceptions of castle doctrine and stand your ground cases
Introduction Stand your ground (SYG) and castle doctrine (CD) laws are presently growing throughout the United States. The present study aims to better understand public perceptions of SYG and CD cases and demographic factors that influence judicial decision making. Methods Participants were 204 adults who were randomly assigned one of four vignettes that depicted a CD or SYG scenario and varied by defendant demographics. After reading the vignet…
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Public perceptions of castle doctrine and stand your ground cases
Introduction Stand your ground (SYG) and castle doctrine (CD) laws are presently growing throughout the United States. The present study aims to better understand public perceptions of SYG and CD cases and demographic factors that influence judicial decision making. Methods Participants were 204 adults who were randomly assigned one of four vignettes that depicted a CD or SYG scenario and varied by defendant demographics. After reading the vignet…
Teaching Equitable Couples Counseling
We adapted previous descriptions on couples counseling experiential learning practices to an online classroom in counselor education. Specifically, we utilized two doctoral teaching assistants in a quarter-long couple role-play scenario and incorporated reflecting and co-counseling teams. The adapted strategies included attention to sociocultural aspects that addressed working with a queer couple among other salient identities. We offer the stren…
Gun attitudes and opinions of self‐defense laws among college students
By 2024, 35 states had adopted self‐defense laws, ranging from modified stand your ground (SYG) laws to expanding castle doctrine (CD) to apply beyond the home. Although these laws were intended to protect communities, states with these laws have higher firearm homicide rates. By surveying emerging adults, the current study examines how gun attitudes influence support for self‐defense laws, such as CD and SYG. Participants were 444 students at a …
Doctrine (2 works) · Homicide (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Coaching Methods and Impact (1 work) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (1 work) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 work) · Counselor education (1 work) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 work)