Sara Staat
Biographic Data
| ID | 78676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Staat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Staat |
| SIGNATURE | STAAT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8163-4627 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Introduction to Special Issue on Increasing Participation in Higher Education STEM Programs
This special issue highlights the work of several higher education practitioner–scholars who describe their approaches to facilitating participation in STEM courses and programs. Writing from the standpoint of chemistry, mathematics, and ecology in publicly supported universities, the authors discuss their pedagogical or curricular choices with reference to the broader structures and systemic considerations that sometimes limit and sometimes enab…
The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale
Commitment to pets is introduced and defined. Commitment to pets overlaps the construct of attachment to pets but adds to our developing understanding of the human-animal bond. Commitment is operationalized as a resolve to keep a pet in spite of challenges that require expenditures of personal resources. The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale measures commitment, has high internal consistency, demonstrates construct validity, and correlates wit…
Student well-being: Are they better off now
Hoping for the Best: The Future Time Perspective
Empirical research on hope, expected effect and future time perspectives has employed a variety of different time frames. This research note contends that the effect of these time frames, frequently established by temporal instructions, merits further investigation. The present research compares four sets of time frame instructions with college students in the mid-west of the USA. Results indicate a significant increase of hope across the three s…
Discriminating positive and negative aspects of pet interaction: Sex differences in the older population
Hope and happiness: A comparison of some discrepancies
Hope: An affective cognition
Hope: An affective cognition
The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale
Commitment to pets is introduced and defined. Commitment to pets overlaps the construct of attachment to pets but adds to our developing understanding of the human-animal bond. Commitment is operationalized as a resolve to keep a pet in spite of challenges that require expenditures of personal resources. The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale measures commitment, has high internal consistency, demonstrates construct validity, and correlates wit…
Discriminating positive and negative aspects of pet interaction: Sex differences in the older population
Student well-being: Are they better off now
Hope and happiness: A comparison of some discrepancies
Hope: An affective cognition
Hope and happiness: A comparison of some discrepancies
Discriminating positive and negative aspects of pet interaction: Sex differences in the older population
Hoping for the Best: The Future Time Perspective
Empirical research on hope, expected effect and future time perspectives has employed a variety of different time frames. This research note contends that the effect of these time frames, frequently established by temporal instructions, merits further investigation. The present research compares four sets of time frame instructions with college students in the mid-west of the USA. Results indicate a significant increase of hope across the three s…
Student well-being: Are they better off now
The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale
Commitment to pets is introduced and defined. Commitment to pets overlaps the construct of attachment to pets but adds to our developing understanding of the human-animal bond. Commitment is operationalized as a resolve to keep a pet in spite of challenges that require expenditures of personal resources. The Miller-Rada Commitment to Pets Scale measures commitment, has high internal consistency, demonstrates construct validity, and correlates wit…
Introduction to Special Issue on Increasing Participation in Higher Education STEM Programs
This special issue highlights the work of several higher education practitioner–scholars who describe their approaches to facilitating participation in STEM courses and programs. Writing from the standpoint of chemistry, mathematics, and ecology in publicly supported universities, the authors discuss their pedagogical or curricular choices with reference to the broader structures and systemic considerations that sometimes limit and sometimes enab…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (4 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Happiness (3 works) · Public health (3 works)