The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of
three Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmate groups -
Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans - towards the Activities
Programs as a rehabilitative tool. Two other purposes
were to (1) determine significant differences among group
attitudes, and (2) determine the degree...
The primary focus of this study was to determine the competencies
required to manage an athletic club. Also, the intention was to
determine if differences existed in required competencies between
managing varying sizes of clubs: namely, mini, maxi, and super; and to
identify course content areas for purposes of developing...
The purpose of the study was to compare differences among 18 personality
trait scales of the California Personality Inventory (CPI), six American Association of
Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) tests of physical fitness, and
Ponderal Index (PI, or body mass) measurements for a population of ethnic Chinese
and aboriginal...
The purposes of this study were to (a) outline a three-stage
methodology combining functional/conceptual
equivalence, item equivalence, and equivalence in construct
operationalization to investigate the cross-cultural
validity of psychological test instruments, and (b) to
examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the Physical
Estimation and Attraction Scale (Sonstroem, 1978) for
English-speaking and...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of participation in physical fitness programs on the self-perceived level of job performance of Oregon public
university employees. A volunteer sample of 344 fulltime public university employees responded to the specifically designed questionnaire. Job performance was measured by job satisfaction,...
Taiwan separated from China as the result of the 1949 political upheaval between Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist Government and Mao Tse-Tung's Communists Party which concluded
with the Chinese Communist take over of mainland China and the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Since then, Taiwan, ROC and the PRC have...