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  • A study of the relationship of self-concept to attitudes, activity levels, and demographic variables among the long-term spinal cord-injured

    Creator:
    Green, Brian C.
    Abstract:
    National statistics indicate that over ten thousand persons each year become disabled from spinal cord-injury. The need for research in this area is evident. The objectives of this study were: 1. To determine any relationship between selected attitudes and activity levels with self-concept; 2. To identify certain demographic variables that...
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    Dissertation
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    SPINALnCORD-INJURED. Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Tom E. Grigsby -1 d National statistics

  • Attitudes of nurses toward cancer and the cancer patient

    Creator:
    Mischke, Karen Blomquist
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    One forty-item questionnaire (Cancer Nursing Outreach Program Evaluation Tool) and one twenty-item questionnaire (Cancer Attitude Survey) were submitted to a randomly selected population of 200 employed associate, diploma and baccalaureate degree nurses distributed among numerous practice settings in the State of Oregon. Data were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (fixed...
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    Dissertation
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    Departmen_ _ _ducation Redacted for Privacy Dean of Date thesis is presented July 5, 1983 Typed by Janet

  • Dress and acculturation : clothing transitions of the Mien

    Creator:
    Hoffman, Elizabeth Lee
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    The Mien are recent United States immigrants from Laos. They left Southeast Asia at a time of great political upheaval. Because of their close ties with United States governmental operations during the Southeast Asian war, conditions for Mien in Laos made flight imperative as Pathet Lao forces now control the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for Privacy Dean of Gradu e School Date thesis is presented October 25, 1982 Typed by Mary J

  • Perception of clothing clues by five-, nine-, and thirteen-year-olds

    Creator:
    Butzer, Peggy A.
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    The significance of dress in a first encounter situation has been demonstrated empirically: clothing serves as a vehicle for communicating information from one person to another. Thus, it is influential in affecting the formation of first impressions. This study was undertaken to explore the elements of dress that are most...
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    -, Nine-, and Thirteen- Year-Olds Abstract Approved: Redacted for privacy Ruth E. Gates The

  • Sociability, constraints, network involvement, and the self-esteem of older women

    Creator:
    Ames, Sheila A. (Sheila Ann)
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    The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop an explanatory model of self-esteem and to interpret the model using the Social Exchange framework. To this end, a main effects and an interaction model emerged which offer promise toward understanding the components of self-esteem. This study examined 325 individual...
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    INVOLVEMENT, AND THE SELF-ESTEEM OF OLDER WOMEN // Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy \Arthur E

  • Factors related to the use of pediatricians as resources for child behavior problems

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    Jones, Laura Lynn
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    All parents experience some problems with their children and may look to various parenting resources for guidance and reassurance (Stoltz, 1967). The literature on the problems parents experience, including tantrums, bedwetting, whining/crying, has not comprehensively explored the range and co-occurrence of child behavior problems across all ages (Kanoy and Schroeder,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    privacy Dean of Grad/ :e School' a Date thesis is presented April 30, 1987 Typed by researcher for

  • Comparison of fractionated reaction time between cerebral palsied and non-handicapped youth

    Creator:
    Parks, Susan T.
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    The purpose of this research was to study the effects of cerebral palsy on the ability to plan and execute a gross motor movement, as measured by the fractionation of Simple Reaction Time (SRT) into its premotor (central) and motor (peripheral) components. The experimental task required subjects (N = 10...
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    Dissertation
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    Education Redacted for privacy w-. Dean of Schi5o1 of Education Redacted for privacy Dean of Grad le

  • Fathers' perceptions of their role and interest in parent education

    Creator:
    Van Elswyk, Brent Alan
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    The major purposes of this study were to describe paternal attitudes toward fathering and parent education and to then explore the relationships among these attitudes and interests. Specifically, the study attempted to relate traditional/developmental attitudes of fathers to: (1) expressed interests in knowing more about child rearing; (2) willingness to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Departure of Family Life Redacted for Privacy Dean of Graduate School Date thesis is presented May 5

  • Factors contributing to violence in dating relationships

    Creator:
    Emery, Beth C.
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    Until recently the study of premarital abuse has received relatively little attention from researchers. Those studies which have been concerned with this phenomenon reveal that approximately 22% of their college samples reported involvement in abusive dating relationships, indicating that there is a need for further study in this area. The...
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    Redacted for privacy (7 Dean of Graduate ocil Date thesis is presented September 1, 1983 Typed by

  • An empirical study of the possible relationship between adult perception of parents and expressed self-concept

    Creator:
    Singer, Daniel Jay.
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    This study examined the possible relationship that perception of parents has in determining the self-concept of the adult offspring. The literature search revealed that there has been a lack of studies regarding the adult offspring's perception of parents. Furthermore, until this study, no instrument that measures the adult offspring's perception...
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    for Privacy 0 Dean of Gra ate Schooll Date Thesis is Presented March 14, 1984 Typed by Marti Lennon