The aim of this study was to determine whether
counselors in training chose various specialties due to
their level of self-concept, counseling style, and
gender. It was hypothesized that there would be a
significant difference in self-concepts, counseling
styles, and gender between individuals who chose family
counseling and those who...
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...
This study was an investigation to determine the instructional
media competencies that inservice teachers of secondary education
teaching disciplines recommend for pre-service teachers in their
discipline.
A literature review focused on four main questions:
1. What historical events mark the development of the field
of instructional media?
2. What are...
The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the
human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my
own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's
whirlwind of fate?"
Each view is...
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) provide disadvantaged youth
jobs and employment experiences. These federally funded programs meet a practical
need to help adolescents earn money and have positive summer activities. In addition,
federal administrators have implemented program requirements designed to give youth
relevant training for future employment.
One federal requirement...
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...
This study assessed social, family, and personal resources
available to individuals in a financial crisis situation utilizing
mailed questionnaires. The sample consisted of 74 subjects in two
groups: (1) individuals in a financial crisis situation, identified
by their participation in a Consumer Credit Counseling Service program
and referred to in...
The study of preschool children's peer relations has
primarily employed sociometric interviews and observations
of children's social participation during free-play
situations as methods of assessment. These assessments of
peer relations have traditionally demonstrated lack of fit
between attitude (as measured by sociometry) and behavior
(observation of social participation). Often, sociometric...
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...
Using data from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households,
this study compared time children of single mothers (n = 717) and fathers (n = 78)
spent on housework. Housework takes time and many parents combine it with
employment and child rearing. Characteristics of families headed by single mothers...
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...
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-esteem inventory
for Thai college women. Research questions included whether or not the developed
inventory proved to be unidimensional or multidimensional and, if the
latter proved to be the case, how many dimensions underlie the construct. The
item pool...
The increasing elderly population is creating a
greater need for care providers. Research indicates that
while caregiving can be rewarding, it can also generate
stress which, in turn, impacts individual well-being.
Social support, however, may foster the well-being of
persons who are experiencing stressful events.
The purpose of this study...
Stressful events of both major and minor magnitude in
the lives of children and adolescents are significantly
related to emotional and behavioral problems (Compas, 1987a;
Johnson, 1986). It is also apparent, however, that this
relationship is complicated and that individuals vary greatly
in their responses to stress. The purpose of...
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...
This follow-up study investigated the effect of a systems-oriented graduate
training program upon system thinking among practitioners who had completed training,
using a post-test only, treatment-comparison group design. The subjects consisted of
practitioners matriculated through two counselor-related programs at a medium-sized
college in the Northwest during the years 1985-1991. A...
The importance of role-taking skills in the social development of
children has been well documented. Further, it has been shown that
children's development of role-taking skills is dependent upon the
quantity and quality of social interactions which require the
consideration of alternative perspectives. Given recent evidence of
the importance of...
There has been much interest generated recently
regarding the nature and cause of dating violence. The
purpose of this study was to determine what factors affected
individuals' attitudes toward dating violence. A sample of
403 college volunteers completed questionnaires which were
designed to assess their attitudes toward abuse as it...