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  • Preschool children's motor development and perceived competence

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    Boucher, Barbara H.
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    This study compared the effects of two conditions on the motor development of preschool children and investigated the relationship between preschool children's motor development and perceived competence. Specifically, it provided information for discerning: a) the relative effects of a sensory-motor condition and an unstructured activities condition on the motor development...
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    competence AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Barbara H. Boucher for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • 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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    for privacy Anisa M. ZvonkovW All parents experience some problems with their children and may look

  • Knowledge and attitudes about genital herpes and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among future teachers

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    Mix, Katherine A.
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    This study measured knowledge and attitudes about genital herpes and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in a sample of future teachers from the College of Education at Oregon State University. The objectives of the study were 1) to determine if students possess accurate knowledge about the two diseases; 2)...
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    Privacy 0 Margaret M. Smith This study measured knowledge and attitudes about genital herpes and human

  • Parenting behaviors : a content analysis of TV family situation comedies

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    Bundy, Kaarre A.
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    Parent-characters in televised family programs set examples for viewers who may re-enact their behaviors with real children. This study attempts to determine how much "desirable" and "undesirable" behavior is modeled on these shows, and whether the behaviors are coupled with responses that might encourage or discourage viewer adoption of the...
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    behaviors were rewarded, while 35% of the beneficial behaviors and 62% of the detrimental behaviors were

  • The divorce process : toward a typology of marital dissolution

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    Ponzetti, James Joseph
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    The purpose of the present study was to describe the process of marital dissolution. This description entailed collecting information about the process itself and then typologizing divorces on the basis of their trajectories to dissolution. One hundred and seven divorced individuals were interviewed. This interview consisted of three parts. First,...
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    : Toward a Typology of Marital Dissolution Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: ctO9ty, M. Cate The

  • The interrelatedness of sexual intimacy and relationship development

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    Christopher, F. Scott
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    Fifty-four premarital couples were interviewed in an attempt to: (a) delineate pathways of premarital involvement; (b) investigate differences in the relationships of individuals who follow different pathways; and (c) examine which background variables predispose individuals to follow a specific pathway. Four sexual pathway types were established using a cluster analytic...
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    Sexual Intimacy Scores 62 Table 4. Regression of Relationship Dimensions on Casually Dating Sexual

  • Contribution of perceived social support from close family and background characteristics to the well-being of women providing care to dependent mothers

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    Oppy, Nancy Chun
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    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...
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    Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Anisa M. Zvonkovic The increasing elderly population is creating

  • Factors contributing to violence in dating relationships

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    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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    Relationships Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy June M. Hentdn Until recently the study of premarital

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

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    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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    John M. Dunn The purpose of this research was to study the effects of cerebral palsy on the ability

  • Women's feelings about the work-family interface of long-haul truck drivers : six days on the road and he's gonna be home tonight

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    Moon, Susan F.
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    Long-haul truck drivers are absent from their families for prolonged periods of time. This paper examines the methods trucking families use to remain connected given such absences. Interviews with ten women married to long-haul truck drivers underwent qualitative analysis. Initially, personal profiles were developed to illustrate life experiences of the...
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    He's Gonna Be Home Tonight. Abstract approved: Ariisa M. Zvonkovic Long-haul truck drivers are

  • Predictors of commitment to a dual-work lifestyle in pre-dual-work couples

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    Conger, John D.
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    The purpose of the present study was to identify variables which are related to the degree of commitment to a dual-work lifestyle held by engaged individuals who indicated their intentions for such workfamily patterns after marriage. The study also grouped couples according to patterns of commitment, and examined differences by...
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    for Regression Models 61 3 Comparison of Group Means on Subscales 1 and 2 62 4 Comparison of Men's

  • A study to determine the media competencies recommended by inservice teachers from specific teaching disciplines

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    Jensen, Edward A.
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    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...
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    some significant classroom media use studies? 3. What are some significant comparative media studies? 4

  • Effect of a systems-oriented graduate training program on practitioner systemic thinking : a follow-up study

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    Peterson, Raymond W.
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    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...
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    simulated family therapy session, followed by administration of a series of multiple-choice questions

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

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    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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    these subjects consisted of responses to a series of three questionnaires: (1) Attitudes Toward

  • Self actualization of students participating in the junior block teacher education program at Oregon State University

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    Wiley, Robert Charles
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    Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine if upper division, undergraduate, elementary education students would demonstrate a significant change in self-actualization as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory following instruction in five (5) communication skills (paraphrasing, behavior description, description of own feelings, perception checking, feedback...
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    future curriculum planning. 4. In order to maintain and expand personalization and individualization

  • Construction of a self-esteem inventory for Thai college women

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    Pinyuchon, Methinin
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    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...
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    factors consisted of: 1) sense of family relations, 2) sense of self-worth, 3) sense of adequacy, 4

  • The experience of southeast Asian refugee families : an exploration of family identity

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    Lynch, Maureen Jessica
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    Every year thousands of families experience a major life-changing event when they are torn from their homeland and become refugees. Little is known about how the refugee experience impacts the family and how members perceive it affects their sense of family identity. The construct of family identity as proposed by...
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    (as adapted from Bennett et al. 1988) 3. Components of Family Identity for Refugees 90 4

  • The impact of space and color in the physical environment on children's cooperative behavior

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    Read, Marilyn Avonia
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    The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in physical space impacted preschool children's cooperative behavior. These changes in physical space included differentiated and undifferentiated ceiling height and wall color. This study used an experimental design with subjects experiencing four conditions each. The sample consisted of 30 preschool...
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    ceiling height and wall color. < 4 Research Hypotheses General Hypothesis H, Children will show

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

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    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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    Hypotheses Correlated with Self-esteem 4 Mean Self-esteem Scores by Sociability and by Financial, Physical

  • Dress and acculturation : clothing transitions of the Mien

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    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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    Pants (houx) 57 Sash (la= sin) 62 Coat (lwi) 62 Turban (mh qawnqv-Peu) 65 Cape/Baby Carrier (swanqx