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Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating

Creator:: Hoffman, Elizabeth Lee
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mien by Elizabeth Lee Hoffman A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Olszewski, Mary Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Depression and Anxiety in Adolescence by Mary Elizabeth Olszewski A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Creator:: Olszewski, Mary Elizabeth
Abstract:: Research has shown that stress is related to negative physical and psychological changes among adults. Compared to the large body of literature on stress among adults, research on the effects of life stress among children and adolescents is relatively sparse. There is evidence, however, that stressful life events are related...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effects of Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Locus of Control by Mary Elizabeth Olszewski A THESIS

Creator:: Brandt-Erichsen, Joan
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: An integrated approach to financial crisis management : a

Creator:: Bullock, Janis R.
Abstract:: Traditional studies of parent-child relationships have focused on the influence of parental characteristics on various behavioral, social, and personality outcomes in children. During the past decade, social scientists have suggested that other influences of the social worlds of individuals be studied. As a result, the parent-child system is being studied...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Bundy, Kaarre A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Parenting behaviors : a content analysis of TV family

Creator:: Butzer, Peggy A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -Year-Olds AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Peggy A. Butzer for the degree of Master of Science in

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