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Peer acceptance and interaction of preschool children

Creator:: Winston, Nancy Josephine
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social acceptance and observed peer interaction in a select group of preschool children. The subjects were 30 children enrolled in two sessions of a child development laboratory sponsored by the Department of Family Life at Oregon State University. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: touches another child in a friendly or affectionate manner, e. g. , hug, pat, kiss, arm around shoulder

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

Creator:: Oppy, Nancy Chun
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . . . 149 Appendix G: Caregiver responses: The most supportive things that close family did . . . 151

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

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

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

Creator:: Wiley, Robert Charles
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Experimental Design 22 Designation of Block D-G - Experimental - Control 22 Experimentals - Fall and Winter

Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

Creator:: Sandras, Eric
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in adult perceptions of sexual abuse encounters between an adult male and children of both genders and of various ages. Subjects were four hundred and fifty three students from a northwestern university. They were recruited from a lower-level human development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Finklerhor & Russell, 1984). Contrary to the assumptions that some people hold, gay males and lesbians

The experience of sibling relationships in the voices of children : systemic interviews of dyads following the trauma of sibling incest and its recovery

Creator:: Fontana, Lynn A.
Abstract:: This qualitative study investigated the sibling relationship as it was described through the voices of the children. Ten sibling dyads (brother-sister or brother-brother) involved in family treatment following the discovery of sibling incest were interviewed. Participants in this study were participants in an outpatient clinic in the Northwest during the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: effects upon the siblings (Russell & Finkelhor, 1983). What is not clear is whether the relationship can

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

Creator:: Jensen, Edward A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Creator:: Ames, Sheila A. (Sheila Ann)
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Creator:: Moon, Susan F.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 130 Appendix F: Personal Profiles 133 Appendix G: Descriptions of Truck Driver's Home Environments

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

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

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Peer acceptance and interaction of preschool children

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

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

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

Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

The experience of sibling relationships in the voices of children : systemic interviews of dyads following the trauma of sibling incest and its recovery

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

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

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

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

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