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  • Peer acceptance and interaction of preschool children

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    Winston, Nancy Josephine
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF NANCY JOSEPHINE WINSTON for the MASTER OF SCIENCE (Name) (Degree) in Family

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    Privacy 0 Margaret M. Smith This study measured knowledge and attitudes about genital herpes and human

  • The relationship of teacher role characteristics, staff development, and school climate to the use of manipulatives in primary grade mathematics

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    Smith, Karen Clark
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    A review of the literature revealed that there are many variables that influence teachers' instructional practices. These influential variables fall into three categories: those related to the teacher, which are referred to in this study as teacher role characteristics; those related to the inservice education activities of teachers, referred to...
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    Dissertation
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    THESIS OF Karen Clark Smith for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on May 25

  • Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

    Creator:
    Sandras, Eric
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    (p = .022) and to expect the child in the scenario to be negatively impacted by the encounter (p

  • 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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    4.46 was attained with one degree of freedom (.05) p;,.02), thus indice:ng that the two variables were

  • Marketing practices of textile-related, home-based business owners

    Creator:
    Duggan, Lynette I.
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    The present research was an exploratory study which investigated the marketing practices of textile-related, home-based business owners. Questionnaires were mailed to 204 textile-related, home-based businesses throughout the continental United States. The final response rate was 42 percent with 86 useable questionnaires. A five-point semantic differential scale was used to measure...
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    college seminars (i = 3.29), the fifth importance mean, was statistically different (p < .05). The

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

    Creator:
    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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    = 4.11, df = 4, p < .01). Families with lower income and single parent families reported more assertive

  • 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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    relationship to appear was that between interest and willingness to participate (r = .40: p < .001). Those

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    environment" (Beard, 1972, p. 17). Adaptation: an individual's adjustment to the environment, which is

  • A study of counselor trainees on the variables of self-concept, gender, styles of counseling, and choice of family therapy as a specialty

    Creator:
    Eden, David M.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    scores (P-score) 61 for the TSCS 2. Self-concept mean scores for sub-scale R-1 (Identity) by group and