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Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

Creator:: Yatani, Choichiro
Abstract:: This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy -7 Dr. Knud S. Larsen This study was designed to assess the effects of political

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Creator:: Vee, Regina M.
Abstract:: Surrogate motherhood is a very complex issue with many groups having vested interests. In order to measure attitudes specific to surrogacy a 20-item Likert Scale with high reliability was developed through item analysis (N=131, Part-whole correlation range 0.749-0.478). Correlation of surrogacy attitudes was subsequently related to six other instruments: AIDS,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Situational pressure, racial stereotypes, and conformity in laboratory aggression

Creator:: Brant, William David
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to assess the effects of a victim's race and stereotypical characteristics on another subject's willingness to administer punishment within the context of a teacher-learner paradigm. In addition, this study sought to empirically test the validity of the social-psychological theory that states that theories of social behavior...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Privacy Abstract Approved: (Dr. Knud S. Larsen) This investigation was designed to assess the effects of

What Disrupts Cycles of Poverty? Examining the Effect of Family Background and Educational Attainment on Receiving Public Assistance with Multivariate Regression

Creator:: Vargas, Patricia I.
Abstract:: Understanding poverty as a state of being poor with regard to concretely being unable to meet basic needs such as water, food, clothes, shelter, and essential services (e.g., sanitation, health, and education), its concerted study in the United States not only stands tandem with constitutionally upheld values such as equality...
Resource Type:: Presentation
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Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

Creator:: Zimmerman, Zelda L.
Abstract:: A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zelda L. Zimmerman for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

Investigating the Structural Barriers to Equal Education in Oregon - How Laws, Rhetoric & Values Translate into Practice

Creator:: Ludvik, Tracey L.
Abstract:: This study helps to answer the broader question of why Latino students across the U.S. persistently drop out of school at the highest rates compared to students of other racial groups by focusing on the institutional workings of the various levels of the Oregon school system. Latino students have the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Tracey L. Ludvik for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Sociology, Sociology

"Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

Creator:: Stephenson, Garry Owen
Abstract:: Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Trawl Fishery ^ Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Professor Courtland L. Smith Implementation

Chasing the Limelight : An Exploratory, Grounded Theory Multivariate Analysis of Academic Prestige in Sociology

Creator:: Farris, Tucker D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide exploratory understanding of the nature of academic prestige in the field of sociology, and to provide insights into the history of the discipline. The primary research question was: does academic prestige act as a factor in controlling academic knowledge production in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Allison L. Hurst

Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

Creator:: Waite, Mariah E.
Abstract:: In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: with the ICCPR (2012). This also brought about a hearing in 2013 on the U.S.’s compliance with the

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

Creator:: Michinobu, Toshiyuki
Abstract:: Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effect of Gender of Siblings. Abstract approved Rebecca L. Warner Guided by the emerging interest

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Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Situational pressure, racial stereotypes, and conformity in laboratory aggression

What Disrupts Cycles of Poverty? Examining the Effect of Family Background and Educational Attainment on Receiving Public Assistance with Multivariate Regression

Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

Investigating the Structural Barriers to Equal Education in Oregon - How Laws, Rhetoric & Values Translate into Practice

"Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

Chasing the Limelight : An Exploratory, Grounded Theory Multivariate Analysis of Academic Prestige in Sociology

Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

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