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Examining Relationships Between the Family Stage of Change Survey and the Family Nutrition Physical Activity Survey among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Families

Creator:: Navarrete, Ricardo, Jr.
Abstract:: Family influence in the home environment has been linked to children’s nutrition and physical activity behaviors. However few tools exist to identify family level behaviors and families’ readiness to change those behaviors, particularly for populations at high risk for obesity such as Hispanics. This study summarizes the relationships of similar...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: . The majority of the survey data came from a larger study examining

Examining relationships between the Family Stage of Change Survey and the Family Nutrition Physical Activity Survey among Hispanic and non-Hispanic families

Creator:: Navarrete, Ricardo, Jr.
Abstract:: Family influence in the home environment has been linked to children’s nutrition and physical activity behaviors. However few tools exist to identify family level behaviors and families’ readiness to change those behaviors, particularly for populations at high risk for obesity such as Hispanics. This study summarizes the relationships of similar...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Perception of Freedom, Religion, and Life Satisfaction:A comparison of religion and happiness in China, Finland, and the United States of America

Creator:: Heramb, Annika Sofie
Abstract:: This research paper uses data from the World Value Survey to examine the relationship between life satisfactions, perception of freedom, and religious affiliation in The People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Finland, and the United State of America. The paper looks to compare three different countries with vastly different...
Resource Type:: Poster and Research Paper

Does Knowing Someone Who has Taken Their Own Life Increase Support for Gun Control?

Creator:: Pastori, Shannon
Abstract:: This research paper attempts to identify variables which may influence the public's support for requiring gun permits by looking at areas which may increase their care of safety. The variables that are explored through the General Social Survey are: knowing someone who has commited suicide or not and the number...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: data collection survey participants across the United States with will be used to generalizing the

How Race Impacts Voter Participation: A Study

Creator:: Dietz, Elizabeth
Abstract:: What does race have to do with it? A study of racial conflict theory. Looking back at the 2012 Presidential election, it is important to re-evaluate who participates in a democratic process. It is necessary to observe voter participation by people of color in order to gain a more robust...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Election Survey and compile data across all states for multiple elections. Introduction: This paper

Trends in mobile computing : a study of mobile phone usage in the United States and Japan

Creator:: Nurvitadhi, Eriko
Abstract:: Wireless technologies advance rapidly in the recent time. The maJor initiative is the realization of the third generation wireless network that provides high bandwidth access to digital data on the Internet. Moreover, recent improvements in computer and embedded systems have enabled portable devices with sufficiently high computing capability. The combination...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: high bandwidth access to · digital data on the Internet. Moreover, recent improvements in computer

Valuing old age: the relationship between societal value and health outcomes in the elderly

Creator:: Owings, Taylor
Abstract:: This project looks at the relationship between social value and health outcomes among elderly individuals. It looks at the World Values Survey for an international view on how different societies view the elderly populations and compares it to the life expectancy rates in those societies. This research also addresses the...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Survey makes a great effort to insure that the data is collected using ethical guidelines. When

The Quest for Global Competence – Effects of Study Abroad Literature on Oregon State University Students

Creator:: Machorro, Katrina R.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the effects study abroad literature, specifically promotional Websites, have on Oregon State University students when selecting a study abroad program and if the students’ choices reflect OSU’s International Degree and Education Abroad’s (IDEA) goal of global competency for students. To explore this, two online surveys were made;...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: the OSU students who willingly took part in my research by completing a survey during their summer

Personality Predictors of Distracted Driving

Creator:: Sween, Madison, Weller, Joshua, Ceschi, Andrea, Sartori, Riccardo, and Tommasi, Francesco
Abstract:: Objective: Cell phone use while driving (CPUWD) is an increasingly predominant form of distracted driving. Given the widespread prevalence of CPUWD, it is important for researchers to identify who is more likely to engage in this risky behavior. Prior research has focused largely on adolescent and young adult populations, and...
Resource Type:: Poster
Full Text:: community sample of Italian residents (N =921). • We excluded 117 participants’ data from the analysis

Carbon Footprint Calculations for Oregon State University and Guadalupe, Cerro Punta, Panama

Creator:: Melendez-Rivera, Kimberly
Abstract:: Greenhouse gases effects are a leading contributor to climate change; reducing harmful effects of these gases is important for future generations. Worldwide, household consumption makes up seventy-two percent of greenhouse gas emissions, followed by government consumption at ten percent, and investments at eighteen percent (Hertwich, 2009). In order to understand...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

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Examining Relationships Between the Family Stage of Change Survey and the Family Nutrition Physical Activity Survey among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Families

Examining relationships between the Family Stage of Change Survey and the Family Nutrition Physical Activity Survey among Hispanic and non-Hispanic families

Perception of Freedom, Religion, and Life Satisfaction:A comparison of religion and happiness in China, Finland, and the United States of America

Does Knowing Someone Who has Taken Their Own Life Increase Support for Gun Control?

How Race Impacts Voter Participation: A Study

Trends in mobile computing : a study of mobile phone usage in the United States and Japan

Valuing old age: the relationship between societal value and health outcomes in the elderly

The Quest for Global Competence – Effects of Study Abroad Literature on Oregon State University Students

Personality Predictors of Distracted Driving

Carbon Footprint Calculations for Oregon State University and Guadalupe, Cerro Punta, Panama

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