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Spiritual leadership : voices of women community college presidents

Creator:: Jones, Kristen (Kristen Annette)
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to name and give voice to the spiritual expression of leadership by women community college presidents. The following questions guided the research: (1) How do women community college presidents describe spirituality? (2) How does spirituality convey itself in the reflections, self-expression, and practice of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: spiritual aspect of leadership is conveyed in their thinking, self-expression, and practice. My intent in

Mindfulness, self-compassion, and leadership in wildland firefighting

Creator:: Lewis, Alexis
Abstract:: Wildland firefighting is environmentally and socially a risky and complex occupation. Although much attention has been given to understanding the physical components in fighting wildland fire, much less time has been devoted to understanding and developing the capacity of wildland firefighters to handle the dynamic pressures of the physical and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: aspect of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), authentic leadership (Luthans & Avolio, 2003

Profiles in courage of community college leaders

Creator:: Kruger, Mari L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of courage among community college leaders across the United States. The following questions guided the research: (1) What is the courageous experience like for a community college leader? (2) What is the process of courage development? (3) What are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interest and support. To my Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) cohorts who all became wonderful

Impact of a human sexuality course on university students' knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of sexual behaviors

Creator:: Schmall, Vicki L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: family life, while in others, single courses were organized to focus on the biological, psychological

A comparative analysis of childless women with low birth expectations

Creator:: Hunt, Shirley Jeanne Persons
Abstract:: In response to the growing preference for the small family, this study was carried cut to acquire information about women who expect zero, one, or two children. The purposes of the study were: to identify the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of these women; and to determine which of these characteristics...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: model of fertility is psychology. In this model, the focus has been on identifying the psychological

Student nonverbal behavior and frustration in individual test conditions

Creator:: Roberts, Robert Steven
Abstract:: The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between nonverbal behaviors and frustration. As a part of the study an instrument for the observation of nonverbal behaviors related to frustration was developed. The specific hypotheses investigated in this study were the following: Hypothesis One - A valid and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: a func- tion of psychological type, situation, age, past experience, and other variables

An investigation into the possible arousal of psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback

Creator:: Beller, Stephen Mark
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine whether feedback from vocational interest inventories leads to the arousal of psychological reactance. The data for the study was collected from 80 male and female subjects who were first year students at Oregon State University enrolled in Psychology 111, Personal Development. The...
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Full Text:: psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen

The exercise motivation scale : its multifaceted structure and construct validity

Creator:: Li, Fuzhong
Abstract:: Building upon Deci and Ryan's (1985, 1991) self-determination theory as well as previous empirical work on motivation, the present study was designed to develop a multifaceted 31-item Exercise Motivation Scale (EMS). A series of pilot studies were first conducted in order to generate the 31 scale items. The EMS was...
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Full Text:: participation is to accrue the physical and psychological health benefits. Ever-mounting evidence suggests that

Exploring intimate violence typologies for women and men : implications for research and practice

Creator:: George, Roxanne G.
Abstract:: Typologies of intimate violence are part of an emerging paradigm towards a multifaceted, multi-theoretical approach to understanding the causes and effects of intimate violence. For this new paradigm to be implemented into research and practice, there are several gaps in the knowledge base that must be addressed. In particular, there...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Psychological Harm ................................................. 39 BackgroundVariables

Relationships among health and demographic characteristics, latitude of choice, and elderly hospitalized patient adjustment

Creator:: Boehne, Rebecca E.
Abstract:: Adaptation to role transitions can have various outcomes. Health and demographic characteristics as well as environmental control have been shown to affect the transition to the role of patient. The acutely ill elderly's adaptation to the role of hospitalized patient has not been measured from the elderly patient's perspective. This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: some aspect of one's environment has been shown to have a direct, positive impact on the outlook

The impact of space and color in the physical environment on children's cooperative behavior

Creator:: Read, Marilyn Avonia
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in physical space impacted preschool children's cooperative behavior. These changes in physical space included differentiated and undifferentiated ceiling height and wall color. This study used an experimental design with subjects experiencing four conditions each. The sample consisted of 30 preschool...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: investigated to date. As well, the element of color has been investigated primarily in terms of psychological

Parental accounts of a child's death : influences on parental identity and behavior

Creator:: Brotherson, Sean E.
Abstract:: One of the most powerful and life-changing events that can occur in the life of a family is the death of a child. Researchers who have studied death and bereavement suggest that a child's death has a dramatic impact on parents. However, little is known about the ways in which...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , psychological maturation, and social interaction, at times during the life course dramatic changes may be

Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

Creator:: White, Diana L.
Abstract:: The death of a child is a traumatic family event. This qualitative study examined the experiences of parents and grandparents in 10 families who had lost a baby to SIDS, stillbirth, or birth defects. Key questions focused on support given and received, meanings attributed to the loss, continuing bonds, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Non-industrial textile production as optimal experience : applicability of the Flow Theory to clothing and textiles subject matter

Creator:: Blood, Janet
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow Theory by Csikszentmihalyi as it relates to non-industrial textile production activities. In using the Flow Theory, researchers attempt to explain why individuals continue participation with a specific activity; namely that the activity induces...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow

Relationship of anxiety level and performance in NAIA intercollegiate basketball games

Creator:: Boutin, K. James
Abstract:: Five NAIA intercollegiate men's basketball teams and 53 players served as subjects to determine the role pre-game anxiety played in basketball game performance. The study involved four games in which Western Oregon State College competed against other small colleges in Oregon during the 19 -81 season. Performance in basketball was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: creative self-expression, debili- tating psychological and psychosomatic symptoms and idiosyncratic

The construction and preliminary validation of an instrument to assess the food fantasies of individuals with eating disorders

Creator:: Bruyer, Annette
Abstract:: The study's goal was to develop and initially validate the Food Fantasies Questionnaire, a self-report therapeutic and research instrument which assesses the occurrence and content of highly irrational food cognitions (fantasies) common to eating disorders in relation to seven theoretically derived factors characterisic of the disorders: fear, anxiety, revulsion, pleasure,...
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Full Text:: . Objective Measures Developed Specifically to Assess Eating Disorders 41 b. Other Psychological Measures Used

The effect of a mail-mediated intervention on exercise behavior

Creator:: Levy, Susan S.
Abstract:: Self-determination theory suggests that social contexts that promote a sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness will increase internalization of behavioral regulation and lead to more self-determined forms of motivation, the prototype of which is intrinsic motivation. A positive relationship between internalization of exercise behavior regulation and actual levels of exercise...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Behavior INTRODUCTION Despite the overwhelming evidence of the physiological and psychological health

The effect of peer presence upon health-related physical fitness test scores of college students

Creator:: El Baden, Bahia Mahmoud
Abstract:: The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of peer presence upon the health-related physical fitness test scores of college students. A total of 312 undergraduate college students, 156 males and 156 females, 18 through 29 years of age, randomly selected from the physical education activity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping

Creator:: Kim, Mi-Jung
Abstract:: The purpose of the present study was to determine consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping. According to the existing literature, four categories of perceptions play primary roles for apparel shopping consumer decisions: apparel appearance, apparel comfort, fabric characteristics, and apparel fit. The present study aimed to observe how...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: purchase decision. Perceived risks also can be attributed to several factors: psychological risk, social

Coping behavior employed by Oregon school administrators in dealing with occupational stress

Creator:: Zieminski, Robert S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ' conceptions of how they cope with job-related stress. The psychological and physiological consequence of how

A study of a Japanese-American basketball league and the assimilation of its members into the mainstream of United States society

Creator:: Nogawa, Haruo
Abstract:: The present study was a modified replication of the two pioneer works in the field of sport and ethnic groups by Pooley (1968) and Tindall (1973). This study investigated whether participation in an ethnic basketball league in Japanese-American communities affected the rate of assimilation of two groups of Japanese-American, high-school...
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Full Text:: , psychological, and cul- tural attributes of the participants, direct observations and informal focused

Motives toward track and field competition of foreign and domestic grant-in-aid student-athletes in NCAA Division I colleges and universities

Creator:: Stidwill, Howard F.
Abstract:: This study sought to chronicle the increased presence of the foreign athlete in NCAA Division I track and field and to assess the competitive motivations of American and foreign track and field athletes. Recruiting pipelines, as well as the successes of foreign athletes on U.S. university track and field teams,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: development of valid and reliable psychological constructs related to competition. Moreover, sport needs to

The effects of locus of control and instructional method on self-efficacy with computers

Creator:: Whyte, Catherine K.
Abstract:: The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the interactive effects of locus of control and instructional method on perceived self-efficacy with computers. The two instructional methods in this experiment were intended to represent variations in the amount of control over the lesson that students would have, the amount of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: framework that explains and predicts psychological changes that can occur as a result of experience. While

A comparison of smoking patterns between counseling assisted and unassisted heavy smokers with early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Creator:: Gonzales, David H.
Abstract:: Smoking patterns were described and compared retrospectively for 5395 participants in the Lung Health Study at 12 and 24 months. 3592 participants were assigned to a special intervention (SI) group that received a counseling assisted smoking cessation intervention that included nicotine gum and 1803 participants were assigned to a usual...
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Full Text:: Rationale for Definitions 7 Definitions 9 RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW 14 Introduction 14 Psychological and

The point of confluence : a qualitative study of the life-span developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women

Creator:: Sasser-Coen, Jennifer
Abstract:: In this qualitative, phenomenological study I employed oral history methodology, grounded in a life-span developmental and feminist approach, to explore the developmental importance of menarche in twenty older women's "bodily histories." Menarche is an important developmental event in the female life course because it represents a major point of confluence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: artistic representations, the psychological constructions of self, interpersonal relationships, popular

The effect of textile knowledge on categorization and stereotyping of textiles

Creator:: Choi, Mi-Jeong
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of infant massage on the interactions between high risk infants and their caregivers

Creator:: Pardew, E. Michelle
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to examine the effects of infant massage on the interactions between high risk infants and their caregivers. A population of nine high risk infants who received infant massage was compared to 14 high risk infants who did not receive infant massage. Both groups...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between abortion and depression : evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Creator:: Warren, Jocelyn T.
Abstract:: A majority of states require parental consent or notification before a minor may have an abortion. Parental involvement laws are based in part on the assumption that abortion poses a risk to the psychological health of adolescents. Previous research has catalogued the risks to adolescent mothers and their children posed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: psychological health of adolescents. Previous research has catalogued the risks to adolescent mothers and

The complexity of nonresident father involvement in low-income families : mothers' perspectives

Creator:: Sano, Yoshie
Abstract:: The two studies of this dissertation examined mothers' perspectives of nonresident fathers' involvement in low-income families. The overall goal of these studies was to gain a more comprehensive understanding of nonresident fathers' involvement and its effect on family well-being. In the first study I applied a relatively new methodology, zero-inflated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , psychological, and legal fathers and depends on the perception of the relationship. The definition of who is a

Developing effective presentation strategies for online retailers

Creator:: Yoo, Jungmin
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate practical guidelines based on empirical evidence for effective website design, including both home page and product pages. This research consists of two consecutive empirical studies. Study 1 was one factor (home page design: image- vs. text-oriented home page) between-subjects design with two...
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Full Text:: ” (Kotler, 1973-1974, p. 50) Attitude: “a person‟s evaluation of any psychological object (Ajzen

Life course perspective : a journey of participation in physical activity

Creator:: Li, Kin-Kit
Abstract:: A life course perspective provide a meta-theoretical framework to understand human development. This perspective is characterized by studying the changing lives within the changing environment (George, 2004). Building upon the literature in the psychosocial paradigm and ecological models, Manuscript 1 discusses the uniqueness and the practical importance of a life...
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Full Text:: Despite the recognized physical and psychological benefits of regular physical activity (U. S

The Impact of the Correlated Color Temperature of Fluorescent Lighting and its Influence on Student On-Task Behavior in an Elementary School Classroom

Creator:: Pulay, Alana S.
Abstract:: The aim of the study was to determine whether a higher correlated color temperature of the fluorescent lighting in an elementary school classroom influenced student on-task behavior as compared to fluorescent lighting with a lower correlated color temperature. A conceptual theoretical framework on interior lighting and human behavior was developed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pathways of Light Relative to Psychological Functioning ......26 2.4 School System Layers with the

Enjoyment and physical activity levels of students with and without disabilities in physical education

Creator:: McClain, ZáNean D.
Abstract:: School Physical Education programs provide key opportunities to promote lifetime physical activity (PA) to students, while at the same time students can build a sense of enjoyment. The purpose of this study first sought to determine the effects of varying instructional approaches on the enjoyment and PA levels of students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (American Psychological Association [APA], 2008). Although the words enjoyment and fun may be used

Weight stigma consciousness and perceived physical appearance : their key precursors and relationship to health behaviors

Creator:: Concepcion, Rebecca Yahnke
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between weight stigma consciousness, perceived body appearance, social physique anxiety, and the health outcomes of physical activity levels and eating behaviors. Select precursors were also examined. These relationships were based on Harter's model of self-worth. Two-hundred fifteen adults with a...
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Full Text:: Psychological Variables………………………………….. 2 Perceived Physical Appearance and Psychological Well-being 3

A study of effective consultant teachers' leadership styles and personality preferences

Creator:: Savelsbergh, Mary
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among leadership style (telling, selling, participating and delegating), personality preferences (Extravert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Feeling/Thinking, Judging/Perceiving and effectiveness as a consultant teacher. The sample consisted of thirty-one consultant teachers from Oregon: twenty from the Portland School District, five from the Gresham School...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A study of effective consultant teachers' leadership

Perceptions about mother-daughter relationships during daughters' childbearing

Creator:: Martell, Louise Kelly
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in contact, emotional closeness, and aid exchange in the mother-daughter, relationship during daughter's first pregnancy. According to the literature reviewed, women increase contact with and become emotionally closer to their mothers with pregnancy. It appears that pregnant women have increased feelings...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with others, including women's own mothers, for successful psychological development and adjustment to

Discovering maladjustment in children through their free drawings

Creator:: McDevitt, Margaret Rose
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Experiences Art Ability Evaluation Socio-Psychological Factors. . . Drawing as Release .. . . . 104 107

A field study of a social cognition training program for deaf adults in vocational rehabilitation

Creator:: Blankenship, Jonathan Charles
Abstract:: The study was designed to assess the efficacy of Lou and Charlson's (1991) social cognition training program for deaf adults. Sixteen deaf adult subjects who were vocational rehabilitation clients, and who had been identified as experiencing difficulties in social functioning, were assigned to receive a eight-week training program designed to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: psychological assessment instrument designed to measure the person-conceptualization and perspective-taking

Examination of adolescents' sources of subjective task value in sport

Creator:: Stuart, Moira E.
Abstract:: Sport is an avenue for children and adolescents to improve physical skills as well as enhance their psycho-social development. Despite the benefits of sport, numerous children and adolescents choose not to be physically active. Consequently, several investigators have sought to determine why some children choose to participate in sport, while...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to numerous psychological and physical health risk factors, including negative affect, decreased

The impact of child-centered play therapy on anxiety levels in pre-neurosurgical pediatric patients

Creator:: Lerwick, Julie L.
Abstract:: The prevalence of childhood illness requiring hospitalization establishes the need for implementation of an applied intervention to decrease levels of hospitalization-induced anxiety in pediatric patients. In addition to anxiety, levels of perceived trauma have also been linked to pre-operative pediatric patients. Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) within the medical setting has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: setting has the potential to reduce anxiety, perceived psychological trauma, and behavioral issues in

The effects of childhood molestation on the functioning of adult survivors : implications for the disposition of sex abuse cases

Creator:: Dennis, Mary Jane
Abstract:: Research indicates that child sex abuse contributes to emotional and behavioral dysfunction in adult survivors. However, no one factor within the abuse experience has been found to independently affect adult functioning, and it is unclear if several factors acting together influence degree of dysfunction. This study compared the Global Assessment...
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Full Text:: , 1979). These children also feel psychological paralysis in that they feel overwhelmed and helpless

Consumer clothing inventory management

Creator:: Cluver, Brigitte Gaal
Abstract:: The primary objective of the present research, which investigated consumer behavior regarding the storage of clothing items no longer worn, was to develop a model that describes and explains the process of consumer clothing inventory management. Data were collected via in-depth interviews of twenty-two adult female and male informants. Guided...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: psychological and behavioral steps towards disposing of, yet still retained possession. Data collected were

A comparison of depression, stress and self-image between younger and older adolescent mothers

Creator:: Kitzrow, Martha Anne.
Abstract:: Adolescent pregnancy is a major social problem which results in negative psychological, medical, developmental, economic and educational consequences for both mother and child. A review of the literature examined psychological and sociocultural factors and negative consequences associated with adolescent pregnancy. There has been little research on age specific differences between...
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Full Text:: : Adolescent pregnancy is a major social problem which results in negative psychological, medical

A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education

Creator:: Brennan, L. A.
Abstract:: This phenomenological inquiry explored dimensions of reflection for older adults in a developmental oriented adventure education experience. Data were gathered from emergent interviews with four individuals while participating in a multi-day, self-contained experiential education program conducted in a rugged environment, and led by a Navajo leader. Two principle research questions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , psychological and educational understandings of the term. For some educators, experience refers simply to an

An investigation of possible selves across stages of exercise involvement with middle-aged women

Creator:: Whaley, Diane E.
Abstract:: In order to develop effective interventions designed to encourage more middle-aged individuals to engage in regular exercise, there is a need to further understand the mechanisms involved in the decision to exercise. One appropriate conceptual framework involves future-oriented self-conceptions, or possible selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986). Possible selves, both hoped-for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and other forms of physical activity have been linked to psychological, physiological, and social

Appearance management, dress, and personality

Creator:: Johnson, Tricia Widner
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among appearance management, dress, and personality. Eight hypotheses were developed that proposed relationships among five personality factors, three appearance management variables, and style of dress. Respondents were 277 undergraduate student subjects enrolled at Oregon State University. Subjects completed two questionnaires:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

Creator:: Arab, Maryam
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the stages of exercise change, the levels of physical activity, and barriers to exercise among Kuwaiti individuals with and without disabilities. This study was conducted on 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) aged from 18 to 55 years. Stage of exercise...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provides psychological benefits by reducing levels of anxiety and depression, enhancing self-esteem, and

Poverty and child neglect : subtypes of neglect and stress as a mediator

Creator:: Shepherd, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: This study examined the association between poverty and child neglect. The existence of a general association has been established for some time. However, there is much debate, and little detailed research, on the specific processes that create this association. This study focused on the form of neglect that involves the...
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Full Text:: American Psychological Association Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (1999) defines

Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Objectified body consciousness : a theory-to-practice approach

Creator:: John, Deborah Haydel
Abstract:: Objectified body consciousness (OBC) is a third-person perspective that locates an individual's body-self relationship primarily in the appearance of her/his body as an outside observer rather than in how her/his body feels or what her/his body can do. We know very little about OBC in relation to physical self variables...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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