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  • Barriers to exercise: Kuwaiti individuals with and without physical disabilities

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    Arab, Maryam
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    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...
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Exercise and Sports Science presented on November 21, 2006 Title

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

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    Concepcion, Rebecca Yahnke
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    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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    presume that they will experience the psychological benefits of exercise, that of less depression and

  • Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

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    Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
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    In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
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  • Non-industrial textile production as optimal experience : applicability of the Flow Theory to clothing and textiles subject matter

    Creator:
    Blood, Janet
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    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...
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    The purpose of this research study was to test a psychological theory of motivation called the Flow

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

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    El Baden, Bahia Mahmoud
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    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...
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  • Consumer perceptions of apparel products in Internet shopping

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    Kim, Mi-Jung
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    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...
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    purchase decision. Perceived risks also can be attributed to several factors: psychological risk, social

  • Turning Back the Calendar: An Analysis of Main Street USA’s use of Nostalgia

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    Cox, Travis L.
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    Main Street USA in Southern California’s Disneyland theme park is often described as nostalgic. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify what elements actually make Main Street USA nostalgic as well as determine why Disney uses this nostalgia to influence park guests. In order to respond to...
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    the broad psychological affects music can have on society. In order to narrow this broad area of

  • End user software engineering features for both genders

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    Sorte, Shraddha
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    Previous research has revealed gender differences that impact females’ willingness to adopt software features in end users’ programming environments. Since these features have separately been shown to help end users problem solve, it is important to female end users’ productivity that we find ways to make these features more acceptable...
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    Table 1. A particularly useful aspect of these hypotheses is that, because many of these hypotheses

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

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    Kitzrow, Martha Anne.
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    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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    : 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

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    Brennan, L. A.
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    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...
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    , psychological and educational understandings of the term. For some educators, experience refers simply to an

  • Exercise, nutrition, and homocysteine

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    Joubert, Lanae Marie
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    Exercise increases B-vitamin (B6, B12, folate) dependent metabolic reactions, especially those related to energy production and the rebuilding and repairing of muscle tissue. These same B-vitamins are also important in maintaining low blood levels of homocysteine (Hcy), a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Hcy levels rise when the metabolism of...
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    Management presented on May 22, 2007. Title: Exercise, Nutrition, and Homocysteine. Abstract

  • Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

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    Cox, Michelle J.
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    The goal of this study was to pursue the construct of transcendence from a psychosocial, developmental perspective to predict who will volunteer and its influence on the average number of volunteer hours worked per week. The predictor variable is the self-transcendence subscale score on the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (ASTI) (Levenson...
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    hinge on the psychological and biological processes that allow humans to connect with one another

  • End-of-life caregiving

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    Nelson, Christine A.
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    Over the past decade, changes in health, economic, and social policies have shifted the dying process out of hospitals and into the community. This exploratory,hypothesis-generating study investigated positive and negative caregiving as well as care management resources of community-based end-of-life caregivers and how they related to caregivers' personal growth following...
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    caregiving; and personal growth, transformation, transcendence, psychological adaptation, positive outcome

  • Toward making the invisible visible : studying science teaching self-efficacy beliefs

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    Perkins, Catherine J.
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    This dissertation consists of two articles to be submitted for publication. The first, a literature review, makes visible common influences on science teaching self-efficacy beliefs and also points to potentially invisible validation concerns regarding the instrument used. The second investigates the participants' invisible science teaching self-efficacy beliefs and, through the...
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    Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989, 1993; American Psychological Association, 1997; National

  • The role of formative outdoor and family experiences on environmental belief formation in children and this role's implications for environmental education

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    Smith, Vincent M.
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    The purpose of this research was to determine the role of formative experiences in the home and family pertaining to environment on children's overall environmental beliefs. Students attending environmentally related and non-environmentally related summer camps at a children's science museum served as test subjects in this study. A written instrument...
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    76 3.7 Modifications to Methods 77 3.8 Psychological and Educational Models 78 3.9 Expected

  • Profiles in courage of community college leaders

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    Kruger, Mari L.
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    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...
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    attention of a wider audience, our research will help produce not only some modification of psychological

  • Effects of disability awareness activities on acceptance and knowledge of secondary level students

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    Frese, Erin
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a disability awareness unit implemented into secondary level physical education curricula, on acceptance and knowledge of students without disabilities. One hundred twelve students in the 7th and 8th grades participated in this study. Predetermined classes of students were randomly...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

  • An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

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    De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
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    The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
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    little attention. Specifically, the aspect of the foster parent experience that has not received much

  • Nonverbal communication and restaurant personnel

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    Drago, Carleen
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    Servers in a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to assess perceptions of their use of nonverbal communication, how they believe nonverbal communication affects tipping behavior, and whether or not they received formal training in nonverbal communication tactics. The study also links nonverbal communication with...
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    been clearly focused on one aspect of the interaction and subsequently, the whole service exchange is

  • Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

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    Hanks, Melissa A.
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    This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...
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    closely followed by having a drug-abusing peer group from a young age (Fisher 39). Psychological

  • The impact of gender-role identity, gender ideology and drinking motivation on binge drinking and behavioral outcomes

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    Ketcham, Patricia
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in students' drinking patterns and the resultant negative consequences based on gender role identity, gender role ideology and self-reported drinking motivations on a college campus. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 735 university students. Gender...
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    - related behavior. Instrumental traits have been linked to such behaviors as. smoking and exercise which

  • Weight stability and influences upon eating and exercise behaviors among college students

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    Jensen, Julie A.
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    Students are entering college heavier than ever before and some are gaining weight faster than the general population. Weight studies have been conducted, but are limited in scope about how behavior related choices are made. This study was an effort to determine weight stability and to explore the influences of...
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    14, 2007. Title: Weight Stability and Influences upon Eating and Exercise Behaviors Among

  • Indian apparel consumption : a cross-cultural comparison of first generation Indian and the second-generation Indian American females

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    Kaur, Jatinder
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    The increased ethnic diversity of the U.S. population, including an increase of Indian immigrants, calls for an investigation of the Indian apparel consumption differences among first generation Indians and second generation Indian American females within the United States market. This study examined the Indian apparel consumption behavior of two levels...
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    models of consumer behavior formally outline the economic, socio-cultural and psychological influences