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  • Credit cards : understanding international graduate student consumers

    Creator:
    Punjavat, Tapin
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    This study examined graduate international students' knowledge, attitudes, experiences, practices, and satisfaction relating to credit cards. Based on the literature, international students attending U.S. colleges and universities were considered an important population to study because of: (1) internationalization of credit cards and (2) the lack of credit card research on...
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    .-Jeanette A. Brandt, and Dr. Mary E. Flahive for their time, guidance, and willingness to serve as my

  • The effect of furniture arrangements on the social interaction of institutionalized elderly

    Creator:
    Kinch, Lisa Joan
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    The primary purpose of the study was to examine how furniture arrangements in the lounges of institutions for the elderly affect the social interaction among the residents. Based on the furniture arrangements that encourage social interaction, recommendations were made for the placement of furniture in the lounges of institutions for...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Dr. Jeanette Brandt, Dr. Helen Hall, and Ms. Anne Fehringer, for their suggestions and support as

  • Effect of satisfaction and fit problems with career dress on career women's willingness to trade styling options, time, and money for more sizing options in career dress

    Creator:
    Wright, Janith S.
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    The objectives of the study were: to investigate career women's satisfaction with current career dress; to determine willingness of career women to trade styling options, time, and money for more sizing choices in career dress; to determine the effect of satisfaction on willingness to trade styling options, time, and money;...
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    Masters Thesis
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    reviews, valuable suggestions, criticism, and encouragement throughout the research. Dr. Jeanette Brandt

  • Attitudes, perceptions and coping skills of long-term breast cancer survivors

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    Baskerville, Linda F.
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    The purpose of this study was to document, through personal interviews, perceptions, attitudes and coping skills utilized by women who have survived breast cancer treated by mastectomy for at least 5 years without recurrence. A semi-structured interview guide was developed with input from professionals in the field. The questions were...
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    least 5 years without recurrence. A semi-structured interview guide was developed with input from

  • Color in the work environment

    Creator:
    Ainsworth, Rebecca A.
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    This study examined the effect that three environmental hues had on subjects' work performance and on mood levels of anxiety, depression, and arousal in an office work environment. Pre-test post- test measurements of differences in work performance and mood levels were used to test twelve hypotheses. Work performance was measured...
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    OF Rebecca A. Ainsworth for the degree of Master of Science in Apparel, Interiors and Merchandising

  • Impact of Federal Policies on the Health of the Coquille Indians

    Creator:
    McCanna, Michael
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    This paper examines the effects of federal policies on the health and health care system of the Coquille Indian Tribe. A historical framework is provided within which the nature and magnitude of these effects can be assessed. This paper provides a discussion of the effects of federal termination policy on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Department, or Dr. Jeanette Brandt, the graduate representative, of the Apparel, Interior, Housing, and

  • Housing for nuclear and single parent families : a comparison by two methods

    Creator:
    Asam, Susan Lynn
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    The vast majority of housing in the United States today has been created to conform to a family definition that does not match current demographic realities. The "traditional family" - a married couple with an employed husband, a homemaker wife, and several children has been the model family that housing...
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    Parent Families: A Comparison by Two Methods. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Jeanette A

  • Preference for school involvement strategies by mothers of at-risk and peer-model kindergarten children

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    Kieff, Judith E.
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    The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the attitudes and preferences regarding home/school involvement strategies of 23 mothers of kindergarten students who had been identified as at-risk for failure in school and 18 mothers of kindergarten students who had been designated as peer models. Data were collected...
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    Dissertation
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    . Jeanette Brandt for their support, guidance, and encouragement throughout the process of this degree. I

  • Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

    Creator:
    Steggell, Carmen Dobson
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    The management of the home has been a central component of Home Economics since the early 1900s. It is, however, an enigmatic behavior that has not yielded easily to research. Recognizing that meal provision and food consumption by families incorporate management processes and occur on a regular and frequent basis,...
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    . Jeanette Brandt, Housing; Dr. William Jenne, Sociology; and Dr. Martha Fraundorf, Economics. I have been

  • The relationship between correctional education participation and recidivism at one corrections center in Washington State

    Creator:
    Brewster, Edward J.
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    This study compared recidivism rates of adult male completers and non-completers of correctional education programs in ABE/GED/high school, vocational, and college transfer programs over a five-year period. A total of 1382 releasees was studied for the five years following their release. Recidivism was the dependent variable. Recidivism was defined as...
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    Dissertation
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    . Betty Duvall, Dr. Jeanette Brandt, Dr. Ken Hildebrant, and Dr. Frank Brouillet for their suggestions