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Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

Creator:: Moore, Sally Widenmann
Abstract:: How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Widenmann Moore A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in

Effects of insecure attachment on marital interactions : examining the family stress model

Creator:: Wicks, Steven M.
Abstract:: This exploratory study posited that being in an insecure marriage would increase marital conflict and perceived relational aggression when the couple is experiencing economic constraints. The cross-sectional design assessed two groups of marriages: secure and insecure. A structural equation model using multiple group comparison tested the effect of each type...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: greater spousal psychological aggression for insecure couples, but not secure couples. This is the

National culture and clothing values : a cross-national study of Taiwan and United States consumers

Creator:: Hsu, Hsiu-Ju
Abstract:: According to Blackwell, Miniard, and Engel (2001), "[c]ulture has a profound effect on why and how people buy and consume products and services" (p. 320). In the present study, Hofstede's classifications of national culture are used as a framework to examine the relationships among long-term orientation national culture (Taiwan and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: method was a direct handout questionnaire in classes at Oregon State University in the United States and

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Creator:: Schure, Marc B.
Abstract:: Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Schure A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

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
Full Text:: DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

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

Creator:: Ketcham, Patricia
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Ketcham A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis

Creator:: Jamison, Wesley V.
Abstract:: The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists, placing them in the context of resource policy. It is argued that the animal rights movement combined the Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass movements. Animal rights...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Behavioral Analysis by Wesley V. Jamison A THESIS Submitted to Oregon State University in partial

An investigation of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse and personality in a residential treatment center

Creator:: Toray, Tamina
Abstract:: Over the past ten years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of drug addicted teens in this country. Accompanying this increase in drug usage of adolescents has been an rise in the number of treatment and evaluation centers to serve the adolescent drug abusing population. Comprehensive and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Self-identity and self-esteem of recent female Mexican migrants in an even start program

Creator:: Polit, Gabriela
Abstract:: The purpose of the study is to explore the life experiences, identities, and self-esteem of a group of Mexican women who attend Even Start, a family literacy program. The study also focuses on the effect that the program has on the women's self-identities. I chose qualitative research considering I was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Gabriela Pout A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

Comparing lifespan and life course perspectives on combat exposure and PTSD symptoms in later life : findings from the normative aging study

Creator:: Kang, Sungrok
Abstract:: We examined how the experiences of World War II and Korean War veterans, including prewar, warzone, and postwar factors, affected PTSD symptoms in later life. This dissertation consists of two studies. In Study 1, four different hypotheses from a lifespan approach were examined (King et al., 1996): stress evaporation (only...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sungrok Kang A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

Effects of insecure attachment on marital interactions : examining the family stress model

National culture and clothing values : a cross-national study of Taiwan and United States consumers

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

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

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

Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis

An investigation of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse and personality in a residential treatment center

Self-identity and self-esteem of recent female Mexican migrants in an even start program

Comparing lifespan and life course perspectives on combat exposure and PTSD symptoms in later life : findings from the normative aging study

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