The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of a
college human sexuality course upon sex knowledge, attitudes toward
sexual behaviors of non-significant others, and attitudes toward the
sexual behaviors of self and spouse. In addition, the study sought to
investigate the relationship between knowledge gain and attitude...
This study examines the relative efficacies of the specific and non-specific
factors in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is conceptualized as
having three common components: the problem component whose essence is
low self-esteem; the interactional component which induces change through
social influence; and the treatment component which elicits change through
therapeutic techniques. The...
The body of work aims to contribute to the area of Quantitative analysis in Environmental Sciences, and is focused on the microbiome. The underlying theme for the dissertation is methods and workflow. The unique bioinformatics workflow used for the analysis of genomic data was used to answer distinct and pressing...
The relationships between life in retirement and the quality
of marriage among retirees were examined-- specifically the
effects of selected factors associated with retirement on measures
of dyadic quality.
Two self-administered questionnaires were mailed to each of
522 households of retired Oregon educators and their partners.
Households were randomly selected...
Temperate climates are particularly conducive to
growth of annual bluegrass which readily invades and
dominates most cool-season turfgrasses. Ethofumesate
(2-ethoxy-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranyl
methanesulfonate) is one herbicide available which will
selectively control annual bluegrass.
The primary objectives of this research were to
determine optimum application rates and timing of
ethofumesate for control of...
The main purpose of this study was to examine the influence of
additional content from areas of mainstreaming and adapted physical
education on preservice elementary educators attitudes toward
teaching nonhandicapped and handicapped children in elementary
physical education. To achieve this goal (a) an instrument was
constructed to assess the attitudes...
Organizations leading education reform of the 1980's
have challenged teacher education programs at colleges and
universities across the nation to improve the subject
matter content preparation of teachers. Past methods of
program development and techniques to assess teacher's
knowledge competence have been one-sided in their
approach. New research studies on...