The Change in Alcohol Consumption of Important People to Clients measures the relationship between outcomes of clients’ alcohol treatment and the changes in alcohol consumption by important people (IP) in clients’ social networks. The prevalence of alcoholism in America continues to negatively impact individuals and society, yet few people with...
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) continues to be one of the major public health problems in the United States and worldwide. Complicated by factors including gender, polymorphisms of alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, immunologic factors, exposures to other substances/drugs, hepatic viral infections, nutritional deficiencies, and obesity, ALD is a complex disease that requires a...
The primary purpose of the present study was to investigate a specific area of
cognitive functioning to determine if any differences exist between adult children of
alcoholics and controls in the processing of emotionally laden word cues. Of secondary
importance was the investigation of group differences in self-esteem, extroversion,
neuroticism,...
In many ways, losing a job is like losing part of
yourself. Your lifestyle suddenly changes. Schedules
and routines that controlled a large part of
your time are no longer there. You lose contact
with former co-workers and friends.
A study of student performance in relation to concentrated color
in the environment was conducted in an elementary school near
Portland, Oregon. Third grade classrooms served as laboratories,
with the total third grade student population of 83 students serving as
subjects.
The project covered a four week period of time....
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between
the similarity of food preferences among parents and children,
and parent attitudes.
Thirty-five children of preschool ages and their parents served
as subjects for this study. All children were enrolled in preschool
programs established by the = Family Life...
The purpose of the study was to explore the possible acceptance of
metric conversion for clothing sizes and sizing standardization by a
selected sample of female ready-to-wear clothing consumers.
A questionnaire was designed to elicit consumer's positive or negative
attitudes toward metric conversion for clothing sizes and sizing
standardization. The...
Individuals participating in the enviromental sport activity courses of backpacking-orienteering, mountaineering, and scuba diving responded to pre- and post - test trials of the Self-Cathexis Scale ard the Body-Oathexis Scale. Two control groups composed of random samples of the university student population reponded to the Self-Cathexis Scale Body-Cathexis Scale: one...