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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:: terms of total amount of drug use. Females who reported a maternal family history of substance abuse

A formative evaluation of pre-service preparation of substance abuse counseling in CACREP accredited school counseling programs

Creator:: Biles, Kathy E.
Abstract:: Substance abuse is a prevalent occurrence among adolescents. A review of the literature revealed that adolescent substance abuse has a strong connection to their academic performance. School counselors address adolescents' academic and personal/social needs by providing services through prevention education, responsive services, and collaboration with community members. Yet, there is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abuse Weekly, 2002). This study reported the cost of drug abuse in the United Stated from 1992 to 1998

The illicit use of prescription stimulants on college campuses : a theoretical examination

Creator:: Bavarian, Niloofar
Abstract:: The illicit use of prescription stimulants (IUPS) is a critical Public Health problem in the college population that represents a unique form of substance use. Namely, the primary motives for IUPS by college students are academic in nature (e.g., Teter, McCabe, LaGrange, Cranford, & Boyd, 2006), which may explain why...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: drugs (DeSantis et al., 2008), the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Food and

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Creator:: Hanks, Melissa A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -generational drug abuse, policy-makers are merely addressing the symptoms of larger social problems. To

The association among care given, perceived reciprocity, and frustration with caregiving for daughters

Creator:: Alger, Georgina
Abstract:: Decreasing mortality rates and increasing life expectancy are contributing factors in a trend currently referred to as the "graying" of America. Some members of this aging population will require caregiving support from their families. Because women tend to outlive men, adult daughters generally assume this important role for their widowed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Alger A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Creator:: Normandin, Kathleen
Abstract:: The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Normandin A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Fashioning queer bodies : intersections of dress, identity, and anxiety in the queer women's community

Creator:: Reddy-Best, Kelly
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of dress and queer women and how their sexual identity influences their appearance management behaviors. I answered the following research questions: (1) How is gender identity constructed and negotiated in different spaces for queer? (2) Does sexual identity influence dress...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: questions I conducted 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 queer women living in the United

Moving on : the effects of frequent childhood mobility on a low-income population

Creator:: Hilberg, Beth Alyne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between frequent childhood mobility and perceived social support, education level, and economic well-being in a sample of former Even Start parents. Theoretically the mechanisms for the disruption of frequent mobility are studied through both social capital theory and an ecological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Childhood Mobility on a Low-Income Population By Beth Alyne Hilberg A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Identical confusion : the history of twin studies on sexual orientation, 1952-1973

Creator:: Boltseridge, Nathan H.
Abstract:: In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy era, Franz Kallmann, a Jewish psychiatrist and eugenicist who fled the National Socialist regime in Germany, published a study, in which he claimed to have found a one hundred percent concordance rate for homosexuality among forty pairs of identical twins. From this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Orientation. 1952-1973 by Nathan H. Boltseridge A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Clothng behavior of adolescents in an economically disadvantaged rural community

Creator:: Snyder, Janet Lovseth
Abstract:: This thesis is a study of the clothing behavior of disadvantaged adolescents in a rural community as it relates to the factors of social class, security level, peer acceptance and self-selection of clothing. This study was selected because very little research in clothing behavior has been done in disadvantaged rural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Disadvantaged Rural Community by Janet Lovseth Snyder A THESIS submitted to Oregon .State University in

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

A formative evaluation of pre-service preparation of substance abuse counseling in CACREP accredited school counseling programs

The illicit use of prescription stimulants on college campuses : a theoretical examination

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

The association among care given, perceived reciprocity, and frustration with caregiving for daughters

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Fashioning queer bodies : intersections of dress, identity, and anxiety in the queer women's community

Moving on : the effects of frequent childhood mobility on a low-income population

Identical confusion : the history of twin studies on sexual orientation, 1952-1973

Clothng behavior of adolescents in an economically disadvantaged rural community

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