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  • Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

    Creator:
    Sandras, Eric
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    The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in adult perceptions of sexual abuse encounters between an adult male and children of both genders and of various ages. Subjects were four hundred and fifty three students from a northwestern university. They were recruited from a lower-level human development...
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    Dissertation
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    Sexual Abuse. Abstract approved: Patricia Moran The purpose of this study is to explore gender

  • The influence of attitudes about death on advance directive completion

    Creator:
    Srinivasan, Erica G.
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    Surveys of both patients and health care providers have indicated strong interest, up to 95%, in favor of advance directives, which are legal documents that express patients' healthcare treatment decisions. Despite the widespread support for advance directives, actual completion rates are very low, ranging from 4% to 20% for the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Influence of Attitudes about Death on Advance Directive Completion. Abstract Approved: Patricia Moran

  • The connection between maltreatment and adolescent drug abuse

    Creator:
    Keefe, Margaret A.
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    The purpose of this study was to compare the delinquent behavior, psychological health, and emotional wellbeing of maltreated and nonmaltreated adolescents in a chemical dependency treatment program. Data were collected over a seven year period from intake interviews and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scores of 522 adolescent patients at...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Adolescent Drug Abuse (---Th A Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Patricia Moran' The purpose of

  • Elastic, plastic, and total strains in human and porcine pedicle trabecular bone and PU-foam after pedicle screw insertion by utilizing functional micro-CT imaging

    Creator:
    Moran, Sean T.
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    Pedicle screw breakage and loosening remain as clinical complications of short segment instrumentation procedures for spinal stabilization. This study has directly visualized and measured elastic, plastic and total vertebral pedicle trabecular bone full-field strains in the regions immediately surrounding the pedicle screw during pedicle screw insertion by utilizing functional microCT...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sean T. Moran for the degree of

  • Moral judgment and cognitive reasoning among young children

    Creator:
    Moran, Thomas
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    Relationships between moral judgment and cognitive reasoning among 102 six-, nine-, and twelve- year -old boys and girls from predominantly middle class backgrounds were studied. Findings obtained supported Gutkin's (1972) formulation of a four stage approach toward describing the transitional shift in children's moral judgments from heteronomous to autonomous thought....
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    Masters Thesis
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    children AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Thomas J. Moran for the degree of Master of Science in Family

  • MoranJohnL1971.pdf

    Creator:
    Moran, John Lee
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    The thesis area includes 44 square miles of the Centennial Range in Beaverhead County, Montana, and Clark County, Idaho. The rocks exposed in the area range in age from Precambrian to Recent and have been divided into 23 mapped units. Pre-Belt metamorphic basement rocks are overlain unconformably by 3,433 feet...
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    , Centennial range, Montana-Idaho AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JOHN LEE MORAN for the MASTER OF SCIENCE

  • The role of policy and collaboration in decommissioning exempt water wells in Washington state

    Creator:
    Moran, Kathryn A.
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    The rapid proliferation of exempt wells since the settlement of the West has left the State of Washington with little knowledge of the existing number of exempt wells within its boundaries. Exempt wells are primarily a rural phenomena that when abandoned leave aquifers vulnerable to contaminants and create a general...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Water Wells in Washington State     AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kathryn A. Moran for the degree of

  • The impact of maltreatment on adolescent substance abuse

    Creator:
    Hall, Nancy K.
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    While the general link between adolescent maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse is well established, questions remain regarding factors that may explain variability in the strength of this link. This study examines whether the link between maltreatment and substance abuse varies across three categories of maltreatment: physical, sexual and emotional. It...
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    Dissertation
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    Impact of Maltreatment on Adolescent Substance Abuse. Abstract approved: Patricia B. Moran THE IMPACT

  • The effect of religious coping on depression and anxiety in adolescence

    Creator:
    Olszewski, Mary Elizabeth
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    Dissertation
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    confidence in my vision and ability. A very special thank you to Dr. Patricia Moran, my major professor

  • A content analysis of court opinions about grandparent visitation rights

    Creator:
    Henderson, Tammy L.
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    The current study was a content analysis of court opinions on grandparent visitation rights using the method of grounded theory. The research questions addressed in this study were: (a) On what bases were grandparents granted legal standing to petition for visitation with their grandchildren? (b) What was the legal reasoning...
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    Dissertation
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    Court Opinions About Grandparent Visitation Rights. Abstract approved: Patricia B. Moran The current