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A Comparative Survey Of Health Knowledge Between Sophomores At Utah State University And Sophomores At The University Of Utah, Richard L. Maughan

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A survey was performed to compare basic health education knowledge between sophomore students at Utah State University and sophomore students at the University of Utah. This was performed through the use of a questionnaire consisting of 40 questions covering the following eight areas of prominence in health education:

1. Alcohol and tobacco

2. Community health and communicable disease

3. Consumer health

4. Drugs and narcotics

5. Food fads and medical quackery

6. Mental health

7. Personal health

8. Sex education

This questionnaire was administered through the mail to 250 randomly selected students at the two universities. When responses were received …

Personality And Sports Preference In Women Majoring In Physical Education In Utah And Idaho, Carolyn Gay Barcus

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Personality traits of women majoring in physical education who preferred team sports, individual sports, or dance were compared, using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).

No significant differences were found between the three groups on seven of the eight MMPI scales used. The dance group scored significantly more feminine on scale 5 of the MMPI than did either the team sports or individual sports group. Gymnasts and swimmers were significantly more feminine than was the track and field sub-group on this scale. The social and folk dance sub-groups and the non-majors sub-group were significantly more feminine than were the track …

The Desirability Of A State High School Cross-Country Program For Utah, Charles C. Hislop

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine if cross-country is a desirable sport for the Utah High School Activities Association to include as an interscholastic sport.

In order to determine practices, standards, and regulations of a desirable cross-country program, reasons for not including cross-country, and what the status of c ross-country is in Utah, questionnaires were sent to the states having a state sanctioned cross-country program , the states that do not have a state sanctioned cross-country program, and the track coaches in Utah.

From the data received , the following conclusions were made: (a) cross-country is a growing …