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New Forces: The Development Of Adult Child Partisanship, Laura Ann Meredith
New Forces: The Development Of Adult Child Partisanship, Laura Ann Meredith
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Which Way Now?: A N Examination Of The Ideological Movement Of The British Labour Party Between 1974 And 1992, Robert Waddington
Which Way Now?: A N Examination Of The Ideological Movement Of The British Labour Party Between 1974 And 1992, Robert Waddington
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Substance Abuse Treatment In Learning Centers: A Comparison Across Variables, Nicole Thomson Flynn
Substance Abuse Treatment In Learning Centers: A Comparison Across Variables, Nicole Thomson Flynn
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Social Bonding, Social Learning, And Delinquency: A N Examination Of Two Etiological Theories Of Deviance, Graham Cristopher Ousey
Social Bonding, Social Learning, And Delinquency: A N Examination Of Two Etiological Theories Of Deviance, Graham Cristopher Ousey
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No abstract provided.
Responsibility As A Factor In Adjustment For Siblings Of Children With Retardation, Victoria Boccelli Damiani
Responsibility As A Factor In Adjustment For Siblings Of Children With Retardation, Victoria Boccelli Damiani
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Forty mothers of children with retardation and forty-one mothers of children without disabilities rated their nondisabled children on levels of in-home responsibility and psychological adjustment. Siblings of children with retardation were found to show significantly more difficulty in psychological adjustment but not more in-home responsibility. Mean scores on ratings of psychological adjustment were in the normal range for both groups. There was no relationship between the degree of responsibility the sibling had in the home and the degree of psychological difficulty. Girls in both groups had significantly more responsibility than boys. Mothers of children with disabilities did not report closer …
Burden In Spousal Caregivers: A Correlational Study Of The Effect And Interaction Of Stressors, Vulnerability, Psychological Resources And Social Supports On The Development Of Burden In Spousal Caregivers Of The Chronically Ill, Sheila Marie Crossen-Powell
Burden In Spousal Caregivers: A Correlational Study Of The Effect And Interaction Of Stressors, Vulnerability, Psychological Resources And Social Supports On The Development Of Burden In Spousal Caregivers Of The Chronically Ill, Sheila Marie Crossen-Powell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study investigated burden in a convenience, nonrandom sample of 120 spousal caregivers of cardiac patients, who resided at home in the Richmond, VA area, had health insurance, and received medical care from private providers. Using Vitaliano's theory that burden is a function of stressors and personal vulnerability moderated by psychological resources and social supports, the study examined the relationships between those five constructs.;Burden was measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory and Montgomery's Scales of Objective and Subjective Burden. The Hassles and Uplifts Scales was used to measure stressors; demographic data and the Self control, Responsibility, Socialization, Psychological Mindedness, Tolerance, …
Behavioral Differences In Depressed And Conduct-Disordered Youth, Kathryn Haynes Rhody
Behavioral Differences In Depressed And Conduct-Disordered Youth, Kathryn Haynes Rhody
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study investigated the behavioral parameters of depression in children and adolescents. Demographic information, DSM-III psychiatric diagnosis, scores on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), and admitting problem (POR) behaviors were obtained from an archival data pool collected at four different child psychiatric hospitals on 630 inpatient subjects 5 to 20 years of age.;Subjects were assigned to one of four research groups defined by psychiatric diagnosis (DSM-III) and/or by scores on the CDI, i.e., CDI only groups (high vs. low scorers), DSM-III only groups (depressed vs. conduct-disordered), DSM-III + CDI groups (depressed high scorers vs. conduct-disordered low scorers), and DSM-III only …
A Study Of Subjective Symptoms Associated With Seizure Disorders In Adolescents, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen
A Study Of Subjective Symptoms Associated With Seizure Disorders In Adolescents, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to develop a self-report questionnaire that would address subjective symptoms associated with seizures in adolescents. The study was a preliminary investigation as to the reliability and validity of the Seizure Disorder Questionnaire.;Two groups of subjects were studied. The seizure group consisted of 31 adolescents diagnosed with epilepsy and contacted through the Epilepsy Clinic at the Medical college of Virginia, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Clinic at the University of Virginia, Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent, Virginia, and the Williamsburg-James City County public schools. The control group consisted of 125 adolescents who did …
Divorce Adjustment: Anxiety, Self-Esteem, And Locus-Of-Control, Grace John Hadeed
Divorce Adjustment: Anxiety, Self-Esteem, And Locus-Of-Control, Grace John Hadeed
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine personality factors related to adult divorce adjustment with a particular focus on anxiety, self esteem and locus of control.;Bowen Theory, with particular emphasis on the concept of differentiation of self, provided the theoretical rationale for this study. While Bowen related his concepts to marital and family functioning, the theory did not address the process of divorce. The present study attempted to fill a gap in the divorce literature by expanding Bowen Theory, with a primary investigative focus on adult post divorce adjustment and level of differentiation.;All 62 research subjects completed instrument packets …
Market Interactions And Competition Between Public And Private Oyster Production And Supplies From Other States, Ya-Ke Hsu
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Oyster production in Virginia has declined dramatically in the past ten years, causing Virginia oyster processors to rely increasingly on oyster supplies from other regions. In response to the industry problems, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) developed and began implementing an Oyster Fishery Management Plan (OFMP) in 1985. Primarily, the plan seeks to increase Virginia oyster production from both public and leased grounds. A large increase in production could significantly affect the oyster market. There is thus a need to understand the Virginia oyster market, which derives raw material supplies primarily from public and leased-grounds production and from other …
The Richmond Junto And Politics In Jacksonian Virginia, Wade Lee Shaffer
The Richmond Junto And Politics In Jacksonian Virginia, Wade Lee Shaffer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation offers the first full-length study of the Richmond Junto and its role in shaping politics in Virginia between 1815 and 1845. The Junto led the Jacksonian movement in Virginia and worked successfully to keep the state allied with the Democratic party of andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren until the early 1840s. The Junto represented an influential force in Virginia politics during this transitional period, and to a certain extent this small group of men, led by Thomas Ritchie, Peter V. Daniel, andrew Stevenson, William H. Roane, and Richard E. Parker, epitomized the state's response to the turbulent …
Who Went To Market?: An Urban And Rural, Late Eighteenth-Century Perspective Based On Faunal Assemblages From Curles Neck Plantation And The Everard Site, Susan Michelle Trevarthen
Who Went To Market?: An Urban And Rural, Late Eighteenth-Century Perspective Based On Faunal Assemblages From Curles Neck Plantation And The Everard Site, Susan Michelle Trevarthen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"Work Enough For Head And Heart": Dramatic Interaction And The Social Dynamics Of The Steward-Planter Relationship In Antebellum Tidewater Virginia, Neil Macrae Kennedy
"Work Enough For Head And Heart": Dramatic Interaction And The Social Dynamics Of The Steward-Planter Relationship In Antebellum Tidewater Virginia, Neil Macrae Kennedy
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Constantly Vulnerable Yet Persistently Strong: A Study Of The Financial Condition Of The Liberal Arts College, Robert Joseph Bouressa
Constantly Vulnerable Yet Persistently Strong: A Study Of The Financial Condition Of The Liberal Arts College, Robert Joseph Bouressa
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study is to analyze the income and expenditure patterns at three Liberal Arts I colleges in the Midwest from 1979-89. It combines from hard data from HEGIS/IPEDS financial reports and interviews with campus administrators to examine the effects the 1980s had on the institutions and makes a judgment about the financial condition of each college as they entered the 1990s. The study also examines state, local, and federal policies and presents the administrators' policy views about solutions to help ensure a financially strong sector of liberal arts colleges. It was concluded that the financial condition of …
David Hume And The Search For Social Consensus, Dominic Alexander Taylor
David Hume And The Search For Social Consensus, Dominic Alexander Taylor
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Relationships Between Retrospective Perceptions Of An Alcoholic Home Environment With Levels Of Differentiation Of Self And Trait Anxiety In Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Barbara Lynn Rojas-Hughes
The Relationships Between Retrospective Perceptions Of An Alcoholic Home Environment With Levels Of Differentiation Of Self And Trait Anxiety In Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Barbara Lynn Rojas-Hughes
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between adult children of alcoholics (ACOA's) recollections of their family of origin home environments, with present day levels of ACOA differentiation of self, and trait anxiety. The author explored the influence of ACOA gender differences and a variety of demographic information.;The ACOA volunteers for this study were recruited from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. to be included in the study, subjects must have met the following criteria: (a) the volunteer's age must have been 18 years or above; (b) subjects met the ACOA criteria by scoring a …
Why White Men Can't Jump And Black Men Can't Think: An Analysis Of The American Sports News Media's Coverage Of Basketball And Its Players From 1980 To The Present, Robert Charles Scaro
Why White Men Can't Jump And Black Men Can't Think: An Analysis Of The American Sports News Media's Coverage Of Basketball And Its Players From 1980 To The Present, Robert Charles Scaro
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Attachment Security And Partner Presence As Moderators To Automatic Responses To Stress In Women, Brooke C. Feeney
Attachment Security And Partner Presence As Moderators To Automatic Responses To Stress In Women, Brooke C. Feeney
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
R C Scott: A History Of African-American Entrepreneurship In Richmond, 1890-1940, Michael A. Plater
R C Scott: A History Of African-American Entrepreneurship In Richmond, 1890-1940, Michael A. Plater
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This study examines the socioeconomic aspects of ethnicity as a way to understand African-American entrepreneurship in the early twentieth century. In an attempt to separate the influence of ethnicity from the social and environmental elements that restrained many African-American entrepreneurs, the study focuses on the African-American funeral industry. The funeral industry provides a rare example of an industry that successfully operated on a voluntarily segregated basis. Sheltered from discrimination and racism, African-American funeral directors not only survived and surpassed their white counterparts, but also organized a national fraternity of economic and political elite who wielded significant power in the United …
The Relationship Between Selected Personality Factors And The Resolution Of Certain Eriksonian Stages In A Group Of Female Elders, Katherine Beale Coates
The Relationship Between Selected Personality Factors And The Resolution Of Certain Eriksonian Stages In A Group Of Female Elders, Katherine Beale Coates
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study focused on female elders living in age-segregated communities. It investigated the direction and strength of the relationship of Openness to Experience and Neuroticism to the resolution of Erik Erikson's Trust and Integrity stages, and to a Total Resolution score. The 62 volunteer subjects, age 67 to 99, lived in eleven retirement and/or assisted care facilities in Richmond, Virginia.;Personality domains were measured by the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI). The Measures of Psychosocial Development (MPD), an instrument based on Erikson's theories, was used to assess resolution.;It was hypothesized that Openness to Experience would show a significant positive correlation with each …
An Analysis Of Early Marital Adjustment: The Role Of Narcissism, Cognitive, And Family Systems Variables, Larry Stephen Armstrong
An Analysis Of Early Marital Adjustment: The Role Of Narcissism, Cognitive, And Family Systems Variables, Larry Stephen Armstrong
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to explore the relevance of both intrapsychic and family systems variables for the early marital adjustment of 71 couples in their twenties at the time of marriage, who were married in two central Virginia localities. The intrapsychic variables included subjects' marital locus of control and both subjects' and subjects' spouses' levels of narcissism. The family systems variables included six factors which have been found to be correlated with early marital adjustment. Three of these six factors were: (1) whether the couple married within a year of a significant loss; (2) whether either spouse reported …
The Commuters' Alma Mater: Profiles Of College Student Experiences At A Commuter Institution, Tisa Ann Mason
The Commuters' Alma Mater: Profiles Of College Student Experiences At A Commuter Institution, Tisa Ann Mason
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Writers have criticized the literature on college student involvement as being biased, starting from the premise that the residential experience is the normative one, and have called for a reexamination of the concept of student involvement. Thus in response to that need, this study explored the concept of student involvement from commuter college students' perspectives.;Focused on both Astin's theory of student involvement and Pace's work on quality of effort, it was hypothesized that there were differences between highly involved commuter college students and commuter college students who were minimally involved in the college experience. Since student involvement has both quantitative …
The Effects Of Social Skills Training On The Prevention Of Perceived Stress, Depression, And Social Anxiety Of Taiwanese Graduate Students In The United States, Li-An Kuo
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an Banduraian-based group social skills training in the prevention of stress, depression, and social anxiety of Taiwanese graduate students in the U.S.;The subjects of this study were 60 Taiwanese students recruited at four seminars sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Education, which aimed to prepare students for future overseas study. Thirty subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental condition and were trained with social skills before they left for U.S. The other thirty subjects were assigned to the control group without any treatment.;It was hypothesized that: (1) There would …
Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg
Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Oz In The Valley Of Ashes: Visions Of Tomorrow At The New York World's Fairs Of 1939 And 1964, Emily Mieras
Oz In The Valley Of Ashes: Visions Of Tomorrow At The New York World's Fairs Of 1939 And 1964, Emily Mieras
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Motivations Behind The Suez Crisis, Benjamin Joel Goldberg
Motivations Behind The Suez Crisis, Benjamin Joel Goldberg
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Voluntary Consent To Police Searches: A Result Of The Foot-In-The-Door Technique, Julie E. Howe
Voluntary Consent To Police Searches: A Result Of The Foot-In-The-Door Technique, Julie E. Howe
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Structural Incongruity And Humor Appreciation, Rosemary Evans Staley
Structural Incongruity And Humor Appreciation, Rosemary Evans Staley
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Transitivity Of Probability And Strength: A Test Of Three Discounting Models, Ann Marie Carosella
Transitivity Of Probability And Strength: A Test Of Three Discounting Models, Ann Marie Carosella
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Structure Of The Holocephalan Head And The Relationships Of The Chondrichthyes, Eileen D. Grogan
The Structure Of The Holocephalan Head And The Relationships Of The Chondrichthyes, Eileen D. Grogan
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The interrelationship of the chondrichthyan subclasses is evaluated based on divergence in the nature of the suspensorium, the preorbital cranial anatomy, the distribution of major venous sinuses and localization of hematopoietic tissue. The anatomy of representative extant taxa was examined by radiography and/or dissection. Fossil selachians, paraselachians, and holocephalans of the Bear Gulch of Montana, U.S.A. (Mississippian, Namurian E2B) were studied for evidence of vascular pigmentation, suspensorium, and cranial, branchial, and pectoral anatomy. These studies validate the suspensorial condition of autodiastyly and suggest autodiastyly is a fundamental condition involved in the basic radiation of Chondrichthyes. The plesiomorphous condition of all …