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Welfare Status, Gender, And The Utilization Of Marital Counseling Services, Courtney A. Wyatt
Welfare Status, Gender, And The Utilization Of Marital Counseling Services, Courtney A. Wyatt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine how welfare status, gender, and the interaction between welfare status and gender relate to the utilization of counseling services related to marriage (i.e., "marital help-seeking"). This study was a secondary analysis of the Utah Marriage Survey data set from 2003. Two samples were utilized in this study, and generated a total sample of I ,316 participants. The first sample was made up of I, 173 randomly selected Utah households, identified through a random-digit dialing sampling technique. The second sample was obtained from a random selection of current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families …
Couples In Great Marriages With A Traditional Structure And Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill
Couples In Great Marriages With A Traditional Structure And Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study researched the possibility of an egalitarian relationship coexisting with a traditional role-structured marriage. Qualitative methods were used to gather data from a national sample using a 31-page questionnaire. Out of the larger Great Marriage Research Study of 130 respondents (65 couples), 14 couples fit the criteria for this study in that they had a traditional structure to their marriage and both felt their was a balance of power between them. Their stories were analyzed to discover what their marriages were like and how they talked about and operationalized an egalitarian relationship. Findings from this research indicated that it …
Evolution And Sustainability Of The Helping Hands Volunteer Program: Consumer Recovery And Mental Health Comparisoins Six Years On, Frank P. Deane, Retta Andresen
Evolution And Sustainability Of The Helping Hands Volunteer Program: Consumer Recovery And Mental Health Comparisoins Six Years On, Frank P. Deane, Retta Andresen
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
The Helping Hands program commenced in 1999 and partners volunteers with mental health consumers for support and to increase social contact, recreational and friendship opportunities. The aim of the present study is to describe the evolution and sustainability of the program over the first 6 years. A description of consumers accessing the program using recovery-oriented measures and traditional measures of behavioural functioning is also provided. Service data was collected on the development of the program, service utilisation, volunteer participation and funding patterns. Cross-sectional measures of recovery and baseline and follow-up Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) were collected on …
Explaining The Benefits Of Ebay's Features In Consumer Problem Solving Decisions, Joshua Chang
Explaining The Benefits Of Ebay's Features In Consumer Problem Solving Decisions, Joshua Chang
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
the Internet has provided significant search and evaluation benefits to shoppers over traditional alternatives. According to theory in the economics of information, proceding media technologies constrain the quality and quantity of information available to shoppers.
The Kiosk Culture: Reconciling The Performance Support Paradox In The Postmodern Age Of Machines, Thomas Cavanagh
The Kiosk Culture: Reconciling The Performance Support Paradox In The Postmodern Age Of Machines, Thomas Cavanagh
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Do you remember the first time you used an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)? Or a pay-at-the-pump gas station? Or an airline e-ticket kiosk? How did you know what to do? Although you never received any formal instruction in how to interact with the self-service technology, you were likely able to accomplish your task (e.g., withdrawing or depositing money) as successfully as an experienced user. However, not so long ago, to accomplish that same task, you needed the direct mediation of a service professional who had been trained how to use the required complex technology. What has changed? In short, the …