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The Relationship Between Spirituality And Depression In Family Caregivers Of The Elderly, Cynthia L. Boland
The Relationship Between Spirituality And Depression In Family Caregivers Of The Elderly, Cynthia L. Boland
Masters Theses
The main purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between spirituality and depression in family caregivers of the elderly. Data for this secondary study came from a caregiver research project conducted by Given and Given (1989). Although the primary study was longitudinal, this study used a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design. A convenience sample of 191 family caregivers participated. Data on spirituality and depression were obtained by self-administered questionnaires. Spirituality was measured with the Spiritual/Philosophical subscale from the Coping Resources Inventory (Hammer & Marting, 1988). The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977) was slightly modified and used …
A Fatal Enigma?: The Reception Of Smallpox Inoculation In Colonial Massachusetts, Monika Drake Patten
A Fatal Enigma?: The Reception Of Smallpox Inoculation In Colonial Massachusetts, Monika Drake Patten
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Written Narratives Of Language Disordered And Normal Adolescents On Two Tasks, Antigone Howick Brown
Written Narratives Of Language Disordered And Normal Adolescents On Two Tasks, Antigone Howick Brown
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to describe written narratives of language disordered adolescents by comparing their written narratives via story grammar analysis with those of normal adolescents. The written narratives were obtained by administering two tasks as required assignments within the English or communications classes of the two groups. Task A was to write about a personal experience and Task B was about an imaginary experience. This study used Merritt and Liles' adaptations (1987) of Stein and Glenn's procedures (1979) for story grammar analysis to describe the content of the narratives.
Organized Labor: The Past, Present, And Future Of Nurse-Midwifery In America, Amy Procter Matthews
Organized Labor: The Past, Present, And Future Of Nurse-Midwifery In America, Amy Procter Matthews
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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The Relationship Between Needs And Interpersonal Problems Of Women In Four Interpersonal Categories, Valarie Elaine Sikes-Nova
The Relationship Between Needs And Interpersonal Problems Of Women In Four Interpersonal Categories, Valarie Elaine Sikes-Nova
Psychology Theses & Dissertations
This study empirically assessed the relationship between needs structure and interpersonal presentation in women. Proposed indices for selective attention were assessed as to their ability to detect pathology. The relationship between interpersonal presentation and interpersonal problems were also studied. The measures used were The Picture Identification Test (Chambers, 1976), The Interpersonal Adjective Scales-Revised (Wiggins, 1985), The Inventory for Interpersonal Problems (Horowitz, 1986), and The Marlowe-Crowne Social-Desirability Scale (1964).
Subjects were assigned to one of four interpersonal categories (Friendly-Dominant, Friendly-Submissive, Hostile-Dominant, Hostile-Submissive) on the basis of their self-reported IAS-R and one category on the basis of their counselor-reported IAS-R scores. Subjects …