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Evaluation Of Patient Activity Programs In Selected San Antonio, Texas, Nursing Homes, Steven L. Ranck
Evaluation Of Patient Activity Programs In Selected San Antonio, Texas, Nursing Homes, Steven L. Ranck
Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs
THE PROBLEM
The problem was to evaluate by means of the Berryman Instrument (1971) the patient activity programs o[ licensed nursing homes in San Antonio, Texas.
PROCEDURES
The best evaluation of the total patient activities program in nursing homes was the instrument designed by Dr. Doris L. Berryman, Recommended Standards with Evaluative Criteria for Recreation Services in Residential Institutions. After permission was secured from the nursing homes to evaluate their patient activities programs, a personal visit was made to each institution to complete the evaluation. The patient activity director and a qualified assistant assisted in the evaluation at each …
Factors Which Affect Job Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction Of Male And Female Interscholastic Head Coaches, John E. Ritter Jr.
Factors Which Affect Job Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction Of Male And Female Interscholastic Head Coaches, John E. Ritter Jr.
Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs
Statement of Problem
This study was conducted in an effort to determine the sources of job attitudes of male and female interscholastic head coaches in the State of New Mexico. The Herzberg Dual-Factor Theory of job satisfaction formed the theoretical framework upon which this study was developed.
Procedures
A 22 item Job Satisfaction Questionnaires and a Personal Data Sheet, accompanied by an introductory letter, were sent to the entire population of 559 male and female interscholastic head coaches in the State of New Mexico. The introductory lefter, follow-up letter, and fina I post card yielded 469 returns (83.9%) of which …
A Comparative Study Of The Effectiveness Of The Small-Group Method And Command Method Of Teaching A Physical Education Activity Course, Edward Rhudy
Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs
This study compared the effectiveness of the small-group method and command method of teaching a physical education activity course, including a comparison of the behaviors of students in small-group classes and command classes.
The study was conducted utilizing 79 male and female subjects enrolled in four beginning swimming classes at The University of New Mexico during the Spring semester of 1974.
The study employed both empirical and descriptive research methodologies. The empirical study consisted of measuring changes in seven dependent variables: (1) attitude toward the physical activity, (2) attitude toward the instructor of the course, (3) self-esteem, (4) personal- self, …
Self-Concept Rehabilitation, Catherine Ann Salveson
Self-Concept Rehabilitation, Catherine Ann Salveson
Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs
The purpose of this project was to present a program designed for self-awareness to incarcerated minor females at the New Mexico State Girls School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the hope of increasing their positive self-concepts as measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. Sixteen subjects were randomly chosen and placed in test and control groups. The program lasted for sixty days with sessions meeting three times per week for approximately one and one half hours each. Yoga exercise, personal meditation and discussions of personal body and self were presented. Based on personal observations and the results of a discriminate analysis and …