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The Effects Of Cognitive Behavior Modification On Type A Behavior In Academically Superior Secondary School Students, Robert John Grant
The Effects Of Cognitive Behavior Modification On Type A Behavior In Academically Superior Secondary School Students, Robert John Grant
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The Type A behavior pattern, which has been linked to a high incidence of heart attack among adult males, has been the subject of much research by both medical and psychological professionals. There have been very few attempts to modify this damaging behavior pattern in individuals who have not shown any symptoms of heart disease. This research is concerned with the student population most likely to contain a high production of Type A's, the academically superior.;Thirty honor roll students from each of three junior high schools were identified as Type A using the student form of the Jenkins Activity Survey. …
The Short Term Effects Of A Developmentally Based Substance Abuse Program With Incarcerated Youth, Everett Gerard Mclaren Jr.
The Short Term Effects Of A Developmentally Based Substance Abuse Program With Incarcerated Youth, Everett Gerard Mclaren Jr.
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The purpose of this study was to provide a group experience to a high risk population which addressed the problems of chemical use. The study attempted to evaluate the impact of a developmentally focused prevention program on the range of developmental skills in a population of high risk youth.;The subjects for this study were drawn from a population of young adolescent boys who had been committed to the State Department of Corrections and placed at Barrett Learning Center. Subjects were randomly selected from those youth who entered the institutional population between November 1, 1981 and February 1, 1982.;Twenty-four subjects were …
A Study Of An Intervention Designed To Increase Awareness Of The Effects Of Sex Role Socialization On The Attitudes, Cognitions, And Behaviors Of Black High School Girls, Mary Elizabeth Hubbard Lewis
A Study Of An Intervention Designed To Increase Awareness Of The Effects Of Sex Role Socialization On The Attitudes, Cognitions, And Behaviors Of Black High School Girls, Mary Elizabeth Hubbard Lewis
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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of sixteen structured group sessions on black high school girls' attitudes toward the rights and sex roles of women, cognitions about the "ideal" woman, and expressed interests in careers in science and engineering.;The literature indicates that individuals select and enter career fields based partly upon their perceptions that certain career areas are more appropriate for one sex than for another. The resulting phenomenon is known as "occupational sex-typing" or segregation of the sexes by occupation.;The research design for this study was a pretest-posttest control group design. The samples consisted of …