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Computer Mmpi Reports: A Comparison Of Three Commercially Available Reports On Accuracy, Format, And Utility, Kathryn Elaine Edwards

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Emg Biofeedback Assisted Relaxation Training On The Classroom Behaviors Of Emotionally Impaired Children, Elizabeth Hein Akey

Masters Theses

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Increasing Head Extension With The Use Of Automated Contingent Music, Susan Corman

Masters Theses

The experiment was an attempt to increase proper head posture using automated music as a reinforcer and to determine if this behavior would generalize to another setting.

Two cerebral palsy and mentally retarded subjects participated. Subject 1 was 24-year-old female, while Subject 2 was a 17-year-old male.

The two conditions included in this study were Baseline (no-music), and Treatment (music contingent on proper head posture). Generalization (no-music) was assessed throughout all experimental conditions. Both subjects wore the mercury-switch head apparatus during Baseline, Treatment and Generalization sessions.

During Baseline, the overall mean percent of proper head posture for Subject 1 and …

Observational Learning Of An Intraverbal Response With Pairs Of Multiply Handicapped Young Adults, Margaret C. Harkness

Masters Theses

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The Impact Of Women's Groups Upon Psychological Androgyny, Ruth Mausert

Masters Theses

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Effects Of Emg Relaxation Training And The Role Of Cognitions, During Training, On Self Image: A Pilot Study With Three Direct Replications, Kathleen E. Paulsen

Masters Theses

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Teaching A Mand Repertoire To Deaf Individuals: Transfer Of Stimulus Control From Imitative Or Tact Variables To The Establishing Operation, Genae A. Hall

Masters Theses

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Myths Of Madness: An Essay On The Science Of Soul, Thomas William Ross

Dissertations

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The Influence Of The Agency Environment On Clinical Practice, Anthony N. Maluccio

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In an in-depth, exploratory study of their perception of treatment in a family service agency, it was found that clients stressed the impact of the agency’s, social and physical environment on the helping process and its outcome. Workers, in contrast, took the environment for granted or had little to say about it. This paper discusses the findings and selected practice implications.

The Transition To Medicalized Views: Alcoholism And Social Workers, H. Paul Chalfant, Dorinda N. Noble

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

More deviant behaviors in our society are coming to be defined as medical rather than criminal, so that more control of such behavior is coming under medical and helping professions. Some conditions, e.g., alcoholism, seem to be caught "in between," with serious consequences. This paper looks at social worker perception of the alcoholic as "sick," in terms of a sociological conception of sickness as a social role. A bi-mdal distribution is found for acceptance and nonacceptance. Also, a significant number are ambivalent. The implications of this lack of consensus are discussed.

The Effect Of A Values Clarification Strategy On The Smoking Behavior Of Pregnant Women, Jean Eiber

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The null hypothesis of this study stated that there would be no significant difference (α=.05) in the change in smoking behavior following a teaching intervention to discourage smoking in pregnant women between those who completed a values clarifying strategy prior to the intervention and those who did not. Forty subjects were randomly assigned 20 to an experimental group and 20 to a control group. Both groups completed a pretest questionnaire concerning demographic data and smoking behavior. Information regarding the adverse effects on the fetus and on the developing child of smoking was presented to each subject by the researcher. The …

Heroin--Myths And Knowledge: Impact On Public Policy, Robert Salmon

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Public Policy in the United States towards the heroin user and addict has been punitive as well as unsuccessful in deterring drug use or in treatment of the addict. Bias, myths, and prejudices have influenced our policy stance and have made heroin addiction a more serious problem than it otherwise would have been. This is explicated in the article, and contrasted with the British system which in attitude and practice tends to view the addict as ill rather than evil.

Lessons From Private Health Insurance, Martha N. Ozawa

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

All across the country there is a sense of urgency, and even of crisis over what is happening in the health industry. Of special concern are the rapid rate of increase in the cost of health care services and the increasing national expenditures for health care. For fiscal year 1976, the total U.S. spending for health care reached $149.8 billion, or a per capita expenditure of $638. Expressed as a percentage of the gross national product (GNP), the national spending for health care reached a record-breaking 8.6 percent.1 From the early 1960s--except during the period from August 1971 through April …

An Evaluation Of Parent Education And Parent Group Therapy As Treatment Components For Child Abusers, Jane Susan Crawford

Dissertations and Theses

Treatment for child abusers was evaluated using two methods: reviewing three areas of literature and surveying practitioners.

Operant Control Of Pathological Tongue Thrust, George A. Thompson

Masters Theses

Pathological tongue thrust (reverse swallowing) has been linked to malocclusion, articulation problems, difficulty in eating, and excessive drooling. Observable tongue thrust in a 10-year-old severely retarded male was modified during lunch using a contingent pushback procedure. Comparison of baseline and treatment data collected by the partial interval method showed a significant reduction in tongue thrust and food fallout and a substantial increase in observed chewing. Results indicated the possibility that an operant approach to treatment can be effective in the modification of this physiological response.

Acquiring And Maintaining Conflict Management Skills: An Experimental Validation Of The Effects Of Homework, Laurie L. Assadi

Masters Theses

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A Comparison Of Two Non-Vocal Language Systems For The Severely Physically Handicapped, Bonnie I. Hurlbut

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Behavioral Contracting On Student Participator Activities In A Junior High Student Service Center, Sandra K. Bickel

Masters Theses

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An Evaluation Of Cued Speech Training On Lipreading Performance In Deaf Persons, Nancy A. Neef

Dissertations

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The Effects Of Homework On The Acquisition And Generalization Of Couples Conflict Management Skills, Mary Lewis

Masters Theses

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Hypoglycemia And Related Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Sharon Ruth Porteous

Masters Theses

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Modification Of Control Related Behaviors In Juvenile Diabetics: A Parent Training Class Approach, Robert J. Sheppard

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Behavioral Assessment And Treatment Of Pediatric Feeding Problems, Mary M. Riordan

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Habilitation In Michigan’S Developmental Centers Since The Enactment Of The Michigan Mental Health Code, Janet Maccormack

Masters Theses

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The Relationship Between Cognitive Style Match And Observer Ratings Of Cotherapy Teams, Philip R. Mitchell

Dissertations

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The Effects Of Standardized And Personalized Hypnotic Induction Techniques On Depth Of Trance, William C. Schirado

Dissertations

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Maintaining Psychological Fail-Safe Systems Of Performance: A Proposed Theoretical Model For Explaining Resistance In Psychotherapy, Daniel Rosen

Dissertations

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Lay Counseling: The Basis Of Prevention In Mental Health, James R. Seaberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to increase the recognition of lay counseling as a basis of mental health prevention and to present a summary of the state of knowledge about it. Lay counseling is cast as one of several components of mental health prevention and treatment, a definition is offered which distinguishes it from paraprofessional and selp-help services, knowledge about it both direct and tangential is summarized, and future research and policy implications are discussed.

Requisites For The Establishment, Implementation, And Evaluation Of Social Work Treatment Programs For Anti-Social Children, John S. Wodarski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Requisites for the establishment, implementation and evaluation of social work treatment programs for anti-social children are reviewed. Specific items discussed are: how does one ascertain the level at which change efforts should be directed, i.e., individual, group, organizational, or societal; what is the appropriate context for behavioral change; who should act as the change agent; what characteristics should the worker possess; what are the rationale for service provided; how long should the treatment continue; how does one prepare for the termination of treatment and maintenance of behavior; what organizational factors of treatment contexts are pertinent to the constructive delivery of …

Communication Patterns Of Domestic Cats In A Home Environment, Mary Ellen J. Ratuszny

Masters Theses

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