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A Comparison Of The Pattern Of Involvement Of Degenerative Joint Disease Between An Agricultural And Non-Agricultural Skeletal Series, Lorna Kathryn Collins Pierce

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates the differences in the pattern of involvement of osteoarthritis between two groups of prehistoric American Indians who lived in a similar ecosystem and climate, separated by time and cultural activities. The purpose of this biocultural investigation was to determine if there was a difference in the patterning of the degenerative lesions in the two skeletal series and if that suite of characteristics would assist in determining possible aetiological factors and culturally determined activities.

Two archaeological skeletal series were utilized, Averbuch (40DV60), of middle Tennessee, to represent an agricultural site outside the mainstream of the late Mississippian period …

The Well-Being Of Working Family Women: Demands And Rewards, Social Support And Coping With Interrole Stress, Dianne Sheila Leader

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between the lifestyle of working family women and their well-being. Previous research had indicated that role conflict between home and work roles was common, and that it could have adverse effects on personal outcomes. One objective of the inquiry was to test previously proposed relationships between home and work demands, interrole stress and well-being. Another aim of the study was to explore the effects of including positive resources (coping behavior, social support and personal rewards) together with demands and interrole stress in examining the well-being of working family women. A conceptual framework was developed based …

A Dynamic Model Of Stability And Change In Mississippian Agricultural Systems, William W. Baden

Doctoral Dissertations

An argument in support of applying Stability Theory concepts to southeastern Mississippian agricultural systems is presented. By redefining such a system in terms of a finite set of variables, a characteristic definition can be developed that predicts system response to varying conditions. In particular, an attempt is made to determine periods of instability during the development of Mississippian Culture in the Little Tennessee River Valley of East Tennessee and correlate these periods with the timing of phase transitions. The system is divided into sets of (a) control (climatic and ecological) and (x) behavioral (technological and social) variables. The rules that …

Loevinger's Ego Development Scale In Well Functioning College Students, Joyce Marie Cartor

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of different character styles among intellectually gifted people. Two groups of students at the University of Tennessee, Honors students in Physics and Chemistry and students in the College Scholars program, were studied in order to demonstrate that the difference in personality dynamics among intellectually gifted individuals goes beyond 1Q level. Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test of ego development was used as a measure of overall character style. The Rorschach was administered to glean further information about the personalities of the participants, and to investigate the nature of its …

Taphonomy And Zooarcheology Of The Rockshelters Of The Big South Fork River Area Of The Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee And Kentucky, Robert W. Hoffman

Doctoral Dissertations

Natural enclosures such as rockshelters and caves have long been associated with aboriginal habitation in North America. However, these sites are often exploited by predatory and scavenging animals as well. In the case of the sandstone rockshelters of the Big South Fork River area of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky, three groups of animals are potentially important as taphonomic agents in vertebrate faunal assemblages. Background research and experimentation with (1) woodrats, (2) raptorial birds, and (3) mammalian predators and scavengers reveal patterns in bone accumulation and modification that may provide a basis for the identification of these particular …

An Investigation Of Problems Which Cause Stress Among Music Teachers In Tennessee, Patricia Ann Brown

Doctoral Dissertations

Teachers in general and music teachers in particular face problems which make teaching stressful. The purpose of this study was to identify sources of stress for music teachers in Tennessee in the following categories: environmental stressors, job-related stressors, classroom management/student behavior stressors, interpersonal stressors, and personal stressors. Also identified were coping strategies used and found effective by teachers.

The study was designed to address the following questions:

1. What are the perceptions of a panel of experts regarding factors which cause stress for music teachers?

2. What factors which cause stress are common to teachers in all three music areas—general, …