Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Time As A Shared Resource : The Effects Of Depression And Behavior Verifiability On Perceptions Of Temporal Investment, Jody Lynn Jones

Master's Theses

People have a tendency to view themselves in a more favorable light than they do others, a phenomenon termed the egocentric bias (Messick, Bloom, Boldizar, & Samuelson, 1985). Past research has shown that people are more likely to display the bias in situations that are "nonverifiable", meaning that there is no way to accurately measure the dimension on which judgments are made (Allison, Messick, & Goethals, 1989). Two experiments tested the hypothesis that only nondepressed individuals in a nonverifiable situation would show the egocentric bias, whereas non depressed subjects in the verifiable condition and depressed subjects in both conditions would …

Relations Among Perspective Taking, Egocentrism, And Self-Esteem In Late Adolescents, Kimberly D. Leister

Master's Theses

This study examined the relations among perspective taking, egocentrism, and self-esteem in a sample of 113 undergraduate college students. Self-report measures of the the three constructs were used. Subjects in different levels of perspective taking did not differ significantly from one another in either egocentrism or self-esteem. Pearson correlations revealed that egocentrism was not related to self-esteem in level 2 perspective takers, but that these two constructs were negatively related in 3 perspective takers. Additionally, when subjects were in level 2 perspective taking, feedback did not alter their perceptions of themselves. However, when in level 3, feedback did affect subjects' …

Virginia Annexations As Metropolitan Reform Movements : Are They Obsolete?, Demetra Yeapanis Kontos

Master's Theses

The proliferation of local governments and single-purpose regional governmental districts has given local and state government administrators throughout the country many problems. The multiplicity of governments exacerbates conflicts of authority, duplication of services, inadequate service levels, and many other problems. Three basic metropolitan reforms have been implemented to solve these problems: consolidation, disintegration and regional organization. Each of these types of reform has been implemented in Virginia. The most controversial of these reforms is annexation, a form of consolidation where an independent city annexes county land. What contributes to the controversy of annexation movements is that unlike most states, Virginia's …

Churches, Church Development Agencies And American Foreign Policy In Nicaragua : A Case Study, Michael Thomas Kuchinsky

Master's Theses

Churches and church agencies have always been involved in American public and political life. These involvements exhibited cooperation and common interest. An example of this includes the combined efforts to help European refugees following World War II.

Since then, churches have challenged their partnership with government. Sensitivity to Third World issues, theologies of liberation, ideologies of oppression, and the values malaise brought on by the Vietnam War separated some interests of American churches and their government. What would churches do when confronted with an American foreign policy they considered immoral and oppressive?

The hypotheses of Robert Sullivan and Jorgen Lissner …

Chinese Foreign Policy In Changing Perspective--A Case Study Of The Three World Doctrine, Guojun Xu

Master's Theses

China has in recent years embarked on a fresh policy of close cooperation with her former antagonists, the Western countries, not only in economic areas, but also on social, military and political issues. Does this mean that China has given up her highly publicized third world position? Or did China ever genuinely belong with the third world in the past? These questions are explored in the thesis through careful analyses of the origins of China's foreign policies as well as comparative observations of their applications to different countries at different stages. Rather than isolating individual variables, as some writers do, …

Relationships Among Gender, Gender Role Individualized Trust, And Self-Disclosure, John D. Foubert

Master's Theses

Self-disclosure, the process of revealing personal information to other people, was examined in relation to gender, gender role and individualized trust. Undergraduate subjects (N = 293) completed the Jourard Self-Disclosure Scale (Jourard, 1971b), the Individualized Trust Scales (Wheeless & Grotz, 1977), the Bem Sex Role Inventory (Bem, 1974), and a demographic questionnaire. Significant interactions emerged between gender and individualized trust (p < .01), gender and gender role (p < .05), and individualized trust and gender role (p = .01). An androgynous gender role was shown to lead to higher rates of self-disclosure in the high trust condition but not in the low trust condition. Although masculine males and masculine females did not disclose differently, feminine females disclosed markedly more than feminine males. The relationship between individualized trust and gender role revealed an increase in self-disclosure common to androgynous individuals is restricted to those who are high trusting.

Eating Disorders, The Imposter Phenomenon, And Achievement In A Nonclinical Population, Anne Marie Ross Jordan

Master's Theses

The Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), the Work and Family orientation Questionnaire (WOFO), and the Impostor Phenomenon (IP) Scale were compared to determine whether these tests measure similar phenomena in women in a nonclinical population. Each test was subjected to factor analysis to explore existing factor structures. The combined scales of the three tests were factor analyzed, and four factors emerged. The EDI scales loaded on two factors (Symptomology and Immaturity), and the IP Scale loaded on both of these factors. The WOFO loaded on two separate factors (Achievement and Personal Unconcern), with the Perfectionism and Interpersonal Distrust scales of the …

Leaders Of The Future : Differentiating Leaders Among High School Seniors, Richard S. Mohn Jr.

Master's Theses

The present study investigated high school leadership at two independent high schools using a peer nomination technique. Seniors nominate classmates who best fit each of 20 items indexing attributes of business world leaders. The seniors also nominated students they liked most and liked least. The leadership attributes were conceptualized to fit into four constructs: Other oriented, Inner oriented, Situationally oriented, and Derailment characteristics. The like most and like least items were used for measuring social impact and social preference and for classifying students into the sociometric groups of popular, controversial, rejected, neglected, and average. Test-retest correlations at a one month …

Factors Related To Religious Conversion In The Roman Catholic Church: Stressful Life Events, Faith, And Paternal Relationships, Kevin W. Miller

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Message-Framing On Psychological Control With Respect To Breast Self-Exam Performance, Deborah Karen Dilworth

Master's Theses

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Construct Validity Of Two Measures Of Jungian Typology: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator And The Singer Loomis Inventory Of Personality, Anne M. Bradley

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The Effects Of Type Of Evaluation And Task On Individual And Group Brainstorming Performance, Jerry Gerasimoss Vasilias

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The Effects Of Oppositional Meaning In Learning Personality Styles And Difficult Words, Jonathan Daniel Thomas

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Evaluation Of Activity Programming At Nursing Homes, Suzanne Marie Farrell

Master's Theses

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Use Of Shyness As A Self-Handicapping Device As A Function Of Attitudes Toward Shyness, Anna M. Heiberger

Master's Theses

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Finding A Self In The Connections: Calvinist Theology And Female Psychology, Sherrie Rubingh Lowly

Master's Theses

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The Association Of Adolescent Substance Use And The Daily Experience Of Parents And Peers, John Philbin

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of The Interaural Parameters Of The Background Noise On Dichotic Pitch Detection, Anthony N. Grange

Master's Theses

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An Ethnography Of Women Inventors In Chicago, Christine E. Lachman

Master's Theses

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Effects Of Parents' Perceptions Of The Adolescent Experience On Future Parent-Adolescent Relationships, Tracey Hollander

Master's Theses

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Hannah Arendt And Human Rights, Jenifer D. C. Cartland

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Attributions About Male And Female Criminals On Sentencing In Murder Trials, Joseph W. Filkins

Master's Theses

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When Does Force Equal Rape?: An Examination Of How College Students Define Sexual Aggression, David B. Sarwer

Master's Theses

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Positive Affect, Negative Affect, And The Moderating Effect Of Writing On Siga Antibody Levels, David Michael Njus

Master's Theses

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Paternal Involvement In Child Care And Its Relation To Gender-Based Relational Styles In Young Adolescents: A Test Of Chodorow's Theory, Lisa A. Jewell

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Religiosity And Coping Strategies, Maureen O'Brien

Master's Theses

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Young Adult Offspring Of Substance Abusers: Is Adjustment Related To Mental Health Of Parents Or Exposure To Abuse/Neglect?, Margit Cox Henderson

Master's Theses

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Family Structure, Maternal Employment, And Daily Experience In Early Adolescence, Elena. Duckett

Master's Theses

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Metamemory And Learning Ability, William L. Cull

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Mood On Memory And Learning : A Logical Learning Theory Approach, Mary L. Wandrei

Master's Theses

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