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A Workshop Approach To Training Paraprofessionals In The Theory And Application Of Behavior Modification Principles And Techniques, Janice H. Schoonmaker

Masters Theses

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Patient Contributions To A Therapeutic Environment: Use Of Patients As Behavioral Assistants In Occupational Therapy Settings, James Paul Mac Cormack

Masters Theses

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Three Variations In The Administration Of The Cat, Margot E. Warren

Masters Theses

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Effects Of Vicarious Feedback And Social Model Type Upon Cumulative Verbalization And Personal Pronoun Frequency, Louis F. Caputo

Masters Theses

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A Comparative Mmpi Study Of Alcoholism And Criminal Behavior, Rudolf H. Stahlberg

Masters Theses

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Effects Of Several Fixed-Ratio Schedules Of Reinforcement And Of Extinction Upon Temporalis And Masseter Muscle Contractions In Humans, Gregory Earl Pierce

Masters Theses

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A Study Of Families With Stress Related To The Care Of Children With Myelomeningocele, Janet L. Ferguson, Russel Tweed

Dissertations and Theses

This was an exploratory-descriptive study of fifty children afflicted with myelomeningocele, ages one through six, who were known to the Myelomeningocele Clinic of the Crippled Children’s Division. The study identified the degree of multiple physical, emotional, and environmental stress factors that families must be prepared to cope with. The study identified eleven factors felt to play an important role in family dynamics and how they related to the families response to their child with myelomeningocele. The factors were tested and found to be valid by the use of a pre-test on ten case records. Medical records were then obtained from …

Pretest Case History Information And Examiner Experience As Determinants Of Scoring Variability On Wechsler Intelligence Tests, Joseph J. Auffrey

Masters Theses

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Investigation Of Sequencing Of Motor Behaviors To Be Imitated In Severely Retarded Children, Janet Marian Loeffler

Masters Theses

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Personality Factors In Mothers As Related To Problem Behavior In Children, Josephine H. Veldman

Masters Theses

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An Analysis Of Instruction Duration As A Consequence For Correct And Incorrect Answers, J. Eric Hayes

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A Comparison Of Hospitalized And Non-Hospitalized Male Alcoholics On The Basis Of Anxiety And Depression, Linda J. Townsend

Masters Theses

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Ua94/6/3 Expatriate, Vol. 1, No. 2, Bruce Tucker

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Underground newspaper commenting on Western Kentucky University administration and current events. Articles include:

• Tucker, Bruce. Caution: The One on Your Right May be a Cop
• Neumayer, Rick. Campus Protest Escalating
• Tucker, Bruce. Washington: Exporting the 'Picnic'
• Wilkerson, Larry. The Writing on the Wall - Graffiti
• Potter, Jackson. Henry Jackson Heads for Last Hurrah
• Neumayer, Rick. Judgment Day - Instructor Evaluations
• Patterson, Tom. Those Magnificent Men . . . - Dee Gibson, John Oldham, Jimmy Feix, Jim Pickens & Ted Hornback
• Harris, Mike. Black Students Unite
• Neumayer, Rick. Student Rights: Void Where Prohibited
• Hundley, Smith. Wants More
• Briney, John. Former Journalist …

A Drug Abuse Curriculum Guide For Franklin Pierce High School, Lonny D. Wildman

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to identify the need for a drug abuse program at Franklin Pierce High School, Tacoma, Washington; and (2) to develop a drug education curriculum guide.

A Study Of The Amphetamine Abuser: Personality Characteristics And “Meaning To Life”, Terrence L. Esch

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This paper will review the literature on amphetamine abuse after which I will discuss some implications for treatment. I will propose an empirical study that should help clarify a major assumption that is apparent in the literature. This study will then point out the possibility of a method of treatment that can be effective in helping amphetamine abusers.

The papers consists of three major themes: (a) Review of the Literature, (b) Implications for treatment, and (c) a proposed empirical study questioning the difference of personality traits and “meaning to life” between amphetamine abusers and youth who are considered to be …

Staff Perceptions Of Psychiatric Patients In Relation To Disruptive Behavior, Thaddeus I. Stachowiak

Masters Theses

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School Application Of Delayed Conditioning Procedures To Modify Home Behavior, David Arthur Vandervelde

Masters Theses

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An Analysis Of The Comparative Effectiveness Of Day Center Treatment And Out-Patient Treatment For A Psychiatric Population, John T. Gallagher

Masters Theses

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Generalization Effects Of Verbal Conditioning In Chronic Schizophrenics, James Larry Tichenor

Masters Theses

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Immediate Feedback And Parental Consequation Of Academic Behavior, Carroll Dean Smith

Masters Theses

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Use Of An Avoidance Paradigm In The Treatment Of Torticollis, Sharon L. Surratt

Masters Theses

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Comparison Of An Oral Form Of The Mmpi With A Booklet Form, Ronald Andrew Simia

Masters Theses

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The Generalization Effects Of Initially Improved Reading Skills Upon Social And Other Academic Behavior, C. Wesley Middlebush

Masters Theses

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Verbal Accessibility And Authoritarian Family Ideology: A Study Of 50 Graduate Social Work Students And Their Spouses, Linda Louise Metz

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is the fourth in a series of empirical investigations concerned with symbolic interaction in marriage. Its basic assumption is that personal predispositions of marital partners as well as the social context of their marriage influences marital intimacy particularly the partner's readiness to communicate verbally with each other about important attitudes and feelings.

Fifty married graduate students attending Portland State University School of Social Work and their spouses comprised the sample. The subjects responded to three instruments: (1) a personality scale (Authoritarian Family Ideology – AFI) developed by Jane Loevinger, (2) a measure of verbal accessibility (VA), and (3) …

Evaluation Of The Role Of Neighborhood Health Coordinators In A Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Services Project, Sharron Faye Easley

Dissertations and Theses

This study evaluates the role of the Neighborhood Health Coordinators (NHC's) within Kaiser Foundation's Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Services (CNHS) Project. This project was established in September 1967, under the provisions of the 1966 amendments to the Economic Opportunity Act, to provide and make readily available comprehensive medical care to low-income persons. In compliance with the stipulations of this Act, persons who reside in target areas, designated as depressed neighborhoods, were hired to serve as NHC's. These indigenous non-professionals serve as links or "gatekeepers" between the low-income persons enrolled in this program, and the Kaiser medical care facilities which include the …

A Program For Teaching Self-Care Techniques To Severely Retarded Residents Of An Institution For The Retarded, Timothy S. Nelson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Differentiation Between Suicidal And Non-Suicidal Schizophrenic Patients, Gerald H. Smith

Masters Theses

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A History Of Criminal Procedures As Related To Mental Disorders, Ralph Slovenko

West Virginia Law Review

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The Influence Of Experimental Stress Upon Selected Rorschach Variables, William P. Brady

Masters Theses

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Application Of Reinforcement Principles To The Modification Of Isolate Behavior In A Withdrawn Child, Patricia C. Rinaldi

Masters Theses

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