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Toward A Behavioral Analysis Of Attentiveness As A Style Of Communication, Ray Alan Coker

Dissertations and Theses

Attentiveness, a variable of communication, primarily serves a stylistic function in the communicative process by providing behavioral evidence that an individual is actively involved in message reception. Past research suggests that while both verbal and nonverbal behaviors signal attentiveness, nonverbal cues are more closely associated with this construct. Among the many nonverbal behaviors of individuals in interactions, postural positions have been deemed highly indicative of attentiveness. At present however, most of the empirical evidence attesting to this notion has been established through the use of self-report measures. As a result of the felt need by this author to improve upon …

One-Third Octave Band Augmented Speech Discrimination Testing For Cochlear Impaired Listeners, Dianne Heath

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a 500 Hz and 3,150 Hz one-third octave band augmentation on the speech discrimination ability of listeners with cochlear hearing impairments. The results were analyzed both within the experimental group of subjects included in the present study and in comparison with data collected on a control group of normal hearing subjects reported earlier.

The Insanity Defense: The Insanity Plea. By William J. Winslade And Judith Wilson Ross. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, Donald Hermann

College of Law Faculty

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Cross-Validation Of A Sentence Completion Test For Protestant Seminarians, David J. Mckay

Dissertations

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Behavioral Variables In The Treatment Of Obesity, Karen M. Milo

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of current approaches to the treatment of obesity and to review literature on the effectiveness of the various treatments. Chapter 1 will present methods for measuring and diagnosing obesity. Some negative effects of obesity including physical and psychological factors will be specified briefly to stress the importance of treatment. The second chapter will provide a summary of medical, tradional psychological, and behavioral treatments including the underlying assumptions of each strategy, specific techniques used, and a summary of typical research results. Chapter 3 focuses on behavioral variables and techniques used in …

The Helper-Therapy Principle Applied To Weight Management Specialists, Kenneth A. Wallston, Mark R. Mcminn, Martin Katahn, John Pleas

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

One hundred twenty applicants to a weight management specialist training program were studied over a 33-month period. Following a nine-month training period, Specialists (N = 29; those leading at least one posttraining weight management group) were compared to Contact Controls (N = 31; persons participating in the weight management program, but not in the helper role) and No Contact Controls (N = 60; those not accepted into the training program and whose only contact with the program was for data collection purposes) in a test of the helper-therapy principle. The major question was, "What are the long-term physical, psychological, and …

Sex Differences In Mortality Statistics In Relation To Employment Status And Marital Status, Moseley Green Ruark

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Male mortality rates exceeded female rates in every death type and the sex differential increased from 1970 to 1980 in every death type except homicides. The findings in this study suggest that marital and employment factors contribute to sex differences in mortality for suicidal and accidental deaths. Being employed was associated with fewer suicidal and accidental deaths for females than for males. Being married was associated with fewer suicidal and accidental deaths for males, while marital status had no relationship to suicidal and accidental deaths for females. Due to these relationships it might be inferred that the expanding sex differential …

Interactional Processes In Heterosexual Dyads Based On Gender And Defense Style, Rachelle Joan Zalman

Dissertations

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The Relationship Of Alcoholism Chronicity To The Specificity Of Expectations For Reinforcement From Alcohol Use And Measures Of Expectancy Change, Matthew Zarantonello

Dissertations

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The Effects Of Parents' Marital Status, Intrafamilial Conflict, And Developmental Phase On Attitudes Towards Marriage, Nancy K. Moersch

Master's Theses

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The Effect Of Maternal Personality On The Personality Inventory For Children, Claudia Devries Beversluis

Dissertations

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A Study Of The Relationship Of Efficacy And Outcome Expectations, Depression, Insecurity, And Psychotherapeutic Change, Ronald Craig Fish

Dissertations

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Young Adult Women's Contraceptive Decisions: A Comparison Of Two Predictive Models Of Choice, Elicia J. Herz

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Early Recollections Reveal The Effect Of Birth Order On The Style Of Life: An Examination Of Some Adlerian Hypotheses, Norman N. Silverman

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Causal Patterns In Depression, William P. Reich

Dissertations

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The Construction And Evaluation Of A Workbook To Facilitate Productive Self-Understanding, Allan H. Schnarr

Dissertations

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A Schematic Approach To Understanding Probation Officers' Judgments Of Criminals, Arthur J. Lurigio

Dissertations

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Preterm Infants: Neonatal Behavior And Later Attachment To The Mother, Nancy A. Ruble

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Neonatal Characteristics And Attachment Behavior In Infants At Twelve Months, Janice M. Kowalski

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between State And Prandial Condition In High-Risk And Healthy Infants, Lorraine M. Hall

Master's Theses

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Influence Of Stress Due To Circumcision On Sleep State Organization In The Neonate, Dalma Kalogjera

Master's Theses

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Research On Health Promotion: Evaluation Of A Health Seminar, Christine Ovcharchyn Devitt

Master's Theses

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Associative Disturbance In Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorders, And Major Affective Disorders: Comparisons Between Hospitalization And One-Year Followup, Francine R. Rattenbury

Master's Theses

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A Schedule For Rating Lifetime Psychopathology And Course Of Illness, Carol Fuchs Kaufman

Master's Theses

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Affect Fluctuation During The Menstrual Cycle In Depressed And Nondepressed Women, Marlys Ann Conrad

Master's Theses

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Ethics And Science In Psychotherapy, Jeffrey M. Kunka

Master's Theses

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Psychiatric Diagnosis And Length Of Illness As Predictions Of Outcome, Judith Lechert Fudala

Master's Theses

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Androgynous Coping Behaviors: A Test Of Bem's Sex-Role Theory, Roy Lucas Lukman

Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the ministry of lay elders as it is suggested in the New Testament and to construct a model for the ministry of local church elders in the Inca Union Mission.

Method. This study was documentary and theological. The primary source was the New Testament, specifically the gospels, the book of Acts, and the epistles. Secondary literature was employed to support the biblical findings of the elders' tasks.

Conclusions. In harmony with the teaching of the Scriptures regarding early church organization and leadership, elders are selected by the local church and ordained …

The Relationship Between Need Trait And Temperament Type, Gertrude Elizabeth Jordan

Dissertations

Problem. Need trait -- as motivation for behavior -- and temperament type -- as emotional disposition and affective mood -- are understood to be interacting major components of the structure of personality. Past observation, speculation, and study of these constructs have lacked the psychometric and analytic refinements possible, through test development and statistical methodology, to researcher in the 1980s. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the relationship of need and temperament emerged in as consistent a manner as had been observed and tested in the past.

Method. Two standardized instruments, the Personality Research Form - AA and …

Clinical Psychology Doctor Of Philosophy Policies And Procedures 1983-84, Nova University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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