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A Terrible Beauty: A Movie Masterpiece About Transcending Violent Death, John Wren-Lewis

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Childhood Sibling Attachment And Sibling Social Support During Young And Middle Adulthood, Abby Ann Welander

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Mmpi-2 Profiles And Apdq Relationship Functioning, Gelila Yilma

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Attachment and Personality Dynamics Questionnaire (APDQ) is a psychometrically sound instrument, with an average alpha level of .80, for measuring attachment styles. The purpose of the present study was to examine the correlations between psychopathology as measured by the MMPI-2 and relationship dynamics using the APDQ. It was found that the APDQ successfully predicted elevations in 9 of the 10 MMPI-2 clinical scales.

Send In The Clowns: The Death Of A Child, Richard Booth

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Are Children Remorseful After Committing Violent Criminal Acts?, Arlene Elisa Garcia

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Automatic Activation Of Ethnic Stereotypes In A Simple Cognitive Task, Sean Paul Gyll

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms On Well-Being In College Students: Implications For Academic Achievement And Retention, Sheila Ann Panori

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Attribution Of Sexual Harassment As A Function Of Race And Job Status, Michelle Lee Marriott

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Degree Of Organizational Change And Job Insecurity, Heidi Anne Schmitz

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Human Resource Professionals' Perception Of Human Resources' Value To Senior Management, Tamara Grullon Sehi

Theses Digitization Project

This study examines and describes the perceptions of human resource professionals about their contribution and that of their departments to strategic planning and management. Human resource leaders from organizations with five hundred or more employees in Southern California responded to this survey. The significance of this study is its potential to increase our understanding of the contribution of the human resource function to strategic planning.

The Role Of Activity Level For Memory In The Elderly, Lori Ann Johnson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Development And Validation Of Three Alternative Forms Of A Published General Mental Ability Test, Lori Jean Casper

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Negative Evaluations And Affirmative Action: The Preseverence Of Stigmatization, Miriam Guadalupe Resendez

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Review Of The Washington University Sentence Completion Test, Jennifer K. Murra

Graduate Research Papers

Ego development is a concept which has been researched for many years One way this concept has been measured is through the use of projective tests which offer a vague stimulus (in this case sentence sterns) which respondents answer without a clear set of rules. Jane Loevinger and her associates developed a theory of ego development which was then used to develop a projective test in 1970 called the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (WUSCT or SCT).

A synthesis of information including validity, reliability, explanations of ego development theory, discussions of different forms, and scoring has not yet been done. …

How Effective Are The Things People Say To Apologize? Effects Of The Realization Of The Apology Speech Act., Steven J. Scher, John M. Darley

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

The Cross-Cultural Speech Act Realization Project (Blum-Kulka, House, & Kasper, 1989a) has identified five components of an "apology speech act set": five strategies that speakers use to apologize. This study examines the effects of four of those strategies (illocutionary force indicating device, expression of responsibility, promise of forebearance, and offer of repair) on the judgments made by hearers about the speaker and about the apology. Each of the strategies is shown to have an independent effect in improving reactions to the speaker. Further, the magnitude of these effects appear to be roughly similar for each of the strategies. The things …

Language-Naive Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes) Judge Relations Between Relations In A Conceptual Matching-To-Sample Task, Roger K.R. Thompson, David L. Oden, Sarah T. Boysen

Sentience Collection

Three chimpanzees with a history of conditional and numeric token training spontaneously matched relations between relations under conditions of nondifferential reinforcement. Heretofore, this conceptual ability was demonstrated only in language-trained chimpanzees. The performance levels of the language-naive animals in this study, however, were equivalent to those of a 4th animal—Sarah—whose history included language training and analogical problem solving. There was no evidence that associative factors mediated successful performance in any of the animals. Prior claims of a profound disparity between language-trained and language-naive chimpanzees apparently can be attributed to prior experience with arbitrary tokens consistently associated with abstract relations and …

Teaching The Process Of Instrument Selection In Family Research, Jennifer H. Brockway, Fred B. Bryant

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper describes a classroom exercise in selecting measurement instruments that is applicable to both undergraduate and graduate family research methods courses. The question of how 10 measure the construct of "family involvement" is used as a concrete illustration. This exercise is designed to sensitize students to the issues involved in defining and measuring conceptual variables in family studies, and 10 teach three important lessons about measurement: (a) the first step in finding appropriate instruments is 10 conceptualize precisely the research construct; (b) there are many ways 10 measure any one conceptual variable, and these multiple approaches should be compared …

Sexual Attraction And Religious Therapists: Survey Findings And Implications, Paul W. Case, Mark R. Mcminn, Katheryn Rhoads Meek

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Five hundred Christian therapists returned surveys describing their beliefs and behaviors regarding sexual attraction and sexual expression toward their clients. Four groups of Christian therapists responded: psychologists, licensed therapists, nonlicensed therapists, and lay counselors. Christian therapists' responses are compared with those from a similar survey of 456 psychologists selected without regard to religious values. Most groups of Christian therapists are less likely than previously surveyed psychologists to report sexual attraction and fantasy toward clients, but the differences between Christian psychologists and other psychologists are minimal. Religious factors that may increase the stigma of admitting sexual attraction are considered.

Children With Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Thought Disorder And Communication Problems In A Family Interactional Context, Martha Tompson, Joan Asarnow, Elizabeth Burney Hamilton, Larisa E. Newell, Michael J. Goldstein

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

Thought disorder and communication patterns during an interactional task were examined in families of children with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizophrenia and schizo typal personality disorder), depressed children, and normal controls. Children with schizophreniaspectrum disorders showed significantly more thought disorder than their normal peers; levels of thought disorder among depressed children fell between those observed in the other two groups but did not differ significantly from either of them. Similarly, mothers of children with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders showed more thought disorder than mothers of normal control children but did not differ from mothers of depressed children. Children with schizotypal personality disorder did not …

Attachment And The Development Of Eating Disorders As Measured By The “Apdq”, Colleen D. O'Pell

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The impact of family of origin dynamics on the development and maintenance of eating disorders is well documented in the literature. This study sought to investigate the attachment relationships and personality characteristics of eating disordered subjects by administering the Attachment and Personality Dynamics Questionnaire (APDQ). It was hypothesized that the eating disordered subjects would show a pattern of insecure attachments to primary caregivers and significant others in comparison to controls. A total of 23 eating disordered females and 297 female control subjects completed the APDQ. The t tests for the 29 scales of the APDQ revealed lower means for the …

Sex Differences In Visual-Spatial Ability: Components Of Cognitive Processing, Susan Loring-Meier

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Bereavement Support Groups For Elementary School-Aged Children: The Impact On Grief Related Problematic Behaviors, Marlen Joyce Kellas, Lynette Christine Wheeler

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Treasured Possessions And Their Relationship With Self-Identity Development In Adolescents, Vanda Midoly Yamaguchi

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Study Of Hispanic Female College Students, Indirect Experience Of Domestic Violence, Michele Hazel Pacheco

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes, perceptions, and coping skills of college Hispanic women who have witnessed domestic violence committed against a family member, a close friend, or have experienced it personally. An interview was conducted to examine the women's attitudes toward the culture's role in the occurence of domestic violence.

Hispanic Women's Views On Affirmative Action: Self-Interest, Fairness, Socio-Political Orientation, Past Discrimination, And Acculturation, Isabel Vargas-Machuca

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Parental Intervention Into Sibling Conflict And The Quality Of Children's Sibling Relationships, David Matthew Casey

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Spatial Reference Cues And Primary Cue Strategies For Maze Running By The Desert Tortoise, Gopherus Agassizii, Michelle Lee Eliker

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Tao Of Photography: The Chuang-Tzu, Unconstricted Awareness, And Conscious Camerawork, Philippe L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Grace And Grit: Spirituality And Healing In The Life And Death Of Treya Killam Wilber, By Ken Wilber, John Wren-Lewis

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Living Our Dying: A Way To The Sacred In Everyday Life, By Joseph Sharp, Amanda Kautz

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.