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Cognitive Appraisals And Coping Styles Of Chronic Tension Headache Sufferers., Angela Keen

Theses and Dissertations

The existing headache literature neglects to examine the possible differences between tension headache subjects and controls with regard to cognitive appraisals or coping styles. Also, despite the traditional view that tension headaches occur in close proximity to a stressor, there is limited empirical evidence supporting this idea (Ad Hoc Committee, 1962; Gannon, Haynes, Cuevas & Chavez, 1987). In addition, the results from studies on the efficacy of the traditional muscle-contraction model of tension headaches are ambiguous (Chapman, 1986; Hursey, Holroyd, Penzien & Holm, 1985).Lazarus and Folkman (1984) suggest that a person's ideas will have the greatest influence on appraisal when …

North Dakota Intelligencer: September 14, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

September 14, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

A Prospective Study Of Cancer Patients Developing Nausea And Vomiting In Response To Radiotherapy., Michael Earl Nunley

Theses and Dissertations

Individuals diagnosed as having cancer are confronted with challenging life and death issues. Medical interventions aimed at retarding or eradicating malignant growths have fortunately met with increasing success over recent years, thus offering patients optimism in the form of either prolonging life or attaining a permanent cure. However, such optimism is not met without risks of suffering distressing treated related side-effects. Perhaps the most unpleasant side-effects facing patients are nausea and vomiting which can be associated with undergoing either chemotherapy or radiotherapy.Over the past decade, research with chemotherapy patients has aided in identifying treatment related and psychological or emotional factors …

Social Support And Sense Of Coherence As Predictors Of Spousal Grief During The First Few Months Of Bereavement., Tracy Lynn Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Twenty-six male and female spouses of patients served by a small hospice in the upper Midwest served as subjects for this dissertation. At the time of referral of their terminally ill spouse they completed measures of Sense of Coherence and social support. Their spouses died from an anticipated death, cancer, and they were contacted by phone within the first three months of bereavement. At that time, measures of grief, depression, anxiety, and anger were obtained.This first hypothesis, that social support would influence bereavement outcome (spouses with more social support would experience less grief, depression, anxiety, and anger than spouses with …

An English Translation Of "Little Daughter" And The Introductory Materials From Volume I Of "The Collected Works Of Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevskii"., William P. Wilson

Theses and Dissertations

The surviving literary works of Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevskii (1820-1864), brother of the more famous Fedor M. Dostoevskii, were last published in the original Russian in a two-volume set in Petrograd in 1915. Neither volume has ever been available to readers in a published English translation.The first volume of this set contains a short biographical sketch of Mikhail, as well as several pages about him written by Fedor following Mikhail's death; these sections are followed by three works by Mikhail: two novellas entitled "Little Daughter" and "Mr. Svetelkin," and one short story entitled "The Sparrow." This dissertation is an English translation …

September- October 1992, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

September- October 1992 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 15 pages

Volume 75, Number 2

The Relationship Between Personality And Career Indecision Patterns., Timothy Brian Seaworth

Theses and Dissertations

Researchers have suggested that the structure of career indecision is complex, and that it exists in different forms. However, the dimensions underlying that structure and the different patterns of career indecision which have been hypothesized to exist have not yet been satisfactorily identified. Several researchers have suggested that personality dimensions might play an important role in defining the different forms. The purpose of this study was two-fold: to identify different patterns of career indecision among a sample of college students; and second, to examine the relationship between career indecision and personality dimensions.The items of three career indecision instruments (My Vocational …

Comparative Educational Policies Between The United States And Japan, Mieko Kurihara

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Intelligencer: August 24, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

August 24, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

North Dakota Intelligencer: August 10, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

August 10, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

Childhood Sexual Abuse As An Antecedent Of Problem Drinking And Sexual Dysfunction In Women, Sue Ann Russell

Theses and Dissertations

A number of studies have linked childhood sexual abuse to problems with alcohol and sexual dysfunction in adult women. Moreover, some researchers suggest temporal sequences in which either (a) early sexual abuse increases women's risks of sexual dysfunction, which in turn leads to increased alcohol use, or (b) the reverse, in which sexual abuse contributes to excessive drinking, which in turn impairs sexual functioning.

Most studies of these issues to date have had serious methodological problems (e.g., small samples, often from clinical populations lacking control groups). Additional limitations have been the limited range of variables measured and the lack of …

The Effects Of Ddavp On Speed Of Accessing Long-Term Memory And Incidental Learning In Healthy Male And Female Volunteers, Robyn R. Swenson

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of desmopressin acetate (DDAVP), a vasopressin analog, were investigated using a computerized task designed to measure speed of accessing long-term memory at three levels of processing (physically identical decisions, same name decisions and same category decisions), and an unexpected free recall of the words presented. Forty-one healthy females and forty-three healthy males (age 18-34) intranasally received either 60 ug DDAVP in 0.6 ml of solution or 0.6 ml of saline 20 minutes prior to testing. DDAVP did not affect response time on the computerized task; however, when response time control trials were subtracted from the corresponding cells of …

North Dakota Intelligencer: July 27, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

July 27, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

164th Infantry News: July 1992, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

July 1992 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of eight pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

July- August 1992, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

July- August 1992 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 15 pages

Volume 75, Number 1

Jurors' Perceptions Of Gender Differences In Expert Witness Testimony, Mark Rodlund

Theses and Dissertations

Recently, there have been clinical psychologists appearing in court to testify as expert witnesses. However, the use of psychology in the legal system has a history dating back to Thucydides in the fifth century B.C. The early focus of psychology was on the determination of insanity. Later, eye witness testimony (especially of children as witnesses) was challenged in the courtroom using psychological principles. Children are increasingly used to testify as alleged abuse victims. This can result in a conflict between the accused person's right to view all witnesses testifying and the potential that the child would be further victimized by …

Perceived Impact Of Participation Fees In North Dakota Schools, Victor J. Demaniow

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Motivational Factors Of The Nurse Anesthesia Student, Terry Lynn Stock

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this descriptive, survey study was to identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate critical care registered nurses (RN’s) in entering a graduate nurse anesthesia educational program. The intent was to identity specific motivators to provide information helpful in increasing the number of anesthesia educational program enrollments to alleviate the shortage of certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs).

A pilot study was conducted. Program directors were contacted for permission to approach the students. A convenience sample of fifty-one first year nurse anesthesia students from three different northcentral educational programs were surveyed. Data were collected via a researcher developed questionnaire …

Prairie Paupers: North Dakota Poor Farms, 1879-1973, Steven R. Hoffbeck

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the history of county poor farms in North Dakota and places them within the wider perspective of poor relief in the United States.

North Dakota inherited its system of poor relief from the Elizabethan and American colonial poor laws. Poorhouses were a part of poor relief practices that also included local responsibility, outdoor relief, indenture of paupers, the poor list, expulsion of non-resident paupers, pauper burial, discouragement of vagrancy, and family responsibility for the poor.

Chapter One outlines Elizabethan poor laws and poor relief in the American colonies. The increase in numbers of poor farms in the …

Leadership Of American Indian Presidents Of Accredited Tribally Chartered Community Colleges, Verna M. Fowler

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the leadership behaviors of Native American presidents of accredited tribally chartered and controlled community colleges. The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire-Form XII was used to obtain the self-perceptions of seven Native American presidents about their leadership behavior. In addition, the perceptions of three faculty members, three administrative staff members, and two board members concerning the leadership behaviors of their president at each of the seven colleges were obtained through the LBDQ-12. Each president also was requested to complete a questionnaire designed for this study to collect biographical data and data about their goals, challenges, and accomplishments.

The findings …

Element Student Teaching: Patterns Of Concerns, Shirley J. Aafeldt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Inpatient And Outpatient Treatment Programs For Bulimia Nervosa, Claudette M. Richter-Reno

Theses and Dissertations

The current study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of an inpatient stay followed by outpatient treatment for bulimia nervosa, in comparison to an outpatient program only. It was hypothesized that bulimics in the inpatient/outpatient group would be receiving the combined benefits of both inpatient and outpatient treatment, thereby demonstrating greater changes in reduction of bulimic symptomatology than subjects in the less intensive outpatient treatment. Thirty-four, adult, caucasian females meeting the DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa served as subjects. Nineteen subjects received inpatient/outpatient treatment, while fifteen received outpatient treatment. Subjects completed an initial test packet, including the Beck Depression Inventory …

From Villain To Hero: Traces Of The Gothic Villain/Hero In Four Modern Films, Richard N. Van Eck

Theses and Dissertations

The Gothic novel of the 19th century js often viewed as the beginning and end of the "true" Gothic. While its role in creating or contributing to other genres, such as Science Fiction, Horror, and Romance, is widely recognized, the view of the Gothic as a "dead" genre often persists. The Gothic tradition has continued to the present time, however, and has experienced a recent resurgence of popularity in modern film.

This thesis proposes to examine four modern films as manifestations of the modern Gothic. A working definition of the original Gothic will be formulated, and then refined through the …

A Comparison Of Student Perceptions And Uses Of Accreditation At Selected Minnesota Technical Colleges, Kenneth W. Henry

Theses and Dissertations

The study compared perceptions and use of accreditation among students attending Minnesota technical colleges holding three different types of accreditation.

A total of 777 students from three different academic program areas were surveyed. The students were selected from eight technical colleges. Four colleges were accredited by the NCA Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, two colleges were accredited by NCA Colleges and Schools, and two colleges were accredited by the Minnesota State Board of Technical Colleges.

Students do use and possess some awareness of accreditation. Accreditation was used by 36.5 percent of the students in their choice of colleges and …

North Dakota Intelligencer: June 8, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

June 8, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

North Dakota Intelligencer: May 11, 1992, Mike Jacobs

North Dakota Politics - Publications

May 11, 1992, edition of "The North Dakota Intelligencer: an Inside Report on People, Politics, and Power."

4 pages

Untitled Speech By President Thomas Clifford, Spring Commencement: May 10, 1992, Thomas J. Clifford

UND Commencement Programs

Text of untitled speech delivered by President Thomas Clifford at the UND Spring Commencement on May 10, 1992. Clifford, a North Dakota native and UND alumnus, served as president of the University from 1971 to 1992.

Spring Commencement: May 10, 1992, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Spring Commencement program from May 10, 1992.

School Of Law Commencement: May 9, 1992, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

School of Law Commencement program from May 9, 1992.

May- June 1992, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

May- June 1992 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 15 pages

Volume 74, Number 6