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Linking Midwifery Practice To Outcomes, Holly Powell Kennedy

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Statistical Power And Effect Size In The Field Of Health Psychology, Jason Edward Maddock

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Predicting, Explaining And Understanding Adolescent Exercise Behavior Using Longitudinal And Cross-Sectional Approaches, Claudio Renato Nigg

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The Employer/Employee Relationship: Identifying Type And Level Of Employee Involvement And The Relationship To Extra-Role Behavior And Intent To Remain, John Thomas O'Connell

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Sports Participation: An Organizational Perspective, Jennifer Ann Swanson

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The Learning Network Model Of School Psychological Services: A Heuristic Framework For A Formative Program Evaluation And Organizational Development Plan, Christopher Scott Willis

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The Influence Of Individual Differences In Preferences For Sources Of Motivation In The Resolution Of Intrapersonal Conflict, John J. Beliveau

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Student Desire And The History Of Composition, Jeffrey Laurence Hoogeveen

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Practitioners' Familiarity With Psychotherapy Research And Their Relative Weighting Of Research And Experience In Formulating Beliefs, Charles Miga Boisvert

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The Relationship Of Ethnicity To Diabetes Self-Care And Medical Outcomes In African-Americans With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Mary K. De Groot

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Factors Affecting The Intent To Use Information Technology In Health Care Organizations: A Comparative Study, Neset Hikmet

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Maid In Voyage: Maid Marian And Female Heroism In Twentieth Century Retellings Of The Legend Of Robin Hood, Evelyn Mooar Perry

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Representations Of Violence In Gothic Literature: Consumer Practices And Cultural Identity, Katherine A. Mcgurl

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Assessment Of Hong Kong Shark Fin Market: Implication For Fishery Management, Quentin Sai Wing Fong

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Middle School Students' Classroom Internet Use: An Ethnographic Study Of Technology Use And Constructivist Learning, Anne Hird

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Webbed Text: A New Tool For Teachers Of Rhetoric And Composition, Jean-Paul Nadeau

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Maltreating Caregivers: An Application Of The Transtheoretical Model Of Change, Lisa M. Jones

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Many of the decisions that must be made by child protective service (CPS) agencies involve assessing the extent to which maltreating caregivers have made or are ready to make changes in their parenting behaviors. Yet, little is known about the process of change for these caregivers and no method is available to systematically measure their success in making the changes that CPS agencies require of them. The current study applies the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the problem of child abuse and neglect. The Transtheoretical Model has successfully measured change in many health-related behaviors including smoking and excercise. More recently, …

Observed Conflict, Sexual Experience, Pornography, And Coercive Behavior As Predictors Of Men’S Sexual Arousal To Sexual And Violent Images, James Allen Miller

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This study investigated predictors of sexual arousal to erotic, rape, and non-sexual violent videotaped stimuli in a sample of 82 undergraduate men. Questionnaire self-report measures of observed parental conflict, conflict tactics practiced in interpersonal relations, coercive sexual behavior, variety of sexual experiences, and frequency of using various forms of pornography, as well as a number of relevant demographic measures like fraternity affiliation, athletic participation, frequency of intercourse, and number of sexual partners, were assessed. These measures were used in analyses that tested relationships among these variables and determined group differences based on dichotomized classification of high and low scores.

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A Media Skills Intervention For Adolescents On Gender Attitudes, Beliefs, And Behaviors, Barbara E. Silver

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This study examined the effects of a media literacy intervention on the gender attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of a sample of 9^th and 11^th grade adolescents. As a time of identity development, adolescence can be especially challenging for girls, as they are faced with traditional cultural expectations about gender. It is proposed that the media, particularly television, reinforce traditional ideas about gender for both sexes, including traditional interactions with other gender peers, and may contribute to low social self-esteem in girls, with negative outcomes. A 7-session media literacy workshop, using a pretest/post-test control group design, was implemented with …

Puerto Rican Family Functioning, Acculturation And Attitudes Toward Family Counseling, Maria Vazquez

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Puerto Ricans are the second largest Latino group in this country. Although this is a group whose demographics are changing and will probably be major consumers of counseling services in the near future, there is very little research on Puerto Rican families. A major problem identified in the mental health literature with Latinos is the underutilization of services. This study attempts to explore Puerto Rican family functioning and utilization of family counseling services.

This investigation examines the validity and applicability of the Family Functioning Scale (FFS) using a Principal Components Analysis with varimax rotation with a sample of Puerto Ricans. …

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach To Understanding Psychological Empowerment In Community Prevention Coalitions, Bradley Farrell Mcmillan

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The increased attention in the past decade to health promotion strategies has led to an increase in the study of empowerment processes. Despite this growing attention, however, there are only a limited number of studies that address empowerment in a systematic and empirical fashion. The present study utilizes data from 284 members of thirty-five community coalitions working to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems in the state of Rhode Island. Structural Equation Modeling of three competing models of empowerment effects were conducted to determine the best indicators of individual-level empowerment. An inclusive direct effects model, a model of participation …

A Validation Study Of The Boston Qualitative Scoring System (Bqss) For The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, Debbie Jo Javorsky

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Runaway Nuns, Runaway Bestsellers: Representations Of Gender And *Class In Antebellum Convent Captivity Narratives And Fictions, John J. Regan

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Two Contrasting Cases Of Men's Experiences With Chronic Coronary Heart Disease Post 1985, Donna Moser Zucker

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A Multivariate Analysis Of The Contrarian Investment Strategy In The Japanese Stock Market, Mark Benton Case

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How Subject Characteristics Influence Attention Task Performance: A Structural Modeling Approach, Kristen A. Mckiernan

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This research project presented and tested a theoretical model of auditory sustained attention. The model includes the personal, or subject characteristics that are believed to influence a person's ability to sustain attention. These characteristics are positive affect, negative affect, motivation, arousal, and concentration. Auditory sustained attention is represented by performance on a computerized continuous performance test (CPT); the CPT is widely used in both research and clinical settings. Three hundred and eleven participants were recruited for this study. Data from 286 of them were included in these analyses. All participants received some form of course credit for their participation. The …

Attatchment Classification Among 18 Month Old Children Of Adolescent Mothers, Lynne M. Andreozzi

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This investigation was conducted to examine the nature of the attachment relationship among children of adolescent mothers using a standard measure known as the Strange Situation procedure. This project compared the attachment relationships of children of adolescent mothers with children of older, non-adolescent adult mothers. Given the paucity of research on attachment among infants of adolescent mothers, the rationale for conducting this study was to supplement an existing weak literature base. The major prediction of this study was that there would be significantly more insecurity among 18-month-old infants of adolescent mothers. The study further attempted to examine this relationship in …

(Re)Envisioned (Pre)History: Feminism, Goddess Politics, And Readership Analysis Of The Clan Of The Cave Bear And The Valley Of The Horses, Glenna M. Andrade

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Jean M. Auel's popular novels, The Clan of the Cave Bear and Valley of the Horses, are examined via theories of political thought (history, economics, power), feminist theory (oppression, sex/gender roles), and popular literature's (genre) appeals to various 80s readership communities. Chapter Two draws from historical interests in women's myth to show that 70-80s religious and anthropo-archeological revisionism promote an 80s goddess theory in support of 70- 80s feminism; nonetheless, from a 90s vantage, Dani-goddess theorizing is problematized by universalism, teleology, and gender stereotyping. Chapter Three examines Clan's politics, religion, gender roles and the pitfalls of mythmaking to Clan's …

Analogue Versus Authentic Data: Prereferral Intervention Strategy Utilization, Effectiveness And Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Mary Ellen K. Tillotson

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A literature has formed which has historically utilized an analogue approach to the study of prereferral intervention use and perceptions of acceptability and effectiveness. This methodology, however, may lack ecological validity if variables that mediate intervention selection and perceived efficacy are not linked to research design. If analogue research is to remain viable, supporting evidence of the concordance of naturalistic findings is expected. The current study utilizes an analogue and concomitant authentic approach to study the equivalence of these methods. A sample of 345 special education referral forms served as authentic data. Ninety-seven elementary general and special education teachers responded …

Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions And The Application Of The Transtheoretical Model Of Change, Deborah A. Levesque

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This research examines the efficacy of existing interventions for battering men and assesses the applicability of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the problem of violence desistance. In Chapter 1, separate meta-analyses of batterer treatment outcome studies relying on partner reports of recidivism (N=7) and official records (N=11) are conducted to assess treatment efficacy. A third analysis examines the overall rate of recidivism across studies that follow treatment completers (N=38). Results show that the effect of treatment is small at best and moderated largely by program, study, and publication variables. The overall rate of …