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A Quantitative And Qualitative Assessment Of Adolescent Hiv-Risk Predictors, Michelle A. Lang

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HIV-risk was assessed, and staged by the Transtheoretical Model, among 239 adolescents, ages 13-19 (mean age 15), with a 163-item self-administered questionnaire, supplemented with qualitative data from 28 focus groups. Thirteen psychometrically reliable scales were isolated and validated with 457 youth pooled from previous samples: factual, transmission, and perceived AIDS knowledge, misconceptions, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, homophobia, substance use and abuse, communication assertiveness, condom use assertiveness, and risk histories for self and partner(s). AIDS risk was defined by frequency of unprotected occasions and number of intercourse partners. Sexual activity was indicated by 54 percent of the sample. Young men reported significantly …

Individual Differences In Timing Measures: Continuation Tapping, Relaxation Time, Reaction Time, And Critical Flicker Fusion, Anna S. Klevak

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In order to investigate human time sense individual differences in timing were studied in a sample of 39 healthy adults at rest. Fast Muscular Relaxation Time, Preferred Muscular Relaxation Time, Critical Flicker Fusion Threshold, Continuation Tapping, and Simple and Choice Reaction Times were examined with the aim of determining both linear and non-linear relationships among the measures. Several significant linear relationships among the variables were obtained. Subjects with higher Critical Flicker Fusion threshold exhibited significantly less overall variability in timing, (p < 0. 001) and showed a slower increase in variability with increasing interstimulus interval. The Simple Reaction Time was positively correlated with the Fast Relaxation time (p < 0.05). The finding of a positive association between Choice Reaction time and Simple Reaction time (p < 0.001) was replicated in the present research. Subjects whose scores were located in the middle of the Preferred Muscular Relaxation Time (PMRT) distribution of scores exhibited less overall variability in Continuation Tapping (p < 0.05) in comparison with subjects who were located at both ends of the PMRT distribution of scores. The effect was attributed to the mechanism of a biological clock.

Some evidence for a relationship between the continuation tapping task and the single-response tasks was found. There was a …

Training Caregivers To Intervene In The Exploratory Play Of Young Children With Developmental Delays, Susan L. Curley

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Play, particularly exploratory play, can be viewed as the arena in which a series of interactions between a child and the environment occur. However, children with developmental delays appear to be less able to fully engage in exploratory play and utilize the environmental information that such play provides (Krakow & Kopp, 1983). There is also preliminary evidence that caregivers can be trained to use behaviors that facilitate exploratory play when engaged with their children (Belsky, Goode, & Most, 1981). The purpose of the present study was to explore the potential of training caregivers to facilitate the exploratory play of developmentally …

Oral Contraceptive Use: The Application Of The Transtheoretical Model, Sara Suzanne Johnson

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"The Freiris Of Berwik": A Critical Edition, Edward-David E. Ruiz

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Variations In Attention As Measured By Accuracy And Reaction Time Over The Course Of A Continuous Performance Task, Kevin Joseph Smith

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Investigating The Effect Of The Degree Of Newness Of A Discontinuous Technological Innovation On Individuals' Judgments, Paschalina Ziamou

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Fay Weldon: A Contemporary Critical Voice, Victoria Pickett Kirby

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Coming Home: An Investigation Of The Enfolding-Unfolding Movement Of Human Environmental Energy Field Patterns Within The Nursing Home Setting And The Enfoldment Of Health-As-Wholeness-And-Harmony By The Nurse And Client, Judith Treschuk Carboni

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The Impact Of Childbirth Preparation And Support On Labor And Birth Outcomes, Ingrid Johnston-Robledo

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Alternative Communication Strategies To Influence Risky Behavior: Addressing The Aids Pandemic, Timothy Blair Greenlee

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Measuring Public Preferences To Improve The Design Of Farmland Preservation Programs, Jeffrey David Kline

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Conserving The Balance: Frank Herbert's "Dune" As Propaganda, Barbara Ann Silliman

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Who To Watch Out For, Penny Ann Newbury

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A Model Of Culture-Based Identity And Action, Jonathan Andrew Matheny

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Mediators Of Aggression Against Lesbians And Gay Men: A Laboratory Experiment, Julian Lee Fernald

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Evaluation Of Structural Modeling Fit Indices Under Misspecification Conditions, Lin Ding

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Neural Networks In The Decision Sciences, David Allen West

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Use Of An Auditory Continuous Performance Task In The Assessment Of Qeeg Measures In Asymptomatic Hiv-Seropositive And Hiv-Seronegative Women, Laura Costa

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The Influence Of Contemporary Music On Responses To Visually Presented Mainstream Sexually Explicit Images, Renee N. Saris

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This study investigated the influence of contemporary music on young adults’ evaluations of and reponses to sexually explicit erotic, nonviolent pornographic and violent pornographic depictions. Two hundred and ninety-four women and men respondents were administered a survey to assess their experiences with various types of media, including their use of sexually explicit materials. Upon completion of the survey, respondents were exposed to one of three types of music primes (sexist rap, neutral rap, neutral rock/pop), and then viewed six sexually explicit slides (2 erotic, 2 nonviolent pornographic, 2 violent pornographic). Respondents were asked to evaluate each slide by means of …

Bid-Ask Spread And Stock Return Behavior: An Empirical Investigation Of The Taiwan Stock Market, Chi-Jeng Wang

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Environmental Factors And The Demand For Nonconsumptive Wildlife Recreation: A Time Allocation Approach, Robert John Johnston

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Algorithms For Missing Data Replacement In Time Series Analysis, Suzanne M. Colby

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Three simulation studies were conducted in order to compare the accuracy of two algorithms for estimating missing observations in time series data. Each study was designed to test the algorithms under conditions which are likely to occur in applied behavioral research: (1) Study 1 examined the effects of model misspecification on the accuracy of estimation; (2) Study 2 examined the effects of systematically missing data (versus randomly missing data) on estimation accuracy; (3) and Study 3 explored the accuracy of the algorithms under conditions of nonnormality in the data series. The two algorithms, the EM (Estimation Maximization) Algorithm and the …

Age Differences In Multidimensional Self-Concept, Erika Natalie Gardiner

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Since James (1890) introduced the psychological importance of the self, researchers have continued to debate several issues concerning self-concept and self-esteem. This study examined the ratings of multiple domains of self-concept, the importance of those domains, ratings of general self-concept, and self-esteem of 691 students from a North East school district in grades 4, 8, and 12. Students were chosen to represent three developmental levels: preadolescence, early adolescence, and late adolescence. All students completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, a form of the Harter Self-Perception Profile and its accompanying importance ratings. Significant age and gender differences in the ratings were analyzed …

The Impact Of Breast Cancer On Women's Body Image And Sexual Functioning, Elayne Amy Saltzberg

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This research examined the impact of breast cancer on body image and sexual functioning. Twenty women who underwent a mastectomy, twenty-one women who underwent a lumpectomy, and twenty-one women without personal history of breast disease or surgery completed measures of life experiences, marital satisfaction, body satisfaction, and sexual functioning. Data was both retrospective and prospective. The prospective data was collected in the form of daily diary ratings of body satisfaction and sexual functioning, which all participants completed for one month. Contrary to expectation, body satisfaction and sexual functioning did not differ between groups. For all groups, body satisfaction increased over …

Interactions Between Wage Employment And Subsistence Lifestyle: Oil Development On The North Slope, Alaska, Uma Ganapathy

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The Relationship Between Sexual Victimization And Hiv Risk Behaviors And Attitudes In A Community Sample Of Women: A Structural Equation Analysis, Laura Whitmire Johnsen

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Towards An Integrated Model Of Participation In Community-Based Alcohol And Other Drug Problem Prevention Coalitions, Benjamin David Kerman

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An Investigation Of Dissociation, Attentional Focus, Affective Response, And Sexual Arousal In Women, Marilyn Urban Germano

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Predicting Psychotherapy Dropout, Diane Duchon Young

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