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The Determinants Of Consumer Attitudes And Intentions Toward Technology-Based Customer Interfaces Used In Service Delivery: An Empirical Investigation, James M. Curran

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Phonological Representations Of Adult Poor Readers: An Investigation Of Specificity And Stability, Jean A. Dietrich

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

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Blood On The Tracks: Biblical Law And Sacrifice In The Eighteenth-Century English Novel, Penelope Hope

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

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

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

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

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

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Self-Efficacy In Women Following Myocardial Infarction: An Investigation Into The Effects Of A Cognitive-Interactive Nursing Intervention On Efficacy Enhancement, Joanne F. Roy

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By Whom And How Is Service-Learning Implemented In Middle-Level Schools Involved In Documenting School Improvement: A Quantitative Study Of Opportunity-To-Learn Conditions And Practices, Anne M. Seitsinger

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How Diverse Is Ethnic Diversity In Books For Young Children, Jacque Lynne Washkwich

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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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Toni Morrison: Rethinking The Past In A Postcolonial Context, Hanan Abdullatif

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Recovering submerged histories is instrumental in counteracting colonial cultural hegemony and its persistent attempts to erase the past that subject peoples had prior to the epoch of colonial rule. In Toni Morrison's novels reclaiming the past is a necessary condition of subjectivity since it restores a voice and history to those who were deprived of the awareness of both. In other words, it is a restoration of subjectivity. In a postcolonial context, reclaiming the past means more than a linear or literal recording of historical facts. Rather the process of redeeming a past requires that victims of oppression recover their …

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 …

Predicting Mathematics Performance: A Structural Equation Model, Linda N. Bruno

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The relationships among personality and socialization factors that may contribute to mathematics performance were investigated using structural equation modeling. Five nested models were examined: a full model, a mediational model, a model eliminating the mediator, a regression model, and a model combining the significant paths from other models. Preliminary analyses (i.e., MANOVAS, follow-up univariate ANOVAS) revealed that men reported significantly higher math self-efficacy than women. Evaluation of the structural models identified the full model as the best representation of the data. This model examined the relationships among gender, gender schema, math anxiety, math self-efficacy, math attitude, math experience, math socialization, …

Adolescent Students With Behavior Disorders: Teacher's Current Referral Practices, Nancy Ruth Smith

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This study combined qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate teachers' practices when referring adolescent males and females to special education under the behavior disorder classification. Sixteen teachers were interviewed for the qualitative study. It was found that: teachers refer more males than females to special education for having a behavior disorder; females are more likely to be referred to guidance counselor as a means of addressing emotional/behavioral concerns within the school setting; within the classroom males tend to demonstrate more externalizing behaviors and females more internalizing behaviors; and teachers tend to demonstrate more leniency with females in the discipline process. …

Psychosocial Adaptation To Cancer: A Structural Model And Classification Scheme, Robert Adam Schnoll

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Rites Of Passage In The Plays Of David Mamet, Ira Schaeffer

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