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Loneliness: Origins, Manifestations, And Treatment, Andrea Schalman

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This thesis explores loneliness as a multifaceted psychological and social phenomenon, examining its origins, manifestations, and potential avenues for treatment. Beginning with a historical overview, the work situates loneliness within cultural and theoretical contexts, noting how the experience has been interpreted through philosophy, literature, and psychology. Drawing heavily on psychoanalytic theory, the thesis considers the role of early childhood attachment, separation, and loss as central contributors to the development of loneliness. The impact of maternal deprivation, insecure attachment patterns, and unresolved separation anxiety are analyzed as formative influences that shape one’s vulnerability to chronic isolation.

The study also examines the …

Diagnostic Strategies: Suggested Procedures To Identify And Evaluate Reading Problems Of The Middle Grade Student, Mary T. Powell

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Mary T. Powell’s 1978 thesis, Diagnostic Strategies: Suggested Procedures to Identify and Evaluate Reading Problems of the Middle Grade Student, explores methods for diagnosing and addressing reading difficulties among fourth to sixth grade students. Drawing on her experience teaching in a low socioeconomic urban school, Powell outlines a range of factors contributing to reading disabilities, including physical, psychological, intellectual, and environmental causes. She emphasizes the importance of early identification and individualized diagnosis, highlighting tools such as intelligence tests, oral reading inventories, and teacher observation checklists.

A central focus of the study is the development of decoding skills—often referred to …

The Affective Meaning Of Color, Henrietta N. Senecal

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Henrietta N. Senecal’s The Affective Meaning of Color explores how individuals emotionally respond to color, emphasizing the personal and psychological significance of color perception. Drawing from psychological, physiological, and cultural theories, the thesis critiques standardized color interpretation systems—such as those by Luscher and Don—and argues that affective color meaning varies greatly between individuals. Senecal supports this claim with an informal community survey, where participants matched colors to emotion-laden words. Results revealed both common associations (e.g., red with anger or love, black with death) and significant variation, reinforcing the idea that color interpretation is deeply personal and often shaped by context, …

In Search Of The Sources Of Rationality: A Study Of The Work Of Jerome Bruner, Keith Weeks Lyou

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Elementary Music Curriculum Guide: Grades One Through Six, Linda Mckinzie

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Art Experiences For Children, Yvonne Moran

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This document, written by Yvonne Moran in 1978, serves as a guide to incorporating art experiences into children’s learning to foster creativity, self-expression, and personal development. The approach combines elements of art and dance therapy, highlighting how movement, color, and self-reflective activities can help children build confidence, communicate emotions, and explore their identities. Structured as a hands-on manual, it includes specific units like life-sized body drawings, color-mixing exercises, rhythm awareness, and shadow sketches. Each activity emphasizes experiential learning, allowing children to engage deeply with art and movement to understand themselves and their relationships with others.

The guide is particularly mindful …

Focus On Tomorrow: A Community Based Diversionary Program For Juvenile Delinquents, Mary Louise Hannegan

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This paper is a presentation of "Focus on Tomorrow," a community based diversionary program designed to impact predelinquent juveniles at the junior high school level. The program is a collaborative effort of the YMCA, The Lindenwood Colleges, the St. Charles School District, and the St. Charles County Juvenile Court. The purpose is to identify high-risk juveniles within the school system and provide resources to the juveniles and their families to help them complete school and avoid referral to court. Resources include tutoring, stress/challenge outings, family counseling, and YMCA memberships. Included in the paper is a justification for the need of …

Closet Woman: A Study Of Societal Changes, The Infantalized Woman And The Ways In Which Psychotherapy Can Effect Change, Alice Beck Simmons

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This 1978 Master’s thesis by Alice Beck Simmons investigates the psychological phenomenon of the "infantilized woman" within the context of middle-class American society. The study posits that traditional cultural attitudes toward marriage, family, and sexuality systematically repress female potential, resulting in women who mature physically but remain emotionally dependent and child-like. The author defines "infantilization" as a condition characterized by low self-esteem, a lack of personal identity, and an inability to function or make decisions without relying on another person.

The paper traces the origins of this condition through developmental stages, arguing that parental reinforcement of dependency and the repression …

Rya Wall Hangings: Creation And Flame Retardation, Shelley Matthews

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Fatigue Stress Analysis, William Nowak

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Effect Of Stabilizers On Sulfur Sensitization, Anthony Gingello, Gladys Macintyre

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It has been repeatedly suggested that chemical sensitization by sulfur compounds depends not only on the formation of silver sulfide, but on its rearrangement on the grain surface to form sensitivity centers. The most direct evidence for this is that there is no sensitization on addition of soluble sulfide to the emulsion which forms silver sulfide, but, on heating the emulsion with the sulfide for a longer time and a higher temperature than those used for thiosulfate sensitization, equivalent sensitization can be obtained. Stabilizers such as 6-methyl-4-hydroxy-l,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene (TAI) , which stop photographic sensitization, do not stop the chemical reaction of …

My Snapshots, Arnold Sorvari

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An Approach To Marriage Counseling Based On Hypnosis, John G. Kappas

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An Evaluation Of The Sherwood S-12 System For Use With The Sma 12/60, Thomas Kankoski

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Characterization Of A Contact Screen System As Used In The Graphic Arts, Arthur Kliman

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Fractional image areas based on measured transmittance distributions of contact screens having screen frequencies of 50 - 150 lines/inch* (1.95 - 4.66 cycles/mm) are compared to measured fractional image areas produced on lithographic film using the same contact screens. The Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of the lithographic film is calculated for spatial frequency inputs of 1.95 - 12.00 cycles/mm. Based on these experiments, a mathematical model was developed to describe how the fractional image area of a halftone is dependent on spatial frequency of the contact screen, predicted fractional image area based on the screen ' s transmittance distribution, and …

Christian Art In The Twentieth Century, Jane Fretz

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Municipal Point Source Pollution In The Hackensack Meadowlands Estuary, Alfonso Augustine Hernandez

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A study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of various sewage treatment facilities in the Hackensack Meadowlands District. The study dealt with overall plant efficiencies based on percent removals of suspended solids and Biochemical Oxygen Demand although other parameters were also included.

Samples for this study were obtained from the inlet and outlet channels of the individual plants. The parameters studied were: Suspended Solids, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Total Nitrogen, Nitrate-Nitrite Compounds, Total Organic Carbon, Orthophosphate-P, Total Oxygen Demand and Fecal Coliform. Results obtained were averaged so as to collectively represent wet and dry weather conditions.

The results indicate that most …

A Sense Of Self, Diane Brawarsky

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Inner Bridges: Issues In The Development Of A Psychotherapeutic Model For Transpersonal Growth, Diane Asay

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Color Photographs, Kathleen Collins

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A Production Of Discharge Prints Created With Tie-Dye/Stencilling And Their Photographic Comparisons, Paxton Sholademi Aremu

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Art Therapy With Institutionalized Adult Mental Patients: A Four-Week Study, Margaret E. Goodwin

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Living Together / Growing Together: A Study Of Communal Family Life And Growth, Tina B. Tessina

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Living Together/Growing Together explores the psychological and social dynamics of communal family life through both historical research and personal experience. Author Tina B. Tessina, drawing from her own participation in a cooperative living group (CLG), investigates why individuals choose to live communally and how such environments can facilitate personal growth and autonomy. The study proposes that communal living satisfies higher-order psychological needs—such as belonging, mutuality, and self-actualization—as outlined by theorists like Maslow and Berne.

The work is structured around key themes of group stability, including charismatic leadership, common ideology, external persecution, and companionship/cooperation. Tessina provides historical case studies of successful …

Therapy: An Eclectic Approach, Jeri De Vale

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The Development Of An Effective Treatment Program For Schizophrenics, Francine Kane

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An Understanding Of Care For The Geriatric Patient, Lois Jacobs Ricci

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Lois Jacobs Ricci’s thesis, An Understanding of Care for the Geriatric Patient: A Manual for the Inservice Instructor, focuses on the need for continuous education in nursing homes to enhance the quality of geriatric care. The manual provides guidance for inservice instructors, emphasizing that nursing home staff must regularly update their knowledge and skills to address the unique challenges of caring for elderly patients.

The study highlights the significance of inservice training in maintaining high standards of patient care, job satisfaction, and effective communication among healthcare workers. Ricci outlines key components of an inservice program, including the importance of …

The Fulfillment Of Love And Belongingness Needs Among Single Parents, Anne Roemer Bannes

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The present study investigates the differences between single parents and married parents regarding (a) to what extent they fulfill their love and belongingness needs , and (b) what sources they enlist for this fulfillment. Nine hypotheses are tested using 50 subjects who were given a questionnaire developed for this study. No differences are found between married parents and single parents in the fulfillment of their needs . Differences are found in the sources they enlist for the fulfillment of their need for love, but no differences are found between groups for sources of fulfillment of their need for belonging. It …

The Multiple Losses Of Housewives Who Become Widowed, Emily Carton

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Housewives who become widowed suffer from the loss of two roles - that of wife and worker. Since housework is not traditionally considered employment, these women are not given equivalent financial or emotional support that one would give retirees. This paper will define housework as an occupational identity and will examine the social and financial similarities between the housewife who becomes widowed and the individual who is forced to retire from long term employment.

Checks & Balances, Henry Blaustein

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A Suggested Curriculum For The Teaching Of Creative Writing In The Secondary School, Joyce Reynolds

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This thesis, A Suggested Curriculum for the Teaching of Creative Writing in the Secondary School by Joyce Reynolds, presents a structured approach to fostering creativity and writing proficiency among high school students. It emphasizes the importance of creative expression as a means of intellectual and personal growth, arguing that traditional education often fails to encourage independent and imaginative thinking. The curriculum is designed to develop students’ writing abilities through structured lessons, interactive classroom activities, and self-reflective practices.

The document outlines course objectives, including personal responsibility in learning, identity exploration, and skill development in descriptive, narrative, and poetic writing. It also …