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Levels Of Social Intimacy Among Women In Substance Abuse Treatment, Jean Emiko Ishihara
Levels Of Social Intimacy Among Women In Substance Abuse Treatment, Jean Emiko Ishihara
Theses Digitization Project
This study found that women in substance abuse treatment have higher levels of social intimacy than women with no history of substance abuse (treatment). Other factors examined in relation to level of intimacy were: type and number of substances used, length of use, length of treatment, participation in mental health treatment, substance abuse in the home when the subject was a child, and a history of the subject being a survivor of abuse.
Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer
Factors Affecting Coaches With Stress And Burnout, Kirk Jack Frazer
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to examine the factors affecting coaches with stress burnout. This project was intended for all coaches from high school to college level.
College-Level Reading And Writing: Considering Curriculum From A Postmodern Perspective, Brenda Jean Littleton
College-Level Reading And Writing: Considering Curriculum From A Postmodern Perspective, Brenda Jean Littleton
Theses Digitization Project
This project presents qualitative investigations into the relation of science systems to education systems, and suggests post modern constructs as models of systemic change, with application toward reading and writing literacy for the college-level adult learning.
Extroversion And Introversion As Factors Affecting Adult English-As-A-Second-Language Learners, David Augustine Baptiste
Extroversion And Introversion As Factors Affecting Adult English-As-A-Second-Language Learners, David Augustine Baptiste
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this research is to investigate if there is a significant difference in literacy skills between Level-Two extroverts and introverts after three years of English instruction at the community-college level.
Operation Iraqi Freedom And Mental Health Of Vietnam Veterans, Janice Lynn Moody, Ron Robinson
Operation Iraqi Freedom And Mental Health Of Vietnam Veterans, Janice Lynn Moody, Ron Robinson
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to provide a clear conceptualization of how Vietnam veterans who have previously been diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) respond and cope with the emotional and psychological effects presented by the present war in Iraq.
The Impact Of Race And Ethnic Identity On Adolescents' Use Of Coping Skills, Victoria Estelle Keyser
The Impact Of Race And Ethnic Identity On Adolescents' Use Of Coping Skills, Victoria Estelle Keyser
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to compare the differences in the utilization of coping mechanisms of minority and White adolescents. By measuring the coping skills in adolescents, it sought to identify which strategies are most frequently used within the construct of race.
Adolescent Participation In Pregnancy Prevention Interventions, Brooke Marie Prince-Slocum
Adolescent Participation In Pregnancy Prevention Interventions, Brooke Marie Prince-Slocum
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study is to identify what types of pregnancy interventions in which adolescent females in San Bernardino have participated.
Measure It!: Developing An Electronic Resource For Scientific Measurement Skills, Gregory Berenato
Measure It!: Developing An Electronic Resource For Scientific Measurement Skills, Gregory Berenato
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop an electronic resource that would provide a tutorial for students and offer opportunities for practice of measurement skills.
Patriarchy And Machismo: Political, Economic And Social Effects On Women, Luis Antonio Prado
Patriarchy And Machismo: Political, Economic And Social Effects On Women, Luis Antonio Prado
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis focuses on patriarchy and machismo and the long lasting political, economic, and social effects that their practice has had on women in the United States and Latin America. It examines the role of the Catholic Church, political influences, social, cultural, economic and legal issues, historic issues (such as the Industrial Revolution), the importance of the family's preference for sons rather than daughters, and the differences in the raising of male and female children for their adult roles.
Concept Attainment In Mathematics Within Content-Based Instruction For Secondary English As A Second Language, Kwang-Sug Lee
Concept Attainment In Mathematics Within Content-Based Instruction For Secondary English As A Second Language, Kwang-Sug Lee
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide a useful model, the Concept Attainment Model in Mathematics, which implicates the concept attainment teaching method based on adjunct content-based instruction by using visuals and manipulatives in order to help ESL students be successful for both substantive content areas.
Developing A Tool To Assess Mother-Child Attachment, Lisa Rebecca Romero
Developing A Tool To Assess Mother-Child Attachment, Lisa Rebecca Romero
Theses Digitization Project
The Maternal Attachment Inventory - Revised (MAI-R) developed by Mary Müller in 1994, was used to examine attachment qualities between mothers and children enrolled in an Early Head Start program. Each mother's ratings of her attachment to her child was compared to teachers' perceptions of the mother's attachment to her child.
Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana
Empowering Pre-Adolescent Second-Language Learners In The Middle School Years, Robert Charles Quintana
Theses Digitization Project
The thesis explores sociolinguistic issues facing pre-adolescent English-as-second-language learners. Topics covered include literacy issues, communicative competence issues at the intermediate and advanced English language development (ELD) levels, language and power relationships that affect pre-adolescent English language learners, politeness as a sociolinguistic tool, and the benefits of students acquiring the language of cooperative learning. The implications of these topics culminate in the development of a social studies curriculum unit designed for the middle-school classroom.
Social Support And Mental Health Outcomes In Battered Women, Alicia Kay Vallellanes, Kelley Ferris
Social Support And Mental Health Outcomes In Battered Women, Alicia Kay Vallellanes, Kelley Ferris
Theses Digitization Project
This study examined the relationship between perceived social support and negative mental health outcomes in battered women. Correlations between perceived social support and depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder were analyzed. Perceived social support, particularly from family members, was found to be significantly related to mental health outcomes. Results indicate that agencies that work with battered women should include social support in the assessment and intervention processes. The study utilized a quantitative survey design with a sample of 120 battered women from four domestic violence agencies throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Quantitative data analysis procedures, such as multivariate analysis …
International Students' Reliance On Home-Country Related Internet Use, Songkwun Sukontapatipak
International Students' Reliance On Home-Country Related Internet Use, Songkwun Sukontapatipak
Theses Digitization Project
The present study draws on uses and gratifications and media system dependency perspectives for examining factors related to Internet usage behaviors of international students and their motives to use their home-country Internet resources.
Military Communities: Families At Risk, Marlena Sue Mccormic, Kristine Diane Brown
Military Communities: Families At Risk, Marlena Sue Mccormic, Kristine Diane Brown
Theses Digitization Project
This project examined whether there is a change in the rates of child abuse reported in communities with active military installations, specifically Fort Irwin in Barstow and Marine Corp Air Ground Command Center in the Morongo Valley, in comparison to a comparable non-military communities, during times of military conflict from October 2000 through October 2004.
Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux
Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux
Theses Digitization Project
This project creates an interactive website on the literature surrounding reading and concept acquisition skills in adult learners. This website used in conjunction with the Basic Skills English 10A course given in community colleges will enhance reading and concept acquisitions skills enabling student the self cofidence, encouragement and motivation to complete the course.
Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau
Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau
Theses Digitization Project
With a view to improve English teaching, this project provides creative teaching methods for English teachers of elementary schools in Taiwan. Storytelling, creative writing, and creative drama are interesting and lively activities that are used to motivate students to learn English.
The Utilization Of Parent-Child Visitations For Reunification And Stability Among Children And Families, Susanne Allison Jimenez, Lori Hai Stooksbury
The Utilization Of Parent-Child Visitations For Reunification And Stability Among Children And Families, Susanne Allison Jimenez, Lori Hai Stooksbury
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to measure how effectively San Bernardino County, Department of Children's Services utilizes visitations for family reunification and stability.
Senior Health Care System, Meng-Chun Ling
Senior Health Care System, Meng-Chun Ling
Theses Digitization Project
Senior Health Care System (SHCS) is created for users to enter participants' conditions and store information in a central database. When users are ready for quarterly assessments the system generates a simple summary that can be reviewed, modified, and saved as part of the summary assessments, which are required by Federal and California law.
Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes
Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons.
Superattraction: The Superlearning Phenomenon In Interpersonal Attraction, Ryan Edward Lipinski
Superattraction: The Superlearning Phenomenon In Interpersonal Attraction, Ryan Edward Lipinski
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis will discuss Pavlovian conditioning and its utility in researching various areas of psychology including interpersonal attraction. It was designed to extend the application of conditioning principles in the study of interpersonal attraction by testing cue competition predictions made by the reinforcement-context theory of attraction.
Social Support As An Influential Factor In Treatment-Seeking, Liana Christine Gonzalez
Social Support As An Influential Factor In Treatment-Seeking, Liana Christine Gonzalez
Theses Digitization Project
This study was conducted using a quantitative design and statistical analysis to determine the extent to which social support will influence an individual's decision to seek treatment for a medical illness. Main findings include significant correlations between measures of perceived and tangible social support and treatment compliance.
A Bi-County Examination Of Child Welfare Workers' Levels Of Compassion Fatigue And Coping Skills, Pamela Marie Keyes, Christina Leigh Smith
A Bi-County Examination Of Child Welfare Workers' Levels Of Compassion Fatigue And Coping Skills, Pamela Marie Keyes, Christina Leigh Smith
Theses Digitization Project
This study examined the relationship between child welfare workers' coping skills and their levels of empathy. The author developed instruments for measuring empathy and for measuring coping skills. Measures of the coping skills and empathy of child welfare workers in San Bernardino County and San Diego County were compared and found to be similar; the author hoped that this would demonstrate that the results can be generalized. The hypothesis that excellent coping skills diminish compassion fatigue and lead to increased empathy was supported.
Lessons In Character Development, Virginia Lizette Escobar
Lessons In Character Development, Virginia Lizette Escobar
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to provide first grade teachers at the Baldwin Park Unified School District with teaching approaches, tools, and strategies in instructing their students in character development education. These approaches, tools, and strategies will support students' academic learning as they develop a deeper comprehension of responsibility skills.
Interracial Couples Therapy: Social Work Students' Knowledge And Attitudes, Lena Marie Damper
Interracial Couples Therapy: Social Work Students' Knowledge And Attitudes, Lena Marie Damper
Theses Digitization Project
Currently there is a lack of studies that examine cultural competence, especially interracial marriages. This study seeks answers from social work graduate students to find out their attitudes and knowledge towards interracial marriage. It is hoped that these students become more aware of culturally competent practices in order to strengthen the social work profession.
Are Gutter Punk Youth Satisfied With Homeless Services In Berkeley, California?, Eleanor Rachel Sommers
Are Gutter Punk Youth Satisfied With Homeless Services In Berkeley, California?, Eleanor Rachel Sommers
Theses Digitization Project
The present study assessed the satisfaction with homeless services and needs of gutter punk youth in Berkeley, California. The purpose of the study was to explore the ways in which a marginalized population with radical social and political beliefs functions in a liberal social welfare system.
Facing Tough Realities And Inspiring Change: The Comic Satire Of Sherman Alexie, Jill Alison Henry
Facing Tough Realities And Inspiring Change: The Comic Satire Of Sherman Alexie, Jill Alison Henry
Theses Digitization Project
Examines the comic modes Sherman Alexie uses, the purposes behind his critical, yet humorous, commentary, the multiple audiences toward which his satire is aimed, and the desired outcomes of his satire. Explores the theme of alcoholism in Alexie's writings that plays a role in the degradation of Native American lives in modern times and why alcoholism has become a problem for the Native American community. Also, examines why Native Americans have become so dependent on White handouts and how this passivity and acceptance has created problems in Indian society. Finally, offers insights into Alexie's use of humor as a means …
Acculturation And Attachment Among Mexicans And Mexican Americans, Simonetta Fosci
Acculturation And Attachment Among Mexicans And Mexican Americans, Simonetta Fosci
Theses Digitization Project
This study explored attachment styles and acculturation among 173 Mexicans and Mexican Americans. It was hypothesized that a secure attachment style would be positively associated with higher levels of biculturalism.
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to provide a unit of instruction that addresses the critical English skills of oracy, writing, and intercultural proficiency. The curriculum features the social-construction-of-knowledge approach and the socioliterate approach. In addition, it includes an emphasis on Mexican-American values, learning styles, and intercultural communication, showing how they are interrelated and how they affect oral and written language proficiency and intercultural communication competence.
Correlations Between Stigma And Self-Esteem In Mental Health Consumers, Marilyn Dee Pitts
Correlations Between Stigma And Self-Esteem In Mental Health Consumers, Marilyn Dee Pitts
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to measure correlations of stigma with self-esteem among individuals who are receiving treatment for a mental illness.