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Distinctive Personality And Discipline Characteristics Of Child-Neglecting Mothers, Robert J. Loveland

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The present study was designed to investigate distinctive personality and discipline characteristics of mothers who physically neglect but do not physically abuse their children. An attempt was made to acceptably define the concept, to meet the need for information regarding a representative sample of child-neglecting mothers, and to test hypotheses of a psychological nature suggested by the literature.

There were ten mothers in the neglect group and ten in the reference group. Each of the neglectful mothers had been accused of failing to provide basic physical care for their children, and the group consisted of the ten most recent referrals …

Effects Of Emotional Inoculation And Supportive Therapy On Stress Incurred From Nursing Home Placement, Mary B. Carman

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Research indicates that relocation of an elderly person to a nursing home constitutes a major stress to the individual which can be life threatening. The present study was designed to assess the efficacy of two different treatment approaches in attenuating that stress.

Thirty-six elderly persons being placed in nursing homes for the first time were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Subjects in the Emotional Inoculation (El) Group x;ere seen for three consecutive days in the hospital, prior to entering a nursing home, for purposes of giving them information about the facility and preparing them for some of the …

An Analysis Of Guardianship As A Function Of The Public Administrator, John Walter Clevesy

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Catholic Education In The Diocese Of Bismarck, North Dakota: Attitudes And Alternatives, Albert R. Leary

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Problem: The major purpose of this study was to examine the present relative attitudes of church members and supporters, clergy/religious and laity, toward Catholic education in the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota so that the results of this research might permit appropriate recommendations for future action in regard to present programs and future alternatives. The objective, in general, was to answer the following question: What are the attitudes of priests/religious and lay people toward: (1) Catholic education in general, (2) Retrenchment and alternatives, (3) Selection of a Catholic school and (4) Strengths and weaknesses of Catholic schools by total groups …

The Creation, Development, And Design Of A Course For Providing Missionaries At The Language Training Mission In Provo, Utah, With The Necessary Communication Skills To Teach The Gospel To The Hearing Impaired Who Use The American Sign Language, Byron F. Crookston

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The purpose of this study was to develop a course outline to begin the teaching of the American Sign Language at the Language Training Mission in Provo, Utah. Presently there is no program offered to train missionaries to teach the eight discussions to the hearing impaired who use sign language and fingerspelling to communicate. This study attempts to provide such a course outline that can later be developed into a complete training program.

To establish a criterion for this course, existing theories and curriculum guides for teaching sign language were reviewed and summarized. A survey for training interpreters, particularly in …

Appropriate Educational Background For Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency Executive Directors: A Survey, Lawrence W. Olson

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Social Action Involved In Obtaining Holistic Medical Care, Virginia L. Norman

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A Study To Determine What Educational Preparation Would Make An Industrial Arts Major Employable Of More Employable As A Manual Arts Therapist Or An Industrial Therapist In A Veterans Administration Hospital, Gary M. Larson

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Manual arts and industrial therapy programs have been historically an important segment of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service in Veterans Administration hospitals. It has been regarded as a significant form of patient· treatment. The increasing emphasis during the past fifteen years on vocational factors in the rehabilitation treatment process has necessitated and included the training of personnel as therapists. Therapist who have been chosen from the profession of Industrial Arts have worked so successfully in federal, state, local, and rehabilitation centers that the demand has become far greater than the supply.

Direct Estimation Evaluation Of Severity Of Disability By Involved And Uninvolved Judges, Bonnita Flach Michaelson

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Report On The Conduction Of An Informal Adult Discussion Series In Conjunction With Children's Storyhour At The Grand Forks Public Library, Janet L. Berg

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Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning : What Can Be Expected In The Agassiz Health Planning Area, Frederick L. Soule

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Food Stamp Study : Utilization Of Food Stamp Programs As Part Of Assistance Programs Offered By County Social Service Centers In North Dakota, Dorette Dusterhoft

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Alienation And Student Unrest In Universities : A Cross-Cultural Study, Yui Huen Kwan

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A Tradition Maintained : Mid-Victorian Women As Seen Through The Marriage With A Deceased Wife's Sister Act And The Married Women's Property Act Of 1870, Charlene M. Heinecke

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The Identification And Perception Of The Factors Affecting Minot Public School Teacher Job Satisfaction During Academic Year 1968-1969 By Selected Personnel., Gale Gordon Lennon

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A Comparison Of Concepts Of The Healthy Personality In Contemporary Social And Phenomenological Psychotherapy And Representative Contemporarytheology., Robert Paul Wanzek

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A Follow-Up Study Of The Business Education Graduates, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, From 1964-1968, Inclusive, With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Ardeith Juven

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Personality Factors, Value Patterns, And Occupational Choices Of Male Graduate Students., Constance Marie Disipio Williams

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Implications For North Dakota Of A Regional Intermediate Unit Of School District Organization., Louis Murray Wangberg

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The Role Of The Seminary Teacher As A Counselor As Judged By Stake Presidents, Bishops, And Seminary Teachers, George M. Peacock

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The purpose of this study was to determine the counseling role of the seminary teacher. Answers to the following were sought:
1. Are there significant differences in the counseling role of the seminary teacher as seen by members of stake presidencies and bishops, and as seen by seminary teachers themselves?
2. Is there a consensus among teachers and Church leaders concerning the counseling role of the seminary teacher?
3. What is the counseling role of the seminary teacher?

The following conclusions were drawn:
1. There were significant differences on six of the twenty-five items. No pattern of difference was shown. …

A Study Of Sixth-Year Programs In Teacher Education With Application To Programs At The University Of North Dakota., Lowell Allan Mortrude

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Factors Related To Choice Of Transfer And Terminal Status In Junior College., Jacob A. Neufeld

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An Analysis Of Character Relationships In William Inge's Picnic, Patricia Bettschen Barko

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North Dakota Family Court And Its Marriage Counseling Program, Louise A. Torkelson

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Selected Factors Affecting Certainty And Persistence Of Vocational Choicefor College Women., Caroline Gladys Sedlacek

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A Follow-Up Study Of Fifty-Two Richmond Public School Pupils Given Psychiatric Staffing During The 1966-1967 School Year, David F. Hopkins, James A. Ryan, Sandra Laverne Wright

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This research study is a descriptive study of the effectiveness of the psychiatric staffing as determined by a follow-up study of fifty-two Richmond Public School Pupils given such staffing during the l966-67 school year. The review of pertinent literature reveals what others have contributed to the knowledge of the nature and function of the school helping team. The teamwork approach, which involves the efforts of several professions and disciplines working closely together, is seen as the best present method to meet the complex, overlapping needs which have been found to affect students' learning.

As a means of establishing guidelines and …

William Langer's Victory In The 1940 Senatorial Election, Peter L. Kramer

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The purpose of this research was to give an account of the 1940 senatorial election in North Dakota, which launched William Langer's career as a United States Senator. The study focused on the candidates and issues that were prevalent during the pre-primary conventions, the primary election campaign, the realignment of candidates after the primary, and the general election campaign.

The procedure involved a detailed study of the campaign issues, candidates, and the reasons for Langer's victory. The study of the candidates and the campaign issues was based on the Langer Papers, the Lemke Papers, newspapers, interviews with candidates running in …

Implementation Of The Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964 As Evidenced By A Community Action Program In Baltimore, Maryland, Maria M. Carroll

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This research is directed to a rough and beginning evaluation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as evidenced through one Community Action Program, the Neighborhood Development Program, in Baltimore, Maryland during the late fall of 1966. In this study the implementation of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is evaluated according to the perceptions of the Neighborhood Development Assistants who are the indigenous workers in the program. The purposes of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and each Community Action Program were taken directly from the Act itself, and then various phrases were operationally defined.

The data was collected …

Anomie, Social Participation And General Assistance Recipiency, Gary R. Smith

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This Thesis was an examination of those persons receiving that form of vrolfc.ro assistanco known as general assistance in terms of the concepts of anomie and social participation. Tho act of receiving general assistanco was presented as a behavioral response contrary to the normative expectations of tho American society. It was hypothesized that general assistanco recipients are more anomic and participate less in society than those low income person not seeking or receiving welfare assistance. It was further hypothesized that chronic general assistance recipients are more anomic and participate loss in society than those recipients relatively loss relient upon assistance. …

A Study Of Moral Development In Mormon Culture, Steve Foster Gilliland

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Previous studies have indicated that the moral development of the child may follow a "developmental" process. That is, the child progresses through an invariant series of stages, each characterized by certain modes of thought. As the child passes from one stage to another, he integrates the old stage into the new one. Kohlberg proposed a hierarchy of six stages through which the child would progress on his way to moral maturity. His hypothesis has been supported by empirical evidence.

Research findings have indicated that the Mormon culture appeared to be different in values and moral behavior than other United States …