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The Effects Of Athletic Participation And Self-Concept On Juvenile Misbehavior, Timothy G. Driscoll

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Travis Hirshi's Social Control Theory proposes that delinquents fail to form or maintain a bond to society consisting of attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief. This study investigates the relationships that exist between athletic participation, self-concept, and juvenile delinquency. Four hundred twenty-eight completed questionnaires were obtained from students in grades seven through nine from Central Junior High School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Social Control Theory {attachment element) was examined as a viable predictor of differences in the relationship between elements of the bond, athletic participation, self-concept, and juvenile delinquency.

This study focuses on juvenile delinquency as it relates to the …

A Cluster Analytic Study In Intercultural Communication Of Rokeach's Intrumental Values Among Lds Returned Missionaries, Lisa Bradford

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Although much has been done in the study of values several important questions relative to the study of values remain. This thesis discusses the questions of what happens to the value systems of those who leave their culture for extended periods of time, do the perceptions of value systems become more accurate after exposure, and how does religiosity affect value systems.

The study was based on the idea that each of the cultures being tested (Latin and United States) had a distinct, general value system which differentiated it from the other and yet unified the individuals within it. In this …

A Comparative Study Of Minnesota Metropolitan And Rural Technology Education Teachers' Job Satisfaction, Gregory Larson

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The Conceptual Levels Of The American Voter In The 1980 Presidential Election, Debora B. Conner

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The Girl Scouts In Utah: An Administrative History, 1921-1985, Jennifer L. Lund

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Girl Scouting began in Utah in 1921 out of a desire of several wealthy women to help build the character of young girls in Ogden. Exhibiting many elements of the "social gospel" aspect of progressivism, they adopted the Girl Scout program which emphasized preparation for practical living, appreciation of nature, and development of character.
Since the first troops were organized in Ogden, Girl Scouting slowly spread throughout the rest of the state, resulting in several Councils and Lone Troops. After responding to a call for consolidation from the National Girl Scout Council the Utah Scouts made a dramatic change in …

Loopscripting: Theory And Practice Of Repetition In The Literary Text (Creative Writing, Playwriting)., Conrad Eugene Davidson

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This dissertation, entitled Loopscripting: Theory and Practice of Repetition in the Literary Text, consists of three parts: theoretical chapters examining concepts of repetition and recursion; two one-act plays and an autobiographical narrative, three texts which attempt to demonstrate a methodology of loopscriting; and commentary on the creative writing efforts. This creative writing project is a attempt to develop a relationship between literary art and the fields of mathematics, psychology, philosophy, and music.Creative writers constantly seek ways to structure, order, and relate their ideas after initial creative impulses. In this dissertation, I attempt to chart a creative process in the development …

The Effects Of Status Configuration And Counseling Style On Korean Perspectives Of Counseling, John Bernard Foley

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This study was designed to study the effects of status configuration and style of counseling on Korean perspectives of counseling. Status configuration and counseling style, each with two levels, were the two independent variables manipulated in this study. Two written scripts, determined by judges to represent directive and reflective counseling styles, and two counselor-client status configurations (congruent versus incongruent) served as the stimuli. Congruent status existed where the therapist was older than the client, incongruency existed when the client was the elder.Subjects (n = 60) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups. Groups were categorized by status configuration and counseling …

A Qualitative Analysis Of The Community Jail Inhabitant : Impact Of Jail Life On Reintegration Into Society, Bradley D. Wessman

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Entrepreneurs Described Using Measures Of Personality: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Survey Of Interpersonal Values, And Survey Of Personal Values., Edyth J. Tedefalk

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Problem. The study focused on a major problem in entrepreneurial research--how to describe actual entrepreneurs. It was designed to develop descriptive profiles of entrepreneurs and small business persons and to statistically test selected hypotheses about this population.Procedures. A total of 227 randomly selected managers or owner/managers were included in the study, drawn from Chambers of Commerce membership lists in North Dakota and Minnesota cities. Subjects came from firms that had 5 to 50 full-time employees. Four instruments were administered to the subjects: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Survey of Interpersonal Values, the Survey of Personal Values, and a Demographic Survey …

The Male Nurse In North Dakota : A Profile, Sharon Nelson

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An Evaluation Of Two Training Programs Designed To Enable Hostages To Cope More Effectively With Captivity Stress, Thomas Strentz

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In the present study, airline employees undergoing highly realistic but simulated captivity as hostages were given one of three types of prestress training programs. One group of subjects was given Problem (P)-focused training, which emphasized activities which would be useful in actively manipulating the stress situation. A second group was given Emotion (E)-focused training which emphasized techniques designed to help them directly modulate fear and anxiety associated with the situation. A third (control) group was given no specific stress management training. Retrospective data from the Ways of Coping Check List indicated that subjects tended to engage in the type of …

Children's Perceptions Of Social Studies: A Descriptive Study Of The Social Studies Experiences Of Selected Fifth And Sixth-Grade Students., Stephen Ellis Hornstein

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Although there is much research on classroom practices in social studies there is little if any research which describes day-to-day life in social studies classrooms and none at all which describes it from students' perspectives. The intent of this study is to describe social studies instruction from students' perspectives, to document students' attitudes about social studies instruction and to formulate hypotheses about the causes of student attitudes based on children's descriptions and reported attitudes.Thirty-six fifth and sixth grade students were interviewed for the study. The interview consisted of eleven open ended questions designed to elicit descriptions of social studies instruction …

The Semantics Of Epiphany : James Joyce's The Dead, Carol Lea Ippoliti

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A Burkeian Analysis Of Ronald Reagan's Rhetoric In The 1984 Presidential Debates, Keith D. Green

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An Analysis Of Literature Centering On Classroom Communication In Higher Education To Determine The Types Of Studies Done Within The Last Twenty Years, Karen Louise Jorde

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The Relevance Of Drinking Companions To Women's Drinking Behavior, Cathy M. Streifel

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Exercise Compliance In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Karen L. Radtke

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An Analysis Of The Reasons That American Indian Students Leave High School Short Of Graduation, Linda Crows Breast

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The Effects Of Religious Affiliation And Attendance On Illicit Sexual Behavior And Substance Abuse, Thomas W. Zane

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A sample of 7724 college students in Washington and Utah was selected to study the relationships of religious activity and religious affiliation to illicit sexual behaviors, use of marijuana, and getting drunk. For all religious affiliations (except for the Jews), there were significant correlations between church activity and the measured illicit behaviors. LDS rates of behavior were significantly lower at <.001 for the five illicit behaviors. Two factor analyses were calculated to determine which sexual behaviors would load on a single factor and which substances would load on another factor. Extramarital coitus, heavy petting, and passionate kissing formed the first "sexual" factor. The use of beer, liquor, and marijuana combined with the behavior getting drunk to form the "substance-abuse" factor. A canonical analysis reported a moderate relationship with a canonical coefficient of .534 between the two factors. A discriminant analysis based on each subjects' religious affiliation and activity level yielded a 70-80 percent correct classification percentage.

Is The Imposition Of Fee-Based Library Services Necessary For The Future Development Of Public Libraries?, Don Holland

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Perceptions Of Standards For Undergraduate Business Teacher Education Programs In Nigeria., John Funso Oyedele

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Problem. The problem of this study was that no standards were available which could be used to judge the effectiveness of undergraduate business teacher education programs in Nigeria. Therefore, a questionnaire was designed to measure perceptions of standards for these programs.Procedures. The questionnaire covered five program areas: General Studies, Foundational Business Studies, Specialized Business Studies, Professional Studies, and Research. Ten experts across six states in the United States were appointed to review the questionnaire. The final questionnaire was sent to three groups of Nigeria: department heads of business teacher education, business teacher educators, and chief education officers. Twenty-four higher institutions …

A Qualitative Study Of Beliefs, Values, And Practice In Literacy Education: Portraits Of Three High School Teaching & Learning Teachers, Karla Smart

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This study is a description of teachers and teaching. The lived-in experience, including memory, beliefs and values, and teaching practice, of three high school teachers of Teaching & Learning is its concern. Literacy is the study's entry point, the concept that drew me to seek conversation and classroom observation with Teaching & Learning teachers. Observation, in-depth interview, conversation, and my own journal writing as researcher are its processes of information gathering.The meanings individual Teaching & Learning teachers ascribe to literacy in their own lives and in their teaching practices are described in this study. Teachers' personal recollections clustered around the …

Dignity: A Psychological Construct, Walter Watson Tunstall

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A theory was presented which argued that dignity or a per­sonal sense of worth is a distinct dimension of the self­ concept, and it can be distinguished from self-esteem, a re­lated but different dimension of the self-structure. The theory presented an explanation for how a personal sense of worth originates, and why individuals may differ on the degree to which they feel worthy. An internally consistant, alpha= .85, temporally stable, r = .64, 25 item self-report measure of individual differences in dignity, defined as a social process of mutual and reciprocal validation between interactants, was constructed. The Personal Worth Inventory …

Normative Influences On Pastors' Friendships (Loneliness, Pedestal, Propriety)., Tegan J. Blackbird

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Although the problem of ministerial loneliness is widely acknowledged in the literature, there is a conspicuous dearth of empirical research investigating the nature of the difficulty. Based on a review of the literature and exploratory interviews with several local pastors in the Grand Forks area, a study was designed to investigate ministerial loneliness by qualitatively assessing and comparing both the nature of the friendships of a population of pastors vs. those of matched control laymen, and the nature of existing normative structures for these two groups. The relationship between the friendship variables and normative variables for both groups were analyzed …

The Effects Of Gender, Sex-Role Traditionality, And Sex-Role Orientation On Drinking Behavior, Shelly I. Wright

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Caregiver Speech Toward Institutionalized Retarded Children As Measured By The Informative Speech Index, Ruth Elizabeth Bock

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Marital Satisfaction In An Exchange Paradigm, A Nelse Grundvig

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Seeing Carlos Castaneda's A Separate Reality : The Fictions Of Reality, Steven Rand

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An Analysis Of A Nonverbal Training Program's Effect Upon Business Communications Students' Sensitivity To Nonverbal Facial Expressions, Larry R. Honl

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Problem. The problem of this study was to determine if a specific training program in nonverbal facial communication for business communications students affects their sensitivity to nonverbal facial cues. A secondary problem was to determine if there was a difference between those groups trained in nonverbal facial communication and their sensitivity to para-language and kinesics (areas that received no formal training) and groups who received no such formal training.

Procedures. The study was conducted during the second semester of the 1982-83 school year. The study involved eight business communication classes, four teachers, and two post-secondary schools.

Of the 202 students …

An Analysis Of The Dimensions Of Congressional Voting: The Case For Foreign Aid, Donald R. Morrison

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The major focus of this paper concerns defining congressional issue dimensions towards the American foreign assistance programs of 1979 to 1982. The resulting dimensions serve as a foundation to identify coalitions of congressmen who support or oppose different aspects of foreign aid policies. Previous foreign aid vote studies have usually divided congressmen into pro and con camps or placed them along activist-restrained continuums. This study, however, is based on the assumption that foreign aid policy has become too complex for such divisions and that its dimensions center more around the types of aid, the purposes of aid, and the ideological …