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The Comparison Of Androgynous, Masculine, And Feminine Subjects' Description Of Current And Recalled Relationships., Nancy Lee-Borden

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North Dakota Press Reaction To Selected Provisions Of The Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1933-1936, Jon Richard Holter

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Assessment Of Schools Which Have Abandoned Flexible Modular Scheduling, Robert W. Rasmus

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The Poetry Of Okot P'Bitek, Muhammad Ndaula

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Understanding The Political Philosophy Of Justice William H. Rehnquist, Timothy O. Lenz

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A Multi-Valued Attitudinal Study Of Obscenity And Freedom Of Expression, Allen W. Palmer

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This study was designed to examine whether religiosity is a determining factor in public reaction to obscenity issues.

A sample population of 452 residents of the community of Idaho Falls, Idaho was selected using a technique based on a list of random numbers in October, 1979. Path analysis, Chi-square analysis and Spearman's correlation were used to measure the results.

The study found there is a significant relationship between religiosity and behavior intention toward obscenity issues. The affective component of the attitude organization functions somewhat as a mediating variable. There were also findings that members of the Church of Jesus Christ …

Activities Of Nurse Practitioners As Identified By Medical Directors Of University Student Health Services, Candace Beaman Moore, Miriam Lee Gottlieb

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University health services play a very important role in the general health, performance, and well-being of the students, the university itself, and the community. As stated by the American College Health Association, the goal of a university health service is to "promote and maintain those conditions which will permit and encourage each individual to realize optimum physical, emotional, intellectual, and social well-being."

University students have special health care needs such as drug and alcohol abuses, emotional problems, and gynecological, sexual, and contraceptive problems. It is the goal of the health professionals involved with students to meet those needs. Because of …

Exemplary Instructional Materials For The Graphic Communication Cluster, Eddie G. Poehls

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The Application Of The Total Systems Approach To The 5th Bomb Wing, James E. Ballengee

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Parental Induction, Coercion, And Support And Adolescent Church Attendance, Stephen B. Morris

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The study was an effort to determine the relationship between certain parental behaviors and church attendance of children of high school age. Eight parental factors, each consisting of certain behaviors, were used: support, coercion, positive induction, and negative induction for each parent.

Data were gathered with a self-report instrument which was mailed to a random sample of high school students in Sanpete County, Utah.

There were moderate correlations at high levels of significance between four of the parental factors and children's church attendance. Factor analysis demonstrated structural equivalence between six of the eight factors in this study and previous ones. …

An Examination Of Intellectual Functioning, School Achievement, And Personality Characteristics Of Male Juvenile Delinquents, Robert A. Rymer

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Research in the area of juvenile delinquency has reported personality and background differences between delinquents who have committed certain types of offenses (Randolph, l96l; Mizushima and DeVos, 1967). The major purpose of this study was to examine the academic characteristics of certain classifications of delinquent offenders. Specifically, the incidences of three school-related problems and absence of any of these problems were compared for certain classifications of offenders. The comparisons that were made were group versus individual offenses, person versus property offenses, and actual aggressors versus threatened aggressors. A second aspect of the study involved a comparative investigation of the personality …

The Child's Sex And Birth Ordinal Position: Its Effects Upon Fathers' Interaction With Their Natural Five-Year-Old Children In A Selected Provo Utah Mormon Sample, D. Wayne Brown Jr.

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Thirty-nine fathers were observed to determine if they interact differently with their child as a result of the child's sex or birth ordinal position.

Results indicated that fathers expected more of their sons, had a higher readiness of explanation for them, and criticized them more often. Fathers gave more praise, physical contact and supportive behavior to their daughters. Birth ordinal effects paralleled and interacted wiith the child's sex.

Stepwise regression yielded a mean value of 44.16 in explaining the overall variance in dependent variables. It emphasized the number of hours the father spent with his child and family, the father's …

A Study Of Jacques Maritain's Concept Of The Habitus And Its Relationship To Musical Performance, Loren Jechort

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The research problem was— to study the relationship between Maritain's concept of the habitus and the fine art of musical performance.

The purpose of the study was (1) to identify philosophical truths concerning the role of the habitus in musical performance; and (2) to apply these truths to the performance program in music education.

The research procedure was a philosophical analysis of Maritain’s treatises on the fine arts and on education. Source material also included additional related writings by Maritain and pertinent studies on Maritain's philosophy, as prepared by other researchers.

The main body of the study was designed in …

Professional Schools Of Accounting: A Look At The Issues, Frank J. Beil

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Jose Ruben Romero's Mi Caballo, Mi Perro Y Mi Rifle : A First Literary Translation, Barbara Louise Egan Ballou

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A Study Of The Accuracy Of Medical Information Reported By Elderly Patients And Its Relationship To Doctor-Patient Communication, Sharon Ann Price

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Images, Learning, And Teaching., George Woodrow Gagnon Jr.

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The Job Corps : Its Effectiveness In Improving The Educational And Vocational Potential Of North Dakota's Disadvantaged Youth, Charles H. Knopf

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Parole Prediction : A Test Of Some Theoretical Determinants Of Performance On Parole, Wayne Kobbervig

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Parental Control Of Children's Television: An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Control And Family Home Evening, Marion Wixom Mccardell

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This study was designed to examine the relationship between a secular behavior—television control—and a religious one—Family Home Evening. The findings show that there is a relationship, with those having favorable attitudes toward Family Home Evening and those who hold casual FHE's being most inclined to exercise positive control over their children's television viewing.

Less Corn And More Hell : Historians Interpret Populism, Paul A. Hamre

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The Anatomy Of Greatness : A Comparative Study Of The Lives Of Eight Nineteenth-Century Thinkers, Claude M. Burrows

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The Ascription Of Mental Illness: Inside Societal Reaction, Kevin H. Ferguson

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Mental illness is examined as a classification of deviance and as a social process. The labeling perspective provides preliminary concepts and problems for research. The goal of research is the examination of the process of ascribing the label "mental illness" to individuals and their behavior by significant others prior to their contact with official and organizational agents of treatment and control.

An exploratory interview research design thin the Fan district of Richmond, Virginia was executed. Fifty residents were interviewed. Preliminary data suggest that the primarily white, female, well-educated, professional sample was unwilling to stereotype the mentally ill, and revealed typifications …

Human Resource Accounting: A Current Assessment, Luise Correa

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In the late 60s and early 70s, the human resource accounting concepts were considered to be in a period of development and transition. Many believed that further research was necessary before the concepts were to be considered of significant value to management. A lot of people felt that the concept of recognizing the value of humans in organizations was a sound one. However, we find ourselves in the late 70s and I sense that not too much has been progressed toward furthering our knowledge of the HRA concepts. Prior AFIT work in the subject focused primarily on the methodology of …

An Assessment Of The Social Science Program At A Selected North Dakota Public School, Lynn M. Davidson

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify methods and develop instruments which were used to evaluate the social studies program at a selected public school in North Dakota. Research was conducted to:

1. Determine levels of achievement of selected social studies objectives by students at different grade levels.

2. Report these results in both a norm-referenced and a criterion-referenced setting.

3. Compare the results to other measures of pupil success.

4. Examine relationships between the results and selected personal and educational factors.

Procedures: Three instruments were prepared by selecting and altering exercises utilized by the National Assessment of …

Self-Concept In Children Of Alcoholics, David J. Baraga

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The progressive deterioration of an alcohol abuser is well documented. As the alcoholic continues to sink into a deeper dependency on alcohol, he experiences devastating physical and emotional repercussions. Not the least of the repercussions is the gradual breakdown of his family system. As the alcoholic moves toward the bottle, his family moves away from him, with the result that alcoholism ranks as one of the leading causes of broken homes. Alcoholism is double-edged; it affects not only the primary victim but it exerts a heavy toll on the spouse and children as well. Only recently has stress in research …

Population Changes Of North Dakota's Rural Trade Centers, 1960-1970, Charles L. Durrenberger

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Research in trade relationships and hinterland analysis has shown that rural trade centers do not exist in isolation, but exhibit an interdependence with other rural and urban places. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships among trade centers by measuring their potential for growth.

The construct selected for growth analysis examines rural trade center population changes in relation to the size of rural trade centers, distance from urban centers, and the size of neighboring trade centers, both urban and rural. Trade centers having populations greater than 2,500 in 1970, were defined as urban. All trade centers considered were …

The Relationship Between Degree Of Sobriety In Male Alcoholics And Coping Styles Used By Their Wives, Jack B. Schaffer

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The present study was designed primarily to study the relationship between modes of coping used by wives of alcoholics and the outcome of their husbands' drinking behavior. Previous research had provided some understanding of the wife's personality, but little controlled research had studied the relationship between the wife's behavior and her husband's drinking. Orford and his associates (Orford and Guthrie, 1968, Orford, et aj_., 1975) provided the initial stimulus for this study by demonstrating that relatively consistent modes of coping could be identified.

However, the Orford, et a]_. study found a minimal relationship between modes of coping and the eventual …

Attitudes Of Preschool Caregivers Toward Their Work, David Michael Anthony Wright

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and compare attitudes of a sample of male and female, professional and preprofessional caregivers toward their work in preschools. To accomplish this purpose the following research questions were answered:

1. Do male and female caregiver subjects differ in their a. reasons for becoming caregivers? b. reasons for satisfaction with the job of caregiving? c. reasons for dissatisfaction with the job of caregiving? d. overall intrinsic satisfaction with the job of caregiving? e. overall extrinsic satisfaction with the job of caregiving? f. reasons for staying on the job?

2. Do male and …

Effects Of Television On Rural Minnesota Viewer Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment, Beverly Brown Schulke

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This thesis examines the relationship between television viewing and attitudes toward capital punishment by making comparisons between viewers watching Canadian television and viewers receiving United States television. The adult population of three rural Minnesota areas was enumerated providing a sample N of 414. These areas were closely matched in all respects except type of television received. The first area receives only Canadian television signals, the second both United States and Canadian television signals, and the third receives only United States television signals. One adult from each household was interviewed in his/her home. High school youths in corresponding areas were also …