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The Influence Of Favorable Context On Questionnaire Response, John M. Peterson

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Previous research has shown that the responses to items in a test of the affective domain are not affected by context when the items are embedded in different random subtests. Other studies in the affective domain show that the mean responses of items are influenced by the favorableness item compositions of the subtests. In multiple matrix samples, subtests of an entire test are taken by subgroups of a population. The influence of favorableness item composition on the total score of a given dimension in the affective domain has not been studied. This study offers evidence toward the following questions: (1) …

Potential Physical Educator's Perception Of The Role Of Physical Education, Marc Mauseth

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

This study was conducted for the purpose of gathering information in order to better understand the perception of the role of physical education held by those students in teacher preparation programs in physical education. Based upon a review of the literature and informed speculation, a question­naire was formulated which gathered data from seven independent variable groups and about students' perceptions of fourteen different roles for physical education.

The questionnaire was completed by 349 students at the University of New Mexico, Ohio State University, State University of New York at Brockport, and the University of Oregon, enrolled in required professional courses …

Modifying Behavoirs Of Patients With Known Essential Hypertension, Carolyn E. Maller

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The phenomenon of patient noncompliance with hypertensive treatment regimes is clearly documented and detrimental to optimal treatment and control of hypertension. This study represented an effort to add yet another approach to the problem of noncompliance. The central question formulated for this study was: can a program of behavior modification, applied in a clinical setting, increase knowledge and change behavior significantly to comply with hypertensive regimes? A Hypertension Clinic was organized and conducted over three months. A total of thirty-three hypertensive patients comprised three groups: one attention-placebo group, one experimental group and one control group. Group sizes were sixteen, thirteen …