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Differences In The Maternal Feeding Choice And The Perceived Locus Of Control, Glenda E. Stephan

Theses and Dissertations

The research question for this descriptive investigation was: Does a difference exist between the maternal feeding choice and the perceived locus of control? The investigation was conducted from September 15, 1982 until October 29, 1982 in a privately owned community hospital in Southeastern United States. Two randomly selected days per week were used for data collection.

The sample consisted of fifty Caucasian women between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four who had delivered a normal, viable, and stable infant within the past twenty-four to seventy-two hours. The sample consisted of twenty-six breast feeding and twenty-four formula feeding women.

The subjects …

Prepared Childbirth Couple's Prenatal Expectations, Labor Coach's Supportstyle And Effect On The Couple's Postpartal Perceptions And Satisfaction, Shelley Flippen Conroy

Theses and Dissertations

This descriptive study explored the congruency between the Prepared Childbirth couple's planned antenatal coaching support style and the observed coaching support style and the couple's postpartal perceptions of the coaching support style. Also explored were the relationship of coach's support style and the degree of the couple's postpartal satisfaction with the childbirth experience. A rrodified version of Campbell's Antenatal Questionnaire and Postpartal Questionnaire (1980) and Standley and Anderson's Naturalistic Observation Fonn were utilized for this study and administered to 10 Prepared Childbirth couples for labor observation and detennination of coaches' support styles. The researcher was not able to observe two …

The Relationship Of Sex Role Self Concept And Role Conflict In Female Nursing Administrators, Charlotte B. Hoelzel

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the relationship between the sex role self concept of female nursing administrators and the role conflict they experienced. The correlation of age. education and experience with sex role self concept and role conflict was examined. This was a descriptive survey with a purposive probability sample of 126 subjects from three mid-Atlantic states. A mail survey resulted in a useful return of 88 questionnaires, including 81 females.

The Bem Sex Role Inventory was utilized to measure sex role self concept; masculinity and femininity are viewed as two independent dimensions present in every individual. Role conflict was measured by …

The Influence Of Nursing Faculty Role Models In Predominately Black Colleges On Students' Professional Practice Expectations, Dorothy Lewis Powell

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This study examines the relationship between nursing faculty role models and students in Predominately Black Colleges (PBCs) and students' expectations for professional practice, including choices to work in health care underserved urban communities. The following questions guided this research: (1) Does the interaction between students and their role models influence students' expectations for professional practice; (2) Do role models' involvement with lower income patients in urban settings influence students' preferences to work or not to work in such settings; and (3) Do recent graduates accept employment in the settings they preferred as students?;A 35 item questionnaire derived, in part, from …

The Relationship Of Relationship Deficit Anxiety, Relationship Deficit, Selected Isolation Variables, And Loneliness As Reported By Adolescents., Deborah Clare Mcneil

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Effects Of Biofeedback-Aided Relaxation On The Psychological Stress Symptoms Of College Students, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

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Stress Management In Borderline Hypertension, Richard Fehring, P Allen, E Robinson

Richard J Fehring

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Physical Fitness Of Physical Therapy Students, D Sobush, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

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