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Relationships Between Experience, Credentials, Moral Development, Conceptual Level, And Self-Efficacy Of School Counselors, Susan Emilie Halverson
Relationships Between Experience, Credentials, Moral Development, Conceptual Level, And Self-Efficacy Of School Counselors, Susan Emilie Halverson
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No abstract provided.
A Cognitive Development Approach To Professional Ethics Training For Counselor Education Students, Nicole Marie Chase
A Cognitive Development Approach To Professional Ethics Training For Counselor Education Students, Nicole Marie Chase
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The study examined the effects of integrating a cognitive-developmental approach with professional ethics training on the moral and conceptual development, self-presentation styles, and ethical decision-making skills of graduate counseling students. The sample was comprised of students who enrolled in counseling courses at the College of William and Mary. The ethics intervention group was compared to two groups; one group who received the traditionally taught ethics course, and one group who had not taken the ethics course at William and Mary. Instruments used included the Defining Issues Test (DIT), Paragraph Completion Method (PCM), and Concern For Appropriateness scale (CFA). Students were …
Resilience Profiles Of Young Children In Special Education And Poverty-Related Programs: The Role Of Protective Factors, Evelyn Reed-Victor
Resilience Profiles Of Young Children In Special Education And Poverty-Related Programs: The Role Of Protective Factors, Evelyn Reed-Victor
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No abstract provided.
Validating An Objective Measure Of Ego Development, Rebecca M. Plesko
Validating An Objective Measure Of Ego Development, Rebecca M. Plesko
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No abstract provided.
Moral Judgments Of Russian Children: Anticipated Peer And Parental Knowledge Of Responses, Deborah Ann Schutte
Moral Judgments Of Russian Children: Anticipated Peer And Parental Knowledge Of Responses, Deborah Ann Schutte
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No abstract provided.
The Relationships Between Experience, Credentials, Ego Development, And Conceptual Level Of National Certified Counselors, Joel Foster Diambra
The Relationships Between Experience, Credentials, Ego Development, And Conceptual Level Of National Certified Counselors, Joel Foster Diambra
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The purpose of this study was to investigate National Certified Counselors and relationships between their experience, credentials, ego development, and conceptual level. Benefits to continuing education requirements, developmental growth, and counselor insight were identified as justification for the research. It was hypothesized that there would be statistically significant positive correlations between counselor experience, credentials, ego development, and conceptual level. Four hundred (400) National Certified Counselors were randomly selected and contacted by mail survey using a General Questionnaire, Loevinger's Sentence Completion Test, and Hunt's Paragraph Completion Method. One hundred and thirty-four (134) responses were received. Significant correlations were found supporting previous …
A Comparison Of The Effects Of Head Start With And Without The Use Of A Newly Developed Resiliency-Based Curriculum, Elizabeth Holt Mcgee
A Comparison Of The Effects Of Head Start With And Without The Use Of A Newly Developed Resiliency-Based Curriculum, Elizabeth Holt Mcgee
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No abstract provided.
An Investigation Of The Relationship Between College Student Development And Alcohol Consumption Patterns, Laura Greer Hensley
An Investigation Of The Relationship Between College Student Development And Alcohol Consumption Patterns, Laura Greer Hensley
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between college student development and alcohol consumption patterns. Student development was investigated in the domains of moral development through the use of the Defining Issues Test, identity development through the use of the Erwin Identity Scale, and intellectual development through the use of the Scale of Intellectual Development. Alcohol consumption patterns were studied in terms of binge drinking frequency according to responses on the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey. All participants were classified into one of four drinking pattern categories: Abstainers, Drinkers, Bingers, and Frequent Bingers. The study also used …
An Extension Of Dyadic Counseling To Multi-Family Group Training With Application For Head Start Families, Janet J. Zanetti
An Extension Of Dyadic Counseling To Multi-Family Group Training With Application For Head Start Families, Janet J. Zanetti
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of one short-term training model, Parents and Children Together (PACT), on parent stress and child behavior for families enrolled in the Head Start program. PACT is a program of structured play activities designed to replicate the interactions between parents and children during the first developmental stage of life. PACT has been adapted, by the researcher, from a program called Theraplay developed for Head Start children by Ann Jernberg (1967).;Thirty families completed the study. Experimental and Control groups were formed from volunteer participants. Only Experimental subjects received training. Sessions were held …
Coping Strategies Of Depressed And Nondepressed Adolescents, Marcia A. Kennedy
Coping Strategies Of Depressed And Nondepressed Adolescents, Marcia A. Kennedy
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in the regulation of sad affect between depressed and nondepressed adolescents and between younger (12 years to 15 years, 6 months) and older adolescents (15 years, 7 months to 18 years). Using an information processing perspective, this study focused on several steps involved in emotion regulation including the generation, evaluation, and reported use of coping strategies.;Participants included 38 male students, 12 to 18 years of age, attending public middle and high schools in Chesapeake, Virginia. Participants were presented with two scenarios designed to evoke feelings of sadness. They …
Children's Decision To Help: The Effects Of Causal Attributions And Affective Role-Taking, David Arthur Schultz
Children's Decision To Help: The Effects Of Causal Attributions And Affective Role-Taking, David Arthur Schultz
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No abstract provided.
An Assessment Of Secondary School Counselors' Hiv-Related Knowledge, Attitude, And Stage Of Moral Development, Phyllis Johnston Jones
An Assessment Of Secondary School Counselors' Hiv-Related Knowledge, Attitude, And Stage Of Moral Development, Phyllis Johnston Jones
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This study focused on secondary school counselors employed in public schools in the state of Virginia. It investigated the direction and strength of the relationship of level of moral development, locus of control, HIV knowledge and HIV attitudes.;Locus of control was measured by Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (I-E Scale). The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to assess counselor level of moral development. An HIV questionnaire examined counselor attitudes and knowledge. Kohlbery's theory of moral development provided the basis for the study.;It was hypothesized that the level of moral development would show a significant positive relationship with the …
The Contributing Role Of Relevant Experience In Efficacy Of Coping Across The Life-Span, Liisa J. Brown
The Contributing Role Of Relevant Experience In Efficacy Of Coping Across The Life-Span, Liisa J. Brown
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No abstract provided.
Adolescent Identity And Loneliness: The Role Of Attachment, Armida Rubio
Adolescent Identity And Loneliness: The Role Of Attachment, Armida Rubio
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No abstract provided.
Behavioral Differences In Depressed And Conduct-Disordered Youth, Kathryn Haynes Rhody
Behavioral Differences In Depressed And Conduct-Disordered Youth, Kathryn Haynes Rhody
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This study investigated the behavioral parameters of depression in children and adolescents. Demographic information, DSM-III psychiatric diagnosis, scores on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), and admitting problem (POR) behaviors were obtained from an archival data pool collected at four different child psychiatric hospitals on 630 inpatient subjects 5 to 20 years of age.;Subjects were assigned to one of four research groups defined by psychiatric diagnosis (DSM-III) and/or by scores on the CDI, i.e., CDI only groups (high vs. low scorers), DSM-III only groups (depressed vs. conduct-disordered), DSM-III + CDI groups (depressed high scorers vs. conduct-disordered low scorers), and DSM-III only …
The Relationships Between Retrospective Perceptions Of An Alcoholic Home Environment With Levels Of Differentiation Of Self And Trait Anxiety In Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Barbara Lynn Rojas-Hughes
The Relationships Between Retrospective Perceptions Of An Alcoholic Home Environment With Levels Of Differentiation Of Self And Trait Anxiety In Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Barbara Lynn Rojas-Hughes
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between adult children of alcoholics (ACOA's) recollections of their family of origin home environments, with present day levels of ACOA differentiation of self, and trait anxiety. The author explored the influence of ACOA gender differences and a variety of demographic information.;The ACOA volunteers for this study were recruited from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. to be included in the study, subjects must have met the following criteria: (a) the volunteer's age must have been 18 years or above; (b) subjects met the ACOA criteria by scoring a …
The Relationship Between Selected Personality Factors And The Resolution Of Certain Eriksonian Stages In A Group Of Female Elders, Katherine Beale Coates
The Relationship Between Selected Personality Factors And The Resolution Of Certain Eriksonian Stages In A Group Of Female Elders, Katherine Beale Coates
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This study focused on female elders living in age-segregated communities. It investigated the direction and strength of the relationship of Openness to Experience and Neuroticism to the resolution of Erik Erikson's Trust and Integrity stages, and to a Total Resolution score. The 62 volunteer subjects, age 67 to 99, lived in eleven retirement and/or assisted care facilities in Richmond, Virginia.;Personality domains were measured by the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI). The Measures of Psychosocial Development (MPD), an instrument based on Erikson's theories, was used to assess resolution.;It was hypothesized that Openness to Experience would show a significant positive correlation with each …
Cognitive Developmental Differences In Source Monitoring, Katharine L. Cimini
Cognitive Developmental Differences In Source Monitoring, Katharine L. Cimini
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No abstract provided.
Coercive Behavior's Effects On Identity Formation, Lisa A. Savastano
Coercive Behavior's Effects On Identity Formation, Lisa A. Savastano
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No abstract provided.
Antecedents Of Maternal-Infant Attachment: A Longitudinal Study, Jacqueline Jeanne White
Antecedents Of Maternal-Infant Attachment: A Longitudinal Study, Jacqueline Jeanne White
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This dissertation was designed to measure the longitudinal effects of several maternal and infant variables, on the security of attachment as assessed by the Strange Situation. The sixty mother-infant dyads who participated in this study were recruited from three Tidewater prenatal clinics. The goal of this dissertation was to determine the correlation of maternal and infant constructs with the criterion variables of maternal perception of her baby and the Strange Situation. The statistical technique of path analysis was utilized to analyze data collected over five periods: prenatal, postpartum, three-, six- and sixteen-months. The results of the path analysis revealed that …
The Parent Checklist For New Kindergarten Pupils: A Validation Study, Willis Glen Miller Jr.
The Parent Checklist For New Kindergarten Pupils: A Validation Study, Willis Glen Miller Jr.
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State and federal guidelines for implementing programs for the gifted have required that placement into such programs being as early as kindergarten. In order to help determine whether a child was functioning significantly above age level on certain tasks through multiple sources, a checklist for parents was developed and validated.;The parent checklist was analyzed for reliability and validity. Analysis of pre-school scores on the instrument was also conducted to determine whether or not placement into programs for the gifted could be predicted from the results. Parental responses were also investigated in an effort to determine the reliability of parents as …
Differential Family Characteristics Of High And Low Aggressive Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cynthia Ann Lease
Differential Family Characteristics Of High And Low Aggressive Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cynthia Ann Lease
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No abstract provided.
Psychological Development Of Infants Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization, Virginia Lee Van De Water
Psychological Development Of Infants Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization, Virginia Lee Van De Water
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In 1984, The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a grant to The Eastern Virginia Medical School and The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters to study the IVF children conceived a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia. The purpose of the study was to assess the children comprehensively using a multi-disciplinary team to determine whether the IVF process resulted in higher than average physical and/or behavioral deficits. The children were psychologically tested on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development; they also received pediatric, neurological, cardiac, and ultrasound examinations of their internal organs. 83 …
Socio-Cognitive Skills: A Possible Determinant Of Life Satisfaction In The Elderly, Gale Renee Gray
Socio-Cognitive Skills: A Possible Determinant Of Life Satisfaction In The Elderly, Gale Renee Gray
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No abstract provided.
Components Of Reminiscence As Correlated With Level Of Psychological Adjustment In Institutionalized Geriatrics, Karen L. Kepler
Components Of Reminiscence As Correlated With Level Of Psychological Adjustment In Institutionalized Geriatrics, Karen L. Kepler
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No abstract provided.
Giftedness And Perceived Paternal Child-Rearing Practices: Nurturance And Restrictiveness, Christine Anne Monson
Giftedness And Perceived Paternal Child-Rearing Practices: Nurturance And Restrictiveness, Christine Anne Monson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Low Alcohol Consumption: Maternal Functioning And Offspring Development, Jana J. Herrman
Low Alcohol Consumption: Maternal Functioning And Offspring Development, Jana J. Herrman
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Interrelationship Between Moral Judgment, Sex Role Development And Perceived Parental Childrearing Practices, Christine Tracey Laws
The Interrelationship Between Moral Judgment, Sex Role Development And Perceived Parental Childrearing Practices, Christine Tracey Laws
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No abstract provided.
A Construct Validity Study And Comparison Of Four Measures Of Eriksonian Ego Identity Development, Charles E. Burt
A Construct Validity Study And Comparison Of Four Measures Of Eriksonian Ego Identity Development, Charles E. Burt
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Sex Roles, Ego Identity, And Intimacy In College Women, Jane G. Wilson
Sex Roles, Ego Identity, And Intimacy In College Women, Jane G. Wilson
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No abstract provided.