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Toward A More Inclusive Structure Of Sport: Is Participation In Coeducational Physical Activities Related To Perceptions Of Gender And Athletic Ability?, Rachel M. La Croix Jan 1996

Toward A More Inclusive Structure Of Sport: Is Participation In Coeducational Physical Activities Related To Perceptions Of Gender And Athletic Ability?, Rachel M. La Croix

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Regional Variations In Third World Development, Robert Dempsey Wynn Jan 1996

Regional Variations In Third World Development, Robert Dempsey Wynn

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Radical Environmentalism And Religion, Evelyn Louise Bush Jan 1996

Radical Environmentalism And Religion, Evelyn Louise Bush

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


New Kent County, Virginia Bets On Gambling: Government Program Or Business Strategy?, Alexandra Elaine Sasser Hall Jan 1996

New Kent County, Virginia Bets On Gambling: Government Program Or Business Strategy?, Alexandra Elaine Sasser Hall

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Perot Activism In 1992: Implications For The Republican Party, Jonathan Gabriel Kajeckas Jan 1996

Perot Activism In 1992: Implications For The Republican Party, Jonathan Gabriel Kajeckas

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Spirit Of The Times: Church, State And Revolution In Virginia, Kenneth William Rosenfeld Jan 1996

The Spirit Of The Times: Church, State And Revolution In Virginia, Kenneth William Rosenfeld

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Liberalism And Toleration: Competing Concepts Of Toleration In Liberal Thought, Jonathan Parks Pierpan Jan 1996

Liberalism And Toleration: Competing Concepts Of Toleration In Liberal Thought, Jonathan Parks Pierpan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Seventeen" Magazine As A Manual For "Doing Gender", Amy N. Vreeland Jan 1996

"Seventeen" Magazine As A Manual For "Doing Gender", Amy N. Vreeland

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Juggling Act Female Administrators Perform Between Their Professional And Nonprofessional Lives, Betsy Taylor Roesch Jan 1996

The Juggling Act Female Administrators Perform Between Their Professional And Nonprofessional Lives, Betsy Taylor Roesch

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to examine how full-time female college administrators juggle the responsibilities in their professional lives with those of their nonprofessional lives.;A total of thirty female administrators were selected from both private and public four-year institutions in eastern Virginia. Snowball sampling was used to identify the women who met the criteria of the study. The women were all full-time college administrators who had at least one child still living at home and at least one living parent. They were all members of the "sandwich generation". One-third of the women were African American.;Information on each woman was …


Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney Jan 1996

Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

While the history of the du Pont family and Du Pont Company have been well-documented, little is known about the everyday lives of the Irish Catholic immigrants who lived and worked at the home plant near Wilmington, Delaware. to correct this oversight, "Labor at Home" explores every aspect of the powder workers' domestic world--from religious beliefs, family structure, gender relations, and ethnic ties, to houses, furnishings, and yards--and uses this data to support new conclusions about cultural identity and class affiliation. as early as the 1820s, for example, powder mill families began to convey their increasing affiliation with bourgeois American …


An Extension Of Dyadic Counseling To Multi-Family Group Training With Application For Head Start Families, Janet J. Zanetti Jan 1996

An Extension Of Dyadic Counseling To Multi-Family Group Training With Application For Head Start Families, Janet J. Zanetti

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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 …


Field And Laboratory Evidence Of Pheromone Mediated Mating Behavior In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Donald S. Gibbs Jan 1996

Field And Laboratory Evidence Of Pheromone Mediated Mating Behavior In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Donald S. Gibbs

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Beyond Telling The News: The Mission Of Public Journalism, 1996, Pamela Sue Burton Jan 1996

Beyond Telling The News: The Mission Of Public Journalism, 1996, Pamela Sue Burton

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Level And Stability Of Day To Day Psychological Well-Being And Vulnerability To Depression, Shelly Lyne Gable Jan 1996

Level And Stability Of Day To Day Psychological Well-Being And Vulnerability To Depression, Shelly Lyne Gable

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Marston Parish 1654-1674: A Community Study, Jane Dillon Mckinney Jan 1996

Marston Parish 1654-1674: A Community Study, Jane Dillon Mckinney

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last Jan 1996

The Power Of The Privy: Mediating Social Relations On A 19th Century British Military Site, Joseph Henry Last

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Multisystemic Assessment And Intervention: Effects Of Joining Systems In The Process Of Family Therapy, Gail Bareford Hardinge Jan 1996

Multisystemic Assessment And Intervention: Effects Of Joining Systems In The Process Of Family Therapy, Gail Bareford Hardinge

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate multi-systemic training of counselors on families who participated in counseling to determine differences in the family's social functioning and in children's behaviors within home and school settings. The sample of counselors (n = 10) and families (n = 29) were from the New Horizon's Family Counseling Center, affiliated with the School of Education at the College of William and Mary.;Systemic theory as it relates to family therapy possesses two major tenets: the family is best understood as a system of mutually interacting and interdependent parts, and interventions should include the whole family …


The Impact Of Sick Building Syndrome On Selected Variables Associated With School Effectiveness, Caryl Shannon Felty Jan 1996

The Impact Of Sick Building Syndrome On Selected Variables Associated With School Effectiveness, Caryl Shannon Felty

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Using matched pairs of schools having a diagnosis of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and those not identified, and not having the potential of being identified as having the diagnosis, this study examined the relationship between factors assumed or determined to have an impact on a school's ability to carry out its mission as they related to the SBS diagnosis. The factors studied were student average daily attendance (ADA); students' mean standardized test scores in math and reading on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency; the need for students to take prophylactic medications; the …


Adult Attentional Functioning In Families With Children Diagnosed As Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Michael C. Mcdonough Jan 1996

Adult Attentional Functioning In Families With Children Diagnosed As Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Michael C. Mcdonough

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to explore what differences, if any, existed between individuals and families with or without children diagnosed as Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Information was gathered to identify subjects according to such demographic and situational variables as age, race, education, occupation, income, and performance on tasks requiring sustained attention and concentration. to further understand possible etiology each subject completed a neuropsychological battery. Collected data was analyzed to determine if the differences were significant.;The subjects were selected from the author's private practice and the local churches and schools that refer to that practice. Each subject completed a biographical …


A Study Of The Effect Of Interactive Language In The Stimulation Of Cognitive Functioning For Students With Learning Disabilities, Kathleen Ricards Hopkins Jan 1996

A Study Of The Effect Of Interactive Language In The Stimulation Of Cognitive Functioning For Students With Learning Disabilities, Kathleen Ricards Hopkins

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Much can be gained by applying knowledge and insight gleaned from the field of neuropsychology to the field of education. Diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities (LD) could be enhanced through an increased understanding of neurolinguistic functioning. The present study examined the effect of five instructional techniques aimed at stimulating the cognitive functioning of students with diagnosed learning disabilities. The defining characteristic of each of the five techniques is the use of interactive dialogue to stimulate oral language production leading to greater cognitive efficiency. Evidence is presented for the need for interhemispheric collaboration in complex linguistic tasks such as reading, …


Censorship, Cyberspace, And Community Standards: American Responses To On-Line Obscenity, Laura Mame Spear Jan 1996

Censorship, Cyberspace, And Community Standards: American Responses To On-Line Obscenity, Laura Mame Spear

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Small Though The Spot Is": Settlement In Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, 1622-1798, John David Metz Jan 1996

"Small Though The Spot Is": Settlement In Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, 1622-1798, John David Metz

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Trains, Trucks, And Traffic Jams: The Rise Of Automotive Transportation, 1880-1956, Anthony Roland Destefanis Jan 1996

Trains, Trucks, And Traffic Jams: The Rise Of Automotive Transportation, 1880-1956, Anthony Roland Destefanis

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Schizotypy And Extroversion-Introversion: Correlation And Electrodermal Activities In Emotions, Kai Qu Jan 1996

Schizotypy And Extroversion-Introversion: Correlation And Electrodermal Activities In Emotions, Kai Qu

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Nouns On Stereotypes, Linda Elaine Zyzniewski Jan 1996

The Influence Of Nouns On Stereotypes, Linda Elaine Zyzniewski

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Susceptibility To Activity-Based Anorexia, Eric Zane Stanley Jan 1996

Susceptibility To Activity-Based Anorexia, Eric Zane Stanley

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Guided Imagery As A Psychoneuroimmunological Intervention For Hiv-Positive Individuals, Christopher Dale Keene Jan 1996

Guided Imagery As A Psychoneuroimmunological Intervention For Hiv-Positive Individuals, Christopher Dale Keene

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Relative Risk Assessment For Cape Hatteras National Seashore, John Cary Buie Jan 1996

Relative Risk Assessment For Cape Hatteras National Seashore, John Cary Buie

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Distinctive Chest Of Drawers: Using Material Culture To Interpret The Past And The Present, Jessica Williams Johnston Jan 1996

A Distinctive Chest Of Drawers: Using Material Culture To Interpret The Past And The Present, Jessica Williams Johnston

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Lead Poisoning From The Colonial Period To The Present, Elsie Irene Eubanks Jan 1996

Lead Poisoning From The Colonial Period To The Present, Elsie Irene Eubanks

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.