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Elderly Narrative Reflections On The Contradictions In Turkish Village Family Life After Migration Of Adult Children, Roberta Coles Dec 2001

Elderly Narrative Reflections On The Contradictions In Turkish Village Family Life After Migration Of Adult Children, Roberta Coles

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

International and domestic labor migrations are changing the face of many countries. Those economic and demographic transitions collide with cultural expectations and ways of conducting intergenerational relations. This paper is a narrative analysis of some of those changes from the perspective of the elderly who remain behind in a small village in central Turkey. In particular, their narratives focus on filial expectations of sons and daughters, the status of mothers-in-law, health and economic well-being, and the future of village life. While these “left behind” elderly feel a loss of status and control and fear for their futures as their children …


Who Are The Complaint-Prone Officers?: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, And Citizens' Complaints About Excessive Force, Steven G. Brandl, Meghan S. Stroshine, James Frank Nov 2001

Who Are The Complaint-Prone Officers?: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, And Citizens' Complaints About Excessive Force, Steven G. Brandl, Meghan S. Stroshine, James Frank

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This article identifies the characteristics of police officers (officers’ background attributes, arrest activity, and assignment) who most frequently receive complaints from citizens regarding the use of excessive force. The data for the study were obtained from a large mid-western municipal police department. The results show that arrest activity, officer age, and officer gender are most strongly related to the receipt of citizen’s complaints about excessive force and differentiate high-complaint officers from low-complaint officers. Implications of the findings are discussed.


Building The Clinton Legacy Through Frame Alignment, Roberta Coles Nov 2001

Building The Clinton Legacy Through Frame Alignment, Roberta Coles

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This article examines Clinton’s rhetorical strategy for creating a legacy in light of the imminent end of his second and final term as president. By examining Clinton’s public discourse from 1997 to 1999, with special attention to the period from September 1998 to June 1999, this article argues that Clinton used the frame of his race initiative to centripetally incorporate varied events and policies to redefine and bolster his legacy in the aftermath of scandal and political polarity. Specifically, President Clinton, with an eye on the legacy of the president and the identity of the Democratic Party, gathered the war …


African American Single Full-Time Fathers: How Are They Doing?, Roberta Coles Oct 2001

African American Single Full-Time Fathers: How Are They Doing?, Roberta Coles

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Using a symbolic interactionist approach, interviews of 10 Black single full-time fathers indicate that these fathers perceive parenting to have had positive results for themselves. Specifically, the employment and income of most of the men had remained stable or improved. While their dating lives had suffered the most, they had sustained social activities with friends and families at a high level. Moreover, their assessments of their parent-child relationships and their own life satisfaction was positive.


The Emerging Reference Paradigm: A Vision Of Reference Services In A Complex Information Environment, Scott Mandernack, John W. Fritch Oct 2001

The Emerging Reference Paradigm: A Vision Of Reference Services In A Complex Information Environment, Scott Mandernack, John W. Fritch

Library Faculty Research and Publications

The emerging reference paradigm in a complex, technologically rich information environment tends toward a more deliberate blending of the conservative and liberal philosophies of reference. As key agents in the advancement of society and culture, librarians must recognize the value of community and the social context of information in providing services that support and enhance the full range of contemporary user needs.


A Library Research Strategy For Communication, Scott Mandernack Oct 2001

A Library Research Strategy For Communication, Scott Mandernack

Library Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


A Psychographic Analysis Of Generation Y College Students, Joyce M. Wolburg, James Pokrywczynski Sep 2001

A Psychographic Analysis Of Generation Y College Students, Joyce M. Wolburg, James Pokrywczynski

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Generation Y is regarded as the elusive new youth market, whose members are as resistant to advertising efforts as were members of Generation X before them. To investigate various factors that influence the use of advertising among the college segment of Generation Y, a survey was administered to a random sample of 368 college students. Questions probed self-identity, relevance of depictions in the media, and the informational value of advertising across eight media. Results show that gender and a variety of personality traits such as introversion/extroversion affect both the perceived value of advertising as an information source and the relevance …


Communication Technology And Intercultural Education: A Report On Pedagogy, Deleasa Randall-Griffiths, Daradirek Ekachai Jul 2001

Communication Technology And Intercultural Education: A Report On Pedagogy, Deleasa Randall-Griffiths, Daradirek Ekachai

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Parenting Roles And Goals Of Single Black Full-Time Fathers, Roberta Coles Jul 2001

The Parenting Roles And Goals Of Single Black Full-Time Fathers, Roberta Coles

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


In Danger Of Dilution?, Bonnie Brennen Apr 2001

In Danger Of Dilution?, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Convergence And Divergence Of Themes In Successful Psychotherapy: An Assimilation Analysis, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Linda M. Endres, William B. Stiles, George Silberschatz Apr 2001

Convergence And Divergence Of Themes In Successful Psychotherapy: An Assimilation Analysis, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Linda M. Endres, William B. Stiles, George Silberschatz

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Theme convergence is the linking of seemingly unrelated problem domains as they advance through assimilation stages-a developmental sequence of cognitive and affective changes through which problematic content is hypothesized to pass during successful psychotherapy. Theme divergence is the contradiction or conflict of solutions to different problems, so that progress in one domain leads to stagnation or regression in another domain. An intensive qualitative method called assimilation analysis was used to examine theme convergence and divergence in a successful psychodynamic psychotherapy with a 20–yr–old female patient. Because specific problems often fail to progress monotonically, even in successful psychotherapy cases, it is …


Optimal Currency Basket Pegs For Developing And Emerging Economies, Joseph P. Daniels, Peter Toumanoff, Marc Von Der Ruhr Mar 2001

Optimal Currency Basket Pegs For Developing And Emerging Economies, Joseph P. Daniels, Peter Toumanoff, Marc Von Der Ruhr

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

The exchange rate arrangement represents an important policy choice for emerging and transitional economies as they strive to become stable and market-driven. A wide variety of arrangements have emerged, ranging from currency boards, basket-currency pegs and single-currency pegs to floating rates. Recently the IMF has recommended that, if the exchange value of a currency is to be pegged, it is better to peg to a basket of currencies rather than a single currency. Nonetheless, there has been little theoretical research on the management and optimal design of basket-peg arrangements. In this paper we extend the small-country macroeconomic model of Turnovsky …


Intact Physiological Response To Arousal With Impaired Emotional Recognition In Alexithymia, Linda Ann Stone, Kristy A. Nielson Mar 2001

Intact Physiological Response To Arousal With Impaired Emotional Recognition In Alexithymia, Linda Ann Stone, Kristy A. Nielson

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Background: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the relationship between the recognition of emotion and physiological response to emotion (i.e. arousal) in alexithymia. Methods: This study investigated differences in physiological arousal state, as measured by continuous heart rate, electrodermal activity (EDA) and self-reported emotional intensity before and after exposure to an emotionally arousing or neutral videotape among 41 high- or low-alexithymic young adult participants. Results: Across subjects, emotionally negative stimuli produced increased physiological arousal. However, high-alexithymic participants exposed to the arousing videotape did not report increased subjective emotional intensity, as did low-alexithymic participants. In addition, the baseline …


Introduction To Guiding Global Order: G8 Governance In The Twenty First Century, John J. Kirton, Joseph P. Daniels, Andreas Freytag Jan 2001

Introduction To Guiding Global Order: G8 Governance In The Twenty First Century, John J. Kirton, Joseph P. Daniels, Andreas Freytag

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Risk Based Urban Watershed Management Under Conflicting Objectives, Vladimir Novotny, David E. Clark, Robert Griffin, Douglas Booth Jan 2001

Risk Based Urban Watershed Management Under Conflicting Objectives, Vladimir Novotny, David E. Clark, Robert Griffin, Douglas Booth

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Ecological impairment and flooding caused by urbanization can be expressed numerically by calculating the risks throughout the watershed (floodplain) and along the main stems of the streams. The risks can be evaluated in terms of the present and/or future. This article describes the methodologies for ascertaining the risks in the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) environment. The objectives of urban flood controls and ecological preservation/restoration of urban waters are often conflicting and, in the past, the sole emphasis on flood control led to destruction of habitat and deterioration of water quality. An optimal solution to these two problems may be achieved …


Who Pays For Health Care Reform?, Susan Giaimo Jan 2001

Who Pays For Health Care Reform?, Susan Giaimo

Political Science Faculty Research and Publications

In this second of three chapters on the distinctive policy dynamics of particular areas of social provision, Susan Giaimo addresses the issue of whether the success of the reformed welfare state in the shape of payers’ and policy makers’ cost‐containment projects have had as their price the sacrifice of equity and solidarity. These questions are explored through the lens of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the US since the late 1980s: each a country with a distinctive health care system, which undertook major reform initiatives designed to control health care outlays, and addressed the efficiency and equity goals …


The Impact Of Financial Reform On Private Savings In Bangladesh, Abdur Chowdhury Jan 2001

The Impact Of Financial Reform On Private Savings In Bangladesh, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Over the course of the last decade, Bangladesh has implemented a broad-based program of financial and market reforms, encompassing changes in the structure of the financial system, prudential and supervisory frameworks, and monetary management. This paper estimates a savings function to evaluate the impact of various determinants of private savings in Bangladesh—with special emphasis on the impact of financial reform. The results show that the level of income, real interest rates, and the share of agriculture in GDP have a positive impact on the savings rate. Dependency rate and public savings rate, on the other hand, have a negative impact …


Agent Identity In Economics, John B. Davis Jan 2001

Agent Identity In Economics, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Public Perceptions Of The Midwest's Pavements: Explaining The Relationship Between Pavement Quality And Driver Satisfaction, James K. Giese, Robert Griffin, David Kuemmel Jan 2001

Public Perceptions Of The Midwest's Pavements: Explaining The Relationship Between Pavement Quality And Driver Satisfaction, James K. Giese, Robert Griffin, David Kuemmel

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

A three-phase study involving focus groups and sample surveys was conducted in three Midwestern states to assess the amount of satisfaction that motorists who drive on rural, two-lane state highways have with the pavement characteristics of those highways and to explain the relationship between the actual physical condition of the pavements and motorists' satisfaction. Consistently in each state, the direct relationship between pavement quality and driver satisfaction was mediated by cognitive structure—a set of five specific beliefs motorists have about the pavement. The part of the study that (a) applies a powerful psychological model to the task of …


The "Risky Business" Of Binge Drinking Among College Students: Using Risk Models For Psas And Anti-Drinking Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg Jan 2001

The "Risky Business" Of Binge Drinking Among College Students: Using Risk Models For Psas And Anti-Drinking Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

To assist creators of public service announcements and anti-drinking campaigns, this study provides an in-depth examination of the risks of binge drinking from the perspective of college students. Using current risk models for guidance, key elements from the qualitative data in the study are addressed, including perceived risks and their severity, vulnerability to risks, self-efficacy, response efficacy, benefits from ritual functions, and other costs or benefits based on students' attitudes and beliefs. An integrated risk perception model is introduced. Student participants enumerated extensive risks; however, they generally felt invulnerable to the consequences. Most adopted a management style of “taking chances” …


Misplaced Marketing: Why Television Is The “Wrong” Environment For Public Service Advertising Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg Jan 2001

Misplaced Marketing: Why Television Is The “Wrong” Environment For Public Service Advertising Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Notes that research has shown that advertising efforts to promote social causes rarely reach meaningful levels of effectiveness. Points out that while the media provide the right emotional climate for advertising messages that encourage consumption, it follows that the media provide the wrong environment for messages that discourage consumption or other behaviors. Concludes that money spent might best be redirected to other prevention efforts that more directly accomplish the social program’s goals.


Introduction To Economics Broadly Considered, Jeff E. Biddle, John B. Davis, Steven G. Medema Jan 2001

Introduction To Economics Broadly Considered, Jeff E. Biddle, John B. Davis, Steven G. Medema

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Donald E. Moggridge As An Historian Of Economic Thought, John B. Davis Jan 2001

Donald E. Moggridge As An Historian Of Economic Thought, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Nonlinear Dynamics In Psychology, Stephen J. Guastello Jan 2001

Nonlinear Dynamics In Psychology, Stephen J. Guastello

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

This article provides a survey of the applications of nonlinear dynamical systems theory to substantive problems encountered in the full scope of psychological science. Applications are organized into three topical areas – cognitive science, social and organizational psychology, and personality and clinical psychology. Both theoretical and empirical studies are considered with an emphasis on works that capture the broadest scope of issues that are of substantive interest to psychological theory. A budding literature on the implications of NDS principles in professional practice is reported also.


Gifts And Trade: Microwskian, Gudemanian, And Milbergian Themes, John B. Davis Jan 2001

Gifts And Trade: Microwskian, Gudemanian, And Milbergian Themes, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Expectancy Disconfirmation On Outcome Satisfaction In Police-Citizen Encounters, Michael D. Reisig, Meghan S. Stroshine Jan 2001

The Effects Of Expectancy Disconfirmation On Outcome Satisfaction In Police-Citizen Encounters, Michael D. Reisig, Meghan S. Stroshine

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This study tests the expectancy disconfirmation model using survey data from citizens who recently had police encounters. We find support for the expectancy disconfirmation model's primary hypothesis that increased disparity between expectations of police performance and actual service inversely affects citizen satisfaction with the way the police handle encounters. This finding persists for both voluntary (e.g. breaking and entering victims) and involuntary (e.g. traffic citations) police encounters. Our results also suggest that the scope of the expectancy disconfirmation model is limited. For example, the disparity between expectations and actual service is not correlated with citizen satisfaction with the police in …


The G8'S Contributions To Twenty-First Century Governance, John J. Kirton, Joseph P. Daniels, Andreas Freytag Jan 2001

The G8'S Contributions To Twenty-First Century Governance, John J. Kirton, Joseph P. Daniels, Andreas Freytag

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


External Debt And Growth In Developing Countries: A Sensitivity And Causal Analysis, Abdur Chowdhury Jan 2001

External Debt And Growth In Developing Countries: A Sensitivity And Causal Analysis, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

The paper aims to enhance the existing literature on the debt-growth nexus by analysing the relationship in two separate country groups using the extreme bounds analysis for sensitivity tests and the mixed, fixed, and random coefficient approach that allows for heterogeneity in the causal relationship between debt and growth. Irrespective of the debt measure used, the results are robust across the two country groups—HIPC and non-HIPC—as well as two different testing procedures. The extreme bounds analysis shows that the relationship between a debt measure and economic growth is robust to changes in the conditioning set of information included in the …


Self-Disclosure, Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox Jan 2001

Self-Disclosure, Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

A review of the analog literature about therapist self-disclosure suggests that nonclients generally have positive perceptions of therapist self-disclosures. A review of the naturalistic psychotherapy literature indicates that therapist self-disclosure occurs infrequently, is used more often by humanistic-experiential than psychoanalytic therapists, is most often about professional background than about intimate personal details, is used for many different reasons, is used cautiously by therapists, and is helpful in the immediate process of therapy. Effects of therapist self-disclosure on the ultimate outcome of therapy are less clear. Limitations of the research (poor and inconsistent definitions and lack of a clinically appropriate methodology …


Cultivating Partnerships/Realizing Diversity, Janice Simmons-Welburn, William C. Welburn Jan 2001

Cultivating Partnerships/Realizing Diversity, Janice Simmons-Welburn, William C. Welburn

Library Faculty Research and Publications

Academic librarians should not only seek methods for continuous learning about an increasingly diverse college student body, they are encouraged to pursue partnerships with campus agencies that work directly with students, especially those charged with building a diverse community of students. The authors present two examples to illustrate strategies-in-action.