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The Effects Of A Wilderness/Adventure Program On The Self-Concept, Locus Of Control Orientation, And Interpersonal Behavior Of Delinquent Adolescents, Timothy J. Zwart

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 26-day therapeutic wilderness program for delinquent adolescent males on three conceptually distinct but closely related constructs: self-concept, locus of control orientation, and interpersonal behavior. Justification for the study was derived from the limitations of past wilderness/adventure research which suggested that there was a need for additional research on the effects of this type of alternative program for delinquent adolescents.

It was hypothesized that following participation in this program the youths would exhibit increased self-concept, more internal locus of control orientation, would express higher needs for inclusion and affection …

Determination Of A "Benchmark" Rate Of Return For Regulated Small Telephone Utilities In The State Of Michigan, Gondy Bhaskara Rao

Dissertations

This study presents an approach that is consistent with regulatory standards of fairness, and enables the Public Service Commission staff to determining "benchmark" rates of return for Michigan's small telephone utilities. It applies only where they are either subsidiaries of holding companies or independently operating but whose securities are not publicly traded.

The methodology developed in this research is couched in the capital asset pricing framework and is powerful enough to capture the parent-subsidiary relationship to the ultimate determination of benchmark rates of return for utilities that have similar risks.

To evaluate the methodology for consistency with the regulatory standards, …

Defining A Social Problem: A Sociohistorical Analysis Of The Antinuclear Weapons Movement, Frances B. Mccrea

Dissertations

This dissertation is a sociohistorical analysis of the anti-nuclear weapons movement in the United States. This work conceptualizes social movements in advanced industrial societies by synthesizing certain aspects of social constructionism, resource mobilization and new class theory. The synthesis argues that progressive social movements are a form of class conflict in which members of the new class challenge the old elite for the control of cultural capital. Such movements are created, in part, by issue entrepreneurs, many of whom are intellectuals. The success or failure of any social movement organization is dependent on its own tactics and strategies, as well …

Self-Control: Effects Of Ratio Size, Intra-Delay Reinforcers, And Response Requirement, Elbert Q. Blakely Jr.

Dissertations

This study tested the following hypotheses: (a) The preference reversal phenomenon will be found when the delays to reinforcement are defined by fixed-ratio schedules, (b) The preference reversal phenomenon will be observed when intra-delay reinforcers are programmed, and (c) Imposing response requirements during the delay to reinforcement will affect preference for a larger delayed reinforcer over a smaller more immediate reinforcer. In Experiment 1, pigeons chose between two schedules, each a sequence of two fixed-ratio schedules. The second schedule of one sequence offered a small reinforcer and the second schedule of the alternative offered a larger reinforcer. The latter sequence …

The Effect Of Attending A Bereavement Support Seminar On The Level Of Depression Of Bereaved Spouses Within The First Year After The Spouses' Deaths; An Experimental Study, Carole Jeanne Weidaw

Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effect of providing information about the grief process and a supportive environment of peers on depression in recently bereaved spouses.

The treatment intervention consisted of the Bereavement Support Seminar, which provided didactic material relating to the normal aspects of the grief process with emphasis on dealing with anger, guilt and progressive growth while allowing for feelings and memories to be vented and supported.

The subjects were divided into two groups: experimental (those who were involved in the 4-week Bereavement Support Seminar) and control (those who received no intervention). The experimental …

The Effect Of Attending A Bereavement Support Seminar On The Level Of Expressed Physical Symptoms Of Bereaved Spouses Within The First Year After The Spouses' Deaths: An Experimental Study, Susan Jean Zonnebelt-Smeenge

Dissertations

Morbidity and mortality have been identified as potentially negative outcomes for bereaved spouses. Intervention is theorized to be an important factor in bereavement outcome, but few investigators have reported relevant studies depicting a decrease in somatic symptoms relative to planned treatment. The present research was conducted to explore the effect of attendance at a 4-session bereavement support seminar on the expressed physical symptoms of the widowed, within the first year subsequent to spousal death.

Subjects were obtained for this experimental study by the random sampling without replacement method, utilizing the obituary notices appearing in local newspapers. To facilitate generalization of …

The Effects Of Personality And Mental Workload On Heart Rate And Heart Rate Variability, Gwendolyn Lorell Pearson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of extraversion and task difficulty on heart rate reactivity, heart rate variability and task performance.

In order to select subjects with extreme extraversion and introversion scores, one hundred and one male undergraduate students between the ages of 18-30 were asked to complete the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Fifteen extraverts and fifteen introverts, as determined by the Eysenck Personality Inventory, participated in the physiological testing session. subjects listened to mental arithmetic problems which were presented by audio tape. The subjects task was to determine if the given answer to each problem …

The Effect Of Internal Vs. External Attributions And Level Of Information On Perceptions And Concessions In A Conflict Situation, William Walter Docalovich

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study investigated predicted concessions and subject impressions of internally vs. externally motivated opponents in a conflict situation. One hundred and twenty undergraduate subjects read brief scenarios that presented opening statements made by opponents in a negotiation involving the division of excess funds in an organization. The opponent asked for 80% of the excess money and either blamed external or internal reasons for not conciliating. Half the subjects were also presented with additional information regarding the opponent's prior behavior along the dimensions of consistency, consensus and distinctiveness. It was hypothesized that attribution would interact with additional information so that external …

The Emergence Of A Medical School In Hampton Roads, John Pierce Flemming Iv

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies

This dissertation documents the early years in the campaign by community leaders in Norfolk and adjacent cities to establish a local medical school as a means to improving the quality of medical education in the Hampton Roads area. Although attention is focused on the period 1959 to 1973, it is not strictly limited to this period of time.

The methodology for this dissertation is based heavily upon oral research. As one historian pointed out, "What better way to learn about a particular time than from the mouths of those who lived it." Approximately forty individuals instrumental in the founding of …

Natural Language Human-Computer Dialogue: Menu-Based Natural Language And Visual Performance, Jeffrey John Hendrickson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present study was conducted to determine design principles for menu-based natural language (MBNL) interfaces and to provide evidence for the nature of visual search processes with menu-based systems. The effects of window size, window activity, and query length were investigated. Window size was manipulated as a between-subjects variable with three levels representing a sixteen-item window size, an eight-item window size, and a four-item window size. Window activity was manipulated as a within-subjects variable with two levels representing single active and multiple active windows. Query length was manipulated as a within-subjects variable with three levels representing one-, two-, and three-item …

Keeping The Waters Flowing: Streamflow Protection Programs, Strategies And Issues In The West, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

44 pages.

Contains 2 pages of footnotes.

Private Appropriation Of Instream Flows In Alaska, Mary Lu Harle

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

30 pages.

Contains 2 pages of footnotes and 3 pages of references.

The Protection Of Instream Flows In Montana: A Legal-Institutional Perspective, Matthew J. Mckinney, Gary Fritz, Patrick Graham, Deborah Schmidt

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

42 pages.

Contains references.

Oregon’S Minimum Perennial Streamflows, John Borden

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

12 pages.

Wyoming’S New Instream Flow Law, Gordon W. Fassett

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

28 pages.

Contains references.

Agenda: Instream Flow Protection In The Western United States: A Practical Symposium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

Conference speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Virtually all western states now provide some kind of legal recognition for instream flows. On March 31-April 1, the Natural Resources Law Center will present a symposium on the different approaches taken in these states, with emphasis on such major issues as the purposes for instream flows, the quantities of water needed for these purposes, enforcement of instream flow rights, federal instream flow claims, private instream flow claims, and transferring consumptive water rights to instream flow rights. Speakers include representatives from state agencies …

Colorado’S Instream Flow Program: Protecting Free-Flowing Streams In A Water Consumptive State, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

30 pages.

Contains footnotes.

Instream Flows In Idaho, Josephine P. Beeman, Kenneth R. Arment

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

23 pages.

Contains footnotes.

Protecting Instream Resources In Washington State, Robert F. Barwin, Kenneth Slattery, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

56 pages (includes 1 map).

Contains 10 pages of footnotes.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Klausnitzer, Dorren. Shannon Ragland, Scott Whitehouse Win in Associated Student Government Primaries
• Klausnitzer, Dorren. Cost of Losing Race Hits Candidates Hearts, Pockets
• Summers, Jason. Activism Alive and Different
• Tutt, Allison. Western Students Grow in Kindergartens
• Jessie, Lisa. Censor threat Dead, Panel Says
• Stevenson, Cindy. Advisement May Expand to Juniors
• Kern Alexander Visits Capitol Looking for Budget Boost
• Charge Against William Schilling Dismissed
• Extending Classes Would Cater to Suitcasers
• Editorial Cartoon – Suitcasers
• Bussey, Charles. Modern Politics Have Ominous Overtones
• Cowan, Tracey. Survey Complaint
• Copenhaver, Steve …

The Guardian, March 31, 1988, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Four page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Hollins Columns (1988 Mar 31), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Commencement Speaker
• Jamaica Service Project
• SGA Election Results
• Hollinsummer Program
• The Hollins Columns Staff
• Elizabeth F. Hailey; Commencement Speaker
• Christa Davis Awarded Scholarship
• [Comedian Andy] Evans To Appear At Hollins
• Mary Williamson Award
• Lacrosse Team Off to Good Start
• Hollins Riders are Winners
• Softball

Winona Campus Life, Mass Communication Department

Winona Campus Life

Winona Campus Life was a weekly laboratory newspaper produced by the WSU Mass Communciation Department students and printed as a supplement to the Sunday Winona Daily News, which began in September 1983. The newspaper provided coverage of the four institutions of higher education in Winona: Winona State University, St. Mary's University, College of Saint Teresa, and Winona Area Vocational-Technical School. It was created to provide a place for Mass Communcation students to publish their articles and photographs with the idea of generating reader feedback, which is essential in journalism education.

Economic Considerations In Producing And Feeding Quality Alfalfa Hay, Martin K. Beutler

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, March 30, 1988, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Eight page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Lanthorn, Vol. 22, No. 26, March 30, 1988, Grand Valley State University

Volume 22, September 2, 1987 - April 27, 1988

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Communiqué, March 29, 1988, Lindenwood College

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Jessie, Lisa. WKU Glasgow Figures Increase
• Carter, Darla. T.G.I.F. Task Force Discussing Longer Classes
• Hoppes, Lynn. Clown’s Antics Paint Smiles on Special Faces at Olympics
• Turner, Todd. Budget Controversy Continues
• Turner, Todd. Regents Back Publications Proposals
• New Mall to Bring Shopping Closer to Home for Western
• Pack, Todd. Stay Fit Bill: Senate Plan Includes Student Activities
• Records Show President Now Singing a New Song
• Editorial Cartoon – Housing & Residence Life
• Combining Housing Ideas Could Ease Coming Crunch
• Kolbenschiag, Peter. Bruce Cambron’s Justice
• Trutty-Coohill, Patricia. …

The Guardian, March 29, 1988, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Eight page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Columbia Chronicle (03/28/1988), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from March 28, 1988 entitled Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 12 pages and is listed as Volume 20, Number 5. Cover story: "Racial graffiti draws response from students" Editor-in-Chief: Penny Mateck