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Peer Knowledge Of And Reactions To Adolescent Suicide, Eileen Norton Jan 1987

Peer Knowledge Of And Reactions To Adolescent Suicide, Eileen Norton

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Mood-Congruent Retrieval: A Methodological Comparison, Claudia Lampman-Petraitis Jan 1987

Mood-Congruent Retrieval: A Methodological Comparison, Claudia Lampman-Petraitis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Levels Of Processing On Retention Of Word Meaning, Dorothy A. Flannagan Aug 1986

The Effects Of Levels Of Processing On Retention Of Word Meaning, Dorothy A. Flannagan

Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of the three encoding techniques of rote memory, semantic, and self-reference, on short-term and long-term retention levels of unfamiliar vocabulary words and their meanings. Seventy-two college students participated in the experiment, with 24 students in each encoding group. All participants viewed 20 target words and their definitions, and were exposed to each word for 30 seconds. Each group was given instructions designed to promote a type of encoding specific to their group. After a five-minute distractor task, subjects were given a list of the target words and were tested on …


Endurance And Affiliation : Traits As A Priori Self Schemata In Memory, Nancy Mackay Bruckner May 1986

Endurance And Affiliation : Traits As A Priori Self Schemata In Memory, Nancy Mackay Bruckner

Master's Theses

This study investigated the hypotheses that subjects' scores on the trait of endurance would have s. positive, significant correlation with their recall of endurance-related adjectives, and that subjects' scores on the trait of affiliation would have a positive, significant correlation with their recall of affiliation-related words. One hundred forty-five male and female undergraduates from the University of Richmond answered questions from the Affiliation and Endurance scales of the Personality Research Form (Jackson, 1967). As a separate task subjects decided whether or not each of fortyeight adjectives described themselves. Sixteen of these adjectives referred to endurance, sixteen to affiliation, and sixteen …


Effectiveness Of Computer-Based, Modified Computer-Based And Workshop Training In The Learning/Application Of Leadership Skills, Karen E. Chappell May 1986

Effectiveness Of Computer-Based, Modified Computer-Based And Workshop Training In The Learning/Application Of Leadership Skills, Karen E. Chappell

Master's Theses

This study examined the effectiveness of training methods in effective leadership principles. Forty-two male and female Introductory Psychology students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: computer-based training (CBT), computer-based training with videotaped vignettes (CBTV), or group-based workshop training with videotaped vignettes (GBW). Training effectiveness was assessed on two dependent variables, pretest/posttest scores in conceptual knowledge and pretest/posttest scores in applied knowledge. Only partial support was found for the hypothesis that there would be significant differences in mean pretest and mean posttest scores on both conceptual and applied knowledge as a result of training method. Method of training was …


The Relations Among Moral Orientation, Sex, Motive, And Ego Development, Cindy Joan Nowinski Jan 1986

The Relations Among Moral Orientation, Sex, Motive, And Ego Development, Cindy Joan Nowinski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Parent Perceptions, Gender, And Maturity In College Students, Ruth Cliffer Greenthal Jan 1986

Parent Perceptions, Gender, And Maturity In College Students, Ruth Cliffer Greenthal

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Sex Differences In Mathematical Ability: An Application Of Attribution Theory Of Achievement Motivation, Suzanne Fechner-Bates Jan 1986

Sex Differences In Mathematical Ability: An Application Of Attribution Theory Of Achievement Motivation, Suzanne Fechner-Bates

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Psychological Factors Associated With Patients' Negative Assessment Of Treatment For Temporomandibular Joint (Tmj) Pain And Dysfunction, Ronni M. Barnes Jan 1986

Psychological Factors Associated With Patients' Negative Assessment Of Treatment For Temporomandibular Joint (Tmj) Pain And Dysfunction, Ronni M. Barnes

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Caregiver-Infant Dialogue: Examining Maternal And Infant Responsivity In A Face To-Face Interaction Sequence At 2, 4 And 6 Months Of Age, Barbara Foster Lauesen Jan 1986

The Caregiver-Infant Dialogue: Examining Maternal And Infant Responsivity In A Face To-Face Interaction Sequence At 2, 4 And 6 Months Of Age, Barbara Foster Lauesen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Accelerated Thinking: Its Relation To Manic Pathology, Phase Of Illness And Psychosis Among Psychiatric Patients, Elizabeth Ann Rice Jan 1986

Accelerated Thinking: Its Relation To Manic Pathology, Phase Of Illness And Psychosis Among Psychiatric Patients, Elizabeth Ann Rice

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Prediction Of Psychotherapy Dropout Using Select Client Variables: A Multivariable Analysis, Ann Marie Saver Jan 1986

The Prediction Of Psychotherapy Dropout Using Select Client Variables: A Multivariable Analysis, Ann Marie Saver

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Investigation Of Some Hypothesized Behaviors Of College Student Procrastinators, William George Mccown Jan 1986

An Experimental Investigation Of Some Hypothesized Behaviors Of College Student Procrastinators, William George Mccown

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Rate Of Occurrence Judgments By Recovering Alcoholics Using Self-Relevant Stimuli, Henry Jay Richards Jan 1986

Rate Of Occurrence Judgments By Recovering Alcoholics Using Self-Relevant Stimuli, Henry Jay Richards

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Recent Life Events And Subsequent Reports Of Illness In An Undergraduate Population: An Examination Of Hardiness, Daniel James Bruining Jan 1986

Recent Life Events And Subsequent Reports Of Illness In An Undergraduate Population: An Examination Of Hardiness, Daniel James Bruining

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Two Determinants Of Parenting Behavior: Conceptual Understanding Of Child Development, Adelaide Molaro Jan 1986

Two Determinants Of Parenting Behavior: Conceptual Understanding Of Child Development, Adelaide Molaro

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Traits As Self-Schemata And Their Effect On Recall Of Content-Specific Adjectives, Victor Lee Barrow Nov 1985

Traits As Self-Schemata And Their Effect On Recall Of Content-Specific Adjectives, Victor Lee Barrow

Master's Theses

The concept that personality traits serve as a priori self schemata cognitive structures in memory was investigated. College students from University of Richmond were tested on recall of 160 content-specific adjectives and then administered the Personality Research Form. After being shown the list of adjectives, subjects were given a five-minute distractor task and then given fifteen minutes to recall as many adjectives as possible. A correlational analysis was performed on the scores on the personality traits of achievement, affiliation, autonomy, dominance, endurance, nurturance, order, play, sentience, and understanding and with the recall of content-specific adjectives. The correlation between the trait …


The Self-Concept Of Pregnant And Nonpregnant Adolescents And Changes That Occur Between Trimesters, Linda Aileen Furlani Aug 1985

The Self-Concept Of Pregnant And Nonpregnant Adolescents And Changes That Occur Between Trimesters, Linda Aileen Furlani

Master's Theses

Twenty-two nonpregnant adolescents and 14 pregnant adolescents selected from Chesterfield Health Department's clinic population participated in a study to determine if the self-concept of a nonpregnant adolescent is higher than that of a pregnant adolescent. Each group was further subdivided into a middle adolescent and a late adolescent category to determine if there is any difference in the self-concept of a pregnant adolescent in the middle adolescent stage versus that of a pregnant adolescent in the late adolescent stage. Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI), School Form, was administered to test the subject's perception of herself and to measure evaluative attitudes toward …


Interpersonal Consequences Of Expressing Concern About Nuclear War, Ann Angell Dew May 1985

Interpersonal Consequences Of Expressing Concern About Nuclear War, Ann Angell Dew

Master's Theses

The effects of sex role expectations within the context of the nuclear war issue were examined in this study. Sixty males and sixty females, ranging in age from 18 to 22 years, participated in this study. They were obtained from the introductory psychology courses at the University of Richmond. Each subject read a questionnaire, supposedly completed by another University of Richmond undergraduate, and answered two Likert-type questions measuring the degree to which the subject would like to meet and become friends with the target. The independent variables were sex of the target, sex of subject, and expression of concern about …


Personality Variables That Discriminate Pseudoseizures Patients And Epileptic Patients Used In The 16 Pf, Patricia L. Marshall May 1985

Personality Variables That Discriminate Pseudoseizures Patients And Epileptic Patients Used In The 16 Pf, Patricia L. Marshall

Master's Theses

This project was designed to study the effect of certain personality factors on pseudoseizure patients. It was hypothesized that Factors C and 0 in the 16 Personality Questionnaire could serve as predictor variables for the criterion variable, positive diagnosis of pseudoseizure versus true epileptic seizures. It was also hypothesized that these two groups, pseudoseizure versus epileptic seizure, would differ significantly on a test titled the Sickness Impact Profile. The two scales in this test, psychosocial and physical, were examined. Two discriminant analyses were performed with these two tests being the predictor variables and group membership being the criterion variable. Non-significant …


Personality Variables That Discriminate Pseudoseizures Patients And Epileptic Patients Used In The 16 Pf, Patricia Lane Marshall May 1985

Personality Variables That Discriminate Pseudoseizures Patients And Epileptic Patients Used In The 16 Pf, Patricia Lane Marshall

Master's Theses

This project was designed to study the effect of certain personality factors on pseudoseizure patients. It was hypothesized that Factors C and O in the 16 Personality Questionnaire could serve as predictor variables for the criterion variable, positive diagnosis of pseudoseizure versus true epileptic seizures. It was also hypothesized that these two groups, pseudoseizure versus epileptic seizure, would differ significantly on a test titled the Sickness Impact Profile. The two scales in this test, psychosocial and physical, were examined. Two discriminant analyses were performed with these two tests being the predictor variables and group membership being the criterion variable. Non-significant …


An Empirical Study Of Student Compositions And Their Improvement, Donna Van De Water Jan 1985

An Empirical Study Of Student Compositions And Their Improvement, Donna Van De Water

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Relationships Among Nuclear Episodes In The Life Story, Current Identity Status, And Ego Stage In Young Adult Women, Carol E. Kirshnit Jan 1985

Relationships Among Nuclear Episodes In The Life Story, Current Identity Status, And Ego Stage In Young Adult Women, Carol E. Kirshnit

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Residence, Perceived Latitude Of Choice And Desired Control Among The Long-Livin, Steven R. Shank Jan 1985

Residence, Perceived Latitude Of Choice And Desired Control Among The Long-Livin, Steven R. Shank

Master's Theses

Perceived control, perceived choice, and residential setting are important factors which need to be addressed in research involving long-living. The focus of this study was to determine the relationships among thee variables. The search for an interaction between residential setting (either high or low constraining) and perceived choice and its effect on perceived control distinguishes this study from previous research.


Effects Of Own Voice Vs. Another's Voice During Progressive Relaxation, Tay Corrie Weber Jan 1985

Effects Of Own Voice Vs. Another's Voice During Progressive Relaxation, Tay Corrie Weber

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to assess the difference in stress reduction between listening to one's own voice and listening to another's voice during taped relaxation procedures. Eighteen male undergraduates listened to relaxation tapes of their own voice, that of another person, and a control tape. Stress was measured via skin temperature. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant stress reduction (indicated by increased skin temperature) for both experimental groups and greater reduction in stress when listening to one's own voice than when listening to another voice. A Latin-Square Repeated analysis revealed only a significant order effect …


Discordant Twins: Personality And Cognitive Development, Cynthia Schroeder Jan 1985

Discordant Twins: Personality And Cognitive Development, Cynthia Schroeder

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Standard Mmpi And Mmpi-168 Scores In A Non-Psychiatric Population, Ramon Verdaguer Jan 1985

Comparison Of Standard Mmpi And Mmpi-168 Scores In A Non-Psychiatric Population, Ramon Verdaguer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Wais-R Subtest Scores In Mbti Sensing Types And Intuitive Types, Gary Mitchell Jaworski Jan 1985

Comparison Of Wais-R Subtest Scores In Mbti Sensing Types And Intuitive Types, Gary Mitchell Jaworski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Memory For Frequency Of Hearing Popular Music: An Investigation Of An Automatic Processing Theory, James Robert Fidler Jan 1985

Memory For Frequency Of Hearing Popular Music: An Investigation Of An Automatic Processing Theory, James Robert Fidler

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Racial And Gender Differences In Self-Efficacy Among Black And White Urban College Students, Sidney C. St. Leger Jan 1985

Racial And Gender Differences In Self-Efficacy Among Black And White Urban College Students, Sidney C. St. Leger

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.