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A Comparison Of Teacher Role Between Parochial And Public Schools, Gordon Lee Deblaey Dec 1970

A Comparison Of Teacher Role Between Parochial And Public Schools, Gordon Lee Deblaey

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Dogmatism And Military Experience, Daniel C. Hoeschen Dec 1970

An Analysis Of Dogmatism And Military Experience, Daniel C. Hoeschen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Forecasting Classroom Adjustment: The Utility Of Standard Language Fluency, Anne Despres Aug 1970

Forecasting Classroom Adjustment: The Utility Of Standard Language Fluency, Anne Despres

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Factors Associated With The Various Degrees Of Perceived Marginality Among Black Business Leaders, Janet M. Brenneman Aug 1970

A Study Of The Factors Associated With The Various Degrees Of Perceived Marginality Among Black Business Leaders, Janet M. Brenneman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Alienation In Students As A Function Of Systems Variables: The Effect Of Different Teacher Organizations And School Structures, Theophilus Olatunde Odetola Aug 1970

Alienation In Students As A Function Of Systems Variables: The Effect Of Different Teacher Organizations And School Structures, Theophilus Olatunde Odetola

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Forecasting High School Dropout: A Social-Psychological Approach, Clifford E. Bryan Apr 1970

Forecasting High School Dropout: A Social-Psychological Approach, Clifford E. Bryan

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Three Occupational Choice Categories And Their Perceived Reference Groups And Reference Individuals, Stephen M. Vargo Apr 1970

Three Occupational Choice Categories And Their Perceived Reference Groups And Reference Individuals, Stephen M. Vargo

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Effect Of School Socio-Economic Composition On Student Achievement, Ruth Van Kampen Apr 1970

A Study Of The Effect Of School Socio-Economic Composition On Student Achievement, Ruth Van Kampen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Police Perceptions Of Inner-City Youths Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement, Thomas V. Schade Apr 1970

Police Perceptions Of Inner-City Youths Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement, Thomas V. Schade

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Youth Attitudes Toward The Police And Law Enforcement: A Contextual Analysis, Donald G. Williams Dec 1969

Youth Attitudes Toward The Police And Law Enforcement: A Contextual Analysis, Donald G. Williams

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Patterns Of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Of American Females, Peter Dejong Aug 1969

Patterns Of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Of American Females, Peter Dejong

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Max Weber's Methodology: A Probabilistic Perspective, Rudolf J. Faller Aug 1969

Max Weber's Methodology: A Probabilistic Perspective, Rudolf J. Faller

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Differential Impact Of Protestant, Catholic, And Public Schooling Upon Attitudes Toward The Police Of Kalamazoo Junior High Students, Daniel James Dingman Aug 1969

The Differential Impact Of Protestant, Catholic, And Public Schooling Upon Attitudes Toward The Police Of Kalamazoo Junior High Students, Daniel James Dingman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Completed Suicide And Attempted Suicide In The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Of Flint: Michigan, I960, Friedrich Volker Wenz Apr 1969

A Study Of Completed Suicide And Attempted Suicide In The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Of Flint: Michigan, I960, Friedrich Volker Wenz

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford Apr 1969

Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Prediction Of High School Dropouts, Clifford E. Bryan Apr 1969

The Prediction Of High School Dropouts, Clifford E. Bryan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk Jan 1969

A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Social Status And Four Dimensions Of Religiosity: Church-Like And Sect-Like Religious Involvement, Gerald A. Van Spronsen Dec 1968

Social Status And Four Dimensions Of Religiosity: Church-Like And Sect-Like Religious Involvement, Gerald A. Van Spronsen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Participant-Run Courtship System: Sexual Behavior, Attitudes And Perception, James D. Jones Oct 1968

The Participant-Run Courtship System: Sexual Behavior, Attitudes And Perception, James D. Jones

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Social System Analysis Of Preferred Leadership Role Characteristics In High School, Orel D. Callahan Sep 1968

A Social System Analysis Of Preferred Leadership Role Characteristics In High School, Orel D. Callahan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Marital Integration And Orderly Replacement Activities Of College Married Couples, Charles F. Petranek Sep 1967

Marital Integration And Orderly Replacement Activities Of College Married Couples, Charles F. Petranek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Application Of Role Theory In An Investigation Of Affiliation With Alcoholics Anonymous, William Torvald Meyer Sep 1967

The Application Of Role Theory In An Investigation Of Affiliation With Alcoholics Anonymous, William Torvald Meyer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Anomia And Differential Access To Legitimate And Illegitimate Means Of Achievement Upon Deviant Behavior: A Study Of Student Cheating, Gordon Deblaey Aug 1967

The Effect Of Anomia And Differential Access To Legitimate And Illegitimate Means Of Achievement Upon Deviant Behavior: A Study Of Student Cheating, Gordon Deblaey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Child Rearing Attitudes Among Negro Mothers Residing In A Low Status Neighborhood, Curtis J. Jones Jun 1966

A Study Of Child Rearing Attitudes Among Negro Mothers Residing In A Low Status Neighborhood, Curtis J. Jones

Masters Theses

Introduction

The Problem

The problem in this investigation is to determine the characteristics of lower status Negro mothers and their families and to determine whether specific characteristics are associated with the utilization or acceptance of traditional or developmental child rearing attitudes. More specifically, this investigation will attempt to determine what cognate relationships prevail in the various segments of lower status Negro mothers with respect to their exhibiting traditional or developmental child rearing attitudes and their relative social status position, family composition, and mother's social contact frequency.

It appears that in order to make more reliable generalizations about the Negro families …


A Study Of Attitudes And Opinions Of Michigan Secondary-School Administrators About Alcohol Education Programs, Joseph V. Coe Jul 1965

A Study Of Attitudes And Opinions Of Michigan Secondary-School Administrators About Alcohol Education Programs, Joseph V. Coe

Masters Theses

The purposes of this study were to determine, through the use of a questionnaire: (1) the awareness and attitudes of administrators concerning the State's requirement for the teaching of alcohol education; (2) the administrator's opinion of the adequacy of teacher-training institutions in preparing teachers to conduct the instruction of alcohol education; (3) the time allotment and placement of alcohol education in the individual school programs; (4) the administrator's evaluation of the adequacy of textbooks in their coverage of information about alcohol; (5) the degree to which the individual schools are helping their teachers prepare this part of the curriculum; and …


An Exploratory Study Of Deferred Gratification Patterns Of Junior High School And Senior High School Drop-Outs And Part-Time Attenders, Charles T. Woods Jul 1965

An Exploratory Study Of Deferred Gratification Patterns Of Junior High School And Senior High School Drop-Outs And Part-Time Attenders, Charles T. Woods

Masters Theses

Introduction

The concept of Deferred Gratification refers to the practice of postponing immediate satisfactions so that future goals may be gained. Today's activities are view-example, renouncing emotional impulses will permit eventual emotional satisfaction. Education is viewed as an investment in the future prospects. Saving money is done for future satisfactions. Putting off marriage until one has a good job is perceived as the means to greater mobility.

The utility of Deferred Gratification Patterns (DGP) is in its relationship to social class and social mobility. This is seen in that some realize that social mobility, upward or downward, is a probability …


Social Distance Attitudes Of College Students Toward Three Minority Groups, Dennison W. Nichols Jun 1965

Social Distance Attitudes Of College Students Toward Three Minority Groups, Dennison W. Nichols

Masters Theses

Introduction

This study is an endeavor to add to the already existing scientific information in regard to man's social relations with his fellow men. More exactly, the purposes of this research are: (1) to gain a better understanding of prejudice among college students toward both stereotype images and "real" described persons belonging to the Jewish minority, the Negro minority and the homosexual minority, (2) to explore the possibility of their being a relationship between social-distance attitudes of these students toward these minorities and the personal, economic and certain other factors influencing these students, and (3) to consider the significance of …


Construction And Validation Of Six Mental Health Sub-Scales By Age, Sex, And Educational Status, Thomas James Boynton Jul 1964

Construction And Validation Of Six Mental Health Sub-Scales By Age, Sex, And Educational Status, Thomas James Boynton

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

Purpose of the Study

The topic considered in this thesis is the construction and validation of six mental health sub-scales which are based upon procedures controlling for age, sex, and educational status. Each item in a 22 item mental health scale is tested for validity by age, sex, and educational status. Six sub-scales, one for each dichotomy of the three social groups, are constructed from this procedure. The validity of these sub-scales is then tested via six different criteria of mental health. Finally, the validity of the six sub-scales, the original 22 item scale, and a related …


Absent Fathers And Problem Behavior, A Comparison Of Children From Broken And Unbroken Homes, Earl Walter Morris Jul 1963

Absent Fathers And Problem Behavior, A Comparison Of Children From Broken And Unbroken Homes, Earl Walter Morris

Masters Theses

Introduction

This study is an attempt to explore several aspects of the influence of the family upon the occurrence of problem behavior among children.1 Essentially it deals with a comparison of the occurrence of problem behavior among two groups of children: (1) children in the homes where the father is absent because of death, divorce, separation or desertion; and (2) children in homes where both parents are present.

In the past the "broken home" has received a great deal of attention is delinquency research. The physical presence of absence of a parent has not been found to be highly …


An Analysis Of Drinking Practices And Problems Among Male Undergraduates At A Midwestern University, Ronald Charles Vanderkooi Jan 1961

An Analysis Of Drinking Practices And Problems Among Male Undergraduates At A Midwestern University, Ronald Charles Vanderkooi

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research was to study the patterns and problems of drinking among men at a Midwestern university. The primary method used in the study was a questionnaire given to a cross-section of the male student body. The study was designed to determine the extent of drinking at the university. Such factors as the frequency and locality of drinking were investigated. Attitudes concerning college drinking were also explored. Finally, the study was concerned with problems associated with the use of alcohol by students.