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Self-Enhancement Processes in Couples

Self-enhancement is a process by which individuals misperceive themselves by viewing themselves in a positively biased manner. Past research indicates that self-enhancement can have both positive and negative effects on romantic relationships. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the role of self-enhancement in unmarried dating couples (N = 124 couples; 248 individuals) with respect to conflict, dyadic adjustment, causal and responsibility attributions, and possible moderators betwee… more

Date: August 2017

Creator: Reyna, Samuel H.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Saving Face: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Retail Patronage in Consumers' Skincare Purchase Decisions

The skincare sector is among the fastest growing consumer branded products, boasting unprecedented growth rates in emerging markets, as well as steady growth in developed and post-developed markets. Yet, a more relevant question to marketers of branded skincare products is what factors influence consumers’ decisions about where to buy such products, and whether or not to spread positive word-of-mouth (WOM) about products and store preferences. Sirgy’s (1982, 1985) self-congruence theory postula… more

Date: August 2015

Creator: Dai, Bo

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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An Exploration of the Criterion and Construct Validity of the Self-Compassion Scale

Past research indicates that self-compassion has positive implications for psychological health and functioning. However, as a newly specified construct, the literature regarding self-compassion could benefit from a more thorough validation of the primary scale used in this area of research, the Self-Compassion Scale. In the present study, structural path analysis (using Amos) was used to explore the criterion validity of the SCS with four variables which have been theorized to be relevant to s… more

Date: August 2014

Creator: Farnsworth, Jacob K.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Temperament Traits and Self-Concept in Individuals of Varying Creativity from a Normal University Population

"This study investigates the differences in temperament and self-concept between a group of university students scoring in the upper one-third of a distribution of creativity test scores and a group of university students scoring in the lower one-third of that distribution."--[1].

Date: December 1971

Creator: Beaty, John W.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Effects of Positive Reinforcement on the Self-Concept of Children in a Classroom

This study tests whether positive reinforcement consisting of a positive word, eye contact, and a smile would improve the self-concept of students. Sixty boys and girls in two sixth-grade classes were given an adaptation of Gordon's, How I See Myself scale. A baseline consisting of positive reinforcements given by the teacher to the students was taken. Then a positive reinforcement schedule was instituted by the sixth-grade teacher. The experimental group of thirty students received a mean of 2… more

Date: August 1974

Creator: Kalish, Robert B.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Comparison of Self Concepts Among "Starter" and "Substitute" Female College Athletes in Selected Varsity Sports

The purposes of the study were (1) to determine if differences exist between the self concepts of female intercollegiate starting and substitute athletes and between members of team and individual sports and (2) to determine if a significant relationship exists between coaches' ratings of an athlete and the athletes' self concepts. Subjects were forty-five college women who met the established criteria. The testing instrument was the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Data were analyzed by the two-w… more

Date: December 1975

Creator: Gotcher, Judith F.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Academic Behavior Among Students at an Alternative High School

For many years, educators and psychologists have attempted to define the strength of the relationship between self-concept and school performance., A productive approach may be to investigate academic self-efficacy. In the present study, data were collected for students at an alternative high school on the Measure of Academic Self-Efficacy (MASE), Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire (IAR), number of weeks spent in the program, and various descriptive and behavioral measures. C… more

Date: August 1983

Creator: Matthews, Catherine Henson

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Effects of a Parent Education Program upon Parental Acceptance, Parents' Self-Esteem, and Perceptions of Children's Self-Concept

The problem of this study concerns the effects of a Parent Education Program upon parents' self-esteem, parental acceptance, and perceived self-concept of children. The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of the Parent Education Program upon parents' self-esteem, parental acceptance, and children's perceived self-concept; and to investigate the relationships between parental acceptance, parents' self-esteem, children's perceived self-concept, and parents', teachers' and couns… more

Date: August 1974

Creator: Overman, Janet Williams

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Relationship of Self-Concept of Teachers in Selected Academic Areas to Their Students' Achievement

This study considered the problem of the relationship between the self-concept of selected teachers and the achievement of the pupils taught by these teachers. This study sought to determine if pupils of teachers with high selfconcept showed statistically significant higher achievement than pupils of teachers with low self-concept. A secondary purpose was to determine if there were any significant differences in self-concept between teachers from the various subject areas selected for this stud… more

Date: May 1975

Creator: Boardman, Billie Bob

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Study for Determining the Efficacy of Tape-Recorded Presentations for the Enhancement of Self-Concept in First-Grade Children

The problem of the study was to discover whether the selfconcepts of selected children in the primary grades could be enhanced. The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of using tape-recorded stories to enhance the self-concepts of selected primary grade children. A treatment of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale for sex differences showed no significant differences for either the experimental or control groups. Some enhancement of the self-concepts of primary grade… more

Date: December 1974

Creator: Aston, Willard A.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Effect of Ropes Course Elements on Self-Concept and Affective Behavior

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a ropes course program on self-concept and affective behavior, based on the belief that ropes course participants would rate significantly higher than non participants. A group of freshmen from a select liberal arts college made up the population. Measuring instruments used were the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and the Platt Affective Behavior Scale. The program was a pre-test, post-test control group design. Data were analyzed by two … more

Date: December 1990

Creator: Sturdivant, Virginia Ann

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Correlates of Body Image in University Women

The relationship between maturation rate, body image, depression and eating disorder tendencies was explored in a group of 251 college-age females in order to better understand the developmental progression of body image and related variables. Two aspects of body image were measured, namely, level of body satisfaction and amount of body distortion. Body dissatisfaction was found to be associated with early maturation, depression, and eating disorder tendencies. Body distortion was not found to … more

Date: August 1992

Creator: Anderson, MerriLee

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Effects of Control Theory Training Upon Self-Concept and Locus of Control Among Selected University Freshmen

This study examined the effects of Control Theory training upon self-concept and locus of control among students enrolled in the Provisional Admission Program (PAP) at the University of Texas at Arlington. Twenty-nine students randomly assigned to treatment or placebo control groups took the Coppersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSSEI-A) and the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (ANSIE) as pre- and posttests. Participants in the placebo control group attended their … more

Date: August 1987

Creator: Smadi, Ahmad Abdel-Majid

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Development of Occupational Identity in Undergraduate Music Education Majors

The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of occupational identity in undergraduate music education majors using a Symbolic Interactionist theoretical framework. Three research problems were formulated: (1) The identification of occupational norms and values of undergraduate music education majors; (2) The determination of the commitment of under graduate music education majors to specific skills and knowledge of music education; (3) The determination of career commitment to … more

Date: August 1983

Creator: L'Roy, DiAnn

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Effects of Participation in a Buddy System on the Self-Concept, Academic Achievement, Attrition Rate, and Congruence Level of Community College Developmental Studies Students

This dissertation sought to determine the effects of a buddy system on a student's self-concept, academic achievement, attrition rate, and congruence levels. The buddy system treatment randomly paired two students for the purposes of sharing ideas, working on assignments, getting to know each other, and supporting one another. The study included three randomly selected sections of pre-college level, developmental writing classes from the Brookhaven College of the Dallas County Community College… more

Date: December 1985

Creator: Cinclair, Carol

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Meta-Analysis of Studies on Self-Concept Between the Years of 1976 and 1986

This meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of counseling to favorably change self-concept; the effectiveness of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) in measuring self-concept change; and whether the TSCS is consistent with other self-concept instruments in measuring self-concept change when used in the same research study. The meta-analysis inclusion criteria were: one or more psychotherapy or counseling treatments administered to the subjects; comparison of two groups, including an altern… more

Date: August 1987

Creator: Cook, Peggy Jo

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Sensitivity Training as a Method of Increasing the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Group Members

The purpose of this study was to determine if sensitivity training encouraged significantly more members to form mutually therapeutic relationships than did traditional group counseling, and to determine, if the members who formed the largest numbers of mutually therapeutic relationships increased both in self-awareness and self-actualization significantly more through sensitivity training than through the traditional form of group counseling. This study concluded from its findings that the sen… more

Date: August 1979

Creator: Buresh, Martin Charles

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Counselor Perception of Selected Client Attributes and the Relationship of These Perceptions to the Counselors' Own Possession of These Same Attributes

The purposes of this study were to determine the accuracy of counselor perception of client attributes after an initial interview, to determine the relationship that exists between counselors' perceptions of a client's attributes and the counselors' possession of the same attributes, to determine the accuracy of counselor self-perception and to determine whether there were significant differences between counselors who are accurate perceivers and counselors who are inaccurate perceivers of clie… more

Date: December 1976

Creator: Elder, Wynona Tipton

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Self-Perception of Health: A Proposed Explanatory Model and a Test of its Clinical Significance

A multivariate model of health self-perceptions was postulated based upon a comprehensive set of health related variables suggested by previous bivariate research. Components of the model included measures of health attitudes, health practices, health locus of control, a measure of stress/ coping, and a physical health measure. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 10 8 subjects based upon the external measure of physical health which included categories ranging from disabi… more

Date: December 1985

Creator: Scherzer, Charles E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Imagery, Self-Concept, Anxiety, and Stress as Predictors of Seriousness of Disease

This research study was designed to investigate the relationships of imagery, self-concept, anxiety, stress, subjective stress and seriousness of illness and to determine the potential of certain cognitive mediating variables, especially imagery and an interaction between self-concept and imagery, to significantly increase the efficiency of stress as a predictor of seriousness of illness. The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the efficiency of stress as a predictor of disease, (2) t… more

Date: May 1981

Creator: Harris, Jerry Lon

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Effect of Group Assertiveness Training on Selected Cognitive Variables

This study was conducted to investigate whether cognitive variables (as measured by six self-report inventories) covaried with changes in behavior following group assertiveness training as postulated by several assertiveness training theorists and practitioners. Statistical analysis of the data did not support any of the hypotheses. No significant differences were found between the groups on any of the self-report measures or the behavioral ratings, although experimental group subjects consiste… more

Date: December 1976

Creator: Williams, Dale W.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Self-Concept and Verbal Behavior in a Small-Group Social Situation

The problem addressed in this exploratory research study was whether any correlational relationship existed between a selection of personality and demographic variables (considered as aspects of the self-concept construct) and selected subjective and objective measurements of verbal behavior. The purpose of the study was to achieve a better understanding of the dynamic monitoring process of the self-concept and the possible relationship that may exist between it and certain quantifiable verbal … more

Date: August 1978

Creator: Fain, Thomas Carl

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Situational Self-Image: A Symbolic Interactionism Approach to Brand-Image/Self-Image Congruency

The situational self-image, which recognizes the affect of situational influences, particularly social roles, was the specific topic of investigation of this study. It has generally been hypothesized in marketing literature that consumers will purchase the brand with the image most congruent with the consumers' self-image. Symbolic Interactionism, a field of study in sociology, provides the theoretical foundations for the construct situational self-image. Realization of the relationship between… more

Date: May 1987

Creator: Hildebrand, Peggy Shields

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Psychological Consequences of Causal Attributions of Social Success and Failure: An Analysis in Terms of Social Anxiety

This study attempted to extend the concept of achievement motivation, as proposed by Weiner's attributional model, to social affiliative contexts. It was proposed that low social anxiety individuals behave like high achievement motivation individuals who make more self-attributions for success, but more external attributions for failure, whereas high social anxiety individuals take more personal responsibility for failure social outcomes, but make more external attributions when successful. Sub… more

Date: December 1983

Creator: Sabogal, Fabio

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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