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Relationship Between Coaches' Leadership Style and Burnout

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between leadership behavior and perceived burnout of coaches. Head coaches from high schools and from Southeast and Southwest Conference universities were included in the sample (N=302). Coaches completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, Social Desirability Scale and a demographic data sheet. Coaches were separated into two leadership behavior groups and classified as Consideration or… more

Date: August 1987

Creator: Dale, Judith A. (Judith Anne)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Influence of Internal/External Instructions on Children's Moral Judgments

Past research, guided by Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories of moral development, has shown that young children base their moral judgments on the consequence of the story protagonist's behavior while older children base their judgments on the protagonist's intent. Three age groups of children (144 subjects) heard four stories and were placed in three conditions to investigate whether their judgments could be influenced by asking them to pay attention either to why the protagonist did what she or … more

Date: August 1986

Creator: Parker, Deborah A. (Deborah Ann)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Standardization of a Memory Test with an Elderly Population

The Aronson Shopping List is a short-term memory test which integrates current knowledge of brain-behavior relationships in assessment. The test was designed to detect deficiency in fluid intelligence. The goal of this study was to standardize the test on an elderly population. The sample was composed of 67 males and females whose ages ranged from 62 to 89 years. It was found that recent stressful events did not account for variation of performance on the ASL. The reliability of the test, estab… more

Date: August 1984

Creator: Tsang, Michael Hing-pui

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Reframing Loneliness in Adult Females Who Vary in Dependency and Locus of Control

Reframing in counseling offers the client a different framework for symptoms, thereby allowing the client a perspective that leads to change or no need for change. Using a loneliness measure as the dependent variable, 58 females underwent one of three treatments: positive reframing, self-control statements, or a waiting list control procedure. Two two-way analyses of covariance used an independent measure of dependency for the first analysis and a measure of perceived control for the second. Tr… more

Date: May 1974

Creator: Jarvis, Mary Ann O'Loughlin

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Prohibition in Symbol Communication

Literature in semiotics lacks consideration of the elements in symbols that communicate specific concepts. Prohibition was the concept chosen for study. Potential prohibitors were represented by line configurations superimposed on background symbols. Seven prohibitors coupled with symbol backgrounds to form 49 experimental symbols were studied through a symbol inventory. Prohibitors constituted the independent variable, while dependent variables were verbal responses by 105 college students to … more

Date: May 1983

Creator: Kunsak, Nancy Elizabeth

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Is Mind Wandering the Mechanism Responsible for Life Stress Induced Impairments in Working Memory Capacity?

The relationship between life stress and working memory capacity (WMC) has been documented in college students and older adults. It has been proposed that intrusive thoughts about life stress are the mechanism responsible for the impairments seen in WMC. To examine the mechanism responsible for these impairments the current study attempted to induce intrusive thoughts about personal events. The current study allowed for a test of predictions made by two theories of mind wandering regarding the … more

Date: August 2011

Creator: Banks, Jonathan Britten

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Depression and Helplessness-Induced Cognitive Deficits Among the Aged

To investigate the impact of helplessness-induction on cognitive performance in the aged, 66 community-residing elderly persons (X=72.5 years) were administered a word association task, disguised as a test of onterpersonal empathy, under a) response independent (RI), b) response dependent (RD) reinforcement, o c) control conditions. The subjects were categorized as either depressed or non-depressed. Three (treatments) by two (levels of depression) by two measurements (pre- vs. post-treatment) A… more

Date: May 1984

Creator: Richardson, Sandra Kay

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Examining Career Transitions during Mid-Adulthood through the Lens of Bioecological and Microdevelopmental Research

Using hierarchical multiple linear regression, this study examined the predictive relationship between micro-career transitions and career related outcomes and how those relationships were moderated by equilibration style. Participants (n = 177) answered an online survey which included a variety of measures for control, predictor, moderator, and outcome criterion (i.e., demographic descriptors, Instrumentality, Openness, Job Insecurity, Social Support Satisfaction, Microtransitions, Equilibrati… more

Date: December 2009

Creator: Davis, Joe Edd

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Childhood Bereavement and Parents’ Relationship With Children

It has long been recognized that childhood bereavement is a risk factor for depression in adulthood. Research also has consistently demonstrated that parental depression is linked to poor parent-child relationship quality. The current study examined whether bereavement in childhood increases likelihood of current depressive symptoms among parents and explored whether this vulnerability in the parent then alters the quality of the parent-child relationship. Archival data for a sample of 86 famil… more

Date: May 2012

Creator: Benson, Karen M.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Terror Management Theory and Body Image

Research has not explicitly examined the link between key components of terror management theory (TMT) and body image without the use of mortality salience. This project explored the link between cultural worldview, self-esteem, body image, and death anxiety. Multiple measures were used to create a structural equation model examining relationships between body image and death anxiety as mediated by body image in the context of TMT. The proposed model did not fit the data. Minor modification… more

Date: December 2011

Creator: Fish, Joshua Stephen Andrus

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Response to Sexual Trauma in Relation to Event Centrality and Objectified View of Self

This study examined the potentially differing emotional consequences of sexual versus non-sexual traumas in both a student and a community residing treatment seeking sample of women. The extent to which a trauma survivor considers the traumatic event central to her identity (CES) was examined as a potential mediator between traumatic events and PTSD. Additionally, the extent to which a women views herself and her body as a sexual object, to be valued based on her appearance and sexual usefuln… more

Date: August 2012

Creator: Knowles, Laura R.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Influence of Relationship Quality and Preventability of Death on Perceptions of Funerals in Bereaved Adults

Four hundred and thirty-eight participants who had lost a close friend or family in the last 2 years completed questionnaires regarding their experiences with the funeral. Results indicated individuals emotionally close to the deceased person reported higher levels of participation in funeral rituals and greater levels of bereavement adjustment. Those emotionally distant from the deceased person reported greater satisfaction with the funeral. Individuals who viewed the deceased person as a cent… more

Date: August 1995

Creator: Pinkenburg, Lisa

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Relationship Between Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorder Symptomatology: An Examination of Moderating Variables

The purpose of this study was to examine whether Psychological Well-Being (comprised of self-esteem, optimism, satisfaction with life, and self-determination), perfectionism, body surveillance, and neuroticism moderated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic symptoms after controlling for social desirability and actual physical size. 847 female undergraduate students participated in the study. Participants completed an online questionnaire packet. An exploratory factor analys… more

Date: August 2010

Creator: Brannan, Megan E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Alzheimer's Disease and Attention: An Investigation into the Initial Stage of Information Processing

This study explores the possibility that attentional deficits are an early clinical symptom of Alzheimer's disease. The three goals are to demonstrate that individuals with Alzheimer's disease are impaired on tasks of attentional processing, to compare the sensitivity of currently used measures of attention to attentional dysfunction, and to compare the behavioral response styles (errors of commission) of Alzheimer's disease subjects and non-impaired subjects. The subjects were 22 males and 46 … more

Date: August 1990

Creator: Houtz, Andrew W. (Andrew William)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Correlates of Video Game Addiction

Video game addiction often leads to a tremendous burden on those afflicted with the condition, draining their time, resources, and life away until they have nothing left. To further elucidate the problem of video game addiction, the current research examines the level of video game addiction of 111 participants, along with their motivation for their addictive behaviors, the quality of life of addicted individuals, and possible relations between video game addiction and other forms of addiction.… more

Date: December 2010

Creator: Langley, Alex

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Childbirth and Locus of Control: The Role of Perceived Control in the Choice and Utilization of Birthing Alternatives

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the wives' perceptions of personal control over the process of childbirth were related to couples' choices and utilization of three birthing alternatives (home birth, unmedicated hospital birth, and medicated hospital birth). The wives' perceived control over the childbirth process was expected to vary inversely with the level of medical intervention in the birthing alternative chosen. The home birth mothers were expected to perceive themselves… more

Date: August 1985

Creator: Dawson-Black, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The relationship of personality traits to depression in a geriatric population.

In later life, adverse life events, disability, health problems, inadequate social support, and personality traits hypothesized to be important risk factors for depression. Sample included 35 older (65-84) physical rehabilitation patients in a large metropolitan hospital. Statistical analysis included Pearson Product Moment correlations and multiple regression results. Perceived physical health, instrumental ADLs, life satisfaction, extraversion, and conscientiousness are inversely related to d… more

Date: December 2002

Creator: Wright, Anna M.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Community College Educators Toward the Implementation of Computers for Administrative and Instructional Purposes

This study examines the main research hypothesis that there is significant interaction between the effects of computer use/non-use and level of computer training among community college educators in the state of Texas regarding attitudes toward the implementation of administrative and instructional computing. A statewide survey was conducted with deans of instruction and full-time faculty members who represented the three academic transfer departments of natural/physical sciences, social scienc… more

Date: December 1986

Creator: Weir, Mitchell Drake

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Relationship Between Adjustment And Bereavement-Related Distress: A Longitudinal Study

The current study assessed 125 conjugally bereaved persons using multiple self-report measures as indicators of personal adjustment and bereavement distress across three times of testing (initial, 6-month, and 3-year follow-up). Cross-lagged panel analyses were conducted to examine the causal relationships between adjustment and bereavement distress indicators and overall factors. Exploratory factor analyses indicate measures of adjustment load on a single Adjustment factor and measures of bere… more

Date: August 2002

Creator: Henderson, John Mark

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Husband's and Daughter's Role Strain During Breast Cancer Hospice Patient Caregiving and Bereavement Adjustment

Current literature regarding caregiver bereavement adjustment has advanced two competing models explaining adjustment in relation to caregiver interrole conflict: the Relief Model and Complicated Grief Model. This research has primarily focused on the experience of those providing care to dementia patients. This study tests these competing models of bereavement adjustment for husband and daughter caregivers of breast cancer hospice patients. For husbands, greater psychological strain and health… more

Date: May 2000

Creator: Bernard, Lori Lynn

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Variables Affecting Grandchildren's Perceptions of Grandparents

While many studies have investigated grandparenthood from the point of view of the grandparent, few have considered this issue from the perspective of the grandchild. In this respect, a number of variables (i.e., grandchild age and gender, parents' marital status, and grandparents' age, gender, education, kinship position, residential proximity to and frequency of visiting with grandchildren, perceived influence on the grandchild, style of grandparenting, and relationship with the parents) were… more

Date: May 1988

Creator: Shore, R. Jerald (Robert Jerald)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Effects of an Intervention Program on Caregiver Coping Efficacy

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an intervention program for Alzheimer's patients on coping efficacy of their family caregivers. Using a pre-post repeated measures design, 16 family caregivers were interviewed before and after a medical, nursing, and social service intervention. Self-report measures, adjusted for caregiver satisfaction and caregiver mastery, were used to determine if there was a change in: resources, burden, and coping efficacy with caregiver specific and … more

Date: May 1993

Creator: Driskill, Gail

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Underlying Structure of the Ecological Q-Sort: A Self-Concept Instrument for Use with Elderly Persons

Self-concept has been defined as being both contextual and multidimensional, varying with different situations and states of being. In this light, the Ecological Q-Sort was developed to measure the varying nature of self-concept in older persons. The purpose of this study is to determine what contextual selves are represented within the framework of the Ecological Q-Sort. The cards of the test were rated and Ward's Hierarchical Clustering technique was utilized to categorize the cards along two… more

Date: August 1989

Creator: Morgan, Melanie Dawn

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Examining an eating disorder model with African American women.

In the current study, I examined the general sociocultural model of eating disorders that suggests that sociocultural pressures leads to internalization, which in turn leads to body dissatisfaction and ultimately disordered eating. Because I am testing this model with a sample of African American women, I also am including acculturation as a variable of interest. Specifically, I hypothesized that (a) the experience of more societal pressure to be thin will be related to greater internalization,… more

Date: December 2008

Creator: Wood, Nikel Ayanna Rogers

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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