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The Relationship Between Sleep Variables and Headache

Headache pain impacts most of the population at some point in life, at an enormous cost to day-to-day functioning. Determination of the variables that are associated with prevalence and severity of headaches has been inconsistent. One area that deserves more attention is the relationship between headaches and sleep. For instance, several sleep parameters may precipitate or exacerbate headaches, but previous research often used inconsistent and limited assessments of both headaches and sleep, ma… more

Date: August 2010

Creator: Grieser, Emily Ann

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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A Futile Quest for a Sustainable Relationship in Welty's Short Fiction

Eudora Welty is an author concerned with relationships between human beings. Throughout A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, The Wide Net and Other Stories, and The Golden Apples, Welty's characters search for ways in which to establish and sustain viable bonds. Particularly problematic are the relationships between opposite sexes. I argue that Welty uses communication as a tool for sustaining a relationship in her early work. I further argue that when her stories provide mostly negative outco… more

Date: May 2007

Creator: Lancaster, Daniel

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Reality Television: Using Para-Social Relationship Theory and Economic Theory to Define the Success of Network Reality Programming

This study seeks to use a dual-theoretical approach, through the use of para-social relationship theory and economic data analysis, to explain the success of reality television since the early 2000s. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative components to understand the growth of reality television. This study includes a literature analysis of both methodologies used. Focus groups were used to seek to find a strong level of para-social interaction in viewers of reality television. Two f… more

Date: December 2010

Creator: Dyer, Caitlin Elizabeth

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Siblings of Incest Victims: Sibling-Victim Relationships and Adjustment

The non-victimized siblings in incestuous families have often been ignored in research, literature, and treatment. This study explored these siblings' 1) relationship to the victim, 2) attribution of blame, and 3) adjustment. Participants were 30 non-victimized siblings of incest victims, between the ages of 8 and 14. They completed the Sibling Relationship Questionnaire, the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Self-perception Profile for Children, the Children's Depression Inventory… more

Date: December 1989

Creator: Adler, Jeffrey Steven

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted on the living conditions of Port Arthur, Texas elementary school student who resided in Port Acres.

Date: August 1940

Creator: Hensarling, Paul

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Dimensions of Social Network Position As Predictors of Employee Performance.

Research of social networks has revealed that certain components of network position can have an impact on organizational effectiveness, yet relatively little research has been conducted on network position and individual performance. This study sought to determine if a relationship exists between an employee's social network position and an individual's job performance. The participant organization was a network of individuals within an Information Technology (IT) department at a major defense… more

Date: August 2007

Creator: Burton, Paul

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Effects and Mediation of Child-centered Play Therapy on Young Children Who Are Anxious

Anxiety is one of the most pervasive childhood disorders, with a poor prognosis if left untreated. Traditional methods of treating anxiety have been less effective with young children. Based on theoretical assumptions regarding the potential effectiveness of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) as a treatment approach, I sought to explore the effects and mediating factors of CCPT on young children with symptoms of anxiety. Fifty-three participants between the ages of 6 to 8 years old were recruit… more

Date: May 2014

Creator: Stulmaker, Hayley L.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Relationships Between Leadership Styles and Personality Types of Texas Elementary Administrators

The purposes of this study were to explore the leadership styles and personality types of Texas elementary administrators. The Leader Effectiveness and Adaptability Description-Self (LEAD-Self) assessed the leadership style and adaptability of the administrators. The four identified styles were Telling/Directing, Selling/Coaching, Participating/Supporting, and Delegating. The MBTI measured 16 combinations of 4 personality types which included Extrovert or Introvert, Sensing or Intuition, Thinki… more

Date: May 1996

Creator: Penny, Andra Jones

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Family dynamics and students' characteristics as predictors of undergraduate college student adjustment.

The problem addressed is to ascertain how selected factors impacted the adjustment of undergraduate university students. Undergraduate university students (n=382) from the University of North Texas completed measures of basic student information, perceived level of family support and level of parental attachment, and perceived level of college student adjustment. Parental Attachment and Family Support were found to positively correlate to the level of adjustment to college. Analyses of these da… more

Date: May 2006

Creator: Moore, Lindsey Kathryn

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The impact of child teacher relationship training on teachers' and aides' use of relationship-building skills and the effect on student classroom behavior.

This study examined the impact of child teacher relationship training (CTRT) on teachers' and aides' use of relationship- building skills in the classroom and the correlation between teachers' and aides' demonstration of relationship- building skills and the effect on student behavior. CTRT was modeled after Landreth and Bratton's (2006) 10-session filial therapy model titled child parent relationship therapy (CPRT) which is based on the principles and procedures of child -centered play therapy… more

Date: December 2006

Creator: Helker, Wendy Pretz

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Effect of Parental Divorce on Romantic Beliefs and Relationship Characteristics

This study investigated a proposed model hypothesizing that parental divorce would directly effect romantic beliefs and attitudes, romantic attachment and relationship characteristics. A sample of 494 young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 indicated that parental divorce does have a negative impact on romantic beliefs, attitudes toward marriage and divorce, romantic attachments, and relationship characteristics when considered in the context of marriage. Those individuals whose parents divo… more

Date: December 2006

Creator: Rowland, Audrey

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Just Intonation and the Revitalization of Neoclassicism: Three Works for Baroque Instruments

For a composer of today, the relationship between new music and music from many centuries past remains problematic. In order to create something new, it is necessary to go beyond previous techniques of composition in some way. At the same time, new music that has no connection with music of the past runs the risk of irrelevance. Just tuning offers one possibility for reconciling this problem. By effectively warping music of the past through the lens of altered tuning and contemporary compos… more

Date: May 2008

Creator: Figg, Graham Elliot

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The United States and the Philippines

This report discusses the special relationship between the United States and the Philippines is the result of history, military commitments, economic involvement, and emotional ties.

Date: June 30, 1970

Creator: Colwell, Carolyn K.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Anglo-Iraqi Relationship Between 1945 and 1948.

This paper discuses the British Labour government's social, economic and military policies in Iraq between 1945 and 1948. The ability of the Iraqi monarchy to adapt to the British policies after World War II is discussed. The British were trying to put more social justice into the Iraqi regime in order to keep British influence and to increase the Iraqi regime's stability against the Arab nationalist movement.

Date: December 2008

Creator: Alburaas, Theyab M.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Person Orientation of College Students' Vocational Interests as a Function of their Parents' Perceptions of Parent-Child Interactions

This study investigated what relationship might exist between the parents' view of their interactions with their children and the degree of person orientation in their children's vocational interests. The hypotheses of this study were that the parents of subjects with toward-person-oriented vocational interests would perceive their interactions with their children as being more loving and overtly attentive than parents of subjects with away-from-person-oriented vocational interests. It was furt… more

Date: December 1971

Creator: Price, Jack Randall

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Correlates of Parent-Child Relations as Perceived by the Child, Type of Humor Appreciations, and Neuroticism

Appreciation of humor is generally accepted as being a unique aspect of human personality. Yet, despite its prominence in everyday situations, it remains a relatively unexplored area of scientific investigation. The present study has a twofold purpose: (1) an examination of the relationship of "sense of humor" to neurosis in a relatively normal population and, (2) an exploratory investigation of the type of parent-child relationship which fosters a particular mode of response to humor. As a res… more

Date: August 1971

Creator: Lloyd, Sidney W.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Factor Analysis of the Spouse Observation Checklist-revised Using Attachment Theory As an Organizational Framework

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the factor structure of the Spouse Observation Checklist-Revised using attachment theory as an organizational framework. The study used archival data from a community sample of 92 heterosexual childless couples married 1-5 years and 4 lesbian couples (N = 192). Separate exploratory factor analysis on the Perception of Self-Behavior and Perception of Partner-Behavior items revealed symmetrical 4-factor structures with factors reflecting emotion… more

Date: August 2012

Creator: Heffel, Carly J.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The impact of rising women's salaries on marital and relationship satisfaction.

Using data from a national survey, this study examines income and other key variables (division of labor and work-family conflict) and their relationship to marital satisfaction. This study builds upon the body of research regarding working couples and women's increased participation in the paid labor force as well as evaluates the findings in the context of data gathered from the recent United States census. Results from this study also are compared to the findings of other key studies. Emerge… more

Date: August 2005

Creator: Menninger, Sarah Wheeler

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Relationship between the amount of parental supervision time and child delinquency.

This study assesses the relationship between parental supervision and children's delinquency. Data used in this study came from interviews with 99 parents from the Denton city area of Texas in 2003. A probability sample of 53 was contacted by way of randomly selected residential telephone numbers. In addition, 46 parents were non-randomly selected. Parents were asked about how much time they spent supervising and engaging in activities with their children and whether or not the oldest child exh… more

Date: May 2005

Creator: Bessa, Yawo Agbessi

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

Development of a Scale to Measure Victim Reliance on a Perpetrator

Betrayal trauma theory (BTT) explains the relationship between a victim and perpetrator to be an especially critical factor for predicting adverse trauma outcomes; however, to date, there is no adequate measure to assess this relationship. We aimed to create a measure of reliance, here defined as dependence on another for food, clothing, finances, emotional support, and more. We utilized a new scale, the Reliance on Perpetrator Scale, to measure this construct. 397 participants completed a batt… more

Date: August 2021

Creator: Griffith, Elizabeth

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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[News Clip: Soviet Visit]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: July 5, 1990, 10:00 p.m.

Duration: 47 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections