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Dissertations from 1988

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Determinants of Student-Faculty Informal Contact, Alan W. Barr

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Effect of Computer Graphics Use on Student Understanding of Calculus Concepts, Charlene E. Beckmann

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Administrator and Consultant Perceptions of Consultant Services in Michigan Schools, Julia A. Berg

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Self-Control: Effects of Ratio Size, Intra-Delay Reinforcers, and Response Requirement, Elbert Q. Blakely Jr.

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Effectiveness of Employee Participation Groups in a Manufacturing Company, John F. Blamy

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A Study of Licensed Psychologists and the Problem of Addressing Spiritual/Religious Issues in Therapy, Suzanne Lorenz Brennan

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Educational Outcomes of Children with Two Working Parents, Michael B. Dib

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Applied Thermoplastic Screw Plastication Theory: Industry Acceptance and Implications for Plastics Processing Education, Paul V. Engelmann

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The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety in Pregnant Women, Janet L. Fourman

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The Rise and Demise of Laboratory Schools Using Western Michigan University's Campus School as a Case Study, John William Goudie

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Training-Program Evaluation: An Investigation of Perceptions and Practices in Nonmanufacturing Business Organizations, Sarah P. Gutek

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Intuition in Decision Making by Human Service Administrators, Judith Huber Halseth

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Synthesis of N and C Nucleosides via Cycloaddition Reactions a New Approach to an Old Problem, Glenn L. Heise

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Generalized Distance in Graphs, Garry L. Johns

The Effect of a Student Assistance Program on the Quality-of-Life of Senior High School Students, Greg M. Kuhn

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Chromatic Partitions, Paresh J. Malde

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Effects of Task Difficulty, Performance Consequence, and Social Interaction on Physiological Reactivity in Post-Coronary Patients, A. Janelle Maldonado

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Construct Validation of the Family of Origin Scale: A Factor Analysis, Omar L. Mangrum

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The Development and Field Testing of a Semi-Programed Text for the Establishment of Reading and Writing Repertoires with Mexican-Illiterate Adults, Marco Wilfredo Salas Martinez

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The Effects of Using Print Media in Teaching Critical Thinking Skills to Adult Students, Gloria Jean McCormick

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Defining a Social Problem: A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Antinuclear Weapons Movement, Frances B. McCrea

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Stimulus Overselectivity: An Investigation of Determinants, Margaret T. McGlinchey

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Evaluation of a Psychoeducational Curriculum for Promoting Psychological Health and Self-Esteem, Michele Susan Meola

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The Effect of Self-Efficacy Training on the Willingness of Preservice Teachers to Implement Social Skill Training in the Classroom, Linda J. Miller

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The Psychological Needs of Sex Offenders of Children as Measured by the Personality Research Form, Shirley Anne Miller

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An Analogue of Science, Michael Albert Minervini

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An Evaluation of an Intervention Program for Juvenile Probationers, Kevin I. Minor

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An Assessment of the Instructional Needs of Ohio's Educational Administrators Relative to Computer Technology, Mary F. Missavage Berney

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Psychotherapists' Responses to Anger Manifested by Female Clients, Lisa L. Morshead

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Graph and Directed Graph Augmentation Problems, Zhuguo Mo

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The Effects of Participative Management on Teacher Satisfaction During Periods of Organizational Decline, Robert Michael O'Brien

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Parental Perceptions of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Teaching, Virginia A. Passero

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The Relationship between Life Stressors and Stress Related Medical Problems of Middle School Administrators, Marjorie Patton

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A Systematic Approach to Staff Management and Systems Evaluation in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting: The First Step toward Reform through Accountability, Helen Diann Pratt

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Self-Control in Mentally Retarded Adolescents: Choice as a Function of Amount and Delay of Reinforcement, Steven P. Ragotzy

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Determination of a "Benchmark" Rate of Return for Regulated Small Telephone Utilities in the State of Michigan, Gondy Bhaskara Rao

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The Efficacy of Bilingual Education in Relation to Student Linguistic Type, Program Type, and Program Setting, Carol Stubbs Rice

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Comparison of Training Procedures on Acquisition, Retention, and Generic Extension in Retarded and Non-Retarded Children, Wendy Leys Rudolph

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The Effects of Caretaking Settings on School Readiness of 4-Year-Olds, Joan C. Sergent

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Effects of Terminal-Link Response Topography on Choice Behavior under Concurrent-Chains Schedules, Stephen P. Starin

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The Development of a Personalized Computer Assisted School Psychology (CASP) System, Patricia Lou Steinert

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An Investigation of the Traditional and Non-Traditional College Students' Perceived Benefits Regarding Participation in the Cooperative Education Program, Beatrice C. Ullrich

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An Assessment of the Relationship between Decision-Makers' Opinions about Comprehensive Sex Education and Factors That Influence Those Opinions, M. Terri Voit-Devine

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A Survey of Oral Communication Instructional Practices in the Elementary Public Schools of Michigan, James N. Walker

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The Effect of Attending a Bereavement Support Seminar on the Level of Depression of Bereaved Spouses within the First Year after the Spouses' Deaths; An Experimental Study, Carole Jeanne Weidaw

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Relationship of Quality Circles in Nursing to Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Patient Care, and Cost Containment, Shirley A. Weiglein

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The Effectiveness of Feedback Procedures on Machine Set-Up Time in a Manufacturing Setting, Connie J. Wittkopp

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The Effects of Spouse-Based Cognitive-Behavior Therapy on the Treatment of Agoraphobia, Joan Woods

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The Effects of Leadership Style and Work Setting on the Job Satisfaction of Teachers of the Trainable Mentally Impaired, John Charles Woods

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A Pilot Test of the Career Adjustment and Development Inventory as a Career Needs Analysis Technique, Richard W. Zinser

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The Effect of Attending a Bereavement Support Seminar on the Level of Expressed Physical Symptoms of Bereaved Spouses within the First Year after the Spouses' Deaths: An Experimental Study, Susan Jean Zonnebelt-Smeenge

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The Effects of a Wilderness/Adventure Program on the Self-Concept, Locus of Control Orientation, and Interpersonal Behavior of Delinquent Adolescents, Timothy J. Zwart

Dissertations from 1987

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Perceptions of Western Michigan University International Students Regarding Seeking Personal Counseling, Nader F. Al-Qasem

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The Certification of Training and Development Professionals: Employers' Perception of Problem Prevalence and Certification's Efficacy, Susan Lynn Atchison-Day

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The Development and Validation of a Social Skills Rating Scale for Early Adolescents, Alan Bain

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The Impact of a Middle Management Union on the Function of the Management Team Concept as Perceived by Selected School Administrators, Samuel L. Barresi

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Ratio Pausing and the Determination of Discriminative Operant Latencies, Thomas M. Bell

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The Perception of Single-Parented and Dual-Parented Children by Married and Divorced Teachers, Larry A. Blackmer

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Neuropsychological and Socioemotional Subtypes of Childhood Externalizing Disorders: Cluster and Validation Analyses, Grant Jackson Butterbaugh

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School District Current Operating Expenditures: A Comparative Analysis of Michigan School Districts Having a Student Population of 10,000 to 50,000 for 1984-85, James Ross Constandt

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A Study of the Relationship between Local Superintendents' Expectations and Perceptions of Actual Performance of Michigan Intermediate School Districts, Ted J. Culver

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Development and Evaluation of an Infant-Care Training Program with First-Time Fathers, Ronald S. Dachman

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Robust Rank Analysis for Multivariate Linear Models, James Buddy Davis

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The Evaluation of Factors Affecting Adherence to an Exercise Program among College Students, Mark Robert Dean

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The Effects of Computer Assisted Instruction in Basic Skills Courses on High-Risk Ninth Grade Students, Thomas E. Dellario

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An Experimental Study of the Effects of a Prescriptive Mental Health Consultation Approach on the Adjustment of Children Enrolled in the Blue Water Head Start Program St. Clair County, Michigan, Michael J. Duffy Jr.

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Investigation of the Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior of Vinyl Benzoate, Selim Mehmet Erhan

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Effect of Polymerization Conversion on the Experimental Determination of Monomer Reactivity Ratios in Copolymerization, Sevim Zeynep Erhan

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Ideal and Real Performance Expectations of Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates as Perceived by Graduates, Nurse Educators, and Nurse Administrators, Maureen Martin Fochtman

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Preventing the "All but Thesis" Phenomenon, Maria Emma Garcia

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Depression and Anxiety in Postmenopausal Women: A Study of Black, White, and Hispanic Women, Patricia Groessl

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The Relationship between the DSM-III Borderline Personality Disorder and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, John Thomas Heroldt

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The Relationship between Five Funding Variables and Investment Income in Michigan Public School Districts, Elmer R. Hollenbeck

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The Effects of Rational Emotive Education on the Rationality, Neuroticism and Defense Mechanisms of Adolescents, Daniel John Kachman

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Alcoholism Treatment and Its Effect on Subsequent Health Care Costs: A Medicaid Study of Cost Differences by Treatment Setting, Edmund Paul Kemp

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Effects of Training on Measures of Productivity: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings of Forty-Eight Experiments, Alice Susan Leddick

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An Analysis of the Use of Special Masters for Assuring Compliance with Judicial Decrees in Corrections Litigation, Richard J. Liles

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An Analysis of the Effects of a Low Glycemic Diet on the Antisocial Behavior of Juvenile Offenders, James Edward Longhurst

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A Study of Variables Related to Teacher Absenteeism in a K-12 School District, Dale F. Martin

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American Indian Perception of Counselor Characteristics in a Counseling Interview, Francis Donald McLeod

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Guilt, Ego Development, and Christian Faith, Dane Ver Merris

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Leadership in a Juvenile Detention Facility: Portrait of an Effective Youth Management Program, D. John Morris Jr.

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Differential Response Latencies Using Auditory Stimuli, Albert Edward Neal

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Rule-Governed Behavior: Practical Applications in the Institutional Setting, David J. Potts

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Prescriptive Supervisor Verbal Responding and Its Effect upon Trainee Satisfaction in Counseling Supervision, Douglas A. Riley

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A Study of a Prekindergarten Screening Test: The Project Intercept Inventory, Francis J. Rutowski

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A Study of Some Characteristics of Chippewa Valley Public School Teachers and Their Attitudes toward Merit Pay, Michael D. Samulski

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Recidivism of 17-21 Year-Old Misdemeanants Participating in a Prosecution Diversion Program, Gerald D. Snodgrass

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Treatment of Spasticity via Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Persons with Cerebral Palsy and Severe Mental Retardation, George A. Thompson Jr.

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The Relationship between Leadership Behavior and the Awareness of Organizational Culture in American and Japanese Corporations, Ikuko Torimoto

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A Phenomenological Investigation of Women and Depression, Denise Twohey

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A Comparative Study of Three Alternative Procedures for Identifying Severe Discrepancy in Learning Disabled Students, Carol Tully Uhlman

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A Study of Stress Factors Related to the Attrition of Christian Reformed Church Missionary Personnel in a West African Work Environment, Dirk W. Vander Steen

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The Efficacy of Relaxation Training on the Affective Behavior of Early Elementary Minority Students, Mary L. Veele

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Investigation of the Relationship between Occupation, Learning Style, and Productivity Preference, Charlotte Wenham

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The Idea of Good Government: The Evolution of Administrative Thought and Practice in the American Republic, James Robert Wieber

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Development of Michigan JTPA Title IIA Performance Standards Regression Models under the New Federalism, Yung Sung Wu

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Production of Thymine Dimer in DNA from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria by UV Irradiation, F redrick Shu-Chung Yein

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An Assessment of the Counseling Services Provided to Juvenile Delinquents in Jordan through the Perceptions of Juvenile Probation Officers and Administrators, Ahmad Suleiman Zaghalil

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The Identification and Assessment of Interaction in Educational Microcomputer Software, Pamela J. Zeller