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Dissertations from 1989
Industrial Applicability of the Joint Committee's Personnel Evaluation Standards, Michael Jay Orris
The Relationship of Supplemental Instruction and Final Grades of Students Enrolled in High-Risk Courses, Sally A. Pryor
Measures of Partial Association Based on Rank Estimates, Sudhakar H. Rao
The Relationship Between Personality Type and Burnout in Michigan Community College Counselors, John M. Rinke
The Medicalization of Senile Dementia: From "Normality" to “Pathology”, Rosamond Robbert
Laterality and Sex Differences for Visual Recognition of Emotional Quality Words, Pollis Robertson
A Study of Personality Style and Intergenerational Attitudes on Parenting, David Lee Russell
Behavioral Treatment of Headaches, Walid Salim Salah-Kailane
Sleep Disorders and the Elderly: The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Training Versus Sedative-Hypnotic Treatment on Insomnia, Klaus J. Sauerbrey
Design of a Program of Instruction to Teach State Notation, Esther Hannah Shafer
Corporate Resistance to Early Return to Work Policy, Roger J. Shoemaker
A Study of Personality Factors and Music Preference, Involvement, and Use among Youth, Sheila Ann Smith
Personality Characteristics and Personality Styles of Adult Children of Alcoholics as Compared with Adult Children of Nonalcoholics, George David Thomson
The Impact of Self-Esteem and Locus of Control on Expectancy Theory Predictions of Work Effort, Michael Kuan Tsai
Perceptions and Evaluations of University Principal Preparation Programs by Michigan Public School Principals, Linda Berk Voit
The Relationship Between Therapist Personality and Theoretical Orientation, David J. Wagner
The Relationship between Selected Work Behaviors and Closed Head Injury, Douglas A. Walter
Nurses' Perceptions of Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction, Dolores Davis Wickett
The Psychological Typologies and Learning Styles of Security Managers in a Large Industrial Organization, Michael John Witkowski
Coefficients of Multiple Determination Based on Rank Estimates, Lee D. Witt
Community College Student Success: The Relationship of Basic Skills, Study Habits, Age, and Gender to Academic Achievement, Margaret Lynn Hills Wonnacott
Dissertations from 1988
A Study of Factors Correlated with Career Persistence of Male Pastors in the Free Methodist Church in Michigan, Robert Q. Bailey
The Ability of Teachers of Preschool Handicapped to Use Observational Behavioral Assessment Techniques in Assessing Social Skills, Stephen P. Barbus
Determinants of Student-Faculty Informal Contact, Alan W. Barr
Effect of Computer Graphics Use on Student Understanding of Calculus Concepts, Charlene E. Beckmann
Administrator and Consultant Perceptions of Consultant Services in Michigan Schools, Julia A. Berg
Self-Control: Effects of Ratio Size, Intra-Delay Reinforcers, and Response Requirement, Elbert Q. Blakely Jr.
Effectiveness of Employee Participation Groups in a Manufacturing Company, John F. Blamy
A Study of Licensed Psychologists and the Problem of Addressing Spiritual/Religious Issues in Therapy, Suzanne Lorenz Brennan
Educational Outcomes of Children with Two Working Parents, Michael B. Dib
Applied Thermoplastic Screw Plastication Theory: Industry Acceptance and Implications for Plastics Processing Education, Paul V. Engelmann
The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety in Pregnant Women, Janet L. Fourman
The Rise and Demise of Laboratory Schools Using Western Michigan University's Campus School as a Case Study, John William Goudie
Training-Program Evaluation: An Investigation of Perceptions and Practices in Nonmanufacturing Business Organizations, Sarah P. Gutek
Intuition in Decision Making by Human Service Administrators, Judith Huber Halseth
Synthesis of N and C Nucleosides via Cycloaddition Reactions a New Approach to an Old Problem, Glenn L. Heise
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
Chromatic Partitions, Paresh J. Malde
Effects of Task Difficulty, Performance Consequence, and Social Interaction on Physiological Reactivity in Post-Coronary Patients, A. Janelle Maldonado
Construct Validation of the Family of Origin Scale: A Factor Analysis, Omar L. Mangrum
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
The Effects of Using Print Media in Teaching Critical Thinking Skills to Adult Students, Gloria Jean McCormick
Defining a Social Problem: A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Antinuclear Weapons Movement, Frances B. McCrea
Stimulus Overselectivity: An Investigation of Determinants, Margaret T. McGlinchey
Evaluation of a Psychoeducational Curriculum for Promoting Psychological Health and Self-Esteem, Michele Susan Meola
The Effect of Self-Efficacy Training on the Willingness of Preservice Teachers to Implement Social Skill Training in the Classroom, Linda J. Miller
The Psychological Needs of Sex Offenders of Children as Measured by the Personality Research Form, Shirley Anne Miller
An Analogue of Science, Michael Albert Minervini
An Evaluation of an Intervention Program for Juvenile Probationers, Kevin I. Minor
An Assessment of the Instructional Needs of Ohio's Educational Administrators Relative to Computer Technology, Mary F. Missavage Berney
Psychotherapists' Responses to Anger Manifested by Female Clients, Lisa L. Morshead
Graph and Directed Graph Augmentation Problems, Zhuguo Mo
The Effects of Participative Management on Teacher Satisfaction During Periods of Organizational Decline, Robert Michael O'Brien
Parental Perceptions of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Teaching, Virginia A. Passero
The Relationship between Life Stressors and Stress Related Medical Problems of Middle School Administrators, Marjorie Patton
A Systematic Approach to Staff Management and Systems Evaluation in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting: The First Step toward Reform through Accountability, Helen Diann Pratt
Self-Control in Mentally Retarded Adolescents: Choice as a Function of Amount and Delay of Reinforcement, Steven P. Ragotzy
Determination of a "Benchmark" Rate of Return for Regulated Small Telephone Utilities in the State of Michigan, Gondy Bhaskara Rao
The Efficacy of Bilingual Education in Relation to Student Linguistic Type, Program Type, and Program Setting, Carol Stubbs Rice
Comparison of Training Procedures on Acquisition, Retention, and Generic Extension in Retarded and Non-Retarded Children, Wendy Leys Rudolph
The Effects of Caretaking Settings on School Readiness of 4-Year-Olds, Joan C. Sergent
Effects of Terminal-Link Response Topography on Choice Behavior under Concurrent-Chains Schedules, Stephen P. Starin
The Development of a Personalized Computer Assisted School Psychology (CASP) System, Patricia Lou Steinert
An Investigation of the Traditional and Non-Traditional College Students' Perceived Benefits Regarding Participation in the Cooperative Education Program, Beatrice C. Ullrich
An Assessment of the Relationship between Decision-Makers' Opinions about Comprehensive Sex Education and Factors That Influence Those Opinions, M. Terri Voit-Devine
A Survey of Oral Communication Instructional Practices in the Elementary Public Schools of Michigan, James N. Walker
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
Relationship of Quality Circles in Nursing to Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Patient Care, and Cost Containment, Shirley A. Weiglein
The Effectiveness of Feedback Procedures on Machine Set-Up Time in a Manufacturing Setting, Connie J. Wittkopp
The Effects of Spouse-Based Cognitive-Behavior Therapy on the Treatment of Agoraphobia, Joan Woods
The Effects of Leadership Style and Work Setting on the Job Satisfaction of Teachers of the Trainable Mentally Impaired, John Charles Woods
A Pilot Test of the Career Adjustment and Development Inventory as a Career Needs Analysis Technique, Richard W. Zinser
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
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
Perceptions of Western Michigan University International Students Regarding Seeking Personal Counseling, Nader F. Al-Qasem
The Certification of Training and Development Professionals: Employers' Perception of Problem Prevalence and Certification's Efficacy, Susan Lynn Atchison-Day
The Development and Validation of a Social Skills Rating Scale for Early Adolescents, Alan Bain
The Impact of a Middle Management Union on the Function of the Management Team Concept as Perceived by Selected School Administrators, Samuel L. Barresi
Ratio Pausing and the Determination of Discriminative Operant Latencies, Thomas M. Bell
The Perception of Single-Parented and Dual-Parented Children by Married and Divorced Teachers, Larry A. Blackmer
Neuropsychological and Socioemotional Subtypes of Childhood Externalizing Disorders: Cluster and Validation Analyses, Grant Jackson Butterbaugh
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
Development and Evaluation of an Infant-Care Training Program with First-Time Fathers, Ronald S. Dachman
Robust Rank Analysis for Multivariate Linear Models, James Buddy Davis
The Evaluation of Factors Affecting Adherence to an Exercise Program among College Students, Mark Robert Dean
The Effects of Computer Assisted Instruction in Basic Skills Courses on High-Risk Ninth Grade Students, Thomas E. Dellario
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.
Investigation of the Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior of Vinyl Benzoate, Selim Mehmet Erhan
Effect of Polymerization Conversion on the Experimental Determination of Monomer Reactivity Ratios in Copolymerization, Sevim Zeynep Erhan
Ideal and Real Performance Expectations of Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates as Perceived by Graduates, Nurse Educators, and Nurse Administrators, Maureen Martin Fochtman
Preventing the "All but Thesis" Phenomenon, Maria Emma Garcia
Depression and Anxiety in Postmenopausal Women: A Study of Black, White, and Hispanic Women, Patricia Groessl
The Relationship between the DSM-III Borderline Personality Disorder and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, John Thomas Heroldt
The Relationship between Five Funding Variables and Investment Income in Michigan Public School Districts, Elmer R. Hollenbeck
The Effects of Rational Emotive Education on the Rationality, Neuroticism and Defense Mechanisms of Adolescents, Daniel John Kachman
Alcoholism Treatment and Its Effect on Subsequent Health Care Costs: A Medicaid Study of Cost Differences by Treatment Setting, Edmund Paul Kemp
Effects of Training on Measures of Productivity: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings of Forty-Eight Experiments, Alice Susan Leddick