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Dissertations from 1988
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
An Analysis of the Use of Special Masters for Assuring Compliance with Judicial Decrees in Corrections Litigation, Richard J. Liles
An Analysis of the Effects of a Low Glycemic Diet on the Antisocial Behavior of Juvenile Offenders, James Edward Longhurst
A Study of Variables Related to Teacher Absenteeism in a K-12 School District, Dale F. Martin
American Indian Perception of Counselor Characteristics in a Counseling Interview, Francis Donald McLeod
Guilt, Ego Development, and Christian Faith, Dane Ver Merris
Leadership in a Juvenile Detention Facility: Portrait of an Effective Youth Management Program, D. John Morris Jr.
Differential Response Latencies Using Auditory Stimuli, Albert Edward Neal
Rule-Governed Behavior: Practical Applications in the Institutional Setting, David J. Potts
Prescriptive Supervisor Verbal Responding and Its Effect upon Trainee Satisfaction in Counseling Supervision, Douglas A. Riley
A Study of a Prekindergarten Screening Test: The Project Intercept Inventory, Francis J. Rutowski
A Study of Some Characteristics of Chippewa Valley Public School Teachers and Their Attitudes toward Merit Pay, Michael D. Samulski
Recidivism of 17-21 Year-Old Misdemeanants Participating in a Prosecution Diversion Program, Gerald D. Snodgrass
Treatment of Spasticity via Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Persons with Cerebral Palsy and Severe Mental Retardation, George A. Thompson Jr.
The Relationship between Leadership Behavior and the Awareness of Organizational Culture in American and Japanese Corporations, Ikuko Torimoto
A Phenomenological Investigation of Women and Depression, Denise Twohey
A Comparative Study of Three Alternative Procedures for Identifying Severe Discrepancy in Learning Disabled Students, Carol Tully Uhlman
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
The Efficacy of Relaxation Training on the Affective Behavior of Early Elementary Minority Students, Mary L. Veele
Investigation of the Relationship between Occupation, Learning Style, and Productivity Preference, Charlotte Wenham
The Idea of Good Government: The Evolution of Administrative Thought and Practice in the American Republic, James Robert Wieber
Development of Michigan JTPA Title IIA Performance Standards Regression Models under the New Federalism, Yung Sung Wu
Production of Thymine Dimer in DNA from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria by UV Irradiation, F redrick Shu-Chung Yein
An Assessment of the Counseling Services Provided to Juvenile Delinquents in Jordan through the Perceptions of Juvenile Probation Officers and Administrators, Ahmad Suleiman Zaghalil
The Identification and Assessment of Interaction in Educational Microcomputer Software, Pamela J. Zeller
Dissertations from 1986
The Effects of Mentoring of the Career Paths of Administrators in Community Colleges in the State of Michigan, Marianne Adam
A Study of the Impact of Supervisory Style on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in the Secondary Schools in Kuwait, Abdulaziz D-M Al-Duaij
Perceptions of American College Students about Arabs: The Role of Mass Media and Personal Contact in the Formation of Stereotypes, Mansour Owaid Aljeaid
A Study of the Relationship between Oral Communication Apprehension and Cognitive Restructuring in High School Speech Class, Lolita Fox Balch
The Relationship between Marital Satisfaction and Jungian Psychological Type, Lawrence Brad Beer
The Relationship between Learning Disabilities and Juvenile Delinquency in Macomb County Juvenile Court (1983-84), Rita M. Bologna
A Study of the Relationship between Michigan Public School Principals' Perceptions of Self-Actualization Needs and Their Perceptions of Satisfaction with their Job, James Mervyn Cambridge
Self-Esteem in Elementary School Children, Joyce Carson
Executive Personality Types: A Comparison of Military and Civilian Leaders in a Single Organization, John Edward DeWald
Performance of Brain Dysfunctional and Non-Dysfunctional Subjects on the BIP and a Multiple-Choice BIP with Varying Degrees of Background Interference, Michael Joseph Ezzo
The Impact of Summer Recruitment Projects on Students for the Cooperative Education Program in Design Technology at Macomb Community College, David A. Feighan
The Use of Microcomputer Programs to Improve the Reliability and Validity of Content Analysis in Evaluation, Richard D. Frisbie
Service Begets Sales: An Investigation into the Relationship of Automotive Dealership Customer Service Satisfaction with Sales Success, Ivyl L. Gilbert
Experiencing Scale Discrimination between More and Less Productive Psychotherapy Sessions, Drevis L. Hager
A Comparison of the Personal Values of a Sample of Unemployed American Males and a Normative Sample of American Males as Measured by the Rokeach Value Survey, Timothy J. Howard
The Validation of and the Need for Administrative Computer Competencies in Michigan, Larry Joseph Ivens
A Study of the Attitudes of Michigan School Board Presidents toward Superintendents' Political and Policy Leadership in Third and Fourth Class School Districts, Jon Bradley Johnson
Teachers' Opinions of Affirmative Action and Faculty Seniority in a Court Ordered Desegregated Public School System, Monroe Johnson Jr.
Relationship of Admission Variables to Success for Licensed Practical Nurses in Associate Degree in Nursing Ladder Program, Sally Kathryn Johnson
Jacobi Moments in Applied Mathematics with Computer Applications, John A. Kapenga
The Christian as Leader: A Study of Technical, Human and Spiritual Behaviors in Leadership Theory, Nicholas Velthuis Kroeze IV
A Study of Wage Differentials between Females and Males in Administrative Positions in a Michigan University, Barbara S. Liggett
Successful Women: A Racial Comparison of Variables Contributing to Socialization and Leadership Development, J. Baraka Love
The Effects of Vocal Instructions and Sequence of Conditions on the Acquisition and Maintenance of Behavioral Chains, Charles L. Lowe
The Incidence and Nature of Dating Violence among Never-Married Students at One Junior College, Nancy Cole Masterson
The Status of Counseling Education in American and Canadian Bible Colleges, Joan Eileen Mayers
Perceived Barriers and Proposed Solutions for Employment of the Handicapped: Attitudes of Employers and Employment Agencies, Leonard Robert McConnell II
School Consolidation as Viewed by Michigan Public School Superintendents, Dennis Owen McMahon