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Dissertations from 1985
Continuing Professional Education for Teachers and its Relationship to Teacher Effectiveness, Gregory Allen Knoblock
Implementation and Meta-Evaluation of an Experimental Method for Evaluating an Administrator Training Program, Nancy B. Larsen
An Assessment of Attitudes of Faculty Men and Faculty Women Toward Faculty Women in Higher Education in the Republic of Korea, Kyunghui Lee
Beyond Contingency Theory: Environment, Structure, and Administrator's Coping Ability in the Public Sector, Shyu-tu Lee
Locus of Control and Perceived Locus of Control by Significant Others of Learning Disabled and Normal Children, Shirley Irene Kane Lewis
Educational Quality: An Analysis of the Effects of Process Versus Outcome Feedback on Instructor Performance, Daniel Vern McCallum
Scientific-Technological Dependency and Uneven Development: The Case of Iran, Abdullah Mehdipour
Training Behavioral Assessment Interviewers: A Comparison of Two Procedures, Raymond G. Miltenberger
A Study of the Relationship between Church Sponsored K-12 Education and Church Membership in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Warren Earl Minder
Diagnosis of Dyslexia: The Utility of the Boder Test of Reading-Spelling Patterns, a Representative Case Study Approach, Donna Montei
The Use of Guided Imagery and Progressive Relaxation in Treating Hemodialysis Patients for Dietary Compliance, James B. Morrissey
An Integrative Model of Marital Therapy Based on the Psychoanalytic Behavioral and Systems Approaches, Dennis L. Mulder
A Study of the Academic Problems Encountered by Saudi Students at Western Michigan University, Ali Hajjan Mustafa
An Investigation into the Effects of Learner Control Options on Patterns of Learning Strategies, Debra Small Nelson
The Rorschach as a Diagnostic Aid in Differentiating the Bipolar Affective Disorder from the Schizophrenic Disorder, Stephen James Newman
The Familial Interrelationship Patterns, Socialization, and Juvenile Delinquency: An Integrated Theory and Research, Alan J. Pearl
Reinforcement Increases the Strength of an Elicited Response, Michael D. Peters
Holland Area Employer-Sponsored Community Coordinated Child Care: A Case Study, Bonnie Church Piller
The Development and Evaluation of an Educational Therapeutic Group Procedure to Assist Preadolescent Children to Process Parental Divorce, Donna K. Prins
The Relationship between Managerial Experience and Conflict Management Styles of Men and of Women in Community College Administration, Betty Pritchard
A Study of the Relationship between High School Graduation Requirements and Student A.C.T. Assessment Scores in Public High Schools in the State of Michigan, William M. Pritchard
Effects of Reinforcement Duration and Reinforcement on Response Latency: Stimulus-Reinforcer and Probability Response-Reinforcer Relationships, Henry David Schlinger Jr.
Behavioral Toxicology of a Glucocorticoid: Analysis of Selected Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Repeated Prednisolone Treatment, Robert G. Sewell
The Effect of Task Responsibilities on Assistant Principals' Roles, Sandra B. Sirotti
MMPI Characteristics of Vietnam Combat Veterans Diagnosed as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Requesting Outpatient Mental Health Counseling, Thomas M. Spahn
The Intuitive Dimension of the Therapist's Consciousness: A New Paradigm, Bonnie Marie Truax
The Status of Performance Evaluation Practices as Perceived by Student Personnel Administrators in Michigan Four-Year Colleges and Universities, Todd Steven Voss
Personality Predictors of Academic Success in Underachieving First Year College Students, Carolyn Wilson-Garrison
Predicting Agency Survival as a Function of Constituency Support in the Michigan Mental Health System, R. Dee L. Woell
The Feature-Value Effect in Children; An Attempt to Replicate and Further Experimentation, Kathleen Wright
On Common Subgraphs, Hung Bin Zou
Dissertations from 1984
The Therapeutic Use of Hope, Bonnie Lee Timmer Aardema
Adolescent Eating Attitudes and Behaviors, Linda Kron Brundage
Using Group Psychotherapy for Enhancing Late Adolescent Selfconcept: Comparing the Effects of Hypnosis and Rational-Emotive Therapy, James J. Buldas
The Effects of Meditation on Counselor Candidates' Self-Actualization, Clifton H. Burrows
Underdevelopment and State Capitalism: A Cross-National Study, Massoud Chalabi
The Differential Effects of Biobehavioral Feedback on Physiological Reactivity in Type A Coronary-Prone Males, Gary Michael Chavoya
Matching and Melioration in Concurrent Linear VI Schedules, Christopher Cherpas
Naphthalene-2,3-Dialdehyde: A Synthon to 7,9-Polymethylene-8H-Cyclohepta[B]Naphthalene-8-One and a Study of Their Aromaticity, Edward O. Crapps
A Study of the Work Values and Achievement Motivation of Persons Eligible for Federal Job Training Programs in a Rural Service Delivery Area, John Desiderio
Mental Health Status of Malay Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities, Md. Shuaib Che Din
The Evaluation of a School-Court Program that Deals with Chronic Absenteeism of Middle School Students, Robert A. Duell
The Relationship between Thought Disorder and the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia, David Frank Fatzinger
Job Position as a Moderator of Opinion Regarding School Finance among Seventh-Day Adventist Administrators, Gregory A. Gerard
The Effects of Immediacy to Parenthood on the Perceptions of Importance of Parent Education Topics, Nancy Mauro Gerard
A Descriptive Study of the Leadership Styles of School Business Officials in Selected Michigan School Districts, Daniel S. Gilmore
The Chromatic and Cochromatic Number of a Graph, John Gordon Gimbel
Effects of Tripelennamine and Pentazocine Alone and in Combination on Schedule-Controlled Performance, Deborah Lou Grossett
Improving Interpersonal Perceptual Accuracy and Psychological Adjustment through Brief Perception Therapy with a Substance Abuse Population, B. Gerald Hartman
Stimulus-Reinforcer and Response-Reinforcer Relationships in the Determination of Response Latency, Bruce Edward Hesse
The Use of Guided Imagery in the Control of Food and Liquid Intake of Hemodialysis Patients, Thomas E. Higgins
A Comparative Study of the Career Aspirations, Job Seeking Patterns, and Career Patterns of Male and Female Doctoral Recipients in Educational Administration, Alice J. Hullhorst
The Effect of Aerobic Training and Weight Training on the Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Cathexis, and Self-Concept of College Females, John Stuart Irvine
Community Mental Health Attitudes, Fenimore William Johnson
The Relationship of Declining Enrollment, Community Involvement, Tax Support, and Assessed Evaluation to Labor Peace in Some Selected Michigan School Districts, William Right Kirby
Computer-Assisted Consultation: Problem-Identification, David B. Lennox
An Examination of the Relationships among Locus of Control, Role Variables, and Perceived Job Satisfaction, Glenn Ellis Liddell
Criteria for “Reduction-in-Force” Staffing Decisions: Opinions of Teachers and Administrators from Large NEA Districts in Connecticut, Lorraine A. Marcantonio
The Propensity toward Juvenile Delinquency and the Social Rehabilitation Needs of Alternative Education Students in Western Michigan, Joseph Steven Miller
An Investigation of the Relationship between In-School System Student Transiency and Student Reading Achievement, W. Craig Misner
Two Faces of Alienation: A Study of the Iranian Students' Activism and Passivity in American Universities, Alireza Mohseni-Tabrizi
Process Theory: A Reliability and Validity Study, Barbara Pritchard Nash
The Delay-Reduction Hypothesis of Evocative Effectiveness and Latency, James Bryant Nuzzo
Perceptual Accuracy of Affect Identification and the Relationship to Representational System and Personality Type, Richard Andrew O'Leary
The Relationship between Demographic Factors and Leader Behavior of Department Chairpersons of Colleges of Education in Michigan, John H. Ortyoyande
Effects of Anticonvulsant Drugs on Learning and Memory, Mitchell Jon Picker
A Comparison of Computer-Assisted Instruction and Traditional Instruction in Braille Transcription, Susan Kay Vlahas Ponchillia
College Impact on Religiosity of Muslim Students Studying in the United States, Hamid Pouryoussefi
The Relationship between Women's Levels of Achievement and Self-Reported Characteristics Using the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, Sandra Kay Ragen
On the Genus of a Block Design, Joan Marie Rahn
Adjustment Problems of Malaysian Students at Western Michigan University, Suradi Salim
An Investigation of the Reliability, Validity, and Translation of Holland's Self Directed Search for Utilization by a Malaysian Population, Amla H. M. Salleh
Life Events, Social Support, and Health: An Examination, Kathleen Anne Tiemann
Effect of Father-Presence and Father-Absence on the Self-Concept of Black Males in Special Education and Regular Education Classes, Queen Esther Woodard
The Psychological Aspects of Loneliness Experienced by College Students, Jerie Kull Wood
Methylphenidate Effects on the Learning and Performance of Four Hyper Active Children, Paul James Yoder
Grief Adjustment in the Compulsive Personality, James Lewis Young
The Relationships between Family Communication, Self-Concept, and Academic Achievement of Adolescents in Some Schools of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Aizan Mohd Yusof
Feminine Role Orientation and Locus of Control in Battered Women, Nancy C. Zielke
The Influence of Perceived Teachers' and Parents' Expectations on Student Achievement, William Zollweg
Dissertations from 1983
A Test of the Validity of the Equipercentile Assumption: An Analysis Using a Data Base of Title-I Eligible Students, Christine Applin Ameen
Michigan Department of Mental Health: An Inservice Training Program for Personnel Working with Older Persons, Forrest H. Braack
A Comparison of Sexual and Non-Sexual Assault Prosecution, Susan Caringella-MacDonald
An Investigation of the Impact of Learning Theory on Training and Conditions of Training in the Corporate Environment, Carolyn Collins-Bondon
The Perceptual Effect of Patients' First Name on the Clinical Judgment of Psychopathology by Psychotherapists, Dennis G. Cowan
A Study of the Validity of the Global Assessment Scale, Daniel J. Dekker
The Relationship That Teachers' Concerns and Their Perceptions of Organizational Climate Have with Innovation Maintenance, Frederic Wayne De Vall
The Relationship of Preferred Work Environment and Job Satisfaction of Community College Administrators, Susan Dunn DuFord
A Delphi Study to Identify Possible Futures of Black Colleges: Public and Private, Gloria Jeanette Miller Duval
An Assessment of the Relationships between Selected Teacher Characteristics and Attitudes of Regular Classroom Teachers toward Mainstreaming, Dorothy Mary Elkins
Kinetics and Mechanism of Acylation of Amines with 2-Naphthoyl Azide, Abraham L. Faburada