Browsing by Subject "Psychological aspects"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)The primary purpose of this study was to discover whether or not administrators participating in a transactional analysis training group would improve communication skills more than subjects who did not receive such training. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)This study is concerned with Knightian uncertainty as a viable concept in individual behavior. Events can be categorized under the headings of certainty, risk, and uncertainty. In terms of probability, a certain event has ...
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Perceptions of in-service teachers and pre-service teachers toward obese and normal-weight children (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in perceptions held by in-service and preservice teachers toward obese and normal-weight children. Judgments were made about selected personality characteristics of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The primary purpose of this study was to determine selected personality characteristics of ultra-distance runners. More specifically, this study: (a) established the personality profile of an ultra-distance runner, (b) ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Post Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (PHSS) and the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS) in predicting success in a group hypnosis weight ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The purpose of this study was to determine whether a woman's rapid adjustment to retirement could be predicted. A review of previous literature found a large number of variables, of both an interpersonal and intrapersonal ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of marital role strain and masculine and feminine personality traits on the level of marital satisfaction among dual-career couples with children. Studies show ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between three psychological factors in oncology patients, and the type of humor they prefer. Locus of control, assertiveness, and reactions to stress were ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-concept and selected physical characteristics among female varsity athletes and non-participants. The specific objectives of this investigation ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The purpose of this research was to investigate the validity of the traditional approach to interpretation of aged subjects' performances on the Rorschach. The traditional approach is that of using younger adults' norms ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The purpose of this study was to determine if selected personality traits varied between subgroups of Oriental martial artists and also between Oriental martial artists and non martial artists . A total of 52 people composed ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Heatherton and Baumeister (1991) formulated escape theory as a way to understand the literature on binge eaters. One of the primary propositions regarding binge and restrained eaters pertains to their high self-awareness ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Based on attempts to gain access to bureaucratic organizations, and on subsequent study of the literature, this researcher came to believe that insufficient attention is given to this research step in the literature and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The purpose of this study was to determine factors which influence mathematics anxiety among Hispanic college undergraduates. The sample consisted of 749 Hispanic college undergraduates from a university in the state of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Using panel data for 3,805 participants followed between early adolescence and young adulthood, patterns of coping patterns and changes in these patterns are described. At both life stages more socially approved mechanisms ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)This study investigated whether there exists a component of mathematics anxiety in addition to the Numerical Anxiety and Mathematics Test Anxiety previously identified in MARS by Rounds and Hendel. Twenty of these Rounds ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)This study investigated the relationship among four levels of traffic accident severity; selected variables and the reported behavior toward seat belt usage under certain conditions. These conditions were: generalized ...
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Task complexity and advance information effects on preparation and exectution of voluntary movements (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Recent investigations regarding the preparation and execution of simple and complex movements (Corcos, 1984; Fischman, 1984; Peters, 1985) have led to some new questions about interlimb coordination. In situations where ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)In addition to maximizing the solar heating performance, the problem of sizing the window in a passive solar direct gain strategy is compounded by the potentially high glare and the probable visual noise caused by too much ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)This study investigated whether or not the assumption of responsibility for one's health through knowledge of the Simonton methodology would reduce death anxiety to a greater degree than would the acceptance of death through ...