Browsing by Subject "Major counseling psychology"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The rise in adolescent suicide in the last 20 years has been alarming and of major concern to all working with this population. The recognition of suicidal signs in adolescents by high school counselors could provide a ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Chemical abuse is a major social problem that is reflected within the U.S. federal correctional system. National awareness has focused on treating the chemical abuser, but rather less attention has been paid to the ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Response bias has been defined as a tendency to select a particular answer category when certainty about the correct choice is lacking. It has been demonstrated that academic examinations, personality tests, attitude ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The purpose of this investigation was to test the application of cognitive principles to the practice of career counseling. Of particular interest were persons' adherence to various career myths and the degree to which ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The primary purpose of this study was to investigate variables of family composition and structure that are related to ego development of college students. A review of research and theory indicated that cross-generational ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)This study investigated the influence of attachment style on the personality characteristics of young adults. Attachment style, assessed with a modified version of Hazan and Shaver's (1987) adult attachment style instrument, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)Previous research has found that attending a traditionally Black college can be beneficial to the intellectual, psychological, and social development of African American students (Fleming, 1984). While agreement on this ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The purpose of this study was to investigate anger and hostility differences between incarcerated nonviolent child molesters and incarcerated adult rapists. Anger and hostility were measured using the Minnesota Multiphasic ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The major purposes of this study were to explore the perceived parental characteristics that may relate to accepting or rejecting a gay son, to explore the differences between families of disclosers and nondisclosers, and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The purpose of the present study was to compare the effect of success oriented versus failure oriented mental preparation strategies on an arm strength task. The study was conducted in a manner such that the theoretical ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual aggression and date rape and the character traits of anger, hostility, impulsivity, psychopathology, as well as, peer pressure, and pornography ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The present investigation evaluated depression, attributional style, hopelessness, temperament and stressful life events among children and adolescents (9-17 years old) hospitalized on a psychiatric service. Results indicated ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The purpose of this study was the initial development, validation, and refinement of an instrument to measure weight locus of control, the Weight Attitudes Scale (WAS). Based on the locus of control literature a multidimensional ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Revised MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R) scores of 270 Black, Mexican-American, and White adult male misdemeanor probationers were compared to determine if ethnicity affects the scale's validity in differentiating problem ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between three groups of variables and marital satisfaction in second-married women. The three groups of variables were demographic, perceptual, and personality ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The benefits of jogging have been reported in numerous studies. The benefits of jogging include physiological improvements, increased self-esteem, self -image, individual well being, and self-concept; and decreased anxiety ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)This study used a Solomon Four-Group Design (Solomon, 1949) to study the effects of a well-structured gay and lesbian speaker panel intervention on self-report measures of cognitive, affective, and behavioral homophobia. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Previous research has found evidence that, despite their objective attainments in professional life, members of minority groups may continue to be perceived and evaluated less favorably than their majority counterparts. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The purpose of this present study was to assess the impact of psychological reactance (Brehm, 1966) on brief types of self-directive (behavioral) and paradoxical psychotherapy. Subjects (N=42) consisted of undergraduate ...