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Key Elements in Team Performance Measurements Systems: Issues, Survey Analysis, and Results
This study was designed to determine the Key elements of team performance measurements systems: in relation to effectiveness and satisfaction.
Date:
August 1998
Creator:
Wilkins, Katina Davenport
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Toward a More Personally Expressive Method of Working in Clay
The goal of this work (entitled: Toward a More Personally Expressive Method of Working in Clay) was to create a body of work that was more personal, expressive, and less restrained that incorporate objects and non- clay elements.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
Jacobson, Patricia M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Therapeutic Horseback Riding Programs for Adults with Physical Impairments
The purpose of this study was to assess the outcome of a therapeutic horseback riding program on physically disabled.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Tomaszewski, Sarah E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Allegory and the Figure: A Contemporary Approach
The figure within the paintings function not only representations, but as surrogates for the subjects depicted. The artist believes that allegory goes beyond Western civilization. By applying allegories to our moder world, we can add to them rich in subliminal messages and keep them going.
Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Moore, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elementary School Teachers' Responses to Potential Child Abuse
This study was designed to evaluate: (a) teachers' behavior when they are confronted with potential cases of child abuse and (b) the information teachers require to make accurate decisions regarding the reporting of suspected child abuse. Teachers were presented with three vignettes describing cases of varying levels of suspected maltreatment, and different amounts of additional information. They were then asked to indicate how likely they would be to report the case to Child Protective Services (CPS). It was expected that reporting behavior would increase as available information increased. The results generally did not support this hypothesis. No significant impact on reporting behavior was found when teachers were presented with either the symptom list or the legal interpretation; however, there was a trend toward an interaction with the level of abusive indications in the case. These results are discussed in the context of the need for further training.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Driskill, Julie D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Motivational Style, Length of Residency, and Voluntariness in Relation to Nursing Home Adjustment
This study related length of residency, motivational style, and the resident's role in deciding to move to a nursing facility to adjustment, represented by a number of variables (e.g., desired control, expected control, life satisfaction, and affect). Fifty-five residents of nursing facilities and assisted-living apartments were given an interview, compiled of a number of brief measures relating to aspects of adjustment. While results from multivariate analyses of variance failed to support any of the hypotheses, post-hoc univariate analyses of variance and regression analyses revealed important relationships between motivational style and voluntariness regarding the move and factors of adjustment. Overall, post-hoc findings indicated that, in the relatively constrictive environment of the nursing home, persons with a non-self-determined motivational style and persons who decided themselves to come to the nursing home had higher scores on various factors related to adjustment.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Curtiss, Karin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Psychological and Social Functioning Differences among Homeless Mothers
Existing studies of people who are homeless provide descriptive information about the heterogeneity of the population. Families who are homeless are the fastest growing subset of this population. This study examined the variability in psychological and social functioning among homeless mothers and attempted to identify risk factors that predict level of adult functioning. Data was collected from 76 homeless mothers with minor aged children receiving services at area shelters. The sample was divided between highly structured and unstructured shelter environments. Each participant completed an extensive interview which included measures of personal and family history, risk factors and current psychological and social functioning. Social functioning was able to be predicted by a number of these risk factors.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Green, Patricia Pater
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Childhood Cancer: Maternal Stress and Coping
Sixty-two mothers of childhood cancer patients completed questionnaires on family demographics, parental stress, sense of parenting competence, self esteem, health locus of control, attitudes toward cancer, life events, social support, and psychological symptomatology. Correlation and regression procedures were used. Time since diagnosis and the severity rate of a child's illness did not predict the mother's sense of parenting competence, but a negative correlation at the $p<.01$ level between mothers' report of self esteem and their distress was revealed. Social support was negatively correlated at the $p<.01$ level with psychological distress, but life events were positively correlated at the $p<.01$ level. Internal locus of control was positively correlated with psychological distress, but attitudes toward cancer did not correlate with psychological distress.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Buenrostro, Martha
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Empathy as Perceived Emotional Social Support: Fire Fighters in Hurricane Andrew
Stress responses and coping strategies were assessed for 155 fire fighters who worked during and immediately following Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Florida in 1992. The participants were surveyed approximately two months after the hurricane, and again one year following the hurricane. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the amount of emotional social support received and the amount of symptomatology the participants experienced. This study also introduced empathy as a form of perceived emotional social support and examined the relationship between the empathy felt by the participants and the symptomatology they experienced. For this study, empathy was defined as a participant's ratings of feeling that others truly understand what he or she has been through and is feeling. While other forms of received motional social support were related to an increase in symptomatology, more empathy was related to less symptomatology, in some cases significantly.
Date:
December 1995
Creator:
Mumy, Elaine Schoka
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Funware: A Lively Approach to Decoration on Dinnerware
This problem in lieu of thesis project looked at the style of a place setting as an exciting part of the meal. The study concluded that funware is achieved through a combination of color choice and a harmonious relationship of the dinnerware and the surface decorations.
Date:
May 1995
Creator:
Mcgrane, Nitja Baker
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Self-Perception in ACHD Children
Only a limited amount of research exists which addresses low self-esteem, poor self-concept, and distorted self-image in ADHD children. The most urgent task is to test assumptions regarding self-perception and to assess the dimensions of self-concept of ADHD children. The Self-Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985) was used in the proposed study to assess those dimensions. Subjects of this study are 8- to 12- year-old boys diagnosed with ADHD and the same age boys who exhibit no symptoms of psychopathology. Results of analyses of covariance indicate that ADHD boys tend to view themselves as significantly less competent in the areas of scholastic competence and global self-worth in comparison to their normal counterparts. Differences between means of ADHD and normal boys on the social acceptance subscale of the SPPC approached significance. Intelligence and social status also had a significant impact on some of the differences noted between the two groups.
Date:
1991
Creator:
Walters, Pace Jill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Expressiveness of Porcelain and its Plasticity in Wheel Thrown Forms
This creative problem project aimed to develop a series of vase forms expressive of clay and its plasticity as developed through the throwing process.
Date:
December 1991
Creator:
Jeffrey, Jay M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Anxiety in the Career Exploration Process
This paper discusses the causes behind anxiety in the career exploration process and explains the findings of a study conducted with 200 undergraduate college students at the University of North Texas. Nancy E. Polk explores related literature and topics such as psychological separation/attachment and self-efficacy that are involved in the creation of anxiety.
Date:
1990
Creator:
Polk, Nancy E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Laminated Clays as Decorative Elements on Ceramic Forms
This paper describes the process and results of laminating clay forms through the slab construction method for the purpose of decorating ceramic forms. Rafael Molina describes the background information behind the process and a description of the finished products.
Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Molina, Rafael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact of TAT Card Selection on Evaluation of Object Relations Functioning Following Childhood Physical Abuse
The purpose of this study is to show principles of TAT card pull are applicable to object relations theory, and card pull effects are greater in subjects with greater impairments. Stories of physically abused and control child and adolescent subjects were evaluated on object relations scales of the SCORS (Westen et al., 1985). Scores varied systematically as a function of card stimulus characteristics. Analysis of scales assessing internalization of self supported stimulus inhibition interpretation while scales measuring views of others or individual affective experiences advanced stimulus pull explanation. Abused individuals' response patterns were similar to controls except on CR. Results of this study may increase TAT utility for evaluating object relations functioning by guiding card selection.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Grissett, Dana L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Just World Beliefs and Behavioral vs. Characterological Self-Blame on College Student’s Functioning Following Parental Divorce
This paper discusses the impact of self-blame on college students who have experienced parental divorce and determines whether separating this blame into behavioral and characterological manifestations can provide useful information for research purposes. Bryce E. Taylor explains the study that was conducted with 220 female college students who completed questionnaires for the project, and the results of the study.
Date:
September 1991
Creator:
Taylor, Bryce E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neuropsychological Predicators for Return to Work Following Brain Injury
This paper discusses a study created to determine the connection between performance on several neuropsychological measures and return to work. Connie D. Henson explains the study, which involved 134 brain injured patients treated in an outpatient neuropsychological re-entry program, and resulted in some mild correlations found while testing.
Date:
July 1990
Creator:
Henson, Connie D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Do the Hemispheres Learn at Different Rates: Further Examination of Hemispheric Differences Using a Random Polygon Task
This paper examines the learning rate of the two different hemispheres of the brain and compares them through a study. Lance Hoffmeyer explains the findings derived from a test conducted through having subjects complete a random polygon task.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Hoffmeyer, Lance
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Age Differences in Time Estimation and Their Relationship to Prospective Memory
This paper discusses a study conducted with 34 elderly volunteers and 34 young subjects to determine the differences in time estimation by age and their reflection in prospective memory. Kirk Rowe explains the reproduction, production, and numerical estimation tasks carried out, the scores of the subjects, and the findings of the study.
Date:
December 1991
Creator:
Rowe, Kirk
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recurrent Traumatic Stress Responses in HIV+ Women
This paper discusses the results of a study to examine how "crisis points" throughout the progression of HIV in HIV+ women contributes to stress responses of avoidant behavior, hyperarousal, and intrusive thoughts. Deborah Jones explains how stress levels were determined and stressors were analyzed throughout the course of the study.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Jones, Deborah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Learning in Visual Field Asymmetries
This paper examines visual field asymmetries and their relationship with learning through a study of three groups of 309 people. Richard Herrington discusses the results of subjects performing two visual half-field advantage reaction time tasks, a bar graph task and a word task, as well as both tasks, with extended practice.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Herrington, Richard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Anxiety Symptoms in First-Time and Multiple Incarcerates
This paper presents a study of the anxiety symptoms of first-time and multiple time incarcerates and the differences in number of symptoms. Vianey Reinhardt discusses the findings of the study conduced with 129 male offenders who were assessed through a series of tests.
Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Reinhardt, Vianey R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Construction of Meaning in Visual Stereotypes
This study explores how different levels of juxtaposition affect the interpretation of a message and how the meaning of stereotypes work.
Date:
August 1998
Creator:
Trujillo, Delia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Towards a Personal Aesthetic
This paper discusses the author's work creating 30 ceramic vessels experimenting with the relaxation of jar forms. James Robert Salazar discusses how these jars retain their proportions and structure despite the relaxation process, and the inspirations that created a personal aesthetic evident in the works.
Date:
July 1998
Creator:
Salazar, James Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library