Browsing Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Doctoral Dissertations by Subject "Occupational psychology."
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A MULTIVARIATE MODEL FOR ABSENCE AMONG WORKERS IN MENTAL HEALTH (BURNOUT, JOB DESIGN, REGRESSION ANALYSIS)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)The major focus of the present investigation was the examination of a multivariate model of absence from work. This project entailed examining the relationships between and among variables which represented three major ... -
ASPECTS OF CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AND AFFILIATION IN BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN
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Assessing burnout among employees who work with the mentally retarded
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)Burnout, as assessed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), was examined for employees who work with the Mentally Retarded in Day Treatment Programs. There were three objectives of this study. The first was to assess the ... -
Direct and vicarious trauma and beliefs as predictors of PTSD
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1993)The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of pretrauma, trauma, and posttrauma variables in predicting the development of PTSD symptoms. Subjects were former employees of a large national magazine sales organization ... -
Personality coping style and ambulatory blood pressure in working men and women
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)High blood pressure remains a significant medical problem for Americans in the 21st century. Research assessing the relationships among psychosocial variables and elevated blood pressure is plentiful. Yet, the findings ... -
Social and vocational functioning in chronic depression
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)Anti-depressants have been shown to effectively treat chronic depression. Less is known about treatment effects on psychosocial functioning. The current study examined psychosocial functioning in an outpatient sample of ... -
The decision to teach: Why Orthodox Jewish day school teachers choose the profession
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2010)Research has revealed that public school teachers enter the profession for mainly altruistic and intrinsic reasons (Kyriacou & Coulthard, 2000; Lai, Chan, Ko, & So, 2005; Burke, 2000). These reasons most often relate to ... -
The effects of job stress on health behaviors
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1993)Tested Karasek's model of 'job strain' and its association with health-related behavior. Participants in the study were 287 men and women aged 30-60 recruited from nine New York City worksites. Job demands and job control ...