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The Relationship between Professional Orientations, Staff Development and Overall Attitudes towards Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012)
This researcher conducted her study from a radical feminist/constructivism perspective while examining the professional orientations of staff working in New Jersey Battered Women Shelters. The data was placed on a scale ...
The relationship between children with ADHD and parental depression among low -income families
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2006)
This study examined the relationship between parental depression and the prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among pre-adolescent children. The study was quantitative and used secondary data drawn ...
Coping with AIDS
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
The study examined the stress-coping styles of two groups of men with AIDS, men who have sex with men (MSM) (n = 61) and men who use injecting drugs (IDU) (n = 59). Men with both risks were excluded. The study investigated ...
Self-reliant resolution among problem drinkers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1999)
This study investigated differences in cognitive style between problem drinkers who resolve their difficulties with alcohol on their own and those who resort to treatment. Explored was the relationship between cognitive ...
College women in the 21st century: A closer look at academic, family and work demands on levels of burnout
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012)
This study explored the contributions of background characteristics, family, academic, and work demands on levels of burnout among undergraduate females in an urban college setting and to what extent informal/formal support ...
Role perceptions of school mental health personnel: Their unique and overlapping functions
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)
This study explores the relationships among school social workers, school psychologists and school counselors in relation to the services each provides to students, their unique and overlapping roles, turf conflict, ...
Locus of control and heroin addiction in a methadone maintenance setting
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
This study examined whether Locus of Control, a personality variable measured by using Julian Rotter's Internal-External scale, was able to predict treatment outcome for 220 heroin users attending an out patient methadone ...
Women and men in methadone treatment: Do *attitudes predict outcome?
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2003)
The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of men and women entering methadone maintenance treatment and to determine whether attitudinal differences are related to premature termination. The attitudes examined ...
Outpatient treatment compliance among first -episode patients with schizophrenia
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)
Schizophrenia is a devastating disease that often grossly impairs the ability of the individual to function independently and to fully contribute to society. Treatment combing medication and psychosocial therapies have ...
A study of the sexual abuse of adolescents and their subsequent behavior
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)
The study was designed to ascertain the long-term effects of sexual abuse on adolescents. There was at least a three-year interval between the diagnosis of sexual abuse and the follow-up study.;The type of design chosen ...