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Guiding The Wild Heart: Steering The State Safely Between Scylla And Charybdis, Robert P. Brown

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Organizational life and social culture compel individuals toward more radical manifestations of individualism as bureaucracy and society increasingly define personal relationships by rules, regulations and rights. Otherwise incompatible with individualism, this actually contributes to individual and group differentiation when individuals function simply as technicians without the opportunity to gain fulfillment, and they experience existential isolation, becoming detached from their moral and spiritual side. For identity in and control over their own lives, people engage in even more individualistic behavior: working, planning, attaining, or rebelling. The true meanings of freedom and individual rights are perverted and trivialized by this radical individualism …

Mystical And Out-Of-Body Experiences As Perceived By Counselors: Difference In Attitude Toward Self And Client, Douglas W. Bentley

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The major purpose of this three-part study was to contribute to the body of knowledge concerned with mystical and out-of-body experiences (OBE) in the counselor relationship. The first part of the study was descriptive in nature. The study evaluated through a survey, designed by the researcher, the likelihood of client reporting to a counselor having had a mystical or out-of-body experience. Additionally, the descriptive part of the study asked counselors to report their own personal mystical and out-of-body experiences. Next, the study counted important demographic variables of both the counselor and the clients of the counselor.

The second part of …

The Relationships Among One's Beliefs Regarding Divine Sovereignty Versus Human Freedom, Procedures For Discerning The Will Of God, And Internal-External Locus Of Control, Timothy M. Robinson

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Using the Category and Regression Trees (CART) analysis, some correlative distinctions were detected, but there were no significant differences found in the hypothesized directions concerning the relationships among the three main variables of the study.

For the validation, the DGW instrument was field tested with mature Christian leaders, students from a community college, a Christian liberal arts college, and an Evangelical seminary. The items on mature discernment scale of the DGW were validated, and using multiple comparisons, expected significant differences were found between the two college groups and the seminary students on both the mature discernment subscale and the supernatural …

Persistence And Desistence In Delinquent Careers: A Test Of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory, Ronald G. Gulotta

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Coping Strategies, Psychological Distress Experience, And Perceived Adjustment Of Long-Term Survivors Of Pediatric Leukemia, Mario B. Natta

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Parenting During Recovery: An Analysis Of Parenting During The First Year In A Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, Deena A. Nardi

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Assessment Of Assertiveness And Acculturation In Asian-Americans, Diane Lin

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Parental Personality Disorders, Family Dysfunction, And Psychological Disturbance In Children, Peggy Wingo

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Examining Emotional Expressivity In Early Infancy: A Microanalysis Of Infant Facial Expression At 2, 4 And 6 Months Of Age, Barbara Foster Lauesen

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Participation In New Religious And Healing Movements In The Philippines, Araceli S. Suzara

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Pluralism And Ecological Values: The Case Of The Siskiyou National Forest, 1983-1992, Steven M. Davis

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Attachment And Autonomy In Adolescents With And Without Spina Bifida, Kelly A. Johnson

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The Effects Of Campus Alcohol And Drug Prevention Programs On The Behaviors Of University Students, Darrell D. Irwin

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A Cross-Cultural Study On The Expression And Presentation Of Depressive Symptomatology Among Americans And Chinese In The People's Republic Of China (Prc), Taiwan, And Hong Kong, Fung Chu Ho

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Alcoholism As A Family Secret, Rachel K. Albrecht

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Psychiatric Comorbidity In Alcohol Use Disorders : Its Influence On Alcohol Related Consequences, Eileen Norton

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The Correlation Between Religiosity And Assimilation Of First Generation Korean Immigrants In The Chicago Metropolitan Region, Young-Il Kim

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The Development Of Novice Counselors' Inner Experiences, Counseling Self-Efficacy, And Skills, Pamela Rezek

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Validation Of Goals For Pre-Departure Missionary Orientation, Donna M. Worley

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Problem

Cross-cultural orientation programs facilitate missionary preparedness. Orientation is more effective if driven by valid and suitable goals determined before methods are selected and programs implemented. This study attempted to identify valid goals for pre-departure programs and develop a framework for selecting them.

Method

The goals of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Institute for World Mission (IWM) were selected for validation. IWM is a 4-6 week pre-departure orientation program that started in 1966 and had effectively prepared 2,500+ cross-cultural missionaries by 1993. Their goals are broad areas suitable for establishing sub-goals and objectives. The validation process comprised four phases: identification and …

Person-Organization Fit: A Quantitative Assessment Of The Match Between Actual And Ideal Culture, Susan Sheffey

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Private And Public Dilemmas: A Feminist Defense Of Liberal Theory, Mary Barbara Walsh

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Toward An Epistemology Of The Poor: Conversations With People In The Margins, Robyn Dent Draper-Praetz

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Personality Patterns Of Male Psychiatric Inpatients: Cluster Analysis Of The Mcmi-Ii Guided By Blashfield's Recommendations, Kevin W. Miller

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Development Of The Concept Of Salvation In The Argentinean And Paraguayan Seventh-Day Adventist Children And Adolescents From Ages 6 To 17 Years, Victor Andrés Korniejczuk

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Problem. Research is lacking on how the concept of salvation develops in children and adolescents from Christian religious populations. the purpose of this study was to explore how the concept of salvation develops in Argentinean and Paraguayan Seventh-day Adventist children and adolescents, from a psychological perspective.

Method. Using a developmental, cross-sectional design, semiclinical interviews were conducted with 120 Argentinean and Paraguayan children, ages 6 to 17, to assess the development of the concept and assurance of salvation. Subjects also completed (1) a semantic differential scale, which measured their attitudes toward salvation (ATS), (2) a demographic and religious practices information survey, …

Intact Families With A Multiple Sclerotic Parent: Social And Emotional Adjustment Of Parents And School-Age Children, Jean A. Mccutchan

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Problem Statement. Research on children with a multiple sclerotic parent has been minimal and until recently focused only on negative aspects. This study investigated how families successfully cope with multiple sclerosis (MS) and how their school-age children are affected, positively or negatively.

Methodology. This research used the case study approach with intact Caucasian families, 10 where the mother was the patient and 3 families where the father was the patient. The 20 children were ages 5 through 19. Following a clinical interview, the family members responded to the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales-II, the Family Hardiness Index and the …

Reactions To Childhood Sibling Death: A Qualitative Investigation, Mary A. Paulson

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Problem

In looking at the importance of sibling relationships, we see that the death of a sibling can cause considerable disruption to the surviving child's development. A review of the childhood sibling loss literature indicated that no study was found that investigated the effects of sibling loss on depression and psychosocial development and studied reactions to sibling loss and its effects on cognition, emotions, behaviors, interpersonal relations, and spirituality.

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Thirty subjects participated in this research and composed three developmental groups. Erik Erikson's psychosocial developmental stages were utilized in this investigation. The subjects were grouped according to their age at …

An Examination Of Strategic Failure And Self-Verification Among Depressed Individuals, Julia L. Anable

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Affecting Change Synergistically: An Interpretative Case Study Of Leadership Relationships At Southwest Airlines, Jacquelyn A. Freiberg Edd

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As we move into the 21st century it becomes increasingly more important to move beyond what we have come to know as leadership--great man and position/authority-based, excellent management. Instead, what organizations are in need of is a postindustrial model of leadership. Rost defined 21st century leadership as "an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes" (p. 102). This study sought to operationalize 21st century leadership in Southwest Airlines Co., a Texas-based corporation that is recognized as one of America's most successful airlines. This company has a 22 year history, over 10,000 employees, …

Psychological Distress Among Hiv Positive Ethnic/Racial Minority Males, Rocco Domanico

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Implementing Total Quality Management In A College Of Business, Jeffrey William Glazer Edd

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Today, a wide range of organizations are involved in what is commonly referred to as total quality management (TQM). Implementation and associated research have primarily been focused in the business community; however, over the past decade, faced with dwindling enrollment and increased competition, the educational community has also started to embrace TQM at differing levels in a wide variety of settings across the nation, ranging from doctoral granting institutions to community colleges to elementary schools. This descriptive case study examined the implementation of a TQM process at a College of Business in a large state university on the west coast. …