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Title: Far from fields of glory: military operations in Florida during the Civil War, 1864-1865.
Creator: Coles, David J.
Date Issued: 1996
Identifier: FS00000103_00001, 2821568, fsu:89548
Format: E-book

Title: Bellwether Parish: a history of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1835-1915.
Creator: Willis, Lee
Date Issued: 1998
Identifier: FS00000101_00001, 2819518, fsu:89442
Format: E-book

Title: A schema model of dispositional attribution in the employment selection process.
Creator: Morton, Karen Sue., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation applied a schematic view of dispositional attribution to the employment selection process. The study examined the process by which employment interviewers utilize various informational cues when forming impressions of job applicants. Although most existing research suggests that negative informational cues have a significantly greater influence on impression formation than do positive informational cues, this study examined differences among schemas used by potential...
Show moreThis dissertation applied a schematic view of dispositional attribution to the employment selection process. The study examined the process by which employment interviewers utilize various informational cues when forming impressions of job applicants. Although most existing research suggests that negative informational cues have a significantly greater influence on impression formation than do positive informational cues, this study examined differences among schemas used by potential employers which may lead to differences in the rules of inference utilized when making causal attributions about applicants., Theory and research in the areas of the employment interview, attribution theory, and schema offer insights into how employment interviewers utilize positive and negative informational cues about job applicants in the selection process. Based on these insights, a schema model of dispositional attribution in the employment selection process was developed and tested. The model suggested that it is the particular trait dimension being judged--not the negativity of the cue--that influences which informational cues are considered to be the most diagnostic about an applicant., The sample used to examine the proposed model consisted of 100 employment interviewers from both the public and private sector. The results provided empirical evidence which suggests that positive informational cues may, under certain conditions, be more influential in impression formation than negative informational cues. Specifically, employment interviewers appear to be more influenced by positive information which attests to an applicant's ability rather than negative information. Although interviewers appear to be more tolerant of negative information concerning an applicant's ability-related traits, they are less tolerant of negative information concerning an applicant's morality-related traits. As such, positive-ability and negative-morality information about a job applicant are more influential in impression formation., Moreover, the results suggest that positive-ability and negative-morality information about an applicant are more likely to be utilized by the employment interviewer in the selection decision than are negative-ability and positive-morality information. Both theoretical and practical implications of the current research findings are presented.
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Date Issued: 1994, 1994
Identifier: AAI9424769, 3088332, FSDT3088332, fsu:78515
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The effects of ageism and age discrimination on older workers: A field study.
Creator: Hassell, Barbara L., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Motivated by research in gerontology, psychology, and organizational behavior, this dissertation reports the results of a field study on the impact of ageism and age discrimination on older workers in work organizations. The study investigated beliefs about older workers, the relationship between beliefs and age discrimination perceptions, and the relationship between perceived age discrimination and older workers' perceptions of personal control, self-esteem, general and facet-specific job...
Show moreMotivated by research in gerontology, psychology, and organizational behavior, this dissertation reports the results of a field study on the impact of ageism and age discrimination on older workers in work organizations. The study investigated beliefs about older workers, the relationship between beliefs and age discrimination perceptions, and the relationship between perceived age discrimination and older workers' perceptions of personal control, self-esteem, general and facet-specific job satisfaction, and perceived job alternatives. Questionnaire responses from 179 subjects were analyzed using hierarchical regression techniques. The results provide mixed support for the hypotheses. As in previous studies, age was related positively to positive beliefs about older workers. However, in contrast to previous studies, this holds true for managers, as well. Neither beliefs nor age-norms for jobs were related to perceptions of age discrimination., Age discrimination had a significant, negative main effect on self-esteem, perceived personal control, general job satisfaction, satisfaction with promotion and growth opportunities, job security satisfaction, and perceived job alternatives. This held regardless of age., Only the hypothesis regarding older workers' perceptions of age discrimination and self-esteem received marginal support. Specifically, older workers who perceived age discrimination had lower self-esteem than younger workers who perceived age discrimination.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123531, 3162315, FSDT3162315, fsu:78448
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The effect of progressive relaxation training on stress perception, dispositional optimism, and frequency and severity of running-related injuries.
Creator: Henderson, Jane Christine., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a program of progressive relaxation training on stress perception, dispositional optimism, and the frequency and severity of running related injury. Subjects were volunteer competitive road runners (32 male and 17 female) randomly selected from two large running clubs (mean age = 36.4). Subjects were randomly assigned to a relaxation training group or a waiting list control group. Relaxation training consisted of two 2-hour classroom...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a program of progressive relaxation training on stress perception, dispositional optimism, and the frequency and severity of running related injury. Subjects were volunteer competitive road runners (32 male and 17 female) randomly selected from two large running clubs (mean age = 36.4). Subjects were randomly assigned to a relaxation training group or a waiting list control group. Relaxation training consisted of two 2-hour classroom sessions. Additionally, a tape providing relaxation cues was given to each subject. Subjects were told to practice daily during the 8 weeks of the duration of this study. The primary analysis used was a one-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) for each dependent variable (optimism/pessimism, general well-being, hassle frequency and hassle intensity, and injury frequency and severity)., Results demonstrated significant treatment effects for hassle frequency, hassle intensity, and optimism. General well-being and injury frequency and severity did not demonstrate any statistically significant treatment effects, although there were differences between the two groups. It is possible that the brevity of this study (8 weeks) obscured some injury effects. Further research of a longitudinal nature may uncover more about the relationship of running related injury and stress perception.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9118491, 3162298, FSDT3162298, fsu:78447
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: On determinants of Laplacians and multiple gamma functions.
Creator: Choi, Junesang., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In recent years the problem of evaluating the determinants of Laplacians on Riemannian manifolds has received considerable attention. The theory of multiple gamma functions play an important role in computations of determinants of Laplacians on manifolds of constant curvature. These functions were introduced by E. W. Barnes in about 1900., We are particularly interested in the functional determinant for the n-sphere S$\sp{n}$ with the standard metric. For all n we give a factorization it into...
Show moreIn recent years the problem of evaluating the determinants of Laplacians on Riemannian manifolds has received considerable attention. The theory of multiple gamma functions play an important role in computations of determinants of Laplacians on manifolds of constant curvature. These functions were introduced by E. W. Barnes in about 1900., We are particularly interested in the functional determinant for the n-sphere S$\sp{n}$ with the standard metric. For all n we give a factorization it into multiple gamma functions and use this factorization to compute nice closed form expressions for the determinant in cases n = 1, 2 and 3., In the course of this investigation we give a new proof of the multiplication formulas for the simple and double gamma functions.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123529, 3162286, FSDT3162286, fsu:78446
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Characterization of nicotinic acetylcholine-activated channels in larval insect neurons.
Creator: Albert, Jennifer Lynn., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A characterization of nicotinic acetycholine-activated ion channels in insects was carried out in dissociated neurons in primary culture from the central nervous systems of the larval fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, larval and embryonic house fly, Musca domestica, and the nymphal locust, Schistocerca gregaria using whole-cell and cell-attached patch-clamp techniques. The single ion channel currents observed in cell-attached patches were very similar between the four insect preparations....
Show moreA characterization of nicotinic acetycholine-activated ion channels in insects was carried out in dissociated neurons in primary culture from the central nervous systems of the larval fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, larval and embryonic house fly, Musca domestica, and the nymphal locust, Schistocerca gregaria using whole-cell and cell-attached patch-clamp techniques. The single ion channel currents observed in cell-attached patches were very similar between the four insect preparations. These channels exhibited characteristics similar to channels described in both vertebrate neurons and muscle, as well as other invertebrate preparations., There were two major classes with average single channel conductances of 32 pS and 57 pS. The 32pS insect channel had longer open times than the 57 pS channel. The channel activity occurred in bursts (openings separated by brief closures) lasting from 1 to 5 ms. The 57 pS channel openings also occurred in bursts, though they were more frequently isolated fast openings of less than 1 ms duration., Activation of fly 32 pS acetylcholine channels was examined more closely by looking at their concentration- and voltage-dependence. The open and closed interval durations of this channel were independent of voltage. Two separate types of dose-response experiments were performed. Both sets of curves indicated multiple ligand binding steps for the activation of insect acetylcholine channels. Analysis of closed intervals and clusters (groups of bursts separated by long closures) across a concentration series revealed an unusual inactive state and heterogeneous kinetic behavior within the 32 pS channel class. Tentative estimates of rates for the channel conformational changes were made., Insect neuronal acetylcholine channels were affected by several established nicotinic pharmaceutical agents. However, the pharmacological profile of these channels showed some unique features. They were resistant to activation by the nicotinic agonist suberyldicholine, though both carbachol and nicotine were capable of opening these channels. Hexamethonium and decamethonium were approximately equi-effective. The insect channels were also blocked by both $\alpha$- and $\kappa$-bungarotoxin.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123525, 3162285, FSDT3162285, fsu:78445
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Social intelligence and likability.
Creator: Somoza, Maria Pilar., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study explored the relationship between social intelligence and likability and the relationship between these two constructs and general intelligence. Five measures of social intelligence, three measures of general intelligence and three likability scales were used., One hundred sixty-one college students took the social intelligence and general intelligence tests, and in addition, they provided information on how likable they perceived themselves on the likability scales. In addition,...
Show moreThis study explored the relationship between social intelligence and likability and the relationship between these two constructs and general intelligence. Five measures of social intelligence, three measures of general intelligence and three likability scales were used., One hundred sixty-one college students took the social intelligence and general intelligence tests, and in addition, they provided information on how likable they perceived themselves on the likability scales. In addition, the roommates of sixty-three of these students rated these students on one social intelligence test and on three likability tests., The results of confirmatory factor analyses supported the independence of social intelligence, general intelligence and likability as three separate constructs. The correlational analyses demonstrated some overlap between the domains of social and general intelligence, but no relationship was observed between social intelligence and likability or between general intelligence and likability., For this study, two measures were developed: a social intelligence scale, developed from definitions of social intelligence as provided by researchers in the field, and a likability-dislikability scale, developed from both a theoretical and an implicit basis. The Social Intelligence Scale showed no relationship with any of the measures of social intelligence; however, it was consistently found to correlate with measures of likability. The Likability-Dislikability Scale appeared to have psychometric properties to be considered a useful scale.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118498, 3162284, FSDT3162284, fsu:78444
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Masseter EMG activity: Normative data and biofeedback training comparisons.
Creator: Linden, Terri Ann., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In Study 1, normative data were collected on masseter muscle activity in 25 MPDS and 25 nonMPDS patients to determine if there were significant differences in overall EMG activity, and if there was a significant difference between left and right EMG activity in either or both groups. Data were collected using a Myotronics EM2 Electromyograph. Masseter EMG levels were in the predicted direction (MPDS $>$ nonMPDS), but the difference between the groups was not significant. There was a...
Show moreIn Study 1, normative data were collected on masseter muscle activity in 25 MPDS and 25 nonMPDS patients to determine if there were significant differences in overall EMG activity, and if there was a significant difference between left and right EMG activity in either or both groups. Data were collected using a Myotronics EM2 Electromyograph. Masseter EMG levels were in the predicted direction (MPDS $>$ nonMPDS), but the difference between the groups was not significant. There was a significant difference between left and right masseter activity for both groups. However, there was no difference between groups in the magnitude of the bilateral differential. In Study 2, the effectiveness of unilateral, bilateral, and false feedback in reducing masseter EMG activity were compared. Sixty-five subjects received 20 minutes of biofeedback during two training sessions. A follow-up session was conducted one week after treatment completion. Perceived jaw and general muscle tension were also assessed using a SUDS-type scale. Data were collected using a Cyborg Biolab and an Apple II plus computer. Results showed that for all groups, EMG activity decreased from session one to session two. There was no difference between the unilateral and bilateral group in the amount of EMG reduction across the two experimental sessions. The reduction of EMG activity across sessions one and two was significantly greater for the unilateral + bilateral group as compared to the false feedback group. Treatment effects maintained at the follow-up session for subjects in the bilateral + unilateral group, but not for the false feedback group. EMG activity in the unilateral + bilateral group decreased significantly from session two to the follow-up session, whereas EMG activity for the false feedback group increased from session two to the follow-up. For the subjective measures of jaw and, general muscle tension, the changes in ratings across sessions did not differ as a function of feedback group. There were no significant correlations between EMG activity and muscle tension ratings for the unilateral + bilateral group or for the false feedback group.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118494, 3162283, FSDT3162283, fsu:78443
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Meal composition, snacking patterns and their effects upon mood.
Creator: D'Agostino, Joseph Anthony., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Female college freshmen were designated as either Carbohydrate Cravers or Mixed Snackers according to their responses to a survey of snacking patterns. In a between-groups design, their moods and their ratings of the desirability of various foods were assessed immediately before and two hours after the consumption of either a high-protein meal, a high-carbohydrate meal equal in calories to the protein meal, or a mixed carbohydrate-protein-fat meal that was higher in calories than the other...
Show moreFemale college freshmen were designated as either Carbohydrate Cravers or Mixed Snackers according to their responses to a survey of snacking patterns. In a between-groups design, their moods and their ratings of the desirability of various foods were assessed immediately before and two hours after the consumption of either a high-protein meal, a high-carbohydrate meal equal in calories to the protein meal, or a mixed carbohydrate-protein-fat meal that was higher in calories than the other two. Compared to Mixed Snackers, Carbohydrate Cravers showed a significant preference for high-carbohydrate foods over high-protein foods pre-meal, but the two groups did not differ significantly on pre-meal mood measures in a multivariate analysis of variance. They also did not differ significantly on pre-meal measures of hunger, dietary disinhibition, or dietary restraint., On the post-meal measures, Carbohydrate Cravers did not differ significantly from Mixed Snackers on the mood measures nor on the food desirability ratings. Meal composition had no effect upon mood, but it did affect food ratings, albeit in unexpected ways: post-meal ratings of high-carbohydrate foods by subjects who had received the high-carbohydrate meal did not differ significantly from similar ratings of subjects who had received the other two meals, but ratings of protein foods by the high-carbohydrate meal subjects were significantly higher than similar ratings from the other two groups. It was speculated that the mostly liquid composition of the high-carbohydrate meal, and/or its lack of fat, may have made it less satisfying or satiating than the other two meals., Results of this study are discussed in terms of their implications for two opposing theories of "Carbohydrate Craving".
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9118489, 3162282, FSDT3162282, fsu:78442
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The response of the returning adult student to university higher education: A case study.
Creator: Lewis, John L., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A qualitative case study of the response of the returning adult student (RAS) to university higher education was conducted during the 16-week period of the 1990 Spring semester at Florida State University. The participants in the study were 13 RASs taking a graduate course in statistics., The investigator observed the participants during 46 class sessions, interviewed each participant five times, and reviewed a set of 28 documents. From the 1,004 pages of data gathered, 249 units of...
Show moreA qualitative case study of the response of the returning adult student (RAS) to university higher education was conducted during the 16-week period of the 1990 Spring semester at Florida State University. The participants in the study were 13 RASs taking a graduate course in statistics., The investigator observed the participants during 46 class sessions, interviewed each participant five times, and reviewed a set of 28 documents. From the 1,004 pages of data gathered, 249 units of information were compiled and used to develop four major themes or categories concerning the response of the RAS to higher education. Properties which characterized or described each major category were deduced. The properties of each category were combined to create an inclusion rule for final category placement of each unit of information. The major categories developed by analyzing the data gathered during the study were (a) meeting the requirements, (b) responding to help, (c) managing time, and (d) making adjustments. Substantive theory about the education of adults in higher education was generated by positing five working hypotheses generated from the data gathered and analyzed. The study provides practical implications for RASs and instructors and administrators of higher education. Implications of the study include the need for RASs, instructors, and administrators in higher education to recognize the importance to RASs of meeting the requirements, responding to help, managing time, and making adjustments.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123533, 3162243, FSDT3162243, fsu:78441
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An assessment of Florida Vietnam theater veterans utilization of the GI Bill.
Creator: Horan, John Michael., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A statewide survey of Vietnam theater veterans was conducted for two purposes. The first was to determine the extent to which they had used the GI Bill to achieve their higher education goals. The second purpose was to examine the relationship between specific demographic and war related variables and determine if they were associated with veterans usage of the GI Bill. The premise that these men and women had used their Chapter 34 entitlements to enhance their upward social and economic...
Show moreA statewide survey of Vietnam theater veterans was conducted for two purposes. The first was to determine the extent to which they had used the GI Bill to achieve their higher education goals. The second purpose was to examine the relationship between specific demographic and war related variables and determine if they were associated with veterans usage of the GI Bill. The premise that these men and women had used their Chapter 34 entitlements to enhance their upward social and economic mobility was challenged in this study. Achievement of college educational goals were presumed to be influenced by the variables of gender, race, PTSD, and employment., Sixty-eight percent of survey respondents reported that they had used the GI Bill at least once. A "college completion rate" of forty-seven percent for all veterans was established in this study. Significant associations with college underachievement were found to exist between the dependent variable of "college completion rate" and the independent variables of race, PTSD, and employment, but not for gender., Males completed their college goals at a forty-six percent rate, while females completed at a fifty percent rate. White veterans achieved their college goals at a forty-nine percent rate, blacks completed at thirty-six percent, Hispanics at thirty-one percent, and "other" minorities (mainly American Indians) completed at twenty percent. As a group, minority Vietnam theater veterans achieved their college educational goals at a thirty-three percent rate. It was therefore concluded, that the Vietnam Era GI Bill was not an effective asset in assisting Vietnam theater veterans achieve upward economic and social mobility., Replication of this study is recommended at the national level by an independent research organization and should include Vietnam Era veterans. Because of their very small numbers, a separate national study should focus on the experiences of female Vietnam theater veterans. The state of Florida should consider various methods to implement a "GI Bill" style educational program for these men and women.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123532, 3162242, FSDT3162242, fsu:78440
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Manifestations of involvement in learning for reentry women.
Creator: Fleishman, Sylvia Saari., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the involvement of re-entry women in learning and in campus life. It sought answers to the following questions: (1) What constitutes "involvement" for returning women? (2) How is their involvement evidenced in behavior and actions? (3) How do they perceive their own involvement in learning? (4) Does their involvement differ from that of traditional students? (5) If it does differ, what implications does that have for institutional policy and practice?, Using Astin's ...
Show moreThis study investigated the involvement of re-entry women in learning and in campus life. It sought answers to the following questions: (1) What constitutes "involvement" for returning women? (2) How is their involvement evidenced in behavior and actions? (3) How do they perceive their own involvement in learning? (4) Does their involvement differ from that of traditional students? (5) If it does differ, what implications does that have for institutional policy and practice?, Using Astin's (1985) theory of involvement plus Schlossberg's (1989) and Gilligan's (1982) constructs relating to "mattering" and "the ethic of care" as a conceptual framework, the study examines the responses of the participants to determine the extent to which they reinforce or diverge from the theoretical constructs presented., This study assumed that "involvement" for returning women would be different from that of traditional students due to the varied roles these women assume and due to their individual life stage circumstances., The methodological approach selected to conduct this study was naturalistic inquiry. Three in-depth interviews were conducted with seven returning women spanning a seven-month period of time. Participants were selected on the basis of matching individual women students over the age of 25 at The Florida State University with selected profiles of re-entry women as found in the research literature. The study was limited to full-time, upper division undergraduate students who were seeking bachelor's degrees., The study depicted each individual participant's "story" which was accomplished through "thick description" as advocated by both Geertz (1973) and Lincoln and Guba (1985). It included verbatim translation of the interviews of each participant, field notes and reflective comments by the interviewer, summaries of the data, and "member checks" by the participants themselves to assure accuracy of the final information selected for inclusion in the report., Then the data was analyzed for common threads or themes that emerged and recommendations were made to institutional planners concerning policy and procedures as they relate to returning women.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123530, 3162241, FSDT3162241, fsu:78439
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Cognitive frameworks and classroom practices: A case study of teacher learning and change.
Creator: Briscoe, Carol Sue., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This interpretive case study identifies constructs which teachers and researchers may find useful in reporting and reflecting on teachers' knowledge bases, their interpretations of classroom roles and relationships, and curriculum implementation as individual change in practice is attempted. This study was undertaken in collaboration with a chemistry teacher at an urban high school in the southeast. Transcripts and field notes from participant observation in the teacher's classes were primary...
Show moreThis interpretive case study identifies constructs which teachers and researchers may find useful in reporting and reflecting on teachers' knowledge bases, their interpretations of classroom roles and relationships, and curriculum implementation as individual change in practice is attempted. This study was undertaken in collaboration with a chemistry teacher at an urban high school in the southeast. Transcripts and field notes from participant observation in the teacher's classes were primary data sources. The following interpretations emerged from the analyses of the data: (1) Visual images serve as referents for a teacher's thoughts and actions. Metaphor provides a way for teachers to talk about and construct meanings for actions based on the images. (2) A teacher's personal epistemological perspective influences her/his beliefs about what counts as knowledge and the roles of language, power, and learning in the classroom. (3) Teachers adopt taken for granted roles and approaches to teaching that school cultural myths suggest. Taboos and customs associated with the myths constrain teachers from exploring alternative roles or practices. (4) Metonymic conceptual models preconceputally structure teacher learning and constrain change., This study characterizes teacher learning and change as a process, the meaning of which, is socially negotiated. The extent to which desired changes may be implemented depends upon the meanings that teachers, students, and other members of the school community have for teaching and learning processes. Whether teachers are able to identify constraints and overcome them within the social context of the school may determine the extent to which change is possible., The results of this study suggest that teachers need assistance in examining their practices in order that they may understand better the influence of cognitive and social factors on their enactment of salient teaching roles. Identification of constraints may be a first step in facilitating change. Further research including collaborative studies of change is needed to increase our understanding of how cognitive constraints influenced by school myths and teachers' personal histories may be overcome.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123528, 3162240, FSDT3162240, fsu:78438
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An evaluation of the impact of the Florida State University/University of West Florida cooperative doctoral program as perceived by graduates and their employers.
Creator: Black, Susanne Elizabeth., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the individual and organizational impact of the Florida State University/University of West Florida Cooperative Doctoral Program. All graduates of the program and their employers were included in the study. Interviews were conducted with 82 of 101 graduates and 11 employers to gather perceptions of program aspects, the graduates' professional growth and movement, the fiscal impacts of salary increases and program costs incurred by graduates, job...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the individual and organizational impact of the Florida State University/University of West Florida Cooperative Doctoral Program. All graduates of the program and their employers were included in the study. Interviews were conducted with 82 of 101 graduates and 11 employers to gather perceptions of program aspects, the graduates' professional growth and movement, the fiscal impacts of salary increases and program costs incurred by graduates, job performances, also the topics of research studies as organizational problems with suggested solutions., The results of the evaluation revealed a favorable impact of the doctoral program in the following areas: (1) Positive impacts for graduates came mainly from coursework, the dissertation process, and the professional rewards of completing the degree. (2) Although the EdD was conferred, graduates would have preferred to earn the PhD. (3) Convenience of the off campus program was cited as its greatest advantage. Disadvantages included limited access to professors and unavailable library resources. (4) The program positively impacted graduates' careers in the areas of promotion, salary supplement, and improved ability to perform job responsibilities. (5) The research studies proved beneficial for the employing organizations. (6) Employers perceived that the program positively impacted the graduates' job performances., From the findings of the study, the following conclusions were determined. (1) Graduates regretted that the PhD was not available through the off campus program. (2) Graduates perceived definite advantages of the off campus program. Disadvantages had to be ameliorated to successfully complete the program. (3) The lock step curriculum was a positive impact on the students' camaraderie. However, it prevented graduates from exempting courses based on their expertise. (4) The motivation of graduates to begin the doctorate was related to their perceptions of the eventual impact of the degree program.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123527, 3162239, FSDT3162239, fsu:78437
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An analysis of factors affecting implementation of the policy to Africanize faculty at the University of Ghana (1961-1966).
Creator: Attakora, Kwaku Kyei-Baffour., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to identify and assess the organizational, political, and economic factors that affected implementation of the policy to Africanize faculty at the University of Ghana from 1961-1966. Africanization was a term used to refer to the hiring and promotion of Africans as opposed to expatriates. The study explained how these factors affected implementation by providing an analysis of the means through which these factors impeded or contributed to implementation success....
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to identify and assess the organizational, political, and economic factors that affected implementation of the policy to Africanize faculty at the University of Ghana from 1961-1966. Africanization was a term used to refer to the hiring and promotion of Africans as opposed to expatriates. The study explained how these factors affected implementation by providing an analysis of the means through which these factors impeded or contributed to implementation success. It also examined the policy consequence that resulted from the effect of these factors., The study concerned itself with the policy objective on Africanization recommended by the Commission on University Education, an internationally-constituted commission formed by Kwame Nkrumah's government in 1960 to advise on the future development of University education in Ghana. The study was historical in its attempt to reconstruct events so as to determine the means through which the factors contributed either negatively or positively to implementation success., The study relied on documentary research and utilized internal validity checks and data triangulation to ensure reliability of data. Data sources were policy documents, archival records, newspaper publications, books, and manuscripts. These were obtained from the Florida State University Library, Tallahassee, Florida; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; the Dabu-Gizenga Collection on Kwame Nkrumah, Manuscript Division, Howard University Library; and the Registry, University of Ghana., Organizational factors such as policy leadership, communication, and administration coordination; political factors such as ideology and the form and nature of the power structure; and economic factors such as allocation of funds, contracts and the supply of labor had significant effects on the policy. Policy leadership, communication, administrative coordination and the supply of labor impeded the attainment of the policy objective; while ideology, the form and nature of the power structure, allocation of funds and contracts had positive effects on the implementation of the policy.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9123526, 3162238, FSDT3162238, fsu:78436
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The effects of CLAST instruction on the development of freshman writers.
Creator: Coxwell, Deborah Loretta., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This research describes the effects of various amounts of CLAST instruction on students' performance on the CLAST essay test and on their development as freshman writers. Four groups of students who received various amounts of CLAST essay instruction during their freshman year at Florida State University were studied. Their CLAST essay scores as well as scores they received on CLAST facsimile essays were analyzed along with information obtained from questionnaires, attitude surveys,...
Show moreThis research describes the effects of various amounts of CLAST instruction on students' performance on the CLAST essay test and on their development as freshman writers. Four groups of students who received various amounts of CLAST essay instruction during their freshman year at Florida State University were studied. Their CLAST essay scores as well as scores they received on CLAST facsimile essays were analyzed along with information obtained from questionnaires, attitude surveys, additional pieces of controlled writing, and personal interviews of case-study students., Analysis of data indicates that instruction in CLAST essay skills does not ensure higher CLAST essay scores and that CLAST instruction should not be made the focus of freshman composition. Students' attitudes toward their development as writers is negatively affected when freshman writing courses focus on the limited, product-based criteria CLAST essay graders use when scoring student essays., Data analysis also indicates that process-based writing instruction does not ensure that students will take their papers through recursive stages of drafting and revising when they are given a choice of composing strategies. Unless student writers are involved with the subject about which they are writing, it is highly unlikely that they will put anything more than minimal time, energy, or thought into their writing. In order to become involved with their writing, students must view writing as a worthwhile activity that helps them grow and develop as individuals. Writing must be taught as something more than a necessary skill which students will be required to use in college courses and on various competency tests. If students are to come to view composing as a valuable tool they can use in many areas of their lives, writing must be taught as a way of thinking and communicating.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113922, 3162237, FSDT3162237, fsu:78435
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Effects of problem-solving and relaxation treatments for insomnia on sleep-onset latency and cognitive arousal prior to sleep.
Creator: Willis, Ceane Smith., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Recent research in which sleep-onset insomnia has been investigated has emphasized the role of cognitive hyper-arousal, and has led to the finding that excessive worrying and/or problem-solving prior to sleep is associated with delayed sleep-onset latencies. In this study, thirty insomniacs were recruited from the community and assigned randomly to one of three treatment conditions after completing a baseline packet of seven daily sleep diaries and Pre-sleep Arousal Scales (Nicassio et al.,...
Show moreRecent research in which sleep-onset insomnia has been investigated has emphasized the role of cognitive hyper-arousal, and has led to the finding that excessive worrying and/or problem-solving prior to sleep is associated with delayed sleep-onset latencies. In this study, thirty insomniacs were recruited from the community and assigned randomly to one of three treatment conditions after completing a baseline packet of seven daily sleep diaries and Pre-sleep Arousal Scales (Nicassio et al., 1985). The three treatment conditions were Problem-solving Therapy (n = 10), Progressive Relaxation (n = 10), and a combination of Problem-solving and Progressive Relaxation (n = 10). The problem-solving approach was based on the five-stage model developed by D'Zurilla (1986). The progressive relaxation condition was similar to that found in Bernstein and Borkovec (1973). Treatment was administered for each condition in eight small group sessions over a period of four weeks. The primary dependent measures were the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale and the Daily Sleep Diary, both of which were completed by subjects and mailed to the investigator daily for the duration of the study., Analysis of baseline correlations revealed significant correlations between baseline sleep-onset latency (SOL) and baseline somatic, cognitive, and overall pre-sleep arousal. The strongest relationship was between SOL and cognitive arousal. Subjects in all three treatment conditions showed significant reductions in sleep-onset latency as a result of treatment. No differences among treatment conditions were found. Improvement was also seen in other sleep variables including number of awakenings, time awake after sleep-onset, morning tiredness, and disturbed sleep. Cognitive arousal, somatic arousal, and overall pre-sleep arousal decreased significantly as a result of treatment, with greater decreases occurring in cognitive arousal than somatic arousal scores. Results were interpreted as largely congruent with previous research emphasizing the importance of cognitive arousal, and theoretical and clinical implications were discussed.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118499, 3162236, FSDT3162236, fsu:78434
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Title: A molecular and cytogenetic analysis of asymmetric somatic hybrids of the genus Nicotiana.
Creator: Piastuch, William Craig., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A molecular and cytogenetic characterization of asymmetric somatic hybrids of Nicotiana was performed to study the use of somatic hybridization as a tool for gene transfer between plant species. The asymmetric somatic hybrids had been previously formed by protoplast fusion between wild-type Nicotiana tabacum and a plant line of N. plumbaginifolia carrying a stably integrated kanamycin-resistance gene. These plants were examined with respect to their morphology, fertility, organellar and...
Show moreA molecular and cytogenetic characterization of asymmetric somatic hybrids of Nicotiana was performed to study the use of somatic hybridization as a tool for gene transfer between plant species. The asymmetric somatic hybrids had been previously formed by protoplast fusion between wild-type Nicotiana tabacum and a plant line of N. plumbaginifolia carrying a stably integrated kanamycin-resistance gene. These plants were examined with respect to their morphology, fertility, organellar and nuclear genomic organization, and inheritance of the selectable marker. To determine the extent of genomic asymmetry in the hybrids, a species-specific repetitive DNA sequence was cloned from N. plumbaginifolia and used as a probe for both dot blot and in situ hybridization studies. Dot-blot hybridization data indicated two groups of hybrid plants: Asymmetric hybrids containing 15-25% N. plumbaginifolia DNA and extremely asymmetric hybrids with 1-4% N. plumbaginifolia DNA. Using in situ hybridization it was possible to visualize individual N. plumbaginifolia chromosomes in the hybrids. The asymmetric hybrids retain 8-12 chromosomes and chromosome fragments from N. plumbaginifolia, whereas the extremely asymmetric hybrids contain only a single N. plumbaginifolia chromosome. In several of the hybrids it was possible to show the presence of intergenomic translocations between the chromosomes of N. tabacum and N. plumbaginifolia. RFLP analysis, using a cloned 5S-gene repeat sequence, provided evidence for chromosomal linkage of the kanamycin-resistance gene and a 5S-gene cluster from N. plumbaginifolia. Absence of this linkage was correlated with intergenomic translocations in two of the hybrids. Analysis of organellar DNAs was performed to detect any extra-nuclear genomic recombination in the hybrids. The results of these analyses were correlated with morphological and, fertility data in an attempt to understand the molecular basis of male sterility and partial female fertility exhibited in the asymmetric hybrids.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118496, 3162235, FSDT3162235, fsu:78433
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$Trace metal biogeochemistry in the Black Sea: Dissolved and suspended-particulate chemical fractionation of transition and Class B metals$

Title: Trace metal biogeochemistry in the Black Sea: Dissolved and suspended-particulate chemical fractionation of transition and Class B metals.
Creator: Lewis, Brent Layne., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The solution speciation and solid-phase suspended particulate fractionation of the trace metals Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb were investigated in the Black Sea, the world's largest anoxic basin. Sequential filtration/ion-exchange and selective leaching techniques were developed for the determination of dissolved and solid-phase trace metal fractionation. Field measurements were compared with the results of a thermodynamic equilibrium model. The transition metals (Mn, Fe, and Co)...
Show moreThe solution speciation and solid-phase suspended particulate fractionation of the trace metals Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb were investigated in the Black Sea, the world's largest anoxic basin. Sequential filtration/ion-exchange and selective leaching techniques were developed for the determination of dissolved and solid-phase trace metal fractionation. Field measurements were compared with the results of a thermodynamic equilibrium model. The transition metals (Mn, Fe, and Co) were controlled by changes in redox state across the oxic/suboxic/anoxic boundary and by metal-sulfide precipitation in the anoxic deep waters. Dissolved transition metal concentrations were low in the surface waters, increased to maxima in the upper anoxic zone, then decreased again into the deep waters. Dissolved Mn and Fe approached saturation with respect to MnS$\sb2$ (haurite) and to FeS (mackinawite) or Fe$\sb3$S$\sb4$ (greigite) in the deep waters. Dissolved Co was best explained in terms of a scavenging/regeneration cycle with Mn-oxyhydroxides across the sulfide interface and coprecipitation of Co with Fe-sulfides in the deep waters. Dissolved Ni was nearly constant with depth., The Class B metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) were high in the surface waters and decreased rapidly across the sulfide interface, consistent with metal-sulfide precipitation below the interface. The dissolved metal fractionation was dominated in the oxic zone by "free" metal species, shifting to dissolved metal-sulfide complexes below the interface., With the exceptions of Al and Fe, the suspended matter trace metal fractionation was dominated by weak-acid soluble forms. Strong-acid leachable forms, probably metal-sulfide phases, were important in the deep waters for Mn, Fe, and Co.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118493, 3162234, FSDT3162234, fsu:78432
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Title: Outcome evaluation of a relapse prevention and a drug education program with federal inmates.
Creator: Ashkanazi, Glenn Steven., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The need for prison-based drug treatment programs can be seen by the high incidence of severe drug problems among inmates. Much of the programmatic research aimed at elucidating effective treatment has been hampered by design flaws. The lack of control groups or adequate outcome measures, prospective designs and insufficient follow-up have been the most common insufficiencies. This study matched volunteer subjects on race and primary drug of abuse and then assigned them to either a Relapse...
Show moreThe need for prison-based drug treatment programs can be seen by the high incidence of severe drug problems among inmates. Much of the programmatic research aimed at elucidating effective treatment has been hampered by design flaws. The lack of control groups or adequate outcome measures, prospective designs and insufficient follow-up have been the most common insufficiencies. This study matched volunteer subjects on race and primary drug of abuse and then assigned them to either a Relapse Prevention-based (RP) or Drug Education group. Outcome measures chosen were objective and verifiable to avoid reliance on self-report data. Inmates were followed-up, after their release from prison, into either a community half-way house or while on parole. Half-way houses and parole officers were sent announcement letters one week prior to a telephone contact in order to collect information on the individual inmates. The hypotheses were that the RP group would have lower rates of recidivism, would have fewer occurrences of positive body tests for drugs or alcohol, would have a slower rate of return to drug/alcohol usage, would have fewer reports of rule infractions at the half-way house and on parole and would have fewer number of rule infractions that were related to drug/alcohol usage., The statistical analyses failed to support the hypotheses. There were no main effects for treatment between the two groups. The rate of recidivism was similar to that achieved by incarceration alone. Recommendations regarding future research based upon the limitations of this study are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118488, 3162233, FSDT3162233, fsu:78431
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Title: Referral bias in teachers' nomination of Black and White elementary school children for gifted evaluations.
Creator: Ames-Dennard, Sharon Renee., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The identification of gifted minority students is an especially sensitive problem. Currently in America Black students are underrepresented in classrooms for the gifted and overrepresented in classrooms for the mentally and emotionally handicapped. Low referral rates by classroom teachers has been suggested as a factor that may account for the underrepresentation of Black children and other minorities in gifted programs. The present investigation addressed the following questions related to...
Show moreThe identification of gifted minority students is an especially sensitive problem. Currently in America Black students are underrepresented in classrooms for the gifted and overrepresented in classrooms for the mentally and emotionally handicapped. Low referral rates by classroom teachers has been suggested as a factor that may account for the underrepresentation of Black children and other minorities in gifted programs. The present investigation addressed the following questions related to referral bias in teachers' nomination of Black and White children to gifted programs: (1) does race of the teacher and/or the race, sex, or school behavior of students (or possible interaction of these variables) relate to teachers' referral of children for gifted evaluations? and (2) What is the relationship between teachers' racial attitude and referral decision? Participants were 120 (60 Black, 60 White) third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers who taught regular academic classes in a large metropolitan public school district in Florida. Participation was voluntary and all participants were paid $5.00 for completing a questionnaire packet. The results were analysed using a log linear procedure and t-tests., The results indicated that teachers in this study did not make differential referrals on the basis of sex, race or student behavior. In addition, there was no significant relationship between teachers' racial attitude and referral decision. The implications of these results are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118486, 3162232, FSDT3162232, fsu:78430
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Title: A cognitive assessment of men who sexually offend against children.
Creator: Lloyd, Shayn W., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: In this study, 38 adult males who were diagnosed as pedophiles and were in treatment as a condition of probation, and 38 males who were on probation for a non-sex related offense were both administered four assessment instruments (The Survey Of Personal Beliefs, The Abel And Becker Cognitions Scale, The Attributional Style Questionnaire, The Self-Efficacy Scale). These assessment instruments measured the following variables: general illogical cognitions, illogical sex cognitions, negative...
Show moreIn this study, 38 adult males who were diagnosed as pedophiles and were in treatment as a condition of probation, and 38 males who were on probation for a non-sex related offense were both administered four assessment instruments (The Survey Of Personal Beliefs, The Abel And Becker Cognitions Scale, The Attributional Style Questionnaire, The Self-Efficacy Scale). These assessment instruments measured the following variables: general illogical cognitions, illogical sex cognitions, negative attribution styles, positive attribution styles, and self-efficacy beliefs., A discriminant analysis was conducted and it was found that the resulting discriminant function was significant. Only one variable was found to significantly differentiate between the two groups and this was general illogical cognitions. However, the pedophile group indicated greater rational beliefs than the comparison group, contrary to the hypothesis which stated that the pedophile group would have greater irrational thoughts. Several post-hoc analyses were conducted and it was discovered that the length of time in treatment did not have any effect on the pedophile group responses and that the pedophile group admitted more deviant illogical sex cognitions before their behavior was discovered by others, rather than current beliefs. A third post-hoc analysis was conducted to assess the comparability of the two groups and the groups were found to be comparable. Implications for treatment and further research were discussed in light of these results.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9112104, 3162231, FSDT3162231, fsu:78429
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Title: The occurrence of self-handicapping among Adult Children of Alcoholics.
Creator: Harris, Alexandra M., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This was a correlational study which examined the interrelationships between self-handicapping, gender, adult child of alcoholic (ACOA) status, and self-esteem. Self-handicapping was the criterion variable, operationalized by the Self-Handicapping Scale (Strube, 1986). Gender, ACOA status (ACOA or non-ACOA) and self-esteem were the predictor variables. ACOA status was determined by self-report on a demographic survey constructed by the researcher. Self-esteem was operationalized by the...
Show moreThis was a correlational study which examined the interrelationships between self-handicapping, gender, adult child of alcoholic (ACOA) status, and self-esteem. Self-handicapping was the criterion variable, operationalized by the Self-Handicapping Scale (Strube, 1986). Gender, ACOA status (ACOA or non-ACOA) and self-esteem were the predictor variables. ACOA status was determined by self-report on a demographic survey constructed by the researcher. Self-esteem was operationalized by the revised Janis-Field Feelings of Inadequacy Scale (Eagly, 1967)., Subjects were 81 clients at a university student counseling center. The total sample included 24 males and 57 females; 43 ACOAs (53%) and 38 non-ACOAs (47%)., Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test statistical significance of the main effects and interaction of ACOA status and gender with respect to self-handicapping, not adjusting and adjusting for self-esteem (ANCOVA). Findings included the following: (1) the main effects and interaction between ACOA status groups and gender groups on the self-handicapping variable were not significant. (2) The ANCOVA adjusting for self-esteem failed to confirm a significant difference between ACOA status groups, or between gender groups, but some effect of ACOA status on self-handicapping was noted. (3) Self-esteem was significantly associated with self-handicapping, accounting for 29.6% of the variance. The correlation between high self-esteem and high self-handicapping was found to be $-$.54, higher than previously reported., The findings and their implications for therapy and future research were discussed. Recommendations included a need to examine the social desirability response biases in the selected instruments, a need to refine the ACOA construct, and the need for ACOA service provision in university counseling centers.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9112097, 3162230, FSDT3162230, fsu:78428
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Title: The responsible community: Ecclesiology in the thought of H. Richard Niebuhr and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Creator: Pinner, Michael R., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study clarifies the ecclesiologies of H. Richard Niebuhr and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Both Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer were theologians who wrote from within and for the church., Three questions are addressed in this dissertation. First, how do Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer define the nature of the church? Second, how do Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer understand the purpose of the church and its ministry? Third, what are their positions regarding the relation of the church to the world?, After introducing the...
Show moreThis study clarifies the ecclesiologies of H. Richard Niebuhr and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Both Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer were theologians who wrote from within and for the church., Three questions are addressed in this dissertation. First, how do Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer define the nature of the church? Second, how do Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer understand the purpose of the church and its ministry? Third, what are their positions regarding the relation of the church to the world?, After introducing the project, Niebuhr's and Bonhoeffer's respective ecclesiologies are described, analyzed, and compared. I argue in support of three hypotheses; first, ecclesiology is a consistently central concern in the theology of both Niebuhr and Bonhoeffer. Second, in spite of disparate backgrounds, similarities exist in their constructive ecclesiologies with particular reference to an emphasis upon the social self and community. Third, their respective ecclesiologies led them to a non-sectarian understanding of the church-world relationship and to an ethic of "responsibility." The thesis demonstrated in this dissertation is that their interpretation of the nature and purpose of the church were keys to their theology and ethics.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9119929, 3162229, FSDT3162229, fsu:78427
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Title: A study of the hedonic responses involved in the consumption of music.
Creator: Lacher, Kathleen Teagle., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A multi-billion dollar industry is built around the consumption of recorded music. To date, the field of marketing has done very little research to explain the phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to explore the responses that music creates in an individual and how those responses impact the individual's intention to purchase the music., Seven constructs were defined as being a part of the music consumption experience. These constructs were the Sensorial Response, the Emotional Response,...
Show moreA multi-billion dollar industry is built around the consumption of recorded music. To date, the field of marketing has done very little research to explain the phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to explore the responses that music creates in an individual and how those responses impact the individual's intention to purchase the music., Seven constructs were defined as being a part of the music consumption experience. These constructs were the Sensorial Response, the Emotional Response, the Imaginal Response, the Analytical Response, the Overall Affective Response, the Experiential Response, the Need to Reexperience the music, and Purchase Intention. Findings from the study showed that the Sensorial, Emotional, Imaginal and Analytical Responses had significant direct effects on both the Overall Affective Response and the Experiential Response. The Need to Reexperience the music had the greatest affect on an individual's Purchase Intention., The study demonstrated the importance of the imaginal and sensorial responses in an hedonic consumption experience (e.g., listening to music). To date, the marketing literature has only addressed the emotional and analytical components of overall affect. Another important finding is the impact of the Need to Reexperience the music on Purchase Intention. Liking the music (Overall Affect) was not a strong indicator of Purchase Intention.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9119928, 3162228, FSDT3162228, fsu:78426
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Title: Information theory and dividend announcements.
Creator: Kang, Jong Man., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: When there is informational asymmetry between managers and outside investors, managers can use dividend announcements to send signals about a firm's real prospects to outside investors. As dividends need not be directly related to a firm's earnings prospects, dividend signals are indirect messages from managers., Previous studies have used excess returns to measure the information effects of dividend announcements. Both changes in expected future cash flows and changes in risk influence stock...
Show moreWhen there is informational asymmetry between managers and outside investors, managers can use dividend announcements to send signals about a firm's real prospects to outside investors. As dividends need not be directly related to a firm's earnings prospects, dividend signals are indirect messages from managers., Previous studies have used excess returns to measure the information effects of dividend announcements. Both changes in expected future cash flows and changes in risk influence stock prices so that excess returns provide a clear signal only when the impact of an event is in one direction. However, average excess returns across a sample may not provide evidence on the information effects of an event when both positive and negative impacts occur within the sample., The information measure developed here relies on information theory and reflects both separate and aggregate impacts of changes in expected values and changes in uncertainty. The empirical analysis uses jointly estimated implied stock prices (ISPs) and implied standard deviations (ISDs) (using call option data in the Berkeley Options Data Base) as measures of expected cash flows and anticipated risk., The empirical results here support the hypothesized information content of dividend announcements, confirming results of previous studies. ISDs generally decrease and ISPs increase after dividend announcements. When dividend announcements are grouped into unexpected increases, expected increases, and unchanged dividends, increases in ISPs are largest for unexpected increases. The results also indicate that risk decreases or remains unchanged after dividend announcements. This study argues that due to resolution of uncertainty about imminent dividends, risk decreases after dividend announcements; the empirical results support this argument., Excess returns were regressed on the information measure; results indicate that excess returns are primarily explained by changes in ISPs and that incremental changes in risk are not significantly related to excess returns., The sample sizes for this empirical study are small. Results of the empirical analyses generally support the hypotheses proposed in the paper, but results are not statistically significant (at $\alpha \leq$.05).
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9119927, 3162227, FSDT3162227, fsu:78425
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Title: Gagne's events of instruction in a cooperative learning environment: A case study.
Creator: Flynn, John Lawrence., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine how Gagne's learning theory, as represented in his events of instruction, accounted for and supported learning within a Cooperative Learning environment., The investigator carried out the study in a fourth-grade classroom with 27 students where the instructor used a Cooperative Learning model of instruction. Data were gathered over a five-month period using naturalistic methods., Findings supported the study's initial propositions: the events of...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine how Gagne's learning theory, as represented in his events of instruction, accounted for and supported learning within a Cooperative Learning environment., The investigator carried out the study in a fourth-grade classroom with 27 students where the instructor used a Cooperative Learning model of instruction. Data were gathered over a five-month period using naturalistic methods., Findings supported the study's initial propositions: the events of instruction do occur within a Cooperative Learning environment; the events of instructions may be instantiated differently depending on the learning and the instructional environment; different individuals, groups, or instructional materials may provide the events of instruction; and the events of instruction contribute positively to effective learning in the classroom., The main conclusion of the study was that Gagne's instructional theory, as reflected in the events of instruction, supports and is compatible with Cooperative Learning's process-oriented, social learning theory.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9119926, 3162226, FSDT3162226, fsu:78424
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Title: African-American fifth-graders' visual-imagery constructions of tiling patterns and area measurement concepts.
Creator: Chappell, Michaele F., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Several assessment studies document African-American children's achievement in mathematics learning at various grade levels. However, little research exists which systematically examines the role of visual imagery in mathematics learning within this population. This study examined how African-American fifth-graders used visual-imagery in constructing geometric tiling patterns and (indirect) area measurement concepts. It was conducted within the constructivist theoretical framework and made...
Show moreSeveral assessment studies document African-American children's achievement in mathematics learning at various grade levels. However, little research exists which systematically examines the role of visual imagery in mathematics learning within this population. This study examined how African-American fifth-graders used visual-imagery in constructing geometric tiling patterns and (indirect) area measurement concepts. It was conducted within the constructivist theoretical framework and made explicit basic processes of knowledge acquisition., This investigation consisted of clinical interviews of eight African-American fifth-grade students, exhibiting high or low spatial-thinking ability according to the Space Thinking (FLAGS) Test. Each participant engaged in three imagery-building tasks designed to facilitate mathematical thinking and develop spatial reasoning in the content area. All interviews were videotaped; they provided data for use in the development of a cognitive model of the participants' spatial and related mathematical constructions., Major themes which emerged from the data refer to the participants' Construction of Visual Units, Acknowledgement of Tiling Patterns, and Interpretation Levels of Size and Measurement. Careful analysis of the themes revealed important answers to the major research questions. High-spatial thinkers, particularly, made more use of dynamic imagery to recall repeating aspects of geometric tiling patterns. Low-spatial thinkers' images were more concrete and static. High-spatial learners used cognitive reorganization to formulate equivalences of area measures of plane regions. High- and low-spatial learners interpreted "size" on diverse levels--ranging from a concrete level to an intuition level., Research themes and answers supported the development of abstract constructs comprising a model of the African-American fifth-graders' constructed activity (i.e., their mental actions and operations). Major components of the model along with some associated elements include: Nonverbal/Verbal Cues--motor activity, verbal discourse; Anticipatory Images--using images dynamically, forming dynamic images, mental transformations; Reflective Abstraction--mental restructuring, reversibility of thought; and Cognitive reorganization--chunking, decomposing/recombining images. The model suggests instructional and curricular implications to educators whose goal is to enhance children's mathematics learning.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9119925, 3162225, FSDT3162225, fsu:78423
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Title: The unfinished in art: Nine case studies.
Creator: Brown, Diane Sharon., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines nine representative unfinished works of art. It begins with the Van Eycks's Ghent Altar (1432), an example of the practice, common in the medieval era of having a work of art left unfinished by one artist completed by another. Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi (1481-82) and Michelangelo's Boboli Captives (c. 1519) raise the issue of determining the reasons why works have been left unfinished. Mozart's Requiem (1791) and Dickens's The Mystery of Edwin Drood ...
Show moreThis dissertation examines nine representative unfinished works of art. It begins with the Van Eycks's Ghent Altar (1432), an example of the practice, common in the medieval era of having a work of art left unfinished by one artist completed by another. Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi (1481-82) and Michelangelo's Boboli Captives (c. 1519) raise the issue of determining the reasons why works have been left unfinished. Mozart's Requiem (1791) and Dickens's The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) represent works left unfinished because of the artists' deaths., Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony (1822), Rodin's Gates of Hell (1880-1900), and Duchamp's Large Glass (1912-23) were all intended to be completed but left unfinished during the artists' lifetimes for artistic reasons. Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" (1797) represents works not actually unfinished but deliberately presented as fragments by the artist., Critical issues raised by unfinished works are considered. Unfinishedness means different things in the context of different works, and it is not possible to have one definition that can be applied to all unfinished works. Unfinished works can provide insight that might otherwise be unavailable about the artist and the artist's ideas about art and aesthetics. The reason why a work of art was left unfinished has considerable significance. Nevertheless, the aesthetic character of the work itself still determines the nature of the interaction of the audience with the work and the role of the critic.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9119924, 3162224, FSDT3162224, fsu:78422
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Title: Managerial behavior in Saudi Arabia: Utilizing the temporal factor in the analysis of managerial behavior.
Creator: Al-Jeaid, Khalid Owaidh., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study examined the behavior of Saudi managers in public bureaucracies. The temporal factor was utilized to determine what managers actually do. Two major issues were investigated: the managers' temporal orientation and their behavior., A questionnaire, interviews, and observations were used in the study. Two hundred questionnaires were distributed to general, department, and subdepartment managers in 18 Saudi ministries and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. The response rate was 70%....
Show moreThis study examined the behavior of Saudi managers in public bureaucracies. The temporal factor was utilized to determine what managers actually do. Two major issues were investigated: the managers' temporal orientation and their behavior., A questionnaire, interviews, and observations were used in the study. Two hundred questionnaires were distributed to general, department, and subdepartment managers in 18 Saudi ministries and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. The response rate was 70%. Also, 20 interviews were conducted with general, department, and subdepartment managers in 15 ministries, and observations were made of an additional four managers., The findings suggest that Saudi managers have a moderate commitment to synchronization. They do not feel that their work time is scarce and valuable. Fearing responsibility, Saudi managers prefer to plan their work day in cooperation with their superiors. Attitudes toward and uses of time are greatly influenced by the monocratic Saudi culture., Because of the centralization of authority, the managers expend a major portion of their work day on routine work. Thus managers at higher levels are overburdened while managers in lower levels are underutilized. The work overload at higher levels leaves little time for developmental activities., Saudi managers are occupied with desk work, telephone calls, meetings (scheduled and unscheduled) and tour activities. They engaged in the 10 managerial roles identified by Henry Mintzberg., Saudi managers differ from others in that they have heavy religious, family, social, and educational responsibilities, on and off the job. Thus they have less time to perform their official work., Overall, the study of temporal orientations and behavior appears to provide a valid and realistic picture of problems of managing in the Saudi social system. Any changes in attitude and behavior in Saudi organizations must await transformations in the culture as a whole.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9119923, 3162223, FSDT3162223, fsu:78421
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Title: An investigation of the impact of the Florida improved career decision-making workshops on the delivery of career guidance services.
Creator: Schwallie-Giddis, Pat L., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study investigated the impact of the Florida improved career decision making workshops (ICDMs) in enhancing the delivery of career guidance services. The primary purpose of the ICDM workshops was to enhance practitioner skills and knowledge for providing career information to clients., This study was qualitative in nature and conducted through a series of three focus group discussions. Focus groups were used to identify which products and processes were used by the practitioners as they...
Show moreThis study investigated the impact of the Florida improved career decision making workshops (ICDMs) in enhancing the delivery of career guidance services. The primary purpose of the ICDM workshops was to enhance practitioner skills and knowledge for providing career information to clients., This study was qualitative in nature and conducted through a series of three focus group discussions. Focus groups were used to identify which products and processes were used by the practitioners as they provided labor market information (LMI) to individuals or groups in search of career guidance. It also attempted to ascertain what conditions helped or hindered the practitioners as they utilized the ICDM training., The analysis of the data resulted in findings generally supportive of the ICDM workshops. The focus group participants rated both the products and presentations as being useful. Their concerns did imply that they believed some modifications would enhance the results., During the discussion of concerns the participants indicated they valued the ICDM workshops and wanted them to be continued. They also believed that career planning was becoming a widely accepted process. They did suggest that more staffing was needed to improve the effectiveness of their efforts. They further suggested that the ICDM trainers should attempt to broaden their target groups to include administrators or decision-makers who could provide increased support for these efforts. Consequently, it was recommended that future workshops should continue to focus upon the existing primary purpose, but the participants' list should be expanded to include advocates as well as practitioners.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9118497, 3162222, FSDT3162222, fsu:78420
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Title: A critical approach to the short story in English: Toulmin's rational model of argumentation.
Creator: Ortiz-Seda, Darnyd W., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study applies Toulmin's model of argumentation to the analysis and teaching of the short story in English. The model, based on the judicial system where contentions must be proved before a verdict is rendered, provides a practical layout for the analysis of arguments and conclusions belonging to different fields of knowledge., The work outlines the model and the interrelationship of its components--claim, data, warrant, backing, rebuttal, and qualifier--in the establishing of a...
Show moreThis study applies Toulmin's model of argumentation to the analysis and teaching of the short story in English. The model, based on the judicial system where contentions must be proved before a verdict is rendered, provides a practical layout for the analysis of arguments and conclusions belonging to different fields of knowledge., The work outlines the model and the interrelationship of its components--claim, data, warrant, backing, rebuttal, and qualifier--in the establishing of a conclusion. It also outlines the development of the short story in English during the last one hundred and fifty years as it sets its base for the application of the layout to sample stories. By analyzing stories from different periods and representative authors of the modern American and British short story, this study thus demonstrates the applicability of Toulmin's layout to the field of literature and, specifically to the genre of the short story. Conclusions--both implied by and inferred from the texts--are supported by evidence from the stories themselves, regardless of time period and the author's gender and nationality., The use of the model allows readers and students alike to search for logical and rational explanations to their reactions and conclusions from the stories they read. It also helps them to formulate informed and rational questions that in turn help to clarify their doubts. As a result, readers of the short story can better understand, appreciate, and enjoy a story.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118495, 3162221, FSDT3162221, fsu:78419
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Title: William Morris's "embodiment of dreams".
Creator: Lawson, Robert Bland., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study is a reappraisal of the dream as it appears in Morris's writing throughout his career. The dream is considered as a function of Morris's temperament as well as an expression of his changing attitude toward his own work. The first chapter examines the formation of Morris's intellectual character, concentrating on the influence of the thought of Carlyle and Ruskin, and the initial direction the literary dream took him in. The second chapter treats the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine...
Show moreThis study is a reappraisal of the dream as it appears in Morris's writing throughout his career. The dream is considered as a function of Morris's temperament as well as an expression of his changing attitude toward his own work. The first chapter examines the formation of Morris's intellectual character, concentrating on the influence of the thought of Carlyle and Ruskin, and the initial direction the literary dream took him in. The second chapter treats the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine stories and the poems from The Defence of Guenevere, exploring and building upon the traditional reading of the dream in these works as an expression of the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic. Chapter Three examines the poetry of Morris's "middle period," Jason and The Earthly Paradise, tracing the pressures in his life that now softened and subdued the dream, and accounting for the shifts in the critical fortunes of these poems. The fourth chapter explores Morris's political lectures, paying close attention to the dream as rhetorical figure. The final chapter is a close study of A Dream of John Ball and News from Nowhere as "political romances" in which the dream frame allowed Morris to exploit the features of dreaming in order to strengthen the indictment of the present by the historical past and imagined future.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118492, 3162220, FSDT3162220, fsu:78418
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Title: The interplay of religion and humor in Herman Melville's fiction.
Creator: Gillis, Billy R., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: My study attempts to explore connections between Melville's use of religion and humor in his fiction. A major theme in Melville is the precarious role of individuals as they attempt to adjust to the illusions of order created by society. Since humans desire answers to ultimate questions, and since these answers are not in mortals' power to know, we, as a society, have created answers., One of the major ways we have developed these systems to provide ultimate answers is through the institution...
Show moreMy study attempts to explore connections between Melville's use of religion and humor in his fiction. A major theme in Melville is the precarious role of individuals as they attempt to adjust to the illusions of order created by society. Since humans desire answers to ultimate questions, and since these answers are not in mortals' power to know, we, as a society, have created answers., One of the major ways we have developed these systems to provide ultimate answers is through the institution of organized religion. Since no concrete proof exists, faith is the only means available for people to accept the dogmas and creeds of organized religion. Refusing to support such ideas that are founded on no concrete proof, Melville poked fun at people's ability to adopt these pretenses to knowledge. His novels and stories display the humor in various religious customs and practices, while showing the answers provided by religion as nothing more than a way for people to give up the search for meaning and accept an illusionary system of order., Most of the comedy becomes ironic as the reader views scene after scene of humans warped from trying to perpetuate these systems at all cost. Adhering to the dogmas and creeds of a religion can result in disaster (Pierre), but rejecting them can also lead to destruction (Ahab). Melville realizes that no easy answers exist for humans as he shows the irony of placing faith in an illusion of order.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9118490, 3162219, FSDT3162219, fsu:78417
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Title: Merit pay as a symbolic action: The case of Florida.
Creator: Arthur, G. F. Kojo., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The need to attract and retain more talented individuals in teaching has become a central issue in educational reform in recent years. A number of state legislatures and school boards developed in the 1980s teacher incentive plans (merit pay or variants like career ladders) that attempted to achieve these key objectives. A growing number of state legislatures and school boards has taken the position that merit pay is a cost-effective method of motivating teachers and excellence in teaching.,...
Show moreThe need to attract and retain more talented individuals in teaching has become a central issue in educational reform in recent years. A number of state legislatures and school boards developed in the 1980s teacher incentive plans (merit pay or variants like career ladders) that attempted to achieve these key objectives. A growing number of state legislatures and school boards has taken the position that merit pay is a cost-effective method of motivating teachers and excellence in teaching., Debates about the efficacy of merit pay programs according to instrumental rationality of recruiting and retaining quality teachers, however, have tended to obscure the symbolic importance of these programs. Merit pay programs have expressive facets that have gone largely unrecognized but which should occupy at least as significant a role in judging the effects and the power of such policies on improving educational quality., This study views merit pay programs as a political ritual in order to explore what expressive symbols these programs dramatize, and what that may mean for public education. The merit pay programs contained in the Florida Educational Reform Act of 1983 and its subsequent amendments are examined as a political ritual in order to illustrate the expressive functions of merit pay programs. The study interprets the meanings and the deeper messages embodied in the Florida teacher incentive programs from both a neo-Durkheimian (functionalist), as well as critical (conflict) theoretical perspectives.
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Date Issued: 1991, 1991
Identifier: AAI9118487, 3162218, FSDT3162218, fsu:78416
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Title: The relationship between personal authority, job involvement, intimacy, and marital adjustment of law enforcement officers.
Creator: O'Kelley, Sue Summerhill., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: From a systems perspective, this study explored how law enforcement officers balance the work and marriage/family relationship. Specifically, the study examined personal authority in the family system and investigated how it relates to job involvement, intimacy, and marital adjustment. Secondly, personal authority was combined with job involvement, age, number of years married, and number of years in law enforcement in order to determine the effects of these variables on intimacy and intimate...
Show moreFrom a systems perspective, this study explored how law enforcement officers balance the work and marriage/family relationship. Specifically, the study examined personal authority in the family system and investigated how it relates to job involvement, intimacy, and marital adjustment. Secondly, personal authority was combined with job involvement, age, number of years married, and number of years in law enforcement in order to determine the effects of these variables on intimacy and intimate relationships/marriage., Instruments used to collect this information were a demographic data sheet, the Personal Authority Scale of the Personal Authority in Family Systems Questionnaire, Job Involvement Measure, the Emotional Intimacy Scale of the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships, and Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test. Subjects were career police officers (n = 72) employed by the City of Tallahassee, Florida., This ex post facto study used path analysis to calculate causal relationships. Hypothesis 1 stated that a causal relationship existed between personal authority, job involvement, and level of intimacy. The data did not support this hypothesis when using the entire sample. However, the a priori model of emotional intimacy was supported in a married/never divorced subsample., Hypothesis 2 predicted that a negative relationship existed between personal authority and job involvement. This relationship was not supported., Hypothesis 3 stated there was a causal relationship between personal authority, job involvement, and marital adjustment. There was not support for this hypothesis., Additional analysis included a significant single order correlation between emotional intimacy and marital adjustment, and found that emotional intimacy and marital adjustment discriminated among groups of married and divorced officers., Results were examined with respect to method, sample, future research, and implications for marriage therapy.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9110454, 3162217, FSDT3162217, fsu:78415
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Title: Family and professional perceptions of the appropriateness of family involvement in the head injury rehabilitation process.
Creator: Shaw, Linda Rae., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: An exploratory study of perceptions about the appropriateness of different types of family involvement was conducted with respect to two groups: family members of individuals with head injuries and head injury rehabilitation professionals. Following an exhaustive review of the literature, the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ) was constructed. The FIQ consists of sixty items representing various types of family involvement, grouped into the following categories: Input, Information...
Show moreAn exploratory study of perceptions about the appropriateness of different types of family involvement was conducted with respect to two groups: family members of individuals with head injuries and head injury rehabilitation professionals. Following an exhaustive review of the literature, the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ) was constructed. The FIQ consists of sixty items representing various types of family involvement, grouped into the following categories: Input, Information/Education, Treatment, Advocacy, Contact, and Counseling/Support. The statistical properties of the instrument were tested and the FIQ was found to be a valid and reliable instrument., Families and Professionals (n = 134) from each of four post acute head injury rehabilitation centers were asked to complete the FIQ. Both family and professional responses indicated that both groups agreed that family members should be given the opportunity to participate in most of the activities described in the items. Families, however, regarded a wider range of activities as appropriate than did professionals and families' mean responses were higher than professionals' responses., The items and categories of items receiving high ratings and/or rankings by both groups were described. The types of involvement considered most appropriate by both groups included receiving information/education, family provision of background or other information, participation in all aspects of discharge planning, family notification of health or behavioral problems, receipt of instruction in how to treat/respond to clients and family advocacy regarding quality of care., Degree of agreement between families and professionals on the appropriateness of different types of family involvement was addressed by determining the association between the two groups' responses. Family and professional mean scores on all six of the categories of items were positively correlated, with the strongest correlations occurring on the Input, Information/Education, Treatment and Advocacy categories. An item by item comparison of family and professional means revealed substantial differences in perceptions about the appropriateness of family involvement in counseling, access to the client, issues having to do with sexuality, active participation in actual treatment or treatment planning, family access to documentation and notification of schedule changes and minor health or behavioral problems. Using independent t-tests, with significance levels adjusted for multiple repetitions, several factors which may have accounted for some of the within group variability were examined. Recommendations for clinical practice, management and research were offered.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9103114, 3162216, FSDT3162216, fsu:78414
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Title: The effect of contact on attitudes toward individuals with disabilities.
Creator: Leach, Robin Hood., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This was a study of the effect of contact with persons with disabilities on attitudes toward persons with disabilities by persons without disabilities. The study was based on Allport's (1954) contact theory for reducing tensions between races. The investigator examined equal-status contact between an individual with a disability and subjects without disabilities over a two-hour time period., Subjects for the study were 102 students enrolled in the F.S.U. College of Education's undergraduate...
Show moreThis was a study of the effect of contact with persons with disabilities on attitudes toward persons with disabilities by persons without disabilities. The study was based on Allport's (1954) contact theory for reducing tensions between races. The investigator examined equal-status contact between an individual with a disability and subjects without disabilities over a two-hour time period., Subjects for the study were 102 students enrolled in the F.S.U. College of Education's undergraduate Communication and Human Relations classes. Subjects were assigned to one of four treatment groups or a comparison group. In two of the treatment groups, subjects and the confederate with a disability were given a task to perform; in two of the treatment groups the confederate with a disability volunteered information about her disability and invited disability-related questions. The comparison group had neither a confederate with a disability nor a task to perform., All subjects completed the Issues in Disability attitudinal assessment (Makas, Finnerty-Fried, Sigafoos and Reiss, 1986) and a demographic questionnaire which included information about their age, gender, academic major and previous contact with individuals with disabilities., No significant difference was found in attitude scale scores either between subjects in treatment groups and the comparison group or between task and information groups. Overall scores on the attitudinal instrument were higher than expected, and there was a wide range of scores by academic majors. Also, only 11 of the 102 subjects reported no previous contact with persons with disabilities. Most of the subjects (64) had had previous contact on a medium or high level, possibly explaining the lack of effect of the experimental procedure on the attitudinal measure. Scores by subjects who reported high previous contact level were higher than those of subjects who reported no previous contact.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113940, 3162215, FSDT3162215, fsu:78413
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Title: The relationships of the perceptions of culture gaps to the job satisfaction and job performance of the rehabilitation counselors in Florida.
Creator: Amick, Sarah Sue., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among several variables including four indices of organizational culture gaps, job satisfaction, job performance, the perception of performance appraisal fairness, salary, and caseload size. Two hundred and twelve counselors in the state of Florida completed three questionnaires for this study: the Rehabilitation Job Satisfaction Inventory, the Kilmann-Saxton Culture Gap Survey, and a demographic questionnaire designed for this study....
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among several variables including four indices of organizational culture gaps, job satisfaction, job performance, the perception of performance appraisal fairness, salary, and caseload size. Two hundred and twelve counselors in the state of Florida completed three questionnaires for this study: the Rehabilitation Job Satisfaction Inventory, the Kilmann-Saxton Culture Gap Survey, and a demographic questionnaire designed for this study., Multiple regression analyses procedures were used to examine the relationships among the culture gap indices, perception of performance appraisal, caseload size, and salary fairness and job satisfaction and job performance (dependent variables). Perception of performance appraisal, caseload size fairness and the task support culture gap were found to be predictive of job satisfaction. Task innovation culture gap and perception of salary fairness were found to be predictive of job performance. The seven independent variables in combination were found to explain 28% of the variance in job satisfaction and 07% of the variance in job performance. The relationship between job satisfaction and performance was not found to be significant.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113915, 3162214, FSDT3162214, fsu:78412
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Title: Treatment of the institutionalized dementia relative and the family member relationship: A group comparison approach.
Creator: Dziegielewski, Sophia Florence., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The effects of three current treatments to improve the self-reported relationship between 40 family members (39 females and one male) and their relatives who suffer from dementia were examined in a pretest posttest experimental design. The treatments provided for family members were an education approach, a supportive approach, and a combination approach. The design also included a waiting list control group. Group comparison and qualitative interpretation were employed in the analyses....
Show moreThe effects of three current treatments to improve the self-reported relationship between 40 family members (39 females and one male) and their relatives who suffer from dementia were examined in a pretest posttest experimental design. The treatments provided for family members were an education approach, a supportive approach, and a combination approach. The design also included a waiting list control group. Group comparison and qualitative interpretation were employed in the analyses. Relationship satisfaction was measured by a modified version of Hudson's Attitude Toward Mother/Father scale. Forty subjects who participated in the four equal groups were studied. Multivariate and ANCOVA analyses showed that relationship satisfaction, using a measurement for the level of education (EDQ) as a covariate, yielded significant differences between the treatment groups and the waiting list control group. These results remained consistent in the follow-up analysis., The education treatment approach was later given to the waiting list control group; no significant differences from the original education group were noted. The treatments, in rank order, which yielded the greatest gains are: (1) education, (2) combination, and (3) support. The use of these treatments as therapeutic modalities are discussed and implications for social work research and practice are considered.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9112094, 3162213, FSDT3162213, fsu:78411
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Title: Pet ownership and family functioning in clinical settings of marriage and family therapy.
Creator: Cox, Ruth Pinnix., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between family pet owners and family non-pet owners utilizing the variables of cohesion and adaptability along with elements of the human constructed environment. In addition, for family pet owners, it was questioned whether family functioning could be predicted from elements in the human-constructed environment which consisted of family demographics and pet related variables. The Ecosystems Approach and General Systems Theory provided...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the differences between family pet owners and family non-pet owners utilizing the variables of cohesion and adaptability along with elements of the human constructed environment. In addition, for family pet owners, it was questioned whether family functioning could be predicted from elements in the human-constructed environment which consisted of family demographics and pet related variables. The Ecosystems Approach and General Systems Theory provided the theoretical orientation for this research. A survey research design was utilized in which 132 clinical members of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy in six southeastern states distributed questionnaires to 307 clients and family members who returned them to the researcher. A family property was formed from the individual data from each family, which consisted of two to five members, using the Additive Model. This yielded a sample of 141 families of which 116 were pet owners and 25 were non-pet owners. Two other models, the Discrepancy and Modified Disjunctive Models, were also utilized to examine the family data to determine which approach was most sensitive to significant differences in the sample data. The family properties for pet owners were analyzed using a multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that 24% of the variance in family adaptability could be accounted for from the independent environmental variables with the Additive and Modified Disjunctive Models. However, family cohesion was not significantly predicted using any of the models. Analyses revealed there were marked similarities between family pet owners and non-pet owners. The FACES III scale used in the questionnaire indicated that 54.6% of the families were of the Balanced type. Implications for research, theory and family therapy are presented.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9112092, 3162212, FSDT3162212, fsu:78410
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Title: Validation of a computer-administered instrument for the repeated measurement of depression.
Creator: Stocks, John Timothy., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The psychometric properties of the computer-administered form of the Generalized Contentment Scale (GCS), a rapid assessment instrument designed to measure non-psychotic depression, were evaluated following a single administration (Study 1) and following multiple administrations (Study 2). Subjects came from clinic (n = 41) and nonclinic (n = 80) samples., Study 1 involved evaluating the reliability and validity of the GCS. Included in the evaluation was estimation of the conditional standard...
Show moreThe psychometric properties of the computer-administered form of the Generalized Contentment Scale (GCS), a rapid assessment instrument designed to measure non-psychotic depression, were evaluated following a single administration (Study 1) and following multiple administrations (Study 2). Subjects came from clinic (n = 41) and nonclinic (n = 80) samples., Study 1 involved evaluating the reliability and validity of the GCS. Included in the evaluation was estimation of the conditional standard error of measurement utilizing a new technique. Study 2 involved determining whether there was evidence that multiple administration of the GCS resulted in loss of accuracy of the instrument., Additionally, individuals in the clinic sample were surveyed as to their attitudes toward use of computer-administered scales in general and the computer-administered GCS in particular.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9103115, 3162211, FSDT3162211, fsu:78409
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Title: Pathogenic vibrios in the marine environment.
Creator: Williams, Leslee Ann., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Marine sediments were assayed for their concentration of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas hydrophila over 1 year. During this time period of ten of the currently known pathogenic Vibrio spp. were identified to occur in the marine sediments of Apalachicola Bay. A temporal variation was observed in which A.hydrophila, and to a lesser degree V.fluvialis, were found in the winter months, V.parahaemolyticus and V.vulnificus predominated the spring and summer, with non 0-1 V.cholerae and V.alginolyticus...
Show moreMarine sediments were assayed for their concentration of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas hydrophila over 1 year. During this time period of ten of the currently known pathogenic Vibrio spp. were identified to occur in the marine sediments of Apalachicola Bay. A temporal variation was observed in which A.hydrophila, and to a lesser degree V.fluvialis, were found in the winter months, V.parahaemolyticus and V.vulnificus predominated the spring and summer, with non 0-1 V.cholerae and V.alginolyticus detected in the late summer and fall. These organisms were found in greatest numbers in the top 5 cm of sediment, but were detected down to 15 cm. Epidemiological data revealed a predominance of non 0-1 V.cholerae infections at the time the organisms were observed to flourish in the sediments., A membrane filter method (the FAST method) has been developed to enumerate pathogenic vibrios extracted from sediments. Aliquots of sediments which were blended in a Waring Blender were collected on a black Nuclepore (0.2 $\mu$m pore) filters and heat fixed. Filters were treated to reduce the non-specific fluorescence of background sediment and allowed to dry. Antibody positive Vibrio cholerae non 0-1 cells appeared as cells surrounded by a fluorescent green halo or band. Detrital and other sediment particles appeared as pale green or could not be seen at all. The FAST procedure can be easily adapted for any pathogenic vibrio for which a specific antibody is available., In the absence of a species-specific antibody, laboratories rely on conventional biochemical identification methods for genus and species identification. Apalachicola Bay waters and oysters were tested for the presence of Vibrio vulnificus, the most virulent of the pathogenic vibrios, during the time of greatest public health concern. Conventional biochemical identification methods were compared to serological and gene probe analysis for sensitivity in predicting the illness patterns of the same time period. Oyster analyses appear to correlate more closely to the epidemiological data than water analyses. The biochemical identification methods appear to the most conservative for the protection of public health. More critical identification using the serological and gene probe methods appears to be the methods of choice for the regulatory community.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113959, 3162210, FSDT3162210, fsu:78408
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Title: On the initiation of surface cyclones by upper tropospheric disturbances.
Creator: Whitaker, Jeffrey Stuart., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Surface cyclogenesis in middle latitudes is preceded by the arrival of a pre-existing upper-tropospheric disturbance. Observational studies indicate that the preferred regions for the development of these upper-level troughs are characterized by weak low-level baroclinicity, large surface roughness and enhanced low-level stability. Linear instability calculations confirm that the development of baroclinic waves with maximum amplitude near the tropopause is favored when the low-level vertical...
Show moreSurface cyclogenesis in middle latitudes is preceded by the arrival of a pre-existing upper-tropospheric disturbance. Observational studies indicate that the preferred regions for the development of these upper-level troughs are characterized by weak low-level baroclinicity, large surface roughness and enhanced low-level stability. Linear instability calculations confirm that the development of baroclinic waves with maximum amplitude near the tropopause is favored when the low-level vertical shear is weak, while Ekman dissipation and low-level static stability are large. Conversely, when the low-level vertical shear is strong, while Ekman dissipation and low-level static stability are weak, the most unstable waves are surface concentrated., It is hypothesized that surface cyclogenesis in the Northern hemisphere storm track regions can be described by the structural modification of baroclinic wave packets traversing a zonally varying flow field. This hypothesis is tested using a linear, quasi-geostrophic model with zonal variation in the basic state and the Ekman layer. The basic state consists of a region of strong low-level baroclinicity and weak Ekman dissipation, flanked by regions of weak low-level baroclinicity, strong Ekman dissipation, and enhanced low-level stability. Model calculations show that an isolated disturbance upstream of the mid-channel baroclinic zone evolves rapidly into a wave packet with maximum amplitude near the tropopause. Disturbances within the wave packet undergo a structural modification so that they have maximum amplitude at the surface within a few days of entering the mid channel baroclinic zone. The growth rate of an individual surface disturbance can exceed the growth rates of both the most unstable eigenmode of the zonally varying basic state and the most unstable eigenmode of a zonally homogeneous basic state characteristic of the mid-channel baroclinic zone. The surface cyclogenesis is due to the constructive interference between the several most unstable eigenmodes of the zonally varying basic state. The addition of a simple parameterization of latent heat release in the mid-channel baroclinic zone does not significantly alter the initiation of surface cyclones, but results in cyclones of smaller scale which undergo a longer period of rapid development.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113958, 3162209, FSDT3162209, fsu:78407
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Title: Initialization of cloud and radiation in the Florida State University global spectral model.
Creator: Weiner, Allan Meredith., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Satellite observed Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) is used to initialize the clouds and radiation of the Florida State University Global Spectral Model. A one-parameter method and two different six-parameter methods of initialization are formulated. The one-parameter method is shown to be the most efficient and produce the best results., The effects of the cloud and radiation initialization on a five day forecast are presented. The initialization procedure produces a better forecast of OLR...
Show moreSatellite observed Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) is used to initialize the clouds and radiation of the Florida State University Global Spectral Model. A one-parameter method and two different six-parameter methods of initialization are formulated. The one-parameter method is shown to be the most efficient and produce the best results., The effects of the cloud and radiation initialization on a five day forecast are presented. The initialization procedure produces a better forecast of OLR than the control experiment by such a large extent that the five day forecast of the initialization experiment has approximately the same verification score as the initial data of the control experiment. The cloud forecasts (high, middle, and low) of the initialization experiment prominently show the cloud signatures of the monsoon, the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean ITCZs, and the African rainbelt, but the cloud signatures of the control experiment are weak or nonexistent. The moist static stability budgets show that the initialization procedure had a large impact on the forecast after five days of integration by producing a monsoon and typhoon that were stronger and better defined. Additionally, radiative destabilization forcing budgets of the initialization experiment were an order of magnitude greater than the control experiment for the Atlantic Ocean ITCZ. The effect of initialization on precipitation forecasts was also investigated. It was found that the model precipitation decreased after initialization. This is attributed to the model formulation of precipitation, and a new formulation is suggested for further investigation.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113957, 3162208, FSDT3162208, fsu:78406
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Title: Neptune: The application of coarse-grain data flow methods to scientific parallel programming.
Creator: Traversat, Bernard., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The dissertation investigates a data flow programming style for developing efficient and machine-independent scientific programs on multiprocessor computers. I have designed and implemented a programming system called Neptune. Both functional and data parallelism are incorporated into Neptune. A coarse-grain data flow model is used to explicitly specify functional parallelism. Data parallelism is represented within the data flow model by an activity decomposition model which ensures efficient...
Show moreThe dissertation investigates a data flow programming style for developing efficient and machine-independent scientific programs on multiprocessor computers. I have designed and implemented a programming system called Neptune. Both functional and data parallelism are incorporated into Neptune. A coarse-grain data flow model is used to explicitly specify functional parallelism. Data parallelism is represented within the data flow model by an activity decomposition model which ensures efficient execution of data parallel computation. Four scientific applications have been implemented in this data flow style to evaluate execution performance., The machine-independence of the data flow model is demonstrated by obtaining speedup performance on three different parallel architectures (Sun network, Sequent Balance 12000 and a Cray Y-MP/464). The dissertation provides a detailed description of the implementation of the runtime environment on three main classes of parallel architectures (network, shared memory and distributed memory). Each implementation takes advantage of an architecture and provides a suitable data mapping strategy for minimizing overhead and optimizing resource utilization., Developing parallel programs presents a major difficulty. In addition to the sequential problems, the programmer has to design and debug parallel constructs which express concurrency. The dissertation describes the Neptune programming system, which is specially designed for supporting a data flow methodology. Neptune provides an effective visual environment for designing and debugging data flow programs. Applications developed and debugged on a network of workstations can be scaled up and run on multiprocessor computers without requiring any software modifications.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113954, 3162207, FSDT3162207, fsu:78405
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Title: Narrative and conversational discourse of adults with right hemisphere damage.
Creator: Solberg, Larry C., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the narrative and conversational discourse of a group of adults with right hemisphere damage (RHD). Seven RHD subjects with a median age of 61 years (Range = 65-68 years) and seven normal control subjects with a median age of 65 years (Range = 55-69 years) participated in the study. RHD subjects suffered a stroke in the distribution of the middle cerebral artery at least four weeks but not more than five months prior to data collection. Narrative...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the narrative and conversational discourse of a group of adults with right hemisphere damage (RHD). Seven RHD subjects with a median age of 61 years (Range = 65-68 years) and seven normal control subjects with a median age of 65 years (Range = 55-69 years) participated in the study. RHD subjects suffered a stroke in the distribution of the middle cerebral artery at least four weeks but not more than five months prior to data collection. Narrative discourse samples included retellings of two single-episode narratives and production of a personal experience narrative. Conversational samples included two 15-minute samples (i.e., one with a familiar interactor and one with an unfamiliar interactor). Fourteen persons who were familiar to the respective RHD and normal control subjects served as familiar interactors during conversational samples., Findings revealed that the RHD subjects recalled less information from spoken narratives than did the normal control subjects. The RHD subjects' recall differed significantly with the two passages used, even though the passages were of similar length and syntactic complexity. The narrative composition (i.e., scripted versus nonscripted) may have influenced recall. RHD subjects recalled significantly fewer a priori propositions in the narrative superstructure categories of complicating action and evaluation for the nonscripted narrative. The personal experience narratives of both groups of subjects were similar. Results indicated that the narratives of the RHD subjects were schema-driven (i.e., demonstrated narrative superstructure organization), but some impairment was evident relative to the normal subjects., There were no significant differences between the RHD and normal subjects on measures of turn-taking, topic manipulation, or communicative informativeness during conversation samples. Unfamiliar interactions resulted in both groups of subjects engaging in longer speaking turns, providing more new information, and requesting less information. Results of a questionnaire administered to significant others of the RHD subjects provided information for determining whether conversational profiles displayed by the RHD subjects were typical of pre-stroke abilities. Clinical implications are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113953, 3162206, FSDT3162206, fsu:78404
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Title: Conserving forest diversity in northern Florida: From landscapes to populations.
Creator: Schwartz, Mark William., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: I examine three aspects forest vegetation of northern Florida: the Land Office Survey records of the abundance and distribution of woody species across northern Florida in the early nineteenth century; the abundance and distribution of woody species across a sharp elevation gradient in the hardwood slope forests along the Apalachicola River; and the population decline of Torreya taxifolia., Land Office Survey data was tabulated for all available bearing trees north of Gainesville. This study...
Show moreI examine three aspects forest vegetation of northern Florida: the Land Office Survey records of the abundance and distribution of woody species across northern Florida in the early nineteenth century; the abundance and distribution of woody species across a sharp elevation gradient in the hardwood slope forests along the Apalachicola River; and the population decline of Torreya taxifolia., Land Office Survey data was tabulated for all available bearing trees north of Gainesville. This study includes 131,227 trees sampled at 49,896 section corners and mid-point lines. This data tabulation shows that northern Florida was dominated by pines prior to U.S. settlement. Over 77 percent of bearing trees were pines. Pineland oaks are the next most abundant species after pine. Wetlands trees, such as bay, gum, and cypress were dominant species in the absence of pine. The mixed hardwood species are a diverse group, including beech, magnolia, and dogwood, with no clear dominant among them., The second portion of this research examines the spatial relationships among the species of the hardwood slope forests along the Apalachicola River. Species distributions were sampled using 80 belt transects in four ravine systems. Species turnover across elevation is high, but measures of species diversity and forest structure do not change with elevation. Distribution patterns of the major species indicate that assemblages in the adjacent elevation samples in the middle and upper slope positions are more similar to one another than are assemblages from the lower elevations. The assemblages do not, however, appear to form sub-communities with respect to elevation., Finally, I examine hypotheses for the decline of Torreya taxifolia, a narrowly endemic conifer native to ravines along the Apalachicola River. Included in this analysis of the torreya decline is a demographic summary of 108 torreya on preserve land. Most individual torreya are multiple stemmed and less than 14 years old. Further, these individuals are most frequently grown at low elevations and under moderate to dense canopy shade. Among the many hypotheses proposed to explain the decline, I present evidence that fire suppression may have allowed fungal populations to soar, contributing to the onset of disease.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113950, 3162205, FSDT3162205, fsu:78403
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Title: Supervisory feedback versus a multi-level performance management system: A comparison of effectiveness, cost and social acceptability.
Creator: Riordan, Mary Margaret., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: A typical supervisor feedback intervention was compared to a more comprehensive multi-level performance management package. The procedures were implemented on 28 residential wards and 7 administrative areas of a large mental health facility. Throughout all conditions measurements were made of the cleanliness of the areas, implementation of independent variables and completion of other major job functions. During the supervisor feedback phase, supervisors completed a weekly performance...
Show moreA typical supervisor feedback intervention was compared to a more comprehensive multi-level performance management package. The procedures were implemented on 28 residential wards and 7 administrative areas of a large mental health facility. Throughout all conditions measurements were made of the cleanliness of the areas, implementation of independent variables and completion of other major job functions. During the supervisor feedback phase, supervisors completed a weekly performance checklist in each area, then gave vocal and graphic feedback to the custodial worker. The multi-level system procedures included all aspects of the supervisor feedback intervention remained plus weekly reliability checks with supervisors, public posting of group cleanliness scores and supervisory performance, feedback to supervisors on implementation of the feedback procedures and social reinforcement from upper level administrators., The supervisor feedback technique led to only slight mean increases in cleanliness. Implementation of the multi-level system led to more substantial improvements and closer correspondence between the observers' and supervisors' scores. Data collected on supervisor job duties indicate generally high performance even though no procedures were in effect for these behaviors., The multi-level system was associated with higher, but still nominal, costs for materials and printing, and required the expenditure of more department head time. Measurements of staff satisfaction indicated supervisors felt more positively about the system than did custodial workers, but there was no change in overall job satisfaction for either group.
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Date Issued: 1990, 1990
Identifier: AAI9113946, 3162204, FSDT3162204, fsu:78402
Format: Document (PDF)

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