"The purpose of this study is to discover the causes and consequences of
alcoholism at old Fort Hays. Unlikely to encounter Indians, soldiers longed for
entertainment to fill the void of boredom in their lives. Serving as a regional supply
center...
An investigation has been made of a beginning organic chemistry experiment, the hydrolysis of 2 - chloro-2-methylpropane. The experiment studied was by J. A. Landgrebe in J.Chem.Ed., 41, 567(1964). Also utilized was a similar experiment by R. Q....
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate personal change and family involvement/participation in the treatment of chemically dependent individuals. The 5 independent variables investigated were family involvement/participation, gender, age,...
The purpose of the researcher was to evaluate the effect of Socratically presented drug education information in changing students’ attitudes toward drug abuse. The subjects consisted of 110 fifth graders who attended four elementary schools. The...
Although the concept of alienation is not new in American literature, it is a theme which has appeared with growing frequency and intensity in the past two decades. Among the many contemporary writers to deal with the problem of alienation, J.D....
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes toward alcohol and other non-prescriptive mind altering substances of students in grades 7-9. The 8 independent variables investigated were gender, grade placement, DARE participation...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate college students’ attitudes toward alcohol. The independent variables investigated were sex classification, age, choice of drink, consumption level, religious belief status, and drinking status. ...
This thesis was designed to address two questions. Question 1 was "What kinds of coping strategies do people use in dealing with anger-provoking incidents? " Question 2 was "what kinds of coping strategies are associated with effective and...
The researcher investigated substance use in rural Kansas fifth and sixth graders. Independent variables were gender, family structure, perceived relationship with parents, family substance use, attitude towards family, peer substance use, and...
The introduced shrub Tamarix ramosissima Lebed. invades riparian zones, but
loses competitiveness under flooding. This was tested in Tamarix ramosissima by
examining responses to flooding by soil type in a greenhouse setting. A field study
examined...
If you are involved in either the criminal justice or EMS field, chances are you will be involved in an EMS call to a correctional facility at some point in your career. One reason, and the most obvious, is due to an individual's use of a variety...
The topic of teen drinking is popular because it has been persistent over time and does not appear to be diminishing in today’s society. Alcohol consumption among adolescents is a major health concern for our adolescents today (Kosterman,...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate the attitudes toward drinking and alcohol use of students in small high schools. The six independent variables investigated were grade level, gender, community, Perceived Peer Attitude Toward...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate factors affecting attitude toward use of alcohol of 6th and 8th grade students. There were 68 students in the sixth grade (41 males and 27 females) and 60 students in the eighth grade (31 males and...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate factors associated with self- esteem in sixth through ninth graders. The independent variables were locus of control, family structure, sex role, gender, grade level, and parental alcohol usage....
Adolescents in both rural and urban areas are risk takers. Health risk behaviors may have damaging consequences not only for the future of these young people, but also the future of their communities. Because schools are adolescents' primary...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate high school students' attitude toward and use of alcohol. The following independent variables were investigated: gender, grade level, peer attitude, parental attitude, and knowledge of alcohol....
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Use of Alcohol of students in three southwest Kansas high schools. The following independent variables were investigated: Perceived Peer Attitude Toward Alcohol,...
Current research on adolescent Hispanic-Americans deals mostly with delinquency, drug and alcohol abuse, and teenage pregnancy. There is little, if any, information about adolescent Hispanic-American typical development. The purpose of this study...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Knowledge of Alcohol in students in grades 7 and 8. The following independent variables were investigated: Perceived Peer Attitude Toward Alcohol, Perceived Parental...
The current study utilizes data collected from a rural mental health center located in Great Bend, Kansas. Participants (N=103) were charged with DUI in Barton County between the period August 1995 to February 1997. DUI offenders that were...
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas....
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas....
Fort Hays State University--Students—Yearbooks ; Fort Hays State University—Periodicals ; College yearbooks--Kansas—Hays ; College students--Kansas—Hays ;Universities and colleges--Kansas--Hays
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate shame. The independent variables were: ager, gender, cultural background, religious preference, academic performance, alcohol status, loneliness, and self-esteem. The dependent variable was scores...
The purpose of the research was to investigate teachers’ attitudes toward alcoholism. The independent variables were: gender, when formal teacher education was received, the number of years of experience in teaching, formal education in the field...
Although self-injury seems to be a current hot topic in the media, little research has been conducted on the possible addictive nature of self-injurious behaviors. Faye (1995) found that self-injury has a number of characteristics that have also...
A validational study of the Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI) for the purpose of differentiating the severity of problem drinking was replicated using a rural population. The variables, social class and age, were controlled statistically. It was found...
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The purpose f the study was to examine the effect alcohol education on selected alcohol behaviors of traditional residential students at Barton County Community College. The study was composed of Training Intervention Procedures (TIPS)...
This work concerns studies of two possible methods of separating rhodium from iridium. The first method was to complex the rhodium(III) and iridium(IV) with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and remove the anionic rhodium(III) -EDTA complex by its...
The late nineteenth to the early twentieth century witnessed many changes in American social culture. This time period was one of progressive, rapid growth in technology and scientific achievement. It was also a time when Native Americans began to...
The relation of substance use, religion, and gender to college students’ premarital sexual attitudes and behavior was examined. It was hypothesized that males would be more permissive in their premarital sexual attitudes and behavior. The third...
Jones and Berglas first described the phenomena they termed self-handicapping in1978, proposing that under certain circumstances some people will behave in ways to nearly ensure their failure on an evaluative task. Berglas and Jones (1978)...
The purpose of this investigation was to assess the ability of the Tiffany Control Scales (TCS) to differentiate between those persons at risk and those persons not at risk for alcohol related problems in their lives. Recent literature indicates...
The purpose of the study was to determine if foliar applied 2,4-D is translocated in young western ragweed plants. Rhizomes of western ragweed were obtained in the field and grown in a sunroom. The plants were kept well watered and provided...
Botany
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