This study of Thomas County is a general history of the county from 1885-1964 with stress on the social, political, and economic aspects of its development. Agricultural conditions are particularly significant throughout the history of the area,...
The purpose of this study was to explore one aspect of self-concept in divorced women. The study was concerned with differences in experienced control between a group of wives, a group of recently divorced women, and a group of women who had been...
Critical care nurses work in a fast-paced and sometimes volatile work environment. Compassion fatigue is a risk that nurses and other helping professionals face. It is a secondary traumatic stress disorder similar to post-traumatic stress disorder...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide the teachers at the Lincoln Elementary School, Hays, Kansas with a guide to go by in preparing the physical education program.
Procedures: The procedures used in formulating the course of study...
The purpose of this study was to compare the importance of selected morale building factors as indicated by ninety teachers. The teachers were attending Fort Hays Kansas State College during the summer of 1968 and were divided into the following...
It was the purpose of this study to determine the preferences of mothers as to course content in all course areas: to determine the preferences of daughters as to course content in four course areas: to compare the preferences of mothers and...
The general problem of the present study was to determine the effect of an instructional wellness program upon lifestyle knowledge of fourth grade students, as well as to determine a similar effect on a significant other who was exposed only...
In this study, the problem was to predict enrollments at Fort Hays Kansas State College from 1963 to 1970, inclusive, so as to aid in preparing for future enrollments and to provide useful information for succeeding studies of this nature. The main...
The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, to determine what the cities of Western Kansas are doing to attract industry and what industries already located in Western Kansas looked for when they chose a particular city in which to locate. ...
The present study was conducted in order to evaluate the validity of the CHAS for use with an adult retardate population. The CHAS was administered to 20 institutionalized adult retardates. This study attempted to determine whether there would be a...
Rate of growth of 589 bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, collected in 1974 and 1975 in a pond in northwestern Kansas, was determined by the scale method. The body- scale relationship was linear with an intercept of 18.0519 mm total length....
Sociology, from the time of Durkhelm and Weber, has been intrigued, mystified and frustrated by the continued existence of organized religion in a historical era which claims to be rational and secular. Moore (1963) typifies the sociologists'...
Jurassic units within the Utah transition zone in the South Desert region of Capitol Reef National Park were examined to determine styles of tectonic deformation. Using field evidence along with descriptive, kinematic, and dynamic analyses, as well...
Perceptions of barriers to behavior modification, as related to knowledge, stress, and perceived utility, were surveyed in a sample of 80 educational staff members in several rural Kansas school districts.
The results of this study found a...
Over the past few decades there has been an increase in the population of the elderly persons 65 years of age and older, with the 85 and older age group having the greatest increase. This continued growth pattern is projected to continue through...
Client outcome measurements obtained from a rural stroke clinic were the focus of this investigation Neuman's ( 1995) System Model and the Stroke Risk Profile Appraisal Function Model (Wolf, D'Agostino, Belanger, & Kannel, 1991) based on the...
The purpose of the current research was to examine: (a) if a relationship existed between an individual's sex-role orientation and that individual's method of coping; and (b) which sex-role orientation was most adaptive in coping with stress....
This study of Edwards County presents a general history of the county from 1872-1900; stress is on the agricultural development. After a brief discussion of the natural setting and the early settlement and organization of the county, the period...
This ex post facto study investigated the relationship between the presence of children and psychological stress in the post-divorce adjustment process. The post-divorce adjustment process was described as those changes in roles which are the...
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...
Roediger and McDermott (1995) began the bulk o f the research on the Deese-Roediger/McDermott (DRM) Paradigm as applied to false memory and thus is the basis for this research. The ORM Paradigm showed that some memories could be created falsely in...
Dovidio and Morris (1975) conducted a study that examined the effects of stress and commonality of fate on males ' helping behavior. These authors found that high stress facilitated helping behavior when individuals shared a common fate, but...
This thesis studied several problems that concerned humor as a means of coping with stressful situations involving loss, threat, and challenge. First, the study sought to obtain empirical data as to the differential effectiveness and use of humor...
A study was made to determine the effects of two soil moisture levels, field capacity and the permanent wilting percentage, on the total sugar content of the foliage of blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii), and...
Effects of sodium chloride on red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) and sand shiners (Notropis ludibundus) in central Kansas streams were investigated in September and October of 1998. Individuals were collected from four streams; one collection each...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate job satisfaction in correctional officers. The sample consisted of 122 correctional officers employed in both rural and urban prison locations for the State of Kansas, Department of Corrections. ...
Standard mist-netting procedures were used to assess trends of migratory warbler populations in west-central Kansas. Four species were selected based on their high capture frequency in historical banding records. Orange-crowned Warblers (Vermivora...
In today's healthcare providing an atmosphere that facilitates nurses to be empowered and satisfied with their job is a challenge for hospitals and nursing administrators. The nursing environment provides the elements necessary for nurses to...
Gallows humor is commonly used in the ED, but little has been researched about it. The purpose of the investigation was to explore in depth the meaning of gallows humor by inquiring into and gaining an understanding of the essence of emergency...
A re-scaling of Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) using multidimensional methods was performed to examine more closely the 43 events of the scale in order to learn more about how stressful events are perceived.
Seventy-five subjects sorted...
The main purpose of this research was to examine relationships between the personality construct of hardiness and specific coping responses used by persons to deal with stressful life events. The following hypotheses were tested: Hypothesis I:...
Current research indicates that family environment factors can affect a person's psychological well-being. However, there tends to be a paucity of research investigating whether or not these various family environment factors are associated with...
The main problem of this research was the study of relationships between perceived self-efficacy and coping. Relationships between self-efficacy and irrational thought patterns were also studied. Although it has been shown that persons who are...
Despite the importance that is attributed to both social support and coping in determining psychological and somatic health outcomes, little is known about the relationship between social support and coping . It has been suggested that one way...
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
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
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
Reveille is the yearbook of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The Reveille began publication in 1914 shortly after William A. Lewis became President of Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. It was published annually, with the exception of 1918...
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 this study was to investigate school violence and its effects on secondary teachers in rural Kansas settings. The subjects were chosen from 8 rural Kansas school districts. Demographic information was included on all surveys; this...
As more women become college students in addition to being parents, spouses, and employees, it becomes more necessary to identify predicators of multiple role strain. Seventy university students form two mid-western campuses were administered a...
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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current homework assignment practices in shorthand in selected secondary schools in Kansas, the comparison of homework practices in these schools to homework practices in shorthand in...
The Dakota aquifer in the Hays area, Ellis County, Kansas is a major source of water for many users. The aquifer is composed of lower Cretaceous rocks overlain by Graneros shale and underlain by the Kiowa formation. This study develops a digital...
This thesis focused on the extent to which cancer patients desired, sought, and received social support, as well as on the extent to which the patients were satisfied with the social support they received. The three types of social support studied...
This Investigation is a conceptual replication of Gould, Horn, Spreemann (1983b) designed to assess perceived sources of stress Junior and Senior high school students participating in basketball. The participants rated the frequency with which they...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate perceived stress in elementary school students in grades three through six. The independent variables were gender, socioeconomic status of the parents, mother's employment outside the home, family...
The purpose of the researcher was to investigate stress in western Kansas high school students. The sample was from 1A schools. The 1A schools were classified by the Kansas State Activities Association (1993 – 94). The 1A schools were defined as...
This descriptive study examined the perceived levels of stress in first and second level students enrolled in a rural associate degree in nursing program. A review of the literature indicated minimal research in stress experienced by students at...
Nurse educators are interested in helping students be successful in nursing programs and retaining students in nursing programs. One way to help retain nursing students may be to better understand the stress students experience and assess if stress...
Hardscrabble Hill is a folded, jointed, and highly faulted sequence of Precambrian to Cenozoic age rocks in Custer County, Colorado. The Wet Mountains Thrust bisects the area and the presence of numerous strike-slip faults complicates the geology...
Data acquired from mapping a portion of the 7.5' Big Bend Draw quadrangle. Emery County, Utah reveals structures that differ in orientation and character. Descriptive, kinematic, and dynamic analysis of these structures suggests three classes of...
The study area, having a total of 434 acres, was placed in the "Soil Bank" in 1958.
A sorghum cover crop was seeded in spring of 1959 and the area was seeded to grass on November 25, 1959.
Rate and mixture of seeded grasses were as follows: three...
Plants of Linum usitatissimum were grown under full and 50% light and at densities of 40, 160 and 400 plants per flat. Dynamics of leaf birth and death were measured and demographic parameters (intrinsic rate of growth, leaf survivorship, leaf...
This study investigated revised applications of therapeutic music in childbirth, specifically examining its effects upon stress and pain. After examining literature on childbirth stress and pain, the applications of therapeutic music in...
"Video self-modeling (VSM) is a type of intervention that has been developed to assist students in viewing themselves successfully in a wide variety of domains. Previous research regarding VSM states that it is beneficial to children with autism...
Bowlby’s (1969) theory of attachment states that, during infancy, patterns of attachment develop that continue to affect a person’s personality and relationships throughout the lifespan. Ainsworth, Blehar, Waters, and Walls (1978) proposed...
The present study examined the relation between sensation seeking and life satisfaction. Participants completed four online surveys. One survey included a number of questions designed to measure personal sensation seeking level (Sensation Seeking...
This study examined the relationship between the adaptive-innovative cognitive style, experienced control, and anxiety in work situations. A questionnaire packet was distributed to the faculty and administrators at a middle-sized midwestern state...
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the relationship of the professional self-concept of staff nurses and intent to stay at current job position. A non-experimental survey design was utilized to investigate staff nurses from rural...
Previous studies have shown that people who are asked leading or suggestive questions are affected by the way the question was asked and can make erroneous responses (Stern, 1939; Harris, 1973; Loftus & Palmer, 1974). The present study examined...
Mindfulness meditation has become increasing popular in the Western world the last few decades. Although the research in the area of mindfulness is just beginning, many studies report positive benefits to individuals who learn this type of...
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