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Showing 1 to 20 of 213 for “"Direct influence"”.
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Burnout, stress and social support among doctoral students in psychology
… groups, and these differences are reported. The direct influence of stress on burnout was supported. Minimal support was observed for the direct influence of social support on burnout. Limited support was observed for the moderating or buffering effect of social support on the stress-burnout …
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College Students and Drug Use: A Further Analysis of Peer Cluster Theory
… the result of psychosocial characteristics that influence one's peer associations which, in turn, directly influences individual drug use. Using the results of a 1996 drug and alcohol survey of 1312 Western Kentucky University college students, path analysis was used to measure the influence of …
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Knowledge-development in applied science: the case of range management
… stockmen in the West and Southwest, to have a direct influence on the knowledge-development process. The next generation of scientists eliminated the stockmen's direct influence on the knowledge-development process, yet the stockmen still influenced that process indirectly in various ways. This …
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Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D
… lists specific sociological events which had a direct influence on Smyth; while the supplemental annotations, beneficently utilized throughout Chapter I and each of the following chapters, actualize a portrait of Smyth's character and sentiments. They show an Ethel Smyth, who from childhood on …
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‘History Engraved on his Shoulder’: A Comparative Study of the Influence of British First World War Poetry on Post 1980 Iraqi War Poetry "embargoed indefinitely"
… that followed it. It will also investigate the influence of the designated British war poetry on the chosen body of Iraqi poetry. Through the comparison of sample poems the study presents, firstly, the direct influence of the British poetry of the Great War and its translation which formed the …
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The influence of self-efficacy on motor performance
… for the present thesis to investigate the influence of selfefficacy on the performance of motor tasks with varying demands. In Experiments 1-4 participants performed repeated blocks of a motor task with false positive feedback given on some blocks to boost self-efficacy, and false negative …
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The stick in the swill bucket and critical essay
… and highly influential, by showing them as a direct influence on Ben’s downfall and the corruption of society as a whole at the end of the play. The play intends to make its audience re-evaluate its views of Advertising and become more vigilant to the adverts they are exposed to in their …
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A study of attitudes of high school learners towards school desegregation
… Race was the only variable that had a direct influence on the results obtained.
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Numeriese model van vloei deur 'n vastebedvergasser
… condition. The flow of gas in the reactor has a direct influence on the stability of the gasifier. A technique to measure the flow in the reactor does not exist. In this study the cold, incompressible flow in the gasifier is studied. This was done by solving the mathematical model of flow through …
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Parental Involvement and the Influence of Parents’ Prior Literacy Experiences
… literacy experiences and how those experiences influence their involvement with literacy activities at home. The data for this study were collected through interviewing parents who had children in my kindergarten classroom. After analyzing the data, multiple themes were identified, which …
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Perceptions and Attitudes of High School Admistrators, Teachers, and Students in Core Literature Selection
… interest and excitement towards literature has a direct influence in student interest.</p>
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Buried underground : The Subway's contribution to American theatre.
… are not coincidental but in fact indicate an influence on Treadwell's play. In examining The Subway's text, production history, and critical reception, this thesis strives to present a thorough appraisal of its theatrical relevance, rectify the obscurity surrounding the work, and consider …
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Exploring temporality
… and design for two distinct cabins - taking direct influence of their surrounding environments and reflecting a consciousness of the temporary.
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UNDERSTANDING THE GENDERED EXPECTATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS EXPERIENCED BY MALE DOUBLE DUTY CAREGIVERS: A QUALITATIVE SECONDARY ANALYSIS
… constituted by the determinants of care, bore a direct influence on male DDCs' health as they experienced tension when negotiating their dual roles. The study findings have direct implications for healthcare policy and practice, research, and theory development.
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Creator and Creation: Artistic Development in Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, the Ambiguities and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
… how the tensions of contemporary society have a direct influence on the artist-hero’s representations and perspectives on self-realization. This thesis will draw on the major concepts of the artist and artist fiction as put forth in Otto Rank’s <em>Art and Artist</em> (1916), Herbert Marcuse’s …
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Philosophies, Themes and Symbols in the Poetry of Walt Whitman and Han Yong-Un (Religion, Patriotism, Democracy, Freedom, Independence)
… Yong-Un (1879-1944). Even though no evidence of direct influence of Whitman on Han may be ascertained, there are numerous parallelisms in ideas, attitudes and visions in Whitman's Leaves of Grass and Han's Nim-Ui Chimmuck (Your Silence). Whitman and Han were representative national poets in their …
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Shawnee National Forest Rock Climbing and Frontcountry Recreation: Leave No Trace, Awareness, Attitudes and Behaviors
… Land and Resource Management Plan, understanding influences on visitor attitudes and behaviors becomes essential. This dissertation presents findings and associated planning recommendations from three social science research efforts on the SNF. The first manuscript examined the effects of the …
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The impact of national culture and industry structure on grocery retail customer loyalty: a comparative study of the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
Despite the pivotal influence of customer loyalty on retailer performance and profitability, the effect of national culture and industry structure on customer loyalty in grocery retailing has been thinly researched. This PhD is the first to investigate the influence of these factors by examining …
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Leadership Characteristics In South Carolina High-Poverty, Award-Winning Schools
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the direct influence that principals of high-poverty schools have on student achievement based on Effective Schools Research. This research attempted to determine the impact of the following characteristics in the selected schools: alignment of …
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Calculation, utilization, and inference of spatial statistics in practical spatio-temporal data
The direct influence of spatial and structural arrangement in various length scales to the performance characteristics of materials is a core premise of materials science. Spatial correlations in the form of n-point statistics have been shown to be very effective in robustly describing the …
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