Problems of alcohol abuse have plagued our society for decades. Efforts to address these problems have, in recent years, focused on environmental factors. The present study examined the relationship of one environmental variable—physical...
Recent physiological investigations examining the cardiac calcium handling abilities of tuna and rainbow trout suggest increased reliance on sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium contribution for heart contractility that is both temperature and frequency...
Relaxation training alleviates psychological and physiological stress responses. Some research indicates that relaxation training can be enhanced through biofeedback (i.e., auditory and/or visual feedback that corresponds to physiological changes...
Repeated exposure to addictive drugs causes unmistakable changes to occur on both a neuronal and a behavioral level. Certain circuits in the brain of an addict are forced to change and adapt to an environment of drug-induced chemical imbalance....
Rigorous instruction, relevant learning experiences, and high quality teacher-child relationships are critical components of academic development for all students, but are particularly important in facilitating achievement gains for populations...
Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation; Psychosexual disorders -- Treatment
Sex offenses have been in the news for many years. Many offenders are not sent to prison but rather are supervised in the community. Sex offender treatment has been used to treat sex offenders to reduce the risk to reoffend and improve community...
Silas Deane was a patriot of questionable integrity during the Revolutionary War. He lived from 1737 to 1789. He rose from humble beginnings in Connecticut to prominence within the Colonial Congress meeting in Philadelphia, rubbing elbows with...
Studies on the relationships between smoking and cognitive functioning have produced equivocal results. While some studies indicate that there are significant changes in cognitive functioning in smokers others have failed to confirm these...
Supported Living Arrangements (SLAs) are residential programs designed to facilitate the integration of developmentally disabled individuals into the community. Clients of these programs live in independent apartments and receive approximately...
The academic success rate between juvenile parolees and juvenile probationers are investigated. Data for this analysis was obtained from a research project through the Pilot Reintegration Educational Program (PREP), which sought to successfully...
Connecticut Academic Performance Test; Mathematical ability -- Testing; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Connecticut; Achievement tests -- Connecticut
The debate over the effectiveness of a "reform" mathematics curriculum verses a "traditional" mathematics curriculum in student achievement has been widely discussed and studied. Standards-based, or reform, programs emphasize applications to solve...
Women -- Ghana -- Case studies; Globalization -- Ghana -- Case studies
The effects of globalization are spreading rapidly throughout Africa. Despite the fact that globalization holds many promises for economic advancement there is increasing apprehension about its impact on the wellbeing of Africans. To date, only a...
The focus on communities and their impact on characters, individually and in
groups, is a major theme that runs throughout Toni Morrison's novels. It is when the
communities are in conflict with each other and their members that Morrison reveals...
Education -- Parent participation; First-generation college students
The impact of family structure and parent involvement on college enrollment among potential first and later generation college students was explored using longitudinal data from the National Center of Educational Statistics. Logistical analyses...
The issue of standardized testing is multifaceted and often the subject of much debate. Given the support that these test receive from the current state and federal administrations, with the goals of determining accountability and improving the...
African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans -- Health and hygiene; African Americans -- Religion
The origins of psychology looked at studying the "psyche" or soul of an individual, as well as the interactions between the biological organism and its physical and social environment. Throughout the evolution of psychology, scientific study and...
Distance education -- Evaluation; Distance education -- College dropouts
The present study attempted to examine both personality and demographic factors
associated with successful performance in on-line courses. Specifically, it was
hypothesized that internal locus of control, Dionysian and Promethean personality...
Menus -- Health aspects; Food -- Labeling -- Health aspects; College students -- Nutrition; Human behavior -- Nutritional aspects
The present study examined menu labeling’s influence on college students’ caloric intake.
College students were grouped based on the type of fast-food menu calorie-labeling condition.
The total number of calories ordered by each student was...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between risk-taking, sensation seeking, and psychological well-being among public service personnel. Two hundred and thirty-one participants were recruited from a New England community....
Sex instruction for people with mental disabilities
The purpose of this study was to improve safe-sex knowledge among seriously mentally
ill clients living in a residential program. Many have recognized that education and
prevention are the most important tools, and that increasing health knowledge...
