Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Guide for the Standard Structure of the First Year of Industrial Design Education
(2005-08-15)
The creation of a guide for the production of a standard structure for the foundations year of industrial design education is the essential purpose of this thesis. This teacher’s aid will offer a resource for instructors ...
The Intergenerational Effects of Family Expressiveness On Marital Communication and Conflict Behaviors
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of the present study is to gain a greater understanding of the precursors of marital conflict and communication patterns by examining their relationship with expressiveness in the family of origin. Married ...
The Effectiveness of Services Offered by an Intervention Program for Youth Status Offenders
(2005-08-15)
Juvenile crime is a significant issue facing Americans today, but how to properly intervene is an issue still in great need of consideration. Youth status offenders are a group in need of both protection and assistance. ...
The Relationship among Marital Quality, Sexual Frequency, Sexual Disagreement, Depression, and Married Women’s Sexual Satisfaction
(2005-08-15)
Women’s sexual satisfaction is linked to several relational and individual factors. In particular, sexual satisfaction appears to covary with the general quality of women’s marital relationships and the level of intimacy ...
Identity and Young Adult Well-being: A Closer Look at Identity Style and Identity Structure
(2005-08-15)
The current study examined identity from the Eriksonian perspective, where identity guides an individual’s experiences and future actions so as to promote the individual’s fit into society (Erikson, 1959, 1968). Identity ...
Parental Processes and Young Adults' Romantic Relationships in Traditional, Divorced, and Remarried Family Structures
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of parental figures on young adults’ romantic relationships in traditional two-parent, divorced/separated, and remarried family structures. Participants (n = 786) ...
Disliking in Dyads and Groups: The Role of Mutual Dislike and Peer Rejection in Children’s Subsequent Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine the link between children’s mutual dislike relationships and subsequent behavior problems. Mutual disliking and peer rejection were assessed among children in kindergarten and first ...
Negative adult romantic relationship experiences and working models of self and other
(2005-08-15)
Internalized working models of self and other are blueprints of relationships that affect how people think about themselves and others in social relationships. The model of self is associated with an underlying anxiety ...
The Remarriage Belief Inventory: Testing the Factorial Structure and Validity with a Remarried Sample
(2005-08-15)
Recent figures have indicated that approximately half of all marriages each year are remarriages for one or both partners and that the majority of these remarriages form stepfamilies. Despite the prevalence of remarriages ...
Cotton Gin Compost As an Alternative Substrate for Horticultural Crop Production
(2005-08-15)
Nursery and greenhouse vegetable growers are always concerned about the availability and cost of materials used as substrates in their production systems. In recent years, alternative organic substrate components have ...
Isolation of Genes from Cold Acclimated Poncirus trifoliata and Citrus unshiu
(2005-08-15)
Many adverse environmental conditions can affect the productivity and distribution of plant species. Low temperature is one of the most common stresses faced by many plants. Many plants are able to increase their freezing ...
Books in the Public Sphere: New York Libraries and the Culture-Building Enterprise, 1754-1904
(2005-08-15)
This dissertation examines the role that libraries played in the development of
culture during the colonial period and throughout the nineteenth century. Focusing on a
group of libraries in New York City, it seeks to ...
Teaching Physical Education to African-American Children: Understanding Responsibility, Privileges, and Positions of Power
(2005-08-15)
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the “disconnect” between white middle class teachers and their African-American students. The overall focus is the conflicting cultural upbringing of teachers and their ...
The Late- to Post-Caledonian Extensional History of Northwest Hinnoy, North Norway
(2005-08-15)
This investigation focuses on the lithologies and late- to post-Caledonian, upper crustal structures exposed in westernmost Hinnoy, north Norway, and the information about the timing and kinematics of faults that they may ...
Presettlement Vegetation and Fire in Escambia and Covington Counties, Alabama
(2005-08-15)
This study was the first to examine presettlement forests in the lower coastal plain of Alabama. The primary data source is General Land Office public land survey field notes, which contain an unintentional, but systematic ...
Timber Industry Consolidation and the Need for Scale Appropriate Harvesting Mechanisms in Alabama's Black Belt
(2005-08-15)
The consolidation and technological development of the forest industry in west Alabama’s Black Belt has lead to a growing disjunction between the needs of small forestland owners and the capabilities of logging operations ...
Population Pressure, Land Tenure, Deforestation, and Farming Systems in Haiti: The Case of Foret Des Pins Reserve
(2005-08-15)
Forêt des Pins Reserve, a state-owned natural forest in Haiti, has suffered severe degradation due to a land tenure system that does not guarantee security for farmers, illegal harvesting of trees for the production of ...
The Relationship of Self Efficacy and Job Culture to Job Satisfaction Among Certified Athletic Trainers
(2005-08-15)
Few studies have examined job satisfaction levels of athletic trainers and no known research exists examining the influences of athletic trainer’s self efficacy and job culture on levels of job satisfaction. The purpose ...
Adolescent co-parenting relationships and their effect on parental self-efficacy
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the structure and quality of the co-residential co-parenting relationships on the self-efficacy of adolescent and young adult unmarried mothers. Forty one predominately ...
Mediating Mechanisms: Understanding the Link Between Parenting and Adolescent Deviance
(2005-12-15)
Coercion theory suggests that a coercion process between parent and child is associated with development of deviance, thus, a direct association is suggested in the parent-deviance link. Coercion theory also has argued ...