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Aguirre, B. E. – Social Work, 1985
Results of a statistical analysis of a study of battered wives in shelters indicated that the wives' economic dependence on their husbands almost always ensured that they would return to their husbands and that respondents who considered the shelters useful had a higher probability of returning to their husbands. (Author)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Financial Needs
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Ride, Dale – Young Children, 1985
Describes the principles upon which the author raised two very different and successful daughters. These include believing that one has a great impact on one's own destiny; encouraging differences and individuality; placing few limitations on aspirations; spending time with children; allowing children to explore their interests; and having a sense…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Individual Power, Individualism, Parent Attitudes
Finnegan, Gregory T. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Explains how the use of performance analysis technology in a hospital improved job performance, thereby generating dollar benefits and cost savings. The variables involved in this analysis are discussed in detail, and a case study illustrating its efffectiveness is included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Hospitals, Improvement, Individual Power
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Hopkins, Richard L. – International Education, 1973
The political socialization of various African Kenyan leaders is used to illustrate the author's belief in H. G. Barnett's theory that the individual exerts an influence on the process of cultural change which is in opposition to Gabriel Almond's view that the individual is only a passive participant in society. (JH)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Individual Power, Institutional Role, Political Attitudes
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Patterson, Orlando – American Scholar, 1973
Author considered black Americans and their efforts to adopt a strongly self-determinist position in their attempt to shape their world. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Ethics, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins
Gomolak, Lou – Nation's Schools, 1973
Self-discovery through shared adventure is the goal of students of the rugged Outward Bound wilderness experience. (Author)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Individual Development, Individual Power, Outdoor Education
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Fish, Peter G. – High School Journal, 1973
Article discussed the course of individual freedom in the United States and the influence of the Federal Government as well as the Supreme Court. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Federal Government
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Goshko, Robert – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1973
It was determined in this project that children are capable of learning the basic skills of behavior identification and behavior modification. Counselors can help children solve seemingly complex problems by breaking the problems down into simple behaviors that can be worked on one by one, providing children with an opportunity to determine what…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Standards, Elementary Education
Sanson, William E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
A study of the school principal requires a framework for analysis which should provide a basis for studying the principal's use of power in striving for the goals of the school. Because of the power relationship involved, the Caudillo Model of South America seems a promising possibility. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Coordinators, Educational Objectives, Individual Power
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Tiffany, Donald W.; Tiffany, Phyllis G. – American Psychologist, 1973
Most of the social problems facing nations today, and the current drive for more citizen participation, stem from this experience of lack of power among many persons. (DM)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Civil Disobedience, Individual Power, Low Income Groups
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Higbee, Kenneth L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1972
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Decision Making
Benton, Alan A.; and others – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Feedback
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Krajnc, Ana – Convergence, 1971
The article is an historical survey of adult education in post World War II Yugoslavia. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Individual Power
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Karabenick, Stuart A. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Evaluation
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Harvey, J. Michael – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Decision Making
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