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| 1 |  | Comparative study of death anxiety among baccalaureate nursing students | Lamb, Ruth Watts | Psychology; Utah; University of Utah | The present cultural attitude toward death and dying in the American culture has been one of avoidance and denial. The most frequent behavioral response observed in the culture by many investigators and writers has been the perceived psychological posture of death fear or death anxiety. The most f... | 1997-06 |
| 2 |  | Concerns of primiparous mothers regarding infant care | Krauser, Sheila Ann | Childbirth; Infants; Psychology | The purpose of this study was to identify the areas of concerns primiparous post-partum women had in the care of their infants based upon the assumption that appropriate health instruction can be provided to mothers in meeting the needs of their children when these needs have been identified. The hy... | 1976-06 |
| 3 |  | Relationship between fetal activity and subsequent infant temperament | Ralston, Julie G. | Psychology; Physiology | A nonexperimental, descriptive correlational design was used to test the relationship between fetal activity and subsequent infant temperament. Thirty-eight primigravida women, at low risk for adverse obstetrical outcomes, were recruited from childbirth preparation classes. Fetal activity was asse... | 1988-03 |
| 4 |  | Occurrence of peak-experience at delivery: mothers' perceptions | Kaye, Barbara Ann | Childbirth; Psychology | The purpose of this study was to describe the range of emotional experiences during childbirth and to identify the variables and events which may influence that experience. This was a descriptive, preliminary study utilizing elements of the grounded-theory approach. The sample consisted of 101 pri... | 1977-06 |
| 5 |  | Factors affecting postpartum readiness to return to work | Kobliska, D. A. | Psychology; Puerperium | The extent to which mothers achieve specific physical and psychosocial tasks during the first 6 weeks postpartum and their readiness to return to work was studied. A convenience sample of 94 subjects with 24 active duty primiparas, 14 active duty multiparas, 23 nonmilitary primiparas, and 32 nonmil... | 1985-08 |
| 6 |  | Nice parents equal nice babies: an ethnographic study in the newborn intensive care unit | Carey, Leslie Zaricor | Psychology; Ethnology; Nurses | This thesis presents an ethnographic approach to the study of human behavior in a medical setting. The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NBICU). Participant observation was the principle method used in this work. The study was conducted in order to explore the social organization in a high-technologic... | 1983-12 |
| 7 |  | Health status and problems managing physical health among chronically mentally ill outpatients: a descriptive and correlational study | Bjork, Marilynne R. | Bibliography; Psychology; Self Care; Psychiataric Nursing | A comprehensive evaluation of 25 chronically mentally ill Day Treatment Center patients revealed 140 functional health problems. Fifty-six (40%) of these health problems were considered to have a potentially major impact upon life and functioning of the individual. Twenty-one patients (84%) were fou... | 1989-08 |
| 8 |  | Recent life stress and ego strength in hospitalized and non-hospitalized subjects | Scheetz, Sandra Louise | Stress; Psychology; Ego | The focus of this study was to measure and describe the variables of recent life changes or stresses, and a measure of ego strength in a group of hospitalized subjects and a non-hospitalized group. This focus seemed relevant in light of increasing evidence which has suggested that a cluster of rece... | 1974-06 |
| 9 |  | Does mood state affect postoperative narcotic needs of acute and chronic pain patients? | Walsh, Donna Byrnes | Drug Therapy; Psychology | Clinical studies support a multidimensional framework for the experience of pain. This study explored the differences in mood profiles between chronic and acute pain patients. The Derogatis Affects Balance Scale was employed to assess changes in the preoperative and postoperative mood states of pati... | 1999-12 |
| 10 |  | Needs of family members of critically ill or injured patients during the interhospital transport period | Allen, Nancy Ann and Brooks, Ronda Mae | Psychology; Critical Care; Family; Professional-Family Relations; Social Support; Transportation of Patients | The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived needs of family members of critically ill/injured patients who were transported by air ambulance. The needs of family members were assessed from two perspectives: (a) the family members' and (b) the flight nurses'. An exploratory descriptive ... | 1991-03 |
| 11 |  | Self-esteem enhancement in Lamaze-prepared mothers | Linebarger, Sandra Le Grande Chalmers | Psychology | This experimental study focused on self-concept change in 42 primigravid mothers enrolled in Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Courses and randomly assigned to either experimental (Group 1) or control groups (Group 2). A self-esteem enhancement audiotape was the provided to the experimental group. The Ten... | 1986-06 |
| 12 |  | Attitudes, beliefs, and significant others influencing the expectant woman's participation in childbirth education classes | Fagerland, Kathleen Joy. | Education; Utah; Psychology | The purpose of this study was to identify the attitude, beliefs and significant others influencing the expectant woman's participation in childbirth education classes. A survey of convenience sample (N = 36) was conducted at local military facility in the Salt Lake valley. The expectant women comp... | 1987-08 |
| 13 |  | Current opinions toward the utilization of nurse-midwifery in the State of Utah | Chatelain, Janice Elizabeth | Utah; Psychology; Maternity Nursing | The purpose of this study was 1) to survey physicians' opinions toward the ability of the nurse-midwife to deliver normal obstetric care, and 2) to examine the relationship between their attitudes and other experience factors. From the more specific attitudes a general trend was identified regarding... | 1972-06 |
| 14 |  | Life change units, internal-external locus of control, and ego strengths and weaknesses of patients participating in a comprehensive mental health center. | Bishop, Janet Kay Niemi. | Psychology; Out-Patients | This study was designed to investigate some characteristics of patients entering the Crisis Intervention, Partial Hospitalization, and Out-Patient treatment programs in a Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center. The characteristics studied were Life Change Units, Internal-External Locus of Con... | 1975-06 |
| 15 |  | Financial income, financial resources and extent of self-actualization. | Reeder, Francelyn, Sister | Psychology; Nursing | The relationship between amount of an individual's financial income, the number of his financial resources, and extent of his self-actualization was investigated in 74 subjects, 54 women and 20 men, selected systematically from Salt Lake City, Utah. The hypotheses proposed relationships between: 1) ... | 1973-06 |
| 16 |  | Recovery from heart attack: psychological hazards and coping responses of middle aged and elderly patients and spouses. | Rolando, JoAnn. | Psychology; Rehabilitation | This study describes, quantifies, and compares sources of stress and coping responses of 40 heart attack patients and 32 spouses and examines whether there are age differences in stress appraisal and coping responses. Lazarus' cognitive-phenomenological paradigm of psychological stress, development... | 1982-12 |
| 17 |  | The Relationship between self-actualization and consistency of oral contraceptive use. | Ezrati, Janet Mae Bostrom. | Psychology; Self-Actualization | The relationship between degree of self-actualization and consistency of use of oral contraceptives was investigated. Self-actualization was defined as the highest level of need attainment in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Consistency of usage referenced to the regularity with which oral contracepti... | 1978-06 |
| 18 |  | The relationship of life stress in preschool children and their mothers. | Foster, Terrel Ann. | Stress; Parent and Child; Psychology | Health care professionals are increasingly concerned as they recognize the influence of life stress upon the health of those within contemporary society. Research supports this concern by substantiating the hypothesis that life stress can evoke a wide variety of physiological and psychological chan... | 1977-12 |
| 19 |  | Group reminiscing experience with aging people . | King, Kathleen Stroman | Psychology; Older People; Group Couseling | The premise of this study was that aging people would experience improved morale as a result of reminiscing group therapy. The reminiscing focus was expected to benefit the participants by providing social contacts and material for storytelling, appreciation of the individual’s achievements ... | 1978-12 |
| 20 |  | Attendance at preparation for childbirth classes, prenatal anxiety levels, tension, labor, and delivery of primigravida women. | Pierre, Audrey, Sister. | Childbirth; Psychology | The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of childbirth classes by comparing the amount of tension and anxiety experience by mother before attending Preparation for Childbirth and Parenthood (PCP) classes and after completing the classes. This was then related to the outcome of pregnanc... | 1974-06 |
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