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Gender's role in marital conflict: a methodological inquiry

This research study is an inquiry into the role of gender in marital conflict. The purpose of the study is not to assess the nature of the role of gender in marital conflict, for it is not presumed that such a role exists.

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Anorexia nervosa: diagnosis, physical effects, and treatment approaches

Anorexia Nervosa, a type of eating disorder, continues to plague some of the world's population, particularly white adolescent females obsessed with looking thinner.

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Hypnosis in memory retrieval: history and therapeutic applications

In recent years there has been a myriad of books and articles written concerning the use of hypnosis and memory retrieval.

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School-based approaches to preventing teen suicide

The recent spate of school shootings has focused attention on violent behavior among teenagers. However, little attention has been given to another insidious and more common form of violence among young people -- the rise in teenagers committing suicide.

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Victor Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation and individual differences

Expectancy theory of motivation, which was first created by Victor Vroom, has become a widely accepted theory for explaining how individuals make decisions regarding different behavioral alternatives.

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Chelladurai's multidimensional model of sport leadership

Effective leaders manage the majority of successful organizations or teams, athletic or otherwise. A leader may be an expert, a supervisor, a respected person, someone who controls aversive power or someone that has the capacity to dispense rewards (Ryan, 1982).

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Depression's effects on academic performance, social interactions, and family relationships in children and adolescents

Statistics show that up to 2.5% of children and 8.3% of adolescents suffer from depression in the United States. Depression is thought to affect school performance, social interactions and family relationships.

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Paradigm shift from teacher-centered to learner-centered instruction

Learning Theory and Its Implications for the Theory and Practice of Instructional Design Paradigm Shift in Instructional Learning Theory

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The skills and practices of effective listening

Listening Skills. Listening is the awareness of, the tendency to, the organization of, and the operationalization of data entering our nervous system via our hearing mechanism. Unlike hearing which is a physiological passive activity, listening is an active cognitive process" (Petrass 1999).

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Motivating a shy seventh-grade student through collaborative strategies

My 7th grade student, Alice Harding, had problems since the beginning of the year. Not only was she painfully shy and never participated in group work; she also appeared not to be interested in either studying the lessons or doing her homework.

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