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"Giving Rope and Pulling It Back" : Types and Patterns of Strategies Used by Parents to Prevent Adolescent Substance (Ab)use
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study contributes to the INC theory by adding the stage of prevention to the parent-child relationships' timeline. Ten parents (six mothers and four fathers) were interviewed, and a memory enhancing timeline calendar ...
Once a Member, Always a Member: Identification Inducement Messages in National Sorority Magazines
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
As sorority membership numbers keep rising, national sororities need to be cognizant of the ways in which they may induce their members to remain active and involved within the organization. Identification inducement ...
Tonight It’s Government Funded: A Rhetorical Analysis of Manufactured Social Controversy and Government Funding of the Arts
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Thomas Goodnight’s definition of controversy offers an initial examination of Reverend Donald Wildmon and Reverend Pat Robertson’s attack of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), initiating the Culture Wars of 1989. ...
Incivility in the Informal Workplace: A Case Study of Emerald Lutheran Church
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study examined how incivility is expressed in an informal church organization and the impact relationships among those in the organization have on incivility. The researcher had staff members of the church complete ...
Adapt or Perish: How Long-Term Unemployment Impacts Vocational Socialization and Professional Identification
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The present study examined 84 online narratives authored by 11 Suits--college-educated, middle-aged, white men--to examine how involuntary exit and long-term unemployment impacted their vocational socialization and ...
Rhetorical Agency in the Bhagavad Gita
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This M.A. thesis presents a rhetorical analysis of the Indian philosophical and religious text, The Bhagavad Gita. Utilizing Kenneth Burke's Pentad of act, scene, agent, agency and purpose as a primary interpretive lens ...
Connecting with Instructors on Facebook: Why and Why Not
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The following thesis examined the student-instructor connection on social network sites (SNS). Facebook is the most popular SNS and it covers a range of users include both students and instructors. On Facebook, some students ...
Adult Silbing Communication: Attachment Style and Strategy
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
In an effort to further understand communication within sibling relationships, this study examined adult sibling relationships and the connection between attachment styles and the strategies or relational maintenance ...
“It’s All About That Piece of Paper”: Vocational Anticipatory Socialization Messages Received by First Generation College Students
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The number of first-generation college students (FGCSs) attending four-year colleges/universities is on the rise. While numerous studies have examined descriptive characteristics of this growing population, few studies ...